2 Chronicles 26 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And all the people of Judah took ‘Uzziyahu, who was then sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amazyahu. ² He it was that built Eloth, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. ³ Sixteen years old was ‘Uzziyahu when he became king, and fifty and two years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yecholyah of Jerusalem. ⁴ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father Amazyahu had done. ⁵ And he was inclined to seek God in the days of Zecharyahu, who had understanding in the visions of God; and during the time that he sought the Lord, God caused him to prosper. ⁶ And he went forth and made war against the Philistines, and he broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-ba’al, and the Me’unim. ⁸ And the ‘Ammonites gave presents to ‘Uzziyahu: and his name extended even to the entrance of Egypt; for he became exceedingly strong. ⁹ And ‘Uzziyahu built towers in Jerusalem, above the corner-gate, and above the valley-gate, and at the angle, and made them strong. ¹⁰ He built also towers in the desert, and hewed out many wells; for he had much cattle, both in the lowlands and in the plain; also husbandmen, and vintners in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry. ¹¹ Moreover ‘Uzziyah had an army of fighting men, that went out to the host by bands, according to the number of those mustered of them through the hand of Je’iel the scribe and Ma’asseyahu the overseer, under the supervision of Chananyahu, one of the king’s captains. ¹² The whole number of the chiefs of the family divisions of the mighty men of valor was two thousand and six hundred. ¹³ And under their supervision was an efficient army, of three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴ And ‘Uzziyahu prepared for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. ¹⁵ And he made in Jerusalem artificial contrivances, contrived by a skilful man, to be stationed on the towers and upon the ramparts, to shoot off arrows and great stones. And his name extended ever so far abroad; for he was marvelously assisted, till he became strong. ¹⁶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he became unfaithful against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And there went in after him ‘Azaryahu the priest, and with him were priests of the Lord, valiant men, to the number of eighty; ¹⁸ And they stood forward against king ‘Uzziyahu, and they said unto him, It is not for thee, O ‘Uzziyahu, to burn incense unto the Lord, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; and it will not be for thy honor from the Lord God. ¹⁹ But ‘Uzziyahu became wroth, and in his hand was a censer to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, above the altar of the incense. ²⁰ And when ‘Azaryahu the chief priest, with all the priests, turned about toward him, behold, he was leprous on his forehead, and they hurried him away from there: yea, he also made haste to go out, because the Lord had afflicted him. ²¹ And king ‘Uzziyahu was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in the leper-house, as a leper; for he was excluded from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, and judged the people of the land. ²² And the rest of the acts of ‘Uzziyahu, the first and the last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos write. ²³ And ‘Uzziyahu slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial-field which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his stead.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

³⁸ And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

¹⁸ And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. ¹⁹ And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. ²⁰ And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Essek; because they strove with him. ²¹ And they dug another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

³⁸ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of spices; every morning when he dresseth the lamps, shall he burn it. ⁸ And when Aaron lighteth the lamps toward evening, shall he burn it; a perpetual incense before the Lord, throughout your generations.

⁴ To devise works of art, to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper,

⁴⁶ All the days whereon the plague which rendereth unclean is on him, he shall be unclean; alone shall he dwell; without the camp shall his habitation be.

³⁴ When ye come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy on a house of the land of your possession:

² Command the children of Israel, that they send out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: ³ Both male and female shall ye send out, to without the camp shall ye send them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

¹⁰ And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow; and Aaron turned toward Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

¹⁵ And Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days; and the people did not set forward till Miriam was brought in again.

¹ Now Korach, the son of Yizhar, the son of Kehath, the son of Levi, was presumptuous, together with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben:

⁷ And put therein fire, and put upon them incense before the Lord, tomorrow; and it shall be that the man whom the Lord will choose, he shall be the holy one; you assume too much, ye sons of Levi.

¹⁸ And they took every man his censer, and put fire on them, and laid incense thereupon; and they stood at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.—

³⁵ And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had offered the incense.

^{39 (17:4)} And Elazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had brought near; and they beat them out for a covering unto the altar: ^{40 (17:5)} As a memorial unto the children of Israel, in order that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to burn incense before the Lord; that he become not as Korach, and as his company; as the Lord had spoken to him by the hand of Moses.

^{46 (17:11)} And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer, and put therein fire from off the altar, and put on incense, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them; for the wrath is gone forth from the Lord; the plague hath begun. ^{47 (17:12)} And Aaron took as Moses had commanded, and he ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made an atonement for the people. ^{48 (17:13)} And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

⁷ And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood concerning every matter of the altar, and for that within the vail, where ye shall serve: as a service of gift do I give you your priesthood; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

¹⁹ And thou comest nigh opposite the children of ‘Ammon: do not attack them, nor contend with them; for I will not give unto thee of the land of the children of ‘Ammon any inheritance; because unto the children of Lot have I given it for an inheritance.

¹⁴ Thy heart be then not lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;

¹⁷ And thou say in thy heart, My power and the strength of my hand have gotten me this wealth.

²² The Lord will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou be lost.

³⁵ The Lord will smite thee with a sore inflammation upon the knees, and upon the legs, of which thou shalt not be able to be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

¹³ He caused him to stride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the products of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty stone; ¹⁴ Cream of cows, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drunkest unmixed wine. ¹⁵ Thus did Yeshurun grow fat, and he kicked; thou art grown fat, thick, fleshy;and then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

⁷ And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days after Joshua, who had seen all the great deeds of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.

¹⁵ And he said unto him, Thus hath said Yiphthach, Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of ‘Ammon; ¹⁶ For when they came up out of Egypt, Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh; ¹⁷ And Israel then sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass, I pray thee, through thy land; but the king of Edom would not hearken; and also to the king of Moab they sent; but he would not consent: and Israel remained in Kadesh. ¹⁸ Then they wandered through the wilderness, and traveled round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came from the rising of the sun to the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon: but they came not within the border of Moab; for the Arnon is the boundary of Moab.

¹⁶ Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lame in the right hand: every one of these could sling a stone at a hair, and would not miss.

³⁰ Therefore saith the Lord the God of Israel, I had indeed said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever; but now, saith the Lord, Be it far from me; for those that honor me will I honor, and those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

¹ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ha’ezer unto Ashdod.

⁶ And the hand of the Lord became heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids, even Ashdod and its territory.

¹ Then came up Nachash the ‘Ammonite, and encamped against Yabesh-gil’ad: and all the men of Yabesh said unto Nachash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

⁴⁹ And David put his hand into the pouch, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and he struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sunk into his forehead: and he fell upon his face to the ground.

¹ And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and humbled them: and David took Metheg-haammah out of the hand of the Philistines. ² And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, laying them down on the ground; and he measured with two lines to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David’s servants, bringing presents.

¹³ And David acquired a name when he returned from his smiting the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.

^{31 (5:11)} And he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrachite, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Darda’, the sons of Machol: and his name was spread among all the nations round about.

³³ So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had falsely devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast unto the children of Israel, and he went up to the altar, to burn incense.

⁴ And Mesha’ the king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered as tribute unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

² And the Syrians had gone out in predatory troops, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Na’aman’s wife.

²⁵ But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha’ said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gechazi? And he said, Thy servant went not hither or thither. ²⁶ And he said unto him, My mind was not gone, when the man turned round from his chariot to meet thee. Is it a time to take money, and to take garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? ²⁷ May then the leprosy of Na’aman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

³ And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we remain here until we die?

¹⁰ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

¹³ And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Achazyahu, at Beth-shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

²¹ And all the people of Judah took ‘Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu. ²² He it was that built Elath, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

¹ In the twenty and seventh year of Jerobo’am the king of Israel became ‘Azaryah, the son of Amazyah king of Judah, king. ² Sixteen years old was he when he became king, and two and fifty years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yecholyahu of Jerusalem.

² Sixteen years old was he when he became king, and two and fifty years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yecholyahu of Jerusalem. ³ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that Amazyahu his father had done;

³ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that Amazyahu his father had done; ⁴ Nevertheless the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places. ⁵ And the Lord afflicted the king with leprosy, and he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in the leper-house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, and judged the people of the land. ⁶ And the rest of the acts of ‘Azaryahu, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ⁷ And ‘Azaryah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son became king in his stead.

⁶ At that time did Rezin the king of Syria bring Elath back to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Edomeans came to Elath and dwelt there, even until this day.

¹² And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar and offered thereon. ¹³ And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat-offering, and poured out his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar.

²³ By thy messengers thou hast blasphemed the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir-trees: and I will enter into the lodgings on its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.

¹² Amazyahu his son, ‘Azaryah his son, Jotham his son,

²⁰ And they obtained help against them, and the Hagarenes were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for to God they cried in the battle, and he was entreated by them; because they put their trust in him.

^{10 (5:36)} And Jochanan begat ‘Azaryah, he it is that officiated as priest in the house that Solomon had built in Jerusalem;

¹⁸ Then a spirit invested ‘Amassai, the chief of the captains, who said, Thine are we, David, and with thee, O son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to every one that helpeth thee; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and placed them at the head of the troop.

²⁸ Also Zadok, a young man, mighty of valor, and his family division twenty and two chiefs.

¹ And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and humbled them; and he took Gath and its dependent towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹¹ Now, my son, may the Lord be with thee, that thou mayest prosper, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.

¹³ Then wilt thou prosper, if thou observe to practise the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed.

⁶ Also unto Shema’yah his son there were born sons, that were rulers for the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

²⁶ And over those that did the work of the field, in the tillage of the ground, was ‘Ezri the son of Kelub. ²⁷ And over the vineyards was Shim’i the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards, as regardeth the supplies of wine, was Zabdi the Shiphmite. ²⁸ And over the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees that were in the lowlands was Ba’al-chanan the Gederite: and over the supplies of oil was Jo’ash. ²⁹ And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of ‘Adlai. ³⁰ And over the camels was Obil the Ishma’elite; and over the she-asses was Yechdeyahu the Meronothite. ³¹ And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerene. All these were the rulers of the property which belonged to king David.

^{7 (2:6)} And now send me a skilful man to work in gold, and in silver and in copper, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that understandeth how to engrave with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem whom David my father hath provided.

^{14 (2:13)} The son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, while his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in copper, in iron, in stone, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to execute any manner of engraving, and to devise every kind of work of art which may be given to him, together with thy skilful men, and skilful men of my lord David thy father.

¹⁷ Then went Solomon to ‘Ezyon-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea-shore in the land of Edom.

²⁹ And the remainder of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Achiyah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ye’do the seer concerning Jerobo’am the son of Nebat.

¹ And when Rehobo’am was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom again to Rehobo’am.

¹⁵ And the acts of Rehobo’am, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Shem’ayah the prophet, and of ‘Iddo, the seer concerning the genealogies. And the wars of Rehobo’am and Jerobo’am lasted all the days.

³ And Abiyah joined the battle with an army of valiant men of war, even of four hundred thousand chosen men: Jerobo’am also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor.

^{8 (14:7)} And Assa had an army that bore targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

^{11 (14:10)} And Assa called unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, nothing can hinder thee to help, whether it be the mighty, or those that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for on thee do we rely, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God! no mortal can place a restraint against thee.

² And he went out to meet Assa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Assa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you, while ye remain with him; and if ye seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

⁷ And at that time came Chanani the seer to Assa the king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the Lord thy God: therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hands. ⁸ Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a numerous army, with chariots and horsemen in great abundance? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he gave them up into thy hand. ⁹ For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee. ¹⁰ Then became Assa incensed toward the seer, and put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Assa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

¹¹ Also from the Philistines did people bring unto Jehoshaphat presents and silver, as tribute: also the Arabians brought him small cattle, rams seven thousand and seven hundred, and he-goats seven thousand and seven hundred.

¹⁴ And these are their numbers according to their family divisions: Of Judah, of the captains of the thousands was ‘Adnah the chief, and with him were mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand. ¹⁵ And next to him was Jehochanan the chief, and with him were two hundred and eighty thousand. ¹⁶ And next to him was ‘Amassyah the son of Zichri, who voluntarily offered himself unto the Lord; and with him were two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin, the mighty valiant Elyada’, and with him were those armed with bow and shield two hundred thousand. ¹⁸ And next him was Jehozabad, and with him were one hundred and eighty thousand ready armed for the host. ¹⁹ These were those that ministered to the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

² And there came out to meet him Jehu the son of Chanani the seer, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldst thou help the wicked, and love those that hate the Lord? and because of this there is wrath over thee from before the Lord.

¹ And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of ‘Ammon, and with them some of the ‘Ammonim, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

¹⁶ And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that are alongside of the Cushim:

²⁰ Thirty and two years old was he when he became king, and eight years did he reign in Jerusalem, and departed without joy: and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

¹ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Achazyahu his youngest son king in his stead; for the predatory band that was come with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So became Achazyahu, the son of Jehoram the king of Judah, king.

² And Joash did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, all the days of Yehoyada’ the priest.

² And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with an entire heart.

⁵ And Amazyahu gathered Judah together, and stationed them after the family divisions, after the captains over the thousands, and after the captains over the hundreds, of all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them to be three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to the army, that could handle spear and shield.

⁸ But if thou wilt go, and be ever so active and strong for the battle: God will cause thee to stumble before the enemy; for there is power with God to help, and to cause to stumble.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he was speaking unto him, that he said unto him, Have we ever appointed thee as a counsellor to the king? forbear this: why shouldst thou be smitten? Then did the prophet forbear; and he said, I know that God hath resolved to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

¹⁹ Thou hast thought, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to acquire much glory: now stay in thy house; why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

²³ And Joash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoachaz, at Beth-shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

²⁸ And they carried him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

¹⁸ And they stood forward against king ‘Uzziyahu, and they said unto him, It is not for thee, O ‘Uzziyahu, to burn incense unto the Lord, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; and it will not be for thy honor from the Lord God.

²⁷ And Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.

²⁵ But not according to the mercy shown unto him did Hezekiah act in return; for his heart was lifted up: wherefore there came wrath over him, and over Judah and Jerusalem.

²⁰ And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his stead.

²⁵ But the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

¹³ And I went out through the gate of the valley by night, even toward the direction of the dragon-well, and to the dung-gate; and I was viewing the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates whereof were consumed by fire.

¹⁵ Then went I up through the valley in the night, and I was viewing the wall, and I returned and entered through the gate of the valley, and so returned home.

¹³ The gate of the valley repaired Chanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoach: they built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.

¹⁹ And there repaired alongside of him ‘Ezer the son of Joshua, the chief of Mizpah, another division, opposite to the ascent to the armory at the angle. ²⁰ Next to him did Baruch the son of Zaccai’ earnestly repair another division, from the angle as far as the door of the house of Elyashib the high priest.

²⁴ Next to him repaired Binnui the son of Chenadad another division, from the house of ‘Azaryah as far as the angle, and as far as the corner.

³² And between the upper chamber of the corner and the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

¹² And Mordecai thereupon returned to the king’s gate; but Haman hastened to his house, mourning, and having his head covered.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

^{29 (18:30)} For aided by thee I run through a troop; and helped by my God I leap over a wall.

^{34 (18:35)} He teacheth my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms. ^{35 (18:36)} And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me: and thy meekness hath made me great.

¹⁸ Before downfall goeth pride, and before stumbling, haughtiness of spirit.

¹ The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of ‘Uzziyahu, Jotham, Achaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah.

¹ In the year of king ‘Uzziyahu’s death I saw the Lord sitting upon a high and exalted throne, and his train filled the temple.

²⁹ Rejoice not, thou entire Palestine, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and its fruit shall be a flying dragon.

¹⁷ Lo! but yet a very little while more, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest!

¹⁸ Say unto the king and to the queen-mother, Sit down very lowly; for sunk down are your head-attires, the crown of your ornament.

^{38 (31:37)} Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when the city shall be built up to the Lord from the tower of Chananel unto the corner-gate.

¹⁷ But as regardeth all these four lads, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

¹⁹ Thereupon was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then did Daniel bless the God of heaven.

^{37 (4:34)} Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and glorify the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and whose ways are justice; and who is able to bring low those that walk in pride.

¹⁶ But I have truly heard concerning thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and untie knotty doubts: now if thou art able to read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, thou shalt be clothed with purple, with a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as the third in the kingdom.

¹ In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia a word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word is the truth, but the time appointed is long off: and he noted the word, and took notice of it in the appearance.

¹ The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of ‘Uzziyah, Jotham, Achaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo’am the son of Joash the king of Israel.

⁴ What shall I do unto thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do unto thee, O Judah? for your piety is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away.

¹ The words of ‘Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he foresaw concerning Israel in the days of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo’am the son of Joash the king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

⁴ Behold, disturbed, not at rest is the soul of the wicked in him; but the righteous ever liveth in his trustful faith.

⁵ And ye shall flee from the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal; and ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah: and then will come the Lord my God, and all the saints with thee.

¹⁰ All the land shall be changed as it were into a plain from Geba’ to Rimmon to the south of Jerusalem; and she herself shall be elevated, and be inhabited on her former site, from the gate of Benjamin unto the place of the first gate, up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Chananel unto the king’s wine-presses.