GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:12urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:12And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab . And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria , and was sick ; and he sent messengers and said to them , Go , inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron , whether I shall recover from this disease . And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite , Arise , go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria , and say to them , Is it because there is not a God in Israel , that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron ? Now therefore thus saith Jehovah : Thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up , but shalt certainly die . And Elijah departed . And the messengers returned to him ; and he said to them , Why have ye returned ? And they said unto him , A man came up to meet us , and said to us , Go , return to the king that sent you and say to him , Thus saith Jehovah : Is it because there is not a God in Israel , that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up , but shalt certainly die . And he said to them , What manner of man was he that came up to meet you , and told you these words ? And they said to him , He was a man in a hairy [ garment ] , and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins . And he said , It is Elijah the Tishbite . And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty . And he went up to him , and behold , he sat on the top of the mount . And he spoke to him : Man of God , the king says , Come down ! And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty , And if I be a man of God , let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty . And there came down fire from the heavens , and consumed him and his fifty . And again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty . And he spoke and said to him , Man of God , thus says the king : Come down quickly ! And Elijah answered and said to them , If I be a man of God , let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty . And the fire of God came down from the heavens , and consumed him and his fifty . And again he sent the captain of a 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 to him , Man of God , I pray thee , let my life , and the life of these fifty thy servants , be precious in thy sight . Behold , there came down fire from the heavens , and consumed the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties ; but now , let my life be precious in thy sight . And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah , Go down with him : be not afraid of him . And he arose , and went down with him to the king . And he said to him , Thus saith Jehovah : Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron , is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word ? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up , but shalt certainly die . And he died according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah had spoken . And Jehoram began to reign in his stead , in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ; for he had no son . And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah , what he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? And it came to pass when Jehovah would take up Elijah into the heavens by a whirlwind , that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal . And Elijah said to Elisha , Abide here , I pray thee ; for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel . And Elisha said , As Jehovah liveth , and as thy soul liveth , I will not leave thee ! So they went down to Bethel . And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha , and said to him , Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day ? And he said , I also know it : be silent ! And Elijah said to him , Elisha , abide here , I pray thee ; for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho . And he said , As Jehovah liveth , and as thy soul liveth , I will not leave thee ! And they came to Jericho . And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him , Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day ? And he said , I also know it : be silent ! And Elijah said to him , Abide here , I pray thee ; for Jehovah has sent me to the Jordan . And he said , As Jehovah liveth , and as thy soul liveth , I will not leave thee ! And they two went on . And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off ; and they two stood by the Jordan . And Elijah took his mantle , and wrapped it together , and smote the waters , and they were divided hither and thither ; and they two went over on dry ground . And it came to pass when they had gone over , that Elijah said to Elisha , Ask what I shall do for thee , before I am taken away from thee . And Elisha said , I pray thee , let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me . And he said , Thou hast asked a hard thing : if thou see me when I am taken from thee , it shall be so to thee ; but if not , it shall not be [ so ] . And it came to pass as they went on , and talked , that behold , a chariot of fire and horses of fire ; and they parted them both asunder ; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into the heavens . 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 . Then he took hold of his own garments and rent them in two pieces . And he took up the mantle of Elijah which fell from him , and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan ; and he took the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him , and smote the waters , and said , Where is Jehovah , the God of Elijah ? He also smote the waters , and they parted hither and thither , and Elisha went over . And the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho on the opposite side saw him , and they said , The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha . And they came to meet him , and bowed themselves to the ground before him , and said to him , Behold now , there are with thy servants fifty valiant men ; let them go , we pray thee , and seek thy master , lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up , and cast him upon some mountain , or into some ravine . And he said , Ye shall not send . And they pressed him till he was ashamed , and he said , Send . They sent therefore fifty men , and they sought three days , but did not find him . And they came again to him ( now he was staying at Jericho ) ; and he said to them , Did I not say to you , Go not ? And the men of the city said to Elisha , Behold now , the situation of the city is good , as my lord sees ; but the water is bad , and the land is barren . And he said , Bring me a new cruse , and put salt in it . And they brought it to him . And he went forth to the source of the waters , and cast the salt in there , and said , Thus saith Jehovah : I have healed these waters : there shall not be from thence any more death or barrenness . And the waters were healed to this day , according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke . And he went up from thence to Bethel , and as he went up by the way , there came forth little boys out of the city , and mocked him , and said to him , Go up , bald head ; go up , bald head ! And he turned back , and looked on them , and cursed them in the name of Jehovah . And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood , and tore forty-two children of them . And he went from thence to mount Carmel , and from thence he returned to Samaria . And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ; and he reigned twelve years . And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah , but not like his father , and like his mother ; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made . Only , he clave to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin : he did not depart therefrom . And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster , and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams , with the wool . And it came to pass when Ahab was dead , that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel . And at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all Israel . And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying , The king of Moab has rebelled against me : wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle ? And he said , I will go up : I am as thou , my people as thy people , my horses as thy horses . And he said , Which way shall we go up ? And he said , By way of the wilderness of Edom . And the king of Israel went , and the king of Judah , and the king of Edom , and they made a circuit of seven days' journey . And there was no water for the army , and for the cattle that followed them . And the king of Israel said , Alas ! that Jehovah has called these three kings together , to give them into the hand of Moab ! And Jehoshaphat said , Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah that we may inquire of Jehovah by him ? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said , Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat , who poured water on the hands of Elijah . And Jehoshaphat said , The word of Jehovah is with him . And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him . And Elisha said to the king of Israel , What have I to do with thee ? go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother . And the king of Israel said to him , Not so , for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab . And Elisha said , As Jehovah 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 . And now fetch me a minstrel . And it came to pass when the minstrel played , that the hand of Jehovah was upon him . And he said , Thus saith Jehovah : Make this valley full of ditches . For thus saith Jehovah : Ye shall not see wind , neither shall ye see rain ; yet this valley shall be filled with water , and ye shall drink , both ye , and your cattle , and your beasts . And this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah : he will give the Moabites also into your hand . And ye shall smite every fortified 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 . And it came to pass in the morning , when the oblation was offered up , that behold , there came water by the way of Edom , and the country was filled with water . And all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them , and they were called together , all that were able to put on armour , and upward , and stood by the border . And they rose up early in the morning , and the sun rose upon the water , and the Moabites saw the water on the other side red as blood . And they said , This is blood : the kings are entirely destroyed , and have smitten one another ; and now , Moab , to the spoil ! And when they came to the camp of Israel , the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites , and they fled before them ; and they entered in and smote Moab . And they beat down the cities , and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone and filled it , and they stopped every well of water , and felled every good tree , until they left [ only ] the stones at Kirhareseth ; and the slingers went about it , and smote it . And the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him , and he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords , to break through to the king of Edom , but they could not . And he took his eldest son , that should have reigned in his stead , and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall . And there was great wrath against Israel ; and they departed from him , and returned to [ their own ] land . And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying , Thy servant my husband is dead , and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah ; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen . And Elisha said to her , What shall I do for thee ? Tell me , what hast thou in the house ? And she said , Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil . And he said , Go , borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours , empty vessels ; let it not be few ; and go in , and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons , and pour out into all those vessels , and set aside what is full . And she went from him , and shut the door upon her and upon her sons : they brought [ the vessels ] to her , and she poured out . And it came to pass when the vessels were full , that she said to her son , Bring me yet a vessel . And he said to her , There is not a vessel more . And the oil stayed . And she came and told the man of God ; and he said , Go , sell the oil , and pay thy debt , and live thou [ and ] thy sons on the rest . And it came to pass on a day , that Elisha passed to Shunem , where was a wealthy 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 . And she said to her husband , Behold now , I perceive that this is a holy man of God , who passes by us continually . Let us make , I pray thee , a small upper chamber with walls , and let us set for him there a bed , and a table , and a seat , and a lampstand ; and it shall be when he cometh to us , he shall turn in thither . And it came to pass on a day , that he came thither , and he turned into the upper chamber , and lay there . And he said to Gehazi his servant , Call this Shunammite . And he called her , and she stood before him . And he said to him , Say now to 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 said , I dwell among mine own people . And he said , What then is to be done for her ? And Gehazi said , Verily , she has no son , and her husband is old . And he said , Call her ; and he called her ; and she stood in the doorway . And he said , At this appointed time , when thy term is come , thou shalt embrace a son . And she said , No , my lord , man of God , do not lie to thy handmaid . And the woman conceived , and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her . And the child grew , and it came to pass one day , that he went out to his father to the reapers . And he said to his father , My head , my head ! And he said to the servant , Carry him to his mother . And he carried him , and brought him to his mother ; and he sat on her knees till noon , and died . And she went up , and laid him on the bed of the man of God , and shut [ the door ] upon him , and went out . And she called to her husband , and said , Send me , I pray thee , one of the young men , and one of the asses , and I will run to the man of God , and come again . And he said , Why wilt thou go to him to-day ? It is neither new moon nor sabbath . And she said , [ It is ] well . Then she saddled the ass , and said to her servant , Drive and go forward ; slack not the riding for me , except I bid thee . And she went and came to 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 , there is the Shunammite : 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 said , It is well . And she came to the man of God to the mountain , and caught him by the feet ; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away ; but the man of God said , Let her alone , for her soul is troubled within her , and Jehovah has hidden it from me , and has not told me . And she said , Did I desire a son of my lord ? did I not say , Do not deceive me ? And he said to Gehazi , Gird up thy loins , and take my staff in thy 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 lad . And the mother of the lad said , As Jehovah liveth , and as thy soul liveth , I will not leave thee ! And he rose up and followed her . And Gehazi passed on before them , and laid the staff upon the face of the lad ; but there was neither voice , nor sign of attention . And he returned to meet him , and told him saying , The lad is not awaked . And when Elisha came into the house , behold , the child was dead , [ and ] laid upon his bed . And he went in and shut the door upon them both , and prayed to Jehovah . 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 bent over him ; and the flesh of the child grew warm . And he returned , and walked in the house to and fro ; and went up , and bent over him . And the lad sneezed seven times , and the lad opened his eyes . And he called Gehazi , and said , Call this Shunammite . And he called her ; and she came to him . And he said , Take up thy son . And she came and fell at his feet , and bowed herself to the ground ; and she took up her son , and went out . And Elisha came again to Gilgal . And there was a famine in the land ; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him . And he said to his servant , Set on the great pot , and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets . Then one went out into the field to gather herbs , and found a wild vine , and gathered from it his lap full of wild colocynths , and came and shred them into the pot of pottage ; for they did not know them . And 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 , Man of God , there is death in the pot ! And they could not eat [ it ] . And he said , Then bring meal . And he cast [ it ] into the pot , and said , Pour out for the people , that they may eat . And there was no harm in the pot . And there came a man from Baal-shalishah , and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits , twenty loaves of barley , and fresh ears of corn in his sack . And he said , Give to the people that they may eat . And his attendant said , How shall I set this before a hundred men ? And he said , Give the people that they may eat ; for thus saith Jehovah : They shall eat , and shall have to spare . And he set [ it ] before them , and they ate and left [ thereof ] , according to the word of Jehovah . And Naaman , captain of the host of the king of Syria , was a great man before his master , and honourable , for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria ; and he was a mighty man of valour , [ but ] a leper . And the Syrians had gone out in bands , and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid ; and she waited on Naaman's wife . And she said to her mistress , Oh , would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria ! then he would cure him of his leprosy . And he went and told his lord saying , Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel . And the king of Syria said , Well ! go , and I will send a letter to the king of Israel . And he departed , and took with him ten talents of silver , and six thousand [ shekels ] of gold , and ten changes of raiment . And he brought the letter to the king of Israel , saying , And now , when this letter comes to thee , behold , I have sent Naaman my servant to thee , that thou mayest cure him of his leprosy . And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter , that he rent his garments , and said , Am I God , to kill and to make alive , that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy ? Wherefore consider , I pray you , and see how he seeks an occasion against me . And it was so , when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments , that he sent to the king , saying , Why hast thou rent thy garments ? let him come now to me , and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel . And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot , and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha . And Elisha sent a messenger to him , saying , Go and wash in the Jordan seven times , and thy flesh shall come again to thee , and thou shalt be clean . And Naaman was wroth , and went away and said , Behold , I thought , He will certainly come out to me , and stand , and call on the name of Jehovah his God , and wave his hand over the place , and cure the leper . Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar , rivers of Damascus , better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them and be clean ? And he turned and went away in a rage . And his servants drew near , and spoke to him and said , My father , [ if ] the prophet had bidden thee [ do some ] great thing , wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then , when he says to thee , Wash and be clean ? Then he went down , and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan , according to the saying of the man of God . And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child , and he was clean . And he returned to the man of God , he and all his company , and came and stood before him ; and he said , Behold , I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel ; and now , I pray thee , take a present of thy servant . But he said , As Jehovah liveth , before whom I stand , I will receive none ! And he urged him to take it ; but he refused . And Naaman said , If not , then let there , I pray thee , be given to thy servant two mules' burden of [ this ] earth ; for thy servant will no more offer burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods , but to Jehovah . In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant : when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there , and he leans on my hand , and I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon -- when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon , Jehovah pardon thy servant , I pray thee , in this thing . And he said to him , Go in peace . And he departed from him a little way . And Gehazi , the servant of Elisha the man of God , said , Behold , my master has spared Naaman , this Syrian , in not receiving at his hands that which he brought ; but as Jehovah liveth , I will run after him and take somewhat of him . And Gehazi followed after Naaman . And when Naaman saw him running after him , he sprang down from the chariot to meet him , and said , Is all well ? And he said , All is well . My master has sent me saying , Behold , even now there are 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 raiment . And Naaman said , Consent to take two talents . And he urged him , and bound two talents of silver in two bags , with two changes of raiment , and laid them upon two of his young men ; and they bore them before him . And when he came to the hill , he took them from their hand , and stowed them in the house ; and he let the men go , and they departed . And he entered in and stood before his master . And Elisha said to him , Whence [ comest thou ] , Gehazi ? And he said , Thy servant went no whither . And he said to him , Did not my heart go , 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 bondmen , and bondwomen ? But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee , and upon thy seed for ever . And he went out from his presence leprous , as snow . And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha , Behold now , the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us . Let us go , we pray thee , to the Jordan , and take thence every man a beam , and let us make us a place there , where we may dwell . And he said , Go . And one said , Consent , I pray thee , to go with thy servants . And he said , I will go . And he went with them . And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees . And it came to pass as one was felling a beam , that the iron fell into the water ; and he cried and said , Alas , master , and it was borrowed ! And the man of God said , Where did it fall ? And he shewed him the place . And he cut down a stick , and cast it in thither , and made the iron to swim . And he said , Take [ it ] up to thee . And he put out his hand and took it . And the king of Syria warred against Israel ; and he took counsel with his servants , saying , In such and such a place [ shall be ] my camp . And the man of God sent to the king of Israel , saying , Beware that thou pass not such a place , for thither the Syrians are come down . And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of , and he was on his guard there . [ That took place ] not once , nor twice . And the heart of the king of Syria was troubled because of this thing ; and he called his servants , and said to them , Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel ? And one of his servants said , None , my lord , O king ; but Elisha , the prophet that is in Israel , tells the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber . And he said , Go and see where he is , and I will send and fetch him . And it was told him saying , Behold , he is in Dothan . And he sent thither horses and chariots , and a great host , and they came by night and surrounded the city . And when the attendant of the man of God rose early and went forth , behold , an army surrounded the city , with horses and chariots . And his servant said to him , Alas , my master ! how shall we do ? And he said , Fear not , for they that are with us are more than they that are with them . And Elisha prayed and said , Jehovah , I pray thee , open his eyes that he may see . And Jehovah 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 . And they came down to him ; and Elisha prayed to Jehovah and said , Smite this nation , I pray thee , with blindness . And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha . And Elisha said to them , This is not the way , neither is this the city : follow me , and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek . And he led them to Samaria . And it came to pass when they entered into Samaria , that Elisha said , Jehovah , open the eyes of these [ men ] that they may see . And Jehovah opened their eyes , and they saw , and behold , they were in the midst of Samaria . And the king of Israel said to Elisha , when he saw them , My father , shall I smite ? shall I smite [ them ] ? And he said , 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 . And he prepared a great repast for them , and they ate and drank ; and he sent them away , and they went to their master . And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel . And it came to pass after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army , and went up and besieged Samaria . And there was a great famine in Samaria ; and behold , they besieged it , until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces , and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces . And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall , there cried a woman to him saying , Help , my lord O king ! And he said , If Jehovah do not help thee , whence should I help thee ? Out of the threshing-floor , or out of the winepress ? And the king said to her , What aileth thee ? And she said , This woman said to me , Give thy son , that we may eat him to-day , and we will eat my son to-morrow . And we boiled my son , and ate him : and I said to her on the next day , Give thy son , that we may eat him ; and she has hidden her son . And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman , that he rent his garments ; and he was passing by upon the wall , and the people looked , and behold , he had sackcloth within upon his flesh . And he said , God do so , and more also to me , if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day ! And Elisha sat in his house , and the elders sat with him . And [ the king ] sent a man before him . Before the messenger came to him , he himself said to the elders , Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head ? See , when the messenger comes ; shut the door , and keep him off with the door : is not the sound of his master's feet behind him ? And while he yet talked with them , behold , the messenger came down to him . And [ the king ] said , Behold , this evil is of Jehovah : why should I wait for Jehovah any longer ? And Elisha said , Hear the word of Jehovah . Thus saith Jehovah : To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel , and two measures of barley at a shekel , in the gate of Samaria . And the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said , Behold , if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens , would this thing be ? And he said , Behold , thou shalt see it with thine eyes , but shalt not eat thereof . And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate , and they said one to another , Why do we abide here until we die ? If we say , Let us enter into the city , the famine is in the city , and we shall die there ; and if we abide here , we shall die . And now come , let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians : if they save us alive , we shall live ; and if they put us to death , we shall but die . And they rose up in the dusk to go to the camp of the Syrians ; and they came to the extremity of the camp of the Syrians ; and behold , there was no man there . For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots , and a noise of horses , a noise of a great host ; and they said one to another , Behold , the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites , and the kings of the Egyptians , to come upon us . And they rose up and fled in the dusk , and left their tents , and their horses , and their asses , the camp as it was , and fled for their life . And those lepers came to the extremity of the camp ; and they went into one tent , and ate and drank , and carried thence silver and gold , and garments , and went and hid it ; and they came again , and entered into another tent , and carried thence , and went and hid [ it ] . And they said one to another , We are not doing right ; this day is a day of good tidings , and we hold our peace : if we tarry till the morning light , the iniquity will find us out ; and now come , let us go and tell the king's household . And they came and called to the porters of the city , and told them saying , We came to the camp of the Syrians , and behold , there was no one there , no sound of man , but the horses tied , and the asses tied , and the tents as they were . And the porters cried [ it ] and told [ it ] to the king's house within . And the king rose up in the night and said to his servants , Let me tell you what the Syrians have done to us . They know that we are hungry , and they have 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 . And one of his servants answered and said , Let some one 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 , they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that have perished ) , and let us send and see . And they took two chariots with their horses ; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians , saying , Go and see . And they went after them to the Jordan ; and behold , all the way was full of garments and materials , which the Syrians had cast away in their haste . And the messengers returned and told the king . And the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians ; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel , and two measures of barley at a shekel , according to the word of Jehovah . And the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate ; and the people trampled upon him in the gate , and he died , according to what the man of God had said , -- what he had said when the king came down to him . And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying , Two measures of barley shall be at a shekel , and the measure of fine flour at a shekel , to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria . And the captain answered the man of God and said , Behold , if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens , would such a thing be ? And he said , Behold , thou shalt see it with thine eyes , but shalt not eat thereof . And so it happened to him ; and the people trampled upon him in the gate , and he died . And Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life , saying , Rise up and go , thou and thy household , and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn ; for Jehovah has called for a famine , and it shall also come upon the land for seven years . And the woman rose up , and did according to the saying of the man of God , and went , she and her household , and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years . 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 to the king for her house and for her land . And the king was talking with Gehazi , the servant of the man of God , saying , Tell me , I pray thee , all the great things that Elisha has done . 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 . And the king asked the woman , and she told him . And the king appointed a certain chamberlain , saying , Restore all that was hers , and all the revenue of the land since the day that she left the country even until now . And Elisha came to Damascus ; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria was sick ; and it was told him saying , The man of God is come hither . And the king said to Hazael , Take a present in thy hand , and go , meet the man of God , and inquire of Jehovah by him , saying , Shall I recover from this disease ? And Hazael went to meet him , and took with him a present , even of every good thing of Damascus , forty camels' burden ; and he came and stood before him , and said , Thy son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to thee , saying , Shall I recover from this disease ? And Elisha said to him , Go , say to him , Thou wilt certainly recover . But Jehovah has shewn me that he shall certainly die . And he settled his countenance stedfastly , until he was ashamed ; and the man of God wept . And Hazael said , Why does my lord weep ? And he said , Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire , and their young men wilt thou kill with the sword , and wilt dash in pieces their children , and rip up their women with child . And Hazael said , But what , is thy servant a dog , that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha said , Jehovah has shewn me that thou wilt be king over Syria . And he departed from Elisha , and came to his master , who said to him , What did Elisha say to thee ? And he said , He told me [ that ] thou wouldest certainly recover . And it came to pass the next day , that he took the coverlet and dipped [ it ] in water , and spread it over his face , so that he died ; and Hazael reigned in his stead . 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 . He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . 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 Jehovah . But Jehovah would not destroy Judah , for David his servant's sake , as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons . In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah , and they set a king over themselves . And Joram went over to Zair , and all the chariots with him ; and he rose up by night , and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him , and the captains of the chariots ; and the people fled into their tents . But the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day . Then Libnah revolted at the same time . 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 ? 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 . In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab , king of Israel , Ahaziah the son of Jehoram , king of Judah , began to reign . Ahaziah was twenty-two years old 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 . And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab , and did evil in the sight of Jehovah , like the house of Ahab ; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab . And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael the king of Syria at Ramoth-Gilead ; and the Syrians wounded Joram . And king Joram returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah , when he fought with Hazael king of Syria . And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram , king of Judah , went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jizreel , for he was sick . And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets , and said to him , Gird up thy loins , and take this vial of oil in thy hand , and go to Ramoth-Gilead . And when thou art come thither , look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat , son of Nimshi , and go in , and make him rise up from among his brethren , and bring him to an inner chamber ; then take the vial of oil , and pour it on his head and say , Thus saith Jehovah : I have anointed thee king over Israel ; and open the door , and flee , and tarry not . And the young man , the young prophet , went to Ramoth-Gilead . And when he came , behold , the captains of the host were sitting . And he said , I have an errand to thee , captain . And Jehu said , To which of all of us ? And he said , To thee , captain . And he rose up and went into the house ; and he poured the oil on his head , and said to him , Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah , over Israel . And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master ; and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets , and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah at the hand of Jezebel . And the whole house of Ahab shall perish , and I will cut off from Ahab every male , and him that is shut up and left in Israel . And I will make the house of Ahab as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , and as the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah . And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the plot of Jizreel , and none shall bury her . And he opened the door and fled . And Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord . And one said to him , Is all well ? why came this madman to thee ? And he said to them , Ye know the man , and his mind . And they said , It is false ! tell us now . And he said , Thus and thus spoke he to me saying , Thus saith Jehovah : I have anointed thee king over Israel . Then they hasted and took every man his garment , and put it under him on the very stairs , and blew with trumpets , and said , Jehu is king ! And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat , son of Nimshi , conspired against Joram . ( Now Joram kept Ramoth-Gilead , he and all Israel , because of Hazael king of Syria ; and king Joram had returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him , when he fought against Hazael king of Syria . ) And Jehu said , If it be your will , let not a fugitive escape out of the city to go to tell [ it ] in Jizreel . And Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jizreel ; for Joram lay there . And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram . And the watchman stood on the tower in Jizreel , and saw Jehu's company as he came , and said , I see a company . And Joram said , Take a horseman , and send to meet them , and let him say , Is it peace ? So there went one on horseback to meet him ; and he 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 , and he does not return . And he sent out a second on horseback ; and he came to them 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 , He came to them , and does not return . And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ; for he drives furiously . Then Joram said , Make ready ! And they made ready his chariot . And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out , each in his chariot ; and they went out to meet Jehu , and met him in the plot of Naboth the Jizreelite . And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu , that he said , Is it peace , Jehu ? And he said , What peace , so long as the fornications of thy mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many ? Then Joram turned his hand , and fled , and said to Ahaziah , Treachery , Ahaziah ! And Jehu took his bow in his hand , and smote Jehoram between his arms , and the arrow went out through his heart ; and he sank down in his chariot . And he said to Bidkar his captain , Take him up [ and ] cast him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jizreelite . For remember how , when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father , that Jehovah laid this burden upon him : Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth , and the blood of his sons , saith Jehovah ; and I will requite thee in this plot , saith Jehovah . And now , take [ and ] cast him into the plot , according to the word of Jehovah . When Ahaziah king of Judah saw [ that ] , he fled by the way of the garden-house . And Jehu followed after him , and said , Smite him also in his chariot . It was on the ascent of Gur , which is by Jibleam . And he fled to Megiddo , and died there . And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem , and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David . ( And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab had Ahaziah begun to reign over Judah . ) And Jehu came to Jizreel ; and Jezebel heard of it , and she put paint to her eyes , and decked her head , and looked out at the window . And when Jehu came in at the gate , she said , Is it peace , Zimri , murderer of his master ? And he lifted up his face to the window , and said , Who is on my side ? who ? And two or three chamberlains looked out to him . And he said , Throw her down ! And they threw her down ; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall , and on the horses ; and he trampled on her . And he came in , and ate and drank ; and he said , Go , look , I pray you , after this cursed [ woman ] , and bury her ; for she is a king's daughter . And they went to bury her ; but they found no more of her than the skull , and the feet , and the palms of the hands . And they came back and told him . And he said , This is the word of Jehovah , which he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite saying , In the plot of Jizreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel ; and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the open field in the plot of Jizreel , so that they shall not say , This is Jezebel . Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria . And Jehu wrote letters , and sent to Samaria , to the princes of Jizreel , to the elders , and to Ahab's guardians , saying , And now , when this letter comes to you , seeing your master's sons are with you , and there are with you chariots , and horses , and a fortified city , and armour , look out the best and worthiest of your master's sons , and set him on his father's throne , and fight for your master's house . And they were exceedingly afraid , and said , Behold , the two kings stood not before him ; and how shall we stand ? And he that was over the house , and he that was over the city , and the elders , and the guardians sent to Jehu , saying , We are thy servants , and will do all that thou shalt bid us ; we will not make any one king ; do what is good in thy sight . And he wrote a letter the second time to them saying , If ye are mine , and will hearken to my voice , take the heads of the men your master's sons , and come to me to Jizreel to-morrow at this time . Now the king's sons , seventy persons , were with the great men of the city , who brought them up . And it came to pass when the letter came to them , that they took the king's sons , and slaughtered seventy persons , and put their heads in baskets , and sent them to him to Jizreel . And a messenger came and told him saying , They have brought the heads of the king's sons . And he said , Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning . And it came to pass in the morning that he went out ; and he stood , and said to all the people , Ye are righteous ! behold , I conspired against my master and killed him ; but who smote all these ? Know now that nothing shall fall to the earth of the word of Jehovah , which Jehovah spoke concerning the house of Ahab ; for Jehovah has done that which he said through his servant Elijah . And Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jizreel , and all his great men , and his acquaintances , and his priests , until he left him none remaining . And he rose up and departed , and came to Samaria . And as he was at the shepherds' meeting-place on the way , Jehu found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah , and said , Who are ye ? And they said , We are the brethren of Ahaziah ; and have come down to salute the children of the king , and the children of the queen . And he said , Take them alive ! And they took them alive , and slew them at the well of the meeting-place , forty-two men ; and he left not one of them remaining . And he departed thence , and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab [ coming ] to meet him ; and he greeted him , and said to him , Is thy heart right , as my heart is with thy heart ? And Jehonadab said , It is . -- If it be , give [ me ] thy hand . -- And he gave [ him ] his hand ; and [ Jehu ] took him up to him into the chariot , and said , Come with me , and see my zeal for Jehovah . So they made him ride in his chariot . And he came to Samaria , and smote all that remained to Ahab in Samaria , until he had destroyed him , according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke to Elijah . And Jehu gathered all the people together , and said to them , Ahab served Baal a little : Jehu will serve him much . And now call 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 ; whoever shall be wanting shall not live . But Jehu did it in subtilty , in order that he might bring destruction upon the servants of Baal . And Jehu said , Hallow a solemn assembly for Baal . And they proclaimed [ it ] . And Jehu sent into all Israel ; and all the servants of Baal came , so that there was not a man left that came not : and they entered into the house of Baal ; and the house of Baal was full from one end to the other . And he said to him that was over the wardrobe , Bring forth vestments for all the servants of Baal . And he brought them forth vestments . And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal , and said to the servants of Baal , Search , and see that there be here with you none of the servants of Jehovah , but the servants of Baal only . And they entered in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings . Now Jehu appointed eighty men without , and said , He that allows any of the men to escape that I have brought into your hands , his life shall be for the life of him . And it came to pass as soon as they had ended offering up the burnt-offering , that Jehu said to the couriers and to the captains , Go in , slay them ; let none come forth . And they smote them with the edge of the sword ; and the couriers and the captains cast [ them ] there . And they went to the city of the house of Baal , and brought forth the columns out of the house of Baal , and burned them ; and they broke down the column of Baal , and broke down the house of Baal , and made it a draught-house to this day . Thus Jehu extirpated Baal out of Israel . Only , the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin , from them Jehu departed not : [ from ] the golden calves that were in Bethel , and that were in Dan . And Jehovah said to Jehu , Because thou hast executed well that which is right in my sight , [ and ] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart , thy children of the fourth [ generation ] shall sit on the throne of Israel . But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah the God of Israel with all his heart ; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam , who made Israel to sin . In those days Jehovah began to cut Israel short ; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel ; from the Jordan eastward , all the land of Gilead , the Gadites , and the Reubenites , and the Manassites , from Aroer , which is by the river Arnon , both Gilead and Bashan . And 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 ? And Jehu slept with his fathers , and they buried him in Samaria : and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead . Now the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years . And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead , she rose up and destroyed all the royal seed . But Jehosheba , the daughter of king Joram , the sister of Ahaziah , took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain , [ and hid ] him and his nurse in the bedchamber ; and they hid him from Athaliah , so that he was not slain . And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years . And Athaliah reigned over the land . And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds , of the bodyguard and the couriers , and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah , and made a covenant with them , and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah , and shewed them the king's son . And he commanded them saying , This is the thing which ye shall do : a third part of you , that come in on the sabbath , shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house ; and a third part shall be at the gate of Sur ; and a third part at the gate behind the couriers ; and ye shall keep the watch of the house for a defence . And the two parts of you , all those that go forth on the sabbath , even they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king . And ye shall encompass the king round about , every man with his weapons in his hand ; and he that comes within the ranks shall be put to death ; and ye shall be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in . And the captains of the hundreds 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 them that were to go forth on the sabbath , and they came to Jehoiada the priest . And the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds king David's spears and shields which were in the house of Jehovah . And the couriers stood by the king round about , every man with his weapons in his hand , from the right side of the house to the left side of the house , toward the altar and the house . 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 , Long live the king ! And Athaliah heard the noise of the couriers [ and ] of the people ; and she came to the people into the house of Jehovah . And she looked , and behold , the king stood on the dais , according to the custom , and the princes and the trumpeters were by the king ; and all the people of the land rejoiced , and blew with trumpets . And Athaliah rent her garments and cried , Conspiracy ! Conspiracy ! And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds that were set over the host , and said to them , Lead her forth without the ranks ; and whosoever follows her , slay with the sword ; for the priest said , Let her not be put to death in the house of Jehovah . And they made way for her , and she went by the way by which the horses entered the king's house , and there was she put to death . And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people , that they should be the people of Jehovah ; and between the king and the people . Then all the people of the land went into the house of Baal , and broke it down : his altars and his images they broke in pieces completely , and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars . And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah . And he took the captains of the hundreds , and the bodyguard , and the couriers , and all the people of the land ; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah , and came by the way through the gate of the couriers into the king's house . And he sat upon the throne of the kings . And all the people of the land rejoiced , and the city was quiet ; and they had slain Athaliah with the sword [ beside ] the king's house . Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign . In the seventh year of Jehu , Jehoash began to reign ; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba . And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah , all the days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him . Only , the high places were not removed : the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places . And Jehoash said to the priests , All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah , the money of every one that passes [ the account ] , the money at which every man is valued , [ and ] all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of Jehovah , let the priests take it , every man of his acquaintance ; and let them repair the breaches of the house , wherever any breach is found . And it was [ so that ] in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash , the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house . Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest , and the priests , and said to them , Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house ? And now receive no money of your acquaintances , but give it for the breaches of the house . And the priests consented to receive no money of the people , and that they should only repair the breaches of the house . And Jehoiada the priest took a chest , and bored a hole in the lid , and set it beside the altar , on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah ; and the priests that kept the door put into it all the money brought into the house of Jehovah . And it came to pass when they saw that there was much money in the chest , that the king's scribe and the high priest came up , and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah . And they gave the money , weighed out into the hands of them that did the work , who were appointed over the house of Jehovah ; and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of Jehovah , and to masons , and hewers of stone , and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah , and for all that had to be laid out on the house for repairs . However there were not made for the house of Jehovah basons of silver , knives , bowls , trumpets , nor any utensil of gold or utensil of silver , of the money that was brought [ into ] the house of Jehovah ; but they gave that to the workmen , and repaired the house of Jehovah with it . And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen ; for they dealt faithfully . The money of trespass-offerings , and the money of sin-offerings , was not brought into the house of Jehovah : it was for the priests . Then Hazael king of Syria went up , and fought against Gath , and took it . And Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem . 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 found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and in the king's house , and sent it to Hazael king of Syria ; and he went away from Jerusalem . 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 ? And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy , and smote Joash in the house of Millo , at the descent of Silla . And 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 . 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 , for seventeen years . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin ; he departed not from them . And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel , and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria , and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael , all those days . ( And Jehoahaz besought Jehovah , and Jehovah hearkened to him ; for he saw the oppression of Israel , because the king of Syria oppressed them . And Jehovah 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 before . Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam , who made Israel to sin : they walked therein ; and there remained also the Asherah in Samaria . ) For he had left 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 . And 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 ? And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers , and they buried him in Samaria ; and Joash his son reigned in his stead . In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria , for sixteen years . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah ; he departed not from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin : he walked therein . And the rest of the acts of Joash , and all that he did , and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? And Joash slept with his fathers , and Jeroboam sat upon his throne ; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel . And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died . And Joash the king of Israel came down to him , and wept over his face , and said , My father , my father ! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof ! And Elisha said to him , Take bow and arrows . And he took a bow and arrows . And he said to the king of Israel , Put thy hand upon the bow . And he put his hand [ upon it ] ; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands , and said , Open the window eastward . And he opened [ it ] . And Elisha said , Shoot . And he shot . And he said , An arrow of Jehovah's deliverance , even an arrow of deliverance from the Syrians ; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek , till thou hast consumed [ them ] . And he said , Take the arrows . And he took [ them ] . And he said to the king of Israel , Smite upon the ground . And he smote thrice , and stayed . And the man of God was wroth with him , and said , Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times ; then wouldest thou have smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed [ them ] ; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice . And Elisha died , and they buried him . And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year . And it came to pass as they were burying a man , that behold , they saw the band , and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha ; and the man went [ down ] , and touched the bones of Elisha , and he revived , and stood upon his feet . And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz . And Jehovah was gracious to them , and had compassion on them , and had respect to them , because of his covenant with Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob ; and he would not destroy them , neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time . And Hazael king of Syria died , and Ben-Hadad his son reigned in his stead . And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father in the war . Three times did Joash beat him , and recovered the cities of Israel . In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz , king of Israel , began Amaziah the son of Joash , king of Judah , to reign . He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah , yet not like David his father : he did according to all that Joash his father had done . Only , the high places were not removed : the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places . And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand , that he slew his servants who had smitten the king his father . But the children of those that smote [ him ] he did not put to death ; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses , wherein Jehovah commanded saying , The fathers shall not be put to death for the children , neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers ; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin . He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand , and took Sela in the war , and called the name of it Joktheel to this day . Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz , son of Jehu , king of Israel , saying , Come , let us look one another in the face . And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah , saying , The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon , saying , Give thy daughter to my son as wife ; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon , and trode down the thorn-bush . Thou hast indeed smitten Edom , and thy heart has lifted thee up : boast thyself , and abide at home ; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune , that thou shouldest fall , thou , and Judah with thee ? But Amaziah would not hear . And Jehoash king of Israel went up ; and they looked one another in the face , he and Amaziah king of Judah , at Beth-shemesh , which is in Judah . And Judah was routed before Israel ; and they fled every man to his tent . And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah , the son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah , at Beth-shemesh , and came to Jerusalem , and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner-gate , four hundred cubits . And he took all the gold and the silver , and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah , and in the treasures of the king's house , and hostages , and returned to Samaria . And the rest of the acts of Jehoash , what he did , and his might , and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? And Jehoash slept with his fathers , and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel ; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead . And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz , king of Israel , fifteen years . And the rest of the acts of Amaziah , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to Lachish ; and they sent after him to Lachish , and slew him there . And they brought him on horses , and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers , in the city of David . And all the people of Judah took Azariah , who was sixteen years old , and made him king instead of his father Amaziah . It was he that built Elath , and restored it to Judah , after the king slept with his fathers . In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash , king of Judah , Jeroboam the son of Joash , king of Israel , began to reign in Samaria , for forty-one years . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah : he departed not from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin . He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the sea of the plain , according to the word of Jehovah the God of Israel , which he had spoken through his servant Jonah the prophet , the son of Amittai , who was of Gath-Hepher . For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter ; and that there was not any shut up , nor any left , nor any helper for Israel . And Jehovah had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens ; and he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash . And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam , and all that he did , and his might , how he warred , and how he recovered for Israel that [ which had belonged ] to Judah in Damascus and in Hamath , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? And Jeroboam slept with his fathers , with the kings of Israel ; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead . In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel , Azariah son of Amaziah , king of Judah , began to reign . He was sixteen years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem . And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that his father Amaziah had done . Only , the high places were not removed : the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places . And Jehovah smote the king , so that he was a leper to the day of his death , and dwelt in a separate house . And Jotham the king's son was over the house , judging the people of the land . And the rest of the acts of Azariah , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And Azariah slept with his fathers , and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David ; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead . In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah , Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria , six months . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , according as his fathers had done : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin . And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him , and smote him before the people , and slew him , and reigned in his stead . And the rest of the acts of Zechariah , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . This was the word of Jehovah which he spoke to Jehu saying , Thy sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel unto the fourth [ generation ] . And so it came to pass . Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah ; and he reigned a full month in Samaria . And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah , and came to Samaria , and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria , and slew him , and reigned in his stead . And the rest of the acts of Shallum , and his conspiracy which he made , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . Then Menahem smote Tiphsah , and all that were therein , and its territory from Tirzah , because they did not open [ to him ] ; and he smote [ it ] : all the women in it that were with child he ripped up . In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah , Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel , for ten years , in Samaria . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah : he departed not , all his days , from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin . Pul the king of Assyria came against the land ; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver , that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand . And Menahem exacted the money of Israel , of all those who were wealthy , of each man fifty shekels of silver , to give to the king of Assyria . And the king of Assyria turned back , and stayed not there in the land . And the rest of the acts of Menahem , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? And Menahem slept with his fathers ; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead . In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah , Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria , for two years . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin . And Pekah the son of Remaliah , his captain , conspired against him , and smote him in Samaria , in the fortress of the king's house , with Argob and Arieh , and with him fifty men of the Gileadites ; and he slew him , and reigned in his stead . And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah , and all that he did , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah , Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria , for twenty years . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin . In the days of Pekah king of Israel , Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon , and Abel-Beth-Maachah , and Janoah , and Kedesh , and Hazor , and Gilead , and Galilee , all the land of Naphtali , and carried them captive to Assyria . And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah , and smote him and slew him ; and he reigned in his stead , in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah . And the rest of the acts of Pekah , and all that he did , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah , king of Israel , Jotham the son of Uzziah , king of Judah , began to reign . He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Jerusha , the daughter of Zadok . And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah : he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done . Only , the high places were not removed : the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places . It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah . And the rest of the acts of Jotham , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria , and Pekah the son of Remaliah . And Jotham slept with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father ; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead . In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah , Ahaz the son of Jotham , king of Judah , began to reign . Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem . And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God , like David his father , but walked in the way of the kings of Israel , and even caused his son to pass through the fire , according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel . And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places , and on the hills , and under every green tree . Then Rezin the king of Syria , and Pekah son of Remaliah , the king of Israel , came up to Jerusalem to battle ; and they besieged Ahaz , but were unable to conquer him . At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria , and drove the Jews from Elath ; and the Syrians came to Elath , and dwelt there to this day . And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria , saying , I am thy servant and thy son : come up , and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria , and out of the hand of the king of Israel , who have risen up against me . And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Jehovah , and in the treasures of the king's house , and sent it [ as ] a present to the king of Assyria . And the king of Assyria hearkened to him ; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus , and took it , and carried it captive to Kir , and put Rezin to death . And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria ; and he saw the altar that was at Damascus , and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar , and the pattern of it , according to all its workmanship . And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus ; thus Urijah the priest made [ it ] , against king Ahaz came from Damascus . And when the king came from Damascus , the king saw the altar ; and the king approached to the altar , and offered upon it . And he burned his burnt-offering and his oblation , and poured out his drink-offering , and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offering upon the altar . And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah , he brought forward from the forefront of the house , from between [ his ] altar and the house of Jehovah , and put it by the side of [ his ] altar on the north . And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest saying , Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering , and the evening oblation , and the king's burnt-offering , and his oblation , and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land , and their oblation , and their drink-offerings ; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offerings , and all the blood of the sacrifices ; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire [ by ] . And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded . And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases , and removed the lavers from off them ; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it , and put it upon a stone pavement . And the covered way of the sabbath that they had built in the house , and the king's entry outside , he turned from the house of Jehovah on account of the king of Assyria . And the rest of the acts of Ahaz , what he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And Ahaz slept with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of David ; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead . In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah , Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel , for nine years . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him . Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria , and Hoshea became his servant , and tendered him presents . But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea ; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt , and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as [ he had done ] from year to year . And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison . And the king of Assyria overran the whole land , and went up against Samaria , and besieged it three years . In the ninth year of Hoshea , the king of Assyria took Samaria , and carried Israel away into Assyria , and placed them in Halah and by the Habor , the river of Gozan , and in the cities of the Medes . And so it was , because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God , who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt , and had feared other gods ; and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel , and of the kings of Israel , which they had made . And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right ; and they built them high places in all their cities , from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city . And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree ; and there they burned incense on all the high places , as did the nations that Jehovah had carried away from before them , and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger ; and they served idols , as to which Jehovah had said to them , Ye shall not do this thing . And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah , by all the prophets , all the seers , saying , Turn from your evil ways , and keep my commandments , my statutes , according to all the law which I commanded your fathers , and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets . But they would not hear , and hardened their necks , like to the neck of their fathers , who did not believe in Jehovah their God . And they rejected his statutes , and his covenant which he had made with their fathers , and his testimonies which he had testified unto them ; and they followed vanity and became vain , and [ went ] after the nations that were round about them , concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them . And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God , and made them molten images , two calves , and made an Asherah , and worshipped all the host of the heavens , and served Baal ; 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 Jehovah , to provoke him to anger . Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel , and removed them out of his sight : there remained but the tribe of Judah only . Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God , but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made . And Jehovah 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 . For Israel had rent [ the kingdom ] from the house of David ; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king ; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah , and made them sin a great sin . And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did ; they did not depart from them : until Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight , as he had said through all his servants the prophets ; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria , unto this day . And the king of Assyria brought [ people ] from Babylon , and from Cuthah , and from Avva , and from Hamath , and from Sepharvaim , and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel ; and they possessed Samaria , and dwelt in its cities . And so it was , at the beginning of their dwelling there , that they feared not Jehovah ; and Jehovah sent lions among them , which killed [ some ] of them . And they spoke to the king of Assyria saying , The nations that thou hast removed and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the god of the land ; therefore he has sent lions among them , and behold , they slay them , because they know not the manner of the god of the land . And the king of Assyria commanded saying , Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence ; and let them go and abide there , and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land . Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel , and taught them how they should fear Jehovah . And every nation made gods of their own , and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made , every nation in their cities in which they dwelt . And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth , and the people of Cuth made Nergal , and the people of Hamath made Ashima , and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak , and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim . So they feared Jehovah , and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places , who offered [ sacrifices ] for them in the houses of the high places . They feared Jehovah , and served their own gods after the manner of the nations , whence they had been carried away . To this day they do after their former customs : they fear not Jehovah , neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances , nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob , whom he named Israel . And Jehovah had made a covenant with them , and charged them saying , Ye shall not fear other gods , nor bow down yourselves to them , nor serve them , nor sacrifice to them ; but Jehovah alone , who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm , him shall ye fear , and him shall ye worship , and to him shall ye do sacrifice . 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 . And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you , neither shall ye fear other gods ; but ye shall fear Jehovah your God , and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies . And they did not hearken , but did after their former customs . And these nations feared Jehovah , and served their graven images , both their children and their children's children : as did their fathers , so do they , unto this day . And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah , king of Israel , that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz , king of Judah , began to reign . He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Abi , daughter of Zechariah . And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that David his father had done . He removed the high places , and broke the columns , and cut down the Asherahs , and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made ; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it : and he called it Nehushtan . He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel ; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah , nor [ among any ] that were before him . And he clave to Jehovah , and did not turn aside from following him , but kept his commandments , which Jehovah commanded Moses . And Jehovah was with him ; he prospered whithersoever he went forth . And he rebelled against the king of Assyria , and served him not . He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders , from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city . And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah , which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah , king of Israel , [ that ] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it . And at the end of three years they took it ; in the sixth year of Hezekiah , that is , the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel , Samaria was taken . And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria , and settled them in Halah and by the Habor , the river of Gozan , and in the cities of the Medes ; because they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah their God , but transgressed his covenant , all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded ; and they would not hear nor do it . And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah , Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah , and took them . And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish , saying , I have sinned ; retire from me : I will bear what thou layest upon me . And the king of Assyria laid upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold . And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah , and in the treasures of the king's house . At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the temple of Jehovah , and the posts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid , and gave them to the king of Assyria . And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish , with a strong force , against king Hezekiah , to Jerusalem . And they went up and came to Jerusalem . And when they were come up , they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool , which is on the highway of the fuller's field . And they called to the king . Then came forth to them Eliakim the son of Hilkijah , who was over the household , and Shebnah the scribe , and Joah the son of Asaph , the chronicler . And Rab-shakeh said to them , Say now to Hezekiah , Thus says the great king , the king of Assyria : What confidence is this wherein thou trustest ? Thou sayest -- but it is a word of the lips -- There is counsel and strength for war . Now on whom dost thou rely , that thou hast revolted against me ? Now behold , thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed , upon Egypt , on which if a man lean , it goes into his hand and pierces it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him . And if ye say to me , We rely upon Jehovah our God : is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed , saying to Judah and Jerusalem , Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem ? And now , engage , I pray thee , with my master the king of Assyria , and I will give thee two thousand horses , if thou canst set the riders upon them . How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants ? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ! Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it ? Jehovah said to me , Go up against this land and destroy it . And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah , and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh , Speak , we pray thee , to thy servants in Syriac , for we understand it , and talk not with us in the Jewish [ language ] in the ears of the people that are on the wall . And Rab-shakeh said to them , Is it to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words ? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall , that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you ? And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [ language ] , and spoke and said , Hear the word of the great king , the king of Assyria ! Thus says the king : Let not Hezekiah deceive you ; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the [ king's ] hand . Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah , saying , Jehovah will certainly deliver us , and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria . Hearken not to Hezekiah ; for thus says the king of Assyria : Make peace with me , and come out to me ; and eat every one of his vine and every one of his fig-tree , and drink every one the waters of his own cistern ; 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 olive-trees and of honey , that ye may live and not die ; and hearken not to Hezekiah , when he persuades you , saying , Jehovah will deliver us . Have any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad ? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim , Hena , and Ivvah ? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand ? Which are they among all the gods of the countries , who have delivered their country out of my hand , that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ? But the people were silent and answered him not a word ; for the king's command was , saying , Answer him not . And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah , who was over the household , and Shebna the scribe , and Joah the son of Asaph , the chronicler , came to Hezekiah with their garments rent , and told him the words of Rab-shakeh . And it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard [ it ] , that he rent his garments , and covered himself with sackcloth , and went into the house of Jehovah . And he sent Eliakim , who was over the household , and Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priests , covered with sackcloth , to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz . And they said to him , Thus says Hezekiah : This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of reviling ; for the children are come to the birth , and there is not strength to bring forth . It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh , whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God ; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard . Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left . And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah . And Isaiah said to them , Thus shall ye say to your master : Thus saith Jehovah : Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard , wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me . Behold , I will put a spirit into him , and he shall hear tidings , and shall return to his own land ; and I will make him to fall by the sword in his own land . And Rab-shakeh returned , and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah ; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish . And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia , Behold , he has come forth to make war with thee . And he sent messengers again to Hezekiah , saying , Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying : Let not thy God , upon whom thou reliest , deceive thee , saying , Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria . Behold , thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries , destroying them utterly ; and shalt thou be delivered ? Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them : Gozan , and Haran , and Rezeph , and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar ? Where is the king of Hamath , and the king of Arpad , and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , of Hena , and Ivvah ? And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers , and read it ; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah , and spread it before Jehovah . And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said , Jehovah , God of Israel , who sittest [ between ] the cherubim , thou , the Same , thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth : thou hast made the heavens and the earth . Incline thine ear , Jehovah , and hear ; open , Jehovah , thine eyes , and see ; and hear the words of Sennacherib , who hath sent him to reproach the living God . Of a truth , Jehovah , the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands , and have cast their gods into the fire ; for they were no gods , but the work of men's hands , wood and stone ; therefore have they destroyed them . And now , Jehovah our God , I beseech thee , save us out of his hand , that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou , Jehovah , art God , thou only . And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah , saying , Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : That which thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard . This is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him : The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee , laugheth thee to scorn ; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee . Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice ? Against the Holy one of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high . By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord , and hast said , With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain , to the recesses of Lebanon , And I will cut down its tall cedars , the choice of its cypresses ; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place , [ into ] the forest of its fruitful field . I have digged , and have drunk strange waters , And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor . Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it ? And that from ancient days I formed it ? Now have I brought it to pass , that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities [ into ] ruinous heaps . And their inhabitants were powerless , They were dismayed and put to shame ; They were [ as ] the growing grass , and [ as ] the green herb , [ As ] the grass on the housetops , and grain blighted before it be grown up . But I know thine abode , and thy going out , and thy coming in , And thy raging against me . Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears , I will put my ring in thy nose , and my bridle in thy lips , And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest . And this [ shall be ] the sign unto thee : They shall eat this year such as groweth of itself , And in the second year that which springeth of the same ; But in the third year sow ye and reap , And plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof . And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward , and bear fruit upward ; For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant , And out of mount Zion they that escape : The zeal of Jehovah [ of hosts ] shall do this . Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria : He shall not come into this city , Nor shoot an arrow there , Nor come before it with shield , Nor cast a bank against it . By the way that he came , by the same shall he return , And shall not come into this city , saith Jehovah . And I will defend this city , to save it , For mine own sake , and for my servant David's sake . And it came to pass that night , that an angel of Jehovah went forth , and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand . And when they arose early in the morning , behold , they were all dead bodies . And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed , and went and returned , and abode at Nineveh . And it came to pass , as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god , that Adrammelech and Sharezer [ his sons ] smote him with the sword ; and they escaped into the land of Ararat . And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead . In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death . And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him , Thus saith Jehovah : Set thy house in order ; for thou shalt die , and not live . And he turned his face to the wall , and prayed to Jehovah saying , Ah ! Jehovah , remember , I beseech thee , how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart , and have done what is good in thy sight . And Hezekiah wept much . And it came to pass before Isaiah had gone out into the middle city that the word of Jehovah came to him saying , Return , and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people , Thus saith Jehovah , the God of David 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 to the house of Jehovah ; and I will add to thy days fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria , and I will defend this city for mine own sake , and for my servant David's sake . And Isaiah said , Take a cake of figs . And they took and laid it on the boil , and he recovered . And Hezekiah said to Isaiah , What [ shall be ] the sign that Jehovah will heal me , and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day ? And Isaiah said , This [ shall be ] the sign to thee from Jehovah , that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken : shall the shadow go forward ten degrees , or go back ten degrees ? And Hezekiah said , It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees : no , but let the shadow return backward ten degrees . And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah , and he brought the shadow back on the degrees by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz , ten degrees backward . At that time Berodach-Baladan , the son of Baladan , king of Babylon , sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah , for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick . And Hezekiah hearkened to them , and shewed them all his treasure-house , the silver and the gold , and the spices and the fine oil , and all the house of his armour , and all that was found among his treasures : there was nothing in his house , nor in all his dominion , that Hezekiah did not shew them . Then came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah and said to him , What said these men ? and from whence came they to thee ? And Hezekiah said , They came from a far country , from Babylon . And he said , What have they seen in thy house ? And Hezekiah said , All that is in my house have they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewn them . And Isaiah said to Hezekiah , Hear the word of Jehovah : Behold , days come that all that is in thy house , and what thy fathers have laid up until this day , shall be carried to Babylon ; nothing shall be left , saith Jehovah . And of thy sons that shall issue from thee , whom thou shalt beget , shall they take away ; and they shall be chamberlains in the palace of the king of Babylon . And Hezekiah said to Isaiah , Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken . And he said , Is it not so ? if only there shall be peace and truth in my days ! And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah , and all his might , and how he made the pool and the aqueduct , and brought the water into the city , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And Hezekiah slept with his fathers ; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead . Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Hephzibah . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel . And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed ; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah , as did Ahab king of Israel ; and worshipped all the host of heaven , and served them . And he built altars in the house of Jehovah , of which Jehovah had said , In Jerusalem will I put my name . And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah . And he caused his son to pass through the fire , and used magic and divination , and appointed necromancers and soothsayers : he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah , to provoke him to anger . And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made , in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son , In this house , and in Jerusalem , which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel , will I put my name for ever ; neither will I any more cause the foot of Israel to wander away from the land that I gave their fathers ; if they will only take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them , and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them . But they would not hearken , and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel . And Jehovah spoke by his servants the prophets saying , Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations , and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did , who were before him , and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols ; therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : Behold , I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah , that whosoever heareth of it , both his ears shall tingle . And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria , and the plummet of the house of Ahab , and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a pan , wiping it and turning it upside down . 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 ; because they have done evil in my sight , and have provoked me to anger , since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even to this day . And Manasseh shed very much innocent blood , till he had filled Jerusalem [ with it ] from one end to another ; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin , in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah . And the rest of the acts of Manasseh , and all that he did , and his sin which he sinned , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And Manasseh slept with his fathers , and was buried in the garden of his own house , in the garden of Uzza ; and Amon his son reigned in his stead . Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth , daughter of Haruz of Jotbah . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , as Manasseh his father had done ; and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in , and served the idols that his father had served , and worshipped them ; and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers , and walked not in the way of Jehovah . And the servants of Amon conspired against him , and slew the king in his own house . But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon ; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead . And the rest of the acts of Amon , what he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza ; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead . Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Jedidah , daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath . And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah , and walked in all the way of David his father , and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left . And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah , [ that ] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah , son of Meshullam , the scribe , to the house of Jehovah , saying , Go up to Hilkijah the high priest , that he may sum up the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah , which the doorkeepers have gathered of the people , and let them give it into the hand of them that do the work , that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah ; and let them give it to those that do the work in the house of Jehovah , to repair the breaches of the house , to the carpenters and the builders and the masons , and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house . But no reckoning was made with them of the money that was given into their hand , because they dealt faithfully . And Hilkijah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe , I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah . And Hilkijah gave the book to Shaphan , and he read it . And Shaphan the scribe came to the king , and brought the king word again and said , Thy servants have emptied out 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 Jehovah . And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying , Hilkijah the priest has given me a book . And Shaphan read it before the king . And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the book of the law , that he rent his garments . And the king commanded Hilkijah the priest , and Ahikam the son of Shaphan , and Achbor the son of Micaiah , and Shaphan the scribe , and Asaiah a servant of the king , saying , Go , inquire of Jehovah for me , and for the people , and for all Judah , concerning the words of this book which is found ; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us , because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book , to do according to all that is written [ there ] for us . And Hilkijah the priest , and Ahikam , and Achbor , and Shaphan , and Asaiah , went to Huldah the prophetess , the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah , son of Harhas , keeper of the wardrobe : now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter [ of the town ] ; and they spoke with her . And she said to them , Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : Tell the man that sent you to me , Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof , all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read . Because they have forsaken me , and have burned incense unto other gods , that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands , therefore my fury is kindled against this place , and shall not be quenched . But to the king of Judah , who sent you to inquire of Jehovah , thus shall ye say to him : Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard : Because thy heart was tender , and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah , when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof , that they should become a desolation and a curse , and didst rend thy garments and weep before me , I also have heard [ thee ] , saith Jehovah . Therefore , behold , I will gather thee unto thy fathers , and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place . And they brought the king word again . And the king sent , and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem . And the king went up into the house of Jehovah , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem 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 had been found in the house of Jehovah . And the king stood on the dais , and made a covenant before Jehovah , to walk after Jehovah , and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [ his ] heart , and with all [ his ] soul , to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book . And all the people stood to the covenant . And the king commanded Hilkijah the high priest , and the priests of the second order , and the doorkeepers , to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that had been made for Baal , and for the Asherah , and for all the host of the heavens ; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron , and carried the ashes of them to Bethel . And he abolished the idolatrous priests , whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah , and the environs of Jerusalem ; and them that burned incense to Baal , to the sun , and to the moon , and to the constellations , and to all the host of heaven . And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah , outside Jerusalem , to the torrent of Kidron , and burned it at the torrent of Kidron , and stamped it small to powder , and cast the powder upon the graves of the children of the people . And he broke down the houses of the sodomites , which were in the house of Jehovah , where the women wove tents for the Asherah . And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah , and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense , from Geba even to Beer-sheba ; and he broke down the high places of the gates , those at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city , [ and ] those on the left hand of any [ going in ] at the gate of the city . Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem , but they ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren . And he defiled Topheth , which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom , that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech . And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah , by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain , which was in the suburbs , and burned the chariots of the sun , with fire . And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz , which the kings of Judah had made , and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah , and he shattered them , [ removing them ] from thence , and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron . And the high places that were before Jerusalem , which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption , which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians , and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites , and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon , did the king defile . And he broke in pieces the columns , and cut down the Asherahs , and filled their place with the bones of men . Moreover the altar that was at Bethel , the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who caused Israel to sin , had made , both that altar and the high place he broke down ; and burned the high place , stamped it small to powder , and burned the Asherah . And Josiah turned himself , and saw the sepulchres that were there on the mount ; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres , and burned [ them ] upon the altar , and defiled it , according to the word of Jehovah , that the man of God had proclaimed , who proclaimed these things . Then he said , What tombstone is that which I see ? And the men of the city told him , It is the sepulchre of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Bethel . And he said , Let him alone ; let no man move his bones . And they saved his bones , with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria . And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria , which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [ Jehovah ] to anger , Josiah removed , and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel . And he sacrificed upon the altars all the priests of the high places that were there , and burned men's bones upon them . And he returned to Jerusalem . And the king commanded all the people saying , Hold the passover to Jehovah your God , as it is written in this book of the covenant . For 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 ; but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem . Moreover the necromancers and the soothsayers , and the teraphim and the idols , and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem , Josiah took away , that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkijah the priest had found in the house of Jehovah . And before him there had been no king like him that turned to Jehovah with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might , according to all the law of Moses ; neither after him arose there his like . But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath , wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah , because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him . And Jehovah said , I will remove Judah also out of my sight , as I have removed Israel , and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen , and the house of which I said , My name shall be there . And the rest of the acts of Josiah , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? In his days Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates ; and king Josiah went against him ; but [ Nechoh ] slew him at Megiddo , when he had seen him . And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo , and brought him to Jerusalem , and buried him in his own sepulchre . And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah , and anointed him , and made him king in his father's stead . Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Hamutal , daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that his fathers had done . And Pharaoh-Nechoh had him bound at Riblah in the land of Hamath , that he might not reign in Jerusalem ; and laid a tribute upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold . And Pharaoh-Nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah his father , and changed his name to Jehoiakim . And he took Jehoahaz ; and he came to Egypt , and died there . And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh ; but he laid a proportional tax on the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh : he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land , of every one according to his estimation , to give it to Pharaoh-Nechoh . Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Zebuddah , daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that his fathers had done . In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up , and Jehoiakim was his servant three years ; then he turned and rebelled against him . And Jehovah sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans , and the bands of the Syrians , and the bands of the Moabites , and the bands of the children of Ammon , and sent them against Judah to destroy it , according to the word of Jehovah , which he spoke through his servants the prophets . Verily , at the commandment of Jehovah it came to pass against Judah , that they should be removed out of his sight , for the sins of Manasseh , according to all that he had done ; and also [ because of ] the innocent blood that he had shed ; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood , and Jehovah would not pardon . And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers , and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead . And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land , for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt , from the torrent of Egypt to the river Euphrates . Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Nehushta , daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that his father had done . At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem , and the city was besieged . And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city , while his servants were besieging it . And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon , he , and his mother , and his servants , and his princes , and his chamberlains ; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign . And he brought out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah , and the treasures of the king's house , and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah , as Jehovah had said . And he carried away all Jerusalem , and all the princes , and all the mighty men of valour , ten thousand captives , and all the craftsmen and smiths : none remained but the poorest sort of the people of the land . And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon , and the king's mother , and the king's wives , and his chamberlains , and the mighty of the land , he led into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon ; and all the men of valour , seven thousand , and the craftsmen and smiths a thousand , all strong men apt for war , and the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon . And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead , and changed his name to Zedekiah . Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Hamutal , daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah . And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that Jehoiakim had done . For , because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and against Judah , until he had cast them out from his presence , Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon . And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign , in the tenth month , on the tenth of the month , [ that ] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came , he and all his army , against Jerusalem , and encamped against it ; and they built turrets against it round about . And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah . On the ninth of the [ fourth ] month the famine prevailed in the city , and there was no bread for the people of the land . And the city was broken into ; and all the men of war [ fled ] by night , by the way of the gate between the two walls , which [ leads ] to the king's garden ( now the Chaldeans were by the city round about ) ; and they went the way toward the plain . And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king , and overtook him in the plains of Jericho ; and all his army was scattered from him . And they took the king , and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah ; and they pronounced judgment upon him , and slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes , and put out the eyes of Zedekiah , and bound him with chains of brass , and carried him to Babylon . And in the fifth month , on the seventh of the month , which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , Nebuzar-adan , captain of the body-guard , servant of the king of Babylon , came unto Jerusalem ; and he burned the house of Jehovah , and the king's house , and all the houses of Jerusalem ; and every great [ man's ] house he burned with fire . And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the body-guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about . And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city , and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon , and the rest of the multitude . But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen . And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah , and the bases , and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah , the Chaldeans broke in pieces , and carried the brass thereof to Babylon . The cauldrons also and the shovels and the knives and the cups , and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered , they took away . And the censers and the bowls , that which was of gold in gold , and that which was of silver in silver , the captain of the body-guard took away . The two pillars , the one sea , and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah : for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight . The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits , and the capital upon it was brass , and the height of the capital three cubits ; and the network and the pomegranates , upon the capital round about , all of brass : and similarly for the second pillar with the network . And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the high priest , and Zephaniah the second priest , and the three doorkeepers . And out of the city he took a chamberlain that was set over the men of war , and five men of them that were in the king's presence , who were found in the city , and the scribe of the captain of the host , who enrolled the people of the land ; and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city . And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah ; and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath . Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land . And [ as for ] the people that remained in the land of Judah , whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left behind , over them he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam , the son of Shaphan . And all the captains of the forces , they and their men , heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah , and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah , namely , Ishmael the son of Nethaniah , and Johanan the son of Kareah , and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite , and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite , they and their men . And Gedaliah swore unto them and to their men , and said to them , Fear not to be servants of the Chaldeans : dwell in the land , and serve the king of Babylon , and it shall be well with you . And it came to pass in the seventh month , that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah , the son of Elishama , of the royal seed , came , and ten men with him , and smote Gedaliah , that he died , and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah . And all the people , both small and great , and the captains of the forces , arose and came to Egypt ; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans . And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah , in the twelfth month , on the twenty-seventh of the month , [ that ] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon , in the year that he began to reign , lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison ; and he spoke kindly to him , and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon . And he changed his prison garments ; and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life ; and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king , every day a portion , all the days of his life .