duce Ahab 1 KINGS, XXII. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Che-1 B. C. 897. Banah made him horns of iron: With these shalt thou push the and he said, Thus saith the LORD, Eze. 13.6-9. Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Synans, until thou have them. consumed Mi.8.11. 1 Job 9.4. 12 And k all the prophets prophe-m Is.30.10. 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, spake unto im, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.m 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what n the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. o 24.13. Acts 20.27. Zec. 13.7. p Is.6.1-3. Mat.9.36. And the king said unto him, Mi-r And So he came to the king. caiah, shall we go against Ramothplead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel o cattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee Ps. 103.21. Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go 5 into 6 an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, t and feed him with bread of affliction, u and with water of affliction, until 1 come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If v thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath or, deceive. not spoken by me. And he said, to Ju.9.23. Job 12.16. 12. . Mat.26.68. Hearken,O people, every one of you. 29 So the king of Israel. and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, 71 will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel x disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, 6 a chamber Fight neither with small nor great, in a cham-save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And y they turned aside to fight against him: and ber, 1 Jer.3.6. Acts 5.18. that he would prophesy no good u Deut. 16.3. Jehoshaphat cried out. oncerning me, but evil? Is.30.20. De. 18.20, 22. 19 And he said, Hear thou there-v Nu. 16.29. fore the word of the LORD: I saw p the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host q of heaven standing by w Mat. 13.9, him, on his right hand and on his left? And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 43. 7 or, when he self. x 2Ch.35.22. 21 And there came forth a spirit, y Pr. 13.20. 33 And it came to pass, when tho captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a certain man drew a bow 8 at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints 9 of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am 10 wounded. 35 And the battle 11 increased and stood before the LORD, and 8 in his sim-that day: and the king was stayed said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade 10 made sick, throughout the host about the go kim, and prevail also: go forth, and do 9. 11 ascended. LORD hath put a lying spirit in the z ver. 17.28. And the LORD hath spoken evil. 13 came. oncerning thee. ing down of the sun, saying, Everyz man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 So the king died, and 13 was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 And one washed the chariot in 2 KINGS, 1. B. C. 897. a ch.21.19. Jehoshaphat's good reign. the pool of Samaria; and the dogs ficked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.ab Am.3.15. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the c 2Ch.20.31, ivory b house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of chroni-e ch.14.23. cles of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. &c. d 2Ch.17.3. 15.14. 2Ki. 12.3. f2Ki.8.18. 2Ch. 19.2. 2Cor.6.14. 41 T And c Jehoshaphat. the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in~~ the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. g ch.14.24. 15.12. h Ge.25.23. 25.8.14. 2Ki.3.9. 8.20. 13 or, had ten ships. i 2Ch.20.35, &c. 43 And d he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which k ch.10.22. was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high placese were ch.9.26. not taken away; for the people of-m 2Ch.21.1. fered and burnt incense yet in the n ver.40. high places. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace foch. 16.30, with the king of Israel. &c. 45 Now the rest of the acts of Je-p ch.12.28-33. hoshaphat, and his might that he q Ju.2.11. showed, and how he warred, are Ahaziah's wicked rewyn.. they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 46 And the remnant of the g sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king hin Edom: a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat 13 made ships i of Tharshish k to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 19 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships: but Jehoshaphat would not. 50 T And m Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoramn his son reigned in his stead. 51 T Ahaziah n the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jeho shaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way o of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jero boam p the son of Nebat, who made Ísrael to sin. 53 For he served Baal, q and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. The Second Book of the KINGS, commonly called The Fourth Book of the KINGS. CHAPTER I. Elijah bringeth fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him. HEN Moab rebelled a against 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of b Ekron, whether I shall recover c of this disease. 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub d the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, 1 Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 5 T And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them,Why are ye now turned back? 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus e saith the LORD, IS it not because there is not a God in Israel that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore f thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, 2 What manner of inan was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? 8 And they answered him, Heg was an hairy man, and girt with a gir dle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Then the king sent unto him captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: (and, behold, Elijah taken up to heaver Elijah went with b Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Luke 9.54. Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As c the LORD liveth, and as d thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 1Ki. 18.21. Dan.3.25. k ch.2.24. Acts 5.5,9. 3 bowed. l Is.66.2. Ps.72. 14. 116.15. 12 And Elijah answered and said into them, If I be a man of God, let m 1Sa.26.21. fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his " ver. 10,12. fity. 13 And he sent again a captam o ver.6. 3 And the sons e of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4 And Elijah said unto him, Eli sha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets of the third fifty with his fifty. And 4 The second that were at Jericho came to Eli the third captain of fifty went up, and came and 3 fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious m in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came n fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. year that Jehoram was Pro rex, and the eighteenth of Jehosha sha, and said unto him, Knowest thou tha the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarphat,ch.3.1 ry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he (CHAP. 2.) a Ge.5.24. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be b 1Ki.19.21. not afraid of him. And he arose, ch.4.30. 1Sa. 1.26. and went down with him unto the c Jer.4.2. king. 16 And he said unto him, Thus d ver.4.6. saith the LORD, Forasmuch o as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ek(is it not because there is no e ver,5.7,15. God in Israel to inquire of his ch.4.1,38. word?) therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 9.1. IKI.20.35. 1 in sight, or, over against. word of the LORD, which Elijah 17So he died, according to the had spoken. And 4 Jehoram reign- f 1Ki. 19.13, ed in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat King of Judah; because he had nog ver. 14. 18 Now the rest of the acts of 19. Ex.14.21. Jos.3.14-17. Alaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chroni-h Nu.27.20. cles of the kings of Israel? CHAPTER II. Elijah is taken up by a fiery chariot 2 done hard in asking. into heaven. 23 Bears destroy the i ch.6.17. children that mocked Elisha. ND it came to pass, when the Ps. 104.4. into heaven by a whirlwind, that LORD would take a up Elijah k ch.13.14. said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And iitty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood 1 to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, ƒ und wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and g they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let h a double portion of thy spirit be pon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast 2 asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot i of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijahwent up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 T And Elisha saw it, and he cried k My father, my father! the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elisha's mockers destroyed. Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the 3 bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, I they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view m at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 2 KINGS, III. 16 T And they said unto him, Be-o hold now, there be with thy servants fifty 4 strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy mas-p ter: lest peradventure the n Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon 5 some mountain, or into some valley. And he 9 Ps.107.33, said, Ye shall not send." Ex. 15.25. 34. 30. 1,8,&c. 17 And when they urged him tillr Job 19.18. he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? Mat.27.29, &c. t Ge.9.25. Ju.9.20.57. Lam.3.65. (CHAP. 3.) a ch.1.17. 19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground 6 harren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new statue. cruse, and put salt therein. And b 1Ki.16.32. they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the c 1Ki. 12.28spring of the waters, and cast the salt o in there, and said, Thus saith d 2Sa.8.2. the LORD, I have phealed these 32. waters; there shall not be from Ps. 108.9, 10. thence any more death or barren qe Is.16.1. land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 T And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children rout of the city, and mocked s him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. f ch.1.1. 8.20. g IKI.22.4. 2 at their feet. Ex. 11.8. h 1Ki.22.7. i Lu.22.26. Jno. 13.5,14. 1 Ti.5.10. A Eze. 14.3. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed t them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the Ju. 10.14. wood, and tare forty and two children of them. Pr. 1.28. Je.2.28. Jehoram's tegn. CHAPTER III. 1 Jehoram's reign. 4 Mesha rebelleth [OW a Jehoram the son of Ahah Negan to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of b Baal that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the c sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, he departed not therefrom. 4 And Mesha the king of Moab was a sheep-master, and d rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, e and an hundred thousand rams with the wool. 5 But f it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Je hoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: g I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle 2 that followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to de liver them into the hand of Moabl 11 But h Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Sha phat, which poured i water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. Sa the king of Israel, and Jehosha phat, and the king of Edom, went down to him. 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What k have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence hem IKI.18.19. of thy father, and to the prophets returned to Samaria. of thy mother. And the king of The Moabites overcome. ael said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 2 KINGS, IV. n ch.5.16. 3.14. 8. 1. 14 And Elisha said, As n the LORD. 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye all not see wind, neither shall Fe see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. ch.4.3. 4 were cried 6 destroyed. 18 And this is but a light thing in 19 And ye shall smite every fenced stones. v Ge.26.15. the stones The widow's oil increased. 26 T And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son, z that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burntAnd offering y upon the wall there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and z returned to their own land. CHAPTER IV. 1 Elisha multiplieth the widow's oil. 18 He raiseth again her dead son. TOW there cried a certain wo Noman of the wives of the sons a of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the b creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not c any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, d borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neigh And it came to pass in the w Is. 16.7,11 bours, even empty vessels; 1 bor morning, when the meat-offering t was offered, that, behold. there water. And when all the Moabites z Is. 37.37. beard that the kings were come (CHAP. 4.) up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to a 1Ki.20.35. put on armour, and upward, and Le.25.39. stood in the border. Mat. 18.25. 2 and they rose up early in the c 1Ki.17.12. as blood: e Mar.6.37 23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely 6 slain, and 44. they have smitten one another: 8.5-9. now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. Jno.2.7-9. 24 And when they came to the Ep.3.20. camp of Israel, the Israelites rose 2 or,creditor. p and smote the Moabites, so that 3 there was they fled before them: but they a day. Twent forward smiting the Moab-Jos.19.18. tes, even in their country, row not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and e shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel: and he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy 2 debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest 8 And 3 it fell on a day, that Els sha passed to Shunem, f where was a great woman; and she 4 constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that, as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive g that this Mat. 5. 16. is an holy man of which pass on him. 25 And they beat down the cities, 4 laid hold and on every good piece of land it; and they stopped v all the wellsh Mat. 10.41.eth by us continually. |