David his servant's sake, cas he had promised him a 1 Kings get thee to Ramoth Gilead.

David his servant's sake, cas he had promised him a 1 Kings get thee to Ramoth Gilead.

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of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, cas he had promised him to give him a light, and to his children forever. 20 ¶ In those days Edom 1rebelled from under the hand of Judah, and made a King over themselves. 21 Therefore Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him, and he arose by night, and smote the Edomites which were about him, with the captains of the chariots, and the people fled into their tents. 22 So Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then 1Libnah rebelled at that same time. 23 Concerning 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? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And dAhaziah his son reigned in his stead. 25 ¶ 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. 26 1Two 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. 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. 28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram in 1Ramoth Gilead, and the Aramites smote Joram. 29 And king Joram returned to be healed in 1Jezreel of the wounds which the Aramites had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 9 6 Jehu is made king of Israel. 24 And killeth Jehoram the king thereof, 27 And Ahaziah, otherwise called Jehoahaz, the king of Judah. 33 And causeth Jezebel to be cast down out of a window, and the dogs did eat her.

1 Then Elisha the Prophet called one of the children of the Prophets, and said unto him, a,1Gird thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and get thee to Ramoth Gilead. 2 And when thou comest thither, look where is Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and lead him 1to a secret chamber. 3 Then take the box of oil and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee for king over Israel: then open the door, and flee without any tarrying. 4 So the servant of the Prophet got him to Ramoth Gilead. 5 And when he came in, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. And he said, I have a message to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he answered, To thee, O captain. 6 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 1anointed thee for king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel. 7 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 bof the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall be destroyed: and cI will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut up, as him that is left in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab, like the house dof Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house eof Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the field of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 11 ¶ Then Jehu came out to the 1servants of his lord. And one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this 2mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and what his talk was. 12 And they said, It is false, tell us it now. Then he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee for King over Israel.

c 2 Sam. 7:13

d 1 Chron. 22:1

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a 1 Kings

19:16,17

b 1 Kings

21:15,25

c 1 Kings 14:10

1 Kings 21:21

d 1 Kings 14:10

1 Kings 21:22

e 1 Kings 16:3-11

8:20 1 Which had been subject from David's time, until this time of Jehoram. 8:22 1 This was a city in Judah given to the Levites, Josh. 21:13, and after turned from King Jehoram, because of his idolatry. 8:26 1 Which is to be understood, that he was made king when his father reigned, but after his father's death he was confirmed king when he was forty-two years old, as 2 Chron. 22:2. 8:28 1 Which was a city in the tribe of Gad beyond Jordan. 8:29 1 This is a city belonging to the tribe of Issachar. 9:1 1 Prepare thyself to go diligently about thy business: for in those countries they used long garments which they tucked up, when they

went about earnest business. 9:2 1 Hebrew, from chamber to chamber. 9:6 1 This anointing was for Kings, Priests and Prophets, which were all figures of Messiah, in whom these three offices were accom­ plished. 9:11 1 That is, the rest of the army, whom he called before, his breth­ ren, verse 2. 2 In this estimation the world hath the ministers of God: notwith­ standing forasmuch as the world hath ever slandered the children of God (yea they called the Son of God a deceiver, and said he had the devil) therefore they ought not to be discouraged.

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13 Then they made haste, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is King. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram: (Now Joram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Aram. 15 And f king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds, which the Aramites had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Aram) and Jehu said, If it be your minds, let no man depart and escape out of the city, to go and tell in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu got up into a chariot, and went to Jezreel: for Joram lay there, and 1Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And the watchman that stood in the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Jehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meet them, that he may say, Is it peace? 18 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? 1turn behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out another 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 behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came to them also, but cometh not again, and the marching is like the marching of Jehu the son of Nimshi: for he marcheth 1furiously. 21 ¶ Then Jehoram said, Make ready: and his chariot was made ready. And Jehoram king of Israel, and Ahaziah king of Judah went out either of them in his chariot against Jehu, and met him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What 1peace? whiles the whoredomes of thy mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts are yet in great number? 23 Then Jehoram turned his hand, and fled, and

said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason. 24 But Jehu took a bow in his hand, and smote Jehoram between the shoulders, that the arrow went through his heart: and he fell down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar a captain, Take, and cast him in some place of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for I remember that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord 1laid this burden upon him. 26 gSurely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his 1sons, said the Lord, and I will render it thee in this field, saith the Lord: now therefore take and cast him in the field according to the word of the Lord. 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house: And Jehu pursued after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him in the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to 1Megiddo, and there died. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David. 29 ¶ And in the 1eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and 1looked out at a window. 31 And as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, Had 1Zimri peace, which slew his master? 32 And he lift up his eyes to the window, and said, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her 1Eunuchs looked unto him. 33 And he said, Cast her down: and they cast her down, 1and he sprinkled of her blood upon the wall, and upon the horses, and he trode her under foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Visit now yonder cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a 1King's daughter. 35 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. 36 Wherefore they came again and told him.

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g 1 Kings 21:29

9:16 1 God had thus ordained, as is read, 2 Chron. 22:7, that this wicked and idolatrous King, who was more ready to gratify wicked Joram, than to obey the will of God, should perish with him, by whose means he thought to have been stronger. 9:18 1 Or, follow me. 9:20 1 As one that went earnestly about his enterprise. 9:22 1 Meaning, that forasmuch as God is their enemy because of their sins that he will ever stir up some to revenge his cause. 9:25 1 Or, spake this prophecy against him. 9:26 1 By this place it is evident, that Jezebel caused both Naboth and his sons to be put to death, that Ahab might enjoy his vineyard more quietly: for else his children might have claimed possession. 9:27 1 After that he was wounded in Samaria, he fled to Megiddo,

which was a city of Judah. 9:29 1 That is, eleven whole years: for 2 Kings 8:25, before, when he said that he began to reign the twelfth year of Joram, he taketh part of the year for the whole. 9:30 1 Being of an harsh and cruel nature she would still retain her princely state and dignity. 9:31 1 As though she would say, Can any traitor, or any that riseth against his superior, have good success? read 1 Kings 16:10. 9:32 1 Or, chief servants. 9:33 1 This he did by the motion of the Spirit of God, that her blood should be shed, that had shed the blood of innocents, to be a spec­ tacle and example of God's judgments to all tyrants. 9:34 1 To wit, of the king of Sidon, 1 Kings 16:31.

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And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake 1by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, hIn the field of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel. 37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the ground in the field of Jezreel, so that none shall say, 1This is Jezebel. 10 6 Jehu causeth the seventy sons of Ahab to be slain, 14 And after that forty and two of Ahaziah's brethren. 25 He killeth also all the Priests of Baal. 35 After his death his son reigneth in his stead.

at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And when it was day he went out, and stood and said to all the people, Ye be 1righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10 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 brought to pass the things that he spake 1by his servant aElijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all that were great with him, and his familiars, and his 1priests, so that he let none of his remain. 12 ¶ And he arose, and departed, and came to Samaria. And as Jehu was in the way by an house where the shepherds did shear, 13 He met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah, and go down to salute the children of the King and the children of the Queen. 14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the well beside the house where the sheep are shorn, even two and forty men, and he 1left not one of them. 15 ¶ And when he was departed thence, he met with Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he 1,2blessed him, and said to him, Is thine heart upright, as mine heart is toward thine? And Jehonadab answered, Yea, doubtless. Then give me thine hand. And when he had given him his hand, he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said, Come with me, and see the zeal that I have for the Lord: so they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah. 18 Then Jehu assembled all the people, and said unto them, Ahab served 1Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much more. 19 Now therefore call unto me all ye prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, and let not

h 1 Kings 21:23

chapter 10

a 1 Kings 21:29

1 Ahab had now seventy 1sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria unto the rulers of Jezreel, and to the Elders, and to the bringers up of Ahab's children, to this effect, 2 Now when this letter cometh to you, (for ye have with you your master's sons, ye have with you both chariots and horses, and a defensed city, and armor) 3 Consider therefore which of your master's sons is best and most meet, and 1set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold two kings could not stand before him, how shall we then stand? 5 And he that was governor of Ahab's house, and he that ruled the city, and the Elders, 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 make no king: do what seemeth good to thee. 6 ¶ Then he wrote another letter to them, saying, If ye be mine, and will obey my voice, 1take the heads of the men that are your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. (Now the king's sons, even seventy persons were with the great men of the city, which brought them up) 7 And when the letter came to them, they took the King's sons, and slew the seventy persons, and laid their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel. 8 ¶ Then there came a messenger and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the King's sons. And he said, Let them lay them on two heaps

9:36 1 Hebrew, by the hand of. 9:37 1 Thus God's judgments appear even in this world against them that suppress his word and persecute his servants. 10:1 1 The Scripture useth to call them sons, which are either chil­ dren or nephews. 10:3 1 He wrote this, to prove them whether they would take his part or no. 10:6 1 God as a just judge punisheth the wicked children of wicked parents unto the third and fourth generation. 10:9 1 Ye cannot justly condemn me for the king's death, seeing ye have done the like to his posterity: for the Lord commanded me, and

moved you to execute this his judgment. 10:10 1 Hebrew, by the hand of. 10:11 1 Meaning, which were the idolatrous priests. 10:14 1 Thus God's vengeance is upon them that have any part or familiarity with the wicked. 10:15 1 For he feared God, and lamented the wickedness of those times: therefore Jehu was glad to join with him: of Rechab read Jer. 35:2. 2 Or, praised God for him. 10:18 1 Here Baal is taken for Ashtoreth the idol of the Sidonians, which Jezebel caused to be worshipped, as it is also so used, 1 Kings 16 and 22:53.

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a man be lacking: for I have a great sacrifice for Baal: whosoever is lacking, he shall not live. But Jehu did it by a subtlety to destroy the servants of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, 1Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 So Jehu sent unto all Israel, and all the servants of Baal came, and 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 end to end. 22 Then he said unto him that had the charge of the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the servants of Baal. And he brought them out vestments. 23 And when Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab into the house of Baal, he said unto the servants of Baal, Search diligently, and look, lest there be here with you any of the 1servants of the Lord, but the servants of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to make sacrifice and burnt offering, Jehu appointed four score men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands, escape, 1his soul shall be for his soul. 25 And when he had made an end of the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard, and to the captains, Go in, slay them, let not a man come out. And they smote them with the edge of the sword. And the guard, and the captains cast them out, and went unto the 1city, where was the temple of Baal. 26 And they brought out the images of the temple of Baal, and burnt them. 27 And they destroyed the image of Baal, and threw down the house of Baal, and made a jakes of it unto this day. 28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 But from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from them, neither from the golden calves that were in Bethel and that were in Dan. 30 ¶ And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast diligently executed that which was right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all things that were in mine heart, therefore shall thy 1sons unto the fourth generation sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu regarded not 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. 32 In those days the Lord began to 1loathe Israel, and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel, 33 From Jordan Eastward, even all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and them that were of Manasseh, from Aroer (which is by the river Arnon) and Gilead and Bashan. 34 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his valiant deeds, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria is eight and twenty years. 11 1 Athaliah putteth to death all the King's sons, except Joash the son of Ahaziah. 4 Joash is appointed King. 15 Jehoiada causeth Athaliah to be slain. 17 He maketh a covenant between God and the people. 18 Baal and his priests are destroyed.

chapter 11

a 2 Chron. 22:10

b 2 Chron. 13:13

1 Then aAthaliah the mother of Ahaziah when she saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the 1King's seed. 2 But Jehosheba the daughter of king Joram, and sister to Ahaziah 1took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the King's sons that should be slain, both him and his nurse, keeping them in 2the bedchamber, and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years, and Athaliah did reign over the land. 4 ¶ bAnd the seventh year 1Jehoiada sent and took the captains over hundreds, with other captains and them of the guard, and caused them to come unto 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 showed them the King's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is it that ye must do, The third part of 1you, that cometh on the Sabbath, shall 2ward toward the King's house: 6 And another third part in the gate of 1Sur: and

10:20 1 Hebrew, sanctify. 10:23 1 Thus God would have his servants preserved, and idola­ ters destroyed, as in his law he giveth express commandment, Deut. 13. 10:24 1 Or, he shall die for him. 10:25 1 Which city was near to Samaria. 10:30 1 Thus God approveth and rewardeth his zeal, in executing God's judgment, albeit his wickedness was afterward punished. 10:32 1 Or, to cut them off. 11:1 1 Meaning, all the posterity of Jehoshaphat, to whom the kingdom appertained: thus God used the cruelty of this woman to

destroy the whole family of Ahab. 11:2 1 The Lord promised to maintain the family of David, and not to quench the light thereof, therefore he moved the heart of Jehosheba to preserve him. 2 Where the Priests did lie. 11:4 1 The chief priest, Jehosheba's husband. 11:5 1 Of the Levites, which had charge of the keeping of the Tem­ ple, and kept watch by course. 2 That none should come upon them, while they were crowning the king. 11:6 1 Called the East gate of the Temple, 2 Chron. 23:5.

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another third part in the gate behind them of the guard: and ye shall keep watch 2in the house of Massah. 7 And two parts of you, that is, all that 1go out on the Sabbath day, shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the King round about, every man with his weapon in his hand, and whosoever cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: be you with the King, as he goeth out and in. 9 ¶ And the captains of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the Priest commanded, and they took every man of his men that entered into their charge on the Sabbath, with them that went out of it on the 1Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the Priest. 10 And the 1Priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and the shields that were King David's, and were in the house of the Lord. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side, about the altar and about the house, round about the King. 12 Then he brought out 1the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him 2the Testimony, and they made him king: also they anointed him, and clapped their hands, and said, God save the King. 13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the running of the people, she came into the people in the house of the Lord. 14 And when she looked, behold, the King stood by a 1pillar, 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. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason. 15 But Jehoiada the Priest commanded the captains of the hundreds that had the rule of the host, and said unto them, Have her 1forth of the ranges, and he that 2followeth her, let him die by the sword: for the Priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. 16 Then they laid hands on her, and she went by the way, by the which the horses go to the house of the King, and there was she slain.

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, 1and the King and the people, that they should be the Lord's people: likewise between the 2King and the people. 18 Then all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it with his altars, and his images brake they down courageously, and slew Mattan the Priest of Baal before the 1altars: and the 2Priest set a guard over the house of the Lord. 19 Then he took the captains of hundreds, and the other captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land: and they brought 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 him down on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: 1for they had slain Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. 12 6 Jehoash maketh provision for the repairing of the Temple. 16 He slayeth the king of Syria by a present from coming against Jerusalem. 20 He is killed by two of his servants.

chapter 12

a 2 Chron. 24:1

1 In athe seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign, and reigned forty years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his time that 1Jehoiada the Priest taught him. 3 But 1the high places were not taken away: for the people offered yet and burnt incense in the high places. 4 ¶ And Jehoash said to the Priests, All the silver of dedicated things that be brought to the house of the Lord, that is, the money of them that are under the 1count, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that one offereth willingly, and bring­ eth into the house of the Lord, 5 Let the Priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and they shall repair the 1broken places

2 Or, that none break his order. 11:7 1 Whose charge is ended. 11:9 1 Read verses 5 and 7. 11:10 1 To wit, Jehoiada. 11:12 1 That is, Joash, which had been kept secret six years. 2 Meaning, the Law of God, which is his chief charge, and whereby only his throne is established. 11:14 1 Where the king's place was in the Temple. 11:15 1 Or, out of the Temple. 2 To take her part. 11:17 1 That both the King and the people should maintain the true worship of God and destroy all idolatry. 2 That he should govern and they obey in the fear of God. 11:18 1 Even in the place where he had blasphemed God, and

thought to have been helped by his idol, there God poured his ven­ geance upon him. 2 To wit, Jehoiada. 11:20 1 Which by her cruelty and persecution had vexed the whole land before. 12:2 1 So long as rulers give ear to the true ministers of God, they prosper. 12:3 1 So hard a thing it is for them, that are in authority, to be brought to the perfect obedience of God. 12:4 1 That is, the money of redemption, Exod. 30:12, also the money which the Priest valued the vows at, Lev. 27:2, and their free liberality. 12:5 1 For the Temple which was built an hundred fifty and five years before, had many things decayed in it, both by the negligence of the King's predecessors, and also by the wickedness of the idolaters.

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of the house, wheresoever any decay is found. 6 ¶ Yet in the three and twentieth year of King Jehoash the Priests had not mended that which was decayed in the Temple. 7 Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the Priest, and the other Priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the ruins of the Temple? now therefore 1receive no more money of your acquaintance, except ye deliver it to repair the ruins of the Temple. 8 So the Priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the decayed places of the Temple. 9 Then Jehoiada the Priest took a chest and bored an hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the 1right side, as every man cometh into the Temple of the Lord. And the Priests that kept the 2door, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 And when they saw there was much money in the chest, the king's Secretary came up and the high Priest, and put it up after that they had told the money that was found in the house of the Lord, 11 And they gave the money made ready into the hands of them, 1that undertook the work, and that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of the Lord, 12 And to the masons and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone, to repair that was decayed in the house of the Lord, and for all that which was laid out for the reparation of the Temple. 13 Howbeit there was 1not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, instruments of music, basins, trumpets, nor any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 14 But they gave it to the workmen, which repaired therewith the house of the Lord. 15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hands they delivered that money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 16 The money of the trespass offering, and the money of the sin offerings was not brought into the

house of the Lord: for it was the Priests'. 17 ¶ Then came up Hazael king of Aram, and fought against Gath, and took it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And 1Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, 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 Aram, and he departed from Jerusalem. 19 Concerning 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? 20 ¶ And his servants arose and wrought treason, and 1slew Joash in the house of 2Millo, when he came down to Silla. 21 Even 1Jozachar 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. 13 3 Jehoahaz the son of Jehu is delivered into the hands of the Syrians. 4 He prayeth unto God, and is delivered. 9 Joash his son reigneth in his stead. 20 Elisha dieth. 24 Hazael dieth.

1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to 1sin, and departed not therefrom. 3 And the Lord was angry with Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all 1his days. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord heard him: for he saw the trouble of Israel, wherewith the king of Aram troubled them. 5 (And the Lord gave Israel a 1deliverer, so that they came out from under the subjection of the Aramites. And the children of Israel 2dwelt in their tents as 3beforetime.

12:7 1 He taketh from them the ordering of the money, because of their negligence. 12:9 1 That is, on the South side. 2 Or, vessel. 12:11 1 For the King had appointed others which were meet for that purpose, 2 Kings 22:5. 12:13 1 For these men had only the charge of the reparation of the Temple, and the rest of the money was brought to the king, who caused these afterward to be made, 2 Chron. 24:14. 12:18 1 After the death of Jehoiada, Joash fell to idolatry: therefore God rejected him, and stirreth up his enemy against him, whom

he pacified with the treasures of the Temple: for God would not be served with those gifts, seeing the king's heart was wicked. 12:20 1 Because he had put Zechariah the son of Jehoiada to death, 2 Chron. 24:25. 2 Read 2 Sam. 3:9. 12:21 1 Or, Jozahar. 13:2 1 By worshipping the calves which Jeroboam did erect in Israel. 13:3 1 While Jehoahaz lived. 13:5 1 To wit, Joash the son of Jehoahaz. 2 Safely and without danger. 3 Hebrew, as yesterday and before yesterday.

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6 Nevertheless, they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam which made Israel sin, but walked in them, even the 1grove also remained still in Samaria) 7 For he had left of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, because the king 1of Aram had destroyed them, and made them like dust beaten to powder. 8 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his valiant deeds, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his stead. 10 ¶ In the seven and thirtieth year of Joash king 1of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And did evil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat that made Israel to sin, but he walked therein. 12 Concerning the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his valiant deeds, and how he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his seat: and Joash was buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel. 14 ¶ When Elisha fell sick of his sickness whereof he died, Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept upon his face, and said, 1O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen of the same. 15 Then Elisha said unto him, Take a bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it. And Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands, 17 And said, Open the window 1Eastward. And when he had opened it, Elisha said, Shoot. And he

shot. And he said, Behold, the arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance against Aram: for thou shalt smite the Aramites in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them. 18 Again he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite the ground. And he smote thrice, and ceased. 19 Then the man of God was 1angry with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, so thou shouldest have smitten Aram, till thou hadst consumed it, where now thou shalt smite Aram but thrice. 20 ¶ So Elisha died, and they buried him. And certain bands of the Moabites came into the land that year. 21 And as they were burying a man: behold, they saw the soldiers: therefore they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha. And when the man was down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he 1revived and stood upon his feet. 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Aram vexed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 Therefore the Lord had mercy on them and pitied 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 him as 1yet. 24 So Hazael the King of Aram died: and BenHadad his son reigned in his stead. 25 Therefore Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz returned, and took out of the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken away by war out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father: for three times did Joash beat him, and restored the cities unto Israel. 14 2 Amaziah the king of Judah putteth to death them that slew his father, 7 and after smiteth Edom. 15 Joash dieth, and Jeroboam his son succeedeth him. 29 And after him reigneth Zechariah.

chapter 14

a 2 Chron. 25:1

1 The second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, reigned aAmaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

13:6 1 Wherein they did commit their idolatry, and which the Lord had commanded to be destroyed, Deut. 16:21. 13:7 1 That is, Hazael and Ben-Hadad his son, as verse 3. Read of Hazael, 2 Kings 8:12. 13:10 1 His chief purpose is to describe the kingdom of Judah, and how God performed his promise made to the house of David: but by the way he showeth how Israel was afflicted and punished for their great idolatry, who though they had now degenerated, yet God both by sending them sundry Prophets and divers punishments, did call them unto him again. 13:14 1 Thus they used to call the Prophets and servants of God, by whom God blesseth his people, as 2 Kings 2:12, meaning that by their

prayers they did more prosper their country than by force of arms. 13:17 1 That is, toward Syria: so that he did not only prophesy with words, but also confirmed him by these signs that he should have the victory. 13:19 1 Because he seemed content to have victory against the enemies of God for twice or thrice, and had not a zeal to overcome them continually, and to destroy them utterly. 13:21 1 By this miracle God confirmed the authority of Elisha, whose doctrine in his life they contemned, that at this sight they might return and embrace the same doctrine. 13:23 1 That is, until their sins were come to a full measure, and there was no more hope of amendment.

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2 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did 1uprightly in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father, but did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4 Notwithstanding the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people did sacrifice, and burnt incense in the high places. 5 ¶ And when the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he slew his servants which had bkilled the king his father. 6 But the children of those that did slay him, he 1slew not, according unto that which is written in the book of the Law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, cThe fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers: but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 7 He slew also of 1Edom in the valley of salt, ten thousand, and took 2the city of Sela by war, and called the name thereof Joktheel unto this day. 8 ¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, Come, 1let us see one another in the face. 9 Then Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the 1Cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and the wild beast that was in Lebanon, went and trode down the thistle. 10 Because thou hast smitten Edom, thine heart hath made thee proud: 1brag of glory, and tarry at home. Why doest thou provoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Judah with thee? 11 But Amaziah would not hear: therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up: and he and Amaziah king of Judah saw one another in the face at Beth Shemesh which is in Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to their tents. 13 But Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king

of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah at Beth Shemesh, and 1came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and the children that were in 1hostage, and returned to Samaria. 15 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his valiant deeds, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried at Samaria among the kings of Israel: and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years. 18 Concerning the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 But they dwrought treason against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to 1Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 Then all the people of Judah took 1Azariah which was sixteen years old, and made him king for his father Amaziah. 22 He built 1Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 ¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, was Jeroboam the son of Joash made king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned one and forty years. 24 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from all the 1sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Israel, from the entering of Hamath, unto the sea of the wilderness, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he

b 2 Kings 12:20

c Deut. 24:16

Ezek. 18:20

d 2 Chron. 25:27

14:3 1 In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but afterward he became an idolater and wor­ shipped the idols of the Idumeans. 14:6 1 Because they neither consented nor were partakers with their fathers in that act. 14:7 1 For the Idumeans, whom David had brought to subjection, did rebel in the time of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat. 2 Or, the tower, or rock, 2 Chron. 25:32. 14:8 1 Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another's cities. 14:9 1 By this parable Jehoash compareth himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes, and Amaziah to a thistle, because he ruled but over two tribes, and the wild beasts are

Jehoash's soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah. 14:10 1 Brag of the victory, so that thou tarry at home, and envy me not. 14:13 1 Or, brought him. 14:14 1 That is, which the Israelites had given to them of Judah for an assurance of peace. 14:19 1 Which city Rehoboam built in Judah for a fortress, 2 Chron. 11:9. 14:21 1 Who is also called Uzziah, 2 Chron. 26:1. 14:22 1 Which is also called Elanon or Eloth. 14:24 1 Because this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man's hands, therefore the Scripture doth ofttimes repeat it in the reproach of all idolaters.

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spake 1by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai the Prophet, which was of Gath Hepher. 26 For the Lord saw the exceedingly bitter affliction of Israel, so that there was none 1shut up, nor any left, neither yet any that could help Israel. 27 Yet the Lord 1had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from under the heaven: therefore he preserved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valiant deeds, and how he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and 1Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 So Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. 15 1 Azariah the King of Judah becometh a leper. 5 Of Jotham, 10 Shallum, 14 Menahem, 23 Pekahiah, 30 Uzziah, 32 Jotham, 38 and Ahaz.

9 And did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did his fathers: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him, in the sight of the people, and 1killed him, and reigned in his stead. 11 Concerning the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 12 This was the aword of the Lord, which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation after thee. And it came so to pass. 13 ¶ Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah King of Judah: and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria. 14 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. 15 Concerning the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the treason which he wrought, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 16 ¶ Then Menahem destroyed 1Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah, because they opened not to him, and he smote it, and ripped up all their women with child. 17 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. 18 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and departed not all his days from the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin. 19 ¶ Then Pul the king of Assyria came against the 1land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand 2talents of silver, that his hand might be with him, and establish the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem exacted the money in Israel that all men of substance should give the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver a piece: so the king of Assyria returned, and tarried not there in the land. 21 Concerning 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?

chapter 15

a 2 Kings 10:30

1 In the 1seven and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he, when he was made king, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did 1uprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 4 But the high places were not put away: for the people yet offered, and burned incense in the high places. 5 And the Lord 1smote the king, and he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in an house apart, and Jotham the king's son governed the house, and 2judged the people of the land. 6 Concerning the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 8 ¶ In the eight and thirtieth year of Azariah King of Judah, did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six 1months,

14:25 1 Hebrew, by the hand of. 14:26 1 Read 1 Kings 14:10. 14:27 1 Hebrew, had not spoken. 14:28 1 Which was also called Antioch of Syria, or Riblah. 15:1 1 Hebrew, in the twentieth year and seventh year. 15:3 1 So long as he gave ear to Zechariah the Prophet. 15:5 1 His father and grandfather were slain by their subjects and servants, and he because he would usurp the Priest's office contrary to God's ordinance was smitten immediately by the hand of God with the leprosy, 2 Chron. 26:21. 2 As viceroy, or deputy to his father. 15:8 1 He was the fourth in descent from Jehu, who reigned accord­

ing to God's promise, but in him God began to execute his wrath against the house of Jehu. 15:10 1 Zechariah was the last in Israel, that had the kingdom by succession, save only Pekahiah the son of Menahem, who reigned but two years. 15:16 1 Which was a city of Israel that would not receive him to be king. 15:19 1 That is, of Israel. 2 Instead of seeking help of God, he went about by money to purchase the favor of this king being an infidel, and therefore God forsook him, and Pul soon afterward brake promise, destroyed his country, and led his people away captive.

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22 And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son did reign in his stead. 23 ¶ In ye fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, began Pekahiah the son of Menahem to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel to sin. 25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria in the place of the king's palace with 1Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: so he killed him, and reigned in his stead. 26 Concerning 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. 27 ¶ In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah King of Judah, began Pekah the son of Remaliah to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat that made Israel to sin. 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel 1came Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and carried them away to Assyria. 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah wrought treason 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. 31 Concerning 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. 32 ¶ bIn the second year of Pekah the son of Rem­ aliah King of Israel, began Jotham son of 1Uzziah King of Judah to reign. 33 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. 34 And he did uprightly in the sight of the Lord: he did according 1to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 But the high places were not put away: for the

people yet offered and burnt incense in the high places: he built the highest gate of the house of the Lord. 36 Concerning 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? 37 In 1those days the Lord began to send against Judah, Rezin the king of Aram, and 2Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 16 3 Ahaz King of Judah consecrateth his son in fire. 5 Jerusalem is besieged. 9 Damascus is taken, and Rezin slain. 11 Idolatry. 19 The death of Ahaz. 20 Hezekiah succeedeth him.

b 2 Chron. 28:6

chapter 16

a Isa. 7:1

1 The seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, 1Ahaz the son of Jotham King of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz, when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not uprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father: 3 But walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to 1go through the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 Also he offered and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 aThen Rezin King of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem, to fight: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome 1him. 6 At the same time Rezin king of Aram restored 1Elath to Aram, and drove the Jews from Elath: so the Aramites came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 Then Ahaz sent 1messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and deliver me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the 1house of the Lord, and in the treasures

15:25 1 Which were of the same conspiracy. 15:29 1 For God stirred up Pul and Tiglath-Pileser against Israel for their sins, 1 Chron. 5:26. 15:32 1 Or, Azariah. 15:34 1 He showeth that his uprightness was not such, but that he had many and great faults. 15:37 1 After the death of Jotham. 2 Which slew of Judah in one day sixscore thousand fighting men, 2 Chron. 28:6, because they had forsaken the true God. 16:1 1 This was a wicked son of a godly father, as of him again came godly Hezekiah, and of him wicked Manasseh, save that God in the end showed him mercy. Thus we see how uncertain it is to depend

on the dignity of our fathers. 16:3 1 That is, offered him to Molech, or made him to pass between two fires, as the manner of the Gentiles was, Lev. 18:21; Deut. 18:10. 16:5 1 For the Lord preserved the city and his people for his promise sake made to David. 16:6 1 Which city Azariah had taken from the Aramites and fortified it, 2 Kings 14:22. 16:7 1 Contrary to the admonition of the Prophet Isaiah, Isa. 7:4. 16:8 1 Thus he spared not to spoil the Temple of God, to have succor of men and would not once lift his heart toward God to desire his help, nor yet hear his Prophet's counsel.

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of the king's house, and sent a present unto the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria consented unto him: and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus. and when he had taken it, he carried the people away to Kir, and slew Rezin. 10 And king Ahaz went unto Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria: and when king Ahaz saw the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Urijah the Priest the pattern of the altar, and the fashion of it, and all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the Priest made an altar 1in all points like to that which King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the Priest against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 So when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered 1thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering, and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings besides the altar. 14 And set it by the brazen altar which was before the Lord, and brought it in further before the house between the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the 1North side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the Priest, and said, Upon the great altar set on fire in the morning the burnt offering, and in the even the meat offering, and the king's burnt offering and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings: and pour thereby all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, and the 1brazen altar shall be for me to inquire of God. 16 And Urijah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded. 17 And King Ahaz brake the borders of the bases, and took the caldrons from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And the 1veil for the Sabbath (that they had made in the house) and the king's entry without turned he to the house of the Lord, 2because of the king of Assyria.

19 Concerning 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? 20 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. 17 3 Hoshea King of Israel is taken, 4 And he and all his realm brought to the Assyrians, 18 for their idolatry. 25 Lions destroy the Assyrians that dwelt in Samaria. 29 Every one worshippeth the god of his nation, 35 Contrary to the commandment of God.

chapter 17

a 2 Kings 18:10

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, 1but not as the kings of Israel, that were before him. 3 And Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. 4 And the king of Assyria found treason in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present unto the king of Assyria, 1as he had done yearly: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and put him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three years. 6 ¶ aIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the 1Medes. 7 For when the children of Israel 1sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and feared other gods, 8 And walked according to the fashions of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel, and after the manners of the kings of Israel, which they used, 9 And the children of Israel had done secretly things that were not upright before the Lord their God, and throughout all their cities had built high places, both from the tower 1of the watch, to the

16:11 1 We see that there is no prince so wicked, be he shall find flatterers and false ministers to serve his turn. 16:12 1 Either offerings for peace or prosperity, or thanksgiving, as Lev. 3:1, or else meaning the morning and evening offering, Exod. 29:38, Num. 28:3, and thus he contemned the means and the altar which God had commanded by Solomon, to serve God after his own fantasy. 16:14 1 That is, at the right hand, as men went into to Temple. 16:15 1 Here he establisheth by commandment his own wicked proceedings, and doth abolish the commandment and ordi­ nance of God. 16:18 1 Or, tent, wherein they lay on the Sabbath, which had served their week in the Temple, and so departed home.

2 Either to flatter the King of Assyria, when he should thus see him change the ordinance of God, or else that the Temple might be a refuge for him if the King should suddenly assail his house. 17:2 1 Though he invented no new idolatry, or impiety as others did, yet he sought for help at the Egyptians, which God had forbidden. 17:4 1 For he had paid tribute for the space of eight years. 17:6 1 For at this time the Medes and Persians were subject to the Assyrians. 17:7 1 He setteth forth at length the cause of this great plague and perpetual captivity, to admonish all people, and nations to cleave to the Lord God, and only worship him for fear of like judgment. 17:9 1 Meaning, throughout all their borders.

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defensed city, 10 And had made them images and groves upon every high hill, and under every green tree, 11 And there burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen, whom the Lord had taken away before them, and wrought wicked things to anger the Lord, 12 And served idols: whereof the Lord had said unto them, bYe shall do no such thing, 13 Notwithstanding the Lord testified to Israel, and to Judah 1by all the Prophets, and by all the Seers, saying, cTurn 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. 14 Nevertheless they would not obey, dbut hardened their necks, like to the necks of their 1fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 And they refused his statutes and his covenant, that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies (wherewith he witnessed unto them) and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the heathen that were round about them: concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 Finally they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, eeven two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the 1host of heaven, and served Baal. 17 And they made their sons and their daughters 1pass through the fire, and used witchcraft and enchantments, yea, 2sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to anger him. 18 Therefore the Lord was exceedingly wroth with Israel, and put them out of his sight, and none was left but the tribe of Judah 1only. 19 Yet Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked according to the fashion of Israel, which they used. 20 Therefore the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his 1sight. 21 1For he cut off Israel from the house of David,

and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat King: and Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he did, and departed not therefrom, 23 Until the Lord put Israel away out of his sight, as he had said 1by all his servants the fProphets, and carried Israel away out of their land to Assyria unto this day. 24 And the king of Assyria brought folk from Babylon, and from 1Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: so they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 ¶ And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they 1feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew them. 26 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. 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the Priests whom ye brought thence, and let him go and dwell there, and teach them the manner of the God 1of the country. 28 So one of the Priests, which they had carried from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord. 29 Howbeit, every nation made their gods, and put them in the houses of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 For the men of Babylon made 1Succoth Benoth: and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz, and Tartak: and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech, and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 Thus they feared the Lord, and appointed out

b Deut. 4:19

c Jer. 18:11

Jer. 25:5 Jer. 35:15

d Deut. 31:27

e Exod. 32:8 1 Kings 12:28

f Jer. 25:9

17:13 1 Hebrew, by the hand of. 17:14 1 So that to allege the authority of our fathers or great antiq­ uity, except we can prove that they were godly, is but to declare that we are the children of the wicked. 17:16 1 That is, the sun, the moon, and stars, Deut. 4:19. 17:17 1 Read 2 Kings 16:3. 2 Read of this phrase, 1 Kings 21:20, 25. 17:18 1 No whole tribe was left but Judah, and they of Benjamin and Levi, which remained, were counted with Judah. 17:20 1 Out of the land where he showed the greatest tokens of his presence and favor. 17:21 1 That is, God cut off the ten tribes, 1 Kings 12:16, 20.

17:23 1 Hebrew, by the hand of. 17:24 1 Of these peoples came the Samaritans, whereof mention is so much made in the Gospel, and with whom the Jews would have nothing to do, John 4:9. 17:25 1 That is, they served him not: therefore, lest they should blas­ pheme him, as though there were no God, because he chastised the Israelites, he showeth his mighty power among them by this strange punishment. 17:27 1 That is, how to worship him: thus the wicked rather than to lose their commodities will change to all religions. 17:30 1 Meaning that every country served that idol, which was most esteemed in that place whence they came.

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Priests out of themselves for the high places, who prepared for them sacrifices in the houses of the high places. 33 gThey 1feared the Lord, but served their gods after the manner of the nations whom they carried thence. 34 Unto this day they do after the old manner: they neither fear God, neither do after 1their ordinances, nor after their customs, nor after the Law, nor after the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob hwhom he named Israel, 35 And with whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, iFear none other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But fear the Lord which brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arm: him fear ye, and worship him and sacrifice to him. 37 Also keep ye diligently the statutes and the ordinances and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, that ye do them continually, and fear not other gods. 38 And forget not the covenant that I have made with you, neither fear ye other gods. 39 But fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hands of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their old custom. 41 So these 1nations feared the Lord, and served their images also: so did their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. 18 4 Hezekiah king of Judah putteth down the brazen serpent, and destroyeth the idols, 7 and prospereth. 11 Israel is carried away captive. 30 The blasphemy of Sennacherib.

according to all that David his father had done. 4 He took away the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the bbrazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it, and he called it 1Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel: so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, neither were there any such before him. 6 For he clave to the Lord and departed not from him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses. 7 So the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all things which he took in hand, also he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. 8 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza, and the coasts thereof, 1from the watchtower unto the defensed city. 9 ¶ cAnd in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, (which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel) Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 10 And after three years they took it, even in the sixth year of Hezekiah: that is, dthe ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel was Samaria taken. 11 Then 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 Because they would not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant: that is, all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, and would neither obey nor do them. 13 ¶ eMoreover, in the fourteenth year of king Hez­ ekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the strong cities of Judah, and took them. 14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent unto the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, 1I have offended: depart from me, and what thou layest upon me, I will bear it. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold. 15 Therefore Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. 16 At the same season did Hezekiah pull off the plates of the doors of the Temple of the Lord,

g Ezek. 20:39

Zeph. 1:5

h Gen. 32:28 1 Kings 18:34

i Judg. 6:10

Jer. 10:2

chapter 18

a 2 Chron. 28:27

2 Chron. 29:1

b Num. 21:8,9

c 2 Kings 17:3

d 2 Kings 17:6

e 2 Chron. 32:1

Isa. 36:1

1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah king of Israel, aHezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi the daughter of Zechariah, 3 And he did 1uprightly in the sight of the Lord,

17:33 1 That is, they had a certain knowledge of God, and feared him because of the punishment, but they continued still idolaters as do the Papist, which worship both God and idols: but this is not to fear God, as appeareth verse 34. 17:34 1 He meaneth this by the Israelites to whom God had given his commandments. 17:41 1 That is, these strangers which were sent into Samaria by the Assyrians. 18:3 1 Although they of Judah were given to idolatry and impiety, as they of Israel were, yet God for his promise sake was merciful unto

the throne of David, and yet by his judgment toward the other, pro­ voked to repentance. 18:4 1 That is, a piece of Brass: thus he calleth the serpent by con­ tempt, which notwithstanding was set up by the word of God, and miracles were wrought by it: yet when it was abused to idolatry this good king destroyed it, not thinking it worthy to be called a serpent, but a piece of brass. 18:8 1 Read 2 Kings 17:9. 18:14 1 As his zeal was before praised, so his weakness is here set forth, that none should glory in himself.

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and the pillars (which the said Hezekiah king of Judah had covered over) and gave them to the king of Assyria. 17 ¶ And the king of Assyria sent 1Tartan, 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 stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is by the path of the fuller's field, 18 And called to the king. Then came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the 1recorder. 19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Tell ye Hez­ ekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great king, even the great king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou thinkest, Surely I have 1eloquence, 2but counsel and strength are for the war. On whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 21 Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staff of reed, to wit, on 1Egypt, 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. 22 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 1taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 23 Now therefore give 1hostages to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders upon them. 24 For how canst thou despise any captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 25 Am I now come up without the 1Lord to this place, to destroy it? the Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah said unto Rabshakeh, Speak I pray thee, to thy servants in the 1Aramites' language, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jews' tongue, in the audience of the people that are on the wall.

27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink 1their own piss with you? 28 So Rabshakeh stood, and spake, saying, Hear the words of the great king, of the king of Assyria. 29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you 1out of mine hand. 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given over into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make 1appointment with me, and come out to me, that every man may eat of his own vine, and every man of his own fig tree, and drink every man of the water of his own well, 32 Till 1I come, and bring you to a land like your own land, even a land of wheat and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive's oil, and honey, that ye may live and not die: and obey not Hezekiah, for he deceiveth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? where is the god of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? how have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that have delivered their land out of mine hand, that the 1Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered not him a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer ye him not. 37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

18:17 1 After certain years, when Hezekiah ceased to send the trib­ ute appointed by the king of the Assyrians, he sent his captains and army against him. 18:18 1 Or, writer of Chronicles, or secretary. 18:20 1 Hebrew, talk of the lips. 2 Thou thinkest that words will serve to persuade thy people, or to move my master. 18:21 1 Egypt shall not only not be able to succor thee, but shall be an hurt unto thee. 18:22 1 Thus the idolaters think that God's religion is destroyed, when superstition and idolatry are reformed. 18:23 1 Meaning, that it was best for him to yield to the king of Assyria, because his power was so small that he had not men to fur­

nish two thousand horses. 18:25 1 The wicked always in their prosperity flatter themselves, that God doth favor them. Thus he speaketh to fear Hezekiah that by resisting him he should resist God. 18:26 1 Or, Syrians. 18:27 1 Hebrew, the water of their feet. 18:29 1 Or, by his hand. 18:31 1 Hebrew, blessing: meaning the conditions of peace. 18:32 1 He maketh himself so sure, that he will not grant them truce, except they render themselves to him to be led away captives. 18:35 1 This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God did most sharply punish it.

399 2 kings 19:22 19 6 God promiseth by Isaiah victory to Hezekiah. 35 The Angel of the Lord killeth an hundred and fourscore and five thousand men of the Assyrians. 37 Sennacherib is killed of his own sons.

syria have done to all lands, how they have destroyed them: and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the heathen delivered them which my fathers have destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Shepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? 14 ¶ So Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the 1Lord. 15 And Hezekiah 1prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the Cherubims, thou art very God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heaven and the earth. 16 Lord 1bow down thine ear, and hear: Lord open thine eyes and behold, and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the 2living God. 17 Truth it is, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the work of man's hands, even wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the 1kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou O Lord, art only God. 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have heard that which thou hast prayed me, concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. 21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken against him, O 1Virgin daughter of Zion, he hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: O daughter of Jerusalem, he hath shaken his head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou railed on? and whom hast thou blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?

chapter 19

a Isa. 37:1

1 And awhen King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, and came into the house of the Lord, 2 And sent Eliakim which was the steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, and the Elders of the Priests clothed in sackcloth 1to Isaiah, the Prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to 1the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth. 4 If so be the Lord thy God hath heard all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to rail on the living God, and to reproach him with words which the Lord thy God hath heard, then lift thou up thy prayer for the 1remnant that are left. 5 ¶ So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, So shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast 1upon him, and he shall hear a noise, and return to his own land: and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 ¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 1He heard also men say of Tirhakah king of 2Ethiopia, 3Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he therefore departed and sent other messengers unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, and say, Let not thy 1God deceive thee in whom thou trustest, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of As-

19:2 1 To hear some new prophecy, and to have comfort of him. 19:3 1 The dangers are so great, that we can neither avenge this blasphemy, nor help ourselves no more than a woman in her tra­ vail. 19:4 1 Meaning, for Jerusalem which only remained of all the cities of Judah. 19:7 1 The Lord can with one blast blow away all the strength of man, and turn it into dust. 19:9 1 That is, Sennacherib. 2 Or, black Moors. 3 For the Kings of Ethiopia and Egypt joined together against the King of Assyria because of his oppression of other countries.

19:10 1 The more near that the wicked are to their destruction, the more they blaspheme. 19:14 1 Before the Ark of the covenant. 19:15 1 He showeth what is the true refuge and succor in all dan­ gers, to wit, to flee to the Lord by earnest prayer. 19:16 1 Show by effect that thou wilt not suffer thy Name to be blasphemed. 2 By this title he discerneth God from all idols and false gods. 19:19 1 He showeth for what end the faithful desire of God to be delivered: to wit, that he may be glorified by their deliverance. 19:21 1 Because as yet Jerusalem had not been taken by the enemy, therefore he calleth her virgin.

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even 1against the holy One of Israel. 23 By thy messengers thou hast railed on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the top of the mountains, by the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the high cedars thereof, and the fair fir trees thereof, and I will go into the 1lodging of his borders, and into the forest of his 2Carmel. 24 I have dug and drunk the waters of others, and with the plant of my feet have I dried all the 1floods closed in. 25 Hast thou not heard, how I have of old time made it, and have formed it long ago? 1and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and laid on ruinous heaps, as cities defensed? 26 Whose 1inhabitants have small power, and are afraid, and confounded: they are like the grass of the field, and green herb, or grass on the house tops, or as corn blasted before it be grown. 27 I know thy dwelling, yea, thy going out and thy coming in, and thy fury against me. 28 And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come up to mine ears, I will put mine 1hook in thy nostrils, and my bridle in thy lips, and will bring thee back again the same way thou camest. 29 And this shall be a 1sign unto thee, O Hezekiah, Thou shalt eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and the next year such as grow without sowing, and the third year sow ye and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah, shall again take 1root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and some that shall escape out of mount Zion: the 1zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. 32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord, concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not enter into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it: 33 But he shall return the way he came, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

34 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for David my servant's sake. 35 ¶ bAnd the same night the Angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of Assyria an hundred four score and five thousand: so when they rose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went his way, and returned and dwelt in Nineveh. 37 And as he was in the Temple worshipping Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons 1slew him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. 20 1 Hezekiah is sick, and receiveth the sign of his health, 12 He receiveth rewards of Berodach, 13 Showeth his treasures, and is reprehended of Isaiah. 21 He dieth, and Manasseh his son reigneth in his stead.

b Isa. 37:36

chapter 20

a 2 Chron. 32:24

Isa. 38:1

1 About that time awas Hezekiah sick unto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the 1wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 I beseech thee, O lord, remember now, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a 1perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah 2wept sore. 4 ¶ And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, I have heard thy 1prayer, and seen thy tears: behold, I have healed thee, and the third day thou shalt go up to the 2house of the Lord, 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years, and will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city for mine own sake, and for David my servant's sake.

19:22 1 God counteth that injury done to him, and will revenge it, which is done to any of his Saints. 19:23 1 Meaning, Jerusalem, which Isaiah calleth the height of his borders, to wit, of Judah, Isa. 37:24. 2 Or, pleasant country. 19:24 1 Or, the waters of cities besieged. 19:25 1 He declareth that forasmuch as he is the author and begin­ ning of his Church, he will never suffer it utterly to be destroyed, as other cities and kingdoms. 19:26 1 Thus he describeth the wicked, which for a time flourish, and afterward fade and decay like flowers. 19:28 1 I will bridle thy rage, and turn thee to and fro as pleaseth me. 19:29 1 God did not only promise him the victory, but giveth him a sign to confirm his faith.

19:30 1 The Lord will multiply in great number, that small remnant of Judah that is escaped. 19:31 1 The love, that God beareth toward his Church shall over­ come the counsels and enterprises of men. 19:37 1 This was the just judgment of God for his blasphemy, that he should be slain before that idol, whom he preferred to the living God, and by them, by whom ought by nature to have been defended. 20:2 1 That his mind might not be troubled. 20:3 1 Meaning, without all hypocrisy. 2 Not so much for his own death, as for fear that idolatry should be restored, which he had destroyed, and so God's Name be dishonored. 20:5 1 Because of his unfained repentance and prayer, God turned away his wrath. 2 To give thanks for thy deliverance.

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7 Then Isaiah said, Take a 1lump of dry figs. And they took it, and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 ¶ For Hezekiah had 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? 9 And Isaiah answered, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to pass forward ten degrees: not so then, but let the shadow 1go back ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the Prophet called unto the Lord, and he brought again the shadow ten degrees back by the degrees whereby it had gone down in the 1dial of Ahaz. 12 bThe same season Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a 1present to Hezekiah: for he had heard how that Hezekiah was sick. 13 And Hezekiah heard them, and showed them all his treasure house, to wit, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, and in all his 1realm, that Hezekiah showed them not. 14 Then Isaiah the Prophet came unto King Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a far country, even from Babylon. 15 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures, that I have not showed them. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and whatsoever thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, cshall be carried into Babylon: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. 18 And of thy sons, that shall proceed out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

19 Then Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, The word of the Lord, which thou hast 1spoken, is good: for said he, Shall it not be good if 2peace and truth be in my days? 20 Concerning the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his valiant deeds, 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? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 21 3 King Manasseh restoreth idolatry, 16 And useth great cruelty. 18 He dieth and Amon his son succeedeth, 23 Who is killed of his own servants. 26 After him reigneth Josiah.

b Isa. 39:1

c 2 Kings 24:13

2 Kings 25:13 Jer. 27:19

chapter 21

a 2 Chron. 33:1

b Deut. 18:9

c 2 Kings 18:4

d Jer. 32:34

e 2 Sam. 7:13

f 1 Kings 8:19

1 Kings 9:3 2 Kings 23:27

1 Manasseh awas twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name also was Hephzibah. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord after the abomination of the heathen, whom the bLord had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he went back and built the high places, cwhich Hezekiah his father had destroyed: and he erected up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 Also he dbuilt altars in the house of the Lord, of the which the Lord said, eIn Jerusalem will I put my Name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of the heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 And he caused his sons 1to pass through the fire, and gave himself to witchcraft and sorcery, and he used them that had familiar spirits and were soothsayers, and did much evil in the sight of the Lord to anger him. 7 And he set the image of the grove, that he had made in the house, whereof the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, fIn this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name forever. 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move anymore out of the land, which I gave their fathers: so that they will 1observe and do all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my

20:7 1 He declareth that albeit God can heal without other medi­ cines, yet he showeth that he will not have these inferior means contemned. 20:10 1 Let the sun go so many degrees back, that the hours may be so many the fewer in the king's dial. 20:11 1 Which dial was set the top of the stairs that Ahaz had made. 20:12 1 Moved with the favor that God showed to Hezekiah, and also because he had declared himself enemy to Sennacherib his enemy which was now destroyed. 20:13 1 Being moved with ambition and vain glory, and also because he seemed to rejoice in the friendship of him that was God's enemy

and an infidel. 20:19 1 He acknowledgeth Isaiah to be the true Prophet of God, and therefore humbleth himself to his word. 2 Seeing that God hath showeth me this favor to grant me quiet­ ness during my life: for he was afraid lest the enemies should have had occasion to rejoice, if the Church had decayed in his time, because he had restored religion. 21:6 1 Read 2 Kings 16:3. 21:8 1 Therefore seeing they obeyed not the commandment of God, they were justly cast forth of that land, which they had but on condition.

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servant Moses commanded them. 9 Yet they obeyed not, but Manasseh led them out of the way, to do more wickedly than did the heathen people, whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 Therefore the Lord spake by his servants the Prophets, saying, 11 gBecause that Manasseh king of Judah hath done such abominations, and hath wrought more wickedly than all that the Amorites (which were before him) did, and hath made Judah sin also with his idols. 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will bring an evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that who so heareth of it, both his hears shall 1tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line 1of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem, as a man wipeth a dish, which he wipeth, and turneth it upside down. 14 And I will forsake the 1remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall be robbed and spoiled of all their adversaries, 15 Because they have done evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the time their fathers came out of Egypt until this day. 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed 1innocent blood exceedingly much, till he replenished Jerusalem from corner to corner, beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 17 Concerning 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? 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, even in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 19 ¶ iAmon was two and twenty years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: his mother's name also was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did. 21 For he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.

22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the 1way of the Lord. 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the King in his own house. 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon, and the people made Josiah his son King in his stead. 25 Concerning 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? 26 And 1they buried him in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 22 4 Josiah repaireth the Temple. 8 Hilkiah findeth the book of the Law, and causeth it to be presented to Josiah. 12 Who sendeth to Huldah the Prophetess to inquire the Lord's will.

g Jer. 15:4

h 1 Sam. 3:11

i 2 Chron.

33:20,21

chapter 22

a 2 Chron. 34:1

1 Josiah was aeight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the Lord, and 1walked in all the ways of David his father, and bowed neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 ¶ And in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the chancellor, to the house of the Lord, saying, 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high Priest, that he may 1sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the 2,3door have gathered of the people. 5 And let 1them deliver it into the hand of them that do the work, and have the oversight of the house of the Lord, let them give it to them that work in the house of the Lord, to repair the decayed places of the house: 6 To wit, unto the artificers and carpenters, and masons, and to buy timber, and hewed stone to repair the house. 7 Howbeit, let no reckoning be made with them of the money, that is delivered into their hand: for they deal 1faithfully. 8 And Hilkiah the high Priest said unto Shaphan

21:12 1 Meaning, that whosoever shall hear of this great plague, shall be astonished. 21:13 1 As I have destroyed Samaria and the house of Ahab, so will I destroy Judah. 21:14 1 Meaning, Judah and Benjamin, which were only left of the rest of the tribes. 21:16 1 The Hebrews write that he slew Isaiah the Prophet, who was his father-in-law. 21:22 1 That is, according to his commandments. 21:26 1 Or, he buried him, to wit, Josiah his son. 22:2 1 His zeal was prophesied of, and his name mentioned by Iddo the

Prophet, more than three hundred years before, 1 Kings 13:2, and being but eight years old, he sought the God of his father David, 2 Chron. 34:3. 22:4 1 Or, coin, as verse 9. 2 Or, vessel. 3 Certain of the Priests were appointed to this office, as 2 Kings 12:9. 22:5 1 From the time of Joash for the space of 244 years, the Temple remained without reparation through the negligence of the priests, this declareth, that they that have a charge and execute it not, ought to have it taken from them. 22:7 1 So God provided him of faithful servants, seeing he went about so zealously to set forth the work of God.

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the chancellor, I have found the 1book of the Law in the house of the Lord: and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 So Shaphan the chancellor came to the king, and brought him word again, and said, Thy servants have 1gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it unto the hands of them that do the work, and have the oversight of the house of the Lord. 10 Also Shaphan the chancellor showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the King. 11 And when the king had heard the words of the book of the Law, he rent his clothes. 12 Therefore the king commanded Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the chancellor, and Asahiah the king's servant, saying, 13 Go ye and 1inquire 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 obeyed the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written therein for us. 14 ¶ 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: (and she dwelt in Jerusalem in the 1college) and they communed with her. 15 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read, 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense unto other gods, to anger me with all the 1works of their hands: my wrath also shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched: 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus

saith the Lord God of Israel, The words that thou hast heard, shall come to pass. 19 But because thine heart did 1melt, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed and accursed, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I have also heard it, saith the Lord. 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy grave in 1peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. Thus they brought the king word again. 23 2 Josiah readeth the Law before the people. 3 He maketh a covenant with the Lord. 4 He putteth down the idols, after he had killed their Priests. 22 He keepeth Passover. 24 He destroyeth the conjurers. 29 He was killed in Megiddo. 30 And his son Jehoahaz reigneth in his stead. 33 After he was taken, his son Jehoiakim was made King.

chapter 23

a 2 Chron. 34:30

1 Then athe King 1sent, and there gathered unto him all the Elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the Priests and 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. 3 And the king stood by 1the pillar, and made a 2covenant before the Lord, that they should walk after the Lord, and keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all their heart, and with all their soul, that they might accomplish the words of this covenant written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. 4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high 1Priest, and the Priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring 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 burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried 2the powder of them into Bethel.

22:8 1 This was the copy that Moses left them, as appeareth, 2 Chron. 34:14, which either by the negligence of the Priests had been lost, or else by the wickedness of idolatrous kings had been abolished. 22:9 1 Hebrew, melted. 22:13 1 Meaning, to some Prophet whom God revealeth the knowl­ edge of things unto, as Jer. 21:8, though at other times they inquired the Lord by Urim and Thummim. 22:14 1 Or the house of doctrine, which was near to the Temple, and where the learned assembled to entreat the Scriptures, and the doc­ trine of the Prophets. 22:17 1 The [works] of man's hand here signify all that man inventeth beside the word of God, which are abominable in God's service. 22:19 1 Meaning, that he did repent, as they that do not repent, are

said to harden their heart, Ps. 95:8. 22:20 1 Whereupon we may gather that the anger of God is ready against the wicked, when God taketh his servants out of this world. 23:1 1 Because he saw the great plagues of God that were threat­ ened, he knew no more speedy way to avoid them, than to turn to God by repentance which cannot come but of faith, and faith by hearing of the word of God. 23:3 1 Where the king had his place, 2 Kings 11:14. 2 As Joshua did, Josh. 24:22, 25. 23:4 1 Meaning, them which were next in dignity to the high Priest. 2 In contempt of that altar, which Jeroboam had there built to sacrifice to his calves.

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5 And he put down the 1Chemarims, whom the kings of Judah had founded to burn incense in the high places, and in the cities of Judah and about Jerusalem, and also them that burnt incense unto Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the 1grove from the Temple of the Lord, without Jerusalem unto the valley of Kidron, and burnt it in the valley Kidron, and stamped it to powder, and cast the dust thereof upon the 2graves of the children of the people. 7 And he brake down the houses of the Sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove. 8 Also he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the Priests had burnt incense, even from Geba to Beersheba, and destroyed the high places of the gates, that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was at the left hand of the gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless the Priests of the high places 1came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, save only they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 10 He defiled also 1Topheth, which was in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man should make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech. 11 He put down also the 1horses that the Kings of Judah had given to the sun at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of NethanMelech the eunuch, which was ruler of the suburbs, and burnt the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were on the top of the 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 break down, and hasted thence, and cast the dust of them in the 1brook Kidron. 13 Moreover the King defiled the high places that

were before Jerusalem, and on the right hand of the 1mount of corruption (which bSolomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the idol of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the idol of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon) 14 And he brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 Furthermore 1the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place made by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, both this altar and also the high place, brake he down, and burnt the high place, and stamped it to powder and burnt the grove. 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the graves that were in the mount, and sent and took the bones out of the graves, and burnt them upon the altar and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord, that the 1man of God proclaimed, which cried the same words. 17 Then he said, What title is that which I see? And the men of the city said unto him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, which came from Judah, and told these things that thou hast done to the altar of Bethel. 18 Then said he, Let him alone: let none remove his bones. So his bones were saved with the bones of the 1Prophet that came from Samaria. 19 Josiah also took away all the houses of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to anger the Lord, and did to them according to all the facts that he had done in Bethel. 20 And he sacrificed all the Priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. 21 ¶ Then the king commanded all the people, saying, cKeep the Passover unto the Lord your God, das it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 And there was no Passover holden 1like that from the days of the Judges that judged Israel, nor

b 1 Kings 11:7

c 2 Chron. 35:1

d Exod. 12:3

Deut. 16:2

23:5 1 Meaning, the priests of Baal, which were called Chemarims, either because they wore black garments, or else were smoked with burning incense to idols. 23:6 1 He removed the grove which idolaters for devotion had planted near unto the Temple, contrary to the commandment of the Lord, Deut. 16:21, or as some read, the similitude of a grove which was hung in the Temple. 2 Both in contempt of the idols and reproach of them which had worshipped them in their lives. 23:9 1 Because that those that had forsaken the Lord to serve idols, were not meet to minister in the service of the Lord for the instruc­ tion of others. 23:10 1 Which was a valley near to Jerusalem, and signifieth a taboret, because they smote on the taboret while their children were burning, that their cry should not be heard, Lev. 18:21,

where after Josiah commanded carrions to be cast in contempt thereof. 23:11 1 The idolatrous kings had dedicated horses and chariots to the sun, either to carry the image thereof about as the heathen did, or else to sacrifice them as a sacrifice most agreeable. 23:12 1 Or, valley. 23:13 1 That was the mount of olives, so called because it was full of idols. 23:15 1 Which Jeroboam had built in Israel, 1 Kings 12:28, 29. 23:16 1 According to the prophecy of Iddo, 1 Kings 13:2. 23:18 1 Meaning, the Prophet which came after him, and caused him to eat contrary to the commandment of the Lord, which were both two buried in one grave, 1 Kings 13:31. 23:22 1 For the multitude and zeal of the people with the great preparation.

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in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah. 23 And in the eighteenth year of King Josiah was this Passover celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem. 24 Josiah also took away them that had familiar spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were espied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, to perform the words of the eLaw, which were written in the book that Hilkiah the Priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 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. 26 Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the 1fierceness of his great wrath wherewith he was angry against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him. 27 Therefore the Lord said, I will put Judah also out of my sight, as I have put away Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house whereof I said, fMy name shall be there. 28 Concerning 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? 29 gIn his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt 1went up against the king of Assyria to the river Perath. And king Josiah went against him, whom when Pharaoh saw, he slew him at Megiddo. 30 Then his servants carried him dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 31 hJehoahaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his 1fathers had done. 33 And Pharaoh Necho put him in bonds 1at Riblah in the land of Hamath 2while he reigned in Jerusalem, and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 ¶ And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah his father, and

turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away, which when he came to Egypt, died there. 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, and taxed the land to give the money, according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he levied of every man of the people of the land, according to his value, silver and gold to give unto Pharaoh Necho. 36 Jehoiakim was five and twenty years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 24 1 Jehoiakim made subject to Nebuchadnezzar, rebelleth. 3 The cause of his ruin and all Judah's. 6 Jehoiachin reigneth. 15 He, and his people are carried unto Babylon. 17 Zedekiah is made king.

e Lev. 20:27 Deut. 18:11

f 1 Kings 8:29

1 Kings 9:3 2 Kings 2:7

g 2 Chron. 35:20

h 2 Chron. 36:1,2

chapter 24

a 2 Kings 20:17

2 Kings 23:27

1 In his 1days came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: afterward he turned, and rebelled against him. 2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Aramites, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites, and he sent them against Judah to destroy it, aaccording to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the Prophets. 3 Surely by the 1commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, that he might put them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, 4 And for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood) therefore the Lord would not pardon it. 5 Concerning 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? 6 So Jehoiakim 1slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 ¶ And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt, unto the river 1Perath, all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 8 ¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old, when he began to reign, and reigned in Jerusalem three

23:26 1 Because of the wicked heart of the people, which would not turn unto him by repentance. 23:29 1 Because he passed through his country, he feared lest he would have done him harm, and therefore would have stayed him, yet he consulted not with the Lord, and therefore was slain. 23:32 1 Meaning, the wicked kings before. 23:33 1 Which was Antioch in Syria, called also Hamath. 2 Or, that he should not reign.

24:1 1 In the end of the third year of his reign, and in the beginning of the fourth, Dan. 1:1. 24:3 1 Though God used these wicked tyrants to execute his just judgments, yet they are not to be excused, because they proceeded of ambition and malice. 24:6 1 Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they led him prisoner toward Babylon, read Jer. 22:19. 24:7 1 Or, Euphrates.

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25 1 Jerusalem is besieged of Nebuchadnezzar, and taken. 7 The sons of Zedekiah are slain before his eyes, and after are his own eyes put out. 11 Judah is brought to Babylon. 25 Gedaliah is slain. 27 Jehoiachin is exalted.

months. His mother's name also was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10 bIn that time came the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon up against Jerusalem: so the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12 Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah 1came out against the king of Babylon, he, and his mother and his servants, and his princes, and his eunuchs: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year 2of his reign. 13 cAnd he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and brake all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the Temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said. 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the strong men of war, even ten thousand into captivity, and all the workmen, and cunning men: so none remained saving the poor people of the land. 15 dAnd he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs, and the mighty of the land, carried he away into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon, 16 And all the men of war, even seven thousand, and carpenters, and locksmiths a thousand: all that were strong and apt for war, did the king of Babylon bring to Babylon captives. 17 ¶ eAnd the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 Therefore certainly the wrath of the Lord was against Jerusalem and Judah, until he cast them out of his 1sight. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

b Dan. 1:1

c 2 Kings 20:17

Isa. 39:6

d 2 Chron. 36:10

Esther 2:6

e Jer. 37:1

1 aAnd in the 1ninth year of his reign, the 2tenth month, and tenth day of the month Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and they built 3forts against it round about it. 2 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 And the ninth day of the month the famine was 1sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night, by the way of the 1gate, which is between two walls that was by the king's garden: now the Chaldeans were by the city round about: and the king went by the way of the wilderness. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and took him in the deserts of Jericho, and all his host was scattered from him. 6 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, where they 1gave judgment upon him. 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon. 8 And in the fifth month, and 1seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan 2chief steward and servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem, 9 And burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the great houses burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the chief steward, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 11 And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and those that were fled and 1fallen to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan chief steward carry away captive. 12 But the chief steward left of the poor of the land to dress the vines, and to till the land. 13 bAlso the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen Sea that

Jer. 52:1

chapter 25

a Jer. 39:1

Jer. 52:4

b 2 Kings 20:17

Jer. 27:19,20

25:3 1 Insomuch that the mothers did eat their children, Lam. 4:10. 25:4 1 Which was a postern door, or some secret gate to issue out at. 25:6 1 Or, condemned him for his perjury and treason, 2 Chron. 36:13. 25:8 1 Jeremiah writeth, Jer. 52:12, the tenth day, because the fire continued from the seventh day to the tenth. 2 Or, captain of the guard. 25:11 1 While the siege endured.

24:12 1 That is, yielded himself unto him by the counsel of Jer­ emiah. 2 In the reign of the king of Babylon. 24:20 1 Out of Jerusalem and Judah into Babylon. 25:1 1 That is, of Zedekiah. 2 Which the Hebrews call Tebet, and it containeth part of Decem­ ber, and part of January. 3 Or, a mount.

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left, and made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan ruler over them. 23 Then when all the captains of the host and their men heard, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of Maachathi, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah 1sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and ye shall be well. 25 eBut in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, and he died, and so did he the Jews, and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 26 Then all the people both small and great, and the captains of the army arose, and came to 1Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 27 Notwithstanding in the seven and thirtieth year after 1Jehoiachin King of Judah was carried away, in the twelfth month and the seven and twentieth day of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of the prison, 28 And spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him, all the days of his life. 30 And his 1portion was a continual portion given him by the king, every day a certain, all the days of his life.

was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 The pots 1also and the besoms, and the instruments of music, and the incense dishes, and all the vessels of brass that they ministered in, took they away. 15 And the ash pans, and the basins, and all that was of gold, and that was of silver, took the chief steward away, 16 With 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. 17 cThe height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter thereon was brass, and the height of the chapiter was with network three cubits, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and likewise was the second pillar with the network. 18 And the chief steward took Seraiah the chief Priest, and Zephaniah the 1second Priest, and the three keepers of the door. 19 And out of the city he took an Eunuch that had the oversight of the men of war, and 1five men of them that were in the King's presence, which were found in the city, and Sopher captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the chief steward took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 22 dHowbeit, there remained people in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

c 1 Kings 7:15

Jer. 52:21 1 Chron. 3:15

d Jer. 40:5,6

e Jer. 41:1

25:14 1 Of these read Exod. 27:3. 25:18 1 That is, one appointed to succeed in the high Priest's room, if he were sick or else otherwise letted. 25:19 1 Jeremiah maketh mention of seven, but here he speaketh of them that were the chiefest. 25:24 1 That is, he did exhort them in the Name of the Lord, accord­ ing to Jeremiah's counsel, to submit themselves to Nebuchadnezzar,

seeing it was the revealed will of the Lord. 25:26 1 Contrary to Jeremiah's counsel, Jer. 40–43. 25:27 1 Thus long was he, his wife and his children in Babylon, whom Nebuchadnezzar's son, after his father's death preferred to honor: thus by God's providence the seed of David was preserved even unto Christ. 25:30 1 Meaning, that he had an ordinary in the court.

T h e f i r s t b o o k o f t h e

1c h r o n i c l e s ,

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1 1 The genealogy of Adam and Noah until Abraham. 27 And from Abraham to Esau. 35 His children. 43 Kings and Dukes came of him.

18 Also Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat 1Eber. 19 Unto Eber also were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his days was the earth divided, and his brother's name was Joktan. 20 Then Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth and Jerah, 21 And Hadoram, and Uzal and Diklah, 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 24 1Shem, 2Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 dAbram, which is Abraham. 28 ¶ The sons of Abraham were Isaac, and Ishmael. 29 These are their generations. eThe eldest son of Ishmael was Nebajoth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, 1Hadad, and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael. 32 ¶ And Keturah Abraham's 1concubine bare sons, Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah: and the sons of Jokshan, Sheba, and Dedan. 33 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch and Abida, and Eldaah: fAll these are the sons of Keturah. 34 And gAbraham begat Isaac: the sons of Isaac, Esau and Israel. 35 ¶ The sons of Esau were 1,hEliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

chapter 1

a Gen. 10:2

b Gen. 10:8

c Gen. 10:22

1 Adam, 1Seth, Enosh, 2 Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, 1Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 ¶ aThe sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6 And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and 1Diphath and Togarmah. 7 Also the sons of Javan, Elishah and Tarshishah, Kittim, and 1Dodanim. 8 ¶ The sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 9 And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. Also the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. 10 And Cush begat 1,bNimrod, who began to be mighty in the earth. 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim, Lehabim, and Naphtuhim: 12 Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim. 13 Also Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 17 ¶ cThe sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and 1Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

Gen. 11:10

d Gen. 11:20

Gen. 17:6 Gen. 21:2

e Gen. 25:13

f Gen. 25:4

g Gen. 21:2

h Gen. 36:9

Title 1 Hebrew, words of days. 2 Or, things omitted, to wit, in the books of the kings. 1:1 1 Meaning, that Seth was Adam's son, and Enosh Seth's son. 1:4 1 It had been sufficient to have named Shem of whom came Abraham and David, but because the world was restored by these three, mention is also made of Ham and Japheth. 1:6 1 Or, Riphath. 1:7 1 Or, Rodanim. 1:10 1 Who did first lift up himself above others. 1:17 1 Of whom came the Syrians, and therefore they are called

Aramites throughout all the Scripture. 1:18 1 Of him came the Hebrews, which were afterward called Isra­ elites of Israel, which was Jacob: and Jews of Judah because of the excellency of that tribe. 1:24 1 He repeateth Shem again because he would come to the stock of Abraham. 2 Who came of Shem, and of him Shelah. 1:30 1 Or, Hadar. 1:32 1 Read Gen. 25:4. 1:35 1 These were born of three divers mothers, read Gen. 36:4.

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2 3 The genealogy of Judah unto Jesse the father of David.

36 The sons of Eliphaz, Teman, and Omar, 1Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and 2Timna, and Amalek. 37 The sons of Reuel, Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. 38 And the sons of 1Seir, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan, Hori, and Homam, and Timna Lotan's sister. 40 The sons of Shobal were Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon, Ajah and Anah. 41 The son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon, Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz, and Aran. 43 ¶ And these were the 1Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before a King reigned over the children of Israel, to wit, Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of 1Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46 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. 47 So Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49 And when Saul was dead, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50 And Baal-Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was 1Pai, and his wife's name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab. 51 Hadad died also, and there were dukes in Edom, duke Timnah, duke 1Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these were the dukes of Edom.

chapter 2

a Gen. 29:32

Gen. 30:5 Gen. 35:28

1 These are the sons of Israel, aReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 bThe sons of 1Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest son of Judah was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. 4 cAnd Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez, and Zerah: so all the sons of Judah were five. 5 dThe sons of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul. 6 The sons also of Zerah were 1Zimri, and 2Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara, which were five in all. 7 And the son of Carmi, 1,eAchar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate. 8 The son also of Ethan, Azariah. 9 And the sons of Hezron that were born unto him, Jerahmeel, and 1Ram and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon 1prince of the children of Judah, 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat 1Ishai, 13 fAnd Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and 1Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah, Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite. 18 ¶ And 1Caleb the son of Hezron begat Jerioth of Azubah his wife, and her sons are these, Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 gAnd Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel. 21 And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of 1Gilead, and took her when he was threescore years old, and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, which had three and

b Gen. 38:3

Gen. 46:12 1 Chron. 4:1

c Gen. 38:29

Matt. 1:3

d Ruth 4:18

e Josh. 7:1

f 1 Sam. 16:19

1 Sam. 17:12

g Exod. 31:2

1:36 1 Or, Zepho. 2 Which was Eliphaz's concubine, read Gen. 36:12. 1:38 1 He is also called Seir the Horite, which inhabited mount Seir, Gen. 36:20. 1:43 1 He maketh mention of the Kings that came of Esau accord­ ing to God's promise made to Abraham concerning him, that kings should come of him. These eight kings reigned one after another in Idumea unto the time of David, who conquered their country. 1:44 1 Which was the principal city of the Edomites. 1:50 1 Or, Pau. 1:51 1 Or, Aluah.

2:3 1 Though Judah was not Jacob's eldest son, yet he first begin­ neth at him, because he would come to the genealogy of David, of whom came Christ. 2:6 1 Or, Zabdi. 2 Of these read 1 Kings 4:31. 2:7 1 Or, Achan. 2:9 1 Whom Saint Matthew calleth Aram, Matt. 1:3. 2:10 1 That is, chief of the family. 2:12 1 Or, Jesse. 2:13 1 Or, Shammah. 2:18 1 Who was called Chelubai the son of Hezron, verse 9. 2:21 1 Who was prince of mount Gilead, read Num. 32:40.

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twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And Geshur with Aram took the towns of Jair 1from them, and Kenath and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead at 1Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bare him also Ashhur the 2father of Tekoa. 25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the eldest son of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah. 26 Also Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the eldest son of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abihail, and she bare him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sons also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, and the son of Ishi, Sheshan, and the son of Sheshan, 1Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan: but Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

42 Also the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his eldest son, which was the 1father of Ziph: and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 The son also of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. 46 And Ephah a 1concubine of Caleb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazez: Haran also begat Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Caleb's concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. hAnd Achsah was Caleb's daughter. 50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the eldest son of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim. 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons, and he 1was the overseer of half Manuhoth. 53 And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites. 54 The sons of Salma of Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the 1crowns of the house of Joab, and 2half the Manahethites and the Zorites. 55 And the families of the 1Scribes dwelling at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites, which are the 2Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab. 3 1 The genealogy of David, and his posterity unto the sons of Josiah.

h Josh. 15:17

1 These also were the sons of 1David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess: the second 2Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess:

2:23 1 That is, the Geshurites and Syrians took the towns from Jair's children. 2:24 1 Which was a town named of the husband and wife, called also Bethlehem Ephrathah. 2 Meaning, the chief and prince. 2:31 1 Who died while his father was alive, and therefore it is said, verse 34, that Sheshan had no sons. 2:42 1 That is, the chief governor or prince of the Ziphims, because the prince ought to have a fatherly care and affection toward his people. 2:46 1 This difference was between the wife and the concubine, that the wife was taken with certain solemnities of marriage, and her children did inherit: the concubine had no solemnities in marriage,

neither did her children inherit, but had a portion of goods or money given them. 2:52 1 Or, he that saw the half, because the prince ought to oversee his subjects. 2:54 1 Meaning, the chief and principle. 2 Or, the Zorites, the half of the Manahethites. 2:55 1 Which were men learned and expert in the law. 2 Read Num. 10:29; Judg. 1:16. 3:1 1 He returneth to the genealogy of David, to show that Christ came of his stock. 2 Which 2 Sam. 3:3, is called Chileab, born of her that was Nabal's wife the Carmelite.

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Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, 1six. 23 And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. 4 1 The genealogy of the sons of Judah. 5 Of Asher, 9 Of Jabez and his prayer, 11 Of Chelub, 24 And Simeon: their habitations. 38 And conquests.

2 The third Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai King of Geshur: the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3 The fifth Shephatiah of Abital, the sixth Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron: and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years. 5 And these four were born unto him in Jerusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon of 1Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 6 Ibhar also, and 1Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in number. 9 These are all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 10 ¶ And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah, and Asa his son, and Jehoshaphat his son, 11 And Joram his son, and Ahaziah his son, and Joash his son, 12 And Amaziah his son, and Azariah his son, and Jotham his son, 13 And Ahaz his son, and Hezekiah his son, and Manasseh his son, 14 And Amon his son, and Josiah his son. 15 ¶ And of the sons of Josiah, the 1eldest was 2Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum. 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son. 17 And the sons of Jeconiah, Assir and Shealtiel his son: 18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were 1Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed, five in number. 21 And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush and Igal, and

chapter 4

a Gen. 38:29

Gen. 46:12 1 Chron. 2:4

1 The 1sons of Judah were aPerez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these were of the father of Etam, Jezreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi. 4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sons of Hur the 1eldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. 5 But Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah, and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan. 8 Also Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 But Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name 1Jabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt bless me in deed, and enlarge my coasts, and 1if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be delivered from evil, that I be not hurt. And God granted the thing that he asked. 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Ir-Nahash: these are the men of Rechah. 13 ¶ And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel, and Seraiah, and the son of Othniel, Hathath.

3:5 1 Called also Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam: for they gave them divers names. 3:6 1 Elishama, or Elishua, 2 Sam. 5:15, and Eliphelet died, and David named those sons, which were next born, by the same names: in the book of Kings his children are mentioned which were alive, and here both they that were alive and dead. 3:15 1 So called because he was preferred to the dignity royal before his brother Jehoiakim which was the elder. 2 Or, Jehoahaz, 2 Kings 23:30. 3:19 1 St. Matthew saith that Zerubbabel was son of Shealtiel, mean­

ing, that he was his nephew according to the Hebrew speech: for he was Pedaiah's son. 3:22 1 So that Shemaiah was Shechaniah's natural son, and the other five his nephews, and in all were six. 4:1 1 Meaning, they came of Judah, as nephews and kinsmen: for only Perez was his natural son. 4:4 1 The firstborn of his mother, and not the eldest son of his father. 4:9 1 Otherwise called Othniel, Judg. 1:13. 4:10 1 It is to be understood, that then he would accomplish his vow which he made.

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