Part2, Section Two, 
of The King James Version of the Holy Bible

History Or, 
The Rise and Fall of Israel


Table Of Contents

Book 11        1 Kings
Book 12        2 Kings   
Book 13        1 Chronicles  
Book 14        2 Chronicles
Book 15        Ezra
Book 16        Nehemiah
Book 17        Esther
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Book 11        1 Kings

11:001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered
           him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

11:001:002 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for
           my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the
           king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom,
           that my lord the king may get heat.

11:001:003 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of
           Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the
           king.

11:001:004 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and
           ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

11:001:005 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I
           will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and
           fifty men to run before him.

11:001:006 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying,
           Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and
           his mother bare him after Absalom.

11:001:007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
           Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

11:001:008 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
           Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men
           which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

11:001:009 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone
           of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren
           the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

11:001:010 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
           Solomon his brother, he called not.

11:001:011 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,
           saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith
           doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

11:001:012 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel,
           that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son
           Solomon.

11:001:013 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst
           not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying,
           Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
           sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

11:001:014 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also
           will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

11:001:015 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the
           king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto
           the king.

11:001:016 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the
           king said, What wouldest thou?

11:001:017 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy
           God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son
           shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

11:001:018 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,
           thou knowest it not:

11:001:019 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance,
           and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the
           priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy
           servant hath he not called.

11:001:020 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon
           thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the
           throne of my lord the king after him.

11:001:021 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall
           sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be
           counted offenders.

11:001:022 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
           prophet also came in.

11:001:023 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And
           when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before
           the king with his face to the ground.

11:001:024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah
           shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

11:001:025 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat
           cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's
           sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest;
           and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save
           king Adonijah.

11:001:026 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
           the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not
           called.

11:001:027 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not
           shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my
           lord the king after him?

11:001:028 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she
           came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

11:001:029 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
           redeemed my soul out of all distress,

11:001:030 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying,
           Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
           sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do
           this day.

11:001:031 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did
           reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live
           for ever.

11:001:032 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
           prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before
           the king.

11:001:033 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of
           your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own
           mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

11:001:034 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him
           there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say,
           God save king Solomon.

11:001:035 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon
           my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have
           appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

11:001:036 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,
           Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

11:001:037 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he
           with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of
           my lord king David.

11:001:038 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the
           son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went
           down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and
           brought him to Gihon.

11:001:039 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the
           tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet;
           and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

11:001:040 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped
           with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth
           rent with the sound of them.

11:001:041 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as
           they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound
           of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city
           being in an uproar?

11:001:042 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
           the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou
           art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

11:001:043 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord
           king David hath made Solomon king.

11:001:044 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan
           the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the
           Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to
           ride upon the king's mule:

11:001:045 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him
           king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so
           that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have
           heard.

11:001:046 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

11:001:047 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king
           David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy
           name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the
           king bowed himself upon the bed.

11:001:048 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of
           Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day,
           mine eyes even seeing it.

11:001:049 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and
           rose up, and went every man his way.

11:001:050 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,
           and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

11:001:051 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king
           Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the
           altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he
           will not slay his servant with the sword.

11:001:052 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there
           shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness
           shall be found in him, he shall die.

11:001:053 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the
           altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and
           Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

11:002:001 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
           charged Solomon his son, saying,

11:002:002 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and
           shew thyself a man;

11:002:003 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways,
           to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
           and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses,
           that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and
           whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

11:002:004 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning
           me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk
           before me in truth with all their heart and with all their
           soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne
           of Israel.

11:002:005 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to
           me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of
           Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of
           Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and
           put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins,
           and in his shoes that were on his feet.

11:002:006 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar
           head go down to the grave in peace.

11:002:007 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite,
           and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they
           came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

11:002:008 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a
           Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in
           the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me
           at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not
           put thee to death with the sword.

11:002:009 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man,
           and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar
           head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

11:002:010 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
           David.

11:002:011 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:
           seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
           reigned he in Jerusalem.

11:002:012 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his
           kingdom was established greatly.

11:002:013 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother
           of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
           Peaceably.

11:002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she
           said, Say on.

11:002:015 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that
           all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit
           the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for
           it was his from the LORD.

11:002:016 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said
           unto him, Say on.

11:002:017 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for
           he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the
           Shunammite to wife.

11:002:018 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

11:002:019 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him
           for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed
           himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a
           seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right
           hand.

11:002:020 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray
           thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my
           mother: for I will not say thee nay.

11:002:021 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
           thy brother to wife.

11:002:022 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why
           dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him
           the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him,
           and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

11:002:023 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me,
           and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against
           his own life.

11:002:024 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me,
           and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made
           me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death
           this day.

11:002:025 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
           Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

11:002:026 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to
           Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death:
           but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou
           barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and
           because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was
           afflicted.

11:002:027 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the
           LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he
           spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

11:002:028 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
           though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the
           tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the
           altar.

11:002:029 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the
           tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then
           Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall
           upon him.

11:002:030 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto
           him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I
           will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again,
           saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

11:002:031 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon
           him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent
           blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my
           father.

11:002:032 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who
           fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew
           them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to
           wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
           Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

11:002:033 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and
           upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon
           his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there
           be peace for ever from the LORD.

11:002:034 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and
           slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the
           wilderness.

11:002:035 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over
           the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
           Abiathar.

11:002:036 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
           Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not
           forth thence any whither.

11:002:037 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest
           over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou
           shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

11:002:038 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord
           the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt
           in Jerusalem many days.

11:002:039 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the
           servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of
           Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in
           Gath.

11:002:040 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to
           Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his
           servants from Gath.

11:002:041 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
           Gath, and was come again.

11:002:042 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
           Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto
           thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out,
           and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die?
           and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

11:002:043 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
           commandment that I have charged thee with?

11:002:044 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
           wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to
           David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy
           wickedness upon thine own head;

11:002:045 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
           shall be established before the LORD for ever.

11:002:046 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went
           out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was
           established in the hand of Solomon.

11:003:001 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
           Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David,
           until he had made an end of building his own house, and the
           house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

11:003:002 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was
           no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

11:003:003 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David
           his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high
           places.

11:003:004 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was
           the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon
           offer upon that altar.

11:003:005 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
           and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

11:003:006 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my
           father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in
           truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with
           thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that
           thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this
           day.

11:003:007 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king
           instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I
           know not how to go out or come in.

11:003:008 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast
           chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted
           for multitude.

11:003:009 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy
           people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is
           able to judge this thy so great a people?

11:003:010 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this
           thing.

11:003:011 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and
           hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked
           riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies;
           but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

11:003:012 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given
           thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none
           like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like
           unto thee.

11:003:013 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked,
           both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among
           the kings like unto thee all thy days.

11:003:014 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
           commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will
           lengthen thy days.

11:003:015 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to
           Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the
           LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace
           offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

11:003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,
           and stood before him.

11:003:017 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in
           one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the
           house.

11:003:018 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered,
           that this woman was delivered also: and we were together;
           there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the
           house.

11:003:019 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid
           it.

11:003:020 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me,
           while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid
           her dead child in my bosom.

11:003:021 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold,
           it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning,
           behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.

11:003:022 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and
           the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy
           son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the
           king.

11:003:023 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,
           and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son
           is the dead, and my son is the living.

11:003:024 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword
           before the king.

11:003:025 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give
           half to the one, and half to the other.

11:003:026 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,
           for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord,
           give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the
           other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

11:003:027 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child,
           and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

11:003:028 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had
           judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom
           of God was in him, to do judgment.

11:004:001 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

11:004:002 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of
           Zadok the priest,

11:004:003 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat
           the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

11:004:004 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok
           and Abiathar were the priests:

11:004:005 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud
           the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's
           friend:

11:004:006 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of
           Abda was over the tribute.

11:004:007 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which
           provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his
           month in a year made provision.

11:004:008 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

11:004:009 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh,
           and Elonbethhanan:

11:004:010 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all
           the land of Hepher:

11:004:011 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had
           Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

11:004:012 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo,
           and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from
           Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond
           Jokneam:

11:004:013 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns
           of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also
           pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore
           great cities with walls and brasen bars:

11:004:014 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

11:004:015 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of
           Solomon to wife:

11:004:016 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:

11:004:017 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

11:004:018 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

11:004:019 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the
           country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of
           Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

11:004:020 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
           multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

11:004:021 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the
           land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they
           brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

11:004:022 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of
           fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

11:004:023 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an
           hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and
           fatted fowl.

11:004:024 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the
           river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this
           side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

11:004:025 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine
           and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the
           days of Solomon.

11:004:026 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his
           chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

11:004:027 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for
           all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his
           month: they lacked nothing.

11:004:028 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought
           they unto the place where the officers were, every man
           according to his charge.

11:004:029 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much,
           and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea
           shore.

11:004:030 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children
           of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

11:004:031 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
           Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame
           was in all nations round about.

11:004:032 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a
           thousand and five.

11:004:033 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon
           even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake
           also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of
           fishes.

11:004:034 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
           from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

11:005:001 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he
           had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his
           father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

11:005:002 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

11:005:003 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house
           unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were
           about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the
           soles of his feet.

11:005:004 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so
           that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

11:005:005 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the
           LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying,
           Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall
           build an house unto my name.

11:005:006 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of
           Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto
           thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that
           thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among
           us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

11:005:007 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon,
           that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this
           day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great
           people.

11:005:008 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the
           things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy
           desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of
           fir.

11:005:009 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea:
           and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that
           thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged
           there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish
           my desire, in giving food for my household.

11:005:010 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to
           all his desire.

11:005:011 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for
           food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus
           gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

11:005:012 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and
           there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a
           league together.

11:005:013 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy
           was thirty thousand men.

11:005:014 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses:
           a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and
           Adoniram was over the levy.

11:005:015 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,
           and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

11:005:016 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the
           work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the
           people that wrought in the work.

11:005:017 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly
           stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

11:005:018 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and
           the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build
           the house.

11:006:001 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year
           after the children of Israel were come out of the land of
           Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in
           the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to
           build the house of the LORD.

11:006:002 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the
           length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof
           twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

11:006:003 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits
           was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house;
           and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

11:006:004 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

11:006:005 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round
           about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the
           temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

11:006:006 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle
           was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad:
           for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests
           round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the
           walls of the house.

11:006:007 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone
           made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was
           neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the
           house, while it was in building.

11:006:008 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the
           house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle
           chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

11:006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house
           with beams and boards of cedar.

11:006:010 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits
           high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

11:006:011 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

11:006:012 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt
           walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my
           commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with
           thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

11:006:013 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not
           forsake my people Israel.

11:006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

11:006:015 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of
           cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the
           ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and
           covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

11:006:016 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the
           floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them
           for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy
           place.

11:006:017 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits
           long.

11:006:018 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and
           open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

11:006:019 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there
           the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

11:006:020 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length,
           and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height
           thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the
           altar which was of cedar.

11:006:021 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he
           made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and
           he overlaid it with gold.

11:006:022 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had
           finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the
           oracle he overlaid with gold.

11:006:023 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree,
           each ten cubits high.

11:006:024 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five
           cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part
           of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten
           cubits.

11:006:025 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were
           of one measure and one size.

11:006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of
           the other cherub.

11:006:027 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they
           stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing
           of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other
           cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one
           another in the midst of the house.

11:006:028 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

11:006:029 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with
           carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers,
           within and without.

11:006:030 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and
           without.

11:006:031 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive
           tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

11:006:032 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
           carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and
           overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims,
           and upon the palm trees.

11:006:033 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive
           tree, a fourth part of the wall.

11:006:034 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one
           door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were
           folding.

11:006:035 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open
           flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved
           work.

11:006:036 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone,
           and a row of cedar beams.

11:006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD
           laid, in the month Zif:

11:006:038 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the
           eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts
           thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he
           seven years in building it.

11:007:001 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he
           finished all his house.

11:007:002 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length
           thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty
           cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows
           of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

11:007:003 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay
           on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

11:007:004 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against
           light in three ranks.

11:007:005 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and
           light was against light in three ranks.

11:007:006 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty
           cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch
           was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were
           before them.

11:007:007 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even
           the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one
           side of the floor to the other.

11:007:008 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the
           porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house
           for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto
           this porch.

11:007:009 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of
           hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from
           the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward
           the great court.

11:007:010 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
           stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11:007:011 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed
           stones, and cedars.

11:007:012 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed
           stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of
           the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

11:007:013 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

11:007:014 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father
           was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with
           wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in
           brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

11:007:015 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high
           apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them
           about.

11:007:016 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the
           tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five
           cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

11:007:017 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the
           chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for
           the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

11:007:018 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one
           network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with
           pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

11:007:019 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were
           of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

11:007:020 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also
           above, over against the belly which was by the network: and
           the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the
           other chapiter.

11:007:021 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he
           set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin:
           and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof
           Boaz.

11:007:022 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work
           of the pillars finished.

11:007:023 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the
           other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits:
           and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

11:007:024 And under the brim of it round about there were knops
           compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about:
           the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

11:007:025 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and
           three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the
           south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set
           above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

11:007:026 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was
           wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it
           contained two thousand baths.

11:007:027 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of
           one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three
           cubits the height of it.

11:007:028 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had
           borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

11:007:029 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions,
           oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base
           above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions
           made of thin work.

11:007:030 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass:
           and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver
           were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

11:007:031 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:
           but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a
           cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings
           with their borders, foursquare, not round.

11:007:032 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of
           the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel
           was a cubit and half a cubit.

11:007:033 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot
           wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes,
           and their spokes, were all molten.

11:007:034 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one
           base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

11:007:035 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a
           cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and
           the borders thereof were of the same.

11:007:036 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders
           thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according
           to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

11:007:037 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one
           casting, one measure, and one size.

11:007:038 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty
           baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of
           the ten bases one laver.

11:007:039 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five
           on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right
           side of the house eastward over against the south.

11:007:040 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So
           Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king
           Solomon for the house of the LORD:

11:007:041 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were
           on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover
           the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the
           pillars;

11:007:042 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two
           rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls
           of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

11:007:043 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

11:007:044 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

11:007:045 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
           vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the
           LORD, were of bright brass.

11:007:046 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
           ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

11:007:047 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were
           exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

11:007:048 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house
           of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold,
           whereupon the shewbread was,

11:007:049 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and
           five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the
           lamps, and the tongs of gold,

11:007:050 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the
           spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold,
           both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place,
           and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

11:007:051 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house
           of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his
           father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the
           vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the
           LORD.

11:008:001 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads
           of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of
           Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring
           up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of
           David, which is Zion.

11:008:002 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king
           Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the
           seventh month.

11:008:003 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the
           ark.

11:008:004 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of
           the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
           tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring
           up.

11:008:005 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that
           were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark,
           sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor
           numbered for multitude.

11:008:006 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD
           unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy
           place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

11:008:007 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place
           of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
           thereof above.

11:008:008 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were
           seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were
           not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

11:008:009 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone,
           which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant
           with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of
           Egypt.

11:008:010 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
           holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

11:008:011 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the
           cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the
           LORD.

11:008:012 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the
           thick darkness.

11:008:013 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place
           for thee to abide in for ever.

11:008:014 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the
           congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel
           stood;)

11:008:015 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake
           with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand
           fulfilled it, saying,

11:008:016 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of
           Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to
           build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose
           David to be over my people Israel.

11:008:017 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house
           for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

11:008:018 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in
           thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well
           that it was in thine heart.

11:008:019 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that
           shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house
           unto my name.

11:008:020 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am
           risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne
           of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for
           the name of the LORD God of Israel.

11:008:021 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the
           covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he
           brought them out of the land of Egypt.

11:008:022 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence
           of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
           toward heaven:

11:008:023 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in
           heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and
           mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their
           heart:

11:008:024 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou
           promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast
           fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

11:008:025 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David
           my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not
           fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so
           that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk
           before me as thou hast walked before me.

11:008:026 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be
           verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

11:008:027 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and
           heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this
           house that I have builded?

11:008:028 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to
           his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and
           to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

11:008:029 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
           even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall
           be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy
           servant shall make toward this place.

11:008:030 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of
           thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and
           hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest,
           forgive.

11:008:031 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid
           upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine
           altar in this house:

11:008:032 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
           condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and
           justifying the righteous, to give him according to his
           righteousness.

11:008:033 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy,
           because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to
           thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication
           unto thee in this house:

11:008:034 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
           Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest
           unto their fathers.

11:008:035 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
           have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and
           confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou
           afflictest them:

11:008:036 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants,
           and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way
           wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which
           thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

11:008:037 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence,
           blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their
           enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever
           plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

11:008:038 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by
           all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague
           of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this
           house:

11:008:039 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
           do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart
           thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of
           all the children of men;)

11:008:040 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the
           land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

11:008:041 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people
           Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

11:008:042 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong
           hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and
           pray toward this house;

11:008:043 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to
           all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of
           the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people
           Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have
           builded, is called by thy name.

11:008:044 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy,
           whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the
           LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the
           house that I have built for thy name:

11:008:045 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication,
           and maintain their cause.

11:008:046 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth
           not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the
           enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of
           the enemy, far or near;

11:008:047 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they
           were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto
           thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying,
           We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed
           wickedness;

11:008:048 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all
           their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away
           captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou
           gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen,
           and the house which I have built for thy name:

11:008:049 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven
           thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

11:008:050 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all
           their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against
           thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them
           captive, that they may have compassion on them:

11:008:051 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou
           broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace
           of iron:

11:008:052 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy
           servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to
           hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

11:008:053 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the
           earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of
           Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of
           Egypt, O LORD God.

11:008:054 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying
           all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from
           before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with
           his hands spread up to heaven.

11:008:055 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with
           a loud voice, saying,

11:008:056 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people
           Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not
           failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by
           the hand of Moses his servant.

11:008:057 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let
           him not leave us, nor forsake us:

11:008:058 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his
           ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his
           judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

11:008:059 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication
           before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night,
           that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of
           his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

11:008:060 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is
           God, and that there is none else.

11:008:061 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to
           walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this
           day.

11:008:062 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice
           before the LORD.

11:008:063 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
           offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an
           hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the
           children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

11:008:064 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that
           was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt
           offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
           offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD
           was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat
           offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

11:008:065 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with
           him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto
           the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and
           seven days, even fourteen days.

11:008:066 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed
           the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart
           for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his
           servant, and for Israel his people.

11:009:001 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of
           the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's
           desire which he was pleased to do,

11:009:002 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
           appeared unto him at Gibeon.

11:009:003 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy
           supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed
           this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for
           ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

11:009:004 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked,
           in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to
           all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and
           my judgments:

11:009:005 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel
           for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There
           shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

11:009:006 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
           children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes
           which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and
           worship them:

11:009:007 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
           them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will
           I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a
           byword among all people:

11:009:008 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
           shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why
           hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

11:009:009 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their
           God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
           and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them,
           and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all
           this evil.

11:009:010 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon
           had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the
           king's house,

11:009:011 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
           trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his
           desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in
           the land of Galilee.

11:009:012 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon
           had given him; and they pleased him not.

11:009:013 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me,
           my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this
           day.

11:009:014 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

11:009:015 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised;
           for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and
           Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and
           Gezer.

11:009:016 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and
           burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the
           city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's
           wife.

11:009:017 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

11:009:018 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

11:009:019 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for
           his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which
           Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in
           all the land of his dominion.

11:009:020 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
           Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the
           children of Israel,

11:009:021 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the
           children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon
           those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

11:009:022 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but
           they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and
           his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

11:009:023 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's
           work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people
           that wrought in the work.

11:009:024 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto
           her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build
           Millo.

11:009:025 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
           and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the
           LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the
           LORD. So he finished the house.

11:009:026 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is
           beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of
           Edom.

11:009:027 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had
           knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

11:009:028 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four
           hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

11:010:001 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
           concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with
           hard questions.

11:010:002 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels
           that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and
           when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all
           that was in her heart.

11:010:003 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any
           thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

11:010:004 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and
           the house that he had built,

11:010:005 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
           and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and
           his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the
           house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

11:010:006 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in
           mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

11:010:007 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes
           had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom
           and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

11:010:008 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand
           continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

11:010:009 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set
           thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel
           for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and
           justice.

11:010:010 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold,
           and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there
           came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen
           of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11:010:011 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,
           brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and
           precious stones.

11:010:012 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of
           the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries
           for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen
           unto this day.

11:010:013 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,
           whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of
           his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country,
           she and her servants.

11:010:014 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
           six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

11:010:015 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of
           the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of
           the governors of the country.

11:010:016 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
           hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

11:010:017 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound
           of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house
           of the forest of Lebanon.

11:010:018 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
           it with the best gold.

11:010:019 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round
           behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of
           the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

11:010:020 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other
           upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any
           kingdom.

11:010:021 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all
           the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure
           gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the
           days of Solomon.

11:010:022 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of
           Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish,
           bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

11:010:023 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches
           and for wisdom.

11:010:024 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which
           God had put in his heart.

11:010:025 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
           vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses,
           and mules, a rate year by year.

11:010:026 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he
           had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand
           horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and
           with the king at Jerusalem.

11:010:027 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and
           cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the
           vale, for abundance.

11:010:028 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn:
           the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

11:010:029 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
           shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and
           so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of
           Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

11:011:001 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the
           daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,
           Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

11:011:002 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the
           children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall
           they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your
           heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

11:011:003 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
           concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

11:011:004 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives
           turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not
           perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his
           father.

11:011:005 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
           and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

11:011:006 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not
           fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

11:011:007 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the
           abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and
           for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

11:011:008 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt
           incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

11:011:009 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was
           turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto
           him twice,

11:011:010 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should
           not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD
           commanded.

11:011:011 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is
           done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my
           statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the
           kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

11:011:012 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy
           father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

11:011:013 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give
           one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for
           Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

11:011:014 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
           Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

11:011:015 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the
           captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he
           had smitten every male in Edom;

11:011:016 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until
           he had cut off every male in Edom:)

11:011:017 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's
           servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little
           child.

11:011:018 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took
           men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto
           Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed
           him victuals, and gave him land.

11:011:019 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that
           he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of
           Tahpenes the queen.

11:011:020 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom
           Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in
           Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.

11:011:021 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his
           fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad
           said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own
           country.

11:011:022 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me,
           that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he
           answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

11:011:023 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of
           Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

11:011:024 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band,
           when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and
           dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

11:011:025 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon,
           beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel,
           and reigned over Syria.

11:011:026 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,
           Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow
           woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.

11:011:027 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the
           king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the
           city of David his father.

11:011:028 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon
           seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him
           ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

11:011:029 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of
           Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in
           the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they
           two were alone in the field:

11:011:030 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it
           in twelve pieces:

11:011:031 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith
           the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom
           out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

11:011:032 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and
           for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all
           the tribes of Israel:)

11:011:033 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped
           Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the
           Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and
           have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine
           eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David
           his father.

11:011:034 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but
           I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my
           servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments
           and my statutes:

11:011:035 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will
           give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

11:011:036 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant
           may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which
           I have chosen me to put my name there.

11:011:037 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all
           that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

11:011:038 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command
           thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my
           sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my
           servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure
           house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

11:011:039 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for
           ever.

11:011:040 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,
           and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in
           Egypt until the death of Solomon.

11:011:041 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and
           his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of
           Solomon?

11:011:042 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
           was forty years.

11:011:043 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city
           of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
           stead.

11:012:001 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to
           Shechem to make him king.

11:012:002 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was
           yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence
           of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

11:012:003 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the
           congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

11:012:004 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the
           grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he
           put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

11:012:005 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come
           again to me. And the people departed.

11:012:006 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood
           before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do
           ye advise that I may answer this people?

11:012:007 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant
           unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer
           them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy
           servants for ever.

11:012:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had
           given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up
           with him, and which stood before him:

11:012:009 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer
           this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
           which thy father did put upon us lighter?

11:012:010 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him,
           saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto
           thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
           lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little
           finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

11:012:011 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I
           will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with
           whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

11:012:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
           as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third
           day.

11:012:013 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old
           men's counsel that they gave him;

11:012:014 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
           My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke:
           my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
           you with scorpions.

11:012:015 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the
           cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying,
           which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the
           son of Nebat.

11:012:016 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them,
           the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in
           David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to
           your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So
           Israel departed unto their tents.

11:012:017 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of
           Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

11:012:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and
           all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore
           king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee
           to Jerusalem.

11:012:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

11:012:020 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was
           come again, that they sent and called him unto the
           congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was
           none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah
           only.

11:012:021 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the
           house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and
           fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight
           against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
           Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

11:012:022 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

11:012:023 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and
           unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant
           of the people, saying,

11:012:024 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against
           your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his
           house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to
           the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the
           word of the LORD.

11:012:025 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt
           therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

11:012:026 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return
           to the house of David:

11:012:027 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD
           at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again
           unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they
           shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

11:012:028 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,
           and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to
           Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up
           out of the land of Egypt.

11:012:029 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

11:012:030 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship
           before the one, even unto Dan.

11:012:031 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the
           lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

11:012:032 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the
           fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in
           Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel,
           sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in
           Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

11:012:033 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
           fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he
           had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the
           children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt
           incense.

11:013:001 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word
           of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to
           burn incense.

11:013:002 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and
           said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child
           shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and
           upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that
           burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon
           thee.

11:013:003 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign
           which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent,
           and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

11:013:004 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of
           the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel,
           that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on
           him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up,
           so that he could not pull it in again to him.

11:013:005 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the
           altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by
           the word of the LORD.

11:013:006 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat
           now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my
           hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the
           LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became
           as it was before.

11:013:007 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and
           refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

11:013:008 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me
           half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I
           eat bread nor drink water in this place:

11:013:009 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat
           no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that
           thou camest.

11:013:010 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he
           came to Bethel.

11:013:011 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came
           and told him all the works that the man of God had done that
           day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king,
           them they told also to their father.

11:013:012 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his
           sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from
           Judah.

11:013:013 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled
           him the ass: and he rode thereon,

11:013:014 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an
           oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest
           from Judah? And he said, I am.

11:013:015 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

11:013:016 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:
           neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this
           place:

11:013:017 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat
           no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the
           way that thou camest.

11:013:018 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an
           angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him
           back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and
           drink water. But he lied unto him.

11:013:019 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and
           drank water.

11:013:020 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word
           of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

11:013:021 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying,
           Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the
           mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the
           LORD thy God commanded thee,

11:013:022 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the
           place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread,
           and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the
           sepulchre of thy fathers.

11:013:023 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he
           had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the
           prophet whom he had brought back.

11:013:024 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him:
           and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it,
           the lion also stood by the carcase.

11:013:025 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the
           way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and
           told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

11:013:026 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
           thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient
           unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered
           him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him,
           according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

11:013:027 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they
           saddled him.

11:013:028 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass
           and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten
           the carcase, nor torn the ass.

11:013:029 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and
           laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet
           came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

11:013:030 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned
           over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

11:013:031 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to
           his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the
           sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones
           beside his bones:

11:013:032 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against
           the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high
           places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come
           to pass.

11:013:033 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but
           made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high
           places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one
           of the priests of the high places.

11:013:034 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to
           cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

11:014:001 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

11:014:002 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and
           disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of
           Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the
           prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

11:014:003 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of
           honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of
           the child.

11:014:004 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and
           came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his
           eyes were set by reason of his age.

11:014:005 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam
           cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick:
           thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when
           she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another
           woman.

11:014:006 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she
           came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of
           Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am
           sent to thee with heavy tidings.

11:014:007 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
           Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made
           thee prince over my people Israel,

11:014:008 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it
           thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept
           my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do
           that only which was right in mine eyes;

11:014:009 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou
           hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to
           provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

11:014:010 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of
           Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth
           against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
           and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a
           man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

11:014:011 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and
           him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat:
           for the LORD hath spoken it.

11:014:012 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when
           thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

11:014:013 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only
           of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is
           found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the
           house of Jeroboam.

11:014:014 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who
           shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even
           now.

11:014:015 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the
           water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land,
           which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond
           the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the
           LORD to anger.

11:014:016 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam,
           who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

11:014:017 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah:
           and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child
           died;

11:014:018 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according
           to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his
           servant Ahijah the prophet.

11:014:019 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how
           he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the
           chronicles of the kings of Israel.

11:014:020 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years:
           and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in
           his stead.

11:014:021 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
           forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
           seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did
           choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
           And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

11:014:022 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked
           him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed,
           above all that their fathers had done.

11:014:023 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves,
           on every high hill, and under every green tree.

11:014:024 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did
           according to all the abominations of the nations which the
           LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

11:014:025 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that
           Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

11:014:026 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and
           the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and
           he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

11:014:027 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and
           committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which
           kept the door of the king's house.

11:014:028 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD,
           that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard
           chamber.

11:014:029 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Judah?

11:014:030 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their
           days.

11:014:031 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
           fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah
           an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

11:015:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
           reigned Abijam over Judah.

11:015:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was
           Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

11:015:003 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
           before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his
           God, as the heart of David his father.

11:015:004 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a
           lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to
           establish Jerusalem:

11:015:005 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the
           LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded
           him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah
           the Hittite.

11:015:006 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days
           of his life.

11:015:007 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

11:015:008 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the
           city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

11:015:009 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned
           Asa over Judah.

11:015:010 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
           mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

11:015:011 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as
           did David his father.

11:015:012 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed
           all the idols that his fathers had made.

11:015:013 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being
           queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa
           destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

11:015:014 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart
           was perfect with the LORD all his days.

11:015:015 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated,
           and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of
           the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.

11:015:016 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all
           their days.

11:015:017 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built
           Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to
           Asa king of Judah.

11:015:018 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in
           the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of
           the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his
           servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of
           Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at
           Damascus, saying,

11:015:019 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father
           and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of
           silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of
           Israel, that he may depart from me.

11:015:020 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of
           the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote
           Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with
           all the land of Naphtali.

11:015:021 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left
           off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

11:015:022 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none
           was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the
           timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa
           built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

11:015:023 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all
           that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not
           written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
           Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his
           feet.

11:015:024 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
           fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his
           son reigned in his stead.

11:015:025 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in
           the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel
           two years.

11:015:026 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the
           way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
           sin.

11:015:027 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,
           conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon,
           which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel
           laid siege to Gibbethon.

11:015:028 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay
           him, and reigned in his stead.

11:015:029 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the
           house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed,
           until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the
           LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

11:015:030 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he
           made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the
           LORD God of Israel to anger.

11:015:031 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Israel?

11:015:032 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all
           their days.

11:015:033 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of
           Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four
           years.

11:015:034 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the
           way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
           sin.

11:016:001 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani
           against Baasha, saying,

11:016:002 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee
           prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way
           of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke
           me to anger with their sins;

11:016:003 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the
           posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house
           of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

11:016:004 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and
           him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air
           eat.

11:016:005 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his
           might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
           the kings of Israel?

11:016:006 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah:
           and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

11:016:007 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani
           came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his
           house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the
           LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in
           being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

11:016:008 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah
           the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

11:016:009 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired
           against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in
           the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

11:016:010 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty
           and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his
           stead.

11:016:011 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat
           on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left
           him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his
           kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

11:016:012 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to
           the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu
           the prophet.

11:016:013 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by
           which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in
           provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

11:016:014 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Israel?

11:016:015 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
           reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped
           against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

11:016:016 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath
           conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel
           made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day
           in the camp.

11:016:017 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and
           they besieged Tirzah.

11:016:018 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,
           that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt
           the king's house over him with fire, and died.

11:016:019 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the
           LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which
           he did, to make Israel to sin.

11:016:020 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he
           wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
           the kings of Israel?

11:016:021 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of
           the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king;
           and half followed Omri.

11:016:022 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people
           that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri
           reigned.

11:016:023 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri
           to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in
           Tirzah.

11:016:024 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of
           silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city
           which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill,
           Samaria.

11:016:025 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse
           than all that were before him.

11:016:026 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
           in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the
           LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

11:016:027 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might
           that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the
           chronicles of the kings of Israel?

11:016:028 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and
           Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

11:016:029 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began
           Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of
           Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

11:016:030 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD
           above all that were before him.

11:016:031 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him
           to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took
           to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians,
           and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

11:016:032 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which
           he had built in Samaria.

11:016:033 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD
           God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were
           before him.

11:016:034 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
           foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the
           gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word
           of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

11:017:001 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,
           said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom
           I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but
           according to my word.

11:017:002 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

11:017:003 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by
           the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

11:017:004 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I
           have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

11:017:005 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he
           went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

11:017:006 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and
           bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

11:017:007 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,
           because there had been no rain in the land.

11:017:008 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

11:017:009 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and
           dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to
           sustain thee.

11:017:010 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the
           gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering
           of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray
           thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11:017:011 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,
           Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

11:017:012 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake,
           but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a
           cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go
           in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and
           die.

11:017:013 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast
           said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it
           unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

11:017:014 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal
           shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until
           the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

11:017:015 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and
           she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

11:017:016 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of
           oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by
           Elijah.

11:017:017 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the
           woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness
           was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

11:017:018 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou
           man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to
           remembrance, and to slay my son?

11:017:019 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of
           her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and
           laid him upon his own bed.

11:017:020 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou
           also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by
           slaying her son?

11:017:021 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried
           unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this
           child's soul come into him again.

11:017:022 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the
           child came into him again, and he revived.

11:017:023 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the
           chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and
           Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

11:017:024 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art
           a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is
           truth.

11:018:001 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD
           came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself
           unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

11:018:002 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a
           sore famine in Samaria.

11:018:003 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.
           (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

11:018:004 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD,
           that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty
           in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

11:018:005 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all
           fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may
           find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose
           not all the beasts.

11:018:006 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it:
           Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by
           himself.

11:018:007 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he
           knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my
           lord Elijah?

11:018:008 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah
           is here.

11:018:009 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver
           thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

11:018:010 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom,
           whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they
           said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and
           nation, that they found thee not.

11:018:011 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
           here.

11:018:012 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee,
           that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know
           not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find
           thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from
           my youth.

11:018:013 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the
           prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's
           prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and
           water?

11:018:014 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
           here: and he shall slay me.

11:018:015 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
           stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

11:018:016 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to
           meet Elijah.

11:018:017 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto
           him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

11:018:018 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
           father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of
           the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

11:018:019 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount
           Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and
           the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at
           Jezebel's table.

11:018:020 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the
           prophets together unto mount Carmel.

11:018:021 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt
           ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but
           if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a
           word.

11:018:022 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a
           prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and
           fifty men.

11:018:023 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose
           one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it
           on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other
           bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

11:018:024 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the
           name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him
           be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well
           spoken.

11:018:025 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one
           bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many;
           and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

11:018:026 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they
           dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even
           until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice,
           nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which
           was made.

11:018:027 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and
           said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he
           is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he
           sleepeth, and must be awaked.

11:018:028 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner
           with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

11:018:029 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied
           until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that
           there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that
           regarded.

11:018:030 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And
           all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar
           of the LORD that was broken down.

11:018:031 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the
           tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD
           came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

11:018:032 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD:
           and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would
           contain two measures of seed.

11:018:033 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces,
           and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with
           water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

11:018:034 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second
           time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the
           third time.

11:018:035 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the
           trench also with water.

11:018:036 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
           sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD
           God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day
           that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and
           that I have done all these things at thy word.

11:018:037 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou
           art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back
           again.

11:018:038 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt
           sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and
           licked up the water that was in the trench.

11:018:039 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and
           they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

11:018:040 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not
           one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought
           them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

11:018:041 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for
           there is a sound of abundance of rain.

11:018:042 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the
           top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and
           put his face between his knees,

11:018:043 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And
           he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he
           said, Go again seven times.

11:018:044 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold,
           there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's
           hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot,
           and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.

11:018:045 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was
           black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And
           Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

11:018:046 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his
           loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

11:019:001 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how
           he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

11:019:002 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the
           gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the
           life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

11:019:003 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and
           came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his
           servant there.

11:019:004 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and
           came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for
           himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O
           LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

11:019:005 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an
           angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

11:019:006 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the
           coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and
           drink, and laid him down again.

11:019:007 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and
           touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is
           too great for thee.

11:019:008 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength
           of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount
           of God.

11:019:009 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and,
           behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto
           him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

11:019:010 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of
           hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,
           thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the
           sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to
           take it away.

11:019:011 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
           LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong
           wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before
           the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind
           an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

11:019:012 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the
           fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

11:019:013 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face
           in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of
           the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said,
           What doest thou here, Elijah?

11:019:014 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of
           hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy
           covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets
           with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my
           life, to take it away.

11:019:015 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the
           wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to
           be king over Syria:

11:019:016 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over
           Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt
           thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

11:019:017 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of
           Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword
           of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

11:019:018 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees
           which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not
           kissed him.

11:019:019 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
           who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he
           with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his
           mantle upon him.

11:019:020 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me,
           I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will
           follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what
           have I done to thee?

11:019:021 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and
           slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the
           oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he
           arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

11:020:001 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together:
           and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and
           chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred
           against it.

11:020:002 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city,
           and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

11:020:003 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy
           children, even the goodliest, are mine.

11:020:004 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,
           according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

11:020:005 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh
           Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou
           shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and
           thy children;

11:020:006 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this
           time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy
           servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in
           thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

11:020:007 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and
           said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief:
           for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for
           my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

11:020:008 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken
           not unto him, nor consent.

11:020:009 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my
           lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at
           the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the
           messengers departed, and brought him word again.

11:020:010 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me,
           and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for
           handfuls for all the people that follow me.

11:020:011 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not
           him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that
           putteth it off.

11:020:012 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he
           was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said
           unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set
           themselves in array against the city.

11:020:013 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,
           saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great
           multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day;
           and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

11:020:014 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even
           by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he
           said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

11:020:015 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the
           provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after
           them he numbered all the people, even all the children of
           Israel, being seven thousand.

11:020:016 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself
           drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two
           kings that helped him.

11:020:017 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out
           first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There
           are men come out of Samaria.

11:020:018 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them
           alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

11:020:019 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of
           the city, and the army which followed them.

11:020:020 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and
           Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on
           an horse with the horsemen.

11:020:021 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and
           chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

11:020:022 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him,
           Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for
           at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up
           against thee.

11:020:023 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their
           gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than
           we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we
           shall be stronger than they.

11:020:024 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his
           place, and put captains in their rooms:

11:020:025 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost,
           horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight
           against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger
           than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

11:020:026 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad
           numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against
           Israel.

11:020:027 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all
           present, and went against them: and the children of Israel
           pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the
           Syrians filled the country.

11:020:028 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of
           Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians
           have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of
           the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude
           into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

11:020:029 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so
           it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the
           children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand
           footmen in one day.

11:020:030 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall
           fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left.
           And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner
           chamber.

11:020:031 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that
           the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I
           pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our
           heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will
           save thy life.

11:020:032 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on
           their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy
           servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said,
           Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

11:020:033 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would
           come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy
           brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then
           Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into
           the chariot.

11:020:034 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took
           from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets
           for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said
           Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a
           covenant with him, and sent him away.

11:020:035 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
           neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And
           the man refused to smite him.

11:020:036 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice
           of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a
           lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him,
           a lion found him, and slew him.

11:020:037 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee.
           And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

11:020:038 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,
           and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

11:020:039 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he
           said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and,
           behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and
           said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall
           thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of
           silver.

11:020:040 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And
           the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be;
           thyself hast decided it.

11:020:041 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the
           king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

11:020:042 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast
           let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter
           destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy
           people for his people.

11:020:043 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased,
           and came to Samaria.

11:021:001 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the
           Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the
           palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

11:021:002 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that
           I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto
           my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than
           it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of
           it in money.

11:021:003 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should
           give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

11:021:004 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of
           the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he
           had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.
           And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face,
           and would eat no bread.

11:021:005 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is
           thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

11:021:006 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the
           Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money;
           or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard
           for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

11:021:007 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the
           kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart
           be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the
           Jezreelite.

11:021:008 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his
           seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles
           that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

11:021:009 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
           Naboth on high among the people:

11:021:010 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness
           against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.
           And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

11:021:011 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who
           were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto
           them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent
           unto them.

11:021:012 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
           people.

11:021:013 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before
           him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against
           Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did
           blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of
           the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

11:021:014 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is
           dead.

11:021:015 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was
           stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take
           possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he
           refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but
           dead.

11:021:016 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead,
           that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the
           Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

11:021:017 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

11:021:018 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in
           Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he
           is gone down to possess it.

11:021:019 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
           Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt
           speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place
           where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy
           blood, even thine.

11:021:020 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And
           he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself
           to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

11:021:021 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy
           posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against
           the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

11:021:022 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son
           of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for
           the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and
           made Israel to sin.

11:021:023 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat
           Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

11:021:024 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him
           that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

11:021:025 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to
           work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his
           wife stirred up.

11:021:026 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to
           all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before
           the children of Israel.

11:021:027 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent
           his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and
           lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

11:021:028 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

11:021:029 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he
           humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his
           days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his
           house.

11:022:001 And they continued three years without war between Syria and
           Israel.

11:022:002 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the
           king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

11:022:003 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that
           Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out
           of the hand of the king of Syria?

11:022:004 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle
           to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I
           am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy
           horses.

11:022:005 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray
           thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

11:022:006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about
           four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against
           Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go
           up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

11:022:007 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
           besides, that we might enquire of him?

11:022:008 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
           man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the
           LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning
           me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

11:022:009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten
           hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

11:022:010 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
           each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place
           in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
           prophesied before them.

11:022:011 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and
           he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the
           Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

11:022:012 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
           Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into
           the king's hand.

11:022:013 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto
           him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare
           good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee,
           be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

11:022:014 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto
           me, that will I speak.

11:022:015 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,
           shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we
           forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD
           shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

11:022:016 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee
           that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name
           of the LORD?

11:022:017 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as
           sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have
           no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

11:022:018 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
           thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

11:022:019 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw
           the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven
           standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

11:022:020 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up
           and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and
           another said on that manner.

11:022:021 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and
           said, I will persuade him.

11:022:022 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
           forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
           prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail
           also: go forth, and do so.

11:022:023 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
           mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
           concerning thee.

11:022:024 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah
           on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD
           from me to speak unto thee?

11:022:025 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when
           thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

11:022:026 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
           unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
           son;

11:022:027 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
           and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
           affliction, until I come in peace.

11:022:028 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD
           hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every
           one of you.

11:022:029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
           up to Ramothgilead.

11:022:030 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
           myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.
           And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the
           battle.

11:022:031 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains
           that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with
           small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

11:022:032 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
           Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel.
           And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat
           cried out.

11:022:033 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots
           perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned
           back from pursuing him.

11:022:034 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king
           of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said
           unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me
           out of the host; for I am wounded.

11:022:035 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up
           in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the
           blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

11:022:036 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the
           going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and
           every man to his own country.

11:022:037 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried
           the king in Samaria.

11:022:038 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the
           dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour;
           according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

11:022:039 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the
           ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built,
           are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
           kings of Israel?

11:022:040 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in
           his stead.

11:022:041 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in
           the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

11:022:042 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to
           reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And
           his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

11:022:043 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not
           aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the
           LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for
           the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

11:022:044 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

11:022:045 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
           shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of
           the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

11:022:046 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days
           of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

11:022:047 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

11:022:048 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold:
           but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

11:022:049 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my
           servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat
           would not.

11:022:050 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with
           his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his
           son reigned in his stead.

11:022:051 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria
           the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
           two years over Israel.

11:022:052 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the
           way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the
           way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

11:022:053 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger
           the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had
           done.

Book 12        2 Kings

12:001:001 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

12:001:002 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber
           that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and
           said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron
           whether I shall recover of this disease.

12:001:003 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise,
           go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say
           unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel,
           that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

12:001:004 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down
           from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
           And Elijah departed.

12:001:005 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto
           them, Why are ye now turned back?

12:001:006 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and
           said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and
           say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is
           not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub
           the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that
           bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

12:001:007 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up
           to meet you, and told you these words?

12:001:008 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a
           girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah
           the Tishbite.

12:001:009 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty.
           And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an
           hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath
           said, Come down.

12:001:010 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be
           a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume
           thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and
           consumed him and his fifty.

12:001:011 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his
           fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus
           hath the king said, Come down quickly.

12:001:012 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God,
           let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy
           fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed
           him and his fifty.

12:001:013 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty.
           And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on
           his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him,
           O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these
           fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

12:001:014 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two
           captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore
           let my life now be precious in thy sight.

12:001:015 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him:
           be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him
           unto the king.

12:001:016 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou
           hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron,
           is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his
           word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which
           thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

12:001:017 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had
           spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of
           Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had
           no son.

12:001:018 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not
           written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

12:002:001 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into
           heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from
           Gilgal.

12:002:002 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
           LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the
           LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So
           they went down to Bethel.

12:002:003 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to
           Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will
           take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I
           know it; hold ye your peace.

12:002:004 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for
           the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD
           liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they
           came to Jericho.

12:002:005 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to
           Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will
           take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered,
           Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

12:002:006 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the
           LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
           and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two
           went on.

12:002:007 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to
           view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

12:002:008 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote
           the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that
           they two went over on dry ground.

12:002:009 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah
           said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be
           taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a
           double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

12:002:010 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if
           thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto
           thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

12:002:011 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,
           behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire,
           and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
           whirlwind into heaven.

12:002:012 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the
           chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no
           more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in
           two pieces.

12:002:013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and
           went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

12:002:014 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote
           the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and
           when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
           thither: and Elisha went over.

12:002:015 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at
           Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on
           Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
           ground before him.

12:002:016 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants
           fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy
           master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken
           him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.
           And he said, Ye shall not send.

12:002:017 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send.
           They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but
           found him not.

12:002:018 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,)
           he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

12:002:019 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee,
           the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but
           the water is naught, and the ground barren.

12:002:020 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And
           they brought it to him.

12:002:021 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the
           salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed
           these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or
           barren land.

12:002:022 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the
           saying of Elisha which he spake.

12:002:023 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up
           by the way, there came forth little children out of the city,
           and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go
           up, thou bald head.

12:002:024 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the
           name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of
           the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

12:002:025 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he
           returned to Samaria.

12:003:001 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in
           Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
           reigned twelve years.

12:003:002 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his
           father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal
           that his father had made.

12:003:003 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of
           Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

12:003:004 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto
           the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred
           thousand rams, with the wool.

12:003:005 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
           rebelled against the king of Israel.

12:003:006 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and
           numbered all Israel.

12:003:007 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
           The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with
           me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as
           thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy
           horses.

12:003:008 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The
           way through the wilderness of Edom.

12:003:009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the
           king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days'
           journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the
           cattle that followed them.

12:003:010 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called
           these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of
           Moab!

12:003:011 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD,
           that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of
           Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of
           Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

12:003:012 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the
           king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down
           to him.

12:003:013 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do
           with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the
           prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him,
           Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to
           deliver them into the hand of Moab.

12:003:014 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
           stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of
           Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee,
           nor see thee.

12:003:015 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
           minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

12:003:016 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
           ditches.

12:003:017 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall
           ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that
           ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

12:003:018 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he
           will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

12:003:019 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city,
           and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water,
           and mar every good piece of land with stones.

12:003:020 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
           offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom,
           and the country was filled with water.

12:003:021 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to
           fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on
           armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

12:003:022 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon
           the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as
           red as blood:

12:003:023 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and
           they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the
           spoil.

12:003:024 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
           up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but
           they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

12:003:025 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land
           cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all
           the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in
           Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers
           went about it, and smote it.

12:003:026 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for
           him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to
           break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

12:003:027 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his
           stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And
           there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed
           from him, and returned to their own land.

12:004:001 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of
           the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is
           dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and
           the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be
           bondmen.

12:004:002 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me,
           what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath
           not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

12:004:003 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy
           neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

12:004:004 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee
           and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels,
           and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

12:004:005 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her
           sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

12:004:006 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said
           unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her,
           There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

12:004:007 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell
           the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of
           the rest.

12:004:008 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was
           a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it
           was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat
           bread.

12:004:009 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that
           this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

12:004:010 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and
           let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and
           a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he
           shall turn in thither.

12:004:011 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into
           the chamber, and lay there.

12:004:012 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And
           when he had called her, she stood before him.

12:004:013 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been
           careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for
           thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the
           captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own
           people.

12:004:014 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi
           answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

12:004:015 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood
           in the door.

12:004:016 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life,
           thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man
           of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

12:004:017 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that
           Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

12:004:018 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went
           out to his father to the reapers.

12:004:019 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to
           a lad, Carry him to his mother.

12:004:020 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he
           sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

12:004:021 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God,
           and shut the door upon him, and went out.

12:004:022 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray
           thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may
           run to the man of God, and come again.

12:004:023 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is
           neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

12:004:024 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and
           go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

12:004:025 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And
           it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he
           said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

12:004:026 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it
           well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with
           the child? And she answered, It is well:

12:004:027 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught
           him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And
           the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed
           within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not
           told me.

12:004:028 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say,
           Do not deceive me?

12:004:029 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff
           in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute
           him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay
           my staff upon the face of the child.

12:004:030 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as
           thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and
           followed her.

12:004:031 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the
           face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing.
           Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The
           child is not awaked.

12:004:032 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was
           dead, and laid upon his bed.

12:004:033 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and
           prayed unto the LORD.

12:004:034 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon
           his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his
           hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of
           the child waxed warm.

12:004:035 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went
           up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed
           seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

12:004:036 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he
           called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take
           up thy son.

12:004:037 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to
           the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

12:004:038 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the
           land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him:
           and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe
           pottage for the sons of the prophets.

12:004:039 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a
           wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and
           came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew
           them not.

12:004:040 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as
           they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and
           said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they
           could not eat thereof.

12:004:041 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and
           he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there
           was no harm in the pot.

12:004:042 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of
           God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and
           full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto
           the people, that they may eat.

12:004:043 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an
           hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may
           eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave
           thereof.

12:004:044 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
           according to the word of the LORD.

12:005:001 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a
           great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the
           LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty
           man in valour, but he was a leper.

12:005:002 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought
           away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she
           waited on Naaman's wife.

12:005:003 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with
           the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of
           his leprosy.

12:005:004 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said
           the maid that is of the land of Israel.

12:005:005 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a
           letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with
           him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold,
           and ten changes of raiment.

12:005:006 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now
           when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith
           sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him
           of his leprosy.

12:005:007 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the
           letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill
           and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover
           a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see
           how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

12:005:008 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the
           king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king,
           saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now
           to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

12:005:009 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood
           at the door of the house of Elisha.

12:005:010 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in
           Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee,
           and thou shalt be clean.

12:005:011 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I
           thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on
           the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the
           place, and recover the leper.

12:005:012 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all
           the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So
           he turned and went away in a rage.

12:005:013 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My
           father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing,
           wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he
           saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

12:005:014 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
           according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came
           again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

12:005:015 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and
           came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know
           that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now
           therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

12:005:016 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will
           receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

12:005:017 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given
           to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant
           will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice
           unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

12:005:018 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master
           goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he
           leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon:
           when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon
           thy servant in this thing.

12:005:019 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a
           little way.

12:005:020 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said,
           Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not
           receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD
           liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

12:005:021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him
           running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet
           him, and said, Is all well?

12:005:022 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying,
           Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two
           young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee,
           a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

12:005:023 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged
           him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two
           changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants;
           and they bare them before him.

12:005:024 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand,
           and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and
           they departed.

12:005:025 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said
           unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant
           went no whither.

12:005:026 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the
           man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time
           to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and
           vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
           maidservants?

12:005:027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and
           unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a
           leper as white as snow.

12:006:001 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the
           place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

12:006:002 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every
           man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may
           dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

12:006:003 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy
           servants. And he answered, I will go.

12:006:004 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut
           down wood.

12:006:005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the
           water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was
           borrowed.

12:006:006 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the
           place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and
           the iron did swim.

12:006:007 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his
           hand, and took it.

12:006:008 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel
           with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be
           my camp.

12:006:009 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying,
           Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the
           Syrians are come down.

12:006:010 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God
           told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once
           nor twice.

12:006:011 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for
           this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them,
           Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

12:006:012 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but
           Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of
           Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

12:006:013 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch
           him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

12:006:014 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great
           host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

12:006:015 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and
           gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with
           horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my
           master! how shall we do?

12:006:016 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more
           than they that be with them.

12:006:017 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes,
           that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young
           man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses
           and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

12:006:018 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD,
           and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And
           he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

12:006:019 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is
           this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom
           ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

12:006:020 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that
           Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may
           see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and,
           behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

12:006:021 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
           father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

12:006:022 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou
           smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and
           with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may
           eat and drink, and go to their master.

12:006:023 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had
           eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their
           master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of
           Israel.

12:006:024 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria
           gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

12:006:025 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they
           besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces
           of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for
           five pieces of silver.

12:006:026 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there
           cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

12:006:027 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help
           thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

12:006:028 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
           answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may
           eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

12:006:029 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on
           the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath
           hid her son.

12:006:030 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the
           woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the
           wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth
           within upon his flesh.

12:006:031 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of
           Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

12:006:032 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and
           the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger
           came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a
           murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the
           messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the
           door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

12:006:033 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came
           down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD;
           what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

12:007:001 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the
           LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour
           be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,
           in the gate of Samaria.

12:007:002 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of
           God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in
           heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt
           see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

12:007:003 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the
           gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we
           die?

12:007:004 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in
           the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we
           die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of
           the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they
           kill us, we shall but die.

12:007:005 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
           Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the
           camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

12:007:006 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise
           of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great
           host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel
           hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings
           of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

12:007:007 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their
           tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it
           was, and fled for their life.

12:007:008 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp,
           they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried
           thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and
           came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence
           also, and went and hid it.

12:007:009 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a
           day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till
           the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now
           therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

12:007:010 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they
           told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and,
           behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but
           horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

12:007:011 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's
           house within.

12:007:012 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I
           will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know
           that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to
           hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of
           the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

12:007:013 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I
           pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in
           the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel
           that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the
           multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us
           send and see.

12:007:014 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent
           after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

12:007:015 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was
           full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away
           in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the
           king.

12:007:016 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians.
           So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two
           measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the
           LORD.

12:007:017 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to
           have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in
           the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake
           when the king came down to him.

12:007:018 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,
           saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of
           fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in
           the gate of Samaria:

12:007:019 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold,
           if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing
           be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes,
           but shalt not eat thereof.

12:007:020 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in
           the gate, and he died.

12:008:001 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to
           life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and
           sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath
           called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land
           seven years.

12:008:002 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of
           God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the
           land of the Philistines seven years.

12:008:003 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman
           returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went
           forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

12:008:004 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,
           saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha
           hath done.

12:008:005 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had
           restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose
           son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house
           and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is
           the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

12:008:006 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king
           appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that
           was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that
           she left the land, even until now.

12:008:007 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria
           was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come
           hither.

12:008:008 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand,
           and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him,
           saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

12:008:009 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even
           of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and
           came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of
           Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
           disease?

12:008:010 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest
           certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he
           shall surely die.

12:008:011 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was
           ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12:008:012 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because
           I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel:
           their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men
           wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children,
           and rip up their women with child.

12:008:013 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he
           should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath
           shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

12:008:014 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said
           to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me
           that thou shouldest surely recover.

12:008:015 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth,
           and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he
           died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

12:008:016 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
           Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je
           hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

12:008:017 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he
           reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

12:008:018 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the
           house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he
           did evil in the sight of the LORD.

12:008:019 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's
           sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his
           children.

12:008:020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and
           made a king over themselves.

12:008:021 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and
           he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him
           about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled
           into their tents.

12:008:022 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.
           Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

12:008:023 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Judah?

12:008:024 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
           fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in
           his stead.

12:008:025 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel
           did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

12:008:026 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
           and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
           was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

12:008:027 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in
           the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was
           the son in law of the house of Ahab.

12:008:028 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against
           Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded
           Joram.

12:008:029 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
           which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought
           against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
           king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in
           Jezreel, because he was sick.

12:009:001 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the
           prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this
           box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

12:009:002 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of
           Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise
           up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

12:009:003 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say,
           Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
           Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

12:009:004 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
           Ramothgilead.

12:009:005 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were
           sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And
           Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O
           captain.

12:009:006 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil
           on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of
           Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD,
           even over Israel.

12:009:007 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may
           avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of
           all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

12:009:008 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off
           from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is
           shut up and left in Israel:

12:009:009 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam
           the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of
           Ahijah:

12:009:010 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and
           there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and
           fled.

12:009:011 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said
           unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?
           And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

12:009:012 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and
           thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have
           anointed thee king over Israel.

12:009:013 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it
           under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets,
           saying, Jehu is king.

12:009:014 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired
           against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all
           Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

12:009:015 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the
           wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with
           Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds,
           then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to
           tell it in Jezreel.

12:009:016 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
           there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

12:009:017 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he
           spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a
           company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet
           them, and let him say, Is it peace?

12:009:018 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus
           saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to
           do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told,
           saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

12:009:019 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them,
           and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered,
           What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

12:009:020 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and
           cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu
           the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

12:009:021 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready.
           And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
           each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met
           him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

12:009:022 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
           peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the
           whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so
           many?

12:009:023 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah,
           There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

12:009:024 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram
           between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he
           sunk down in his chariot.

12:009:025 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in
           the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for
           remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab
           his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

12:009:026 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the
           blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in
           this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him
           into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

12:009:027 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the
           way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and
           said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the
           going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo,
           and died there.

12:009:028 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and
           buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of
           David.

12:009:029 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began
           Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

12:009:030 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and
           she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a
           window.

12:009:031 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,
           who slew his master?

12:009:032 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on
           my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three
           eunuchs.

12:009:033 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some
           of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and
           he trode her under foot.

12:009:034 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go,
           see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's
           daughter.

12:009:035 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than
           the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

12:009:036 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is
           the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the
           Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the
           flesh of Jezebel:

12:009:037 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of
           the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not
           say, This is Jezebel.

12:010:001 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters,
           and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the
           elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

12:010:002 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's
           sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses,
           a fenced city also, and armour;

12:010:003 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and
           set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's
           house.

12:010:004 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings
           stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

12:010:005 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city,
           the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to
           Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou
           shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is
           good in thine eyes.

12:010:006 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye
           be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the
           heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel
           by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy
           persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought
           them up.

12:010:007 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they
           took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their
           heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

12:010:008 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have
           brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them
           in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

12:010:009 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and
           stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I
           conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all
           these?

12:010:010 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the
           word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of
           Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his
           servant Elijah.

12:010:011 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in
           Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his
           priests, until he left him none remaining.

12:010:012 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was
           at the shearing house in the way,

12:010:013 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,
           Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah;
           and we go down to salute the children of the king and the
           children of the queen.

12:010:014 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and
           slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty
           men; neither left he any of them.

12:010:015 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the
           son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said
           to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart?
           And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand.
           And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the
           chariot.

12:010:016 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So
           they made him ride in his chariot.

12:010:017 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto
           Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the
           saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

12:010:018 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them,
           Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

12:010:019 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his
           servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have
           a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting,
           he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent
           that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

12:010:020 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
           proclaimed it.

12:010:021 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of
           Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And
           they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
           full from one end to another.

12:010:022 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth
           vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them
           forth vestments.

12:010:023 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house
           of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and
           look that there be here with you none of the servants of the
           LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

12:010:024 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,
           Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the
           men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that
           letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

12:010:025 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering
           the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the
           captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they
           smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the
           captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of
           Baal.

12:010:026 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal,
           and burned them.

12:010:027 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the
           house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

12:010:028 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

12:010:029 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
           Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the
           golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

12:010:030 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in
           executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto
           the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy
           children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of
           Israel.

12:010:031 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of
           Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins
           of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

12:010:032 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael
           smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

12:010:033 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and
           the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by
           the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

12:010:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all
           his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
           of the kings of Israel?

12:010:035 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in
           Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

12:010:036 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was
           twenty and eight years.

12:011:001 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
           dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

12:011:002 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
           took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the
           king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and
           his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not
           slain.

12:011:003 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years.
           And Athaliah did reign over the land.

12:011:004 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over
           hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to
           him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them,
           and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed
           them the king's son.

12:011:005 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall
           do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall
           even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

12:011:006 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part
           at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of
           the house, that it be not broken down.

12:011:007 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even
           they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the
           king.

12:011:008 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his
           weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let
           him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as
           he cometh in.

12:011:009 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things
           that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man
           his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that
           should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

12:011:010 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king
           David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the
           LORD.

12:011:011 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,
           round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to
           the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the
           temple.

12:011:012 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon
           him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and
           anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save
           the king.

12:011:013 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the
           people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

12:011:014 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as
           the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the
           king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with
           trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason,
           Treason.

12:011:015 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the
           hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have
           her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill
           with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain
           in the house of the LORD.

12:011:016 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the
           which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she
           slain.

12:011:017 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and
           the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the
           king also and the people.

12:011:018 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal,
           and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in
           pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before
           the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house
           of the LORD.

12:011:019 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and
           the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought
           down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way
           of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on
           the throne of the kings.

12:011:020 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in
           quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's
           house.

12:011:021 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

12:012:001 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty
           years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
           Zibiah of Beersheba.

12:012:002 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD
           all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

12:012:003 But the high places were not taken away: the people still
           sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

12:012:004 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the
           dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD,
           even the money of every one that passeth the account, the
           money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh
           into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

12:012:005 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his
           acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house,
           wheresoever any breach shall be found.

12:012:006 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king
           Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the
           house.

12:012:007 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the
           other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the
           breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of
           your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the
           house.

12:012:008 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the
           people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

12:012:009 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
           lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as
           one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that
           kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into
           the house of the LORD.

12:012:010 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the
           chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and
           they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the
           house of the LORD.

12:012:011 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them
           that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the
           LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders,
           that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

12:012:012 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and
           hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD,
           and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

12:012:013 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of
           silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or
           vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the
           house of the LORD:

12:012:014 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the
           house of the LORD.

12:012:015 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
           delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt
           faithfully.

12:012:016 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the
           house of the LORD: it was the priests'.

12:012:017 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath,
           and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

12:012:018 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that
           Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of
           Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the
           gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD,
           and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria:
           and he went away from Jerusalem.

12:012:019 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Judah?

12:012:020 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash
           in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

12:012:021 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of
           Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried
           him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son
           reigned in his stead.

12:013:001 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah
           king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
           Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

12:013:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and
           followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
           Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

12:013:003 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
           delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into
           the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

12:013:004 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto
           him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of
           Syria oppressed them.

12:013:005 (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, as beforetime.

12:013:006 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
           Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there
           remained the grove also in Samaria.)

12:013:007 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, and had made them like the
           dust by threshing.

12:013:008 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?

12:013:009 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in
           Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.

12:013:010 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began
           Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria,
           and reigned sixteen years.

12:013:011 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 walked therein.

12:013:012 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and
           his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah,
           are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
           kings of Israel?

12:013:013 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his
           throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of
           Israel.

12:013:014 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.

12:013:015 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took
           unto him bow and arrows.

12:013:016 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 hands
           upon the king's hands.

12:013:017 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then
           Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the
           LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria:
           for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have
           consumed them.

12:013:018 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.

12:013:019 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.

12:013:020 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the
           Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

12:013:021 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,
           they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the
           sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and
           touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his
           feet.

12:013:022 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of
           Jehoahaz.

12:013:023 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.

12:013:024 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in
           his stead.

12:013:025 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
           Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out
           of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did
           Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

12:014:001 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
           reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

12:014:002 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and
           reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
           name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

12:014:003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet
           not like David his father: he did according to all things as
           Joash his father did.

12:014:004 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people
           did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

12:014:005 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in
           his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king
           his father.

12:014:006 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto
           that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein
           the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to
           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.

12:014:007 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took
           Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this
           day.

12:014:008 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.

12:014:009 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
           saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that
           was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife:
           and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and
           trode down the thistle.

12:014:010 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted
           thee up: 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?

12:014:011 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel
           went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another
           in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

12:014:012 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled
           every man to their tents.

12:014:013 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son
           of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to
           Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate
           of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

12:014:014 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.

12:014:015 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his
           might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they
           not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Israel?

12:014:016 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria
           with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his
           stead.

12:014:017 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
           death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

12:014:018 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in
           the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

12:014:019 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he
           fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew
           him there.

12:014:020 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem
           with his fathers in the city of David.

12:014:021 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen
           years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

12:014:022 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
           slept with his fathers.

12:014:023 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of
           Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign
           in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

12:014:024 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 to sin.

12:014:025 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath
           unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD
           God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant
           Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of
           Gathhepher.

12:014:026 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very
           bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any
           helper for Israel.

12:014:027 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of
           Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of
           Jeroboam the son of Joash.

12:014:028 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and
           his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and
           Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not
           written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

12:014:029 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of
           Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

12:015:001 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel
           began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

12:015:002 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he
           reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
           name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

12:015:003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

12:015:004 Save that the high places were not removed: the people
           sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

12:015:005 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.

12:015:006 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?

12:015:007 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.

12:015:008 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did
           Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six
           months.

12:015:009 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as
           his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of
           Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

12:015:010 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote
           him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

12:015:011 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are
           written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12:015:012 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.

12:015:013 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and
           thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full
           month in Samaria.

12:015:014 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
           Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and
           slew him, and reigned in his stead.

12:015:015 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which
           he made, behold, they are written in the book of the
           chronicles of the kings of Israel.

12:015:016 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
           coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him,
           therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were
           with child he ripped up.

12:015:017 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
           Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten
           years in Samaria.

12:015:018 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he
           departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
           Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

12:015:019 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem
           gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be
           with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

12:015:020 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the
           mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to
           give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned
           back, and stayed not there in the land.

12:015:021 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?

12:015:022 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son
           reigned in his stead.

12:015:023 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.

12:015:024 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.

12:015:025 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 Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

12:015:026 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,
           behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
           kings of Israel.

12:015:027 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah
           the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
           reigned twenty years.

12:015:028 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.

12:015:029 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king
           of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah,
           and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land
           of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

12:015:030 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the
           son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in
           his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

12:015:031 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did,
           behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
           kings of Israel.

12:015:032 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
           began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

12:015:033 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and
           he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
           was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

12:015:034 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he
           did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

12:015:035 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people
           sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He
           built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

12:015:036 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Judah?

12:015:037 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the
           king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

12:015:038 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.

12:016:001 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the
           son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

12:016:002 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.

12:016:003 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made
           his son to pass through the fire, according to the
           abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from
           before the children of Israel.

12:016:004 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on
           the hills, and under every green tree.

12:016:005 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of
           Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz,
           but could not overcome him.

12:016:006 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and
           drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and
           dwelt there unto this day.

12:016:007 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,
           saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out
           of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the
           king of Israel, which rise up against me.

12:016:008 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house
           of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and
           sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

12:016:009 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of
           Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the
           people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

12:016:010 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of
           Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz
           sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the
           pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

12:016:011 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that
           king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it
           against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

12:016:012 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the
           altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered
           thereon.

12:016:013 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and
           poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his
           peace offerings, upon the altar.

12:016:014 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the
           LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar
           and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the
           altar.

12:016:015 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the
           great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening
           meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat
           offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the
           land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and
           sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all
           the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for
           me to enquire by.

12:016:016 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz
           commanded.

12:016:017 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed
           the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the
           brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement
           of stones.

12:016:018 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the
           house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house
           of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

12:016:019 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not
           written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

12:016:020 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
           fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in
           his stead.

12:017:001 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son
           of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

12:017:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but
           not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

12:017:003 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
           became his servant, and gave him presents.

12:017:004 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had
           sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to
           the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore
           the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

12:017:005 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and
           went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

12:017:006 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria,
           and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah
           and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the
           Medes.

12:017:007 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against
           the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land
           of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
           had feared other gods,

12:017:008 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast
           out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of
           Israel, which they had made.

12:017:009 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were
           not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high
           places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to
           the fenced city.

12:017:010 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and
           under every green tree:

12:017:011 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did
           the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and
           wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

12:017:012 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye
           shall not do this thing.

12:017:013 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by
           all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from
           your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes,
           according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and
           which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

12:017:014 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,
           like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the
           LORD their God.

12:017:015 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made
           with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified
           against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and
           went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning
           whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like
           them.

12:017:016 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and
           made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove,
           and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

12:017:017 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through
           the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold
           themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him
           to anger.

12:017:018 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed
           them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of
           Judah only.

12:017:019 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God,
           but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

12:017:020 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted
           them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he
           had cast them out of his sight.

12:017:021 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made
           Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from
           following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

12:017:022 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam
           which he did; they departed not from them;

12:017:023 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said
           by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away
           out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

12:017:024 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from
           Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim,
           and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the
           children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in
           the cities thereof.

12:017:025 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that
           they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among
           them, which slew some of them.

12:017:026 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The
           nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of
           Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore
           he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them,
           because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

12:017:027 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one
           of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go
           and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God
           of the land.

12:017:028 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from
           Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they
           should fear the LORD.

12:017:029 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in
           the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made,
           every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

12:017:030 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth
           made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

12:017:031 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites
           burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech,
           the gods of Sepharvaim.

12:017:032 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the
           lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed
           for them in the houses of the high places.

12:017:033 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the
           manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

12:017:034 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not
           the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their
           ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD
           commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

12:017:035 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them,
           saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to
           them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

12:017:036 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with
           great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and
           him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

12:017:037 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
           commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do
           for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

12:017:038 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not
           forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

12:017:039 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you
           out of the hand of all your enemies.

12:017:040 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former
           manner.

12:017:041 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven
           images, both their children, and their children's children: as
           did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

12:018:001 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah
           king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah
           began to reign.

12:018:002 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and
           he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's
           name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

12:018:003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that David his father did.

12:018:004 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down
           the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses
           had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn
           incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

12:018:005 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was
           none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were
           before him.

12:018:006 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him,
           but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

12:018:007 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he
           went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and
           served him not.

12:018:008 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders
           thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

12:018:009 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which
           was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,
           that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and
           besieged it.

12:018:010 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth
           year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of
           Israel, Samaria was taken.

12:018:011 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria,
           and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and
           in the cities of the Medes:

12:018:012 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but
           transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of
           the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

12:018:013 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib
           king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of
           Judah, and took them.

12:018:014 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to
           Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which
           thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria
           appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of
           silver and thirty talents of gold.

12:018:015 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the
           house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.

12:018:016 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of
           the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah
           king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of
           Assyria.

12:018:017 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh
           from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against
           Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when
           they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the
           upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

12:018:018 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them
           Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and
           Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

12:018:019 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus
           saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is
           this wherein thou trustest?

12:018:020 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and
           strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou
           rebellest against me?

12:018:021 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised
           reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into
           his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all
           that trust on him.

12:018:022 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not
           that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath
           taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall
           worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

12:018:023 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king
           of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if
           thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

12:018:024 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the
           least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for
           chariots and for horsemen?

12:018:025 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to
           destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and
           destroy it.

12:018:026 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah,
           unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the
           Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in
           the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the
           wall.

12:018:027 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy
           master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me
           to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own
           dung, and drink their own piss with you?

12:018:028 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
           language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king,
           the king of Assyria:

12:018:029 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he
           shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

12:018:030 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The
           LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be
           delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

12:018:031 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria,
           Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me,
           and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of
           his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his
           cistern:

12:018:032 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a
           land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land
           of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and
           hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The
           LORD will deliver us.

12:018:033 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land
           out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

12:018:034 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods
           of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out
           of mine hand?

12:018:035 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
           delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should
           deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

12:018:036 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word:
           for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

12:018:037 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the
           household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph
           the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told
           him the words of Rabshakeh.

12:019:001 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent
           his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into
           the house of the LORD.

12:019:002 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna
           the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with
           sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

12:019:003 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day
           of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are
           come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

12:019:004 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of
           Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to
           reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the
           LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
           remnant that are left.

12:019:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

12:019:006 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master,
           Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou
           hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria
           have blasphemed me.

12:019:007 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a
           rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him
           to fall by the sword in his own land.

12:019:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
           against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from
           Lachish.

12:019:009 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he
           is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again
           unto Hezekiah, saying,

12:019:010 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not
           thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem
           shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

12:019:011 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to
           all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be
           delivered?

12:019:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers
           have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the
           children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

12:019:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the
           king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

12:019:014 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the
           messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house
           of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

12:019:015 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of
           Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the
           God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou
           hast made heaven and earth.

12:019:016 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes,
           and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent
           him to reproach the living God.

12:019:017 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the
           nations and their lands,

12:019:018 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods,
           but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they
           have destroyed them.

12:019:019 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us
           out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
           that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

12:019:020 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
           saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to
           me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

12:019:021 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
           virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed
           thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head
           at thee.

12:019:022 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom
           hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?
           even against the Holy One of Israel.

12:019:023 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast
           said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the
           height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut
           down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees
           thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders,
           and into the forest of his Carmel.

12:019:024 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of
           my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

12:019:025 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of
           ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to
           pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into
           ruinous heaps.

12:019:026 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were
           dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field,
           and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as
           corn blasted before it be grown up.

12:019:027 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in,
           and thy rage against me.

12:019:028 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into
           mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my
           bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by
           which thou camest.

12:019:029 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year
           such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that
           which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and
           reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

12:019:030 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall
           yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

12:019:031 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that
           escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall
           do this.

12:019:032 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria,
           He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there,
           nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

12:019:033 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and
           shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

12:019:034 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake,
           and for my servant David's sake.

12:019:035 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD
           went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred
           fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the
           morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

12:019:036 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and
           returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

12:019:037 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of
           Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote
           him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia.
           And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

12:020:001 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet
           Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus
           saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die,
           and not live.

12:020:002 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
           saying,

12:020:003 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before
           thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that
           which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

12:020:004 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle
           court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

12:020:005 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus
           saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy
           prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on
           the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

12:020:006 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver
           thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and
           I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant
           David's sake.

12:020:007 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid
           it on the boil, and he recovered.

12:020:008 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the
           LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of
           the LORD the third day?

12:020:009 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that
           the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the
           shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

12:020:010 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to
           go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward
           ten degrees.

12:020:011 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the
           shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the
           dial of Ahaz.

12:020:012 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of
           Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had
           heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

12:020:013 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the
           house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and
           the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of
           his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was
           nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
           shewed them not.

12:020:014 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto
           him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?
           And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from
           Babylon.

12:020:015 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
           answered, All the things that are in mine house have they
           seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not
           shewed them.

12:020:016 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

12:020:017 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and
           that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day,
           shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith
           the LORD.

12:020:018 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt
           beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the
           palace of the king of Babylon.

12:020:019 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD
           which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace
           and truth be in my days?

12:020:020 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and
           how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the
           city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
           the kings of Judah?

12:020:021 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son
           reigned in his stead.

12:021:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and
           reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
           name was Hephzibah.

12:021:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after
           the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before
           the children of Israel.

12:021:003 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his
           father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and
           made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all
           the host of heaven, and served them.

12:021:004 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the
           LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

12:021:005 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two
           courts of the house of the LORD.

12:021:006 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times,
           and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and
           wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD,
           to provoke him to anger.

12:021:007 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the
           house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his
           son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out
           of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

12:021:008 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of
           the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe
           to do according to all that I have commanded them, and
           according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

12:021:009 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more
           evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the
           children of Israel.

12:021:010 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

12:021:011 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations,
           and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which
           were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his
           idols:

12:021:012 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am
           bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever
           heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

12:021:013 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the
           plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a
           man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

12:021:014 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and
           deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall
           become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

12:021:015 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and
           have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came
           forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

12:021:016 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had
           filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin
           wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil
           in the sight of the LORD.

12:021:017 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and
           his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of
           the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

12:021:018 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the
           garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his
           son reigned in his stead.

12:021:019 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and
           he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
           Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

12:021:020 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as
           his father Manasseh did.

12:021:021 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and
           served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

12:021:022 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in
           the way of the LORD.

12:021:023 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the
           king in his own house.

12:021:024 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired
           against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his
           son king in his stead.

12:021:025 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not
           written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

12:021:026 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and
           Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

12:022:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
           reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
           name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

12:022:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and
           walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not
           aside to the right hand or to the left.

12:022:003 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah,
           that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of
           Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

12:022:004 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver
           which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers
           of the door have gathered of the people:

12:022:005 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the
           work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and
           let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the
           house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

12:022:006 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber
           and hewn stone to repair the house.

12:022:007 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money
           that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt
           faithfully.

12:022:008 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I
           have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And
           Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

12:022:009 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king
           word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money
           that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the
           hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the
           house of the LORD.

12:022:010 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the
           priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before
           the king.

12:022:011 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the
           book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

12:022:012 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son
           of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the
           scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,

12:022:013 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for
           all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found:
           for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us,
           because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this
           book, to do according unto all that which is written
           concerning us.

12:022:014 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
           and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of
           Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the
           wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and
           they communed with her.

12:022:015 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
           Tell the man that sent you to me,

12:022:016 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this
           place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of
           the book which the king of Judah hath read:

12:022:017 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
           other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the
           works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled
           against this place, and shall not be quenched.

12:022:018 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the
           LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of
           Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

12:022:019 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
           before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this
           place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should
           become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes,
           and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

12:022:020 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and
           thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes
           shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.
           And they brought the king word again.

12:023:001 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders
           of Judah and of Jerusalem.

12:023:002 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the
           men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him,
           and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both
           small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of
           the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the
           LORD.

12:023:003 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the
           LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and
           his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all
           their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were
           written in this book. And all the people stood to the
           covenant.

12:023:004 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the
           priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to
           bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that
           were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of
           heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of
           Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

12:023:005 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of
           Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the
           cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them
           also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the
           moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

12:023:006 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD,
           without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the
           brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the
           powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

12:023:007 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by
           the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the
           grove.

12:023:008 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and
           defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense,
           from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the
           gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the
           governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the
           gate of the city.

12:023:009 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the
           altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the
           unleavened bread among their brethren.

12:023:010 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children
           of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to
           pass through the fire to Molech.

12:023:011 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given
           to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by
           the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the
           suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12:023:012 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of
           Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which
           Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD,
           did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and
           cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

12:023:013 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on
           the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the
           king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of
           the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the
           Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of
           Ammon, did the king defile.

12:023:014 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves,
           and filled their places with the bones of men.

12:023:015 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place
           which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had
           made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and
           burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and
           burned the grove.

12:023:016 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that
           were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of
           the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted
           it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God
           proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

12:023:017 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of
           the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God,
           which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou
           hast done against the altar of Bethel.

12:023:018 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they
           let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came
           out of Samaria.

12:023:019 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the
           cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to
           provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them
           according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

12:023:020 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there
           upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and
           returned to Jerusalem.

12:023:021 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the
           passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book
           of this covenant.

12:023:022 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of
           the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the
           kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

12:023:023 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this
           passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

12:023:024 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards,
           and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that
           were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah
           put away, that he might perform the words of the law which
           were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the
           house of the LORD.

12:023:025 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to
           the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with
           all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither
           after him arose there any like him.

12:023:026 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his
           great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah,
           because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him
           withal.

12:023:027 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight,
           as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city
           Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said,
           My name shall be there.

12:023:028 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are
           they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
           Judah?

12:023:029 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the
           king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went
           against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

12:023:030 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo,
           and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own
           sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
           Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's
           stead.

12:023:031 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to
           reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his
           mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

12:023:032 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that his fathers had done.

12:023:033 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of
           Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land
           to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of
           gold.

12:023:034 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the
           room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim,
           and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

12:023:035 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he
           taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment
           of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people
           of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give
           it unto Pharaohnechoh.

12:023:036 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
           reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his
           mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

12:023:037 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that his fathers had done.

12:024:001 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and
           Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and
           rebelled against him.

12:024:002 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands
           of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the
           children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it,
           according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his
           servants the prophets.

12:024:003 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to
           remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
           according to all that he did;

12:024:004 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled
           Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not
           pardon.

12:024:005 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did,
           are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
           kings of Judah?

12:024:006 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son
           reigned in his stead.

12:024:007 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land:
           for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto
           the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

12:024:008 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and
           he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name
           was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

12:024:009 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that his father had done.

12:024:010 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
           came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

12:024:011 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and
           his servants did besiege it.

12:024:012 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of
           Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his
           princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in
           the eighth year of his reign.

12:024:013 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of
           the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in
           pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel
           had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

12:024:014 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and
           all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and
           all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest
           sort of the people of the land.

12:024:015 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's
           mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty
           of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to
           Babylon.

12:024:016 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen
           and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war,
           even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

12:024:017 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother
           king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

12:024:018 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign,
           and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
           name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

12:024:019 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

12:024:020 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem
           and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that
           Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

12:025:001 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the
           tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
           Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host,
           against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built
           forts against it round about.

12:025:002 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king
           Zedekiah.

12:025:003 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed
           in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the
           land.

12:025:004 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by
           night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by
           the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city
           round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

12:025:005 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and
           overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were
           scattered from him.

12:025:006 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of
           Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

12:025:007 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put
           out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass,
           and carried him to Babylon.

12:025:008 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which
           is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
           came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king
           of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

12:025:009 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and
           all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt
           he with fire.

12:025:010 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain
           of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

12:025:011 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the
           fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the
           remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the
           guard carry away.

12:025:012 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of
           the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

12:025:013 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD,
           and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the
           LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass
           of them to Babylon.

12:025:014 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the
           spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they
           ministered, took they away.

12:025:015 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of
           gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the
           guard took away.

12:025:016 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made
           for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was
           without weight.

12:025:017 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the
           chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter
           three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the
           chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had
           the second pillar with wreathen work.

12:025:018 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest,
           and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
           door:

12:025:019 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the
           men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's
           presence, which were found in the city, and the principal
           scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and
           threescore men of the people of the land that were found in
           the city:

12:025:020 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought
           them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

12:025:021 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in
           the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their
           land.

12:025:022 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
           Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he
           made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

12:025:023 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men,
           heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor,
           there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
           Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son
           of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a
           Maachathite, they and their men.

12:025:024 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto
           them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in
           the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well
           with you.

12:025:025 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
           of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came,
           and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and
           the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

12:025:026 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of
           the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of
           the Chaldees.

12:025:027 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the
           captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month,
           on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach
           king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up
           the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

12:025:028 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the
           throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

12:025:029 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread
           continually before him all the days of his life.

12:025:030 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the
           king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.



Book 13        1 Chronicles

13:001:001 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

13:001:002 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

13:001:003 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

13:001:004 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

13:001:005 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
           and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

13:001:006 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

13:001:007 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
           Dodanim.

13:001:008 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

13:001:009 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and
           Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
           Dedan.

13:001:010 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

13:001:011 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
           Naphtuhim,

13:001:012 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,)
           and Caphthorim.

13:001:013 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

13:001:014 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

13:001:015 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

13:001:016 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

13:001:017 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
           Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

13:001:018 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

13:001:019 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was
           Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his
           brother's name was Joktan.

13:001:020 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
           Jerah,

13:001:021 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

13:001:022 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

13:001:023 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of
           Joktan.

13:001:024 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

13:001:025 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

13:001:026 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

13:001:027 Abram; the same is Abraham.

13:001:028 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

13:001:029 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael,
           Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

13:001:030 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

13:001:031 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

13:001:032 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran,
           and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And
           the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

13:001:033 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and
           Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

13:001:034 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

13:001:035 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and
           Korah.

13:001:036 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
           and Timna, and Amalek.

13:001:037 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

13:001:038 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
           and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

13:001:039 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's
           sister.

13:001:040 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
           Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.

13:001:041 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and
           Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

13:001:042 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of
           Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

13:001:043 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom
           before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the
           son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

13:001:044 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
           reigned in his stead.

13:001:045 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites
           reigned in his stead.

13:001:046 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote
           Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the
           name of his city was Avith.

13:001:047 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
           stead.

13:001:048 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river
           reigned in his stead.

13:001:049 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned
           in his stead.

13:001:050 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and
           the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was
           Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

13:001:051 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke
           Aliah, duke Jetheth,

13:001:052 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

13:001:053 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

13:001:054 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

13:002:001 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
           Issachar, and Zebulun,

13:002:002 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

13:002:003 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were
           born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er,
           the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and
           he slew him.

13:002:004 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All
           the sons of Judah were five.

13:002:005 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

13:002:006 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and
           Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

13:002:007 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
           transgressed in the thing accursed.

13:002:008 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

13:002:009 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel,
           and Ram, and Chelubai.

13:002:010 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince
           of the children of Judah;

13:002:011 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

13:002:012 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

13:002:013 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second,
           and Shimma the third,

13:002:014 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

13:002:015 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

13:002:016 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of
           Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

13:002:017 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the
           Ishmeelite.

13:002:018 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,
           and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and
           Ardon.

13:002:019 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which
           bare him Hur.

13:002:020 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

13:002:021 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the
           father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years
           old; and she bare him Segub.

13:002:022 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the
           land of Gilead.

13:002:023 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from
           them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore
           cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of
           Gilead.

13:002:024 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
           Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

13:002:025 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram
           the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

13:002:026 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she
           was the mother of Onam.

13:002:027 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and
           Jamin, and Eker.

13:002:028 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of
           Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.

13:002:029 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare
           him Ahban, and Molid.

13:002:030 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died
           without children.

13:002:031 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan.
           And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

13:002:032 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and
           Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

13:002:033 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the
           sons of Jerahmeel.

13:002:034 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a
           servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

13:002:035 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife;
           and she bare him Attai.

13:002:036 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

13:002:037 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

13:002:038 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

13:002:039 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

13:002:040 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

13:002:041 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

13:002:042 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his
           firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of
           Mareshah the father of Hebron.

13:002:043 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
           Shema.

13:002:044 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat
           Shammai.

13:002:045 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of
           Bethzur.

13:002:046 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:
           and Haran begat Gazez.

13:002:047 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and
           Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

13:002:048 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

13:002:049 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father
           of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of
           Caleb was Achsa.

13:002:050 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of
           Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.

13:002:051 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

13:002:052 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and
           half of the Manahethites.

13:002:053 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the
           Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came
           the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,

13:002:054 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth,
           the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

13:002:055 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
           Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the
           Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of
           Rechab.

13:003:001 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in
           Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the
           second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

13:003:002 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai
           king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

13:003:003 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah
           his wife.

13:003:004 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned
           seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty
           and three years.

13:003:005 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab,
           and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of
           Ammiel:

13:003:006 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

13:003:007 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

13:003:008 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

13:003:009 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
           concubines, and Tamar their sister.

13:003:010 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
           Jehoshaphat his son,

13:003:011 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

13:003:012 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

13:003:013 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

13:003:014 Amon his son, Josiah his son.

13:003:015 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
           Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

13:003:016 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

13:003:017 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,

13:003:018 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama,
           and Nedabiah.

13:003:019 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the
           sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith
           their sister:

13:003:020 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,
           Jushabhesed, five.

13:003:021 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
           Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of
           Shechaniah.

13:003:022 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of
           Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and
           Shaphat, six.

13:003:023 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
           three.

13:003:024 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and
           Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani,
           seven.

13:004:001 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
           Shobal.

13:004:002 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat
           Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

13:004:003 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and
           Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

13:004:004 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
           These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the
           father of Bethlehem.

13:004:005 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

13:004:006 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
           Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

13:004:007 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

13:004:008 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel
           the son of Harum.

13:004:009 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his
           mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with
           sorrow.

13:004:010 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
           wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine
           hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from
           evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that
           which he requested.

13:004:011 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the
           father of Eshton.

13:004:012 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the
           father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

13:004:013 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
           Othniel; Hathath.

13:004:014 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father
           of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

13:004:015 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and
           Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

13:004:016 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
           Asareel.

13:004:017 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and
           Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father
           of Eshtemoa.

13:004:018 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and
           Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
           And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,
           which Mered took.

13:004:019 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the
           father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

13:004:020 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and
           Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

13:004:021 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of
           Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of
           the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of
           Ashbea,

13:004:022 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who
           had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are
           ancient things.

13:004:023 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and
           hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

13:004:024 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and
           Shaul:

13:004:025 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

13:004:026 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son,
           Shimei his son.

13:004:027 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his
           brethren had not many children, neither did all their family
           multiply, like to the children of Judah.

13:004:028 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

13:004:029 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

13:004:030 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

13:004:031 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at
           Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

13:004:032 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
           and Ashan, five cities:

13:004:033 And all their villages that were round about the same cities,
           unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

13:004:034 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

13:004:035 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah,
           the son of Asiel,

13:004:036 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
           Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

13:004:037 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of
           Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

13:004:038 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families:
           and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

13:004:039 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east
           side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

13:004:040 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide,
           and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of
           old.

13:004:041 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of
           Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were
           found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and
           dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for
           their flocks.

13:004:042 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred
           men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah,
           and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

13:004:043 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,
           and dwelt there unto this day.

13:005:001 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was
           the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed,
           his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of
           Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the
           birthright.

13:005:002 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the
           chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

13:005:003 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,
           Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

13:005:004 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his
           son,

13:005:005 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

13:005:006 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried
           away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

13:005:007 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of
           their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and
           Zechariah,

13:005:008 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
           who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

13:005:009 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the
           wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were
           multiplied in the land of Gilead.

13:005:010 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who
           fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout
           all the east land of Gilead.

13:005:011 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land
           of Bashan unto Salcah:

13:005:012 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat
           in Bashan.

13:005:013 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were,
           Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and
           Zia, and Heber, seven.

13:005:014 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of
           Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of
           Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

13:005:015 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of
           their fathers.

13:005:016 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in
           all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

13:005:017 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
           king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

13:005:018 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
           Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword,
           and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty
           thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the
           war.

13:005:019 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,
           and Nodab.

13:005:020 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were
           delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for
           they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them;
           because they put their trust in him.

13:005:021 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty
           thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of
           asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

13:005:022 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God.
           And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

13:005:023 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the
           land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir,
           and unto mount Hermon.

13:005:024 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even
           Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and
           Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and
           heads of the house of their fathers.

13:005:025 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and
           went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom
           God destroyed before them.

13:005:026 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of
           Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria,
           and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the
           Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto
           Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this
           day.

13:006:001 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

13:006:002 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

13:006:003 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The
           sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

13:006:004 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

13:006:005 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

13:006:006 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

13:006:007 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

13:006:008 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

13:006:009 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

13:006:010 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the
           priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in
           Jerusalem:)

13:006:011 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

13:006:012 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

13:006:013 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

13:006:014 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

13:006:015 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away
           Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

13:006:016 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

13:006:017 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and
           Shimei.

13:006:018 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
           Uzziel.

13:006:019 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the
           families of the Levites according to their fathers.

13:006:020 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

13:006:021 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

13:006:022 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir
           his son,

13:006:023 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

13:006:024 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his
           son.

13:006:025 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

13:006:026 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and
           Nahath his son,

13:006:027 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

13:006:028 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

13:006:029 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza
           his son,

13:006:030 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

13:006:031 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in
           the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

13:006:032 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the
           tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had
           built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited
           on their office according to their order.

13:006:033 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the
           sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the
           son of Shemuel,

13:006:034 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the
           son of Toah,

13:006:035 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the
           son of Amasai,

13:006:036 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the
           son of Zephaniah,

13:006:037 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the
           son of Korah,

13:006:038 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son
           of Israel.

13:006:039 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph
           the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

13:006:040 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

13:006:041 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

13:006:042 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

13:006:043 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

13:006:044 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand:
           Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

13:006:045 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

13:006:046 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

13:006:047 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son
           of Levi.

13:006:048 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner
           of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

13:006:049 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt
           offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for
           all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement
           for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had
           commanded.

13:006:050 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his
           son, Abishua his son,

13:006:051 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

13:006:052 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

13:006:053 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

13:006:054 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles
           in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the
           Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

13:006:055 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
           suburbs thereof round about it.

13:006:056 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they
           gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

13:006:057 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah,
           namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her
           suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

13:006:058 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

13:006:059 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

13:006:060 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and
           Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All
           their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

13:006:061 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of
           that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely,
           out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

13:006:062 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of
           the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out
           of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
           Bashan, thirteen cities.

13:006:063 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their
           families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of
           Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

13:006:064 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities
           with their suburbs.

13:006:065 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of
           Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out
           of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which
           are called by their names.

13:006:066 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had
           cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

13:006:067 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in
           mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her
           suburbs,

13:006:068 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

13:006:069 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

13:006:070 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs,
           and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of
           the sons of Kohath.

13:006:071 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the
           half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and
           Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

13:006:072 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs,
           Daberath with her suburbs,

13:006:073 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

13:006:074 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and
           Abdon with her suburbs,

13:006:075 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

13:006:076 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her
           suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her
           suburbs.

13:006:077 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the
           tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her
           suburbs:

13:006:078 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of
           Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in
           the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

13:006:079 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

13:006:080 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her
           suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

13:006:081 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

13:007:001 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and
           Shimrom, four.

13:007:002 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and
           Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's
           house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in
           their generations; whose number was in the days of David two
           and twenty thousand and six hundred.

13:007:003 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;
           Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them
           chief men.

13:007:004 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their
           fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty
           thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.

13:007:005 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were
           valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies
           fourscore and seven thousand.

13:007:006 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

13:007:007 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and
           Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers,
           mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies
           twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

13:007:008 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
           Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and
           Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

13:007:009 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their
           generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men
           of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

13:007:010 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan;
           Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and
           Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

13:007:011 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,
           mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred
           soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

13:007:012 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the
           sons of Aher.

13:007:013 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
           Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

13:007:014 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his
           concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

13:007:015 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
           whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second
           was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

13:007:016 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his
           name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his
           sons were Ulam and Rakem.

13:007:017 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead,
           the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

13:007:018 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and
           Mahalah.

13:007:019 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi,
           and Aniam.

13:007:020 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and
           Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

13:007:021 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,
           whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because
           they came down to take away their cattle.

13:007:022 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren
           came to comfort him.

13:007:023 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a
           son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with
           his house.

13:007:024 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether,
           and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

13:007:025 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and
           Tahan his son.

13:007:026 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.

13:007:027 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.

13:007:028 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the
           towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with
           the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto
           Gaza and the towns thereof:

13:007:029 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and
           her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor
           and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son
           of Israel.

13:007:030 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah,
           and Serah their sister.

13:007:031 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father
           of Birzavith.

13:007:032 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua
           their sister.

13:007:033 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
           These are the children of Japhlet.

13:007:034 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

13:007:035 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and
           Shelesh, and Amal.

13:007:036 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,
           and Imrah,

13:007:037 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
           Beera.

13:007:038 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

13:007:039 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

13:007:040 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's
           house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes.
           And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt
           to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

13:008:001 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and
           Aharah the third,

13:008:002 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

13:008:003 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

13:008:004 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

13:008:005 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

13:008:006 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the
           fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to
           Manahath:

13:008:007 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat
           Uzza, and Ahihud.

13:008:008 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he
           had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

13:008:009 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,
           and Malcham,

13:008:010 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads
           of the fathers.

13:008:011 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

13:008:012 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built
           Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

13:008:013 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the
           inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of
           Gath:

13:008:014 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

13:008:015 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

13:008:016 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

13:008:017 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

13:008:018 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

13:008:019 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

13:008:020 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

13:008:021 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

13:008:022 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,

13:008:023 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

13:008:024 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

13:008:025 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

13:008:026 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

13:008:027 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

13:008:028 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief
           men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

13:008:029 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name
           was Maachah:

13:008:030 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
           Nadab,

13:008:031 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

13:008:032 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their
           brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

13:008:033 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat
           Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

13:008:034 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat
           Micah.

13:008:035 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and
           Ahaz.

13:008:036 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and
           Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

13:008:037 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel
           his son:

13:008:038 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,
           Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.
           All these were the sons of Azel.

13:008:039 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn,
           Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

13:008:040 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and
           had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these
           are of the sons of Benjamin.

13:009:001 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they
           were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who
           were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

13:009:002 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in
           their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and
           the Nethinims.

13:009:003 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the
           children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and
           Manasseh;

13:009:004 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri,
           the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

13:009:005 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

13:009:006 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six
           hundred and ninety.

13:009:007 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the
           son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

13:009:008 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the
           son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son
           of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

13:009:009 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine
           hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the
           fathers in the house of their fathers.

13:009:010 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

13:009:011 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son
           of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of
           the house of God;

13:009:012 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of
           Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah,
           the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of
           Immer;

13:009:013 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a
           thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for
           the work of the service of the house of God.

13:009:014 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of
           Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

13:009:015 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of
           Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

13:009:016 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of
           Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah,
           that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

13:009:017 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and
           Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

13:009:018 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were
           porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

13:009:019 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
           Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the
           Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the
           gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the
           host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

13:009:020 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in
           time past, and the LORD was with him.

13:009:021 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of
           the tabernacle of the congregation.

13:009:022 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were
           two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy
           in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain
           in their set office.

13:009:023 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of
           the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by
           wards.

13:009:024 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west,
           north, and south.

13:009:025 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come
           after seven days from time to time with them.

13:009:026 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set
           office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house
           of God.

13:009:027 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the
           charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning
           pertained to them.

13:009:028 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,
           that they should bring them in and out by tale.

13:009:029 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and
           all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and
           the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

13:009:030 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the
           spices.

13:009:031 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of
           Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that
           were made in the pans.

13:009:032 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites,
           were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

13:009:033 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the
           Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they
           were employed in that work day and night.

13:009:034 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their
           generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

13:009:035 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's
           name was Maachah:

13:009:036 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
           Ner, and Nadab.

13:009:037 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

13:009:038 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their
           brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

13:009:039 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat
           Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

13:009:040 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat
           Micah.

13:009:041 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,
           and Ahaz.

13:009:042 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
           and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

13:009:043 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,
           Azel his son.

13:009:044 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,
           Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:
           these were the sons of Azel.

13:010:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of
           Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
           in mount Gilboa.

13:010:002 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his
           sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
           Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

13:010:003 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit
           him, and he was wounded of the archers.

13:010:004 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust
           me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse
           me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So
           Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

13:010:005 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell
           likewise on the sword, and died.

13:010:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died
           together.

13:010:007 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw
           that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then
           they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came
           and dwelt in them.

13:010:008 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came
           to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen
           in mount Gilboa.

13:010:009 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his
           armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about,
           to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

13:010:010 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and
           fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

13:010:011 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had
           done to Saul,

13:010:012 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of
           Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,
           and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted
           seven days.

13:010:013 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against
           the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept
           not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar
           spirit, to enquire of it;

13:010:014 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and
           turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

13:011:001 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,
           saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

13:011:002 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast
           he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy
           God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou
           shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

13:011:003 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron;
           and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD;
           and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the
           word of the LORD by Samuel.

13:011:004 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus;
           where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

13:011:005 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not
           come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which
           is the city of David.

13:011:006 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be
           chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up,
           and was chief.

13:011:007 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the
           city of David.

13:011:008 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round
           about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

13:011:009 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was
           with him.

13:011:010 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
           strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all
           Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD
           concerning Israel.

13:011:011 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;
           Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted
           up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

13:011:012 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who
           was one of the three mighties.

13:011:013 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were
           gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full
           of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

13:011:014 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and
           delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved
           them by a great deliverance.

13:011:015 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to
           David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the
           Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

13:011:016 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison
           was then at Bethlehem.

13:011:017 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of
           the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

13:011:018 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and
           drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate,
           and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not
           drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

13:011:019 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing:
           shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives
           in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought
           it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these
           three mightiest.

13:011:020 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three:
           for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them,
           and had a name among the three.

13:011:021 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was
           their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

13:011:022 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of
           Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of
           Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy
           day.

13:011:023 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits
           high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's
           beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the
           spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own
           spear.

13:011:024 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name
           among the three mighties.

13:011:025 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not
           to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

13:011:026 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of
           Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

13:011:027 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

13:011:028 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

13:011:029 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

13:011:030 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
           Netophathite,

13:011:031 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the
           children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

13:011:032 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

13:011:033 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

13:011:034 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the
           Hararite,

13:011:035 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

13:011:036 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

13:011:037 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

13:011:038 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

13:011:039 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of
           Joab the son of Zeruiah,

13:011:040 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

13:011:041 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

13:011:042 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the
           Reubenites, and thirty with him,

13:011:043 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

13:011:044 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan
           the Aroerite,

13:011:045 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

13:011:046 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of
           Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

13:011:047 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

13:012:001 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet
           kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they
           were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

13:012:002 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand
           and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a
           bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

13:012:003 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
           Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and
           Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.

13:012:004 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and
           over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and
           Josabad the Gederathite,

13:012:005 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and
           Shephatiah the Haruphite,

13:012:006 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
           the Korhites,

13:012:007 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

13:012:008 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into
           the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit
           for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose
           faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the
           roes upon the mountains;

13:012:009 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

13:012:010 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

13:012:011 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

13:012:012 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

13:012:013 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.

13:012:014 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of
           the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a
           thousand.

13:012:015 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when
           it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all
           them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the
           west.

13:012:016 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the
           hold unto David.

13:012:017 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto
           them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart
           shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine
           enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of
           our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

13:012:018 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the
           captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side,
           thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to
           thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received
           them, and made them captains of the band.

13:012:019 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with
           the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them
           not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him
           away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy
           of our heads.

13:012:020 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,
           and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu,
           and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

13:012:021 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they
           were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

13:012:022 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him,
           until it was a great host, like the host of God.

13:012:023 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed
           to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom
           of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

13:012:024 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six
           thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

13:012:025 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war,
           seven thousand and one hundred.

13:012:026 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

13:012:027 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him
           were three thousand and seven hundred;

13:012:028 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's
           house twenty and two captains.

13:012:029 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three
           thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the
           ward of the house of Saul.

13:012:030 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight
           hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of
           their fathers.

13:012:031 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which
           were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

13:012:032 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had
           understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;
           the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren
           were at their commandment.

13:012:033 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with
           all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank:
           they were not of double heart.

13:012:034 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield
           and spear thirty and seven thousand.

13:012:035 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and
           six hundred.

13:012:036 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
           forty thousand.

13:012:037 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
           Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of
           instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty
           thousand.

13:012:038 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a
           perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel:
           and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make
           David king.

13:012:039 And there they were with David three days, eating and
           drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

13:012:040 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and
           Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels,
           and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and
           bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep
           abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

13:013:001 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and
           hundreds, and with every leader.

13:013:002 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem
           good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send
           abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the
           land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites
           which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather
           themselves unto us:

13:013:003 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we
           enquired not at it in the days of Saul.

13:013:004 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the
           thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

13:013:005 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt
           even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from
           Kirjathjearim.

13:013:006 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
           Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the
           ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims,
           whose name is called on it.

13:013:007 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house
           of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

13:013:008 And David and all Israel played before God with all their
           might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,
           and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

13:013:009 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put
           forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

13:013:010 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he
           smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he
           died before God.

13:013:011 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach
           upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this
           day.

13:013:012 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I
           bring the ark of God home to me?

13:013:013 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of
           David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the
           Gittite.

13:013:014 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his
           house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of
           Obededom, and all that he had.

13:014:001 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of
           cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

13:014:002 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over
           Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his
           people Israel.

13:014:003 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more
           sons and daughters.

13:014:004 Now these are the names of his children which he had in
           Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

13:014:005 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

13:014:006 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

13:014:007 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

13:014:008 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king
           over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David.
           And David heard of it, and went out against them.

13:014:009 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley
           of Rephaim.

13:014:010 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the
           Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And
           the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into
           thine hand.

13:014:011 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there.
           Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine
           hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called
           the name of that place Baalperazim.

13:014:012 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a
           commandment, and they were burned with fire.

13:014:013 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the
           valley.

13:014:014 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him,
           Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them
           over against the mulberry trees.

13:014:015 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the
           tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to
           battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of
           the Philistines.

13:014:016 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the
           host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

13:014:017 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD
           brought the fear of him upon all nations.

13:015:001 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a
           place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

13:015:002 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the
           Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of
           God, and to minister unto him for ever.

13:015:003 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring
           up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared
           for it.

13:015:004 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

13:015:005 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an
           hundred and twenty:

13:015:006 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
           hundred and twenty:

13:015:007 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an
           hundred and thirty:

13:015:008 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren
           two hundred:

13:015:009 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren
           fourscore:

13:015:010 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren
           an hundred and twelve.

13:015:011 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for
           the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel,
           and Amminadab,

13:015:012 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the
           Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that
           ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the
           place that I have prepared for it.

13:015:013 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made
           a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due
           order.

13:015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
           up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

13:015:015 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their
           shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded
           according to the word of the LORD.

13:015:016 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
           brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick,
           psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the
           voice with joy.

13:015:017 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his
           brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of
           Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

13:015:018 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah,
           Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
           Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and
           Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

13:015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to
           sound with cymbals of brass;

13:015:020 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
           Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on
           Alamoth;

13:015:021 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and
           Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

13:015:022 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he
           instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

13:015:023 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

13:015:024 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
           Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow
           with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and
           Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

13:015:025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over
           thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
           LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

13:015:026 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the
           ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven
           bullocks and seven rams.

13:015:027 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the
           Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the
           master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him
           an ephod of linen.

13:015:028 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD
           with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with
           trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and
           harps.

13:015:029 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD
           came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul
           looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing:
           and she despised him in her heart.

13:016:001 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the
           tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt
           sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

13:016:002 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings
           and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of
           the LORD.

13:016:003 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to
           every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a
           flagon of wine.

13:016:004 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the
           ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the
           LORD God of Israel:

13:016:005 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
           Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and
           Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with
           harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

13:016:006 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
           continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

13:016:007 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the
           LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

13:016:008 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his
           deeds among the people.

13:016:009 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his
           wondrous works.

13:016:010 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that
           seek the LORD.

13:016:011 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

13:016:012 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,
           and the judgments of his mouth;

13:016:013 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his
           chosen ones.

13:016:014 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

13:016:015 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he
           commanded to a thousand generations;

13:016:016 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his
           oath unto Isaac;

13:016:017 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel
           for an everlasting covenant,

13:016:018 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of
           your inheritance;

13:016:019 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

13:016:020 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom
           to another people;

13:016:021 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings
           for their sakes,

13:016:022 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

13:016:023 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day
           his salvation.

13:016:024 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works
           among all nations.

13:016:025 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is
           to be feared above all gods.

13:016:026 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made
           the heavens.

13:016:027 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness
           are in his place.

13:016:028 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the
           LORD glory and strength.

13:016:029 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
           offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty
           of holiness.

13:016:030 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be
           stable, that it be not moved.

13:016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let
           men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

13:016:032 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
           rejoice, and all that is therein.

13:016:033 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of
           the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

13:016:034 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy
           endureth for ever.

13:016:035 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us
           together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give
           thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

13:016:036 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all
           the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

13:016:037 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD
           Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark
           continually, as every day's work required:

13:016:038 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;
           Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

13:016:039 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the
           tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

13:016:040 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the
           burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do
           according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which
           he commanded Israel;

13:016:041 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were
           chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the
           LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

13:016:042 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for
           those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments
           of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

13:016:043 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David
           returned to bless his house.

13:017:001 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David
           said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars,
           but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under
           curtains.

13:017:002 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart;
           for God is with thee.

13:017:003 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came
           to Nathan, saying,

13:017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt
           not build me an house to dwell in:

13:017:005 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought
           up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and
           from one tabernacle to another.

13:017:006 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to
           any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my
           people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

13:017:007 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus
           saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even
           from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my
           people Israel:

13:017:008 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and
           have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made
           thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the
           earth.

13:017:009 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will
           plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be
           moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste
           them any more, as at the beginning,

13:017:010 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
           people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.
           Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an
           house.

13:017:011 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou
           must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed
           after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish
           his kingdom.

13:017:012 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for
           ever.

13:017:013 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not
           take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was
           before thee:

13:017:014 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for
           ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

13:017:015 According to all these words, and according to all this
           vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

13:017:016 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who
           am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast
           brought me hitherto?

13:017:017 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou
           hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to
           come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of
           high degree, O LORD God.

13:017:018 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy
           servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

13:017:019 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own
           heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all
           these great things.

13:017:020 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God
           beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our
           ears.

13:017:021 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel,
           whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a
           name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations
           from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

13:017:022 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for
           ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

13:017:023 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken
           concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established
           for ever, and do as thou hast said.

13:017:024 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for
           ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a
           God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be
           established before thee.

13:017:025 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build
           him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to
           pray before thee.

13:017:026 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness
           unto thy servant:

13:017:027 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy
           servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou
           blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.

13:018:001 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the
           Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out
           of the hand of the Philistines.

13:018:002 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants,
           and brought gifts.

13:018:003 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
           went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

13:018:004 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven
           thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also
           houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an
           hundred chariots.

13:018:005 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
           of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
           men.

13:018:006 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians
           became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD
           preserved David whithersoever he went.

13:018:007 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
           of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

13:018:008 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,
           brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the
           brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

13:018:009 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all
           the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

13:018:010 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his
           welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought
           against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war
           with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and
           silver and brass.

13:018:011 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver
           and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from
           Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from
           the Philistines, and from Amalek.

13:018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in
           the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

13:018:013 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became
           David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever
           he went.

13:018:014 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and
           justice among all his people.

13:018:015 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
           the son of Ahilud, recorder.

13:018:016 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
           Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

13:018:017 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and
           the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the
           king.

13:019:001 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the
           children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

13:019:002 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of
           Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David
           sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the
           servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon
           to Hanun, to comfort him.

13:019:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun,
           Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath
           sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee
           for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

13:019:004 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and
           cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks,
           and sent them away.

13:019:005 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were
           served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly
           ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards
           be grown, and then return.

13:019:006 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made
           themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon
           sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and
           horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out
           of Zobah.

13:019:007 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king
           of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba.
           And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from
           their cities, and came to battle.

13:019:008 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of
           the mighty men.

13:019:009 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in
           array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were
           come were by themselves in the field.

13:019:010 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before
           and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put
           them in array against the Syrians.

13:019:011 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of
           Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against
           the children of Ammon.

13:019:012 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou
           shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for
           thee, then I will help thee.

13:019:013 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for
           our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do
           that which is good in his sight.

13:019:014 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the
           Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

13:019:015 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,
           they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered
           into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

13:019:016 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse
           before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the
           Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain
           of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

13:019:017 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed
           over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array
           against them. So when David had put the battle in array
           against the Syrians, they fought with him.

13:019:018 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the
           Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty
           thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

13:019:019 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to
           the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and
           became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the
           children of Ammon any more.

13:020:001 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the
           time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of
           the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and
           came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And
           Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

13:020:002 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and
           found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious
           stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought
           also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

13:020:003 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them
           with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so
           dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And
           David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

13:020:004 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer
           with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite
           slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they
           were subdued.

13:020:005 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the
           son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,
           whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

13:020:006 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great
           stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on
           each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the
           giant.

13:020:007 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
           brother slew him.

13:020:008 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the
           hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

13:021:001 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to
           number Israel.

13:021:002 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,
           number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number
           of them to me, that I may know it.

13:021:003 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times
           so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not
           all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this
           thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

13:021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore
           Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to
           Jerusalem.

13:021:005 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
           And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred
           thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred
           threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

13:021:006 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the
           king's word was abominable to Joab.

13:021:007 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote
           Israel.

13:021:008 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have
           done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity
           of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

13:021:009 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

13:021:010 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee
           three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto
           thee.

13:021:011 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
           Choose thee

13:021:012 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed
           before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies
           overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD,
           even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD
           destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore
           advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent
           me.

13:021:013 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall
           now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies:
           but let me not fall into the hand of man.

13:021:014 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of
           Israel seventy thousand men.

13:021:015 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he
           was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the
           evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay
           now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the
           threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

13:021:016 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD
           stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword
           in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the
           elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon
           their faces.

13:021:017 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people
           to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil
           indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine
           hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's
           house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

13:021:018 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that
           David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the
           threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

13:021:019 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the
           name of the LORD.

13:021:020 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons
           with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

13:021:021 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and
           went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David
           with his face to the ground.

13:021:022 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
           threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the
           LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the
           plague may be stayed from the people.

13:021:023 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord
           the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee
           the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing
           instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I
           give it all.

13:021:024 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it
           for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine
           for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

13:021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of
           gold by weight.

13:021:026 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered
           burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD;
           and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of
           burnt offering.

13:021:027 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword
           again into the sheath thereof.

13:021:028 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in
           the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed
           there.

13:021:029 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the
           wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that
           season in the high place at Gibeon.

13:021:030 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was
           afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

13:022:001 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this
           is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

13:022:002 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were
           in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones
           to build the house of God.

13:022:003 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the
           doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in
           abundance without weight;

13:022:004 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of
           Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

13:022:005 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the
           house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding
           magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I
           will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared
           abundantly before his death.

13:022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build
           an house for the LORD God of Israel.

13:022:007 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my
           mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

13:022:008 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed
           blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not
           build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood
           upon the earth in my sight.

13:022:009 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of
           rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round
           about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace
           and quietness unto Israel in his days.

13:022:010 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son,
           and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of
           his kingdom over Israel for ever.

13:022:011 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and
           build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

13:022:012 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give
           thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law
           of the LORD thy God.

13:022:013 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the
           statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with
           concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not,
           nor be dismayed.

13:022:014 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of
           the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand
           thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without
           weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I
           prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

13:022:015 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and
           workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for
           every manner of work.

13:022:016 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is
           no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with
           thee.

13:022:017 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon
           his son, saying,

13:022:018 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you
           rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the
           land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD,
           and before his people.

13:022:019 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;
           arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God,
           to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy
           vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name
           of the LORD.

13:023:001 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his
           son king over Israel.

13:023:002 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the
           priests and the Levites.

13:023:003 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and
           upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was
           thirty and eight thousand.

13:023:004 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the
           work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers
           and judges:

13:023:005 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised
           the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to
           praise therewith.

13:023:006 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,
           namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

13:023:007 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

13:023:008 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and
           Joel, three.

13:023:009 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.
           These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

13:023:010 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and
           Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

13:023:011 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and
           Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one
           reckoning, according to their father's house.

13:023:012 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

13:023:013 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,
           that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons
           for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto
           him, and to bless in his name for ever.

13:023:014 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of
           the tribe of Levi.

13:023:015 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

13:023:016 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

13:023:017 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer
           had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

13:023:018 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

13:023:019 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
           Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

13:023:020 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.

13:023:021 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;
           Eleazar, and Kish.

13:023:022 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their
           brethren the sons of Kish took them.

13:023:023 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

13:023:024 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers;
           even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number
           of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of
           the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and
           upward.

13:023:025 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto
           his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

13:023:026 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the
           tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

13:023:027 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from
           twenty years old and above:

13:023:028 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the
           service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the
           chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the
           work of the service of the house of God;

13:023:029 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat
           offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is
           baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all
           manner of measure and size;

13:023:030 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and
           likewise at even:

13:023:031 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the
           sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number,
           according to the order commanded unto them, continually before
           the LORD:

13:023:032 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
           congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge
           of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the
           house of the LORD.

13:024:001 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of
           Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

13:024:002 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no
           children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's
           office.

13:024:003 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,
           and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their
           offices in their service.

13:024:004 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar
           than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among
           the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house
           of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar
           according to the house of their fathers.

13:024:005 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the
           governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God,
           were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

13:024:006 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the
           Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and
           Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and
           before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites:
           one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken
           for Ithamar.

13:024:007 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to
           Jedaiah,

13:024:008 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

13:024:009 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

13:024:010 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

13:024:011 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,

13:024:012 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

13:024:013 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

13:024:014 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

13:024:015 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

13:024:016 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

13:024:017 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
           Gamul,

13:024:018 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
           Maaziah.

13:024:019 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into
           the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron
           their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

13:024:020 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of
           Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

13:024:021 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was
           Isshiah.

13:024:022 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

13:024:023 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
           Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

13:024:024 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

13:024:025 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
           Zechariah.

13:024:026 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;
           Beno.

13:024:027 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur,
           and Ibri.

13:024:028 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.

13:024:029 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.

13:024:030 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These
           were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

13:024:031 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons
           of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and
           Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and
           Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger
           brethren.

13:025:001 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the
           service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,
           who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with
           cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their
           service was:

13:025:002 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and
           Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which
           prophesied according to the order of the king.

13:025:003 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and
           Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of
           their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give
           thanks and to praise the LORD.

13:025:004 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,
           Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti,
           and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and
           Mahazioth:

13:025:005 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words
           of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen
           sons and three daughters.

13:025:006 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the
           house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for
           the service of the house of God, according to the king's order
           to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

13:025:007 So the number of them, with their brethren that were
           instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were
           cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

13:025:008 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as
           the great, the teacher as the scholar.

13:025:009 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second
           to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

13:025:010 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:011 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:012 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:013 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:014 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:015 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:016 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:017 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:018 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:019 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:020 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:021 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:022 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:023 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:024 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his
           brethren, were twelve:

13:025:025 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
           twelve:

13:025:026 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:027 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
           were twelve:

13:025:028 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his
           brethren, were twelve:

13:025:029 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his
           brethren, were twelve:

13:025:030 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his
           brethren, were twelve:

13:025:031 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his
           brethren, were twelve.

13:026:001 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was
           Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

13:026:002 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,
           Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

13:026:003 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

13:026:004 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,
           Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth,
           and Nethaneel the fifth.

13:026:005 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth:
           for God blessed him.

13:026:006 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled
           throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men
           of valour.

13:026:007 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
           whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

13:026:008 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and
           their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were
           threescore and two of Obededom.

13:026:009 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

13:026:010 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the
           chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father
           made him the chief;)

13:026:011 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth:
           all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

13:026:012 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the
           chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in
           the house of the LORD.

13:026:013 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according
           to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

13:026:014 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his
           son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out
           northward.

13:026:015 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

13:026:016 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the
           gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward
           against ward.

13:026:017 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward
           four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

13:026:018 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

13:026:019 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore,
           and among the sons of Merari.

13:026:020 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house
           of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

13:026:021 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite
           Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were
           Jehieli.

13:026:022 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were
           over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

13:026:023 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the
           Uzzielites:

13:026:024 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of
           the treasures.

13:026:025 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah
           his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith
           his son.

13:026:026 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures
           of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief
           fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the
           captains of the host, had dedicated.

13:026:027 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain
           the house of the LORD.

13:026:028 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and
           Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had
           dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under
           the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

13:026:029 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
           business over Israel, for officers and judges.

13:026:030 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of
           valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them
           of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of
           the LORD, and in the service of the king.

13:026:031 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the
           Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In
           the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for,
           and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer
           of Gilead.

13:026:032 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven
           hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the
           Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for
           every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

13:027:001 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the
           chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and
           their officers that served the king in any matter of the
           courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout
           all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and
           four thousand.

13:027:002 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the
           son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four
           thousand.

13:027:003 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of
           the host for the first month.

13:027:004 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite,
           and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course
           likewise were twenty and four thousand.

13:027:005 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah
           the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were
           twenty and four thousand.

13:027:006 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and
           above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

13:027:007 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother
           of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course
           were twenty and four thousand.

13:027:008 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the
           Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

13:027:009 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of
           Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four
           thousand.

13:027:010 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the
           Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were
           twenty and four thousand.

13:027:011 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the
           Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and
           four thousand.

13:027:012 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the
           Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty
           and four thousand.

13:027:013 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the
           Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
           and four thousand.

13:027:014 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the
           Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course
           were twenty and four thousand.

13:027:015 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the
           Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and
           four thousand.

13:027:016 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the
           Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,
           Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

13:027:017 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,
           Zadok:

13:027:018 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar,
           Omri the son of Michael:

13:027:019 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth
           the son of Azriel:

13:027:020 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the
           half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

13:027:021 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
           Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

13:027:022 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of
           the tribes of Israel.

13:027:023 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old
           and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel
           like to the stars of the heavens.

13:027:024 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,
           because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was
           the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

13:027:025 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
           and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in
           the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of
           Uzziah:

13:027:026 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of
           the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

13:027:027 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the
           increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the
           Shiphmite:

13:027:028 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in
           the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the
           cellars of oil was Joash:

13:027:029 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the
           Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was
           Shaphat the son of Adlai:

13:027:030 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the
           asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

13:027:031 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the
           rulers of the substance which was king David's.

13:027:032 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and
           a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's
           sons:

13:027:033 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the
           Archite was the king's companion:

13:027:034 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and
           Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.

13:028:001 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of
           the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered
           to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands,
           and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the
           substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with
           the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the
           valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

13:028:002 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me,
           my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to
           build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
           LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for
           the building:

13:028:003 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my
           name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed
           blood.

13:028:004 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house
           of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath
           chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the
           house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked
           me to make me king over all Israel:

13:028:005 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he
           hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the
           kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

13:028:006 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house
           and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will
           be his father.

13:028:007 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be
           constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this
           day.

13:028:008 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of
           the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for
           all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess
           this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your
           children after you for ever.

13:028:009 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and
           serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for
           the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the
           imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be
           found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off
           for ever.

13:028:010 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house
           for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

13:028:011 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,
           and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and
           of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours
           thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

13:028:012 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the
           courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round
           about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the
           treasuries of the dedicated things:

13:028:013 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for
           all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for
           all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.

13:028:014 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all
           instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all
           instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every
           kind of service:

13:028:015 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their
           lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the
           lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight,
           both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof,
           according to the use of every candlestick.

13:028:016 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for
           every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

13:028:017 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the
           cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for
           every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of
           silver:

13:028:018 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold
           for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread
           out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the
           LORD.

13:028:019 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing
           by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

13:028:020 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good
           courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD
           God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee,
           nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for
           the service of the house of the LORD.

13:028:021 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even
           they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of
           God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of
           workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of
           service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at
           thy commandment.

13:029:001 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,
           Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and
           tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man,
           but for the LORD God.

13:029:002 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
           the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for
           things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron
           for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones,
           and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers
           colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones
           in abundance.

13:029:003 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my
           God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which
           I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I
           have prepared for the holy house.

13:029:004 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and
           seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls
           of the houses withal:

13:029:005 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of
           silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of
           artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service
           this day unto the LORD?

13:029:006 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of
           Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the
           rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,

13:029:007 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five
           thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten
           thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and
           one hundred thousand talents of iron.

13:029:008 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the
           treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the
           Gershonite.

13:029:009 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,
           because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD:
           and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

13:029:010 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:
           and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our
           father, for ever and ever.

13:029:011 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,
           and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the
           heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O
           LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

13:029:012 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over
           all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand
           it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

13:029:013 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious
           name.

13:029:014 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to
           offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of
           thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

13:029:015 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all
           our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there
           is none abiding.

13:029:016 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build
           thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is
           all thine own.

13:029:017 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast
           pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine
           heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have
           I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer
           willingly unto thee.

13:029:018 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep
           this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart
           of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

13:029:019 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
           commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all
           these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have
           made provision.

13:029:020 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD
           your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of
           their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the
           LORD, and the king.

13:029:021 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered
           burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day,
           even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand
           lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance
           for all Israel:

13:029:022 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great
           gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the
           second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief
           governor, and Zadok to be priest.

13:029:023 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of
           David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

13:029:024 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons
           likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the
           king.

13:029:025 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all
           Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not
           been on any king before him in Israel.

13:029:026 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

13:029:027 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years;
           seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
           reigned he in Jerusalem.

13:029:028 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
           honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

13:029:029 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they
           are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of
           Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

13:029:030 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over
           him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the
           countries.



Book 14        2 Chronicles

14:001:001 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom,
           and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him
           exceedingly.

14:001:002 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of
           thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every
           governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

14:001:003 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the
           high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of
           the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD
           had made in the wilderness.

14:001:004 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to
           the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched
           a tent for it at Jerusalem.

14:001:005 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the
           son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the
           LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

14:001:006 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the
           LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and
           offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

14:001:007 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him,
           Ask what I shall give thee.

14:001:008 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto
           David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

14:001:009 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be
           established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the
           dust of the earth in multitude.

14:001:010 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come
           in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that
           is so great?

14:001:011 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and
           thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of
           thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast
           asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge
           my people, over whom I have made thee king:

14:001:012 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give
           thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings
           have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any
           after thee have the like.

14:001:013 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was
           at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the
           congregation, and reigned over Israel.

14:001:014 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a
           thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand
           horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the
           king at Jerusalem.

14:001:015 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as
           stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are
           in the vale for abundance.

14:001:016 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn:
           the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

14:001:017 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot
           for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred
           and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of
           the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

14:002:001 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the
           LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

14:002:002 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear
           burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and
           three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

14:002:003 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou
           didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to
           build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

14:002:004 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to
           dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and
           for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings
           morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons,
           and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an
           ordinance for ever to Israel.

14:002:005 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God
           above all gods.

14:002:006 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and
           heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I
           should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before
           him?

14:002:007 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
           silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson,
           and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men
           that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my
           father did provide.

14:002:008 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of
           Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber
           in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy
           servants,

14:002:009 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I
           am about to build shall be wonderful great.

14:002:010 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut
           timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty
           thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of
           wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

14:002:011 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent
           to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath
           made thee king over them.

14:002:012 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that
           made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise
           son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build
           an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

14:002:013 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding,
           of Huram my father's,

14:002:014 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was
           a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in
           brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue,
           and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of
           graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to
           him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord
           David thy father.

14:002:015 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the
           wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his
           servants:

14:002:016 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt
           need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa;
           and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

14:002:017 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land
           of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had
           numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty
           thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

14:002:018 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers
           of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the
           mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set
           the people a work.

14:003:001 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem
           in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his
           father, in the place that David had prepared in the
           threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

14:003:002 And he began to build in the second day of the second month,
           in the fourth year of his reign.

14:003:003 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for
           the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after
           the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth
           twenty cubits.

14:003:004 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length
           of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty
           cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he
           overlaid it within with pure gold.

14:003:005 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he
           overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and
           chains.

14:003:006 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty:
           and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

14:003:007 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the
           walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved
           cherubims on the walls.

14:003:008 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was
           according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the
           breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine
           gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

14:003:009 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he
           overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

14:003:010 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image
           work, and overlaid them with gold.

14:003:011 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one
           wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall
           of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits,
           reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

14:003:012 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to
           the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits
           also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

14:003:013 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty
           cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were
           inward.

14:003:014 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and
           fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

14:003:015 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five
           cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of
           them was five cubits.

14:003:016 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the
           heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and
           put them on the chains.

14:003:017 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the
           right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of
           that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the
           left Boaz.

14:004:001 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
           thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits
           the height thereof.

14:004:002 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
           round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a
           line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

14:004:003 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it
           round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about.
           Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

14:004:004 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and
           three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the
           south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set
           above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

14:004:005 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it
           like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies;
           and it received and held three thousand baths.

14:004:006 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and
           five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered
           for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was
           for the priests to wash in.

14:004:007 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form,
           and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five
           on the left.

14:004:008 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five
           on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an
           hundred basons of gold.

14:004:009 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great
           court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them
           with brass.

14:004:010 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
           against the south.

14:004:011 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And
           Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon
           for the house of God;

14:004:012 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters
           which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths
           to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the
           top of the pillars;

14:004:013 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of
           pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the
           chapiters which were upon the pillars.

14:004:014 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

14:004:015 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

14:004:016 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
           their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon
           for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

14:004:017 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
           ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

14:004:018 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
           the weight of the brass could not be found out.

14:004:019 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of
           God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the
           shewbread was set;

14:004:020 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should
           burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

14:004:021 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of
           gold, and that perfect gold;

14:004:022 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the
           censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner
           doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the
           house of the temple, were of gold.

14:005:001 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD
           was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David
           his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and
           all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house
           of God.

14:005:002 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads
           of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of
           Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of
           the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

14:005:003 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the
           king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

14:005:004 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the
           ark.

14:005:005 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the
           congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
           tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

14:005:006 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that
           were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and
           oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

14:005:007 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD
           unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy
           place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

14:005:008 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of
           the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
           thereof above.

14:005:009 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the
           staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were
           not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

14:005:010 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses
           put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the
           children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

14:005:011 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
           holy place: (for all the priests that were present were
           sanctified, and did not then wait by course:

14:005:012 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph,
           of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren,
           being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries
           and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them
           an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

14:005:013 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as
           one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking
           the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the
           trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised
           the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for
           ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the
           house of the LORD;

14:005:014 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of
           the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of
           God.

14:006:001 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in
           the thick darkness.

14:006:002 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place
           for thy dwelling for ever.

14:006:003 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole
           congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel
           stood.

14:006:004 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with
           his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my
           father David, saying,

14:006:005 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land
           of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to
           build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose
           I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

14:006:006 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and
           have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

14:006:007 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house
           for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

14:006:008 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in
           thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in
           that it was in thine heart:

14:006:009 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son
           which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the
           house for my name.

14:006:010 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath
           spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and
           am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have
           built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

14:006:011 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the
           LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

14:006:012 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of
           all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

14:006:013 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long,
           and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it
           in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled
           down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and
           spread forth his hands toward heaven.

14:006:014 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in
           the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and
           shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with
           all their hearts:

14:006:015 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that
           which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and
           hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

14:006:016 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant
           David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying,
           There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the
           throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their
           way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

14:006:017 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified,
           which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

14:006:018 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold,
           heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much
           less this house which I have built!

14:006:019 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to
           his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and
           the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

14:006:020 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,
           upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put
           thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant
           prayeth toward this place.

14:006:021 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and
           of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place:
           hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when
           thou hearest, forgive.

14:006:022 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon
           him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in
           this house;

14:006:023 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by
           requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own
           head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according
           to his righteousness.

14:006:024 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,
           because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and
           confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee
           in this house;

14:006:025 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy
           people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou
           gavest to them and to their fathers.

14:006:026 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
           have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place,
           and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost
           afflict them;

14:006:027 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy
           servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them
           the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy
           land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an
           inheritance.

14:006:028 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if
           there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if
           their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land;
           whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

14:006:029 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of
           any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall
           know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth
           his hands in this house:

14:006:030 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive,
           and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose
           heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the
           children of men:)

14:006:031 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they
           live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

14:006:032 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people
           Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's
           sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they
           come and pray in this house;

14:006:033 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,
           and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for;
           that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee,
           as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which
           I have built is called by thy name.

14:006:034 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way
           that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this
           city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built
           for thy name;

14:006:035 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
           supplication, and maintain their cause.

14:006:036 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth
           not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over
           before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a
           land far off or near;

14:006:037 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are
           carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of
           their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss,
           and have dealt wickedly;

14:006:038 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their
           soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried
           them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest
           unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast
           chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

14:006:039 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place,
           their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their
           cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

14:006:040 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let
           thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this
           place.

14:006:041 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,
           and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be
           clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in
           goodness.

14:006:042 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember
           the mercies of David thy servant.

14:007:001 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came
           down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the
           sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

14:007:002 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,
           because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.

14:007:003 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came
           down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed
           themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement,
           and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good;
           for his mercy endureth for ever.

14:007:004 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the
           LORD.

14:007:005 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two
           thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so
           the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

14:007:006 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with
           instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had
           made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever,
           when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded
           trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

14:007:007 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was
           before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt
           offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the
           brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive
           the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

14:007:008 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and
           all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the
           entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

14:007:009 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they
           kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast
           seven days.

14:007:010 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he
           sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart
           for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to
           Solomon, and to Israel his people.

14:007:011 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's
           house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the
           house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously
           effected.

14:007:012 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him,
           I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself
           for an house of sacrifice.

14:007:013 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the
           locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my
           people;

14:007:014 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
           themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their
           wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
           their sin, and will heal their land.

14:007:015 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the
           prayer that is made in this place.

14:007:016 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name
           may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be
           there perpetually.

14:007:017 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy
           father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded
           thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

14:007:018 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I
           have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not
           fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

14:007:019 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my
           commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and
           serve other gods, and worship them;

14:007:020 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I
           have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for
           my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a
           proverb and a byword among all nations.

14:007:021 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to
           every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath
           the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

14:007:022 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of
           their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of
           Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and
           served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon
           them.

14:008:001 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein
           Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

14:008:002 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon
           built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

14:008:003 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

14:008:004 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store
           cities, which he built in Hamath.

14:008:005 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,
           fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

14:008:006 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and
           all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and
           all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in
           Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

14:008:007 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the
           Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
           Jebusites, which were not of Israel,

14:008:008 But of their children, who were left after them in the land,
           whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon
           make to pay tribute until this day.

14:008:009 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for
           his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains,
           and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

14:008:010 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two
           hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

14:008:011 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city
           of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he
           said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of
           Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the
           LORD hath come.

14:008:012 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the
           altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

14:008:013 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the
           commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons,
           and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the
           feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in
           the feast of tabernacles.

14:008:014 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father,
           the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites
           to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests,
           as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their
           courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God
           commanded.

14:008:015 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto
           the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning
           the treasures.

14:008:016 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the
           foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was
           finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

14:008:017 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side
           in the land of Edom.

14:008:018 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and
           servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the
           servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and
           fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

14:009:001 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she
           came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
           very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
           abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to
           Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

14:009:002 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing
           hid from Solomon which he told her not.

14:009:003 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
           and the house that he had built,

14:009:004 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
           and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his
           cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he
           went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit
           in her.

14:009:005 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard
           in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

14:009:006 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine
           eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness
           of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame
           that I heard.

14:009:007 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which
           stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

14:009:008 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set
           thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because
           thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore
           made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

14:009:009 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold,
           and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither
           was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king
           Solomon.

14:009:010 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,
           which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and
           precious stones.

14:009:011 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of
           the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries
           for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land
           of Judah.

14:009:012 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
           whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto
           the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she
           and her servants.

14:009:013 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
           six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

14:009:014 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the
           kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and
           silver to Solomon.

14:009:015 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
           hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

14:009:016 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three
           hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put
           them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

14:009:017 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
           it with pure gold.

14:009:018 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of
           gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each
           side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the
           stays:

14:009:019 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other
           upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any
           kingdom.

14:009:020 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and
           all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of
           pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted
           of in the days of Solomon.

14:009:021 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of
           Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish
           bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

14:009:022 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches
           and wisdom.

14:009:023 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon,
           to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

14:009:024 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
           vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and
           mules, a rate year by year.

14:009:025 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots,
           and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot
           cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

14:009:026 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the
           land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

14:009:027 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar
           trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains
           in abundance.

14:009:028 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of
           all lands.

14:009:029 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they
           not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the
           prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo
           the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

14:009:030 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

14:009:031 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the
           city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
           stead.

14:010:001 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel
           come to make him king.

14:010:002 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was
           in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the
           king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

14:010:003 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came
           and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

14:010:004 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou
           somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy
           yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

14:010:005 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days.
           And the people departed.

14:010:006 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood
           before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What
           counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

14:010:007 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this
           people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they
           will be thy servants for ever.

14:010:008 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and
           took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him,
           that stood before him.

14:010:009 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return
           answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease
           somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

14:010:010 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto
           him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto
           thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
           somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My
           little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

14:010:011 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put
           more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I
           will chastise you with scorpions.

14:010:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third
           day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third
           day.

14:010:013 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook
           the counsel of the old men,

14:010:014 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying,
           My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my
           father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
           scorpions.

14:010:015 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was
           of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake
           by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of
           Nebat.

14:010:016 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto
           them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have
           we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse:
           every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to
           thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

14:010:017 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of
           Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

14:010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and
           the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died.
           But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to
           flee to Jerusalem.

14:010:019 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

14:011:001 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the
           house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand
           chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that
           he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

14:011:002 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God,
           saying,

14:011:003 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to
           all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

14:011:004 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against
           your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing
           is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and
           returned from going against Jeroboam.

14:011:005 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence
           in Judah.

14:011:006 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

14:011:007 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

14:011:008 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

14:011:009 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

14:011:010 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in
           Benjamin fenced cities.

14:011:011 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them,
           and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

14:011:012 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made
           them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

14:011:013 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel
           resorted to him out of all their coasts.

14:011:014 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and
           came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had
           cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the
           LORD:

14:011:015 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the
           devils, and for the calves which he had made.

14:011:016 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set
           their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem,
           to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

14:011:017 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
           the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they
           walked in the way of David and Solomon.

14:011:018 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the
           son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the
           son of Jesse;

14:011:019 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

14:011:020 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which
           bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

14:011:021 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all
           his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and
           threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and
           threescore daughters.)

14:011:022 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be
           ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

14:011:023 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children
           throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every
           fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he
           desired many wives.

14:012:001 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the
           kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of
           the LORD, and all Israel with him.

14:012:002 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam
           Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they
           had transgressed against the LORD,

14:012:003 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand
           horsemen: and the people were without number that came with
           him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the
           Ethiopians.

14:012:004 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and
           came to Jerusalem.

14:012:005 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes
           of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of
           Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have
           forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of
           Shishak.

14:012:006 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled
           themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

14:012:007 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word
           of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled
           themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will
           grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured
           out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

14:012:008 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my
           service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

14:012:009 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took
           away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures
           of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the
           shields of gold which Solomon had made.

14:012:010 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and
           committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that
           kept the entrance of the king's house.

14:012:011 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the
           guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the
           guard chamber.

14:012:012 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from
           him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in
           Judah things went well.

14:012:013 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and
           reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he
           began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem,
           the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of
           Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was
           Naamah an Ammonitess.

14:012:014 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the
           LORD.

14:012:015 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written
           in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer
           concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam
           and Jeroboam continually.

14:012:016 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the
           city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

14:013:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to
           reign over Judah.

14:013:002 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also
           was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was
           war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

14:013:003 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men
           of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also
           set the battle in array against him with eight hundred
           thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

14:013:004 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
           Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

14:013:005 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the
           kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his
           sons by a covenant of salt?

14:013:006 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son
           of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

14:013:007 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of
           Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the
           son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and
           could not withstand them.

14:013:008 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the
           hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and
           there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for
           gods.

14:013:009 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of
           Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the
           manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh
           to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the
           same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

14:013:010 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken
           him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the
           sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

14:013:011 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening
           burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set
           they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold
           with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the
           charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

14:013:012 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his
           priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O
           children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your
           fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

14:013:013 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them:
           so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

14:013:014 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and
           behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded
           with the trumpets.

14:013:015 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah
           shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all
           Israel before Abijah and Judah.

14:013:016 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God
           delivered them into their hand.

14:013:017 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so
           there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen
           men.

14:013:018 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time,
           and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon
           the LORD God of their fathers.

14:013:019 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him,
           Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns
           thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.

14:013:020 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of
           Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

14:013:021 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat
           twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

14:013:022 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his
           sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

14:014:001 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the
           city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his
           days the land was quiet ten years.

14:014:002 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the
           LORD his God:

14:014:003 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high
           places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

14:014:004 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and
           to do the law and the commandment.

14:014:005 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high
           places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

14:014:006 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest,
           and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given
           him rest.

14:014:007 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and
           make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the
           land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our
           God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every
           side. So they built and prospered.

14:014:008 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out
           of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that
           bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore
           thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

14:014:009 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an
           host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and
           came unto Mareshah.

14:014:010 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in
           array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

14:014:011 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is
           nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them
           that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on
           thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD,
           thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.

14:014:012 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah;
           and the Ethiopians fled.

14:014:013 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto
           Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not
           recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD,
           and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

14:014:014 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear
           of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities;
           for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

14:014:015 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep
           and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

14:015:001 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

14:015:002 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me,
           Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while
           ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you;
           but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

14:015:003 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God,
           and without a teaching priest, and without law.

14:015:004 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of
           Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

14:015:005 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out,
           nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the
           inhabitants of the countries.

14:015:006 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God
           did vex them with all adversity.

14:015:007 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for
           your work shall be rewarded.

14:015:008 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the
           prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols
           out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the
           cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the
           altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

14:015:009 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with
           them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they
           fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the
           LORD his God was with him.

14:015:010 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third
           month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

14:015:011 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil
           which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand
           sheep.

14:015:012 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their
           fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

14:015:013 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be
           put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

14:015:014 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
           shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

14:015:015 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with
           all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and
           he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

14:015:016 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he
           removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in
           a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt
           it at the brook Kidron.

14:015:017 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
           nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

14:015:018 And he brought into the house of God the things that his
           father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated,
           silver, and gold, and vessels.

14:015:019 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of
           the reign of Asa.

14:016:001 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king
           of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the
           intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of
           Judah.

14:016:002 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of
           the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to
           Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

14:016:003 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my
           father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and
           gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he
           may depart from me.

14:016:004 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of
           his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon,
           and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

14:016:005 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off
           building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

14:016:006 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the
           stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was
           building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

14:016:007 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah,
           and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of
           Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the
           host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

14:016:008 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very
           many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on
           the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

14:016:009 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole
           earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose
           heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly:
           therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

14:016:010 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison
           house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing.
           And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

14:016:011 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are
           written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

14:016:012 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased
           in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his
           disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

14:016:013 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and
           fortieth year of his reign.

14:016:014 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made
           for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed
           which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices
           prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great
           burning for him.

14:017:001 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened
           himself against Israel.

14:017:002 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and
           set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of
           Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

14:017:003 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the
           first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

14:017:004 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his
           commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

14:017:005 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all
           Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and
           honour in abundance.

14:017:006 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover
           he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

14:017:007 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes,
           even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to
           Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

14:017:008 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah,
           and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and
           Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them
           Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

14:017:009 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the
           LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of
           Judah, and taught the people.

14:017:010 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the
           lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war
           against Jehoshaphat.

14:017:011 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
           tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven
           thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven
           hundred he goats.

14:017:012 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah
           castles, and cities of store.

14:017:013 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men
           of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

14:017:014 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of
           their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the
           chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred
           thousand.

14:017:015 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two
           hundred and fourscore thousand.

14:017:016 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly
           offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred
           thousand mighty men of valour.

14:017:017 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him
           armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

14:017:018 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and
           fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

14:017:019 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in
           the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

14:018:001 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined
           affinity with Ahab.

14:018:002 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And
           Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the
           people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with
           him to Ramothgilead.

14:018:003 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
           Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I
           am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be
           with thee in the war.

14:018:004 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray
           thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

14:018:005 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets
           four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to
           Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go
           up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

14:018:006 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
           besides, that we might enquire of him?

14:018:007 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
           man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for
           he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is
           Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the
           king say so.

14:018:008 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and
           said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

14:018:009 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat
           either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they
           sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria;
           and all the prophets prophesied before them.

14:018:010 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron,
           and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push
           Syria until they be consumed.

14:018:011 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
           Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into
           the hand of the king.

14:018:012 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,
           saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the
           king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be
           like one of their's, and speak thou good.

14:018:013 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith,
           that will I speak.

14:018:014 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,
           Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I
           forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be
           delivered into your hand.

14:018:015 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee
           that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the
           LORD?

14:018:016 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the
           mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said,
           These have no master; let them return therefore every man to
           his house in peace.

14:018:017 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
           thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

14:018:018 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the
           LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven
           standing on his right hand and on his left.

14:018:019 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that
           he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying
           after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

14:018:020 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and
           said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him,
           Wherewith?

14:018:021 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth
           of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him,
           and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

14:018:022 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
           mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
           against thee.

14:018:023 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote
           Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of
           the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

14:018:024 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou
           shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

14:018:025 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him
           back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
           son;

14:018:026 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
           and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
           affliction, until I return in peace.

14:018:027 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath
           not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye
           people.

14:018:028 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
           up to Ramothgilead.

14:018:029 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
           myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy
           robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went
           to the battle.

14:018:030 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the
           chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small
           or great, save only with the king of Israel.

14:018:031 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
           Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel.
           Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat
           cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to
           depart from him.

14:018:032 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots
           perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back
           again from pursuing him.

14:018:033 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king
           of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said
           to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me
           out of the host; for I am wounded.

14:018:034 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel
           stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the
           even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

14:019:001 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in
           peace to Jerusalem.

14:019:002 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and
           said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and
           love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee
           from before the LORD.

14:019:003 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou
           hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared
           thine heart to seek God.

14:019:004 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again
           through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and
           brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

14:019:005 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities
           of Judah, city by city,

14:019:006 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not
           for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

14:019:007 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed
           and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor
           respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

14:019:008 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and
           of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for
           the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they
           returned to Jerusalem.

14:019:009 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of
           the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

14:019:010 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that
           dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and
           commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them
           that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come
           upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not
           trespass.

14:019:011 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all
           matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the
           ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also
           the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously,
           and the LORD shall be with the good.

14:020:001 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab,
           and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the
           Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

14:020:002 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There
           cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on
           this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which
           is Engedi.

14:020:003 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and
           proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

14:020:004 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the
           LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek
           the LORD.

14:020:005 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and
           Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

14:020:006 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in
           heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the
           heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so
           that none is able to withstand thee?

14:020:007 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of
           this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed
           of Abraham thy friend for ever?

14:020:008 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary
           therein for thy name, saying,

14:020:009 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or
           pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy
           presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee
           in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

14:020:010 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount
           Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came
           out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and
           destroyed them not;

14:020:011 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of
           thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

14:020:012 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might
           against this great company that cometh against us; neither
           know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

14:020:013 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones,
           their wives, and their children.

14:020:014 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah,
           the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons
           of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the
           congregation;

14:020:015 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of
           Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto
           you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great
           multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

14:020:016 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the
           cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook,
           before the wilderness of Jeruel.

14:020:017 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves,
           stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O
           Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go
           out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

14:020:018 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground:
           and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the
           LORD, worshipping the LORD.

14:020:019 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the
           children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of
           Israel with a loud voice on high.

14:020:020 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
           wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood
           and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem;
           Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established;
           believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

14:020:021 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed
           singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of
           holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise
           the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

14:020:022 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set
           ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount
           Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

14:020:023 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
           inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them:
           and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir,
           every one helped to destroy another.

14:020:024 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,
           they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead
           bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

14:020:025 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the
           spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches
           with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped
           off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they
           were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

14:020:026 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley
           of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the
           name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah,
           unto this day.

14:020:027 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and
           Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem
           with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their
           enemies.

14:020:028 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and
           trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

14:020:029 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those
           countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against
           the enemies of Israel.

14:020:030 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him
           rest round about.

14:020:031 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five
           years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and
           five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the
           daughter of Shilhi.

14:020:032 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not
           from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

14:020:033 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the
           people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their
           fathers.

14:020:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last,
           behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of
           Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

14:020:035 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with
           Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

14:020:036 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to
           Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

14:020:037 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
           Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with
           Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were
           broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

14:021:001 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with
           his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned
           in his stead.

14:021:002 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and
           Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and
           Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of
           Israel.

14:021:003 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold,
           and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the
           kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

14:021:004 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
           strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the
           sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

14:021:005 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign,
           and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

14:021:006 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did
           the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife:
           and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

14:021:007 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because
           of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he
           promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

14:021:008 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of
           Judah, and made themselves a king.

14:021:009 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots
           with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites
           which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

14:021:010 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto
           this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his
           hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

14:021:011 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and
           caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and
           compelled Judah thereto.

14:021:012 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet,
           saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because
           thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father,
           nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

14:021:013 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast
           made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring,
           like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast
           slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better
           than thyself:

14:021:014 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people,
           and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

14:021:015 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels,
           until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by
           day.

14:021:016 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
           Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the
           Ethiopians:

14:021:017 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried
           away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and
           his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son
           left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

14:021:018 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an
           incurable disease.

14:021:019 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of
           two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so
           he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for
           him, like the burning of his fathers.

14:021:020 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he
           reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being
           desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not
           in the sepulchres of the kings.

14:022:001 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son
           king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the
           Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the
           son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

14:022:002 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,
           and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also
           was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

14:022:003 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his
           mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

14:022:004 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house
           of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his
           father to his destruction.

14:022:005 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the
           son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria
           at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

14:022:006 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds
           which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king
           of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went
           down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was
           sick.

14:022:007 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram:
           for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu
           the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the
           house of Ahab.

14:022:008 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment
           upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and
           the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to
           Ahaziah, he slew them.

14:022:009 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in
           Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain
           him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of
           Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the
           house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

14:022:010 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
           dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house
           of Judah.

14:022:011 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son
           of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were
           slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So
           Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of
           Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid
           him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

14:022:012 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and
           Athaliah reigned over the land.

14:023:001 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and
           took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and
           Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and
           Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri,
           into covenant with him.

14:023:002 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of
           all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of
           Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

14:023:003 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the
           house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son
           shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

14:023:004 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you
           entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites,
           shall be porters of the doors;

14:023:005 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third
           part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall
           be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

14:023:006 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the
           priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go
           in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch
           of the LORD.

14:023:007 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man
           with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into
           the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king
           when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

14:023:008 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that
           Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men
           that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go
           out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the
           courses.

14:023:009 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of
           hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king
           David's, which were in the house of God.

14:023:010 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his
           hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of
           the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king
           round about.

14:023:011 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the
           crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And
           Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the
           king.

14:023:012 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and
           praising the king, she came to the people into the house of
           the LORD:

14:023:013 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at
           the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king:
           and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with
           trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and
           such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes,
           and said, Treason, Treason.

14:023:014 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds
           that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her
           forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain
           with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house
           of the LORD.

14:023:015 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the
           entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her
           there.

14:023:016 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the
           people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's
           people.

14:023:017 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it
           down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew
           Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

14:023:018 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD
           by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had
           distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt
           offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses,
           with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

14:023:019 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD,
           that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

14:023:020 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
           governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and
           brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they
           came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the
           king upon the throne of the kingdom.

14:023:021 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was
           quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

14:024:001 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he
           reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
           Zibiah of Beersheba.

14:024:002 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD
           all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

14:024:003 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and
           daughters.

14:024:004 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to
           repair the house of the LORD.

14:024:005 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said
           to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all
           Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to
           year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites
           hastened it not.

14:024:006 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him,
           Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of
           Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the
           commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the
           congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

14:024:007 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the
           house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house
           of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

14:024:008 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it
           without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

14:024:009 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to
           bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of
           God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

14:024:010 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought
           in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

14:024:011 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought
           unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when
           they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the
           high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it,
           and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day,
           and gathered money in abundance.

14:024:012 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of
           the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and
           carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as
           wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

14:024:013 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them,
           and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened
           it.

14:024:014 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the
           money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels
           for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to
           offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And
           they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD
           continually all the days of Jehoiada.

14:024:015 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an
           hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

14:024:016 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings,
           because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and
           toward his house.

14:024:017 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and
           made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

14:024:018 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and
           served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and
           Jerusalem for this their trespass.

14:024:019 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the
           LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give
           ear.

14:024:020 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
           the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them,
           Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the
           LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the
           LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

14:024:021 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at
           the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the
           LORD.

14:024:022 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada
           his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he
           died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

14:024:023 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of
           Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and
           Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from
           among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king
           of Damascus.

14:024:024 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,
           and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand,
           because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So
           they executed judgment against Joash.

14:024:025 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in
           great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for
           the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on
           his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of
           David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

14:024:026 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son
           of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a
           Moabitess.

14:024:027 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid
           upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they
           are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah
           his son reigned in his stead.

14:025:001 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,
           and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his
           mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

14:025:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but
           not with a perfect heart.

14:025:003 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him,
           that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

14:025:004 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in
           the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded,
           saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither
           shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall
           die for his own sin.

14:025:005 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them
           captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according
           to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and
           Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and
           above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able
           to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

14:025:006 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of
           Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

14:025:007 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not
           the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with
           Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

14:025:008 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God
           shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to
           help, and to cast down.

14:025:009 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for
           the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?
           And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee
           much more than this.

14:025:010 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to
           him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger
           was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in
           great anger.

14:025:011 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people,
           and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of
           Seir ten thousand.

14:025:012 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah
           carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock,
           and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all
           were broken in pieces.

14:025:013 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that
           they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of
           Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three
           thousand of them, and took much spoil.

14:025:014 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the
           slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the
           children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed
           down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

14:025:015 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah,
           and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast
           thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not
           deliver their own people out of thine hand?

14:025:016 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said
           unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why
           shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said,
           I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou
           hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

14:025:017 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the
           son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
           Come, let us see one another in the face.

14:025:018 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
           saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that
           was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife:
           and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and
           trode down the thistle.

14:025:019 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine
           heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why
           shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall,
           even thou, and Judah with thee?

14:025:020 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might
           deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they
           sought after the gods of Edom.

14:025:021 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another
           in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at
           Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

14:025:022 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled
           every man to his tent.

14:025:023 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the
           son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought
           him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from
           the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

14:025:024 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels
           that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the
           treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned
           to Samaria.

14:025:025 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
           death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

14:025:026 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold,
           are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and
           Israel?

14:025:027 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following
           the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and
           he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and
           slew him there.

14:025:028 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his
           fathers in the city of Judah.

14:026:001 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen
           years old, and made him king in the room of his father
           Amaziah.

14:026:002 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
           slept with his fathers.

14:026:003 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he
           reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
           also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

14:026:004 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that his father Amaziah did.

14:026:005 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had
           understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought
           the LORD, God made him to prosper.

14:026:006 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and
           brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the
           wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the
           Philistines.

14:026:007 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the
           Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

14:026:008 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread
           abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened
           himself exceedingly.

14:026:009 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,
           and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and
           fortified them.

14:026:010 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for
           he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the
           plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains,
           and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

14:026:011 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to
           war by bands, according to the number of their account by the
           hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the
           hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

14:026:012 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men
           of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

14:026:013 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and
           seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty
           power, to help the king against the enemy.

14:026:014 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields,
           and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings
           to cast stones.

14:026:015 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to
           be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and
           great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he
           was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

14:026:016 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his
           destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and
           went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the
           altar of incense.

14:026:017 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him
           fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:

14:026:018 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It
           appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the
           LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are
           consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou
           hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the
           LORD God.

14:026:019 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn
           incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy
           even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house
           of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

14:026:020 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon
           him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they
           thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go
           out, because the LORD had smitten him.

14:026:021 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and
           dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off
           from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the
           king's house, judging the people of the land.

14:026:022 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah
           the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

14:026:023 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his
           fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the
           kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son
           reigned in his stead.

14:027:001 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,
           and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
           also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

14:027:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he
           entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did
           yet corruptly.

14:027:003 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the
           wall of Ophel he built much.

14:027:004 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the
           forests he built castles and towers.

14:027:005 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed
           against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year
           an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of
           wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of
           Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

14:027:006 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before
           the LORD his God.

14:027:007 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his
           ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel
           and Judah.

14:027:008 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
           reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

14:027:009 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the
           city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

14:028:001 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he
           reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which
           was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

14:028:002 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made
           also molten images for Baalim.

14:028:003 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
           and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of
           the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of
           Israel.

14:028:004 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and
           on the hills, and under every green tree.

14:028:005 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the
           king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great
           multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And
           he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who
           smote him with a great slaughter.

14:028:006 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and
           twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men;
           because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

14:028:007 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's
           son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that
           was next to the king.

14:028:008 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their
           brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and
           took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to
           Samaria.

14:028:009 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and
           he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said
           unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was
           wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and
           ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

14:028:010 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and
           Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there
           not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

14:028:011 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which
           ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath
           of the LORD is upon you.

14:028:012 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah
           the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and
           Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai,
           stood up against them that came from the war,

14:028:013 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither:
           for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye
           intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our
           trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

14:028:014 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the
           princes and all the congregation.

14:028:015 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the
           captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among
           them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat
           and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of
           them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm
           trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

14:028:016 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to
           help him.

14:028:017 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried
           away captives.

14:028:018 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low
           country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh,
           and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages
           thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and
           the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

14:028:019 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel;
           for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the
           LORD.

14:028:020 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and
           distressed him, but strengthened him not.

14:028:021 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and
           out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it
           unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

14:028:022 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
           against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

14:028:023 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him:
           and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them,
           therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But
           they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

14:028:024 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God,
           and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up
           the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in
           every corner of Jerusalem.

14:028:025 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn
           incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of
           his fathers.

14:028:026 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last,
           behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and
           Israel.

14:028:027 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the
           city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the
           sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son
           reigned in his stead.

14:029:001 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old,
           and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his
           mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

14:029:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
           according to all that David his father had done.

14:029:003 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened
           the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

14:029:004 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered
           them together into the east street,

14:029:005 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now
           yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your
           fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

14:029:006 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil
           in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and
           have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD,
           and turned their backs.

14:029:007 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the
           lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings
           in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

14:029:008 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem,
           and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to
           hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

14:029:009 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons
           and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

14:029:010 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God
           of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

14:029:011 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to
           stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister
           unto him, and burn incense.

14:029:012 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the
           son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons
           of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of
           Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and
           Eden the son of Joah:

14:029:013 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the
           sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

14:029:014 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons
           of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

14:029:015 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves,
           and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the
           words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

14:029:016 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the
           LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that
           they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the
           house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out
           abroad into the brook Kidron.

14:029:017 Now they began on the first day of the first month to
           sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the
           porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in
           eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they
           made an end.

14:029:018 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have
           cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt
           offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread
           table, with all the vessels thereof.

14:029:019 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did
           cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and
           sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the
           LORD.

14:029:020 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of
           the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

14:029:021 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven
           lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom,
           and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the
           priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the
           LORD.

14:029:022 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the
           blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had
           killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they
           killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the
           altar.

14:029:023 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering
           before the king and the congregation; and they laid their
           hands upon them:

14:029:024 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with
           their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all
           Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the
           sin offering should be made for all Israel.

14:029:025 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,
           with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment
           of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet:
           for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

14:029:026 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the
           priests with the trumpets.

14:029:027 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the
           altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD
           began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments
           ordained by David king of Israel.

14:029:028 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and
           the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt
           offering was finished.

14:029:029 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all
           that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

14:029:030 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the
           Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David,
           and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness,
           and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

14:029:031 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated
           yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and
           thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the
           congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as
           many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

14:029:032 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation
           brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and
           two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the
           LORD.

14:029:033 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three
           thousand sheep.

14:029:034 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all
           the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did
           help them, till the work was ended, and until the other
           priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more
           upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

14:029:035 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat
           of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every
           burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was
           set in order.

14:029:036 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had
           prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

14:030:001 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters
           also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the
           house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the
           LORD God of Israel.

14:030:002 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the
           congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second
           month.

14:030:003 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests
           had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the
           people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

14:030:004 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

14:030:005 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout
           all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come
           to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem:
           for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was
           written.

14:030:006 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his
           princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the
           commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn
           again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he
           will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the
           hand of the kings of Assyria.

14:030:007 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
           trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who
           therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

14:030:008 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield
           yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which
           he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that
           the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

14:030:009 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your
           children shall find compassion before them that lead them
           captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the
           LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away
           his face from you, if ye return unto him.

14:030:010 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of
           Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them
           to scorn, and mocked them.

14:030:011 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun
           humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

14:030:012 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do
           the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of
           the LORD.

14:030:013 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast
           of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great
           congregation.

14:030:014 And they arose and took away the altars that were in
           Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and
           cast them into the brook Kidron.

14:030:015 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the
           second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed,
           and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings
           into the house of the LORD.

14:030:016 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to
           the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the
           blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.

14:030:017 For there were many in the congregation that were not
           sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the
           killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to
           sanctify them unto the LORD.

14:030:018 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and
           Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves,
           yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written.
           But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon
           every one

14:030:019 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his
           fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the
           purification of the sanctuary.

14:030:020 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

14:030:021 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept
           the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness:
           and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day,
           singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

14:030:022 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that
           taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat
           throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and
           making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

14:030:023 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:
           and they kept other seven days with gladness.

14:030:024 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a
           thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes
           gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand
           sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

14:030:025 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the
           Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and
           the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that
           dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

14:030:026 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of
           Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like
           in Jerusalem.

14:030:027 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and
           their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy
           dwelling place, even unto heaven.

14:031:001 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present
           went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in
           pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high
           places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in
           Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed
           them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man
           to his possession, into their own cities.

14:031:002 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the
           Levites after their courses, every man according to his
           service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for
           peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to
           praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

14:031:003 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the
           burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt
           offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for
           the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the
           law of the LORD.

14:031:004 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to
           give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they
           might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

14:031:005 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of
           Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and
           oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the
           tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

14:031:006 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in
           the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen
           and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated
           unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

14:031:007 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the
           heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

14:031:008 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they
           blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

14:031:009 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites
           concerning the heaps.

14:031:010 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered
           him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings
           into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and
           have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and
           that which is left is this great store.

14:031:011 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of
           the LORD; and they prepared them,

14:031:012 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated
           things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler,
           and Shimei his brother was the next.

14:031:013 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth,
           and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and
           Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei
           his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and
           Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

14:031:014 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the
           east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute
           the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

14:031:015 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
           Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the
           priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by
           courses, as well to the great as to the small:

14:031:016 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and
           upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of
           the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges
           according to their courses;

14:031:017 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their
           fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in
           their charges by their courses;

14:031:018 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives,
           and their sons, and their daughters, through all the
           congregation: for in their set office they sanctified
           themselves in holiness:

14:031:019 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the
           fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city,
           the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all
           the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by
           genealogies among the Levites.

14:031:020 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that
           which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

14:031:021 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of
           God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God,
           he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

14:032:001 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib
           king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped
           against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for
           himself.

14:032:002 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he
           was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

14:032:003 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop
           the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and
           they did help him.

14:032:004 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all
           the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the
           land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find
           much water?

14:032:005 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that
           was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall
           without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made
           darts and shields in abundance.

14:032:006 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them
           together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and
           spake comfortably to them, saying,

14:032:007 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the
           king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him:
           for there be more with us than with him:

14:032:008 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God
           to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested
           themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

14:032:009 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants
           to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and
           all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto
           all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

14:032:010 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust,
           that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

14:032:011 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die
           by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall
           deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

14:032:012 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his
           altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall
           worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

14:032:013 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the
           people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those
           lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

14:032:014 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my
           fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out
           of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out
           of mine hand?

14:032:015 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you
           on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any
           nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine
           hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall
           your God deliver you out of mine hand?

14:032:016 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and
           against his servant Hezekiah.

14:032:017 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and
           to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of
           other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand,
           so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of
           mine hand.

14:032:018 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the
           people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them,
           and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

14:032:019 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the
           gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the
           hands of man.

14:032:020 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah
           the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

14:032:021 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men
           of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the
           king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own
           land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they
           that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the
           sword.

14:032:022 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
           from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the
           hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

14:032:023 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and
           presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified
           in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

14:032:024 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto
           the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

14:032:025 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done
           unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was
           wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

14:032:026 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his
           heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the
           wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

14:032:027 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made
           himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious
           stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of
           pleasant jewels;

14:032:028 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil;
           and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

14:032:029 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and
           herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

14:032:030 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of
           Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the
           city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

14:032:031 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of
           Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was
           done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know
           all that was in his heart.

14:032:032 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness,
           behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet,
           the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and
           Israel.

14:032:033 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
           the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all
           Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his
           death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

14:033:001 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he
           reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

14:033:002 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like
           unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast
           out before the children of Israel.

14:033:003 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father
           had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made
           groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served
           them.

14:033:004 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the
           LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

14:033:005 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two
           courts of the house of the LORD.

14:033:006 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the
           valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used
           enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar
           spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of
           the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

14:033:007 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the
           house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon
           his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen
           before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

14:033:008 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of
           the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they
           will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according
           to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the
           hand of Moses.

14:033:009 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to
           err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had
           destroyed before the children of Israel.

14:033:010 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they
           would not hearken.

14:033:011 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host
           of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns,
           and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

14:033:012 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God,
           and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

14:033:013 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard
           his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his
           kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

14:033:014 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on
           the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in
           at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up
           a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced
           cities of Judah.

14:033:015 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the
           house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the
           mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast
           them out of the city.

14:033:016 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon
           peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to
           serve the LORD God of Israel.

14:033:017 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high
           places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

14:033:018 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his
           God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name
           of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the
           book of the kings of Israel.

14:033:019 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his
           sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high
           places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was
           humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the
           seers.

14:033:020 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his
           own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

14:033:021 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
           reigned two years in Jerusalem.

14:033:022 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as
           did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the
           carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served
           them;

14:033:023 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his
           father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

14:033:024 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his
           own house.

14:033:025 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired
           against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his
           son king in his stead.

14:034:001 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
           reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

14:034:002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and
           walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither
           to the right hand, nor to the left.

14:034:003 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young,
           he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the
           twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the
           high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the
           molten images.

14:034:004 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and
           the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the
           groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake
           in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the
           graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

14:034:005 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and
           cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

14:034:006 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and
           Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

14:034:007 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had
           beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the
           idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to
           Jerusalem.

14:034:008 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged
           the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah,
           and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of
           Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

14:034:009 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered
           the money that was brought into the house of God, which the
           Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of
           Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of
           all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

14:034:010 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the
           oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the
           workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and
           amend the house:

14:034:011 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn
           stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which
           the kings of Judah had destroyed.

14:034:012 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them
           were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari;
           and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to
           set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill
           of instruments of musick.

14:034:013 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers
           of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of
           the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

14:034:014 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the
           house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law
           of the LORD given by Moses.

14:034:015 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have
           found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And
           Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

14:034:016 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king
           word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy
           servants, they do it.

14:034:017 And they have gathered together the money that was found in
           the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of
           the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

14:034:018 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the
           priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the
           king.

14:034:019 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the
           law, that he rent his clothes.

14:034:020 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
           and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah
           a servant of the king's, saying,

14:034:021 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in
           Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is
           found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out
           upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the
           LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

14:034:022 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to
           Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath,
           the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in
           Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that
           effect.

14:034:023 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell
           ye the man that sent you to me,

14:034:024 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this
           place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses
           that are written in the book which they have read before the
           king of Judah:

14:034:025 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
           other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the
           works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out
           upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

14:034:026 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the
           LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of
           Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

14:034:027 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself
           before God, when thou heardest his words against this place,
           and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself
           before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I
           have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

14:034:028 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be
           gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see
           all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the
           inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

14:034:029 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of
           Judah and Jerusalem.

14:034:030 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the
           men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the
           priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small:
           and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the
           covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

14:034:031 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before
           the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his
           commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all
           his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the
           covenant which are written in this book.

14:034:032 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin
           to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according
           to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

14:034:033 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the
           countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made
           all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the
           LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from
           following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

14:035:001 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem:
           and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the
           first month.

14:035:002 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them
           to the service of the house of the LORD,

14:035:003 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were
           holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which
           Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall
           not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your
           God, and his people Israel,

14:035:004 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after
           your courses, according to the writing of David king of
           Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

14:035:005 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the
           families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after
           the division of the families of the Levites.

14:035:006 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare
           your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the
           LORD by the hand of Moses.

14:035:007 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids,
           all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to
           the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks:
           these were of the king's substance.

14:035:008 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the
           priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel,
           rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the
           passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle
           and three hundred oxen.

14:035:009 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and
           Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave
           unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small
           cattle, and five hundred oxen.

14:035:010 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their
           place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the
           king's commandment.

14:035:011 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the
           blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

14:035:012 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give
           according to the divisions of the families of the people, to
           offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses.
           And so did they with the oxen.

14:035:013 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the
           ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and
           in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all
           the people.

14:035:014 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the
           priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in
           offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore
           the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the
           sons of Aaron.

14:035:015 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,
           according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman,
           and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every
           gate; they might not depart from their service; for their
           brethren the Levites prepared for them.

14:035:016 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to
           keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar
           of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

14:035:017 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover
           at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

14:035:018 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the
           days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of
           Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests,
           and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present,
           and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

14:035:019 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this
           passover kept.

14:035:020 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho
           king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by
           Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

14:035:021 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with
           thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day,
           but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded
           me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is
           with me, that he destroy thee not.

14:035:022 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but
           disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened
           not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to
           fight in the valley of Megiddo.

14:035:023 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his
           servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

14:035:024 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put
           him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to
           Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the
           sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned
           for Josiah.

14:035:025 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and
           the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to
           this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold,
           they are written in the lamentations.

14:035:026 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness,
           according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,

14:035:027 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the
           book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

14:036:001 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
           and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

14:036:002 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to
           reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

14:036:003 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned
           the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

14:036:004 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah
           and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho
           took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

14:036:005 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
           reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did
           that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

14:036:006 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound
           him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

14:036:007 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the
           LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

14:036:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations
           which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they
           are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and
           Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

14:036:009 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
           reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did
           that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

14:036:010 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and
           brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house
           of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
           Jerusalem.

14:036:011 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,
           and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

14:036:012 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his
           God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet
           speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

14:036:013 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made
           him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his
           heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

14:036:014 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people,
           transgressed very much after all the abominations of the
           heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had
           hallowed in Jerusalem.

14:036:015 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his
           messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had
           compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

14:036:016 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,
           and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose
           against his people, till there was no remedy.

14:036:017 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who
           slew their young men with the sword in the house of their
           sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old
           man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his
           hand.

14:036:018 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and
           the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of
           the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

14:036:019 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
           Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and
           destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

14:036:020 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to
           Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until
           the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

14:036:021 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until
           the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay
           desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

14:036:022 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
           of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
           accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of
           Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his
           kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

14:036:023 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth
           hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me
           to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is
           there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with
           him, and let him go up.

Book 15        Ezra

15:001:001 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word
           of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the
           LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
           made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it
           also in writing, saying,

15:001:002 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath
           given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me
           to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

15:001:003 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him,
           and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build
           the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is
           in Jerusalem.

15:001:004 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let
           the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and
           with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for
           the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

15:001:005 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin,
           and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit
           God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which
           is in Jerusalem.

15:001:006 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands
           with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with
           beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was
           willingly offered.

15:001:007 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of
           the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of
           Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

15:001:008 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
           Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar,
           the prince of Judah.

15:001:009 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a
           thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

15:001:010 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four
           hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

15:001:011 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and
           four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of
           the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto
           Jerusalem.

15:002:001 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of
           the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom
           Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto
           Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one
           unto his city;

15:002:002 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah,
           Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah.
           The number of the men of the people of Israel:

15:002:003 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and
           two.

15:002:004 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

15:002:005 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

15:002:006 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and
           Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

15:002:007 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

15:002:008 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

15:002:009 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

15:002:010 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

15:002:011 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

15:002:012 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

15:002:013 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

15:002:014 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

15:002:015 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

15:002:016 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

15:002:017 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

15:002:018 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.

15:002:019 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.

15:002:020 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

15:002:021 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.

15:002:022 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

15:002:023 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

15:002:024 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.

15:002:025 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
           hundred and forty and three.

15:002:026 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

15:002:027 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

15:002:028 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

15:002:029 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

15:002:030 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.

15:002:031 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty
           and four.

15:002:032 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

15:002:033 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and
           five.

15:002:034 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

15:002:035 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and
           thirty.

15:002:036 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
           nine hundred seventy and three.

15:002:037 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

15:002:038 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and
           seven.

15:002:039 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

15:002:040 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the
           children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

15:002:041 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and
           eight.

15:002:042 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the
           children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of
           Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all
           an hundred thirty and nine.

15:002:043 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha,
           the children of Tabbaoth,

15:002:044 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of
           Padon,

15:002:045 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children
           of Akkub,

15:002:046 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children
           of Hanan,

15:002:047 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of
           Reaiah,

15:002:048 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of
           Gazzam,

15:002:049 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of
           Besai,

15:002:050 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children
           of Nephusim,

15:002:051 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
           of Harhur,

15:002:052 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children
           of Harsha,

15:002:053 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children
           of Thamah,

15:002:054 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

15:002:055 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
           children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

15:002:056 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children
           of Giddel,

15:002:057 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the
           children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.

15:002:058 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants,
           were three hundred ninety and two.

15:002:059 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,
           Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their
           father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

15:002:060 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
           of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

15:002:061 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah,
           the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a
           wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was
           called after their name:

15:002:062 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
           genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as
           polluted, put from the priesthood.

15:002:063 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of
           the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim
           and with Thummim.

15:002:064 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand
           three hundred and threescore,

15:002:065 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were
           seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were
           among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

15:002:066 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules,
           two hundred forty and five;

15:002:067 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six
           thousand seven hundred and twenty.

15:002:068 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the
           house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for
           the house of God to set it up in his place:

15:002:069 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work
           threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand
           pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

15:002:070 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and
           the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in
           their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

15:003:001 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of
           Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves
           together as one man to Jerusalem.

15:003:002 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the
           priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his
           brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer
           burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses
           the man of God.

15:003:003 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them
           because of the people of those countries: and they offered
           burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings
           morning and evening.

15:003:004 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and
           offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the
           custom, as the duty of every day required;

15:003:005 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of
           the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were
           consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a
           freewill offering unto the LORD.

15:003:006 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer
           burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the
           temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

15:003:007 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters;
           and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them
           of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of
           Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of
           Persia.

15:003:008 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God
           at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
           Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of
           their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that
           were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed
           the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward
           the work of the house of the LORD.

15:003:009 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and
           his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the
           workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their
           sons and their brethren the Levites.

15:003:010 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the
           LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and
           the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the
           LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

15:003:011 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks
           unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for
           ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great
           shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of
           the house of the LORD was laid.

15:003:012 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers,
           who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the
           foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with
           a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

15:003:013 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of
           joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the
           people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar
           off.

15:004:001 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the
           children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God
           of Israel;

15:004:002 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers,
           and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your
           God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of
           Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

15:004:003 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the
           fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with
           us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together
           will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king
           of Persia hath commanded us.

15:004:004 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people
           of Judah, and troubled them in building,

15:004:005 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their
           purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the
           reign of Darius king of Persia.

15:004:006 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,
           wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of
           Judah and Jerusalem.

15:004:007 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
           Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king
           of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the
           Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

15:004:008 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter
           against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

15:004:009 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and
           the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the
           Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the
           Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites,
           and the Elamites,

15:004:010 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper
           brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest
           that are on this side the river, and at such a time.

15:004:011 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even
           unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side
           the river, and at such a time.

15:004:012 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from
           thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious
           and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and
           joined the foundations.

15:004:013 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded,
           and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll,
           tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of
           the kings.

15:004:014 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it
           was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore
           have we sent and certified the king;

15:004:015 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy
           fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and
           know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto
           kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within
           the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

15:004:016 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and
           the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no
           portion on this side the river.

15:004:017 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to
           Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that
           dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace,
           and at such a time.

15:004:018 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before
           me.

15:004:019 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found
           that this city of old time hath made insurrection against
           kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

15:004:020 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have
           ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute,
           and custom, was paid unto them.

15:004:021 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that
           this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be
           given from me.

15:004:022 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage
           grow to the hurt of the kings?

15:004:023 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before
           Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they
           went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to
           cease by force and power.

15:004:024 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at
           Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of
           Darius king of Persia.

15:005:001 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son
           of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and
           Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

15:005:002 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the
           son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is
           at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping
           them.

15:005:003 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side
           the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said
           thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house,
           and to make up this wall?

15:005:004 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names
           of the men that make this building?

15:005:005 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that
           they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to
           Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning
           this matter.

15:005:006 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the
           river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites,
           which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

15:005:007 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto
           Darius the king, all peace.

15:005:008 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of
           Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with
           great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work
           goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

15:005:009 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who
           commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

15:005:010 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might
           write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

15:005:011 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants
           of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was
           builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel
           builded and set up.

15:005:012 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto
           wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king
           of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and
           carried the people away into Babylon.

15:005:013 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same
           king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

15:005:014 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God,
           which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in
           Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those
           did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they
           were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he
           had made governor;

15:005:015 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the
           temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be
           builded in his place.

15:005:016 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the
           house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even
           until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not
           finished.

15:005:017 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be
           search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at
           Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the
           king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king
           send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

15:006:001 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the
           house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in
           Babylon.

15:006:002 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
           province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus
           written:

15:006:003 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king
           made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let
           the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices,
           and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height
           thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore
           cubits;

15:006:004 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and
           let the expenses be given out of the king's house:

15:006:005 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of
           God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which
           is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and
           brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one
           to his place, and place them in the house of God.

15:006:006 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river,
           Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which
           are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

15:006:007 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of
           the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in
           his place.

15:006:008 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of
           these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the
           king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith
           expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

15:006:009 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and
           rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven,
           wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of
           the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day
           by day without fail:

15:006:010 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God
           of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

15:006:011 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this
           word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set
           up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a
           dunghill for this.

15:006:012 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy
           all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter
           and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I
           Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

15:006:013 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai,
           and their companions, according to that which Darius the king
           had sent, so they did speedily.

15:006:014 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through
           the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of
           Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the
           commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the
           commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of
           Persia.

15:006:015 And this house was finished on the third day of the month
           Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the
           king.

15:006:016 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and
           the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication
           of this house of God with joy.

15:006:017 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
           bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin
           offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the
           number of the tribes of Israel.

15:006:018 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites
           in their courses, for the service of God, which is at
           Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

15:006:019 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
           fourteenth day of the first month.

15:006:020 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of
           them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children
           of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for
           themselves.

15:006:021 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of
           captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them
           from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the
           LORD God of Israel, did eat,

15:006:022 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy:
           for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the
           king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the
           work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

15:007:001 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of
           Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son
           of Hilkiah,

15:007:002 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

15:007:003 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

15:007:004 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

15:007:005 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
           the son of Aaron the chief priest:

15:007:006 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in
           the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and
           the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of
           the LORD his God upon him.

15:007:007 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the
           priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters,
           and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of
           Artaxerxes the king.

15:007:008 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the
           seventh year of the king.

15:007:009 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up
           from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he
           to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

15:007:010 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD,
           and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

15:007:011 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes
           gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the
           words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to
           Israel.

15:007:012 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of
           the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a
           time.

15:007:013 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of
           his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of
           their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

15:007:014 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven
           counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem,
           according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

15:007:015 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his
           counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose
           habitation is in Jerusalem,

15:007:016 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the
           province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people,
           and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their
           God which is in Jerusalem:

15:007:017 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams,
           lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings,
           and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which
           is in Jerusalem.

15:007:018 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren,
           to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after
           the will of your God.

15:007:019 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the
           house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of
           Jerusalem.

15:007:020 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,
           which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the
           king's treasure house.

15:007:021 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
           treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra
           the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall
           require of you, it be done speedily,

15:007:022 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures
           of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred
           baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

15:007:023 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be
           diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why
           should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his
           sons?

15:007:024 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and
           Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this
           house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute,
           or custom, upon them.

15:007:025 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine
           hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the
           people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of
           thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

15:007:026 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of
           the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether
           it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of
           goods, or to imprisonment.

15:007:027 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a
           thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of
           the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

15:007:028 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his
           counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I
           was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me,
           and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with
           me.

15:008:001 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the
           genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the
           reign of Artaxerxes the king.

15:008:002 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;
           Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

15:008:003 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah:
           and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an
           hundred and fifty.

15:008:004 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and
           with him two hundred males.

15:008:005 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him
           three hundred males.

15:008:006 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with
           him fifty males.

15:008:007 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and
           with him seventy males.

15:008:008 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael,
           and with him fourscore males.

15:008:009 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him
           two hundred and eighteen males.

15:008:010 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with
           him an hundred and threescore males.

15:008:011 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with
           him twenty and eight males.

15:008:012 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and
           with him an hundred and ten males.

15:008:013 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these,
           Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore
           males.

15:008:014 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them
           seventy males.

15:008:015 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to
           Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed
           the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons
           of Levi.

15:008:016 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for
           Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and
           for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib,
           and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

15:008:017 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the
           place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto
           Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place
           Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the
           house of our God.

15:008:018 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man
           of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the
           son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren,
           eighteen;

15:008:019 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
           his brethren and their sons, twenty;

15:008:020 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had
           appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and
           twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

15:008:021 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we
           might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right
           way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our
           substance.

15:008:022 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers
           and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because
           we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is
           upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his
           wrath is against all them that forsake him.

15:008:023 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was
           intreated of us.

15:008:024 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests,
           Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

15:008:025 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the
           vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the
           king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there
           present, had offered:

15:008:026 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents
           of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold
           an hundred talents;

15:008:027 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two
           vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

15:008:028 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels
           are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill
           offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

15:008:029 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief
           of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of
           Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the
           LORD.

15:008:030 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver,
           and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto
           the house of our God.

15:008:031 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of
           the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God
           was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy,
           and of such as lay in wait by the way.

15:008:032 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

15:008:033 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the
           vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of
           Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar
           the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of
           Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

15:008:034 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was
           written at that time.

15:008:035 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which
           were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto
           the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and
           six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin
           offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

15:008:036 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
           lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and
           they furthered the people, and the house of God.

15:009:001 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me,
           saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the
           Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the
           lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the
           Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the
           Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

15:009:002 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for
           their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with
           the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and
           rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

15:009:003 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle,
           and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat
           down astonied.

15:009:004 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the
           words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of
           those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the
           evening sacrifice.

15:009:005 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and
           having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees,
           and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

15:009:006 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face
           to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our
           head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

15:009:007 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass
           unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and
           our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the
           lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to
           confusion of face, as it is this day.

15:009:008 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the
           LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us
           a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes,
           and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

15:009:009 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our
           bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the
           kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of
           our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us
           a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

15:009:010 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have
           forsaken thy commandments,

15:009:011 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets,
           saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an
           unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands,
           with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to
           another with their uncleanness.

15:009:012 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither
           take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or
           their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good
           of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children
           for ever.

15:009:013 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for
           our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us
           less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such
           deliverance as this;

15:009:014 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity
           with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be
           angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there
           should be no remnant nor escaping?

15:009:015 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet
           escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our
           trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

15:010:001 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping
           and casting himself down before the house of God, there
           assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of
           men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

15:010:002 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
           answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our
           God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land:
           yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

15:010:003 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away
           all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the
           counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the
           commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the
           law.

15:010:004 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be
           with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

15:010:005 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and
           all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this
           word. And they sware.

15:010:006 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into
           the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came
           thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned
           because of the transgression of them that had been carried
           away.

15:010:007 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto
           all the children of the captivity, that they should gather
           themselves together unto Jerusalem;

15:010:008 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according
           to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his
           substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the
           congregation of those that had been carried away.

15:010:009 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves
           together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth
           month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people
           sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of
           this matter, and for the great rain.

15:010:010 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have
           transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the
           trespass of Israel.

15:010:011 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your
           fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the
           people of the land, and from the strange wives.

15:010:012 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,
           As thou hast said, so must we do.

15:010:013 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we
           are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one
           day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this
           thing.

15:010:014 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all
           them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at
           appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and
           the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this
           matter be turned from us.

15:010:015 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah
           were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai
           the Levite helped them.

15:010:016 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,
           with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their
           fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and
           sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the
           matter.

15:010:017 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange
           wives by the first day of the first month.

15:010:018 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had
           taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of
           Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib,
           and Gedaliah.

15:010:019 And they gave their hands that they would put away their
           wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for
           their trespass.

15:010:020 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

15:010:021 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,
           and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

15:010:022 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,
           Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

15:010:023 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the
           same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

15:010:024 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum,
           and Telem, and Uri.

15:010:025 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah,
           and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and
           Benaiah.

15:010:026 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
           Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

15:010:027 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and
           Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

15:010:028 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and
           Athlai.

15:010:029 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah,
           Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

15:010:030 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,
           Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

15:010:031 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah,
           Shemaiah, Shimeon,

15:010:032 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

15:010:033 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
           Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

15:010:034 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

15:010:035 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

15:010:036 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

15:010:037 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

15:010:038 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

15:010:039 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

15:010:040 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

15:010:041 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

15:010:042 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

15:010:043 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau,
           and Joel, Benaiah.

15:010:044 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives
           by whom they had children.



Book 16        Nehemiah

16:001:001 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to
           pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in
           Shushan the palace,

16:001:002 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of
           Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped,
           which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

16:001:003 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the
           captivity there in the province are in great affliction and
           reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the
           gates thereof are burned with fire.

16:001:004 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down
           and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed
           before the God of heaven,

16:001:005 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and
           terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that
           love him and observe his commandments:

16:001:006 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou
           mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before
           thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy
           servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel,
           which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's
           house have sinned.

16:001:007 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept
           the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which
           thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

16:001:008 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy
           servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you
           abroad among the nations:

16:001:009 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them;
           though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of
           the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring
           them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

16:001:010 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast
           redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

16:001:011 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the
           prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who
           desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant
           this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I
           was the king's cupbearer.

16:002:001 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year
           of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took
           up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been
           beforetime sad in his presence.

16:002:002 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,
           seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of
           heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

16:002:003 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should
           not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my
           fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are
           consumed with fire?

16:002:004 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request?
           So I prayed to the God of heaven.

16:002:005 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy
           servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest
           send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres,
           that I may build it.

16:002:006 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,)
           For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?
           So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

16:002:007 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let
           letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that
           they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

16:002:008 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that
           he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the
           palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the
           city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king
           granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

16:002:009 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them
           the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army
           and horsemen with me.

16:002:010 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
           Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there
           was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

16:002:011 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

16:002:012 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither
           told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at
           Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast
           that I rode upon.

16:002:013 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before
           the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of
           Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were
           consumed with fire.

16:002:014 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's
           pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me
           to pass.

16:002:015 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall,
           and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so
           returned.

16:002:016 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither
           had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to
           the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the
           work.

16:002:017 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how
           Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with
           fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we
           be no more a reproach.

16:002:018 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me;
           as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they
           said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their
           hands for this good work.

16:002:019 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
           Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to
           scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye
           do? will ye rebel against the king?

16:002:020 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven,
           he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and
           build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in
           Jerusalem.

16:003:001 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the
           priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it,
           and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they
           sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

16:003:002 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them
           builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

16:003:003 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also
           laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the
           locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

16:003:004 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the
           son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of
           Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired
           Zadok the son of Baana.

16:003:005 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put
           not their necks to the work of their LORD.

16:003:006 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and
           Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof,
           and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the
           bars thereof.

16:003:007 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
           the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the
           throne of the governor on this side the river.

16:003:008 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the
           goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of
           one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the
           broad wall.

16:003:009 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
           of the half part of Jerusalem.

16:003:010 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even
           over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the
           son of Hashabniah.

16:003:011 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,
           repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

16:003:012 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the
           ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

16:003:013 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
           they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
           thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the
           wall unto the dung gate.

16:003:014 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the
           ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the
           doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

16:003:015 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of
           Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and
           covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,
           and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by
           the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the
           city of David.

16:003:016 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the
           half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the
           sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto
           the house of the mighty.

16:003:017 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next
           unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of
           Keilah, in his part.

16:003:018 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad,
           the ruler of the half part of Keilah.

16:003:019 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of
           Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury
           at the turning of the wall.

16:003:020 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the
           other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the
           house of Eliashib the high priest.

16:003:021 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz
           another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to
           the end of the house of Eliashib.

16:003:022 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

16:003:023 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their
           house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son
           of Ananiah by his house.

16:003:024 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece,
           from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even
           unto the corner.

16:003:025 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall,
           and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that
           was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of
           Parosh.

16:003:026 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over
           against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that
           lieth out.

16:003:027 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against
           the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

16:003:028 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over
           against his house.

16:003:029 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his
           house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah,
           the keeper of the east gate.

16:003:030 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun
           the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired
           Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

16:003:031 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place
           of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate
           Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

16:003:032 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate
           repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

16:004:001 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded
           the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked
           the Jews.

16:004:002 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and
           said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves?
           will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they
           revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are
           burned?

16:004:003 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that
           which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down
           their stone wall.

16:004:004 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach
           upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of
           captivity:

16:004:005 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted
           out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger
           before the builders.

16:004:006 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together
           unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

16:004:007 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
           Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that
           the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches
           began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

16:004:008 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight
           against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

16:004:009 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
           against them day and night, because of them.

16:004:010 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is
           decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to
           build the wall.

16:004:011 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see,
           till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause
           the work to cease.

16:004:012 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them
           came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye
           shall return unto us they will be upon you.

16:004:013 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on
           the higher places, I even set the people after their families
           with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

16:004:014 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to
           the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of
           them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and
           fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your
           wives, and your houses.

16:004:015 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known
           unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we
           returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

16:004:016 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
           servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held
           both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the
           habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

16:004:017 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens,
           with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought
           in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

16:004:018 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side,
           and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

16:004:019 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest
           of the people, The work is great and large, and we are
           separated upon the wall, one far from another.

16:004:020 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet,
           resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

16:004:021 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears
           from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

16:004:022 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every
           one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night
           they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

16:004:023 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of
           the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes,
           saving that every one put them off for washing.

16:005:001 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives
           against their brethren the Jews.

16:005:002 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are
           many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and
           live.

16:005:003 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
           vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the
           dearth.

16:005:004 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the
           king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

16:005:005 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our
           children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our
           sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our
           daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in
           our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and
           vineyards.

16:005:006 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

16:005:007 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and
           the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of
           his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

16:005:008 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our
           brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will
           ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us?
           Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

16:005:009 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk
           in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen
           our enemies?

16:005:010 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of
           them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

16:005:011 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands,
           their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the
           hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and
           the oil, that ye exact of them.

16:005:012 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
           of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the
           priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do
           according to this promise.

16:005:013 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from
           his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this
           promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the
           congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people
           did according to this promise.

16:005:014 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their
           governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even
           unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that
           is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread
           of the governor.

16:005:015 But the former governors that had been before me were
           chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and
           wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants
           bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the
           fear of God.

16:005:016 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought
           we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto
           the work.

16:005:017 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the
           Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the
           heathen that are about us.

16:005:018 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six
           choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten
           days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not
           I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy
           upon this people.

16:005:019 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have
           done for this people.

16:006:001 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the
           Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded
           the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though
           at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

16:006:002 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us
           meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono.
           But they thought to do me mischief.

16:006:003 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great
           work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease,
           whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

16:006:004 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I
           answered them after the same manner.

16:006:005 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the
           fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

16:006:006 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and
           Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for
           which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their
           king, according to these words.

16:006:007 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at
           Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it
           be reported to the king according to these words. Come now
           therefore, and let us take counsel together.

16:006:008 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as
           thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

16:006:009 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be
           weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O
           God, strengthen my hands.

16:006:010 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah
           the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us
           meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let
           us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay
           thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

16:006:011 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there,
           that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his
           life? I will not go in.

16:006:012 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
           pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat
           had hired him.

16:006:013 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so,
           and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report,
           that they might reproach me.

16:006:014 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to
           these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest
           of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

16:006:015 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the
           month Elul, in fifty and two days.

16:006:016 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof,
           and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they
           were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that
           this work was wrought of our God.

16:006:017 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters
           unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

16:006:018 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was
           the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son
           Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of
           Berechiah.

16:006:019 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my
           words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

16:007:001 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up
           the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites
           were appointed,

16:007:002 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the
           palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and
           feared God above many.

16:007:003 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened
           until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut
           the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the
           inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every
           one to be over against his house.

16:007:004 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few
           therein, and the houses were not builded.

16:007:005 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles,
           and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by
           genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them
           which came up at the first, and found written therein,

16:007:006 These are the children of the province, that went up out of
           the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom
           Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came
           again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;

16:007:007 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,
           Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
           The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was
           this;

16:007:008 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and
           two.

16:007:009 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

16:007:010 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

16:007:011 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and
           Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

16:007:012 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

16:007:013 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

16:007:014 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

16:007:015 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

16:007:016 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

16:007:017 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and
           two.

16:007:018 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

16:007:019 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

16:007:020 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

16:007:021 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

16:007:022 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

16:007:023 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

16:007:024 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.

16:007:025 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

16:007:026 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and
           eight.

16:007:027 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.

16:007:028 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.

16:007:029 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
           hundred forty and three.

16:007:030 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

16:007:031 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.

16:007:032 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

16:007:033 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

16:007:034 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty
           and four.

16:007:035 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

16:007:036 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

16:007:037 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and
           one.

16:007:038 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and
           thirty.

16:007:039 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
           nine hundred seventy and three.

16:007:040 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

16:007:041 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and
           seven.

16:007:042 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

16:007:043 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the
           children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

16:007:044 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and
           eight.

16:007:045 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater,
           the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of
           Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

16:007:046 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,
           the children of Tabbaoth,

16:007:047 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of
           Padon,

16:007:048 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children
           of Shalmai,

16:007:049 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of
           Gahar,

16:007:050 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
           Nekoda,

16:007:051 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
           Phaseah,

16:007:052 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
           Nephishesim,

16:007:053 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
           of Harhur,

16:007:054 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children
           of Harsha,

16:007:055 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children
           of Tamah,

16:007:056 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

16:007:057 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
           children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

16:007:058 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
           Giddel,

16:007:059 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the
           children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.

16:007:060 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants,
           were three hundred ninety and two.

16:007:061 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah,
           Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew
           their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of
           Israel.

16:007:062 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
           of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

16:007:063 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of
           Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the
           daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called
           after their name.

16:007:064 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
           genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as
           polluted, put from the priesthood.

16:007:065 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of
           the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim
           and Thummim.

16:007:066 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand
           three hundred and threescore,

16:007:067 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there
           were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they
           had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

16:007:068 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two
           hundred forty and five:

16:007:069 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven
           hundred and twenty asses.

16:007:070 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The
           Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty
           basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

16:007:071 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of
           the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and
           two hundred pound of silver.

16:007:072 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand
           drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and
           threescore and seven priests' garments.

16:007:073 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the
           singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all
           Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month
           came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

16:008:001 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man
           into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake
           unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses,
           which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

16:008:002 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation
           both of men and women, and all that could hear with
           understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

16:008:003 And he read therein before the street that was before the
           water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and
           the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of
           all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

16:008:004 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they
           had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and
           Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on
           his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael,
           and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and
           Meshullam.

16:008:005 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for
           he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the
           people stood up:

16:008:006 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people
           answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
           bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to
           the ground.

16:008:007 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,
           Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad,
           Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to
           understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

16:008:008 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and
           gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

16:008:009 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
           scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all
           the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn
           not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the
           words of the law.

16:008:010 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink
           the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is
           prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye
           sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

16:008:011 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your
           peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

16:008:012 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to
           send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had
           understood the words that were declared unto them.

16:008:013 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the
           fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto
           Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

16:008:014 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded
           by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths
           in the feast of the seventh month:

16:008:015 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities,
           and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch
           olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and
           palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as
           it is written.

16:008:016 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made
           themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and
           in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in
           the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of
           Ephraim.

16:008:017 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of
           the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since
           the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the
           children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

16:008:018 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read
           in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven
           days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according
           unto the manner.

16:009:001 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of
           Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and
           earth upon them.

16:009:002 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all
           strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the
           iniquities of their fathers.

16:009:003 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the
           law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and
           another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD
           their God.

16:009:004 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and
           Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani,
           and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

16:009:005 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,
           Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up
           and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be
           thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and
           praise.

16:009:006 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the
           heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all
           things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein,
           and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven
           worshippeth thee.

16:009:007 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and
           broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him
           the name of Abraham;

16:009:008 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a
           covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the
           Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites,
           and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast
           performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

16:009:009 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and
           heardest their cry by the Red sea;

16:009:010 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his
           servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest
           that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a
           name, as it is this day.

16:009:011 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went
           through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their
           persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the
           mighty waters.

16:009:012 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and
           in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the
           way wherein they should go.

16:009:013 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them
           from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws,
           good statutes and commandments:

16:009:014 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst
           them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy
           servant:

16:009:015 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and
           broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their
           thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess
           the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

16:009:016 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their
           necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

16:009:017 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that
           thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their
           rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but
           thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to
           anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

16:009:018 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is
           thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought
           great provocations;

16:009:019 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
           wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by
           day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by
           night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

16:009:020 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and
           withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them
           water for their thirst.

16:009:021 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so
           that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and
           their feet swelled not.

16:009:022 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst
           divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon,
           and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king
           of Bashan.

16:009:023 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven,
           and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst
           promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess
           it.

16:009:024 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou
           subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the
           Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their
           kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with
           them as they would.

16:009:025 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed
           houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and
           oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and
           were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy
           great goodness.

16:009:026 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee,
           and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets
           which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they
           wrought great provocations.

16:009:027 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their
           enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble,
           when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and
           according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours,
           who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

16:009:028 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee:
           therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so
           that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned,
           and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many
           times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

16:009:029 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them
           again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not
           unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments,
           (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the
           shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

16:009:030 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst
           against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not
           give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the
           people of the lands.

16:009:031 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not
           utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a
           gracious and merciful God.

16:009:032 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the
           terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the
           trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on
           our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our
           prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the
           time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

16:009:033 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou
           hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

16:009:034 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our
           fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and
           thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

16:009:035 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy
           great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat
           land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from
           their wicked works.

16:009:036 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou
           gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good
           thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

16:009:037 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast
           set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over
           our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are
           in great distress.

16:009:038 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it;
           and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

16:010:001 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son
           of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

16:010:002 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

16:010:003 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

16:010:004 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

16:010:005 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

16:010:006 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

16:010:007 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

16:010:008 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

16:010:009 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the
           sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

16:010:010 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah,
           Hanan,

16:010:011 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

16:010:012 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

16:010:013 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

16:010:014 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu,
           Bani,

16:010:015 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

16:010:016 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

16:010:017 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

16:010:018 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

16:010:019 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

16:010:020 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

16:010:021 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

16:010:022 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

16:010:023 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

16:010:024 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

16:010:025 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

16:010:026 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

16:010:027 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

16:010:028 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the
           porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had
           separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law
           of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every
           one having knowledge, and having understanding;

16:010:029 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a
           curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given
           by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the
           commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his
           statutes;

16:010:030 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of
           the land, not take their daughters for our sons:

16:010:031 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on
           the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on
           the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the
           seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

16:010:032 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly
           with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house
           of our God;

16:010:033 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and
           for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new
           moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for
           the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all
           the work of the house of our God.

16:010:034 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the
           people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of
           our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed
           year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as
           it is written in the law:

16:010:035 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the
           firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the
           house of the LORD:

16:010:036 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is
           written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our
           flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests
           that minister in the house of our God:

16:010:037 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our
           offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and
           of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our
           God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the
           same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our
           tillage.

16:010:038 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites,
           when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up
           the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the
           chambers, into the treasure house.

16:010:039 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall
           bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil,
           unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and
           the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers:
           and we will not forsake the house of our God.

16:011:001 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of
           the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in
           Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other
           cities.

16:011:002 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered
           themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

16:011:003 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in
           Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his
           possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and
           the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's
           servants.

16:011:004 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and
           of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah
           the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah,
           the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children
           of Perez;

16:011:005 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son
           of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of
           Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

16:011:006 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four
           hundred threescore and eight valiant men.

16:011:007 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
           Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of
           Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of
           Jesaiah.

16:011:008 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

16:011:009 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the
           son of Senuah was second over the city.

16:011:010 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.

16:011:011 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
           Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler
           of the house of God.

16:011:012 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight
           hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son
           of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of
           Pashur, the son of Malchiah.

16:011:013 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and
           two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the
           son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

16:011:014 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty
           and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of
           the great men.

16:011:015 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of
           Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

16:011:016 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had
           the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

16:011:017 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of
           Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer:
           and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son
           of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

16:011:018 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore
           and four.

16:011:019 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that
           kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

16:011:020 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites,
           were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

16:011:021 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over
           the Nethinims.

16:011:022 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son
           of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son
           of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the
           business of the house of God.

16:011:023 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a
           certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

16:011:024 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah
           the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters
           concerning the people.

16:011:025 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children
           of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof,
           and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel,
           and in the villages thereof,

16:011:026 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,

16:011:027 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages
           thereof,

16:011:028 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,

16:011:029 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

16:011:030 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the
           fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And
           they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

16:011:031 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
           Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.

16:011:032 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

16:011:033 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

16:011:034 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

16:011:035 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

16:011:036 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

16:012:001 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with
           Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah,
           Jeremiah, Ezra,

16:012:002 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

16:012:003 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

16:012:004 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

16:012:005 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

16:012:006 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

16:012:007 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the
           priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

16:012:008 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
           Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and
           his brethren.

16:012:009 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against
           them in the watches.

16:012:010 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and
           Eliashib begat Joiada,

16:012:011 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

16:012:012 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the
           fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

16:012:013 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

16:012:014 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

16:012:015 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

16:012:016 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

16:012:017 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:

16:012:018 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

16:012:019 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

16:012:020 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

16:012:021 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

16:012:022 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
           Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests,
           to the reign of Darius the Persian.

16:012:023 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in
           the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the
           son of Eliashib.

16:012:024 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua
           the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to
           praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of
           David the man of God, ward over against ward.

16:012:025 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
           were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

16:012:026 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son
           of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of
           Ezra the priest, the scribe.

16:012:027 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the
           Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem,
           to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings,
           and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

16:012:028 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both
           out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the
           villages of Netophathi;

16:012:029 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba
           and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round
           about Jerusalem.

16:012:030 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and
           purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

16:012:031 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and
           appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks,
           whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the
           dung gate:

16:012:032 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of
           Judah,

16:012:033 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

16:012:034 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

16:012:035 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely,
           Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of
           Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of
           Asaph:

16:012:036 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai,
           Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical
           instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe
           before them.

16:012:037 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they
           went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of
           the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate
           eastward.

16:012:038 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over
           against them, and I after them, and the half of the people
           upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto
           the broad wall;

16:012:039 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate,
           and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the
           tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still
           in the prison gate.

16:012:040 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
           house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

16:012:041 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,
           Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

16:012:042 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
           Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers
           sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

16:012:043 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for
           God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and
           the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard
           even afar off.

16:012:044 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the
           treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the
           tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities
           the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah
           rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

16:012:045 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their
           God, and the ward of the purification, according to the
           commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

16:012:046 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of
           the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

16:012:047 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of
           Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters,
           every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto
           the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children
           of Aaron.

16:013:001 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of
           the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite
           and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God
           for ever;

16:013:002 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and
           with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should
           curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

16:013:003 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they
           separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

16:013:004 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of
           the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:

16:013:005 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime
           they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the
           vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the
           oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the
           singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

16:013:006 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two
           and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto
           the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

16:013:007 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that
           Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the
           courts of the house of God.

16:013:008 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the
           household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

16:013:009 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither
           brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat
           offering and the frankincense.

16:013:010 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been
           given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the
           work, were fled every one to his field.

16:013:011 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house
           of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in
           their place.

16:013:012 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine
           and the oil unto the treasuries.

16:013:013 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the
           priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and
           next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of
           Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office
           was to distribute unto their brethren.

16:013:014 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my
           good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for
           the offices thereof.

16:013:015 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the
           sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also
           wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they
           brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified
           against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

16:013:016 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and
           all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children
           of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

16:013:017 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,
           What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath
           day?

16:013:018 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this
           evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon
           Israel by profaning the sabbath.

16:013:019 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to
           be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should
           be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after
           the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that
           there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

16:013:020 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged
           without Jerusalem once or twice.

16:013:021 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge
           ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.
           From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

16:013:022 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse
           themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to
           sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning
           this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy
           mercy.

16:013:023 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of
           Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

16:013:024 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and
           could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the
           language of each people.

16:013:025 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain
           of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by
           God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons,
           nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

16:013:026 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among
           many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of
           his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless
           even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

16:013:027 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
           transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

16:013:028 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high
           priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I
           chased him from me.

16:013:029 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
           priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the
           Levites.

16:013:030 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the
           wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his
           business;

16:013:031 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
           firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.




Book 17        Esther

17:001:001 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is
           Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over
           an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

17:001:002 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne
           of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

17:001:003 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his
           princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the
           nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

17:001:004 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the
           honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and
           fourscore days.

17:001:005 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto
           all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both
           unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden
           of the king's palace;

17:001:006 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with
           cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of
           marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of
           red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

17:001:007 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels
           being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance,
           according to the state of the king.

17:001:008 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel:
           for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his
           house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

17:001:009 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal
           house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

17:001:010 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with
           wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
           Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that
           served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

17:001:011 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown
           royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she
           was fair to look on.

17:001:012 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment
           by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and
           his anger burned in him.

17:001:013 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for
           so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and
           judgment:

17:001:014 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
           Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of
           Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the
           first in the kingdom;)

17:001:015 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law,
           because she hath not performed the commandment of the king
           Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

17:001:016 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti
           the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to
           all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the
           provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

17:001:017 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women,
           so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when
           it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the
           queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

17:001:018 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day
           unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of
           the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

17:001:019 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from
           him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and
           the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more
           before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate
           unto another that is better than she.

17:001:020 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be
           published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all
           the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great
           and small.

17:001:021 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king
           did according to the word of Memucan:

17:001:022 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every
           province according to the writing thereof, and to every people
           after their language, that every man should bear rule in his
           own house, and that it should be published according to the
           language of every people.

17:002:001 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was
           appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and
           what was decreed against her.

17:002:002 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let
           there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

17:002:003 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his
           kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young
           virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women,
           unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the
           women; and let their things for purification be given them:

17:002:004 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of
           Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

17:002:005 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name
           was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of
           Kish, a Benjamite;

17:002:006 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity
           which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom
           Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

17:002:007 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's
           daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid
           was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and
           mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

17:002:008 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree
           was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto
           Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was
           brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai,
           keeper of the women.

17:002:009 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him;
           and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with
           such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were
           meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he
           preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house
           of the women.

17:002:010 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai
           had charged her that she should not shew it.

17:002:011 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's
           house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

17:002:012 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king
           Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to
           the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their
           purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of
           myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things
           for the purifying of the women;)

17:002:013 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she
           desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the
           women unto the king's house.

17:002:014 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into
           the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz,
           the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in
           unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and
           that she were called by name.

17:002:015 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle
           of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to
           go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the
           king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And
           Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked
           upon her.

17:002:016 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal
           in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh
           year of his reign.

17:002:017 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she
           obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the
           virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and
           made her queen instead of Vashti.

17:002:018 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his
           servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the
           provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

17:002:019 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time,
           then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

17:002:020 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as
           Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of
           Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

17:002:021 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of
           the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which
           kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king
           Ahasuerus.

17:002:022 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther
           the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's
           name.

17:002:023 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;
           therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written
           in the book of the chronicles before the king.

17:003:001 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of
           Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat
           above all the princes that were with him.

17:003:002 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate,
           bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded
           concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

17:003:003 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said
           unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

17:003:004 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he
           hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether
           Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he
           was a Jew.

17:003:005 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
           reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

17:003:006 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they
           had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought
           to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom
           of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

17:003:007 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth
           year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot,
           before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the
           twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

17:003:008 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
           scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the
           provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all
           people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not
           for the king's profit to suffer them.

17:003:009 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be
           destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to
           the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to
           bring it into the king's treasuries.

17:003:010 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto
           Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

17:003:011 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the
           people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

17:003:012 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of
           the first month, and there was written according to all that
           Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the
           governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of
           every people of every province according to the writing
           thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name
           of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's
           ring.

17:003:013 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's
           provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all
           Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one
           day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which
           is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

17:003:014 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
           province was published unto all people, that they should be
           ready against that day.

17:003:015 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment,
           and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king
           and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was
           perplexed.

17:004:001 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his
           clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into
           the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

17:004:002 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter
           into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

17:004:003 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment
           and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews,
           and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in
           sackcloth and ashes.

17:004:004 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her.
           Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment
           to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him:
           but he received it not.

17:004:005 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains,
           whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a
           commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

17:004:006 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,
           which was before the king's gate.

17:004:007 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and
           of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the
           king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

17:004:008 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that
           was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther,
           and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should
           go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to
           make request before him for her people.

17:004:009 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

17:004:010 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto
           Mordecai;

17:004:011 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's
           provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women,
           shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not
           called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except
           such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that
           he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the
           king these thirty days.

17:004:012 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

17:004:013 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with
           thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than
           all the Jews.

17:004:014 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then
           shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from
           another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be
           destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the
           kingdom for such a time as this?

17:004:015 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

17:004:016 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan,
           and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days,
           night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so
           will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law:
           and if I perish, I perish.

17:004:017 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther
           had commanded him.

17:005:001 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her
           royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's
           house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon
           his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of
           the house.

17:005:002 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in
           the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king
           held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So
           Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

17:005:003 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and
           what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half
           of the kingdom.

17:005:004 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the
           king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have
           prepared for him.

17:005:005 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do
           as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet
           that Esther had prepared.

17:005:006 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is
           thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy
           request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be
           performed.

17:005:007 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

17:005:008 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it
           please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my
           request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I
           shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king
           hath said.

17:005:009 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart:
           but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood
           not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against
           Mordecai.

17:005:010 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home,
           he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

17:005:011 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the
           multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king
           had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the
           princes and servants of the king.

17:005:012 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come
           in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but
           myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the
           king.

17:005:013 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai
           the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

17:005:014 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a
           gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou
           unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go
           thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing
           pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

17:006:001 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to
           bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were
           read before the king.

17:006:002 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana
           and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the
           door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

17:006:003 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to
           Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that
           ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

17:006:004 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come
           into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the
           king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for
           him.

17:006:005 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth
           in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

17:006:006 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be
           done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now
           Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to
           do honour more than to myself?

17:006:007 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king
           delighteth to honour,

17:006:008 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear,
           and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal
           which is set upon his head:

17:006:009 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one
           of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man
           withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on
           horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before
           him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth
           to honour.

17:006:010 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel
           and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai
           the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of
           all that thou hast spoken.

17:006:011 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed
           Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of
           the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done
           unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

17:006:012 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted
           to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

17:006:013 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing
           that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his
           wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before
           whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against
           him, but shalt surely fall before him.

17:006:014 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's
           chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that
           Esther had prepared.

17:007:001 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

17:007:002 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the
           banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it
           shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall
           be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

17:007:003 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found
           favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my
           life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

17:007:004 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be
           slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and
           bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not
           countervail the king's damage.

17:007:005 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the
           queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his
           heart to do so?

17:007:006 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.
           Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

17:007:007 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath
           went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make
           request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that
           there was evil determined against him by the king.

17:007:008 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place
           of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed
           whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the
           queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of
           king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

17:007:009 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,
           Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had
           made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in
           the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

17:007:010 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
           Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

17:008:001 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the
           Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before
           the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

17:008:002 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman,
           and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the
           house of Haman.

17:008:003 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at
           his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief
           of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised
           against the Jews.

17:008:004 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So
           Esther arose, and stood before the king,

17:008:005 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his
           sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be
           pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters
           devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he
           wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's
           provinces:

17:008:006 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my
           people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my
           kindred?

17:008:007 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to
           Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of
           Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he
           laid his hand upon the Jews.

17:008:008 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's
           name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which
           is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's
           ring, may no man reverse.

17:008:009 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third
           month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth
           day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai
           commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the
           deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto
           Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every
           province according to the writing thereof, and unto every
           people after their language, and to the Jews according to
           their writing, and according to their language.

17:008:010 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with
           the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and
           riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

17:008:011 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to
           gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to
           destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the
           people and province that would assault them, both little ones
           and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

17:008:012 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely,
           upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the
           month Adar.

17:008:013 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
           province was published unto all people, and that the Jews
           should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their
           enemies.

17:008:014 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being
           hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the
           decree was given at Shushan the palace.

17:008:015 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal
           apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and
           with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of
           Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

17:008:016 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

17:008:017 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the
           king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and
           gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of
           the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

17:009:001 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the
           thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and
           his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that
           the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though
           it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over
           them that hated them;)

17:009:002 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities
           throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay
           hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand
           them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

17:009:003 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and
           the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews;
           because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

17:009:004 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went
           out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed
           greater and greater.

17:009:005 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the
           sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would
           unto those that hated them.

17:009:006 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five
           hundred men.

17:009:007 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

17:009:008 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

17:009:009 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

17:009:010 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the
           Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

17:009:011 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the
           palace was brought before the king.

17:009:012 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain
           and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the
           ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the
           king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be
           granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be
           done.

17:009:013 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to
           the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according
           unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged
           upon the gallows.

17:009:014 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was
           given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

17:009:015 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together
           on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three
           hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their
           hand.

17:009:016 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
           themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest
           from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five
           thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

17:009:017 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth
           day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and
           gladness.

17:009:018 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the
           thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on
           the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day
           of feasting and gladness.

17:009:019 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled
           towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of
           gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions
           one to another.

17:009:020 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the
           Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,
           both nigh and far,

17:009:021 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the
           fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the
           same, yearly,

17:009:022 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and
           the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and
           from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days
           of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another,
           and gifts to the poor.

17:009:023 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as
           Mordecai had written unto them;

17:009:024 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of
           all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them,
           and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to
           destroy them;

17:009:025 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters
           that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews,
           should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons
           should be hanged on the gallows.

17:009:026 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
           Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which
           they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto
           them,

17:009:027 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed,
           and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it
           should not fail, that they would keep these two days according
           to their writing, and according to their appointed time every
           year;

17:009:028 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout
           every generation, every family, every province, and every
           city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among
           the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

17:009:029 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai
           the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second
           letter of Purim.

17:009:030 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred
           twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with
           words of peace and truth,

17:009:031 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed,
           according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had
           enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for
           their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

17:009:032 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and
           it was written in the book.

17:010:001 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon
           the isles of the sea.

17:010:002 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the
           declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king
           advanced him, are they not written in the book of the
           chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

17:010:003 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great
           among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren,
           seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all
           his seed.

End 
Part2, Section Two, 
of The King James Version of the Holy Bible

History Or, 
The Rise and Fall of Israel