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