{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-passage-template-js","path":"/2kgs","result":{"data":{"neo4j":{"Book":[{"title":"2 Kings","bookOrder":12,"chapters":[{"title":"2Kgs 1","chapterNum":1,"osisRef":"2Kgs.1","verses":[{"verseId":12001001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) rebelled against Israel after the death of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113).","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.1"},{"verseId":12001002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_120) fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that _was_ in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of [Baal-zebub](/person/baal-zebub_579) the god of [Ekron](/place/ekron_364) whether I shall recover of this disease.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.2"},{"verseId":12001003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"But the angel of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and say unto them, _Is_ _it_ not because _there_ _is_ not a [God](/person/god_1324) in Israel, _that_ ye go to enquire of [Baal-zebub](/person/baal-zebub_579) the god of [Ekron](/place/ekron_364)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.3"},{"verseId":12001004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Now therefore thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) departed.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.4"},{"verseId":12001005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.5"},{"verseId":12001006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _Is_ _it_ not because _there_ _is_ not a [God](/person/god_1324) in Israel, _that_ thou sendest to enquire of [Baal-zebub](/person/baal-zebub_579) the god of [Ekron](/place/ekron_364)? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.6"},{"verseId":12001007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And he said unto them, What manner of man _was_ _he_ which came up to meet you, and told you these words?","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.7"},{"verseId":12001008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And they answered him, _He_ _was_ an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It _is_ [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the Tishbite.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.8"},{"verseId":12001009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of [God](/person/god_1324), the king hath said, Come down.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.9"},{"verseId":12001010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I _be_ a man of [God](/person/god_1324), then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.10"},{"verseId":12001011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of [God](/person/god_1324), thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.11"},{"verseId":12001012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) answered and said unto them, If I _be_ a man of [God](/person/god_1324), let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of [God](/person/god_1324) came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.12"},{"verseId":12001013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), and besought him, and said unto him, O man of [God](/person/god_1324), I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.13"},{"verseId":12001014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.14"},{"verseId":12001015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And the angel of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.15"},{"verseId":12001016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of [Baal-zebub](/person/baal-zebub_579) the god of [Ekron](/place/ekron_364), _is_ _it_ not because _there_ _is_ no [God](/person/god_1324) in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.16"},{"verseId":12001017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"So he died according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) which [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) had spoken. And [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) reigned in his stead in the second year of [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751); because he had no son.","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.17"},{"verseId":12001018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_120) which he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.1.18"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 2","chapterNum":2,"osisRef":"2Kgs.2","verses":[{"verseId":12002001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) would take up [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) into heaven by a whirlwind, that [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) went with [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) from [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_477).","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.1"},{"verseId":12002002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), Tarry here, I pray thee; for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath sent me to [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202). And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said _unto_ _him_, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, and _as_ thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202).","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.2"},{"verseId":12002003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the sons of the prophets that _were_ at [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202) came forth to [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), and said unto him, Knowest thou that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know _it_; hold ye your peace.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.3"},{"verseId":12002004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto him, [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), tarry here, I pray thee; for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath sent me to [Jericho](/place/jericho_634). And he said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, and _as_ thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to [Jericho](/place/jericho_634).","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.4"},{"verseId":12002005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the sons of the prophets that _were_ at [Jericho](/place/jericho_634) came to [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), and said unto him, Knowest thou that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know _it_; hold ye your peace.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.5"},{"verseId":12002006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath sent me to [Jordan](/place/jordan_653). And he said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, and _as_ thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.6"},{"verseId":12002007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by [Jordan](/place/jordan_653).","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.7"},{"verseId":12002008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) took his mantle, and wrapped _it_ together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.8"},{"verseId":12002009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.9"},{"verseId":12002010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: _nevertheless_, if thou see me _when_ _I_ _am_ taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be _so_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.10"},{"verseId":12002011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, _there_ _appeared_ a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) went up by a whirlwind into heaven.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.11"},{"verseId":12002012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) saw _it_, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.12"},{"verseId":12002013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"He took up also the mantle of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of [Jordan](/place/jordan_653);","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.13"},{"verseId":12002014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he took the mantle of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where _is_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131)? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) went over.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.14"},{"verseId":12002015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And when the sons of the prophets which _were_ to view at [Jericho](/place/jericho_634) saw him, they said, The spirit of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) doth rest on [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153). And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.15"},{"verseId":12002016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.16"},{"verseId":12002017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.17"},{"verseId":12002018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at [Jericho](/place/jericho_634)), he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.18"},{"verseId":12002019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the men of the city said unto [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city _is_ pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water _is_ naught, and the ground barren.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.19"},{"verseId":12002020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought _it_ to him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.20"},{"verseId":12002021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren _land_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.21"},{"verseId":12002022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) which he spake.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.22"},{"verseId":12002023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And he went up from thence unto [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202): and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.23"},{"verseId":12002025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And he went from thence to mount [Carmel](/place/mount_carmel_831), and from thence he returned to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.2.25"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 3","chapterNum":3,"osisRef":"2Kgs.3","verses":[{"verseId":12003001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) began to reign over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) the eighteenth year of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and reigned twelve years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.1"},{"verseId":12003003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.3"},{"verseId":12003004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Mesha](/person/mesha_2009) king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.4"},{"verseId":12003005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"But it came to pass, when [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) was dead, that the king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) rebelled against the king of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.5"},{"verseId":12003006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And king [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) went out of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) the same time, and numbered all Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.6"},{"verseId":12003007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And he went and sent to [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), saying, The king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) to battle? And he said, I will go up: I _am_ as thou _art_, my people as thy people, _and_ my horses as thy horses.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.7"},{"verseId":12003008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357).","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.8"},{"verseId":12003009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So the king of Israel went, and the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and the king of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357): and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.9"},{"verseId":12003010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815)!","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.10"},{"verseId":12003011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"But [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) said, _Is_ _there_ not here a prophet of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that we may enquire of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here _is_ [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the son of [Shaphat](/person/shaphat_2553), which poured water on the hands of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131).","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.11"},{"verseId":12003012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) said, The word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) is with him. So the king of Israel and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) and the king of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357) went down to him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.12"},{"verseId":12003013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815).","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.13"},{"verseId":12003014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.14"},{"verseId":12003015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came upon him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.15"},{"verseId":12003016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he said, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Make this valley full of ditches.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.16"},{"verseId":12003017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"For thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.17"},{"verseId":12003018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And this is _but_ a light thing in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.18"},{"verseId":12003019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.19"},{"verseId":12003020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357), and the country was filled with water.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.20"},{"verseId":12003021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.21"},{"verseId":12003022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side _as_ red as blood:","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.22"},{"verseId":12003023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And they said, This _is_ blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), to the spoil.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.23"},{"verseId":12003024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in _their_ country.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.24"},{"verseId":12003026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when the king of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through _even_ unto the king of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357): but they could not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.26"},{"verseId":12003027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him _for_ a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to _their_ _own_ land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.3.27"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 4","chapterNum":4,"osisRef":"2Kgs.4","verses":[{"verseId":12004001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.1"},{"verseId":12004002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.2"},{"verseId":12004003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, _even_ empty vessels; borrow not a few.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.3"},{"verseId":12004004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.4"},{"verseId":12004005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought _the_ _vessels_ to her; and she poured out.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.5"},{"verseId":12004006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, _There_ _is_ not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.6"},{"verseId":12004007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then she came and told the man of [God](/person/god_1324). And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.7"},{"verseId":12004008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And it fell on a day, that [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) passed to [Shunem](/place/shunem_1089), where _was_ a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And _so_ it was, _that_ as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.8"},{"verseId":12004009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this _is_ an holy man of [God](/person/god_1324), which passeth by us continually.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.9"},{"verseId":12004010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.10"},{"verseId":12004011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.11"},{"verseId":12004012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he said to [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.12"},{"verseId":12004013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what _is_ to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.13"},{"verseId":12004014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he said, What then _is_ to be done for her? And [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.14"},{"verseId":12004015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.15"},{"verseId":12004016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, _thou_ man of [God](/person/god_1324), do not lie unto thine handmaid.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.16"},{"verseId":12004017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) had said unto her, according to the time of life.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.17"},{"verseId":12004018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.18"},{"verseId":12004019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.19"},{"verseId":12004020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and _then_ died.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.20"},{"verseId":12004021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and shut _the_ _door_ upon him, and went out.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.21"},{"verseId":12004022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and come again.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.22"},{"verseId":12004023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? _it_ _is_ neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, _It_ _shall_ _be_ well.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.23"},{"verseId":12004024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not _thy_ riding for me, except I bid thee.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.24"},{"verseId":12004025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"So she went and came unto the man of [God](/person/god_1324) to mount [Carmel](/place/mount_carmel_831). And it came to pass, when the man of [God](/person/god_1324) saw her afar off, that he said to [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) his servant, Behold, _yonder_ _is_ that Shunammite:","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.25"},{"verseId":12004026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, _Is_ _it_ well with thee? _is_ _it_ well with thy husband? _is_ _it_ well with the child? And she answered, _It_ _is_ well.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.26"},{"verseId":12004027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And when she came to the man of [God](/person/god_1324) to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) came near to thrust her away. And the man of [God](/person/god_1324) said, Let her alone; for her soul _is_ vexed within her: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath hid _it_ from me, and hath not told me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.27"},{"verseId":12004028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.28"},{"verseId":12004029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Then he said to [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293), Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.29"},{"verseId":12004030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the mother of the child said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, and _as_ thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.30"},{"verseId":12004031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but _there_ _was_ neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.31"},{"verseId":12004032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And when [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, _and_ laid upon his bed.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.32"},{"verseId":12004033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.33"},{"verseId":12004034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.34"},{"verseId":12004035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.35"},{"verseId":12004036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And he called [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293), and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.36"},{"verseId":12004037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.37"},{"verseId":12004038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) came again to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_477): and _there_ _was_ a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets _were_ sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.38"},{"verseId":12004039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred _them_ into the pot of pottage: for they knew _them_ not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.39"},{"verseId":12004040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O _thou_ man of [God](/person/god_1324), _there_ _is_ death in the pot. And they could not eat _thereof_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.40"},{"verseId":12004041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast _it_ into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.41"},{"verseId":12004042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And there came a man from [Baal-shalisha](/place/baal-shalishah_147), and brought the man of [God](/person/god_1324) bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.42"},{"verseId":12004043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), They shall eat, and shall leave _thereof_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.43"},{"verseId":12004044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"So he set _it_ before them, and they did eat, and left _thereof_, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.4.44"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 5","chapterNum":5,"osisRef":"2Kgs.5","verses":[{"verseId":12005001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122), captain of the host of the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122), was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had given deliverance unto [Syria](/place/syria_1122): he was also a mighty man in valour, _but_ _he_ _was_ a leper.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.1"},{"verseId":12005002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on [Naaman’s](/person/naaman_2122) wife.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.2"},{"verseId":12005003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And she said unto her mistress, Would [God](/person/god_1324) my lord _were_ with the prophet that _is_ in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022)! for he would recover him of his leprosy.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.3"},{"verseId":12005005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand _pieces_ of gold, and ten changes of raiment.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.5"},{"verseId":12005006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have _therewith_ sent [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.6"},{"verseId":12005007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, _Am_ I [God](/person/god_1324), to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.7"},{"verseId":12005008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And it was _so_, when [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the man of [God](/person/god_1324) had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.8"},{"verseId":12005009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153).","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.9"},{"verseId":12005010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.10"},{"verseId":12005011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"But [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324), and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.11"},{"verseId":12005012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"_Are_ not [Abana](/place/abana_1) and [Pharpar](/place/pharpar_940), rivers of [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.12"},{"verseId":12005013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, _if_ the prophet had bid thee _do_ _some_ great thing, wouldest thou not have done _it_? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.13"},{"verseId":12005014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), according to the saying of the man of [God](/person/god_1324): and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.14"},{"verseId":12005015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he returned to the man of [God](/person/god_1324), he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that _there_ _is_ no [God](/person/god_1324) in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.15"},{"verseId":12005016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"But he said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take _it_; but he refused.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.16"},{"verseId":12005017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.17"},{"verseId":12005018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"In this thing the [LORD](/person/god_1324) pardon thy servant, _that_ when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) pardon thy servant in this thing.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.18"},{"verseId":12005019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.19"},{"verseId":12005020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"But [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293), the servant of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the man of [God](/person/god_1324), said, Behold, my master hath spared [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.20"},{"verseId":12005021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"So [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) followed after [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122). And when [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) saw _him_ running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, _Is_ all well?","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.21"},{"verseId":12005022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And he said, All _is_ well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206) two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.22"},{"verseId":12005023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid _them_ upon two of his servants; and they bare _them_ before him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.23"},{"verseId":12005024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And when he came to the tower, he took _them_ from their hand, and bestowed _them_ in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.24"},{"verseId":12005025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But he went in, and stood before his master. And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said unto him, Whence _comest_ _thou_, [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293)? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.25"},{"verseId":12005026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Went not mine heart _with_ _thee_, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? _Is_ _it_ a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.26"},{"verseId":12005027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"The leprosy therefore of [Naaman](/person/naaman_2122) shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper _as_ _white_ as snow.","osisRef":"2Kgs.5.27"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 6","chapterNum":6,"osisRef":"2Kgs.6","verses":[{"verseId":12006001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the sons of the prophets said unto [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.1"},{"verseId":12006002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Let us go, we pray thee, unto [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.2"},{"verseId":12006003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.3"},{"verseId":12006004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"So he went with them. And when they came to [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), they cut down wood.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.4"},{"verseId":12006005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.5"},{"verseId":12006006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the man of [God](/person/god_1324) said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast _it_ in thither; and the iron did swim.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.6"},{"verseId":12006007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Therefore said he, Take _it_ up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.7"},{"verseId":12006008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place _shall_ _be_ my camp.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.8"},{"verseId":12006009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the man of [God](/person/god_1324) sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.9"},{"verseId":12006010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of [God](/person/god_1324) told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.10"},{"verseId":12006011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Therefore the heart of the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us _is_ for the king of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.11"},{"verseId":12006012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), the prophet that _is_ in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.12"},{"verseId":12006013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he said, Go and spy where he _is_, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, _he_ _is_ in [Dothan](/place/dothan_342).","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.13"},{"verseId":12006014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.14"},{"verseId":12006015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And when the servant of the man of [God](/person/god_1324) was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.15"},{"verseId":12006016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he answered, Fear not: for they that _be_ with us _are_ more than they that _be_ with them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.16"},{"verseId":12006017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) prayed, and said, [LORD](/person/god_1324), I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain _was_ full of horses and chariots of fire round about [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153).","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.17"},{"verseId":12006018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And when they came down to him, [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) prayed unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153).","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.18"},{"verseId":12006019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said unto them, This _is_ not the way, neither _is_ this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.19"},{"verseId":12006020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when they were come into [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), that [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said, [LORD](/person/god_1324), open the eyes of these _men_, that they may see. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, _they_ _were_ in the midst of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.20"},{"verseId":12006021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said unto [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), when he saw them, My father, shall I smite _them_? shall I smite _them_?","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.21"},{"verseId":12006022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And he answered, Thou shalt not smite _them_: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.22"},{"verseId":12006023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.23"},{"verseId":12006024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And it came to pass after this, that [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_453) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.24"},{"verseId":12006025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And there was a great famine in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022): and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was _sold_ for fourscore _pieces_ of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five _pieces_ of silver.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.25"},{"verseId":12006026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.26"},{"verseId":12006027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And he said, If the [LORD](/person/god_1324) do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.27"},{"verseId":12006028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.28"},{"verseId":12006029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.29"},{"verseId":12006030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, _he_ _had_ sackcloth within upon his flesh.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.30"},{"verseId":12006031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Then he said, [God](/person/god_1324) do so and more also to me, if the head of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the son of [Shaphat](/person/shaphat_2553) shall stand on him this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.31"},{"verseId":12006032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"But [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and _the_ _king_ sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: _is_ not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.32"},{"verseId":12006033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil _is_ of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); what should I wait for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) any longer?","osisRef":"2Kgs.6.33"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 7","chapterNum":7,"osisRef":"2Kgs.7","verses":[{"verseId":12007001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said, Hear ye the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), To morrow about this time _shall_ a measure of fine flour _be_ _sold_ for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.1"},{"verseId":12007002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and said, Behold, _if_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see _it_ with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.2"},{"verseId":12007003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.3"},{"verseId":12007004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine _is_ in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.4"},{"verseId":12007005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, _there_ _was_ no man there.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.5"},{"verseId":12007006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"For the [Lord](/person/god_1324) had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, _even_ the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the [Egyptians](/place/egypt_362), to come upon us.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.6"},{"verseId":12007007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it _was_, and fled for their life.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.7"},{"verseId":12007008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid _it_; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence _also_, and went and hid _it_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.8"},{"verseId":12007009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day _is_ a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.9"},{"verseId":12007010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, _there_ _was_ no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they _were_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.10"},{"verseId":12007011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he called the porters; and they told _it_ to the king’s house within.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.11"},{"verseId":12007012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we _be_ hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.12"},{"verseId":12007013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And one of his servants answered and said, Let _some_ take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they _are_ as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, _I_ _say_, they _are_ even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed): and let us send and see.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.13"},{"verseId":12007014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.14"},{"verseId":12007015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And they went after them unto [Jordan](/place/jordan_653): and, lo, all the way _was_ full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.15"},{"verseId":12007016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was _sold_ for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.16"},{"verseId":12007017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of [God](/person/god_1324) had said, who spake when the king came down to him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.17"},{"verseId":12007018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And it came to pass as the man of [God](/person/god_1324) had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022):","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.18"},{"verseId":12007019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And that lord answered the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and said, Now, behold, _if_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.19"},{"verseId":12007020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.","osisRef":"2Kgs.7.20"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 8","chapterNum":8,"osisRef":"2Kgs.8","verses":[{"verseId":12008001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then spake [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.1"},{"verseId":12008002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of [God](/person/god_1324): and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.2"},{"verseId":12008003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.3"},{"verseId":12008004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the king talked with [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) the servant of the man of [God](/person/god_1324), saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) hath done.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.4"},{"verseId":12008005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And [Gehazi](/person/gehazi_1293) said, My lord, O king, this _is_ the woman, and this _is_ her son, whom [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) restored to life.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.5"},{"verseId":12008006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that _was_ hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.6"},{"verseId":12008007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) came to [Damascus](/place/damascus_322); and [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_453) the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of [God](/person/god_1324) is come hither.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.7"},{"verseId":12008008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463), Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and enquire of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.8"},{"verseId":12008009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_453) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.9"},{"verseId":12008010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath shewed me that he shall surely die.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.10"},{"verseId":12008011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of [God](/person/god_1324) wept.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.11"},{"verseId":12008012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682): their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.12"},{"verseId":12008013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) said, But what, _is_ thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) answered, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath shewed me that thou _shalt_ _be_ king over [Syria](/place/syria_1122).","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.13"},{"verseId":12008014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"So he departed from [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), and came to his master; who said to him, What said [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) to thee? And he answered, He told me _that_ thou shouldest surely recover.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.14"},{"verseId":12008015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped _it_ in water, and spread _it_ on his face, so that he died: and [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.15"},{"verseId":12008016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And in the fifth year of [Joram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel, [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) _being_ then king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.16"},{"verseId":12008017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.17"},{"verseId":12008018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113): for the daughter of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.18"},{"verseId":12008019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Yet the [LORD](/person/god_1324) would not destroy [Judah](/person/judah_1751) for [David](/person/david_994) his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, _and_ to his children.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.19"},{"verseId":12008020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"In his days [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357) revolted from under the hand of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and made a king over themselves.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.20"},{"verseId":12008021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"So [Joram](/person/jehoram_803) went over to [Zair](/place/zair_1236), and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.21"},{"verseId":12008022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Yet [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357) revolted from under the hand of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) unto this day. Then [Libnah](/place/libnah_728) revolted at the same time.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.22"},{"verseId":12008023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Joram](/person/jehoram_803), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.23"},{"verseId":12008024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Joram](/person/jehoram_803) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994): and [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.24"},{"verseId":12008025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"In the twelfth year of [Joram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel did [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) the son of [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) begin to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.25"},{"verseId":12008026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Two and twenty years old _was_ [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359), the daughter of [Omri](/person/omri_2243) king of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.26"},{"verseId":12008027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And he walked in the way of the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), and did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as _did_ the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113): for he _was_ the son in law of the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113).","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.27"},{"verseId":12008028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And he went with [Joram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) to the war against [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) in [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984); and the Syrians wounded [Joram](/person/joram_804).","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.28"},{"verseId":12008029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And king [Joram](/person/joram_804) went back to be healed in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643) of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at [Ramah](/place/ramah_976), when he fought against [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122). And [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) the son of [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) went down to see [Joram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), because he was sick.","osisRef":"2Kgs.8.29"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 9","chapterNum":9,"osisRef":"2Kgs.9","verses":[{"verseId":12009001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984):","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.1"},{"verseId":12009002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And when thou comest thither, look out there [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) the son of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_809) the son of [Nimshi](/person/nimshi_2207), and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.2"},{"verseId":12009003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Then take the box of oil, and pour _it_ on his head, and say, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.3"},{"verseId":12009004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"So the young man, _even_ the young man the prophet, went to [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.4"},{"verseId":12009005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when he came, behold, the captains of the host _were_ sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.5"},{"verseId":12009006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _even_ over Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.6"},{"verseId":12009007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And thou shalt smite the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), at the hand of [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.7"},{"verseId":12009008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"For the whole house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) shall perish: and I will cut off from [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.8"},{"verseId":12009009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And I will make the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) like the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), and like the house of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) the son of [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_136):","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.9"},{"verseId":12009010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the dogs shall eat [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) in the portion of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), and _there_ _shall_ _be_ none to bury _her_. And he opened the door, and fled.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.10"},{"verseId":12009011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Then [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) came forth to the servants of his lord: and _one_ said unto him, _Is_ all well? wherefore came this mad _fellow_ to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.11"},{"verseId":12009012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And they said, _It_ _is_ false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), I have anointed thee king over Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.12"},{"verseId":12009013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put _it_ under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) is king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.13"},{"verseId":12009014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"So [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) the son of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_809) the son of [Nimshi](/person/nimshi_2207) conspired against [Joram](/person/joram_804). (Now [Joram](/person/joram_804) had kept [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984), he and all Israel, because of [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.14"},{"verseId":12009015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But king [Joram](/person/joram_804) was returned to be healed in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643) of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122)). And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) said, If it be your minds, _then_ let none go forth _nor_ escape out of the city to go to tell _it_ in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.15"},{"verseId":12009016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"So [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) rode in a chariot, and went to [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643); for [Joram](/person/joram_804) lay there. And [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) was come down to see [Joram](/person/joram_804).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.16"},{"verseId":12009017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And there stood a watchman on the tower in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), and he spied the company of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) as he came, and said, I see a company. And [Joram](/person/joram_804) said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, _Is_ _it_ peace?","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.17"},{"verseId":12009018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, _Is_ _it_ peace? And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.18"},{"verseId":12009019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, _Is_ _it_ peace? And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.19"},{"verseId":12009020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving _is_ like the driving of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) the son of [Nimshi](/person/nimshi_2207); for he driveth furiously.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.20"},{"verseId":12009021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Joram](/person/joram_804) said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And [Joram](/person/joram_804) king of Israel and [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), and met him in the portion of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.21"},{"verseId":12009022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Joram](/person/joram_804) saw [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), that he said, _Is_ _it_ peace, [Jehu](/person/jehu_817)? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) and her witchcrafts _are_ _so_ many?","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.22"},{"verseId":12009023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Joram](/person/joram_804) turned his hands, and fled, and said to [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121), _There_ _is_ treachery, O [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.23"},{"verseId":12009024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) drew a bow with his full strength, and smote [Jehoram](/person/joram_804) between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.24"},{"verseId":12009025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Then said _[Jehu](/person/jehu_817)_ to Bidkar his captain, Take up, _and_ cast him in the portion of the field of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) his father, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) laid this burden upon him;","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.25"},{"verseId":12009026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127), and the blood of his sons, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324); and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324). Now therefore take _and_ cast him into the plat _of_ _ground_, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.26"},{"verseId":12009027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But when [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) saw _this_, he fled by the way of the [garden](/place/beth-haggan_210) house. And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. _And_ _they_ _did_ _so_ at the going up to [Gur](/place/gur_497), which _is_ by [Ibleam](/place/ibleam_589). And he fled to [Megiddo](/place/megiddo_777), and died there.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.27"},{"verseId":12009028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And his servants carried him in a chariot to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.28"},{"verseId":12009029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And in the eleventh year of [Joram](/person/joram_804) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) began [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) to reign over [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.29"},{"verseId":12009030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And when [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) was come to [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) heard _of_ _it_; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.30"},{"verseId":12009031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And as [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) entered in at the gate, she said, _Had_ [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088) peace, who slew his master?","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.31"},{"verseId":12009032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who _is_ on my side? who? And there looked out to him two _or_ three eunuchs.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.32"},{"verseId":12009033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and _some_ of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.33"},{"verseId":12009034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed _woman_, and bury her: for she _is_ a king’s daughter.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.34"},{"verseId":12009035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of _her_ hands.","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.35"},{"verseId":12009036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This _is_ the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake by his servant [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643) shall dogs eat the flesh of [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605):","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.36"},{"verseId":12009037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And the carcase of [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643); _so_ that they shall not say, This _is_ [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605).","osisRef":"2Kgs.9.37"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 10","chapterNum":10,"osisRef":"2Kgs.10","verses":[{"verseId":12010001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) had seventy sons in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022). And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) wrote letters, and sent to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up [Ahab’s](/person/ahab_113) _children_, saying,","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.1"},{"verseId":12010002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons _are_ with you, and _there_ _are_ with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.2"},{"verseId":12010003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set _him_ on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.3"},{"verseId":12010004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.4"},{"verseId":12010005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he that _was_ over the house, and he that _was_ over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up _of_ _the_ _children_, sent to [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), saying, We _are_ thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou _that_ _which_ _is_ good in thine eyes.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.5"},{"verseId":12010006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye _be_ mine, and _if_ ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643) by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, _being_ seventy persons, _were_ with the great men of the city, which brought them up.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.6"},{"verseId":12010007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him _them_ to [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.7"},{"verseId":12010008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.8"},{"verseId":12010009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye _be_ righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.9"},{"verseId":12010010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) spake concerning the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113): for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath done _that_ which he spake by his servant [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.10"},{"verseId":12010011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"So [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) slew all that remained of the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.11"},{"verseId":12010012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he arose and departed, and came to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022). _And_ as he _was_ at the shearing [house](/place/beth-eked_201) in the way,","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.12"},{"verseId":12010013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"[Jehu](/person/jehu_817) met with the brethren of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and said, Who _are_ ye? And they answered, We _are_ the brethren of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121); and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.13"},{"verseId":12010014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing [house](/place/beth-eked_201), _even_ two and forty men; neither left he any of them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.14"},{"verseId":12010015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And when he was departed thence, he lighted on [Jehonadab](/person/jonadab_799) the son of [Rechab](/person/rechab_2403) _coming_ to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart _is_ with thy heart? And [Jehonadab](/person/jonadab_799) answered, It is. If it be, give _me_ thine hand. And he gave _him_ his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.15"},{"verseId":12010017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And when he came to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), he slew all that remained unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.17"},{"verseId":12010018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) gathered all the people together, and said unto them, [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) served [Baal](/person/baal_573) a little; _but_ [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) shall serve him much.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.18"},{"verseId":12010019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of [Baal](/person/baal_573), all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice _to_ _do_ to [Baal](/person/baal_573); whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) did _it_ in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of [Baal](/person/baal_573).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.19"},{"verseId":12010020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for [Baal](/person/baal_573). And they proclaimed _it_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.20"},{"verseId":12010021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of [Baal](/person/baal_573) came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573); and the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573) was full from one end to another.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.21"},{"verseId":12010022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And he said unto him that _was_ over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of [Baal](/person/baal_573). And he brought them forth vestments.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.22"},{"verseId":12010023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) went, and [Jehonadab](/person/jonadab_799) the son of [Rechab](/person/rechab_2403), into the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573), and said unto the worshippers of [Baal](/person/baal_573), Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), but the worshippers of [Baal](/person/baal_573) only.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.23"},{"verseId":12010024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) appointed fourscore men without, and said, _If_ any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, _he_ _that_ _letteth_ _him_ _go_, his life _shall_ _be_ for the life of him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.24"},{"verseId":12010025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, _and_ slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast _them_ out, and went to the city of the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.25"},{"verseId":12010026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And they brought forth the images out of the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573), and burned them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.26"},{"verseId":12010027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And they brake down the image of [Baal](/person/baal_573), and brake down the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573), and made it a draught house unto this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.27"},{"verseId":12010028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Thus [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) destroyed [Baal](/person/baal_573) out of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.28"},{"verseId":12010029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Howbeit _from_ the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin, [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) departed not from after them, _to_ _wit_, the golden calves that _were_ in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), and that _were_ in [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.29"},{"verseId":12010030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), Because thou hast done well in executing _that_ _which_ _is_ right in mine eyes, _and_ hast done unto the house of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) according to all that _was_ in mine heart, thy children of the fourth _generation_ shall sit on the throne of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.30"},{"verseId":12010031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"But [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) took no heed to walk in the law of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), which made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.31"},{"verseId":12010032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"In those days the [LORD](/person/god_1324) began to cut Israel short: and [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) smote them in all the coasts of Israel;","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.32"},{"verseId":12010033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"From [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) eastward, all the land of [Gilead](/place/gilead_475), the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from [Aroer](/place/aroer_93), which _is_ by the river [Arnon](/place/river_of_arnon_1225), even [Gilead](/place/gilead_475) and [Bashan](/place/bashan_159).","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.33"},{"verseId":12010034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), and all that he did, and all his might, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.34"},{"verseId":12010035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) slept with his fathers: and they buried him in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022). And [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.35"},{"verseId":12010036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And the time that [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) reigned over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) _was_ twenty and eight years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.10.36"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 11","chapterNum":11,"osisRef":"2Kgs.11","verses":[{"verseId":12011001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And when [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359) the mother of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.1"},{"verseId":12011002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"But [Jehosheba](/person/jehoshabeath_811), the daughter of king [Joram](/person/jehoram_803), sister of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121), took [Joash](/person/joash_1632) the son of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121), and stole him from among the king’s sons _which_ _were_ slain; and they hid him, _even_ him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359), so that he was not slain.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.2"},{"verseId":12011003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he was with her hid in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) six years. And [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359) did reign over the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.3"},{"verseId":12011004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the seventh year [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and shewed them the king’s son.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.4"},{"verseId":12011005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he commanded them, saying, This _is_ the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.5"},{"verseId":12011006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And a third part _shall_ _be_ at the gate of [Sur](/place/sur_1117); and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.6"},{"verseId":12011007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) about the king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.7"},{"verseId":12011009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the captains over the hundreds did according to all _things_ that [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) the priest.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.9"},{"verseId":12011010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king [David’s](/person/david_994) spears and shields, that _were_ in the temple of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.10"},{"verseId":12011011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, _along_ by the altar and the temple.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.11"},{"verseId":12011012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and _gave_ _him_ the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, [God](/person/god_1324) save the king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.12"},{"verseId":12011013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And when [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359) heard the noise of the guard _and_ of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.13"},{"verseId":12011014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner _was_, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359) rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.14"},{"verseId":12011015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.15"},{"verseId":12011016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.16"},{"verseId":12011017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) made a covenant between the [LORD](/person/god_1324) and the king and the people, that they should be the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) people; between the king also and the people.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.17"},{"verseId":12011018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And all the people of the land went into the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573), and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew [Mattan](/person/mattan_1948) the priest of [Baal](/person/baal_573) before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.18"},{"verseId":12011019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.19"},{"verseId":12011020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew [Athaliah](/person/athaliah_359) with the sword _beside_ the king’s house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.20"},{"verseId":12011021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Seven years old _was_ [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) when he began to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.11.21"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 12","chapterNum":12,"osisRef":"2Kgs.12","verses":[{"verseId":12012001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In the seventh year of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) began to reign; and forty years reigned he in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Zibiah](/person/zibiah_3064) of [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.1"},{"verseId":12012002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) all his days wherein [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) the priest instructed him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.2"},{"verseId":12012003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.3"},{"verseId":12012004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _even_ the money of every one that passeth _the_ _account_, the money that every man is set at, _and_ all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324),","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.4"},{"verseId":12012005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Let the priests take _it_ to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.5"},{"verseId":12012006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"But it was _so_, _that_ in the three and twentieth year of king [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.6"},{"verseId":12012007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then king [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) called for [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) the priest, and the _other_ priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no _more_ money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.7"},{"verseId":12012008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the priests consented to receive no _more_ money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.8"},{"verseId":12012009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"But [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_793) the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money _that_ _was_ brought into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.9"},{"verseId":12012010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And it was _so_, when they saw that _there_ _was_ much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.10"},{"verseId":12012011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324),","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.11"},{"verseId":12012012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and for all that was laid out for the house to repair _it_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.12"},{"verseId":12012013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Howbeit there were not made for the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money _that_ _was_ brought into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324):","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.13"},{"verseId":12012014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.14"},{"verseId":12012015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.15"},{"verseId":12012016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): it was the priests’.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.16"},{"verseId":12012017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Then [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) went up, and fought against [Gath](/place/gath_442), and took it: and [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) set his face to go up to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.17"},{"verseId":12012018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1632) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) took all the hallowed things that [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), and [Jehoram](/person/jehoram_803), and [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121), his fathers, kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold _that_ _was_ found in the treasures of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and in the king’s house, and sent _it_ to [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122): and he went away from [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.18"},{"verseId":12012019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Joash](/person/joash_1632), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.19"},{"verseId":12012020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew [Joash](/person/joash_1632) in the house of Millo, which goeth down to [Silla](/place/silla_1095).","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.20"},{"verseId":12012021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"For [Jozachar](/person/zabad_1746) the son of [Shimeath](/person/shimeath_2683), and [Jehozabad](/person/jehozabad_812) the son of [Shomer](/person/shimrith_2724), his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994): and [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.12.21"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 13","chapterNum":13,"osisRef":"2Kgs.13","verses":[{"verseId":12013001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In the three and twentieth year of [Joash](/person/joash_1632) the son of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) the son of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) began to reign over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), _and_ _reigned_ seventeen years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.1"},{"verseId":12013002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and followed the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.2"},{"verseId":12013003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the anger of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122), and into the hand of [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_454) the son of [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463), all _their_ days.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.3"},{"verseId":12013004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) besought the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) oppressed them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.4"},{"verseId":12013005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"(And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.5"},{"verseId":12013006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), who made Israel sin, _but_ walked therein: and there remained the grove also in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022)).","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.6"},{"verseId":12013007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Neither did he leave of the people to [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.7"},{"verseId":12013008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784), and all that he did, and his might, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.8"},{"verseId":12013009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) slept with his fathers; and they buried him in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022): and [Joash](/person/joash_1633) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.9"},{"verseId":12013010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"In the thirty and seventh year of [Joash](/person/joash_1633) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) the son of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) to reign over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), _and_ _reigned_ sixteen years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.10"},{"verseId":12013011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); he departed not from all the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel sin: _but_ he walked therein.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.11"},{"verseId":12013012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Joash](/person/joash_1633), and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.12"},{"verseId":12013013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Joash](/person/joash_1633) slept with his fathers; and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) sat upon his throne: and [Joash](/person/joash_1633) was buried in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) with the kings of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.13"},{"verseId":12013014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Now [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And [Joash](/person/joash_1633) the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.14"},{"verseId":12013015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.15"},{"verseId":12013016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand _upon_ _it_: and [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) put his hands upon the king’s hands.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.16"},{"verseId":12013017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened _it_. Then [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from [Syria](/place/syria_1122): for thou shalt smite the Syrians in [Aphek](/place/aphek_73), till thou have consumed _them_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.17"},{"verseId":12013018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he said, Take the arrows. And he took _them_. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.18"},{"verseId":12013019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the man of [God](/person/god_1324) was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten [Syria](/place/syria_1122) till thou hadst consumed _it_: whereas now thou shalt smite [Syria](/place/syria_1122) _but_ thrice.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.19"},{"verseId":12013020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.20"},{"verseId":12013021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band _of_ _men_; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153): and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153), he revived, and stood up on his feet.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.21"},{"verseId":12013022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) oppressed Israel all the days of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784).","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.22"},{"verseId":12013023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with [Abraham](/person/abraham_58), [Isaac](/person/isaac_616), and [Jacob](/person/israel_682), and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.23"},{"verseId":12013024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"So [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) died; and [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_454) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.24"},{"verseId":12013025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) the son of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) took again out of the hand of [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_454) the son of [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) his father by war. Three times did [Joash](/person/joash_1633) beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.13.25"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 14","chapterNum":14,"osisRef":"2Kgs.14","verses":[{"verseId":12014001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In the second year of [Joash](/person/joash_1633) son of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) king of Israel reigned [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) the son of [Joash](/person/joash_1633) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.1"},{"verseId":12014002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Jehoaddan](/person/jehoaddan_783) of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.2"},{"verseId":12014003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), yet not like [David](/person/david_994) his father: he did according to all things as [Joash](/person/joash_1632) his father did.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.3"},{"verseId":12014004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.4"},{"verseId":12014005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.5"},{"verseId":12014006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of [Moses](/person/moses_2108), wherein the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.6"},{"verseId":12014007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"He slew of [Edom](/person/esau_1216) in the valley of [salt](/place/valley_of_salt_1215) ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it [Joktheel](/place/joktheel_651) unto this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.7"},{"verseId":12014008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) sent messengers to [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633), the son of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) son of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.8"},{"verseId":12014009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) the king of Israel sent to [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), saying, The thistle that _was_ in [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720) sent to the cedar that _was_ in [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720), saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that _was_ in [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720), and trode down the thistle.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.9"},{"verseId":12014010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Thou hast indeed smitten [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357), and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory _of_ _this_, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to _thy_ hurt, that thou shouldest fall, _even_ thou, and [Judah](/person/judah_1751) with thee?","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.10"},{"verseId":12014011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"But [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) would not hear. Therefore [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) king of Israel went up; and he and [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) looked one another in the face at [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234), which _belongeth_ to [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.11"},{"verseId":12014012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Judah](/person/judah_1751) was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.12"},{"verseId":12014013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) king of Israel took [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), the son of [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) the son of [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_121), at [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234), and came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and brake down the wall of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) from the [gate](/place/corner_gate_307) of [[Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206)](/place/gate_of_ephraim_402) unto the corner [gate](/place/corner_gate_307), four hundred cubits.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.13"},{"verseId":12014014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.14"},{"verseId":12014015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) which he did, and his might, and how he fought with [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.15"},{"verseId":12014016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) slept with his fathers, and was buried in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) with the kings of Israel; and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.16"},{"verseId":12014017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) the son of [Joash](/person/joash_1633) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) lived after the death of [Jehoash](/person/joash_1633) son of [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_784) king of Israel fifteen years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.17"},{"verseId":12014018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214), _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.18"},{"verseId":12014019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now they made a conspiracy against him in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636): and he fled to [Lachish](/place/lachish_711); but they sent after him to [Lachish](/place/lachish_711), and slew him there.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.19"},{"verseId":12014020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.20"},{"verseId":12014021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And all the people of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) took [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375), which _was_ sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.21"},{"verseId":12014022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"He built [Elath](/place/elath_366), and restored it to [Judah](/person/judah_1751), after that the king slept with his fathers.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.22"},{"verseId":12014023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"In the fifteenth year of [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) the son of [Joash](/person/joash_1633) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) the son of [Joash](/person/joash_1633) king of Israel began to reign in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), _and_ _reigned_ forty and one years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.23"},{"verseId":12014024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): he departed not from all the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.24"},{"verseId":12014025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of [Hamath](/place/lebo-hamath_723) unto the sea of the [plain](/place/sea_of_the_plain_1035), according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant [Jonah](/person/jonah_1689), the son of [Amittai](/person/amittai_219), the prophet, which _was_ of [Gath-hepher](/place/gath-hepher_443).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.25"},{"verseId":12014026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"For the [LORD](/person/god_1324) saw the affliction of Israel, _that_ _it_ _was_ very bitter: for _there_ _was_ not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.26"},{"verseId":12014027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) the son of [Joash](/person/joash_1633).","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.27"},{"verseId":12014028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873), and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), and [Hamath](/place/hamath_516), _which_ _belonged_ to [Judah](/person/judah_1751), for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.28"},{"verseId":12014029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) slept with his fathers, _even_ with the kings of Israel; and [Zachariah](/person/zachariah_2969) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.14.29"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 15","chapterNum":15,"osisRef":"2Kgs.15","verses":[{"verseId":12015001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In the twenty and seventh year of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) king of Israel began [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375) son of [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.1"},{"verseId":12015002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Jecholiah](/person/jecoliah_750) of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.2"},{"verseId":12015003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), according to all that his father [Amaziah](/person/amaziah_214) had done;","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.3"},{"verseId":12015004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.4"},{"verseId":12015005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735) the king’s son _was_ over the house, judging the people of the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.5"},{"verseId":12015006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.6"},{"verseId":12015007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"So [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375) slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994): and [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.7"},{"verseId":12015008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"In the thirty and eighth year of [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) did [Zachariah](/person/zachariah_2969) the son of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_873) reign over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) six months.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.8"},{"verseId":12015009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.9"},{"verseId":12015010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Shallum](/person/shallum_2514) the son of [Jabesh](/person/jabesh_674) conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.10"},{"verseId":12015011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Zachariah](/person/zachariah_2969), behold, they _are_ written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.11"},{"verseId":12015012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"This _was_ the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) which he spake unto [Jehu](/person/jehu_817), saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth _generation_. And so it came to pass.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.12"},{"verseId":12015013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"[Shallum](/person/shallum_2514) the son of [Jabesh](/person/jabesh_674) began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of [Uzziah](/person/uzziah_375) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751); and he reigned a full month in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.13"},{"verseId":12015014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"For [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) the son of [Gadi](/person/gadi_1266) went up from [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170), and came to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and smote [Shallum](/person/shallum_2514) the son of [Jabesh](/person/jabesh_674) in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and slew him, and reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.14"},{"verseId":12015015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Shallum](/person/shallum_2514), and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they _are_ written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.15"},{"verseId":12015016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) smote [Tiphsah](/place/tiphsah_1169), and all that _were_ therein, and the coasts thereof from [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170): because they opened not _to_ _him_, therefore he smote _it_; _and_ all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.16"},{"verseId":12015017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"In the nine and thirtieth year of [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) the son of [Gadi](/person/gadi_1266) to reign over Israel, _and_ _reigned_ ten years in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.17"},{"verseId":12015018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): he departed not all his days from the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.18"},{"verseId":12015019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"_And_ [Pul](/person/tilgath-pilneser_2376) the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) came against the land: and [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) gave [Pul](/person/tilgath-pilneser_2376) a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.19"},{"verseId":12015020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) exacted the money of Israel, _even_ of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111). So the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) turned back, and stayed not there in the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.20"},{"verseId":12015021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.21"},{"verseId":12015022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) slept with his fathers; and [Pekahiah](/person/pekahiah_2300) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.22"},{"verseId":12015023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"In the fiftieth year of [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) [Pekahiah](/person/pekahiah_2300) the son of [Menahem](/person/menahem_1996) began to reign over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), _and_ _reigned_ two years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.23"},{"verseId":12015024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): he departed not from the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.24"},{"verseId":12015025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) the son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420), a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), in the palace of the king’s house, with [Argob](/person/argob_298) and [Arieh](/person/arieh_301), and with him fifty men of the [Gileadites](/place/gilead_475): and he killed him, and reigned in his room.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.25"},{"verseId":12015026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Pekahiah](/person/pekahiah_2300), and all that he did, behold, they _are_ written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.26"},{"verseId":12015027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"In the two and fiftieth year of [Azariah](/person/uzziah_375) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) the son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420) began to reign over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), _and_ _reigned_ twenty years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.27"},{"verseId":12015028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): he departed not from the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.28"},{"verseId":12015029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"In the days of [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), and took [Ijon](/place/ijon_594), and [Abel-beth-maachah](/place/abel-beth-maacah_5), and [Janoah](/place/janoah_622), and [Kedesh](/place/kedesh_676), and [Hazor](/place/hazor_545), and [Gilead](/place/gilead_475), and [Galilee](/place/galilee_433), all the land of [Naphtali](/person/naphtali_2149), and carried them captive to [Assyria](/place/assyria_111).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.29"},{"verseId":12015030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) the son of [Elah](/person/elah_1046) made a conspiracy against [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) the son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420), and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735) the son of [Uzziah](/person/uzziah_375).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.30"},{"verseId":12015031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299), and all that he did, behold, they _are_ written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.31"},{"verseId":12015032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"In the second year of [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) the son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420) king of Israel began [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735) the son of [Uzziah](/person/uzziah_375) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.32"},{"verseId":12015033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Jerusha](/person/jerushah_882), the daughter of [Zadok](/person/zadok_2974).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.33"},{"verseId":12015034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): he did according to all that his father [Uzziah](/person/uzziah_375) had done.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.34"},{"verseId":12015035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.35"},{"verseId":12015036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.36"},{"verseId":12015037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"In those days the [LORD](/person/god_1324) began to send against [Judah](/person/judah_1751) [Rezin](/person/rezin_2435) the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122), and [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) the son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420).","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.37"},{"verseId":12015038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994) his father: and [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.15.38"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 16","chapterNum":16,"osisRef":"2Kgs.16","verses":[{"verseId":12016001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In the seventeenth year of [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) the son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420) [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) the son of [Jotham](/person/jotham_1735) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.1"},{"verseId":12016002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Twenty years old _was_ [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and did not _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324), like [David](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.2"},{"verseId":12016003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) cast out from before the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682).","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.3"},{"verseId":12016004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.4"},{"verseId":12016005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then [Rezin](/person/rezin_2435) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) and [Pekah](/person/pekah_2299) son of [Remaliah](/person/remaliah_2420) king of Israel came up to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) to war: and they besieged [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118), but could not overcome _him_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.5"},{"verseId":12016006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"At that time [Rezin](/person/rezin_2435) king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) recovered [Elath](/place/elath_366) to [Syria](/place/syria_1122), and drave the Jews from [Elath](/place/elath_366): and the [Syrians](/place/syria_1122) came to [Elath](/place/elath_366), and dwelt there unto this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.6"},{"verseId":12016007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"So [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), saying, I _am_ thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122), and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.7"},{"verseId":12016008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent _it_ _for_ a present to the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111).","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.8"},{"verseId":12016009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) hearkened unto him: for the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) went up against [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), and took it, and carried _the_ _people_ _of_ it captive to [Kir](/place/kir_693), and slew [Rezin](/person/rezin_2435).","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.9"},{"verseId":12016010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) went to [Damascus](/place/damascus_322) to meet Tiglath-pileser king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), and saw an altar that _was_ at [Damascus](/place/damascus_322): and king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) sent to [Urijah](/person/urijah_2903) the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.10"},{"verseId":12016011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Urijah](/person/urijah_2903) the priest built an altar according to all that king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) had sent from [Damascus](/place/damascus_322): so [Urijah](/person/urijah_2903) the priest made _it_ against king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) came from [Damascus](/place/damascus_322).","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.11"},{"verseId":12016012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And when the king was come from [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.12"},{"verseId":12016013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.13"},{"verseId":12016014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he brought also the brasen altar, which _was_ before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and put it on the north side of the altar.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.14"},{"verseId":12016015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) commanded [Urijah](/person/urijah_2903) the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire _by_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.15"},{"verseId":12016016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Thus did [Urijah](/person/urijah_2903) the priest, according to all that king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) commanded.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.16"},{"verseId":12016017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And king [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that _were_ under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.17"},{"verseId":12016018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) for the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111).","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.18"},{"verseId":12016019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) which he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.19"},{"verseId":12016020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994): and [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.16.20"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 17","chapterNum":17,"osisRef":"2Kgs.17","verses":[{"verseId":12017001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In the twelfth year of [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) the son of [Elah](/person/elah_1046) to reign in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) over Israel nine years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.1"},{"verseId":12017002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.2"},{"verseId":12017003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Against him came up [Shalmaneser](/person/shalmaneser_2529) king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111); and [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) became his servant, and gave him presents.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.3"},{"verseId":12017004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) found conspiracy in [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559): for he had sent messengers to [So](/person/so_2760) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and brought no present to the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), as _he_ _had_ _done_ year by year: therefore the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) shut him up, and bound him in prison.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.4"},{"verseId":12017005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) came up throughout all the land, and went up to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and besieged it three years.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.5"},{"verseId":12017006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"In the ninth year of [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) took [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and carried Israel away into [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), and placed them in [Halah](/place/halah_508) and in [Habor](/place/habor_499) _by_ the river of [Gozan](/place/gozan_492), and in the cities of the Medes.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.6"},{"verseId":12017007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"For _so_ it was, that the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) had sinned against the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), which had brought them up out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), from under the hand of [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2331) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and had feared other gods,","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.7"},{"verseId":12017008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) cast out from before the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.8"},{"verseId":12017009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) did secretly _those_ things that _were_ not right against the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.9"},{"verseId":12017010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.10"},{"verseId":12017011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as _did_ the heathen whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to anger:","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.11"},{"verseId":12017012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"For they served idols, whereof the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.12"},{"verseId":12017013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Yet the [LORD](/person/god_1324) testified against Israel, and against [Judah](/person/judah_1751), by all the prophets, _and_ _by_ all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments _and_ my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.13"},{"verseId":12017014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.14"},{"verseId":12017015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that _were_ round about them, _concerning_ whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had charged them, that they should not do like them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.15"},{"verseId":12017016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And they left all the commandments of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), and made them molten images, _even_ two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served [Baal](/person/baal_573).","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.16"},{"verseId":12017017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), to provoke him to anger.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.17"},{"verseId":12017018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Therefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) only.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.18"},{"verseId":12017019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Also [Judah](/person/judah_1751) kept not the commandments of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.19"},{"verseId":12017020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.20"},{"verseId":12017021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"For he rent Israel from the house of [David](/person/david_994); and they made [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165) king: and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) drave Israel from following the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and made them sin a great sin.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.21"},{"verseId":12017022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"For the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) walked in all the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) which he did; they departed not from them;","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.22"},{"verseId":12017023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Until the [LORD](/person/god_1324) removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) unto this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.23"},{"verseId":12017024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) brought _men_ from [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), and from [Cuthah](/place/cuthah_315), and from [Ava](/place/avva_123), and from [Hamath](/place/hamath_516), and from [Sepharvaim](/place/sepharvaim_1050), and placed _them_ in the cities of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) instead of the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682): and they possessed [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and dwelt in the cities thereof.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.24"},{"verseId":12017025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And _so_ it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, _that_ they feared not the [LORD](/person/god_1324): therefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent lions among them, which slew _some_ of them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.25"},{"verseId":12017026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Wherefore they spake to the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), know not the manner of the [God](/person/god_1324) of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the [God](/person/god_1324) of the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.26"},{"verseId":12017027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"Then the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the [God](/person/god_1324) of the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.27"},{"verseId":12017028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) came and dwelt in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), and taught them how they should fear the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.28"},{"verseId":12017029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put _them_ in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.29"},{"verseId":12017030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the men of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) made Succoth-benoth, and the men of [Cuth](/place/cuth_314) made Nergal, and the men of [Hamath](/place/hamath_516) made Ashima,","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.30"},{"verseId":12017031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the [Sepharvites](/place/sepharvaim_1050) burnt their children in fire to [Adrammelech](/person/adrammelech_103) and [Anammelech](/person/anammelech_254), the gods of [Sepharvaim](/place/sepharvaim_1050).","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.31"},{"verseId":12017032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"So they feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.32"},{"verseId":12017033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"They feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.33"},{"verseId":12017034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the [LORD](/person/god_1324), neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded the children of [Jacob](/person/israel_682), whom he named Israel;","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.34"},{"verseId":12017035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"With whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.35"},{"verseId":12017036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"But the [LORD](/person/god_1324), who brought you up out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.36"},{"verseId":12017037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.37"},{"verseId":12017038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.38"},{"verseId":12017039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"But the [LORD](/person/god_1324) your [God](/person/god_1324) ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.39"},{"verseId":12017040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.40"},{"verseId":12017041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"So these nations feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.17.41"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 18","chapterNum":18,"osisRef":"2Kgs.18","verses":[{"verseId":12018001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now it came to pass in the third year of [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) son of [Elah](/person/elah_1046) king of Israel, _that_ [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) the son of [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began to reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.1"},{"verseId":12018002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). His mother’s name also _was_ [Abi](/person/abijah_14), the daughter of [Zachariah](/person/zechariah_2970).","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.2"},{"verseId":12018003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), according to all that [David](/person/david_994) his father did.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.3"},{"verseId":12018004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that [Moses](/person/moses_2108) had made: for unto those days the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.4"},{"verseId":12018005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"He trusted in the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), nor _any_ that were before him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.5"},{"verseId":12018006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"For he clave to the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _and_ departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded [Moses](/person/moses_2108).","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.6"},{"verseId":12018007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was with him; _and_ he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), and served him not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.7"},{"verseId":12018008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"He smote the Philistines, _even_ unto [Gaza](/place/gaza_446), and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.8"},{"verseId":12018009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the fourth year of king [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), which _was_ the seventh year of [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) son of [Elah](/person/elah_1046) king of Israel, _that_ [Shalmaneser](/person/shalmaneser_2529) king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) came up against [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and besieged it.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.9"},{"verseId":12018010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And at the end of three years they took it: _even_ in the sixth year of [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), that _is_ the ninth year of [Hoshea](/person/hoshea_1559) king of Israel, [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) was taken.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.10"},{"verseId":12018011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) did carry away Israel unto [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), and put them in [Halah](/place/halah_508) and in [Habor](/place/habor_499) _by_ the river of [Gozan](/place/gozan_492), and in the cities of the Medes:","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.11"},{"verseId":12018012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Because they obeyed not the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), but transgressed his covenant, _and_ all that [Moses](/person/moses_2108) the servant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded, and would not hear _them_, nor do _them_.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.12"},{"verseId":12018013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Now in the fourteenth year of king [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) did [Sennacherib](/person/sennacherib_2489) king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) come up against all the fenced cities of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and took them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.13"},{"verseId":12018014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) sent to the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) to [Lachish](/place/lachish_711), saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) appointed unto [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.14"},{"verseId":12018015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) gave _him_ all the silver that was found in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and in the treasures of the king’s house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.15"},{"verseId":12018016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"At that time did [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) cut off _the_ _gold_ _from_ the doors of the temple of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and _from_ the pillars which [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) had overlaid, and gave it to the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111).","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.16"},{"verseId":12018017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) sent [Tartan](/person/tartan_2830) and [Rabsaris](/person/rabsaris_2382) and [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384) from [Lachish](/place/lachish_711) to king [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) with a great host against [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And they went up and came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which _is_ in the highway of the fuller’s [field](/place/field_1229).","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.17"},{"verseId":12018018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And when they had called to the king, there came out to them [Eliakim](/person/eliakim_1084) the son of [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1523), which _was_ over the household, and [Shebna](/person/shebna_2577) the scribe, and [Joah](/person/joah_1621) the son of [Asaph](/person/asaph_329) the recorder.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.18"},{"verseId":12018019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384) said unto them, Speak ye now to [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), Thus saith the great king, the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), What confidence _is_ this wherein thou trustest?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.19"},{"verseId":12018020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Thou sayest, (but _they_ _are_ _but_ vain words), _I_ _have_ counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.20"},{"verseId":12018021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, _even_ upon [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so _is_ [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2333) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) unto all that trust on him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.21"},{"verseId":12018022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But if ye say unto me, We trust in the [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324): _is_ not that he, whose high places and whose altars [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) hath taken away, and hath said to [Judah](/person/judah_1751) and [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), Ye shall worship before this altar in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.22"},{"verseId":12018023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.23"},{"verseId":12018024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) for chariots and for horsemen?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.24"},{"verseId":12018025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Am I now come up without the [LORD](/person/god_1324) against this place to destroy it? The [LORD](/person/god_1324) said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.25"},{"verseId":12018026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Then said [Eliakim](/person/eliakim_1084) the son of [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1523), and [Shebna](/person/shebna_2577), and [Joah](/person/joah_1621), unto [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384), Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand _it_: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that _are_ on the wall.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.26"},{"verseId":12018027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384) said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? _hath_ _he_ not _sent_ _me_ to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.27"},{"verseId":12018028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Then [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384) stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111):","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.28"},{"verseId":12018029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Thus saith the king, Let not [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.29"},{"verseId":12018030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Neither let [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) make you trust in the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111).","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.30"},{"verseId":12018031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Hearken not to [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512): for thus saith the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), Make _an_ _agreement_ with me by a present, and come out to me, and _then_ eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.31"},{"verseId":12018032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"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, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), when he persuadeth you, saying, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) will deliver us.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.32"},{"verseId":12018033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.33"},{"verseId":12018034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"Where _are_ the gods of [Hamath](/place/hamath_516), and of [Arpad](/place/arpad_96)? where _are_ the gods of [Sepharvaim](/place/sepharvaim_1050), [Hena](/place/hena_560), and [Ivah](/place/ivvah_605)? have they delivered [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) out of mine hand?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.34"},{"verseId":12018035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"Who _are_ they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) should deliver [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) out of mine hand?","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.35"},{"verseId":12018036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.36"},{"verseId":12018037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"Then came [Eliakim](/person/eliakim_1084) the son of [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1523), which _was_ over the household, and [Shebna](/person/shebna_2577) the scribe, and [Joah](/person/joah_1621) the son of [Asaph](/person/asaph_329) the recorder, to [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) with _their_ clothes rent, and told him the words of [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384).","osisRef":"2Kgs.18.37"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 19","chapterNum":19,"osisRef":"2Kgs.19","verses":[{"verseId":12019001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when king [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) heard _it_, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.1"},{"verseId":12019002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he sent [Eliakim](/person/eliakim_1084), which _was_ over the household, and [Shebna](/person/shebna_2577) the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) the prophet the son of [Amoz](/person/amoz_240).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.2"},{"verseId":12019003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And they said unto him, Thus saith [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), This day _is_ a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and _there_ _is_ not strength to bring forth.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.3"},{"verseId":12019004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"It may be the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) will hear all the words of [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384), whom the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) his master hath sent to reproach the living [God](/person/god_1324); and will reprove the words which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) hath heard: wherefore lift up _thy_ prayer for the remnant that are left.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.4"},{"verseId":12019005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"So the servants of king [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) came to [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.5"},{"verseId":12019006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) have blasphemed me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.6"},{"verseId":12019007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.7"},{"verseId":12019008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"So [Rabshakeh](/person/rabshakeh_2384) returned, and found the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) warring against [Libnah](/place/libnah_728): for he had heard that he was departed from [Lachish](/place/lachish_711).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.8"},{"verseId":12019009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And when he heard say of [Tirhakah](/person/tirhakah_2865) king of [Ethiopia](/place/cush_312), Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), saying,","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.9"},{"verseId":12019010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Thus shall ye speak to [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), saying, Let not thy [God](/person/god_1324) in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.10"},{"verseId":12019011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.11"},{"verseId":12019012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; _as_ [Gozan](/place/gozan_492), and [Haran](/place/haran_527), and [Rezeph](/place/rezeph_998), and the children of [Eden](/place/eden_354) which _were_ in [Thelasar](/place/telassar_1145)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.12"},{"verseId":12019013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Where _is_ the king of [Hamath](/place/hamath_516), and the king of [Arpad](/place/arpad_96), and the king of the city of [Sepharvaim](/place/sepharvaim_1050), of [Hena](/place/hena_560), and [Ivah](/place/ivvah_605)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.13"},{"verseId":12019014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) went up into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and spread it before the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.14"},{"verseId":12019015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) prayed before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, which dwellest _between_ the cherubims, thou art the [God](/person/god_1324), _even_ thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.15"},{"verseId":12019016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"[LORD](/person/god_1324), bow down thine ear, and hear: open, [LORD](/person/god_1324), thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of [Sennacherib](/person/sennacherib_2489), which hath sent him to reproach the living [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.16"},{"verseId":12019017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Of a truth, [LORD](/person/god_1324), the kings of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) have destroyed the nations and their lands,","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.17"},{"verseId":12019018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And have cast their gods into the fire: for they _were_ no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.18"},{"verseId":12019019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now therefore, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324), I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou _art_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God, _even_ thou only.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.19"},{"verseId":12019020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Then [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) the son of [Amoz](/person/amoz_240) sent to [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), saying, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, _That_ which thou hast prayed to me against [Sennacherib](/person/sennacherib_2489) king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) I have heard.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.20"},{"verseId":12019021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"This _is_ the word that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of [Zion](/place/zion_1263) hath despised thee, _and_ laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) hath shaken her head at thee.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.21"},{"verseId":12019022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted _thy_ voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? _even_ against the Holy _One_ of Israel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.22"},{"verseId":12019023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"By thy messengers thou hast reproached the [Lord](/person/god_1324), and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720), and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, _and_ the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, _and_ _into_ the forest of his Carmel.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.23"},{"verseId":12019024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.24"},{"verseId":12019025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Hast thou not heard long ago _how_ I have done it, _and_ of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities _into_ ruinous heaps.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.25"},{"verseId":12019026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were _as_ the grass of the field, and _as_ the green herb, _as_ the grass on the housetops, and _as_ _corn_ blasted before it be grown up.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.26"},{"verseId":12019027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.27"},{"verseId":12019028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.28"},{"verseId":12019029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And this _shall_ _be_ a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.29"},{"verseId":12019030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the remnant that is escaped of the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.30"},{"verseId":12019031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"For out of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount [Zion](/place/mount_zion_860): the zeal of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _of_ _hosts_ shall do this.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.31"},{"verseId":12019032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"Therefore thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) concerning the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111), He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.32"},{"verseId":12019033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.33"},{"verseId":12019034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant [David’s](/person/david_994) sake.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.34"},{"verseId":12019035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they _were_ all dead corpses.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.35"},{"verseId":12019036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"So [Sennacherib](/person/sennacherib_2489) king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at [Nineveh](/place/nineveh_899).","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.36"},{"verseId":12019037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that [Adrammelech](/person/adrammelech_104) and [Sharezer](/person/sharezer_2559) his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And [Esar-haddon](/person/esar-haddon_1215) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.19.37"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 20","chapterNum":20,"osisRef":"2Kgs.20","verses":[{"verseId":12020001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In those days was [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) sick unto death. And the prophet [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) the son of [Amoz](/person/amoz_240) came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.1"},{"verseId":12020002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying,","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.2"},{"verseId":12020003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"I beseech thee, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done _that_ _which_ _is_ good in thy sight. And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) wept sore.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.3"},{"verseId":12020004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And it came to pass, afore [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came to him, saying,","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.4"},{"verseId":12020005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Turn again, and tell [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) the captain of my people, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), the [God](/person/god_1324) of [David](/person/david_994) thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.5"},{"verseId":12020006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111); and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant [David’s](/person/david_994) sake.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.6"},{"verseId":12020007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid _it_ on the boil, and he recovered.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.7"},{"verseId":12020008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) said unto [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617), What _shall_ _be_ the sign that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) the third day?","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.8"},{"verseId":12020009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) said, This sign shalt thou have of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.9"},{"verseId":12020010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.10"},{"verseId":12020011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) the prophet cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118).","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.11"},{"verseId":12020012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of [Baladan](/person/baladan_594), king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), sent letters and a present unto [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512): for he had heard that [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) had been sick.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.12"},{"verseId":12020013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and _all_ the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) shewed them not.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.13"},{"verseId":12020014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then came [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) the prophet unto king [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) said, They are come from a far country, _even_ from [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.14"},{"verseId":12020015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) answered, All _the_ _things_ that _are_ in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.15"},{"verseId":12020016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617) said unto [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), Hear the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.16"},{"verseId":12020017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Behold, the days come, that all that _is_ in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into [Babylon](/place/babylon_151): nothing shall be left, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.17"},{"verseId":12020018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.18"},{"verseId":12020019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Then said [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) unto [Isaiah](/person/isaiah_617), Good _is_ the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) which thou hast spoken. And he said, _Is_ _it_ not _good_, if peace and truth be in my days?","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.19"},{"verseId":12020020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512), and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.20"},{"verseId":12020021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) slept with his fathers: and [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.20.21"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 21","chapterNum":21,"osisRef":"2Kgs.21","verses":[{"verseId":12021001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"[Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) _was_ twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Hephzi-bah](/person/hephzi-bah_1499).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.1"},{"verseId":12021002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), after the abominations of the heathen, whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) cast out before the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.2"},{"verseId":12021003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"For he built up again the high places which [Hezekiah](/person/hezekiah_1512) his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for [Baal](/person/baal_573), and made a grove, as did [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.3"},{"verseId":12021004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And he built altars in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), of which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, In [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) will I put my name.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.4"},{"verseId":12021005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.5"},{"verseId":12021006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), to provoke _him_ to anger.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.6"},{"verseId":12021007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said to [David](/person/david_994), and to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) his son, In this house, and in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.7"},{"verseId":12021008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant [Moses](/person/moses_2108) commanded them.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.8"},{"verseId":12021009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"But they hearkened not: and [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) destroyed before the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.9"},{"verseId":12021011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Because [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) hath done these abominations, _and_ hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which _were_ before him, and hath made [Judah](/person/judah_1751) also to sin with his idols:","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.11"},{"verseId":12021012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Therefore thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, Behold, I _am_ bringing _such_ evil upon [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) and [Judah](/person/judah_1751), that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.12"},{"verseId":12021014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.14"},{"verseId":12021015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Because they have done _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), even unto this day.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.15"},{"verseId":12021016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Moreover [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made [Judah](/person/judah_1751) to sin, in doing _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.16"},{"verseId":12021017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930), and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.17"},{"verseId":12021018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of [[Uzza](/person/uzza_2912)](/place/uzza_1192): and [Amon](/person/amon_236) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.18"},{"verseId":12021019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"[Amon](/person/amon_236) _was_ twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Meshullemeth](/person/meshullemeth_2040), the daughter of [Haruz](/person/haruz_1425) of [Jotbah](/place/jotbah_655).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.19"},{"verseId":12021020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as his father [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) did.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.20"},{"verseId":12021021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.21"},{"verseId":12021022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And he forsook the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.22"},{"verseId":12021023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the servants of [Amon](/person/amon_236) conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.23"},{"verseId":12021024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king [Amon](/person/amon_236); and the people of the land made [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) his son king in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.24"},{"verseId":12021025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Amon](/person/amon_236) which he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.25"},{"verseId":12021026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of [[Uzza](/person/uzza_2912)](/place/uzza_1192): and [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.21.26"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 22","chapterNum":22,"osisRef":"2Kgs.22","verses":[{"verseId":12022001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"[Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) _was_ eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Jedidah](/person/jedidah_761), the daughter of [Adaiah](/person/adaiah_70) of [Boscath](/place/bozkath_255).","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.1"},{"verseId":12022002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and walked in all the way of [David](/person/david_994) his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.2"},{"verseId":12022003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730), _that_ the king sent [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550) the son of [Azaliah](/person/azaliah_367), the son of [Meshullam](/person/meshullam_2020), the scribe, to the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying,","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.3"},{"verseId":12022004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Go up to [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.4"},{"verseId":12022005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and let them give it to the doers of the work which _is_ in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), to repair the breaches of the house,","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.5"},{"verseId":12022006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.6"},{"verseId":12022007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.7"},{"verseId":12022008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) the high priest said unto [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550) the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) gave the book to [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550), and he read it.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.8"},{"verseId":12022009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550) the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.9"},{"verseId":12022010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550) the scribe shewed the king, saying, [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) the priest hath delivered me a book. And [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550) read it before the king.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.10"},{"verseId":12022011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.11"},{"verseId":12022012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the king commanded [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) the priest, and [Ahikam](/person/ahikam_141) the son of [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550), and [Achbor](/person/achbor_63) the son of [Michaiah](/person/michaiah_2069), and [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550) the scribe, and [Asahiah](/person/asahiah_324) a servant of the king’s, saying,","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.12"},{"verseId":12022013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Go ye, enquire of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) for me, and for the people, and for all [Judah](/person/judah_1751), concerning the words of this book that is found: for great _is_ the wrath of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.13"},{"verseId":12022014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"So [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) the priest, and [Ahikam](/person/ahikam_141), and [Achbor](/person/achbor_63), and [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550), and [Asahiah](/person/asahiah_324), went unto [Huldah](/person/huldah_1567) the prophetess, the wife of [Shallum](/person/shallum_2515) the son of [Tikvah](/person/tikvah_2855), the son of [Harhas](/person/hasrah_1414), keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) in the [college](/place/second_quarter_1040)); and they communed with her.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.14"},{"verseId":12022015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And she said unto them, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.15"},{"verseId":12022016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, _even_ all the words of the book which the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) hath read:","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.16"},{"verseId":12022017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.17"},{"verseId":12022018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"But to the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) which sent you to enquire of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, _As_ _touching_ the words which thou hast heard;","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.18"},{"verseId":12022019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard _thee_, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.19"},{"verseId":12022020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.","osisRef":"2Kgs.22.20"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 23","chapterNum":23,"osisRef":"2Kgs.23","verses":[{"verseId":12023001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) and of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.1"},{"verseId":12023002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the king went up into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and all the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) and all the inhabitants of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.2"},{"verseId":12023003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), to walk after the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all _their_ heart and all _their_ soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.3"},{"verseId":12023004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the king commanded [Hilkiah](/person/hilkiah_1524) the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) all the vessels that were made for [Baal](/person/baal_573), and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) in the fields of [Kidron](/place/kidron_687), and carried the ashes of them unto [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.4"},{"verseId":12023005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and in the places round about [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636); them also that burned incense unto [Baal](/person/baal_573), to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.5"},{"verseId":12023007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that _were_ by the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), where the women wove hangings for the grove.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.7"},{"verseId":12023008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he brought all the priests out of the cities of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from [Geba](/place/geba_447) to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170), and brake down the high places of the gates that _were_ in the entering in of the gate of [Joshua](/person/joshua_1729) the governor of the city, which _were_ on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.8"},{"verseId":12023009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.9"},{"verseId":12023010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And he defiled [Topheth](/place/topheth_1176), which _is_ in the valley of the children of [Hinnom](/place/valley_of_the_son_of_hinnom_1226), that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to [Molech](/person/molech_2104).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.10"},{"verseId":12023011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he took away the horses that the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), by the chamber of [Nathan-melech](/person/nathan-melech_2159) the chamberlain, which _was_ in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.11"},{"verseId":12023012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the altars that _were_ on the top of the upper chamber of [Ahaz](/person/ahaz_118), which the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) had made, and the altars which [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) had made in the two courts of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), did the king beat down, and brake _them_ down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook [Kidron](/place/kidron_687).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.12"},{"verseId":12023013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the high places that _were_ before [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), which _were_ on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) the king of Israel had builded for [Ashtoreth](/person/ashtoreth_341) the abomination of the Zidonians, and for [Chemosh](/person/chemosh_931) the abomination of the [Moabites](/place/moab_815), and for [Milcom](/person/milcom_2084) the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.13"},{"verseId":12023014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.14"},{"verseId":12023015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Moreover the altar that _was_ at [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), _and_ the high place which [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, _and_ stamped _it_ small to powder, and burned the grove.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.15"},{"verseId":12023016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And as [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that _were_ there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned _them_ upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) which the man of [God](/person/god_1324) proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.16"},{"verseId":12023017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Then he said, What title _is_ that that I see? And the men of the city told him, _It_ _is_ the sepulchre of the man of [God](/person/god_1324), which came from [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.17"},{"verseId":12023018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.18"},{"verseId":12023019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And all the houses also of the high places that _were_ in the cities of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), which the kings of Israel had made to provoke _the_ _[LORD](/person/god_1324)_ to anger, [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.19"},{"verseId":12023020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And he slew all the priests of the high places that _were_ there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.20"},{"verseId":12023021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) your [God](/person/god_1324), as _it_ _is_ written in the book of this covenant.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.21"},{"verseId":12023022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751);","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.22"},{"verseId":12023023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"But in the eighteenth year of king [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730), _wherein_ this passover was holden to the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.23"},{"verseId":12023025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of [Moses](/person/moses_2108); neither after him arose there _any_ like him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.25"},{"verseId":12023026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Notwithstanding the [LORD](/person/god_1324) turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930) had provoked him withal.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.26"},{"verseId":12023027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.27"},{"verseId":12023028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.28"},{"verseId":12023029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"In his days [Pharaoh-nechoh](/person/pharaoh-nechoh_2337) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) went up against the king of [Assyria](/place/assyria_111) to the river [Euphrates](/place/euphrates_421): and king [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) went against him; and he slew him at [Megiddo](/place/megiddo_777), when he had seen him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.29"},{"verseId":12023030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from [Megiddo](/place/megiddo_777), and brought him to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_2516) the son of [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730), and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.30"},{"verseId":12023031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"[Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_2516) _was_ twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Hamutal](/person/hamutal_1368), the daughter of [Jeremiah](/person/jeremiah_848) of [Libnah](/place/libnah_728).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.31"},{"verseId":12023032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), according to all that his fathers had done.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.32"},{"verseId":12023033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And [Pharaoh-nechoh](/person/pharaoh-nechoh_2337) put him in bands at [Riblah](/place/riblah_1001) in the land of [Hamath](/place/hamath_516), that he might not reign in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636); and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.33"},{"verseId":12023034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And [Pharaoh-nechoh](/person/pharaoh-nechoh_2337) made [Eliakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085) the son of [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) king in the room of [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) his father, and turned his name to [Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085), and took [Jehoahaz](/person/jehoahaz_2516) away: and he came to [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and died there.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.34"},{"verseId":12023035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And [Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085) gave the silver and the gold to [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh-nechoh_2337); but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give _it_ unto [Pharaoh-nechoh](/person/pharaoh-nechoh_2337).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.35"},{"verseId":12023036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"[Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085) _was_ twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Zebudah](/person/zebudah_3000), the daughter of [Pedaiah](/person/pedaiah_2292) of [Rumah](/place/rumah_1014).","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.36"},{"verseId":12023037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), according to all that his fathers had done.","osisRef":"2Kgs.23.37"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 24","chapterNum":24,"osisRef":"2Kgs.24","verses":[{"verseId":12024001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"In his days [Nebuchadnezzar](/person/nebuchadnezzar_2167) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) came up, and [Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085) became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.1"},{"verseId":12024002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake by his servants the prophets.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.2"},{"verseId":12024003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Surely at the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came _this_ upon Judah, to remove _them_ out of his sight, for the sins of [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1930), according to all that he did;","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.3"},{"verseId":12024005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.5"},{"verseId":12024006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So [Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085) slept with his fathers: and [Jehoiachin](/person/jehoiachin_791) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.6"},{"verseId":12024007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_259) came not again any more out of his land: for the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) had taken from the river of [Egypt](/place/egypt_259) unto the river [Euphrates](/place/euphrates_421) all that pertained to the king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_259).","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.7"},{"verseId":12024008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"[Jehoiachin](/person/jehoiachin_791) _was_ eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) three months. And his mother’s name _was_ [Nehushta](/person/nehushta_2174), the daughter of [Elnathan](/person/elnathan_1177) of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.8"},{"verseId":12024009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), according to all that his father had done.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.9"},{"verseId":12024010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"At that time the servants of [Nebuchadnezzar](/person/nebuchadnezzar_2167) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) came up against [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and the city was besieged.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.10"},{"verseId":12024011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Nebuchadnezzar](/person/nebuchadnezzar_2167) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.11"},{"verseId":12024012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Jehoiachin](/person/jehoiachin_791) the king of Judah went out to the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) took him in the eighth year of his reign.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.12"},{"verseId":12024013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) king of Israel had made in the temple of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had said.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.13"},{"verseId":12024014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he carried away all [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, _even_ ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.14"},{"verseId":12024015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he carried away [Jehoiachin](/person/jehoiachin_791) to [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, _those_ carried he into captivity from [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) to [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.15"},{"verseId":12024016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And all the men of might, _even_ seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all _that_ _were_ strong _and_ apt for war, even them the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) brought captive to [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.16"},{"verseId":12024017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) made [Mattaniah](/person/zedekiah_1950) his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_1950).","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.17"},{"verseId":12024019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he did _that_ _which_ _was_ evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), according to all that [Jehoiakim](/person/jehoiakim_1085) had done.","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.19"},{"verseId":12024020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"For through the anger of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) it came to pass in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_1950) rebelled against the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.24.20"}]},{"title":"2Kgs 25","chapterNum":25,"osisRef":"2Kgs.25","verses":[{"verseId":12025001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth _day_ of the month, _that_ [Nebuchadnezzar](/person/nebuchadnezzar_2167) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) came, he, and all his host, against [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.1"},{"verseId":12025002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_1950).","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.2"},{"verseId":12025003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And on the ninth _day_ of the _fourth_ month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.3"},{"verseId":12025004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the city was broken up, and all the men of war _fled_ by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which _is_ by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees _were_ against the city round about): and _the_ _king_ went the way toward the [plain](/place/arabah_79).","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.4"},{"verseId":12025005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of [Jericho](/place/jericho_634): and all his army were scattered from him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.5"},{"verseId":12025006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) to [Riblah](/place/riblah_1001); and they gave judgment upon him.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.6"},{"verseId":12025007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And they slew the sons of [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_1950) before his eyes, and put out the eyes of [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_1950), and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.7"},{"verseId":12025008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And in the fifth month, on the seventh _day_ of the month, which _is_ the nineteenth year of king [Nebuchadnezzar](/person/nebuchadnezzar_2167) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), came [Nebuzar-adan](/person/nebuzar-adan_2169), captain of the guard, a servant of the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), unto [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636):","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.8"},{"verseId":12025009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he burnt the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the king’s house, and all the houses of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and every great _man’s_ house burnt he with fire.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.9"},{"verseId":12025010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And all the army of the Chaldees, that _were_ _with_ the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) round about.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.10"},{"verseId":12025011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Now the rest of the people _that_ _were_ left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151), with the remnant of the multitude, did [Nebuzar-adan](/person/nebuzar-adan_2169) the captain of the guard carry away.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.11"},{"verseId":12025012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land _to_ _be_ vinedressers and husbandmen.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.12"},{"verseId":12025013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the pillars of brass that _were_ in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the bases, and the brasen sea that _was_ in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to [Babylon](/place/babylon_151).","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.13"},{"verseId":12025014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.14"},{"verseId":12025015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And the firepans, and the bowls, _and_ such things as _were_ of gold, _in_ gold, and of silver, _in_ silver, the captain of the guard took away.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.15"},{"verseId":12025016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had made for the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); the brass of all these vessels was without weight.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.16"},{"verseId":12025017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"The height of the one pillar _was_ eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it _was_ brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.17"},{"verseId":12025018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the captain of the guard took [Seraiah](/person/seraiah_2494) the chief priest, and [Zephaniah](/person/zephaniah_3039) the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.18"},{"verseId":12025019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land _that_ _were_ found in the city:","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.19"},{"verseId":12025020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Nebuzar-adan](/person/nebuzar-adan_2169) captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) to [Riblah](/place/riblah_1001):","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.20"},{"verseId":12025021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) smote them, and slew them at [Riblah](/place/riblah_1001) in the land of [Hamath](/place/hamath_516). So Judah was carried away out of their land.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.21"},{"verseId":12025022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And _as_ _for_ the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom [Nebuchadnezzar](/person/nebuchadnezzar_2167) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) had left, even over them he made [Gedaliah](/person/gedaliah_1287) the son of [Ahikam](/person/ahikam_141), the son of [Shaphan](/person/shaphan_2550), ruler.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.22"},{"verseId":12025023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) had made [Gedaliah](/person/gedaliah_1287) governor, there came to [Gedaliah](/person/gedaliah_1287) to [Mizpah](/place/mizpah_811), even [Ishmael](/person/ishmael_631) the son of [Nethaniah](/person/nethaniah_2198), and [Johanan](/person/johanan_1666) the son of [Careah](/person/kareah_919), and [Seraiah](/person/seraiah_2495) the son of [Tanhumeth](/person/tanhumeth_2824) the Netophathite, and [Jaazaniah](/person/jezaniah_667) the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.23"},{"verseId":12025024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Gedaliah](/person/gedaliah_1287) sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151); and it shall be well with you.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.24"},{"verseId":12025025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But it came to pass in the seventh month, that [Ishmael](/person/ishmael_631) the son of [Nethaniah](/person/nethaniah_2198), the son of [Elishama](/person/elishama_1157), of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote [Gedaliah](/person/gedaliah_1287), that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at [Mizpah](/place/mizpah_811).","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.25"},{"verseId":12025026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to [Egypt](/place/egypt_362): for they were afraid of the Chaldees.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.26"},{"verseId":12025027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of [Jehoiachin](/person/jehoiachin_791) king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth _day_ of the month, _that_ [Evil-merodach](/person/evil-merodach_1233) king of [Babylon](/place/babylon_151) in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of [Jehoiachin](/person/jehoiachin_791) king of Judah out of prison;","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.27"},{"verseId":12025028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that _were_ with him in [Babylon](/place/babylon_151);","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.28"},{"verseId":12025029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.29"},{"verseId":12025030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And his allowance _was_ a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.","osisRef":"2Kgs.25.30"}]}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"2kgs"}}}