Jehoshaphat, Asariah, and Jehiel. and Zechariah, and Azariahu, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the first- born. 4Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 5Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6Aad he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, ^owbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the cove- nant that He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
8In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves, ^hen Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the cap- tains of the chariots. 10So Edom re- volted from under the hand of Judah unto thii day; then did Libixah revolt at the same time from under his hand; because lie had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers. ^Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go astray, and drew Judah away. "And there came a writing to him from Elijah thfc prophet, saying: 'Thus $aith the LORD, the God of David thy father: SECOND CHRONICLES SECOND CHRONICLES Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah 13but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go astray, like as the house of Ahab made [Israel] to go astray; and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself "behold, the LOKD will smite with a great plague thy people, and children, and thy wives, and all substance; 15and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, un- til thy bowels fall out by reason of th< sickness, day by day/ 16And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and of the Arabians that are beside the Ethiopians; 17and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, anc carried away all the substance tha1 was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19And it came to pass, that in "process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And 'his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed joyless; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
OO And the inhabitants of Jeru- salem made Ahaziah his young- est son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest.
So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athafiah the daughter of Omri. 3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead; and the Arameans wounded Joram. 6And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Raman, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jez- reel, because he was sick, 7Now the downfall of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram; for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anomted to cut off the house of Ahab. 8And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. 0And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him —now ho was hiding m Samaria— and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said: £He is the son of Jehosha- :>hat, who sought the LORD, with all lis heart,7 And thero wa# none of the xouse of Ahaziah that had power to hold the kingdom.
SECOND CHRONICLES 10Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. nBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest— for she was the sister of Ahaziah — hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. 12And he was with them hid in the house of God six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land. OQ And in the seventh year Jehoi- ada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Aza- riah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jchohanan, and Azariah the son of Obod, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2And they went about in Judah. and gathered the Lcvites out of all the cities of Judah. and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 8And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them: 'Behold, tho king's son shall reign, as tho LORD hath spoken concerning the sons of David. 4This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of tho priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; *and a third part shall be at tho king's house; and a thirp! part at the gate of tho foundation; and all tho people shall be in the courts of the housGoftheLoED. 6But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of too Lcvites; they shall come in, for they I are holy; but all the people shall keep the charge of the LORD. 7And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out,' 8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 9And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. 10And he set all the people, ery man with his weapon in his nd, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along Jby the altar and the house, by the Sang round about. nThen they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia, and made him king; and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said: 'Long live the king.'
uAnd when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and prais- ing the king, she came to the people into the house of the LoRD^and she looked, and, behold, the king stood on his platfornj at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; the singers also [played] on^ instruments of music, and led tho singing of praise. Thou Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: "Treason2 treason/ MAnd Je- hoiada the pnest brought out the captains of hundreds that wore sot over tho host, and said unto them: SECOND CHRONICLES Have her forth between the ranks ind whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword ', for the priesl (aid: 'Slay her not in the house oi ,he LORD.' 1BSo they made way for ler; and she went to the entry of the lorse gate to the king's house; and .hey slew her there.
16And Jehoiada made a covenant Detween himself; and all the people md the king, that they should be the LORD'S people. 17And all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his Linages in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars L8And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house oJ the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, 9,9 it is written in the Law of Moses/ with rejoicing and with singing, according to the direction of David. 19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none that was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20And he took the cap- tains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the gpvernors of the people, and all tKe Deople of the land, and brought down ,he king from the house of the LORD; ind they came through the upper gate into the king's house, and set the dng upon the throne of the kingdom. 'So all the people of the land rejoiced, -nd the city was quiet-; and they slew ithaliah with the sword. J/L Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he signed forty years in Jerusalem; and is mother's name was Zibiah of Beer- leba. 2And Joash did that which as right in the eyes of the LORD all le days of Jehoiada the priest. 8And ihoiada took for him two wives; and j begot sons and daughters.
4And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of the LORD. 5And he gathered to- gether the priests and the Levites, and said to them: 'Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter/ Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him: 'Why hast^thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of- Israel, for the tent of the testimony?' 7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon the Baalim, 8So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. 9And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. 10And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. uAnd it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when bhey saw that there was much money, ihe king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it back to its place. Thus they did day by day, ind gathered money in abundance. "And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they rired masons and carpenters to re- store the house of the LORD, and also SECOND CHRONICLES such as wrought iron and brass to re- pair the house of the LORD. 13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it. 14And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels wherewith to minister, and buckets, and pans, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada, 15But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, be- cause he had done good in Israel, and toward God and His house. 17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and prostrated thqmselves before the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18And they forsook the house of the LORD. the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. wYet He sent prophets to them, to bring them back unto the LORD; and they admonished them, but they would not give ear.
s°And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: ' Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the command- ments of the LOKD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LOBD, He hath also forsaken you/ **And they conspired against Mm, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Joanh the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said: ^ 'The LORD look upon it, and require it.'
23Andit came to pass, when the year was come about, that the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. ^For the army of the Arameans came with a small com- pany of men; and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, be- cause they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash. ^And when judgment upon Joash. they were departed from him — for they left him in great diseases — his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and tie died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shim- eath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad bhe son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27Now concerning his sons, and the mul- titude of the burdens against him, and ;he rebuilding of the house of God, be- lold, they ar§ written in the commen- tary of the book of the kings. Arid Amaziah his son reigned in his stead* Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and ne,reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem;, and bis mother's lame was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a whole heart* 'Now it came to pas$. when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants who had killed the king his father.
SECOND CHRONICLES SECOND CHRONICLES 4But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written ha the law in the book oi Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying: 'The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.; 5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hun- dreds, even all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and founc them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. 7But there came a man of God to him, saying c 0 king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, even with all the children of Ephraim. 8But if thou wilt go, and do engage never so valiantly in battle, God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down/ 9And Amaziah said to the man of God: 'But what shall we do for the hundred talents -which I have given to the army of Israel?7 And the man of God answered: "The LORD is able to give thee much more than this/ 10Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go back home; wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they re- turned home m fierce anger.
i:And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir,ten thousand, other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the Rock, and cast them down from the top of the Rock, that they all were broken in pieces. wBut the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth- horon, and smote of them three thou- sand, and took much spoil.
14Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and prostrated himself before them, and offered unto them. "Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him: 'Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?7 16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him: 'Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smit- ten?7 Then the prophet forbore, and said: 'I know that God hath deter- mined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel/ 17Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash* the &on of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: * Come, lot us look one another in the face/ l8A«d Joaah king of Israel sent to Anmsinh king of Judah, saying: 'The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the codar thai was in Lebanon, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife; and ihero passed by the wild taasttf that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. I8Thou aaycat— lof thou hast smitten Edom; will thy heart ther&- SECOND CHRONICLES SECOND CHRONICLES fore lift thee up to glory therein? abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle with evil, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?' 20But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that He might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 21So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. ^And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth- shemesh, and brought him to Jeru- salem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24And [he took] all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of t Israel fifteen years. S6Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27Now from tho time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against, him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. *8And they brought i him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city- of Judah. Oft And all the people of Judah AV took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. *Ho built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecohah of Jerusalem. 4And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LOED, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 8And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. 8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah; and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong. 9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the Turning, and fortified them. 10And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the Lowland also, and in the table-land; and he had husband- men and vinedressers in the moun- tains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry. t "Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of thoir reckoning made, by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 12The whole number of tho heads of fathers' SECOND CHRONICLES SECOND CHRONICLES houses, even the mighty men o: valour, was two thousand and six hundred. 13And under their hand was a trained army, three hundred thou- sand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot^ arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was mar- vellously helped, till he was strong.
16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the^ LORD, that were valiant men; 18and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him: 'It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron that are consecrated it per- taineth to burn incense; go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thy honour from the LORD God/ 19Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar of incense. 20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself made haste also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him, 21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD; and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. ^Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. ^So Uzziah ^ slept with his fathers; and they buried Mm with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said: 'He is a leper7; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead, oy Jotham was twenty and five ^ * years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; how- beit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. 3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 4Mpre- over he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5He fought also with the king of the children of Am- mon, and prevailed against thorn. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Axnxnon render unto him, in the second year dso, and in the third. *So Jotham )ecame mighty, because he ordered lis ways before the LORD his God. Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, ;hey are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. *He was SECOND CHRONICLES five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. OQ Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and he did not that which^was right in the eyes of the LORD, like David his father; 2but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim. 'More- over he offered in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 4And he sacrificed and offered in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree. 6Whcrefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. Arid he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6For Pekah the son of Remaiiah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, ail of them valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD, tthe God of their fathers. 7And Zichri, a mighty man of