Jehu slays Joram.

Ahab's children slain.

e found.

f Is. 48.22.

g Re.220.. 23.

22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whore-filled his doms of thy mother Jezebel and her witch- hand with crafts are so many?

a

i bored.

23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled,1K.21.29. and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this m plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

27 ¶ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to " Megiddo, and died there.

n

28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

30 ¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's • daughter.

35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

k bloods. 11 KL.21.19.

m or, portion.

n Jos. 17.11. Ju.1.27.

2 Ch.22.9.

o c.8.25.

2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;

3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him how then shall we stand?

b

2.

P put her eyes in painting. Eze 23.40.

q1 Ki.16.9..

h c.9.14,24. il Sa.3.19. Je.44.28, 29.

J1 Ki.21.19, &c.

by the

hand of

1 or,

Pr.13.20.

6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and f slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his 1 m kinsfolks, and his priests, until " he left him none remaining.

d

B. C. 884.

z c.9.8. a 1 Ki.21.21.

32

Ki.16.31,

cl Ki. 22.6.

d Job 13.7. Pr.29.5.

e sanctify. f1 Ki.16.32. gor, so full that they stood mouth to mouth.

all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till | AM 3120 he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. 18 And Jehu gathered all the people toge-b1 ther, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth

vestments.

h ver.15.

i Mat.13.30, 41. 25.32,33.

1 Ki.20.39. Ex-3227.

De. 13.6.. 11.

Eze. 9.5..7.

1 mouth.
m statues.
n 1Ki.14.23.

o 2 Sa.5.21.

1 KL. 15.13.

P

Ezr.6.11. Du.2.5.

3.29.

q1 Ki.12.28, 29.

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and Eze 29. look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

18..20.

s ver. 35. c. 13. 1,10. 14.23. 15.8..12.

t observed nol

24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the menu Jn.4.24. whom I have brought into your hands escape, v1 K.14.16. he that letteth him go, his ¡ life shall be for thew to cut of life of him.

25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Goin,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 m" images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and P made it a draught house unto this day.

0

28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in 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 my heart, thy children of the fourthgeneration shall sit on the throne of Israel.

33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not.23.3 written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1K1.34

2 Ch.34.31.

1 Nu.10.1.. 10.

AND when Athaliah the mother of Aha

ziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

4

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

5 And he commanded them, saying. This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

h

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown m upon him, and " gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

a

u Ex.21.14. ▾ Eze.9.7.

w Ge.9.6.

x 28a.5.3. Ne 9.38. 10.28,29.

y 2 Co.8.5.

c.10.26,27.

a De. 12.3.

bZec.13.2,3

c offices.

a Pr.11.10.

29.2

A. M.

3126.3165

B. C. 878..839.

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and B. came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

с

a 2 Ch.24.1, &c.

b1K.15.14

22.43.

c. 14.4. Je.2.20.

C. 856. cholinesses, or, holy things.

d Ex.30.13 c.22.4.

20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Atha-e of the liah with the sword beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

souls of his esti mation. Le.27.2.

f ascendeth upon the heart of

a man.

g Ex.35.5.

twentieth year and third year.

the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began h in the to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

12 Ch.24.5,

&c.

2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Je-threshold. hoiada the priest instructed him.

b

3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

C

4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money d of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

k or, secretary.

bound up brought

it forth.

A went

forth.

17¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. 19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And his servants " arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

"the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

3

C

a the twen

tieth year

year.

b walked after.

Ju.2.14.

1217.

9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into de8.12 the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. 10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's *scribe and the high priest came up, and they

e Ps. 78.34. f Ex.3.7. c. 14.26. g ver.25.

hyesterday

and third

day.

4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made

Israel sin, but i walked herein: and there I remained the grove also * in Samaria.)

7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. mar

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

A. M. 3148.3165. B. C. 956..839.

i he walked

j stood. k1 Ki.16.33. 1 Am.1.3.

Amaziah's good reign.

B. C. 839.

m ver. 10. Jehoash

n alone.

sort with his father. c.14.1.

9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and In con they buried him in Samaria: and Joash m his son reigned "in his stead.

10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.

A. M.

3162.3179.

B. C. 842..825.

pc. 14.15,25.

q c.14.9,&c. 2 Ch.25. 17, &c.

r c.2.12.

a make

to ride.

t Ju.7.20. u1 Ki.20.26.

12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought 9 against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the ver.25. kings of Israel?

13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Is-gor, the rael, Smite upon the ground. And he smote Ob.3. thrice, and stayed. h Jo 15.38 A. M. 3178. i 2Ch.25.17,

19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

22¶ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

B. C. 826.

&c.

J 2 Sa. 2.14. k Ju.9.8,&c.

1 De 8.14. 2 Ch.32.

25.

Eze.29.2, 5,17. Hab.2.4.

m at thy house.

n Pr.3.30. 15.18. 25.8.

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

5 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

6 But the children of the murderers he slew not according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein 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 be put to death for his own sin.

7¶ He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it "Joktheel unto this day. 8 ¶ 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.

9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle 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 thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry m at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

n

Death of Jeroboam.

15 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 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

19 Now 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 on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

W

21 And all the people of Judah took w Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

X

g 2 Sa.8.6.

1 Ki.11.24. 2 Ch.8.3.

h After an num of

interreg.

years: c.15.8.

B. C.S10.

Zachariah slain by Shallum. was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

6 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? 7 So 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.

8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

which he

12 This was the word of the LORD spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to

a c.14.21. 2 Ch.26.1.

b This is

the 27th

year of Jerobo am's part

i king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote hership in Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

the kingdom with his father, who made him con

sort at his going to

the Syri-
an wars

It is the

16th year
of Jerobo
am's mo-

narchy.

c Called

ver.13,30,

15 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.

16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to Uzziah, him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

&c. and 2 Ch.26.1. d ver.35. A. M.

B. C. 765..758.

e2 Ch.26.19.

18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, interreg- who made Israel to sin.

f There having been an

num for 11 years. g As propheried, Am.7.9.

m

19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem "gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might A. M. 3120. be with him to confirm the kingdom in his

B. C. 834.

h c.10.30.

A. M. 3232 B. C. 772.

Mat.18,9,

Ozins;

and var,

Azariah.

hand. 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, 1 K.4.24. and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and

ja month of days.

1 6.8.12.

Am. 1.13. A. M. 3233. B. C. 771.