1 Kings 15 Cross References - Thomson

¹ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nabat, Abiou, son of Roboam began to reign over Juda, ² and reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacha, a grand daughter of Abessalom. ³ And he walked in the sins of his father which he had committed in his sight, and his heart, like the heart of his father, was not perfect before the Lord his God. ⁴ Nevertheless for the sake of David, the Lord gave him surviving issue that he might establish his children after him, and establish Jerusalem, ⁵ as David had done what was right in the sight of the Lord, and had not deviated all the days of his life from all that he commanded him. ⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Abiou and all that he did, behold are they not written in the journal of the kings of Juda? for the war continued between Abiou and Jeroboam. ⁸ And Abiou went to rest with his fathers in the twentieth year of the reign of Jeroboam, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead. ⁹ In the twenty fourth year of the reign of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Juda, ¹⁰ and he reigned forty one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Ana, a descendant of Abessalom. ¹¹ And Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord, like his father David. ¹² He removed the prostitutes out of the land, and abolished all the devices which his father had instituted, ¹³ and degraded his mother Ana from the rank of queen, as she had kept an assembly in her arbour. And Asa cut down her bowers and burned them with fire by the brook Kedron. ¹⁴ But he did not remove the high places. Nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect before the Lord all his days. ¹⁵ And he brought in the pillars of his father. He brought in also his own pillars which were of gold or silver, together with vessels into the house of the Lord. ¹⁶ Now there was a war between Asa and Baasa, the king of Israel, all their days. ¹⁷ And when Baasa, king of Israel came up, and was building Rama, that none might go out or come in to Asa king of Juda, ¹⁸ Asa took all the silver and gold which was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants; and Asa despatched them to Son Ader, son of Taberema the son of Azin king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, ¹⁹ Renew with me the league which was between my father and thy father. Behold I have sent thee presents of gold and silver, come break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may go up from me. ²⁰ Accordingly Son Ader hearkened to king Asa, and sent the generals of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they smote Ain and Dan and Abel, of the house of Macha, and all Chennereth, even to the land of Nephthaleim. ²¹ And when Baasa heard this, he left off building Rama and went back to Thersa. ²² Whereupon king Asa sounded to all Juda the alarm Against the Enakims. And they carried away the stones, and the timber, with which Baasa was building Rama, And with them king Asa built mount Benjamin and the watch tower. ²³ Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and all the power he exercised, and the cities which he built, behold are they not written in the book of the journal of the kings of Juda? In his old age he was afflicted with the gout. ²⁴ And when Asa went to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, Josaphat his son reigned in his stead. ²⁵ Now Nabat son of Jeroboam began his reign in the second year of Asa king of Juda, and reigned two years in Israel. ²⁶ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sins with which he caused Israel to sin. ²⁷ And Baasa son of Achia beset him at the house of Belaan son of Achia and slew him at Gabathon of the Philistines: for Nabat and all Israel were besieging Gabathon. ²⁸ Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa son of Abiou king of Juda and reigned in his stead. ²⁹ And soon as he began to reign he smote the whole house of Jeroboam. He did not leave a living soul belonging to Jeroboam until he had utterly extirpated him according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the ministry of his servant Achia the Selonite, ³⁰ for the sins of Jeroboam who had caused Israel to sin, and for the provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel. ³¹ Now the rest of the acts of Nabat and all that he did, behold are they not written in the book of the journal of the kings of Israel? ³² [Omitted] ³³ In the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa son of Achia began his reign of twenty four years over Israel, at Thersa. ³⁴ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam son of Nabat, and in his sins, with which he caused Israel to sin;

² and I will make thee a great nation; and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be blessed;

¹⁴ And when Abram heard that his nephew Lot was carried away captive, he numbered his domestics, three hundred and eighteen men, and pursued them to Dan. ¹⁵ And in the night he and his servants fell upon them and smote them, and pursued them even to Choba, on the left of Damascus.

² Whereupon Abram said, sovereign Lord, what wilt thou give me, seeing I die childless, and the son of Masek my servant, this Damascus Eliezer;

²⁹ But when God destroyed all the cities of that neighbourhood he remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out from that destruction. Now when the Lord had destroyed those cities in which Lot had dwelt,

⁹ Then Abimelech sent for Abraham and said to him, Why hast thou dealt thus with us? Have we in any respect sinned against thee, that thou shouldst bring upon me and upon my kingdom this great sin? Thou hast done to me what no one should do.

⁵ because Abraham thy father hearkened to my voice and kept my ordinances and my commandments and my rules of rectitude and my rites.

²⁰ And taking the bull which they had made he burned it with fire and grinded it fine and strewed it in the water and made the Israelites drink it. ²¹ And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to thee, that thou hast brought upon them this great sin?

³⁰ and I will lay waste your pillars, and utterly destroy your carved images of wood, and cast your mangled limbs among the mangled limbs of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.

³⁷ Because he loved thy fathers, he chose you their seed after them; and by his mighty power he hath brought thee out of Egypt,

⁵ But in this manner thou shalt deal with them" their altars you shall destroy; their pillars you shall break to pieces; their groves you shall cut down; and the graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire.

²¹ Now I had taken your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire; and having stamped, and ground it, till it was very fine, and like dust, I threw the dust into the torrent which ran down out of the mount.

⁶ And if thy brother, the son of thy father, or of thy mother, or thine own son, or daughter, or the wife in thy bosom, or a friend who is as thine own soul, speak privately to thee saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; ⁷ any of the gods of the nations around you, of those near thee, or those far distant from thee, from one end of the earth to the other; ⁸ thou shalt not consent, nor hearken to him; neither shall thine eye pity him, nor shalt thou spare him, nor conceal him. ⁹ Thou shalt surely inform against him, and thy hands shall be upon him, among the foremost, to kill him, and afterwards the hands of the whole people. ¹⁰ And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall be put to death, because he sought to make thee apostatise from the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; out of the house of bondage. ¹¹ So all Israel will hear, and be afraid, and no more proceed to do any such wickedness as this among you.

³⁵ In the day of vengeance I will requite, When their foot shall be supplanted. Because the day of destruction is nigh for them, Therefore at hand are the things prepared for you.

⁹ With regard to him who saith to his father and to his mother I have not beheld thee, And hath not acknowledged his brethren, And hath renounced his own children, He it is who hath observed thine Oracles And diligently kept thy covenant.

²⁴ the city was burned with fire, with all that were in it, save the silver, and gold, and the brass, and iron, which they gave to be carried to the treasury of the Lord.

² and to the kings who bordered on great Sidon, to the hilly country, and to Araba over against Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor,

³ comprehending Araba, to the east side of the sea of Cheneroth, and to the sea of Araba, the east side of the salt sea, the way in front of Aseimoth, that leading from Thaiman, at the foot of Asedoth Phasga:

²⁴ and Karapha, and Kephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities with their villages: ²⁵ Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha, ²⁶ and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke,

⁴⁴ and Alkatha, and Begethon, and Gebeelan,

¹⁷ and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon with its suburbs, and Gatheth with its suburbs,

²³ and from the tribe of Dan, Elkothaim with its suburbs, and Gethedan with its suburbs,

²⁹ and called the name of the city Dan after the name of their father Dan who was born to Israel. Now the name of that city formerly was Oulamais.

²⁴ Do not so my sons; for the reports which I hear are not good, that the people cannot serve God.

⁵ Samuel said, Assemble all Israel to Massepha, and I will pray to the Lord for you.

³⁴ Then Samuel went to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house to Gabaa,

¹² And it shall come to pass when thy days are fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up after thee the seed of thee who shall spring from thy loins, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for my name, and I will raise up again his throne for ever. ¹⁴ I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when his iniquity shall come, I will correct him with a rod of men, and with scourges of the children of men, ¹⁵ but I will not withdraw my mercy from him as I withdrew it from them whom I removed from my presence. ¹⁶ His house and his kingdom shall be established for ever before me and his throne shall be raised up again for ever.

³ So David sent and sought out the woman, and one said, Is not this Bersabe, the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Ourias, the Chettite? ⁴ Whereupon David sent messengers, and took her, and went in unto her, and lay with her. And when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

¹⁵ and in the letter he wrote, saying, Set Ourias in the front of the hottest battle, and retire from him, that he may be smitten and die. ¹⁶ So in disposing the guards against the city, Joab stationed Ourias in the place where he knew there were men of valour. ¹⁷ And the men of the city sallied out, and fought with Joab, and some of the people of David's servants fell, and Ourias the Chittite died also.

⁹ Why then hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast slain Ourias the Chettite with the sword, and taken his wife to be thy wife. Thou hast indeed slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house. Because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Ourias the Chettite to be thy wife,

²³ And all the country wept with a loud voice, while all the people were crossing the brook Kedron. And when the king had crossed the brook Kedron, all the people, and the king, continued their march by the way to the wilderness.

¹⁴ Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Bethmacha, and all the men at Charri had assembled and gone after him. ¹⁵ And when they came up with him they formed a siege against him in Abel and Bethmacha. And when they had levelled the bank before the city, and were got within the out works, and all the people who were with Joab, were labouring to throw down the wall,

² Now the Gabaonites are not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them; but Saul sought occasion to smite them, when he was courting popularity with the children of Israel and Juda.

¹⁷ but Abessa, son of Saruia, came to his assistance, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then David's men sword, saying, Thou shalt not go out with us any more to battle, lest thou extinguish the lamp of Israel.

¹⁴ And if thou wilt walk in my ways to keep my commandments and my statutes, as thy father David did, I will also multiply thy days.

⁵¹ And when all the work was finished which Solomon made for the house of the Lord, then Solomon brought the dedications of his father David, and his own dedications, the silver and the gold, and the utensils, and deposited them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

⁶¹ And may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk piously in his statutes, and keep his commandments, as at this day.

⁴ And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father David did, with integrity of heart and with uprightness, and do according to all that I commanded him, and keep my statutes and my commandments,

⁴ so that when he grew old his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

⁷ then Solomon built high places for Chamos the idol of Moab, and for their king the idol of the Ammonites, and for Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians: ⁸ and thus he did for all his strange wives who burned incense and sacrificed to their idols.

¹² But I will not do these things in thy days for the sake of thy father David. Out of the hand of thy son will I take it;

²³ [Omitted] ²⁴ [Omitted]

³² But he shall have two tribes for David, my servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. ³³ Because he hath forsaken me and sacrificed to Astarte, the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos and the idols of Moab, and to their king the horror of the Ammonites, and hath not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight like his father David;

³⁶ And to his son I will give two tribes, that my servant David, may have a standing continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

²⁷ if the people go up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord; for the heart of the people will turn to the Lord and to their lord Roboam king of Juda and they will kill me. ²⁸ Therefore the king took counsel and went and made two calves of gold, and said to the people, Rest satisfied in respect to your going up to Jerusalem. Behold these are thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

²⁸ Therefore the king took counsel and went and made two calves of gold, and said to the people, Rest satisfied in respect to your going up to Jerusalem. Behold these are thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ²⁹ And he placed one of them in Baithel and the other he sent to Dan.

²⁹ And he placed one of them in Baithel and the other he sent to Dan.

²⁹ And he placed one of them in Baithel and the other he sent to Dan. ³⁰ And this became an occasion of sinning. For the people went before the one even to Dan, and they forsook the house of the Lord, ³¹ and he built houses on high places, and made priests of any part of the people who were not of the children of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam instituted a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth clay of the month, answering to the festival in the land of Juda, and he went up to the altar which he made at Baithel to burn incense to the calves which he had made, and presented at Baithel the priests of the high places whom he had made. ³³ But when he ascended the altar, which he had made, on the fifteenth day of the eight month, at the festival which he had devised out of his own heart and made a festival for the children of Israel; when he ascended the altar to offer incense,

³³ But after this affair Jeroboam did not turn from his wickedness, but again made from any part of the people, priests of the high places. Whoever pleased, consecrated himself and became a priest of the high places. ³⁴ And this became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, and occasioned its destruction and utter removal from the face of the earth.

¹ And when his son fell sick of a grievous sickness Jeroboam went to inquire about his son,

⁸ [Omitted] ⁹ [Omitted] ¹⁰ Behold I will cut off from Jeroboam every male. ¹¹ And them of Jeroboam who die in the city, the dogs shall devour; and him who dieth in the field, the birds of the air shall devour. ¹² Thus saith the Lord, Behold thou shalt depart from me and when thou shalt enter the city Sarira, thy maids will come out to meet and tell thee, The child is dead, For thus saith the Lord,

¹² Thus saith the Lord, Behold thou shalt depart from me and when thou shalt enter the city Sarira, thy maids will come out to meet and tell thee, The child is dead, For thus saith the Lord, ¹³ But this child shall be bewailed with the lamentation, Alas! Lord: because in him there hath been found something good respecting the Lord. ¹⁴ [Omitted]

¹⁴ [Omitted] ¹⁵ [Omitted] ¹⁶ [Omitted]

¹⁶ [Omitted] ¹⁷ Upon hearing this the woman departed and just as she arrived at Sarira the child died, and the shout went forth to meet her. Now when Jeroboam went to Sikima on Mount Ephraim and had assembled there the tribes of Israel, and Roboam son of Solomon went up there, a word of the Lord came to Samaias the Enlamite, saying, Take thee a new mantle which hath never been dipt in water and rend it into twelve pieces and give them to Jeroboam and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, Take for thyself ten pieces that thou mayst put them; [and when Jeroboam took them, Samaias said, Thus saith the Lord]; on the ten tribes of Israel. Then the people said to Roboam son of Solomon, Thy father made his yoke heavy on us, and loaded us with the meats for his table. Now therefore make them lighter on us and we will serve thee. And Roboam said to the people, Three days hence I will give you an answer. Then Roboam said, Bring to me the elders and I will consult with them what answer I shall give to the people on the third day. And when Roboam had stated to them the message which the people had sent to him, the elders of the people said, Do as the people have spoken to thee. But Roboam slighted their counsel. It was not pleasing in his sight. So he sent and convened them who were brought up with him and said to them, Such and such a message the people have sent to me. Thereupon these courtiers of his, said, In this manner thou shalt speak to the people saying, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's thigh. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. And this pleased Roboam, so he answered the people as these young courtiers of his advised him. Upon which all the people like one man said, every one to his neighbour; nay, they all shouted and said, We have no portion in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jessai. To your tents, Israel! for this man is not fit to be chief or leader. So all the people dispersed from Sikima, and went away every man to his habitation. But Roboam persisted and went and mounted his chariot and returned to Jerusalem, and all the tribe of Juda and all the tribe of Benjamin followed him. And the same year when Roboam had assembled all the men of Juda and Benjamin, and was going up to war against Jeroboam at Sikima, a word of the Lord came to Samaias the man of God, saying, Speak to Roboam king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to all the remnant of the people and say, Thus saith the Lord, You shall not go up, nor fight with your brethren the children of Israel. Return every one to his house. For this thing is from me. So they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and desisted from going up, as the Lord commanded them.

¹⁹ [Omitted] ²⁰ [Omitted] ²¹ Now Roboam son of Solomon reigned over Juda. He was forty one years old at the commencement of this reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there, and his mother's name was Naama, the Ammonitess. ²² Roboam did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him with all those things which their fathers had done, with all the sins which they had committed.

²² Roboam did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him with all those things which their fathers had done, with all the sins which they had committed. ²³ They built for themselves high places, and pillars, and arbours, on every high hill and under every shady tree, ²⁴ and sodomy was committed in the land. And they practised all the abominable acts of the nations which the Lord had removed from before the children of Israel.

²⁶ and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and the golden lances which David had taken out of the hand of the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought to Jerusalem. All these he took,, together with the golden armour which Solomon had made, and carried them away to Egypt.

²⁹ Now the rest of the acts of Roboam and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the journal of the kings of Juda?

²⁹ Now the rest of the acts of Roboam and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the journal of the kings of Juda? ³⁰ Now there was a war between Roboam and Jeroboam all their days.

³⁰ Now there was a war between Roboam and Jeroboam all their days. ³¹ And when Roboam went to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, Abiou his son reigned in his stead.

³¹ And when Roboam went to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, Abiou his son reigned in his stead.

² and reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacha, a grand daughter of Abessalom. ³ And he walked in the sins of his father which he had committed in his sight, and his heart, like the heart of his father, was not perfect before the Lord his God.

⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Abiou and all that he did, behold are they not written in the journal of the kings of Juda? for the war continued between Abiou and Jeroboam.

⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Abiou and all that he did, behold are they not written in the journal of the kings of Juda? for the war continued between Abiou and Jeroboam. ⁸ And Abiou went to rest with his fathers in the twentieth year of the reign of Jeroboam, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

¹⁰ and he reigned forty one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Ana, a descendant of Abessalom.

¹³ and degraded his mother Ana from the rank of queen, as she had kept an assembly in her arbour. And Asa cut down her bowers and burned them with fire by the brook Kedron.

¹⁵ And he brought in the pillars of his father. He brought in also his own pillars which were of gold or silver, together with vessels into the house of the Lord. ¹⁶ Now there was a war between Asa and Baasa, the king of Israel, all their days.

¹⁶ Now there was a war between Asa and Baasa, the king of Israel, all their days. ¹⁷ And when Baasa, king of Israel came up, and was building Rama, that none might go out or come in to Asa king of Juda,

¹⁷ And when Baasa, king of Israel came up, and was building Rama, that none might go out or come in to Asa king of Juda,

²¹ And when Baasa heard this, he left off building Rama and went back to Thersa. ²² Whereupon king Asa sounded to all Juda the alarm Against the Enakims. And they carried away the stones, and the timber, with which Baasa was building Rama, And with them king Asa built mount Benjamin and the watch tower.

²⁶ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sins with which he caused Israel to sin. ²⁷ And Baasa son of Achia beset him at the house of Belaan son of Achia and slew him at Gabathon of the Philistines: for Nabat and all Israel were besieging Gabathon.

³⁰ for the sins of Jeroboam who had caused Israel to sin, and for the provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel.

³² [Omitted]

³⁴ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam son of Nabat, and in his sins, with which he caused Israel to sin;

⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Baasa and all that he did, and his exploits, behold are they not written in the book of the journal of the kings of Israel?

⁷ Now by the ministry of Iou son of Anani, the Lord had spoken against Baasa, and against his house, on account of all the wickedness which he had committed in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to wrath by the works of his hands, that he should be treated like the house of Jeroboam, and that he would smite him. ⁸ So when Ela son of Baasa had reigned over Israel two years at Thersa, ⁹ Zambri the commander of one half of his cavalry, conspired against him; and when he was drinking to excess in the house of Osa his steward at Thersa,

¹⁴ Now the rest of the acts of Ela and all that he did, behold are they not written in the journal of the kings of Israel? ¹⁵ And Zambri reigned at Thersa seven days, and Israel was encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines.

¹⁵ And Zambri reigned at Thersa seven days, and Israel was encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines. ¹⁶ But when the people in the camp heard the news that Zambri had conspired and slain the king, they made Ambri the general of the army of Israel, king over Israel that very day in the camp. ¹⁷ And Ambri with all Israel marched up from Gabathon and laid siege to Thersa.

¹⁷ And Ambri with all Israel marched up from Gabathon and laid siege to Thersa. ¹⁸ And when Zambri saw that the city was taken, he went into a cellar of the king's house and set the house on fire over him. So he died ¹⁹ for the sins which he had committed by doing evil in the sight of the Lord, and walking in the way of Jeroboam son of Nabat, and in his sins so as to cause Israel to sin. ²⁰ Now the rest of the acts of Zambri and the conspiracies which he contrived; behold are they not written in the journal of the kings of Israel?

²⁵ And Ambri did evil in the sight of the Lord. Nay, he exceeded in wickedness all that went before him, ²⁶ and walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nabat, and in the sins by which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their idols. ²⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Ambri and all that he did, and all his power, behold are they not written in the journal of the kings of Israel?

³⁰ And Achab did evil in the sight of the Lord, and surpassed in wickedness all that went before him.

¹ Now when Son Ader had assembled all his army, he went up and sat down before Samaria. He had with him thirty two kings and all his cavalry and chariots. And when they had gone up and laid siege to Samaria and fought against it, ² he sent to Achab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus saith Son Ader; ³ Thy silver and thy gold are mine. And thy wives and thy children are mine. ⁴ In reply to which the king of Israel said, As thou my lord, king, hast spoken, I am thine and all that I have. ⁵ Then the messengers returned and said, Thus saith Son Ader, I have sent to thee saying, Thy silver and thy gold and thy wives and thy children thou shalt give to me.

³³ Whereupon the men catched up the omen, and using it as a libation, they repeated the word which dropped from his mouth, and said, Thy brother, Son Ader. Then he said, Go in and bring him. So he came out. And when they had helped him up to Achab into the chariot, ³⁴ he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee. And thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. On these terms, said Achab, I agree to let thee go. And when he had entered into covenant with him and let him go;

²² And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat, and like the house of Bassa son of Achia, for the provocations with which thou hast provoked me, and caused Israel to sin.

⁴¹ Now Josaphat son of Asa was king over Juda. In the fourth year of Achab, king of Israel, Josaphat began his reign. ⁴² He was thirty five years of age when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty five years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Azuba, a daughter of Salai. ⁴³ And he walked in all the way of his father Asa, and deviated not from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

⁴³ And he walked in all the way of his father Asa, and deviated not from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

⁴⁶ [Omitted]

⁵² He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father Achab, and in the way of his mother Jezabel, and in the sins of the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat, who made Israel sin,

³ but he adhered to the sin of Jeroboam son of Nabat, who had caused Israel to sin, and did not depart from that.

⁷ When Elisha went to Damascus, Son Ader king of Syria was sick. And when they told him, saying, The man of God is arrived here, ⁸ the king said to Azael, Take in thy hand an offering, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? ⁹ So Azael went to meet him, and took with him of all the good things of Damascus, forty camels' burden. And coming, he stood before Elisha, and said to him, Thy son, Son Ader king of Syria, hath sent me to thee to inquire, saying, Shall I recover of this disease of mine? ¹⁰ And Elisha said, Go say, Thou shalt be in vigour of life as the Lord hath shewn me, when thou by death shalt die. ¹¹ Then he stood with his eyes fixed on the countenance of Azael, and kept them fixed till he blushed. And the man of God wept. ¹² Whereupon Azael said, Why doth my lord weep? To which he replied, Because I know all the evils which thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their fortresses thou wilt demolish with fire; their chosen men thou wilt slay with the sword. Thou wilt dash to pieces their infants, and rip up their women with child. ¹³ At this Azael said, Who is thy servant! a dead dog! that I should do such a thing? And Elisha said, To me the Lord hath pointed thee out reigning over Syria. ¹⁴ Then he departed from Elisha, and went to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to thee? To which he replied, He said thou shalt be in vigour of life. ¹⁵ And on the next day he took a napkin, and having dipped it in water, he spread it over his face, so that he died. And Azael reigned in his stead.

⁷ And thou shalt utterly destroy the house of thy master Achab, from before me, and avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezabel and at the hand of all the house of Achab. ⁸ And thou shalt cut off from the house of Achab every male, both him who is attended and him who is neglected in Israel. ⁹ For I will make the house of Achab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa son of Achia. ¹⁰ And the dogs shall devour Jezabel in the portion of Jezrael, and there shall be none to bury her. Then he opened the door and fled.

³⁶ they returned and told him, whereupon he said, This is the word of the Lord which he spoke by the ministry of Elias the Thesbite, In the field of Jezrael the dogs shall devour the flesh of Jezabel; ³⁷ and the carcase of Jezabel shall be like dung on the ground in the field of Jezrael, that they may not say, Here lieth Jezabel.

¹⁰ You see now that there shall not fall to the ground any part of the word of the Lord which he spake against the house of Achab. For the lord hath executed all that he spoke by the ministry of his servant Elias. ¹¹ Then Jehu slew all that were left of the house of Achab in Jezrael, and all his nobles and his acquaintance, and his priests, so that there was not a remnant of him left.

³¹ yet Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with his whole heart. He did not refrain from following the sins of Jeroboam who had caused Israel to sin.

³ But none of the high places were removed. There the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

¹⁸ Joas king of Juda, took all the dedicated things which Josaphat and Joram and Ochozias, his forefathers the kings of Juda had dedicated, together with his own dedications, and all the gold which was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and sent them to Azael king of Syria, and he went up from Jerusalem.

²⁰ When his servants arose and having formed a conspiracy smote Joas at the house of Mello which is in Sela,

⁴ But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

⁴ But the high places he did not remove. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

²⁹ In the days of Phakee king of Israel, Thalgathphellasar king of the Assyrians came up and took Ain and Abel, and Thamacha and Anioch, and Kenez and Asor, and Galen and Galilee; all the land of Nephthaleim, and removed the inhabitants to Assyria.

⁴ He removed the high places and broke in pieces the pillars and destroyed the bowers and the brasen serpent which Moses made. Because in those days the Israelites were burning incense to it, therefore he called it Neesthan.

¹⁵ And Ezekias gave him all the silver which was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasury of the king's house. ¹⁶ At that time Ezekias cut up the doors of the temple, and the braces which he, Ezekias king of Juda, had overlaid with gold, and gave them to the king of Assyria.

²⁵ It was I who formed it; I who made it close so that it was effectual against strong cities, to carry into captivity captive warriors.

³ Lord, remember I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Ezekias wept sore.

¹¹ Because Manasses the king of Juda hath committed all these abominations; these evils surpassing all that the Amorites did before him, and hath caused Juda also to sin by their idols;

² He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right nor to the left.

⁶ And lie brought out the bower out of the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the brook Kedron, and having burned it by the brook Kedron, he ground it to powder, and strewed the powder over the graves of the children of the people.

¹² and the altars which were on the roof of Achaz's chamber, which the king's of Juda had erected? and he pulled down the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, and having dragged them out thence piece meal, he threw the rubbish of them into the brook Kedron. ¹³ The king defiled also the house which was in front of Jerusalem; that which was on the right of mount Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Astarte, the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chamos, the abomination of Moab, and for Moloch the abomination of the Ammonites. ¹⁴ And when he had broken in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the bowers, and filled their places with human bones, ¹⁵ he then tore down also the altar which was at Baithel, that high altar which was erected by Jeroboam, son of Nabat, who had caused Israel to sin. Even that high altar he tore down and broke the stones thereof to pieces and pounded them to dust, and burned the bower.

¹⁵ he then tore down also the altar which was at Baithel, that high altar which was erected by Jeroboam, son of Nabat, who had caused Israel to sin. Even that high altar he tore down and broke the stones thereof to pieces and pounded them to dust, and burned the bower.

⁹ All sons of David besides the sons of the concubines and Themar their sister.

²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over the treasures of the dedicated things, which were dedicated by David the king and by the chiefs of families, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and generals of the army, ²⁷ which they had taken from the cities and from the spoils won in battle, and of which they had dedicated a part, that the building of the house of God might not be delayed. ²⁸ They had the charge also of all the dedications made to God by Samuel the prophet, and by Saul son of Kis, and by Abenner son of Ner, and Joab son of Saruia. All that they dedicated was under the care of Salomoth and his brethren.

¹³ And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel, resorted to him, from all their borders. ¹⁴ For the Levites left the habitations of their possession and went to Juda to Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from ministering to the Lord, ¹⁵ and made for himself priests of the high places for the idols, and the vanities and the calves which Jeroboam made. ¹⁶ He expelled also from among the tribes of Israel them who set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers, ¹⁷ and strengthened the kingdom of Juda. So he strengthened Roboam son of Solomon three years, because for three years he walked in the ways of David and Solomon.

²⁰ and after that he took to wife Maacha a daughter of Abessalom, and she bore him Abia and Jetthi and Zoza and Salemoth.

²⁰ and after that he took to wife Maacha a daughter of Abessalom, and she bore him Abia and Jetthi and Zoza and Salemoth. ²¹ And Roboam loved Maacha, daughter of Abessalom, more than all his wives and concubines, [for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and by them he had twenty eight sons and sixty daughters;]

²¹ And Roboam loved Maacha, daughter of Abessalom, more than all his wives and concubines, [for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and by them he had twenty eight sons and sixty daughters;] ²² so he appointed Abia the son of Maacha to be chief and ruler among his brothers. Because he determined to make him king,

¹ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abia began to reign over Juda. ² He reigned three years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maacha, a daughter of Uriel of Gabaon. Now there was a war between Abia and Jeroboam.

² He reigned three years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maacha, a daughter of Uriel of Gabaon. Now there was a war between Abia and Jeroboam. ³ And when Abia had drawn up in array his army consisting of forty thousand fighting men, and Jeroboam had drawn up in array for battle against him with eighty thousand fighting men; ⁴ Abia rose up from mount Somoron which is on mount Ephraim and said, Hearken Jeroboam and all Israel! ⁵ Ought you not to know that the Lord God, the God of Israel, gave the office of king over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? ⁶ Yet Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and fled from his lord, ⁷ and there were gathered to him wicked factious men, so that he rose up against Roboam the son of Solomon, when he was young and faint hearted and unable to withstand him; ⁸ and now you think of rising up against the kingdom of the Lord administered by the suns of David. You indeed are a great multitude, and you have with you the calves of gold which Jeroboam hath made for you to be your gods. ⁹ Have you not expelled the priests of the Lord, the children of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests of the people of every land? Whoever came to consecrate himself with a young bull from the herd, and seven rams, was made a priest to a thing which is no God. ¹⁰ But as for us, we have not forsaken the Lord our God. His priests the sons of Aaron, and the Levites minister to the Lord in their courses. ¹¹ They burn to the Lord, every morning and evening, the whole burnt offering with the sacrifice of compound incense. We have the presence loaves set in order on the pure table, and the golden candlestick with the lamps for light, to be lighted every evening; for we keep the watches of the Lord, the God of our fathers, though you have forsaken him. ¹² Now behold with us, at our head, is the Lord and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm to sound a charge against you. sons of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of your fathers, for it will not prosper with you. ¹³ Now Jeroboam had detached an ambuscade to come upon his rear. He was before Juda and the ambuscade was behind them. ¹⁴ And when Juda looked back behold the battle was both in front and in the rear. Thereupon they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded the trumpets, ¹⁵ and the men of Juda shouted. And when the men of Juda shouted, the Lord smote Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda. ¹⁶ And the Israelites fled before Juda, and the Lord delivered them into their hands, ¹⁷ so that Abia and his people smote them with a great slaughter, and there fell of Israel, slain, fifty thousand warriors. ¹⁸ And the Israelites were humbled that day, and the sons of Juda prevailed because they trusted in the Lord God of their fathers. ¹⁹ And Abia continued the pursuit after Jeroboam and took from him the following cities, Baithel with the villages thereof, and Jesuna with the villages thereof, and Ephron with the villages thereof. ²⁰ And Jeroboam did not again recover strength all the days of Abia. And the Lord smote him and he died; ²¹ but Abia became mighty. Having taken fourteen wives he had twenty two sons and sixteen daughters. ²² Now the rest of the acts of Abia, his transactions and affairs, are written in the book of the prophet Addo.

¹ And when Abia died they buried him with his fathers, in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In the days of Asa the land of Juda was quiet ten years. ² And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.

² And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God. ³ He removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the bowers,

³ He removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the bowers, ⁴ and ordered Juda to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to perform the law and the commandments ⁵ And having removed out of all the cities of Juda the altars and the idols, he gave peace

⁵ And having removed out of all the cities of Juda the altars and the idols, he gave peace

¹¹ and Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to save with many or with few. Strengthen us, O Lord our God; for on thee is our reliance; and in thy name we are come against this great multitude. Lord our God, let not man prevail against thee.

¹³ and Asa and his people pursued them as far as Gedor. And the Ethiopeans fell so that they could not recover themselves; for they were trampled down before the Lord, and before his army. And when they had taken immense spoils,

¹⁵ and all Juda rejoiced at the oath; for they sword with their whole heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them. And the Lord gave them rest round about. ¹⁶ Moreover he restrained Maacha his mother from performing religious service to Astarte. And he cut to pieces the idol, and burned it by the brook Kedron. ¹⁷ But the high places were not removed. They still remained in Israel. But Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

¹⁷ But the high places were not removed. They still remained in Israel. But Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

¹⁷ But the high places were not removed. They still remained in Israel. But Asa's heart was perfect all his days. ¹⁸ And he brought in the dedications of his father David, the holy things appertaining to the house of God, silver and gold and vessels.

¹⁸ And he brought in the dedications of his father David, the holy things appertaining to the house of God, silver and gold and vessels.

¹⁸ And he brought in the dedications of his father David, the holy things appertaining to the house of God, silver and gold and vessels. ¹⁹ Now Asa was engaged in no war, till the thirty fifth year of his reign.

¹ But in the thirty eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel came up against Juda, and began building Rama, in order to stop all outlet and inlet to Asa king of Juda; ² whereupon Asa took silver and gold, out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and sent to the son of Ader king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, ³ Make a covenant between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father. Behold I have sent thee gold and silver, come and remove from me Baasa king of Israel and let him depart from me.

³ Make a covenant between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father. Behold I have sent thee gold and silver, come and remove from me Baasa king of Israel and let him depart from me. ⁴ Accordingly Son Ader hearkened to king Asa and sent the generals of his army against the cities of Israel, and smote Aion and Dan and Abelmain, and all the territories adjacent to Nephthaleim. ⁵ At the news of this Baasa quitted building, and put a stop to the work.

⁵ At the news of this Baasa quitted building, and put a stop to the work. ⁶ Whereupon king Asa took all Juda, and carried away the stones of Rama and the timber thereof, with which Baasa was building, and with them built Gabae and Maspha.

⁶ Whereupon king Asa took all Juda, and carried away the stones of Rama and the timber thereof, with which Baasa was building, and with them built Gabae and Maspha. ⁷ At that time Anani the prophet, came to Asa king of Juda and said to him, Seeing thou hast put thy trust in the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of the king of Syria hath escaped out of thy hand.

⁷ At that time Anani the prophet, came to Asa king of Juda and said to him, Seeing thou hast put thy trust in the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of the king of Syria hath escaped out of thy hand. ⁸ Were not the Ethiopeans and the Lybians to be dreaded for their huge army? For their prowess, for their horsemen, for their immense multitude? Yet because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand. ⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look throughout the whole earth, to strengthen them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this matter thou hast acted foolishly. Henceforward thou shalt have war.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look throughout the whole earth, to strengthen them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this matter thou hast acted foolishly. Henceforward thou shalt have war. ¹⁰ Upon this Asa was enraged at the prophet, and committed him to prison. Because this gave offence, Asa proceeded to outrage against the people at the same time. ¹¹ Now behold the acts of Asa first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. ¹² In the thirty ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, till he became very sick; but in his sickness he did not apply to the Lord, but to physicians. ¹³ And Asa slept with his fathers. He died in the fortieth year of his reign, ¹⁴ and they buried him in the tomb which he had hewn out for himself, in the city of David. And when they had composed him on the bed, they filled it with spices, and all kinds of perfumes prepared by apothecaries, and made a very great funeral procession for him,

¹ and Josaphat his son reigned in his stead. And Josaphat strengthened himself against Israel, ² and put garrisons in all the fortified cities of Juda, and appointed governors in all the cities of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which his father Asa had taken, ³ and the Lord was with Josaphat. Because he walked in the first ways of his father and consulted not the idols, ⁴ but sought the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commands of his father, and not according to the works of Israel, ⁵ therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda gave gifts to Josaphat, so that he had riches and honour in abundance: ⁶ and his heart being exalted in the way of the Lord, he removed the high places and the bowers out of the land of Juda. ⁷ And in the third year of his reign, he sent with the heads of families these rulers of his, namely, Abdias and Zacharias and Nathaniel and Michaias, to teach in the cities of Juda; ⁸ and with them were these Levites, namely Samaias and Nathanias and Zabdias and Asiel and Semiramoth and Jonathan and Adonias and Tobias and Tobadonias who were Levites; and with them Elisama and Joram who were priests, ⁹ and they taught in Juda. Having with them the book of the law of the Lord, they went through the cities of Juda, and taught the people.

² .Jehu the son of Anani the prophet, went out to meet him, and said to him, King Josaphat, dost thou aid a sinner, or form friendship with one hated by the Lord? On this account there would have been wrath against thee,

⁷ the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he had made with David, and because he had promised him, to give him and his sons a lamp continually

² and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

²⁰ Thus did Ezekias through all Juda, and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord his God. ²¹ And in every work which he undertook in the service of the house of the Lord, and in the law and in the statutes, he sought his God with his whole heart, and did it and prospered.

² and did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right or to the left.

⁴ And having caused to be torn down in his presence, the altars of the Baalims, and the high things which were on them, he cut down the bowers, and broke in pieces the graven and the molten images. And having beaten them to dust, he strewed it over the graves of them who had sacrificed to them,

²⁸ Because thou, Lord, wilt light my lamp; thou, my God, wilt enlighten my darkness;

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bersabe. Have mercy upon me, God, according to thy great compassion: and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out this my crime,

⁵ Man will say, "Sion is my mother;" and, "In it such a man was born." "The Most High himself founded it"

¹⁰ The days of these years of ours are seventy years: and if by reason of strength they be eighty years; still the surplus of them is labour and sorrow. Because gentleness hath come upon us: let us, therefore,

⁶ Then I cannot be put to shame, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I may not be shamed.

¹⁷ I will cause a horn for David to spring up there; I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed.

⁴ Thou my consort, art beautiful as Terzah; comely as Jerusalem; dazzling as embattled hosts!

⁴ Ah! sinful nation; people full of sins! vile race! iniquitous children! you have utterly forsaken the Lord; and provoked to wrath the Holy One of Israel.

⁷ His government shall be great and to his peace there is no boundary, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to reestablish it, and support it with judgment and justice, henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

³² what then will the kings of nations say in reply? "That the Lord hath founded Sion, and by him the poor of his people shall be saved."

¹ ALAS! They went down to Egypt for help! They trusted in horses and chariots; for they have many and their cavalry is very numerous; and did not rely on the Holy One of Israel, nor did they ask counsel of the Lord.

³⁵ I will cover this city with my shield to save it for mine own sake and the sake of my servant David. So an angel of the Lord went forth and slew of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty five thousand. And when they arose in the morning they found all these dead bodies.

⁷ for there is none like you. When he shall have reestablished and made Jerusalem a boast on the earth;

¹⁵ There was heard at Rama a sound of lamentation and weeping and wailing; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted, because they are no more.

³⁵ and have built up the altars to Baal which were in the valley of the son of Ennom to offer up their sons and their daughters to king Moloch; a thing which I never commanded them, nor did it ever come into my mind that they should commit such an abomination to cause Juda to transgress heinously.

² Thus saith the Lord, the maker of the earth, who formed it that he might regulate it. His name is the Lord;

⁶ and he went to Godolias to Massepha and dwelt among his people who were left in the land.

¹⁰ As for me, behold I reside before you, at Massepha to meet the Chaldeans who may come against you. But as for you, collect wine and summer fruits and oil and lay them up in your vessels and dwell in the cities which you have taken possession of.

²⁷ And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus and it shall consume the palaces of Son of Ader.

¹³ and shall take one of the royal seed and make a covenant with him, and shall lay him under an oath and comprehend the generals of the land, ¹⁴ that it shall be a weak kingdom and never be independent; that he will keep this covenant with him and that it shall stand. ¹⁵ Now should he revolt from him so as to send his ambassadors to Egypt, that it may furnish him with horses and a great army, shall he prosper? Shall he who is perfidious escape? And shall he who breaketh a covenant be delivered? ¹⁶ As I live saith the Lord, in the place where the king liveth, who made him king; even with him in Babylon shall he die who hath dishonoured my oath and broken my covenant: and neither with a great army nor with much people,

¹⁸ Then I said to their children in the wilderness, walk not ye in the customs of your fathers, nor observe their rules of conduct; have no communication with their devices and be not polluted. ¹⁹ I the Lord am your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my rules of rectitude and practise them;

⁴ therefore I will send a fire into the house of Azael, and it shall devour the foundations of BenAder.

¹ But it shall come to pass in the last of these days, that the mountain of the Lord shall be conspicuous: it shall be established on the tops of the mountains, and raised high above the hills; and peoples shall hasten to it. ² And many nations shall come; they will say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; that they may point out to us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Sion shall go forth a law; and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

² The Lord was very angry with your fathers, ³ therefore thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Turn to me, saith the Lord of Hosts and4 I will turn to you saith the Lord of Hosts. ⁴ And be not like your fathers to whom the former prophets called, saying, "Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked devices, " but they hearkened not, nor gave attention to listen to me, saith the Lord. ⁵ As for your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, will they live forever? ⁶ But receive ye my words and my statutes; all that I, by my spirit, give in charge to my servants the prophets, who reached your fathers, when they addressed them and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to deal with us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so hath he dealt with us."

³ And it shall come to pass that if any man shall still prophesy, even his father and his mother who begot him will say to him, Thou shalt not live, because thou hast spoken lies in the name of the Lord. And his father and his mother who begot him will bind him when he prophesieth.

⁷ and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, ⁸ and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,

⁸ and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,

³⁷ He who loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he who loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

⁴⁶ Now, while he was speaking to the people, lo! His mother and his brethren were standing without, desiring to speak with him. ⁴⁷ And one said to him, lo! thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, desiring to speak with thee. ⁴⁸ In reply to which he said to him who told him, who is my mother? And who are my brethren? ⁴⁹ Then, stretching out his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold my mother, and my brethren! ⁵⁰ for whoever will do the will of my father who is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

¹⁸ Now I say to thee, Thou art named Peter, [a rock,] and upon this very rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

⁶ They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and precepts of the Lord, without blame.

⁶⁹ He indeed hath raised up for us a horn of salvation in the house of his servant David ⁷⁰ [as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets of old] ⁷¹ a deliverance from our enemies, and out of the hand of all who hate us ⁷² in kindness to our fathers, and in remembrance of his holy covenant ⁷³ [as he sware to our father Abraham] ⁷⁴ that he would grant us, that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, may serve him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ Now as for thee, child, thou shalt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou shall go before in the presence of the Lord, to prepare his ways; ⁷⁷ to give his people a knowledge of salvation, by a remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the tender mercy of our God, by which the Anatole [the day spring] from on high hath visited us ⁷⁹ to give light to them who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace."

³² a light to illuminate the nations; the glory of thy people Israel.

¹² Then Jesus spake to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who floweth me will not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

¹ When Jesus had thus spoken, he went out with his disciples to the bank of the brook Kedron, where there was a garden into which he went with his disciples.

²² Then having removed him, he raised up for them David to be king, to whom he gave this testimony, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will execute all my orders."

³⁶ For David indeed, having in his generation answered the purpose of God, went to rest and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption;

²⁶ therefore God gave them up to infamous passions; for even their women perverted the instinct of nature; ²⁷ and in like manner the males also leaving the sex, were inflamed with desires towards each other, which they most shamefully indulged, men with men, and received in themselves the retribution which was justly due to their error.

³¹ without understanding, covenant breakers, void of natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.

⁸ And will you, [as we are calumniated and as some affirm that we] say, that we should do evil that good may come, you whose condemnation is just?

²⁸ With respect to these glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but with respect to the choice, they are beloved on account of the fathers.

¹⁵ Now if on account of thy food thy brother is grieved, thou no longer walkest According to love. Destroy not by thy food him for whom Christ died.

¹⁰ For if one seeth thee who hast knowledge seated at table in an idol temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat the idol sacrifice? ¹¹ And shall the weak brother, for whom Christ died, be destroyed for thy knowledge? ¹² When you sin thus against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. ¹³ Wherefore if meat cause my brother to stumble, I will never eat flesh that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

¹⁶ So that henceforth we know no one after the flesh. Nay though we indeed knew Christ after the flesh, yet we now know him so no more.

⁵ yield for a moment any submission to them, that the truth of the glad tidings might continue with you. ⁶ And with regard to those in high repute [what they were formerly doth not concern me: God accepteth not man's person; for these men of repute added nothing to me;

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not walking uprightly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before them all, "If thou being a Jew mayst live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, why compellest thou .the Gentiles to conform to the rites of the Jews?

¹⁸ knowing that from that vain course of life, handed down to you from your fathers, you have been redeemed not with perishable things such as silver and gold,

⁷ As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, which, in like manner with them, abandoned themselves to licentiousness, and went after strange flesh, were made an example of, suffering the vengeance of everlasting fire;

¹⁶ I Jesus have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David; the bright and the morning star.