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2 Kings 1:1-18
1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after
the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of
Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 3 But the angel of the
LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of
Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that
ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD,
Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
And Elijah departed. 5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them,
Why are ye now turned back? 6 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, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou
sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from
that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, What
manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? 8 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 the Tishbite.
9 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, the king hath said, Come down. 10 And Elijah
answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, 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. 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty
with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God,
let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came
down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 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, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee,
let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 14
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. 15 And the
angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose,
and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not
because there is no God 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. 17 So he died
according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his
stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had
no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (KJV)
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2 Kings 2:1-25
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would
take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And
Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And
Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not
leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at
Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away
thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to
Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not
leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at
Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy
master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan.
And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to
view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah 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.
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone
over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away
from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10
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.
11 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 went
up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha 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.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah
that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the
mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the
LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to
view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they
came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 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 of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast
him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 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. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried
at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto
Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord
seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20 And he said, Bring me a
new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth
unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD,
I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he
spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: 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. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed
them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare
forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from
thence he returned to Samaria. (KJV)
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2 Kings 3:1-27
1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to
reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and
like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. 3
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to
sin; he departed not therefrom. 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered
unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the
wool. 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against
the king of Israel.
6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the
same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against
Moab 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. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up?
And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and
the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days'
journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together,
to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a
prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of
Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which
poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with
him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 13 And
Elisha 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 hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of
Moab. 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely,
were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look
toward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. 16 And he said, Thus saith the
LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus saith the LORD, 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. 18 And this is but a light thing in the
sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 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.
20 And it came to pass in the morning,
when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and
the country was filled with water. 21 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. 22 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: 23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24 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. 25 And they beat
down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it;
and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in
Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and
smote it. 26 And when the king of Moab 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: but they could not. 27 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.
(KJV)
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2 Kings 4:1-44
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the
wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and
thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him
my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha 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. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 Then she came and told
the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy
children of the rest.
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed
to Shunem, 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. 9 And
she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God,
which passeth by us continually. 10 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. 11 And it fell on a day,
that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to
Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before
him. 13 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. 14
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath
no child, and her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her,
she stood in the door. 16 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, do not lie
unto thine handmaid. 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha
had said unto her, according to the time of life.
18 And when the child was grown, it fell
on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father,
My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken
him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon
him, and went out. 22 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, and come again.
23 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. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to
her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the
man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that
Shunammite: 26 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. 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she
caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said,
Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from
me, and hath not told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say,
Do not deceive me? 29 Then he said to Gehazi, 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. 30 And the mother of
the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee. And he arose, and followed her. 31 And Gehazi 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. 32 And
when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his
bed. 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
34 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. 35 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. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he
called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 37 Then she went
in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went
out.
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: 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. 39 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. 40 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, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
41 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. 42 And there came a
man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God 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. 43 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, They
shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they
did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. (KJV)
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2 Kings 5:1-27
1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the
king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD
had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a
leper. 2 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 wife. 3 And she said unto her
mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he
would recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying,
Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5 And the king of Syria
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. 6 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 my servant to
thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of
Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, 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. 8 And it was so,
when Elisha the man of God 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.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with
his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger
unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to
thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman 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 his
God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana
and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, 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. 13 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? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of
a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he
and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there
is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing
of thy servant. 16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will
receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman 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. 18 In this thing the LORD 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
pardon thy servant in this thing. 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed
from him a little way.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the
man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at
his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and
take somewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running
after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be
come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray
thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. 23 And Naaman 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. 24 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. 25 But he went in, and stood
before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he
said, Thy servant went no whither. 26 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? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave
unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as
white as snow. (KJV)
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2 Kings 6:1-33
1 And the sons of the prophets said unto
Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go,
we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place
there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray
thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And
when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 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. 6 And
the man of God 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. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up
to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 Then the king of Syria warred against
Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my
camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not
such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the
place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once
nor twice. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria 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? 12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha,
the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou
speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 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. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came
by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the servant of the man of God 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? 16 And he
answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with
them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.
And the LORD 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. 18 And when they came down to
him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with
blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha
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. 20 And it came
to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men,
that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were
in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them,
My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22 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. 23 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.
24 And it came to pass after this, that
Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And
there was a great famine in Samaria: 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. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by
upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he
said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out
of the winepress? 28 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. 29 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. 30 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.
31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat
shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha 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? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what
should I wait for the LORD any longer? (KJV)
7
2 Kings 7:1-20
1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of
the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, 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. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said,
Behold, if the LORD 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.
3 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? 4 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. 5 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. 6 For the Lord 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, to come upon us. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's
house within.
12 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. 13 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. 14
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians,
saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: 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. 16 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. 17 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 had said, who spake when the king came down to
him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God 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: 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now,
behold, if the LORD 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. 20 And so it
fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. (KJV)
8
2 Kings 8:1-29
1 Then spake Elisha 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 hath called for a famine; and it shall also
come upon the land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man
of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years. 3 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. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell
me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 5 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 said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom
Elisha restored to life. 6 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.
7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and
Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come
hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the
man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So
Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of
Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad
king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 10 And Elisha
said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath
shewed me that he shall surely die. 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he
was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he
answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their
strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and
wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But what,
is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The
LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 So he departed from
Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he
answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 15 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 reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son
of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began
to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he
did evil in the sight of the LORD. 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his
servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over
themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, 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. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah
unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of
Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of
Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two
and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD,
as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. 28
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in
Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in
Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram
the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. (KJV)
9
2 Kings 9:1-37
1 And Elisha 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 Ramothgilead: 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu
the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his
brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on
his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open
the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the
prophet, went to Ramothgilead. 5 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 said, Unto which
of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and
he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 And thou
shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the
prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the
whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against
the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: 9 And I will make the house of Ahab
like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of
Ahijah: 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be
none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 Then Jehu 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. 12 And they
said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 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 is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of
Hazael king of Syria. 15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said,
If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go
to tell it in Jezreel.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to
Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And
there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he
came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them,
and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu 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. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and
said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do
with peace? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them,
and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of
Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. 21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made
ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot,
and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he
answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are
so many? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery,
O Ahaziah. 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his
arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu
to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of
Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his
father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of
Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat,
saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground,
according to the word of the LORD. 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this,
he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him
also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a
chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of
David. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over
Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out
at a window. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who
slew his master? 32 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. 33 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. 34 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. 35 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. 36 Wherefore they came again, and
told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel: 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the
portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. (KJV)
10
2 Kings 10:1-36
1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.
And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders,
and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 2 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; 3 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. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood
not before him: how then shall we stand? 5 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, 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. 6 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 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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? 10 Know now
that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake
concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his
servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all
his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 12
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the
shearing house in the way, 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and
said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we
go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. 14 And he said,
Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house,
even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
15 And when he was departed thence, he
lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab 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
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. 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for
the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew
all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying
of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and
said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now
therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests;
let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be
wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he
might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for
Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the
worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came
into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. 22 And he
said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the
worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab
the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search,
and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers
of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu
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. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt
offering, that Jehu 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. 26 And they
brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down
the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this
day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 Howbeit from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to
wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. 30 And
the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right
in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in
mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of
Israel. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his
heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 32 In
those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of
Israel; 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites,
and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and
Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35 And Jehu
slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in
his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and
eight years. (KJV)
11
2 Kings 11:1-21
1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah
saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba,
the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, 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, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was
with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and
fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him
into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the
house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. 5 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; 6 And a third part shall be at
the gate of Sur; 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. 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the
sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8 And ye
shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that
cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as
he cometh in. 9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that
Jehoiada 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 the priest. 10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields,
that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 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. 12 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 save the
king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of
the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 14
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 rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 15 But Jehoiada
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. 16 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.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between
the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the
king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal,
and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew
Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the
house of the LORD. 19 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, 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. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in
quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven
years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. (KJV)
12
2 Kings 12:1-21
1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash
began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah
of Beersheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all
his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken
away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the
money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, 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, 5
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. 6 But it was so, that
in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the
breaches of the house. 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada 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. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the
people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. 9 But Jehoiada 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: and the priests that kept the door put therein
all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 10 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. 11 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: and they laid it out to the
carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, 12 And to masons, and
hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of
the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 Howbeit
there were not made for the house of the LORD 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: 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house
of the LORD. 15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered
the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 16 The trespass money and
sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and
fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And
Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and
Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all
the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the
king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And his servants arose, and made a
conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. 21 For
Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him,
and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his
son reigned in his stead. (KJV)
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2 Kings 13:1-25
1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash
the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made
Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and
the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of
Syria oppressed them. 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from
under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as
beforetime. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who
made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and
ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the
dust by threshing. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son
reigned in his stead.
10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash
king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin:
but he walked therein. 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,
and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his
fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings
of Israel. 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash 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. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take
bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Israel,
Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands
upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it.
Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance,
and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till
thou have consumed them. 18 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. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten
five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it:
whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20 And Elisha died, and they buried him.
And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 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: and when the man was let down, and
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 But Hazael king of
Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them,
and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his
presence as yet. 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his
stead. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son
of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war.
Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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