Matthew Cross References - Leeser

⁴ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, on the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.

¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt wound his heel.

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:

⁹ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.

²² Thus did Noah; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.

⁵ And Noah did all just as the Lord had commanded him.

³ And I will bless those that bless thee, and him that curseth thee, will I curse; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

¹⁹ And God said, Truly, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, for his seed after him.

²¹ But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return unto thee at this time next year: and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it at the door of the tent, which was behind him.

² And Sarah conceived, and bore unto Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. ³ And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. ⁴ And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, at eight days old, as God had commanded him. ⁵ And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

² And he said: Take now thy son, thy only one, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I tell thee of. ³ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and arose, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that thou hast obeyed my voice.

²⁶ And after that came his brother out, his hand holding on to Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, will I give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father; ⁴ And I will cause thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and I will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves. ⁵ Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

¹³ And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; ¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in thee and thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again and bore a son; and she said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time will I praise the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah: and she left off bearing.

⁵ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. ⁹ When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore a second son unto Jacob. ¹³ And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. ¹⁴ And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them unto Leah his mother; then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, some of thy son’s mandrakes. ¹⁵ And she said unto her, Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou also take away my son’s mandrakes? And Rachel said, Therefore shall he be with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes. ¹⁶ And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Unto me thou must come in; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. ¹⁷ And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. ¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob. ²⁰ And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.

¹¹ And an angel of God spoke unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

¹⁶ And they journeyed from Beth-el: and there was yet some distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for this child also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, for she died that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. ¹⁹ And so Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lechem.

⁶ And Judah took a wife for ‘Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar.

¹¹ Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown; for he thought, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brothers have done. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

²⁴ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told to Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by prostitution. And Judah said, Lead her forth, and let her be burnt.

²⁴ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told to Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by prostitution. And Judah said, Lead her forth, and let her be burnt. ²⁵ When she was led forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, to whom belong these, the signet, the scarf, and staff. ²⁶ And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her not again any more. ²⁷ And it came to pass at the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

²⁹ And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! this breach is upon thee: therefore his name was called Perez. ³⁰ And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerach.

³ And he said, I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for a great nation will I make of thee there:

⁸ And these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: the first-born of Jacob, Reuben. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Chanoch, and Pallu, and Chezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰ And the sons of Simeon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Zochar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanitish woman. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but ‘Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul.

¹² And the sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but ‘Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul. ¹³ And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Yob, and Shimron. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Yachleel. ¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with Dinah his daughter: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphyon, and Chaggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, ‘Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ And the sons of Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beriah, and Serach their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Cheber, and Malkiel. ¹⁸ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And there were born unto Joseph in the land of Egypt Menasseh and Ephraim, whom Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’, the priest of On, bore unto him. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin: Bela’, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim and Chuppim, and Ard. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, that were born to Jacob: in all fourteen souls. ²³ And the son of Dan: Chushim. ²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali: Yachzeel, and Guni, and Yezer, and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, in all seven souls. ²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons, were in all sixty and six souls. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, who were born him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.

⁸ Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down unto thee. ⁹ Like a lion’s whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up? ¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. ¹¹ He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass’s colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes; ¹² His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, ⁴ Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ⁵ And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; together with Joseph who was already in Egypt.

² Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

^{29 (22:28)} The first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors, shalt thou not delay to offer; the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

¹⁶ And Moses did so; all, just as the Lord had commanded him, so did he.

¹⁹ And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it above; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁵ And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁷ And he burnt thereon the incense of spices; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³² When they went in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed themselves; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁰ And if a man lie carnally with a woman, that is a bond-maid, betrothed to a man, but who hath neither been redeemed, nor hath her freedom been given her: there shall a scourging be decreed; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

¹⁰ And if there be a man that committeth adultery with a man’s wife, whoever it be that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife: then shall the adulterer be put to death, together with the adulteress.

⁷ Of Judah: Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab.

³ And they, who encamp on the east, toward the rising of the sun, shall be those who belong to the standard of the camp of Judah according to their armies: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab.

¹² And he that offered his offering on the first day was Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

¹⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five sheep of the first year; this was the offering of Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab.

¹⁴ And the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward at the first, according to their armies: and over their host was Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab.

⁶ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet of your kind, I, the Lord, do make myself known unto him in a vision, in a dream do I speak with him.

²⁰ And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerach, the family of the Zarchites. ²¹ And the sons of Perez were: of Chezron, the family of the Chezronites; of Chamul, the family of the Chamulites.

²¹ Then shall they lead out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought a disgraceful deed in Israel, to commit incest in her father’s house; and thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. ²² If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband: then shall both of them die, the man that lieth with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. ²³ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her: ²⁴ Then shall ye lead them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not for aid in the city; and the man, because he hath done violence to his neighbor’s wife; and thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

¹ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass, that if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some scandalous thing in her, he may write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her away out of his house; ² And she shall depart out of his house; and if she go and become another man’s wife; ³ And the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her away out of his house; or if the latter husband, who took her as his wife, should die: ⁴ Then shall her former husband, who had sent her away, not be at liberty to take her again to be his wife, after she hath been defiled; for it is abomination before the Lord; and thou shalt not bring sin upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

¹ And Joshua, the son of Nun, had sent out from Shittim two men as spies, secretly, saying, Go ye, view the land and especially Jericho; and they went, and came unto the house of a woman, a harlot, whose name was Rachab, and they lodged there. ² And it was told unto the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men came in hither this night, of the children of Israel, to search out the country. ³ And the king of Jericho sent to Rachab, saying, Bring forth the men who are come to thee, who came to thy house; for, to search out all the country are they come. ⁴ But the woman had taken the two men, and hidden them; and she said, It is true, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were. ⁵ And it came to pass, about the time of shutting the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; I know not whither the men are gone: pursue quickly after them, for ye can overtake them. ⁶ But she had brought them up to the roof, and had hidden them among the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. ⁷ And the men pursued after them, by the way to the Jordan unto the fords; and the gate was closed, as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out. ⁸ But they had not yet laid themselves down, when she came up unto them upon the roof. ⁹ And she said unto them, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that the terror of you hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are become faint-hearted, because of you. ¹⁰ For we have heard, how that the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you, when ye went forth out of Egypt; and what ye have done unto the two kings of the Emorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, unto Sichon and ‘Og, whom ye have utterly destroyed. ¹¹ And when we heard this, our heart melted, and there remained not any more courage in any man, because of you; for the Lord your God is alone God in the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath. ¹² And now swear, I pray you, unto me by the Lord, because I have shown you kindness, that ye will also, for your part, show kindness, unto my father’s house; and give me a sure token, ¹³ That ye will preserve the life of my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. ¹⁴ And the men said unto her, Our life shall be doomed to death instead of yours, if ye tell not this our business; and it shall be, when the Lord giveth us the land, that we will show thee kindness and truth. ¹⁵ Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was within the town wall, and within the wall she dwelt. ¹⁶ And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward ye may go your way. ¹⁷ And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear. ¹⁸ Behold, when we come into the land, this line of scarlet thread shalt thou bind in the window by which thou hast let us down; and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brothers, and all thy father’s household, thou must bring together unto thee into the house. ¹⁹ And it shall be, that whosoever will go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whosoever will remain with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if a hand be laid upon him. ²⁰ And if thou tell this our business, then will we be free of thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear. ²¹ And she said, According unto your words, so be it; and she dismissed them, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window. ²² And they went, and came unto the mountain, and they remained there three days, until the pursuers were returned; and the pursuers sought throughout all the way, but found nothing.

²² But unto the two men that had spied out the country, Joshua said, Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all belonging to her, as ye have sworn unto her. ²³ And the young men, the spies, went in, and brought out Rachab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all belonging to her: and they brought out all her kindred, and they left them without the camp of Israel. ²⁴ And the city they burnt with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of copper and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. ²⁵ And Rachab the harlot did Joshua save alive, and her father’s household, and all belonging to her; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel even unto this day; because she had hidden the messengers, whom Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho.

² And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, On the other side of the river did your fathers dwell in old time, even Terach, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods. ³ And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and I led him throughout all the land of Canaan; and I multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. ⁴ And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

³ And there appeared an angel of the Lord unto the woman, and he said unto her, Behold, thou art barren, and hast not born; but thou wilt conceive, and bear a son.

⁸ And Manoach entreated the Lord, and said, Hear me, O Lord, let the man of God, whom thou didst send, come again unto us, and instruct us what we shall do unto the child that is to be born. ⁹ And God hearkened to the voice of Manoach; and the angel of God came again unto the woman, as she was sitting in the field; and Manoach her husband was not with her.

⁴ And they took themselves wives of the women of Moab; the name of one was ‘Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

¹⁶ But Ruth said, Urge me not to leave thee, to return from following thee; for whither thou goest, will I go; and where thou lodgest, will I lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. ¹⁷ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; may the Lord do so to me, and may he so continue, if aught but death shall part me from thee.

²² So did Na’omi return, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who had returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Beth-lechem at the beginning of the barley-harvest.

¹⁸ And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Chezron; ¹⁹ And Chezron begat Ram; and Ram begat ‘Amminadab;

¹⁹ And Chezron begat Ram; and Ram begat ‘Amminadab; ²⁰ And ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon; and Nachshon begat Salmah;

²⁰ And ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon; and Nachshon begat Salmah; ²¹ And Salmon begat Bo’az; and Bo’az begat ‘Obed;

²¹ And Salmon begat Bo’az; and Bo’az begat ‘Obed; ²² And ‘Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

²² And ‘Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

¹ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him so as not to reign over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lechemite; for I have selected among his sons unto myself a king.

¹¹ And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are there not more young men? And he said, There is yet left behind the youngest, and, behold, he is feeding the flocks. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he have come hither. ¹² And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, having withal handsome eyes, and being of a goodly appearance. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. ¹³ Then took Samuel the horn of oil, and anointed him from among his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly upon David from that day and forward. And Samuel then rose up, and went to Ramah.

¹² Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lechem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was old in the days of Saul, belonging to the persons of high esteem.

⁵⁸ And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? And David answered, The son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lechemite.

³⁰ And the anger of Saul was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of perverse rebelliousness! do I not know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness? ³¹ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?

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. ¹³ He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. ¹⁴ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man; ¹⁵ But my kindness shall not depart from him, as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I removed from before thee. ¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

³ And David sent and inquired after the woman; and some one said, Behold, this is Beth-sheba’, the daughter of Eli’am, the wife of Uriyah the Hittite.

²⁶ And when the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah her husband had died, she mourned for her lord. ²⁷ And when the time of mourning was past, David sent and took her to his house, and she became his wife; and she bore him a son. But the thing which David had done was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord.

²⁴ And David comforted Bath-sheba’ his wife, and he went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon; and the Lord loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Yedideyah in behalf of the Lord.

¹ And these are the last words of David. Thus saith David the son of Jesse, and thus saith the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel:

³⁹ Uriyah the Hittite: in all thirty and seven.

¹¹ And Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba’ the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoniyah the son of Chaggith is become king, and that David our lord knoweth it not? ¹² And now come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thy own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. ¹³ Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy hand-maid, saying, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne? why then is Adoniyah become king? ¹⁴ And, lo, while thou shalt be yet speaking there with the king, I myself will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. ¹⁵ And Bath-sheba’ went in unto the king into the chamber, and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king. ¹⁶ And Bath-sheba’ bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king: and the king said, What wouldst thou? ¹⁷ And she said unto him, My lord, thou thyself didst swear by the Lord thy God unto thy hand-maid, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne.

²⁸ Then answered king David, and said, Call me Bath-sheba’; and she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. ²⁹ And the king swore and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, ³⁰ Even as I have sworn unto thee by the Lord the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne in my stead: even so will I certainly do this day. ³¹ Then did Bath-sheba’ bow herself with her face to the earth, and prostrate herself unto the king; and she said, May my lord, the king David, live for ever!

¹⁵ And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, when he said,

²⁴ Who hast kept for thy servant David my father what thou hadst promised him; and thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

⁴³ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehobo’am his son became king in his stead.

² And he called out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and he said, O altar, altar, thus hath said the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high-places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

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.

⁵ Because David did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from all that he had commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.

⁸ And Abiyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead. ⁹ And in the twentieth year of Jerobo’am the king of Israel became Assa king over Judah. ¹⁰ And forty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Ma’achah, the daughter of Abishalom. ¹¹ And Assa did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father. ¹² And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. ¹³ And also Ma’achah his mother, even her he removed from being queen; because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. ¹⁴ But the high-places were not removed; nevertheless Assa’s heart was entire with the Lord all his days. ¹⁵ And he brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels. ¹⁶ And there was war between Assa and Ba’sha the king of Israel all their days. ¹⁷ And Ba’sha the king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order not to suffer any one to go out or come in to Assa the king of Judah. ¹⁸ Then did Assa take all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Assa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Chesyon, the king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying, ¹⁹ A covenant is between me and thee, as between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go and do break thy covenant with Ba’sha the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me. 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. ²² Then king Assa called together by proclamation all Judah, none being exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba’sha had built; and king Assa built with them Geba’ of Benjamin, and Mizpah. ²³ And the rest of all the acts of Assa, and all his mighty deeds, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. Nevertheless in the time of his old age he became diseased in his feet. ²⁴ And Assa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his stead.

¹³ And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake at first, and bring it out unto me, and for thee and for thy son shalt thou prepare something afterward.

² And it came to pass in the third year that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. ³ And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gil’ad is ours, and we remain idle, without taking it out of the hand of the king of Syria? ⁴ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to the battle against Ramoth-gil’ad? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I will be like thee, my people like thy people, my horses like thy horses. ⁵ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, today first of the word of the Lord. ⁶ Then assembled the king of Israel the prophets, about four hundred men, and said unto them, shall I go against Ramoth-gil’ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king. ⁷ And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Eternal besides, that we might inquire of him? ⁸ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we might inquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he will never prophesy good concerning me, but evil: it is Michayhu the son of Yimlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. ⁹ Then called the king of Israel a certain officer, and said, Hasten hither Michayhu the son of Yimlah. ¹⁰ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, dressed in their regal garments, in a threshing-floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. ¹¹ And Zedekiah the son of Kena’anah had made himself horns of iron; and he said, Thus hath said the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have made an end of them. ¹² And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gil’ad, and prosper; and the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand. ¹³ And the messenger that went to call Michayhu spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets are with one voice good for the king: do let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of any one of them, and speak something good. ¹⁴ And Michayhu said, As the Lord liveth, truly, what the Lord may say unto me, that will I speak. ¹⁵ And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Michayhu, shall we go against Ramoth-gil’ad to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up, and prosper; and may the Lord deliver it into the hand of the king. ¹⁶ And the king said unto him, How many times yet must I adjure thee that thou shalt not speak to me anything but the truth in the name of the Lord? ¹⁷ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered over the mountains, as flocks that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace. ¹⁸ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not say unto thee that he would not prophesy concerning me any good, but only evil? ¹⁹ And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the Lord, I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right and on his left. ²⁰ And the Lord said, Who will persuade Achab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gil’ad! And one said, In this manner, and another said, In that manner. ²¹ And there came forth a spirit, and placed himself before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? ²² And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou wilt persuade him, and also prevail: go forth, and do so. ²³ And now, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; but the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. ²⁴ And Zedekiah, the son of Kena’anah, went near, and struck Michayhu on the cheek, and said, Which way passed the Spirit of the Lord away from me to speak with thee! ²⁵ And Michayhu said, Behold, thou shalt see it on that day, when thou shalt go into the innermost chamber to hide thyself. ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, Take Michayhu, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and unto Joash the king’s son; ²⁷ And say, Thus hath said the king, Put this man in the prison, and feed him with sparing bread and with sparing water, until I come home in peace. ²⁸ And Michayhu said, If thou return at all in peace, then hath the Lord not spoken through me. And he said, Hear it, O all ye nations! ²⁹ So the king of Israel went up with Jehoshaphat the king of Judah to Ramoth-gil’ad. ³⁰ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but do thou put on thy regal garments. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. ³¹ And the king of Syria had commanded the captains over his chariots, thirty-two in number, saying, Fight neither with a small nor a great one, save only with the king of Israel alone. ³² And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely this is the king of Israel. And they turned aside against him to fight: and Jehoshaphat cried out. ³³ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from following him. ³⁴ But a man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the joints and the armor; wherefore he said unto his chariot-driver. Turn about, and carry me out of the camp; for I am wounded. ³⁵ And the battle increased on that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians; but he died in the evening: and the blood of the wound flowed down into the hollow of the chariot. ³⁶ And there went a proclamation throughout the camp at the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own land. ³⁷ So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. ³⁸ And the chariot was washed out at the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood, as they washed his armor: according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken. 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. ⁴⁰ So Achab slept with his fathers: and Achazyahu his son became king in his stead. ⁴¹ And Jehoshaphat the son of Assa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Achab the king of Israel. ⁴² Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he became king, and twenty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was ‘Azubah the daughter of Shilchi. 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. ^{44 (22:45)} And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. ^{45 (22:46)} Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his mighty deeds that he showed, and how he warred, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ^{46 (22:47)} And the remnant of the sodomites, that had been left in the days of his father Assa, did he put away out of the land. ^{47 (22:48)} There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. ^{48 (22:49)} Jehoshaphat made Tharshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were wrecked at ‘Ezyon-geber. ^{49 (22:50)} Then said Achazyahu the son of Achab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. ^{50 (22:51)} And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son became king in his stead.

¹ And Jehoram the son of Achab became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.

¹⁶ And he said, At this season, next year, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my Lord, man of God, do not deceive thy hand-maid. ¹⁷ But the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season in the following year, as Elisha’ had spoken unto her.

¹¹ But Na’aman became wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I had thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and swing his hand over the place, and heal the leper. ¹² Are not Amanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not bathe in them, and become clean? and he turned and went away in a rage. ¹³ And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and they said, My father, if the prophet had bidden thee a great thing, wouldst thou not do it? how much rather then, when he hath said to thee, Bathe, and become clean? ¹⁴ Then went he down, and dived seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God: and his flesh was restored healthy like the flesh of a little boy, and he became clean.

¹⁶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Achab the king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being yet king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah became king.

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

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.

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.

¹ And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea’ the son of Elah the king of Israel, that Hezekiah, the son of Achaz the king of Judah, became king. ² Twenty and five years old was he when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. ³ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done. 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. ⁵ In the Lord the God of Israel did he trust; and after him there was not his like among all the kings of Judah, nor among those that were before him. ⁶ And he adhered to the Lord, and turned not away from following him; but he kept his commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁷ And the Lord was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. ⁸ He it was that smote the Philistines, as far as Gazzah, and its territory, from the tower of the watchmen up to the fortified city. ⁹ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea’ the son of Elah the king of Israel, that Shalmanesser the king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. ¹⁰ And they captured it at the end of three years,—in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea’ the king of Israel, was Samaria captured. ¹¹ And the king of Assyria led away Israel as exiles unto Assyria, and transported them to Chalach and to Chabor, by the river of Gozan, and to the cities of Media; ¹² Because they had not obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, but had transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and had not obeyed, nor done accordingly. ¹³ And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib the king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seized on them. 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. 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. ¹⁸ And they called for the king, when there came out to them Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder. ¹⁹ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherewith thou hast trusted? ²⁰ Thou saidst, but it was only a word uttered with the lips, I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom didst thou trust, that thou rebelledst against me?

²¹ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Menasseh his son became king in his stead.

²¹ And he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and bowed himself down to them; ²² And he forsook the Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord. ²³ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. ²⁴ And 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. ²⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ²⁶ And they buried him in his sepulchre in the garden of ‘Uzza: and Josiah his son became king in his stead.

²¹ And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant. ²² For there had not been holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel; nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah; ²³ But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the Lord in Jerusalem. ²⁴ And also the men of familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were to be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah clear away; in order that he might accomplish the words of the law which were written in the book that Chilkiyahu the priest had found in the house of the Lord. ²⁵ And like unto him there was no king before him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there arose none like him. ²⁶ Notwithstanding this the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, since his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provokings wherewith Menasseh had provoked him to anger. ²⁷ And the Lord said, Also Judah will I remove out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. ²⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. ²⁹ In his days went up Pharaoh-nechoh the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him. ³⁰ And his servants carried him dying in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead. ³¹ Twenty and three years old was Jehoachaz when he became king; and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Chamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³ But only at the order of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove the same out of his sight, for the sins of Menasseh, in accordance with all that he had done; ⁴ And also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; wherefore the Lord would not pardon.

¹⁴ And he led away as exiles all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and locksmiths: there was none left, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

¹¹ And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had run over to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebusaradan the captain of the guard lead away into exile;

²⁷ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach the king of Babylon in the year that he became king did lift up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah out of the prison;

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishma’el.

³⁴ And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

² Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³ The sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, the three who were born unto him of the daughter of Shua’ the Canaanitess. And ‘Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the eyes of the Lord: and he slew him.

³ The sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, the three who were born unto him of the daughter of Shua’ the Canaanitess. And ‘Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the eyes of the Lord: and he slew him. ⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore unto him Perez and Zerach. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore unto him Perez and Zerach. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Perez: Chezron and Chamul.

⁵ The sons of Perez: Chezron and Chamul. ⁶ And the sons of Zerach: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara’; all of them five.

⁶ And the sons of Zerach: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara’; all of them five. ⁷ And the sons of Carmi: ‘Achar the troubler of Israel, who trespassed against the devoted things.

⁷ And the sons of Carmi: ‘Achar the troubler of Israel, who trespassed against the devoted things. ⁸ And the sons of Ethan: ‘Azaryah.

⁸ And the sons of Ethan: ‘Azaryah. ⁹ And the sons of Chezron, that were born unto him: Jerachmeel, and Ram, and Kelubai. ¹⁰ And Ram begat ‘Amminadab, and ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon, the prince of the children of Judah;

¹⁰ And Ram begat ‘Amminadab, and ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon, the prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹ And Nachshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Bo’az,

¹¹ And Nachshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Bo’az, ¹² And Bo’az begat ‘Obed, and ‘Obed begat Jesse,

¹² And Bo’az begat ‘Obed, and ‘Obed begat Jesse, ¹³ And Ishai begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shim’a the third, ¹⁴ Nathanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

⁵ And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shim’a, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua’ the daughter of ‘Ammiel;

¹⁰ And Solomon’s son was Rehobo’am. Abiyah his son, Assa his son, Jehoshaphat his son. ¹¹ Joram his son, Achazyahu his son, Joash his son,

¹¹ Joram his son, Achazyahu his son, Joash his son,

¹¹ Joram his son, Achazyahu his son, Joash his son, ¹² Amazyahu his son, ‘Azaryah his son, Jotham his son,

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

¹³ Achaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Menasseh his son,

¹³ Achaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Menasseh his son, ¹⁴ Amon his son, Josiah his son.

¹⁴ Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born Jochanan, the second Jehoyakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born Jochanan, the second Jehoyakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶ And the sons of Jehoyakim: Jechonyah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷ And the sons of Jechonyah: Assir, Shealthiel his son,

¹⁷ And the sons of Jechonyah: Assir, Shealthiel his son,

¹⁹ And the sons of Pedayah were, Zerubbabel, and Shim’i: and the sons of Zerubbabel were, Meshullam, and Chananyah, and Shelomith their sister; ²⁰ And Chashubah, and Ohel, and Berechyah, and Chassadyah, Jushab-chessed, five. ²¹ And the sons of Chananyah: Pelatyah, and Jesha’yah; the sons of Rephayah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of ‘Ohadiah, the sons of Shechanyah. ²² And the sons of Shechanyah: Shema’yah: and the sons of Shema’yah were Chattush, and Yigal, and Bariach, and Ne’aryah, and Shaphat, six. ²³ And the sons of Ne’aryah: Elyo’enai, and Hezekiah, and ‘Azrikam, three. ²⁴ And the sons of Elyo’enai were, Hodavyahu, and Elyashib, and Pelayah, and ‘Akkub, and Jochanan, and Delayah, and ‘Anani, seven.

¹ The sons of Judah: Perez, Chezron, and Carmi, and Chur, and Shobal.

¹ And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel—for he was the first-born; but, when the defiled his father’s bed, was his birthright given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: so that the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the first-birth. ² For Judah became the mightiest of his brothers, and the prince descended from him: while the first-birthright belonged to Joseph,—

⁶ And of the sons of Zerach: Je’uel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

⁴¹ Uriyah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Achlai,

⁴ And these are the names of the children that he had in Jerusalem: Shammua’, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

⁵ And of all my sons,—for the Lord hath given me many sons,—hath he made choice of Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

³¹ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Rehobo’am his son became king in his stead.

¹ And it came to pass, when Rehobo’am had established the kingdom, and when he had become strong, that he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

⁷ And there were gathered unto him idle men, worthless persons, and put themselves in violent resistance against Rehobo’am the son of Solomon: while Rehobo’am was young and tender hearted, and could not sustain himself before them.

^{1 (13:23)} And Abiyah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead. In his days the land had repose ten years. ^{2 (14:1)} And Assa did what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. ^{3 (14:2)} And he removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high-places, and broke up the statues, and cut down the groves; ^{4 (14:3)} And he ordered Judah to seek the Lord the God of their fathers, and to execute the law and the commandment. ^{5 (14:4)} Also he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high-places and the sun-images: and the kingdom had repose before him. ^{6 (14:5)} And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land had repose, and no one had war with him in those years; because the Lord had given him rest. ^{7 (14:6)} Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls, and towers, gates, and bars: the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God,—we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. ^{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. ^{9 (14:8)} And there came out against them Zerach the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand times thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came as far as Mareshah. ^{10 (14:9)} Then went Assa out against him, and they set themselves in battle-array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah. ^{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. ^{12 (14:11)} Thereupon did the Lord strike down the Ethiopians before Assa, and before Judah: and the Ethiopians fled. ^{13 (14:12)} And Assa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many, that they could not recover themselves; for they were broken down before the Lord, and before his camp; and they carried away exceedingly much booty. ^{14 (14:13)} And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the dread of the Lord was upon them: and they plundered all the cities; for abundant spoil was in them. ^{15 (14:14)} And also the tents of the owners of cattle did they smite, and they carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

¹ And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. ² And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and placed garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Assa his father had captured. ³ And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat; because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and sought not after the Be’alim; ⁴ On the contrary, after the God of his father did he seek, and in his commandments did he walk, but not after the doings of Israel. ⁵ Therefore did the Lord establish the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honor in abundance. 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. ⁷ And in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-chayil, and ‘Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Michayahu, to teach in the cities of Judah. ⁸ And with them were the Levites, Shema’yahu, and Nethanyahu, and Zebadyahu, and ‘Assahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adoniyahu, and Tobiyahu, and Tobadoniyah, the Levites; and with them Elishama’ and Jehoram, the priests. ⁹ And they taught in Judah, and with them was the book of the law of the Lord, and they moved about through all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. ¹⁰ And the dread of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war with Jehoshaphat. 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. ¹² And Jehoshaphat went on becoming exceedingly great, and he built in Judah castles and treasure-cities. ¹³ And he had great works in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty in valor, in Jerusalem. 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.

¹ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his stead.

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.

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.

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. 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; ² But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Be’alim. ³ And he also burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his sons in the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel. 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. ⁷ And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Ma’asseyahu the king’s son, and ‘Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second in rank to the king. ⁸ And the children of Israel led away captive from their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and also much booty did they plunder from them, and they brought the booty to Samaria. ⁹ But there was a prophet of the Lord, ‘Oded was his name; and he went out to meet the host that was coming to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because of the fury of the Lord the God of your fathers against Judah, hath he given them up into your hand, and ye have slain among them in a rage that reacheth as far as the heavens. ¹⁰ And now ye think to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to become bond-men and bond-women unto you; but surely are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against the Lord your God? ¹¹ And now hear me, and restore the captives, whom ye have taken captive from your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the Lord is over you. ¹² Then arose certain men of the heads of the children of Ephraim, ‘Azaryahu the son of Jehochanan, Berechyahu the son of Meshillemoth, and Jechizkiyahu the son of Shallum, and ‘Amassa the son of Chadlai, against those that were come from the army. ¹³ And they said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; for in addition to the guiltiness against the Lord resting on us, ye think to add unto our sins and unto our guiltiness; for great is the guiltiness resting on us, and there is fierce wrath over Israel. ¹⁴ So the armed men abandoned the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. ¹⁵ And then arose the men who have been expressed by name, and took hold of the captives, and all that were naked among them they clothed from the booty; and they gave them garments and shoes, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, near their brethren; and then did they return to Samaria. ¹⁶ At that time sent king Achaz unto the kings of Assyria to help him. ¹⁷ Moreover the Edomites came again and defeated the men of Judah, and carried away captives. ¹⁸ And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowlands, and of the south of Judah, and captured Beth-shemesh, and Ayalon, and Gederoth, and Socho with its villages, and Thimnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there. ¹⁹ For the Lord humbled Judah on account of Achaz the king of Israel; for he made Judah unruly, and acted very faithlessly against the Lord. 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. ²² And in the time that he distressed him, became he yet more faithless against the Lord,—yea, he, king Achaz; ²³ And he sacrificed unto the gods of the people of Damascus, who had smitten him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria do help them, therefore will I sacrifice unto them, that they may help me. But they only became to him a stumbling-block for him and for all Israel. ²⁴ And Achaz gathered up the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and locked up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. ²⁵ And in each and every city of Judah made he high-places to burn incense unto other gods; and he provoked to anger the Lord the God of his fathers. ²⁶ And the rest of his acts and of all his ways, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 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.

¹ Hezekiah became king when five and twenty years old, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abiyah, the daughter of Zecharyahu. ² And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done. ³ He it was that in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. ⁴ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the open place at the east; ⁵ And he said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify yourselves now, and sanctity the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and carry forth the unclean thing out of the sanctuary. ⁶ For our fathers have dealt faithlessly, and have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him; and they have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. ⁷ They had also locked up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and incense have they not burnt, and the burnt-offerings have they not offered in the sanctuary, unto the God of Israel. ⁸ Wherefore the wrath of the Lord is upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath rendered them to be a horror, an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes. ⁹ And, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this. ¹⁰ Now it is in my heart to make a covenant for the Lord the God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. ¹¹ My sons, be not negligent now; for of you hath the Lord made choice to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye might be unto him ministers and those that burn incense. ¹² Then arose the Levites, Machath the son of ‘Amassai, and Joel the son of ‘Azaryahu, of the sons of the Kehathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of ‘Abdi, and ‘Azaryahu the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershunites, Joach the son of Zimmah, and ‘Eden the son of Joach: ¹³ And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri, and Je’iel; and of the sons of Assaph, Zecharyahu and Matthanyahu; ¹⁴ And of the sons of Heman, Jechiel and Shim’i; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shema’yah and ‘Uzziel; ¹⁵ And they gathered together their brethren, and they sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord. ¹⁶ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it; and they brought out every thing unclean which they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; and the Levites received it, to carry it out abroad unto the brook Kidron. ¹⁷ And they commenced on the first day of the first month to sanctify; and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the Lord, and they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. ¹⁸ Then went they in the inner part of the palace to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of shewbread, and all its vessels. ¹⁹ Moreover all the vessels, which king Achaz had cast aside during his reign in his faithlessness, have we put in order and sanctified: and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. ²⁰ Then arose king Hezekiah early, and gathered together the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. ²¹ And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven sheep, and seven he-goats, as a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he ordered the sons of Aaron the priests to offer them on the altar of the Lord. ²² So they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar; they also slaughtered the sheep, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. ²³ And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: ²⁴ And the priests slaughtered them, and they made an expiation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all the people, said the king, should be the burnt-offering and the sin-offering. ²⁵ And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the command of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: because from the Lord was this commandment by means of his prophets. ²⁶ And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. ²⁷ And Hezekiah ordered to offer the burnt-offering on the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments of David the king of Israel. ²⁸ And all the assembly prostrated themselves, and the song sounded, and the trumpeters blew; all this continued until the burnt-offering was completed. ²⁹ And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him kneeled down and prostrated themselves. ³⁰ And king Hezekiah and the princes then said to the Levites to sing praises unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Assaph the seer. And they sang praises with great joy, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. ³¹ Then commenced Hezekiah, and said, Now have ye consecrated yourselves unto the Lord: come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving-offerings unto the house of the Lord. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thanksgiving-offerings, and every one who was liberal of heart, burnt-offerings. ³² And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the assembly brought, was seventy bullocks, one hundred rams, and two hundred sheep: as a burnt-offering unto the Lord were all these.

³³ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem showed him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his stead.

¹ And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem. ² Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he became king, and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. ³ And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ⁴ And the king of Egypt made Elyakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoyakim. And Joachaz his brother did Necho take away, and bring him to Egypt. ⁵ Twenty and five years old was Jehoyakim when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem: and he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. ⁶ Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and he bound him with fetters, to carry him away to Babylon. ⁷ And some of the vessels of the house of the Lord did Nebuchadnezzar carry to Babylon, and he placed them in his temple at Babylon. ⁸ And the rest of the acts of Jehoyakim, and his abominable deeds which he did, and that which was found concerning him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoyachin his son became king in his stead.

¹⁰ And with the expiration of the year did king Nebuchadnezzar send and had him brought to Babylon, with the costly vessels of the house of the Lord: and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem,

²⁰ And those that had escaped from the sword did he carry into exile to Babylon: and they were servants to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to the government:

¹ And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, at the time the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah was accomplished, the Lord awakened the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia; and he caused a proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, and also by means of writing, saying,

² Then arose Jeshua’ the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer thereon burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

² Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and Jeshua’ the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

¹ And these are the priests and the Levites that came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and Jeshua’: Serayah, Jeremiah, ‘Ezra,

¹³ In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: ¹⁴ Dread came over me, with trembling, and it caused all my bones to shudder. ¹⁵ Then flitted a spirit past before my face; the hair of my body stood up: ¹⁶ It stood still, but I could not recognize its form; a figure was before my eyes, a slight whisper, then a louder voice I heard, saying,

⁴ Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one thing.

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?

¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch: ¹⁶ Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning; ¹⁷ To remove the son of earth from his intended deed and he covereth up pride from man;

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord: therefore he pointeth out to sinners the right way. ⁹ He guideth the meek in justice, and he teacheth the meek his way.

^{7 (46:8)} The Lord of hosts is with us; a defense unto us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

^{11 (46:12)} The Lord of hosts is with us; a defence unto us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

²⁰ Here are ended the prayers of David the son of Jesse.

^{36 (89:37)} His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.

¹⁹ In the multitude of my painful thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul.

⁴ There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

⁷ Let Israel wait for the Lord; for with the Lord there is kindness, and with him is redemption in abundance; ⁸ And he wilt surely redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: “From the fruit of thy body will I set some one on the throne to succeed thee.

⁸ Cause me to hear in the morning thy kindness; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way whereon I should walk; for unto thee do I lift up my soul.

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thy heart: and upon thy own understanding do not rely. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make level thy paths.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are justice: the best counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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.

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. 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. 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. ¹⁰ And the Lord continued to speak unto Achaz, saying, ¹¹ Ask thee a sign from the Lord thy God; ask it in the depth, or high up above. ¹² But Achaz said, I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord. ¹³ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that ye will weary also my God?

¹³ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that ye will weary also my God? ¹⁴ Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: behold, this young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and she shall call his name ‘Immanu-el, God with us.

⁸ And he shall penetrate into Judah, overflow and flood over, even to the neck shall he reach; and his outstretched wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O ‘Immanu-el. ⁹ Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces. ¹⁰ Take counsel together, yet shall it come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand firm; for with us is God.

^{6 (9:5)} For a child is born unto us, a son hath been given unto us, and the government is placed on his shoulders; and his name is called, Wonderful, counsellor of the mighty God, of the everlasting Father, the prince of peace, ^{7 (9:6)} For promoting the increase of the government, and for peace without end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to support it through justice and righteousness, from henceforth and unto eternity: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a sprout shall spring out of his roots.

¹ And thou shalt say on that day, “I will thank thee, O Lord, that thou wast angry with me: thy anger now is turned away, and thou comfortest me. ² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust him; for my strength and song is Yah the Eternal: and he is become my salvation.”

² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust him; for my strength and song is Yah the Eternal: and he is become my salvation.”

³ The confiding mind wilt thou keep in perfect peace; because he trusteth in thee.

²¹ And thy ears shall hear the word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it,” when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

¹ And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib the king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seized on them. ² And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a strong army. And he halted by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the highway of the washer’s field. ³ Then came forth unto him Elyakim, the son of Chilkiyahu, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph, the recorder. ⁴ And Rabshakeh said unto them,—Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherewith thou hast trusted? ⁵ I have said, but it was only a word uttered with the lips, I have counsel and strength for the war. Now, on whom didst thou trust, that thou rebelledst against me? ⁶ Behold, thou trustedst on yon cracked reed-staff, on Egypt; which, if a man lean on it, will enter into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt to all that trust on him. ⁷ But if thou shouldst say to me, In the Lord our God have we trusted: is he not the one whose high-places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye prostrate yourselves? ⁸ And now I pray thee, enter into a contest with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. ⁹ How then wilt thou turn back the face of a single chieftain of the least of my masters’ servants, while thou hast put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? ¹⁰ And now am I come up without the Lord‘s will against this land to destroy it? The Lord hath said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. ¹¹ Then said Elyakim and Shebna and Yoach unto Rabshakeh, Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jewish language, before the ears of the people that are on the wall. ¹² But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master then sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? is it not rather to the men who sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own excrements, and drink their own urine with you? ¹³ Then stood Rabshakeh up, and called out in a loud voice in the Jewish language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. ¹⁴ Thus hath said the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you; ¹⁵ Neither let Hezekiah induce you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria. ¹⁶ Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus hath said the king of Assyria, Make a treaty of peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern; ¹⁷ Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. ¹⁸ So that Hezekiah may not mislead you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where are the gods of Chamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvayim? and have they then delivered Samaria out of my hand? ²⁰ Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? ²¹ But they remained silent, and answered him not a word; for it was the king’s command, saying, Ye shall not answer him. ²² Then came Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, that was superintendent over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent; and they told him the words of Rabshakeh.

⁸ But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;

²¹ Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced this in ancient times? told it from the beginning? is it not I the Lord? and there is no other god without me, a just god and a saviour; there is none beside me. ²² Turn unto me, so that ye may be helped, all ye ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no one else.

² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for he was one when I called him, and I blessed him, and I increased him.

⁷ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, O people in whose heart my law is: ye must not fear the reproach of men, and of their revilings shall ye not be in dread.

⁸ Through oppression and through judicial punishment was he taken away; but his generation—who could tell, that he was cut away out of the land of life, that for the transgressions of my people the plague was laid on him?

² To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon the king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, ³ And who continued prophet in the days of Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah the king of Judah, until the carrying away into exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

¹⁰ For pass over to the isles of the Chittites, and see; and unto Kedar send, and consider well and see if any thing like this hath happened. ¹¹ Hath a nation exchanged its gods, which are yet no gods? and still my people hath exchanged its glory for that which can not profit. ¹² Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and let your hair stand at an end, be ye greatly terrified, saith the Lord. ¹³ For two evils have my people committed: me have they forsaken, the source of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that cannot hold water. ¹⁴ Is Israel a servant? or one born to servitude in the house? why hath he been given up to plunder? ¹⁵ That over him young lions roared, let their voice resound, and changed his land into a waste, that his cities are burnt, left without an inhabitant? ¹⁶ Even the children of Noph and Thachpanches have crushed the crown of thy head. ¹⁷ Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, through thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while he was leading thee on the right way? ¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do on the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shichor? and what hast thou to do on the way of Asshur, to drink the waters of the river? ¹⁹ Thy own wickedness shall chastise thee, and thy backslidings shall correct thee; and thou shalt know and see that evil and bitter was thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while the dread of me was not upon thee, saith the Lord Eternal of hosts. ²⁰ Because from yore did I break thy yoke, did I burst asunder thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress: nevertheless upon every high hill and under every green tree thou makest thy bed, as harlot. ²¹ Yet I had planted thee as a branch of a noble vine, wholly of the proper seed; but how art thou changed unto me into a degenerate plant of an ignoble vine? ²² For though thou wash thyself with natron, and take for thyself much soap: yet would the stain of thy iniquity remain before me, saith the Lord Eternal. ²³ How canst thou say, I am not become unclean, after the Be’alim have I not gone? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: like a swift dromedary bound fast to her ways; ²⁴ Like a wild ass used to the wilderness, that at her pleasure snuffeth up the wind; her lust—who can turn this away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month will they find her. ²⁵ “Prevent thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from being thirsty;” but thou saidst, It is useless; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. ²⁶ As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so have the house of Israel been made ashamed, they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, ²⁷ Who say to the wood, Thou art my father; and to the stone, Thou hast brought us forth; for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their misfortune will they say, Arise, and save us. ²⁸ But where are then thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy misfortune; for equal to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah.

²⁴ As I live, saith the Lord, though Conyahu the son of Jehoyakim the king of Judah were a signet upon my right hand, yet for a surety would I thence pluck thee;

²⁸ Is this man Conyahu a despised broken image? or a vessel without value? wherefore are they hurled out, he and his seed, and are cast forth into a land which they know not?

⁵ Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up unto David a righteous sprout, and he shall reign as king, and prosper, and he shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. ⁶ In his days shall Judah be helped, and Israel shall dwell in safety: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness.

²⁰ Which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon did not take away, when he carried away into exile Jechonyah the son of Jehoyakim the king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

^{22 (31:21)} How long wilt thou roam about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing on the earth, The woman will go about seeking for the husband.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, will I cause to grow up unto David the sprout of righteousness: and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be helped, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety: and this is what she shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness.

¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be helped, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety: and this is what she shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness. ¹⁷ For thus hath said the Lord, There shall never be wanting unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

²⁶ Then also will I reject the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so as not to take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

⁹ And the rest of the people that remained in the city, and those who had run away that had run away to him, with the rest of the people that remained, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry off into exile to Babylon.

⁹ And Gedalyahu the son of Achikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and unto their men, saying, Have no fear to serve the Chaldeans: remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.

¹¹ And the eyes of Zedekiah did he blind; and the king of Babylon bound him with brazen fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in the ward-house till the day of his death. ¹² And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. ¹³ And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house: and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, did he burn with fire: ¹⁴ And all the walls of Jerusalem round about did all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, pull down. ¹⁵ And certain of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that had been left in the city, and the deserters, that had run away to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away into exile.

²⁸ This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty and three Jews; ²⁹ In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar from Jerusalem, eight hundred thirty and two persons; ³⁰ In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away into exile of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

²⁵ And I will sprinkle upon you clean water, and ye shall be clean: from all your impurities, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. ²⁶ And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will remove the heart of stone out of your body, and I will give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ And my spirit I will put within you, and I will cause that you shall walk in my statutes, and that my ordinances ye shall keep, and do them. ²⁸ And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be unto me for a people, and I truly will be unto you as a God. ²⁹ And I will save you from all kinds of your impurities; and I will call unto the corn, and increase it, and I will not lay famine upon you.

² And the Lord gave up into his hand Yehoyakim the king of Judah, with part of the vessels of the house of God: and he brought them into the land of Shin’ar into the house of his god, namely, he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close up the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy thing.

^{28 (3:1)} And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit over all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams: your young men shall see visions:

¹¹ On that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen; and I will close up its breaches; and its ruins will I raise up, and I will rebuild it as in days of old:

¹ In the second year of king Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord through means of Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

¹² Then hearkened Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, unto the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people were afraid of the Lord.

¹⁴ And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, the governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came and did work on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God.

² Do say to Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

²³ On that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, the son of Shealthiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and I will place thee as a signet; for of thee have I made choice, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁹ Be greatly glad, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, thy King will come unto thee, righteous and victorious is he, lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of a she-ass.

⁸ On that day will the Lord be a shield around the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and the feeblest among them shall be on that day like David; and the house of David shall be like divine beings, like an angel of the Lord before them.

² I have loved you, so hath said the Lord: yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Is not Esau brother to Jacob? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob; ³ And Esau I hated; and I rendered his mountains a desert, and his heritage a dwelling for the monsters of the wilderness.