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o Cp. 1 Kin. 20. 39, 42.

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1 Sam. 22.
17 (mg, for
ing.).

9 Cp.1 Kin.

18. 40.

try, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to p ch.11.4,6 Pthe guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought forth the 2 pillars that were in "the house of Baal, and burned them. ch. 11. 18. 27 And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house, unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, "thy sons of the Cp. ver. 35 fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

r ch. 3. 2. 1 Kin. 14. 23.

1 Kin. 16.
32.

* Cp. Ezra
6. 11

& Dan. 2. 5 & 3. 29.

t See 1 Kin. See l Kin.

12. 28-31.

14. 16.

ch. 15. 12.

& ch. 13. 1.10 & 14.23

& 15. 8.

10 ver. 29.

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32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 33 from Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manas z Deut. 2.36. sites, from Aroer, which is by the 1 Heb. runners. 2 Or, obelisks

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valley of Arnon, even "Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

II

Cp. Amos 1.3, 4.

ver. 1-3, see 2 Chr. 22. 10-12. c ch. 8. 26.

a Cp. ver. 21 & ch. 12. 1.

1Now when Athaliah the For mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took d Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the 6 bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years and Athaliah reigned over the land.

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4 And in the seventh year/Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 6and a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. 7 And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he Cp. Num. cometh in. 9 And the captains over 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,

4 Or, executed well 7 Or, executioners

5 Or, who were 6 Or, chamber

27. 17.

CHAP. 11, v. 9.]

2 Sam. 8.7. 1 Chr. 18.7.

1.10.

m Ex. 25. 16

31. 18. See Deut. 17. 18-20.

1 Sam. 10. 2 Sam. 16.

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16.

1 Kin. 1.39.

II. KINGS.

with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the LORD. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right 1 side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 12 Then he brought out the king's ICp. 2 Sam. son, and 2put 'the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed and they clapped their hands, him; and said, "God save the king. 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: 14 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood 40 by the pillar, as the manner was, Cp. Chr. and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, Pand blew with See Gen. trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason. 15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword: for the priest said, Let her not be slain in 16 So they the house of the LORD. made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.

• ch. 23. 3. 34. 31.

p 1 Kin. L. 34.

44. 13.

r Cp. Josh. 24.23.

fch. 10. 21.
23, 25.
Cp. Deut.
12. 3.

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17 And Jehoiada "made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they #2 Sam. 5.3. should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; "his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the captains over hundreds, and "the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by

z ver. 4.

1 Heb. shoulder.
4 Or, on the platform
bering See Ex. 30. 13.

the way of "the gate of the guard
And he sat
unto the king's house.
on the throne of the kings. 20 So
all the people of the land rejoiced,
and the city was quiet: and they
slew Athaliah with the sword at
the king's house.

In

w ver. 6.
Cp. 2 Chr.
23.20.

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21 Jehoash was seven years old
when he began to reign.
12 the seventh year of Jehu be-
gan Jehoash to reign; and he
reigned forty years in Jerusalem:
2 And Jehoash did
and his mother's name was Zibiah
of Beer-sheba.
that which was right in the eyes
of the LORD all his days wherein
Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 Howbeit the high places were y ch. 14.4
not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the
high places.

& 15. 35.
1 Kin. 15.

14

& 22. 43.

35.5
& 1 Chr.

a Cp. Ex.

29.9.

4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the ch. 22. 4. house of the LORD, in current money, 7the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and any man's heart to bring into the all the money that it cometh into house of the LORD, 5 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance: and they shall repair the breaches of the house, 6 But it was so, that in the wheresoever any breach shall be found. three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver 8 And the priests consented that it for the breaches of the house. they should take no more money 9 But Jefrom the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. hoiada the priest took and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all 10 And it the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that

a chest, Cp. Mark

3 Heb. Let the king live.
2 Or, put upon him the crown and the testimony
6 Or, even the money of every one that passeth the num
5 Heb. offices.
7 Heb. each man the money of the souls of his estimation. See Lev. 27. 2.

12. 41
& Luke
21. 1.

(& mg. for mg.). d Cp. ch.

22. 4.

3,6.

8

el Kin. 4.3 the king's 1scribe and the high priest came up, and they 2put up in bags and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. 11 And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of the e Cp. ch. 22. LORD, 12 and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. Cp.2 Chr. 13 But there were not made for the house of the LORD cups of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: 14 for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. 15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work: for they dealt faithfully. 16 The money for ithe guilt offerings, and the money for the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of the k Lev. 7. 7. LORD: it was the priests'.

24. 14. g1 Kin. 7. 50.

h ch. 22. 7.

i Lev. 5. 15, 18. j Lev. 4. 24, 23.

Num. 18.

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17 Then 'Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah "took all the hallowed things that Jehosha phat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the

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Cp. 2 Sam. way that goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozacar the son of Shime ath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him,

8 Cp. 2 Chr. 24. 26.

8

1 Or, secretary

and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: 'and Amaziah his son reigned tch. 14. 1. in his stead. In the three and twenti

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Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, "wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3" And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, 5 continually. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: "for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them. 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as be- eSee 2 Sam. foretime. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, "wherewith he made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and there remained the d1 Kin. 16. Asherah also in Samaria.) 7 For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in e Cp. threshing. 8 Now the rest of the 1.3. acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.

10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, "wherewith he made Israel to sin: but he walked therein. 12 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, all that he did, and his might

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í ch. 2. 12.

wherewith he fought against Ama ziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down

unto him, and wept over 1him, and said, 'My father, my father, the 2 chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows: and he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow and he put his hand upon it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward: and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot: and he shot. And he said, The LORD's arrow of 3 victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in 11 Kin. 20. Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground: and he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with Deut. 33.1. him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but 'thrice.

25.

I See

¡ ver. 25.

ch. 1. 1 & 3.7

& 24. 2.

20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones Ecclus. 48. of Elisha, "he revived, and stood up on his feet.

13, 14. och. i 12.

22° And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jep ch. 14. 27. hoahaz. 23P But the LORD was gracious unto them, and had com4Cp. Ex. 2. passion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his cove nant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his pre

24, 25. ✓ Ex. 32. 13.

1 Heb. his face. touched.

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ver. 1-6. see 2 Chr. 25. 1-4. v Cp.ch. 13.

10.

ch. 12. 21.

See

ch. 12. 3. * Cp. ch. 16.4.

"In the second year of For 14 Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began w Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4* Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was estab- Cp. ch. 15. lished in his hand, that he slew his servants a which had slain the king his father: 6 but the children of the murderers he put not to death: according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. 7 He slew of Edom in the Valley 2 Chr. 25. of Salt ten thousand, and took 7e Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

19.

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89 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoa- Cp. Josh. haz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The this tle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and j ver. 7. thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to

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k Deut.8.14. 2 Chr.26.16 & 32. 25. Ezek. 28. 2, 5, 17.

h Cp. ch.23.

29.

7 Josh. 15. 10.

m See

1 Sam. 4. 10.

n Neh. 8. 16 2 Chr. 25.

& 12. 39.

23

& 26. 9.

Jer. 31. 38.

Zech. 14. 10.

ch. 12. 18.

1 Kin. 7.51.

7 ch. 13. 12, 13.

r For

ver. 17-22, 25.25-26. 2.

see 2 Chr.

& See

Josh. 10. 3.

t ch. 16. 6. Deut. 2. 8. Cp. 2 Chr. 8.17

& 26. 2.

thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? II But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah hlooked one another in the face at 'Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from " the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, the hos tages also, and returned to Samaria. 159 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which 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? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

17" And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him upon horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took 1Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

23 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, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he de

1 In ch. 15. 13, and 2 Chr. 26. 1, Uzziah.

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parted not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, "wherewith he made Israel to sin. 25" He restored the border of Israel from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of * Gath-hepher. 26 For the LORD a saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jero boam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.

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king of Israel began 29 Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 4'Howbeit the high places were i See not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death,

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and dwelt in a several house. * See And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land. 6 Now 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? 7 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.

2 In verses 13, 30, &c., Uzziah. 8 Or, lazar house

Cp. 2 Chr.

26. 23.

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