2 Kings 15 Cross References - Leeser

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. 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. ⁸ In the thirty and eighth year of ‘Azaryahu the king of Judah became Zechariah the son of Jerobo’am king over Israel in Samaria for six months. ⁹ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin. ¹⁰ And Shallum the son of Yabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and put him to death, and became king in his stead. ¹¹ And 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 word of the Lord which he spoke unto Jehu, saying, Sons of the fourth generation shall sit after thee on the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass. ¹³ Shallum the son of Yabesh became king in the nine and thirtieth year of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah; and he reigned for the space of one month in Samaria. ¹⁴ Then went up Menachem the son of Gadi from Thirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Yabesh in Samaria, and put him to death, and became king in his stead. ¹⁵ And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ¹⁶ At that time did Menachem smite Thiphsach, and all that was therein, and its territory from Thirzah; because they opened not to him, he smote it; and all the pregnant women therein he ripped up. ¹⁷ In the nine and thirtieth year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Menachem the son of Gadi king over Israel, for ten years, in Samaria. ¹⁸ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, all his days. ¹⁹ Then came Pul the king of Assyria against the land: and Menachem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. ²⁰ And Menachem exacted the money from all Israel, from all the mighty men of the army, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver from every man; and the king of Assyria then returned and stayed not there in the land. ²¹ And the rest of the acts of Menachem, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ²² And Menachem slept with his fathers; and Pekachyah his son became king in his stead. ²³ In the fiftieth year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekachyah the son of Menachem king over Israel in Samaria, for two years. ²⁴ And he did what is evil m the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin. ²⁵ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu, an officer of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with the aid of Argob and the Aryeh, and with him were fifty men of the children of the Gil’adites: and he put him to death, and became king in his stead. ²⁶ And the rest of the acts of Pekachyah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ²⁷ In the fifty-second year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekach the son of Remalyahu king over Israel in Samaria, for twenty years. ²⁸ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin. ²⁹ In the days of Pekach the king of Israel came Tiglath-pilesser the king of Assyria, and took ‘Iyon, and Abel-beth, ma’achah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chazor, and Gil’ad, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and led them away as exiles to Assyria. ³⁰ And Hoshea’ the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and put him to death, and became king in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of ‘Uzziyah. ³¹ And the rest of the acts of Pekach, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ³² In the second year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel became Jotham, the son of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah, king. ³³ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerusha, the daughter of Zadok. ³⁴ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord: in accordance with all that ‘Uzziyahu his father had done, so did he. ³⁵ Nevertheless, the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places. He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord. ³⁶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ³⁷ In those days began the Lord to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu. ³⁸ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.

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.

³² And I will surely make desolate the land: and your enemies who dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

³⁸ And ye shall be lost among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall consume you. ³⁹ And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in the land of your enemies; and also through the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

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.

¹⁴ And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up seven days outside of the camp, and after that let her be brought in again.

¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not fulfill it?

¹ Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Ya’zer, and the land of Gil’ad, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle.

⁴⁰ And Moses gave Gil’ad unto Machir the son of Menasseh; and he dwelt therein.

¹⁵ And unto Machir I gave Gil’ad.

²⁶ I call this day the heavens and the earth to witness against you, that ye shall soon perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not remain many days upon it, but ye shall surely be destroyed. ²⁷ And the Lord will scatter you among the nations, and ye will be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord will lead you.

⁸ Take heed of the plague of leprosy, to observe diligently, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, may instruct you; as I have commanded them, so shall ye observe to do.

²⁵ The Lord will cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: on one way shalt thou go out against them, and on seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt become a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

⁴⁸ Therefore shalt thou serve thy enemies whom the Lord will send out against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of every thing; and they will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until they have destroyed thee.

⁶⁴ And the Lord will scatter thee among all the nations, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there wilt thou serve strange gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. ⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall not be any rest for the sole of thy foot: and the Lord will give thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and a faintness of soul.

¹ And it came to pass, that, when Yabin the king of Chazor heard these things, he sent to Yobab the king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

¹⁰ And Joshua at that time turned back, and captured Chazor, and its kings he smote with the sword; for Chazor aforetimes was the head of all these kingdoms.

¹³ But as for the cities that had been left standing in their strength, these did Israel not burn: save Chazor only did Joshua burn.

¹⁹ The king of Madon, one; the king of Chazor, one;

⁶ And the boundary went out toward the sea to Michmethath on the north; and the boundary fetched a compass eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Yanochah;

³⁷ And Kedesh, and Edre’i, and ‘En-chazor,

⁷ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kiryath-arba’, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

² And the Lord sold them into the hand of Yabin the king of Canaan, that reigned in Chazor; and the captain of his army was Sissera, who dwelt in Charosheth-hagoyim.

¹ And Na’omi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty, valiant man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Bo’az.

¹² On that day will I fulfill on ‘Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin and finish.

²⁹ May it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

¹² When thy days will be completed, and thou wilt sleep with thy fathers: then will I set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel; and David did what is just and right unto all his people.

² And Abshalom rose up early, and stood on the side of the way to the gate: and it happened, that whenever a man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Abshalom called to him, and said, From what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is from one of the tribes of Israel. ³ And Abshalom said unto him, See, thy words are good and right; but no one listeneth to thee on the part of the king. ⁴ And Abshalom said, Oh, if there were but one to appoint me judge in the land, so that every man who may have any controversy or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

^{32 (19:33)} Now Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old: and he had sustained the king while he lay at Machanayim; for he was a very great man.

¹⁴ And this one passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, which is of Beth-ma’achah, and all the Berim: and they assembled themselves together, and went also after him. ¹⁵ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-ma’achah, and they cast up a trench against the city, and it stood enclosed by the troops: and all the people that were with Joab were battering to throw down the wall.

² Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let them seek out for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and let her be an attendant on him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may become warm.

⁹ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would otherwise be able to judge this thy great people?

²⁸ And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

^{24 (5:4)} For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Thiphsach even to Gazzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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

¹⁷ And Jerobo’am’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Thirzah; and as she came to the threshold of the door, the lad died:

¹⁹ And the rest of the acts of Jerobo’am, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ²⁰ And the days which Jerobo’am reigned were two and twenty years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his stead.

²⁹ And the rest of the acts of Rehobo’am, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

³¹ And Rehobo’am slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Na’amah the ‘Ammonitess. And Abiyam his son became king in his stead.

¹⁴ But the high-places were not removed; nevertheless Assa’s heart was entire with the Lord all his days.

²⁰ And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote ‘Iyon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-ma’achah, and the whole of Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. ²¹ And it came to pass, when Ba’sha heard this, that he left off the building of Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

²⁵ And Nadab the son of Jerobo’am became king over Israel in the second year of Assa the king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

²⁸ And Ba’sha slew him in the third year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king in his stead.

³³ In the third year of Assa the king of Judah became Ba’sha the son of Achiyah king over all Israel, in Thirzah, for twenty and four years.

⁸ In the twenty and sixth year of Assa the king of Judah became Elah the son of Ba’sha king over Israel in Thirzah, for two years.

⁸ In the twenty and sixth year of Assa the king of Judah became Elah the son of Ba’sha king over Israel in Thirzah, for two years. ⁹ And there conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, as he was in Thirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was set over the house in Thirzah.

⁹ And there conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, as he was in Thirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was set over the house in Thirzah.

⁹ And there conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, as he was in Thirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was set over the house in Thirzah. ¹⁰ And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king in his stead.

¹⁵ In the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Thirzah: and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

¹⁷ And ‘Omri went up, and all Israel with him from Gibbethon, and they besieged Thirzah.

²⁴ And he bought the mount Samaria, of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the mount, and called the name of the city which he had built, after the name of Shemer, the Lord of the mount, Samaria.

³⁹ Now the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

⁴³ And he walked in all the ways of Assa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord: ^(22:44) Nevertheless the high-places were not removed; for the people still offered, and burnt incense on the high-places.

^{51 (22:52)} Achazyahu the son of Achab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

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?

¹² And Chazael said, Why doth my Lord weep? And he said, Because I know what evil thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong-holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and their children wilt thou dash, and their pregnant women wilt thou rip up.

⁵ And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a word for thee, O captain. And Jehu said, For whom of all of us? And he said, For thee, O captain.

¹⁴ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept guard at Ramoth-gil’ad, he and all Israel, because of Chazael the king of Syria.

²⁴ And Jehu grasped the bow with his full strength, and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. ²⁵ Then said he to Bidkar his officer, Lift up, and cast him down in the part of the field that was Naboth’s the Yizre’elite; for remember how that I and thou rode alongside each other after Achab his father, when the Lord pronounced over him this fatal decree: ²⁶ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will repay thee in this part of the field, saith the Lord. And now lift up, and cast him down into the field, according to the word of the Lord.

³¹ And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, O Zimri, who hath slain his master?

³⁶ And they returned, and told him; and he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the field of Yizre’el shall the dogs eat the flesh of Izebel: ³⁷ And the carcass of Izebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Yizre’el; so that they shall not say, This is Izebel.

¹⁰ Know now that there shall not fall of the word of the Lord unto the earth, the least that the Lord hath spoken concerning the house of Achab; and the Lord hath done that which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah.

²⁹ Nevertheless the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from in following them, namely, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. ³⁰ And the Lord said unto Jehu, Forasmuch as thou hast acted well in doing what is right in my eyes, and hast done in accordance with all that was in my heart unto the house of Achab: children of the fourth generation after thee shall sit upon the throne of Israel. ³¹ But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am, who induced Israel to sin. ³² In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Chazael smote them in all the boundary of Israel;

^{2 (12:3)} And Jehoash did what is right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, that Yehoyada’ the priest instructed him. ^{3 (12:4)} Only the high-places were not removed: the people as yet sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.

^{3 (12:4)} Only the high-places were not removed: the people as yet sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.

^{18 (12:19)} Then took Jehoash the king of Judah all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Achazyahu, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Chazael the king of Syria: and he withdrew from Jerusalem.

¹ In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Achazyahu the king of Judah became Jehoachaz the son of Jehu king over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years. ² And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin: he departed not therefrom.

⁶ Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jerobo’am, who induced Israel to sin, therein the people walked: and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria.)

¹⁰ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash the king of Judah became Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz king over Israel in Samaria, for sixteen years. ¹¹ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin: therein he walked.

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

³ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father: in accordance with all that Joash his father had done, so did he. ⁴ Nevertheless the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.

⁴ Nevertheless the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places. ⁵ And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.

¹⁶ And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jerobo’am his son became king in his stead. ¹⁷ And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel, fifteen years. ¹⁸ And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

²¹ And all the people of Judah took ‘Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.

²⁴ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

²⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo’am, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, how he warred, and how he brought back Damascus and Chamath, which had belonged to Judah, to Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ²⁹ And Jerobo’am slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.

²⁹ And Jerobo’am slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.

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. 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.

⁴ Nevertheless the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.

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.

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. ⁸ In the thirty and eighth year of ‘Azaryahu the king of Judah became Zechariah the son of Jerobo’am king over Israel in Samaria for six months. ⁹ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin. ¹⁰ And Shallum the son of Yabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and put him to death, and became king in his stead. ¹¹ And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

¹³ Shallum the son of Yabesh became king in the nine and thirtieth year of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah; and he reigned for the space of one month in Samaria. ¹⁴ Then went up Menachem the son of Gadi from Thirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Yabesh in Samaria, and put him to death, and became king in his stead.

¹⁷ In the nine and thirtieth year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Menachem the son of Gadi king over Israel, for ten years, in Samaria. ¹⁸ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, all his days.

²³ In the fiftieth year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekachyah the son of Menachem king over Israel in Samaria, for two years.

²⁵ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu, an officer of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with the aid of Argob and the Aryeh, and with him were fifty men of the children of the Gil’adites: and he put him to death, and became king in his stead.

²⁷ In the fifty-second year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekach the son of Remalyahu king over Israel in Samaria, for twenty years.

²⁹ In the days of Pekach the king of Israel came Tiglath-pilesser the king of Assyria, and took ‘Iyon, and Abel-beth, ma’achah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chazor, and Gil’ad, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and led them away as exiles to Assyria. ³⁰ And Hoshea’ the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and put him to death, and became king in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of ‘Uzziyah.

³⁰ And Hoshea’ the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and put him to death, and became king in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of ‘Uzziyah. ³¹ And the rest of the acts of Pekach, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. ³² In the second year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel became Jotham, the son of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah, king.

³² In the second year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel became Jotham, the son of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah, king. ³³ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

³³ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerusha, the daughter of Zadok. ³⁴ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord: in accordance with all that ‘Uzziyahu his father had done, so did he. ³⁵ Nevertheless, the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places. He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

³⁵ Nevertheless, the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places. He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord. ³⁶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ³⁷ In those days began the Lord to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.

³⁷ In those days began the Lord to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu. ³⁸ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.

¹ In the seventeenth year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu, became Achaz, the son of Jotham the king of Judah, king.

⁵ Then came up Rezin the king of Syria and Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Achaz, but were not able to make an attack.

⁷ And Achaz then sent messengers to Tiglath-pilesser the king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son am I: come up, and help me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me. ⁸ And Achaz took the silver and the gold that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent the same to the king of Assyria as a bribe.

¹ In the twelfth year of Achaz the king of Judah became Hoshea’ the son of Elah king in Samaria over Israel, for nine years.

³ Against him came up Shalmanesser, the king of Assyria; and Hoshea’ became his servant, and rendered him tribute. ⁴ And the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy on Hoshea’; for he had sent messengers to So the king of Egypt, and had raised no tribute for the king of Assyria, as before year by year; and the king of Assyria made him prisoner, and shut him up in a prison-house.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea’ did the king of Assyria capture Samaria, and he led Israel away as exiles into Assyria, and settled them in Chalach and in Chabor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of Media.

²³ Until that the Lord removed Israel out of his presence, as he had spoken by means of all his servants the prophets; and Israel was led away as exiles out of their own land to Assyria even until this day.

⁴ He it was that removed the high-places, and broke the statues, and cut down the groves, and stamped in pieces the copper serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days were the children of Israel burning incense to it; and he called it Nechushtan.

¹⁴ And Hezekiah the king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: what thou wilt impose on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah the king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah gave up all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house. ¹⁶ At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the door-sills which Hezekiah the king of Judah had overlaid, and gave the same to the king of Assyria.

¹⁶ At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the door-sills which Hezekiah the king of Judah had overlaid, and gave the same to the king of Assyria. ¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tharthan and Rub-sariss and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a strong army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem; and when they were come up, they came and halted by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the washer’s field.

² And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the children of Israel.

¹⁹ Twenty and two years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charuz of Yotbah.

³⁵ And Jehoyakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money by the order of Pharaoh: from every one according to his estimation did he exact the silver and gold from the people of the land, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.

¹² Amazyahu his son, ‘Azaryah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³ Achaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Menasseh his son,

⁶ Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneesser the king of Assyria carried into exile: he was the prince of the Reubenites.

²⁵ But they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God had destroyed from before them. ²⁶ And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul the king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilnesser the king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, and brought them unto Chalach, and Chabor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, even until this day.

²⁶ And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul the king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilnesser the king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, and brought them unto Chalach, and Chabor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, even until this day.

⁴ And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies that he had against the cities of Israel, and they smote ‘Iyon, and Dan, and Abel-mayim, and all the treasure-cities of Naphtali.

⁶ And his heart raised itself up in the ways of the Lord, and he removed moreover the high-places and groves out of Judah.

²⁰ And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors over the people, and all the people of the land, and he brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and they came through the midst of the upper gate into the king’s house; and they caused the king to sit upon the throne of the kingdom.

¹ And all the people of Judah took ‘Uzziyahu, who was then sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.

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.

⁴ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father Amazyahu had done.

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.

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.

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.

¹ Twenty and five years old was Jotham when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

¹ Twenty and five years old was Jotham when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerushah, the daughter of Zadok. ² And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father ‘Uzziyahu had done: only he entered not into the temple of the Lord. But the people acted still corruptly.

² And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father ‘Uzziyahu had done: only he entered not into the temple of the Lord. But the people acted still corruptly. ³ He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the hill-fort he built much. ⁴ Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. ⁵ And he likewise fought with the king of the sons of ‘Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of ‘Ammon gave him in that same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of ‘Ammon pay unto him again, both in the second year, and in the third. ⁶ So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before the Lord his God. ⁷ And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. ⁸ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. ⁹ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.

¹ Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father;

⁴ And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. ⁵ Wherefore the Lord his God gave him up into the hand of the king of Syria; and they defeated his people, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And also into the hand of the king of Israel was he given up, and he defeated his people with a great slaughter. ⁶ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu slew in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all being valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

⁶ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu slew in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all being valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

¹⁶ At that time sent king Achaz unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

²⁰ Then came against him Tilgath-pilneesser the king of Assyria, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. ²¹ Although Achaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: he yet gave him no assistance.

¹² Is it not this Hezekiah that hath removed his high-places and his altars, when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar shall ye prostrate yourselves, and upon it shall ye burn incense?

³ And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a lad, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the high-places, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images.

³ And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east.

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.

¹⁵ The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly.

¹⁹ Whereas he is one that showeth no favor to chieftains, and distinguisheth not the rich before the indigent; for all of them are the work of his hands.

^{23 (55:24)} But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.

¹ By Solomon. O God, give unto the king thy decisions, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

⁴⁹ He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune.

² When there is transgression in a land, it hath many for its princes; but under a man of understanding and knowledge its prosperity will long continue.

¹⁷ A man oppressed by the load of having shed human blood will flee even to the pit: let no man hold him.

⁷ Your country is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire; your soil—in your presence, strangers devour it, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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.

¹ And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Jotham, the son of ‘Uzziyahu, the king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu, the king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it; but were not able to make an attack upon it.

¹ And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Jotham, the son of ‘Uzziyahu, the king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu, the king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it; but were not able to make an attack upon it. ² And it was told unto the house of David, saying, Syria is encamped with Ephraim; and his heart trembled, with the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are shaken before the wind. ³ And the Lord said unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Achaz, thou with Shear-yashub thy son, to the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the washer’s field; ⁴ And thou shalt say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, and let thy heart not become faint because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands, before the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remalyahu.

⁴ And thou shalt say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, and let thy heart not become faint because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands, before the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remalyahu. ⁵ Forasmuch as Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remalyahu, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, ⁶ Let us go up against Judah, and besiege it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up as king in the midst of it the son of Tabeal: ⁷ Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, It shall not succeed, and it shall not come to pass. ⁸ For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within sixty and five years shall Ephraim be broken, to be no more a people.

⁸ For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within sixty and five years shall Ephraim be broken, to be no more a people. ⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remalyahu’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not have permanence.

⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remalyahu’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not have permanence.

²⁰ On the same day will the Lord shave with the razor that is hired, from among those on the other side of the river, with the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and also the beard shall it entirely remove.

⁶ Forasmuch as this people despiseth the waters of Shiloach that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remalyahu’s son:

^{1 (8:23)} For no fatigue befalleth him that oppresseth it; in the first time he made light of the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and at the last he will deal hard, with the way by the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, up to the Galilee of the nations.

^{1 (8:23)} For no fatigue befalleth him that oppresseth it; in the first time he made light of the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and at the last he will deal hard, with the way by the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, up to the Galilee of the nations. ^{2 (9:1)} The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death—a light shineth brightly over them.

⁵ Woe over Asshur, the rod of my anger; and a staff is in their hand my indignation. ⁶ Against a hypocritical nation will I send him, and against the people of my fury will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to carry off the prey, and to render them trodden down like the mire of the streets. ⁷ But he deemeth it not so, and his heart doth not think so; but to destroy is in his heart, and to cut off nations not a few.

¹ In those days Hezekiah fell sick unto death; and there came unto him Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Give thy charge to thy house; for thou shalt die, and not live. ² Then did Hezekiah turn his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord. ³ And he said, O Lord, I beseech thee remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud. ⁴ Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, ⁵ Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. ⁶ And out of the hand of the king of Assyria will I deliver thee and this city; and I will shield this city. ⁷ And this shall be unto thee the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which he hath spoken: ⁸ Behold, I will cause the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down on the dial of Achaz by the sun, to return backward ten degrees. So the sun returned ten degrees, by the degrees which he was gone down. ⁹ The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: ¹⁰ I had said, In the midst of my days, must I enter the gates of the nether world; I am deprived of the residue of my years. ¹¹ I had said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall not behold man any more among the inhabitants of the regions of death. ¹² My dwelling is broken down, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off, like a weaver, my life; with pining sickness will he snatch me away: from day until night wilt thou make an end of me. ¹³ I waited with patience till morning, whether as a lion, so would he break all my bones: from day until night wilt thou make an end of me. ¹⁴ Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chirp; I did moan like a dove; my eyes were lifted up on high: O Lord, I am oppressed; grant me ease. ¹⁵ What shall I speak? he hath promised it unto me, and he hath also accomplished it; I will make pilgrimages to God’s house all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. ¹⁶ O Lord, by these things men will live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou give me health, and cause me to live. ¹⁷ Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but thou hast, in loving my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption; for thou hast cast behind thy back all my sins. ¹⁸ For the nether world will not thank thee, death will not praise thee: they that go down into the pit will not hope for thy truth. ¹⁹ The living, the living alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. ²⁰ The Lord is there to help me; therefore we will play my hymns all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. ²¹ And Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the inflammation, and he shall recover. ²² And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

¹⁶ Behold, I will send for many fishermen, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after that will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

⁵ Thus hath said the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and placeth on flesh his dependence, while from the Lord his heart departeth.

²⁹ For lo, on the city which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil, and ye will remain utterly unpunished? Ye shall not remain unpunished; for a sword am I calling up over all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

¹⁰ And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will send for and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

⁴ And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Yizre’el; for but yet a little while, when I will visit the blood of Yizre’el upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. ⁵ And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Yizre’el.

¹² But like the moth became I unto Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah. ¹³ Then saw Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, and Ephraim went to Asshur, and the other sent to the king that should contend [Jareb]; but he will never be able to heal you, nor remove from you your wound.

¹³ Then saw Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, and Ephraim went to Asshur, and the other sent to the king that should contend [Jareb]; but he will never be able to heal you, nor remove from you your wound.

⁹ For they are needs gone up to Assyria, they who like a wild ass should dwell alone: Ephraim spendeth lovers’ gifts. ¹⁰ But even though they should spend gifts among the nations, now will I gather them: and they shall be humbled a little through the burden of the king of princes.

³ For now will they say, We have no king; because we fear not the Lord: and the king—what can he do for us?

⁶ Also this shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to the contentious king: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed because of his own counsel. ⁷ As for Samaria, her king shall vanish like the foam upon the surface of the water.

¹⁵ The like of this doth Beth-el procure unto you because of your great wickedness: in the early morning shall utterly pass away the king of Israel.

^{16 (14:1)} Samaria shall meet her punishment; for she hath rebelled against her God: by the sword shall they fall; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up.

³ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they have threshed the inhabitants of Gil’ad with threshing instruments of iron;

¹³ Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of the children of ‘Ammon, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they have ripped up the pregnant women of Gil’ad, in order to enlarge their own territory;

⁹ And the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid in ruins: and I will rise up against the house of Jerobo’am with the sword.

⁶ But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, behold, they did overtake your fathers: and then they returned and said, Just as the Lord of hosts had purposed to do unto us, in accordance with our ways, and in accordance with our doings, so hath he dealt with us.