ABP - II Kings

Chapter 1

1:1  And Moab annulled allegiance with Israel after the dying of Ahab.

1:2  And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper room, in Samaria, and was infirm. And he sent for messengers, and he said to them, Go and ask of Baal the fly god of Ekron if I shall live through [3infirmity 2my 1this]! And they went to ask.

1:3  And an angel of the lord spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Rise up, go to meet the messengers of Ahaziah king of Samaria! and say to them, Is it on account of the not being a God in Israel you go to ask of Baal the fly god of Ekron?

1:4  On account of this thus says the lord, The bed upon which you ascended upon it, you shall not go from it, for to death you shall die. And Elijah went, and spoke to them.

1:5  And [3returned 1the 2messengers] to him. And he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?

1:6  And they said to him, A man ascended to meet us, and he said to us, Go, return to the king, the one sending you, and say to him! Thus says the lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel you go to seek anxiously by Baal the fly god of Ekron? On account of this, the bed upon which you ascended upon it, you shall not go from it, for to death you shall die.

1:7  And [3said 4to them 1the 2king], What was the distinguishing mark of the man ascending to meet you, and speaking to you these words?

1:8  And they said to him, [2man 1He was a hairy], and a belt made of skin was girded upon his loin. And he said, [2Elijah 3the 4Tishbite 1This is].

1:9  And he sent to him a commander of fifty, and his fifty. And he ascended to him. And he sat upon the top of the mountain. And [3spoke 1the 2commander of fifty] to him, O man of God, the king calls you, come down!

1:10  And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, And if [2a man 3of God 1I am], [2shall come down 1fire] from heaven and shall devour you and your fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.

1:11  And [3proceeded 1the 2king], and he sent to him another commander of fifty, and his fifty. And [3ascended 1the 2commander of fifty] and spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Quickly come down!

1:12  And Elijah answered and said to him, If [2a man 3of God 1I am], [2shall come down 1fire] from heaven, and shall devour you and your fifty. And there came down fire from heaven and devoured him and his fifty.

1:13  And [3proceeded 1the 2king] again to send [2commander of fifty 1a third] and his fifty. And [4came 1the 3commander of fifty 2third], and he bent upon his knees in front of Elijah, and beseeched him, and spoke to him, and said, O man of God, value indeed my life, and the lives of your servants -- these fifty, in your eyes!

1:14  Behold, there came down fire from the heaven, and devoured the [2two 3commanders of fifties 1first] and their fifties. And now value indeed the life of your servants in your eyes!

1:15  And [3said 1the angel 2of the lord] to Elijah, Go down with him, you should not fear from their presence. And Elijah rose up and went down with them to the king.

1:16  And he said to him, Thus says the lord, Because you sent messengers to ask to Baal the fly god of Ekron, as if there was not a God in Israel to ask the word of him, on account of this the bed upon which you ascended upon it, you shall not go down from it, for in death you shall die.

1:17  And he died according to the saying of the lord which Elijah spoke. And [5reigned 1Jehoram 2the 3brother 4of Ahaziah] instead of him, (for there was no son to him) in the [2year 1second] of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.

1:18  And the rest of the words of Ahaziah, as many things as he did, behold are not these written in the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

Chapter 2

2:1  And it came to pass in the lord to lead Elijah in a rumbling as into the heaven, that [4went 1Elijah 2and 3Elisha] from out of Gilgal.

2:2  And Elijah said to Elisha, Sit down indeed here! for the lord has sent me unto Bethel. And Elisha said, As the lord lives, and as [2lives 1your soul], shall I abandon you, no. And they came unto Bethel.

2:3  And [7came 1the 2sons 3of the 4prophets 5in 6Bethel] to Elisha, and they said to him, Do you know that the lord today takes your master above your head? And he said, Indeed even I knew, keep silent!

2:4  And Elijah said to Elisha, Sit down indeed here! for the lord has sent me to Jericho. And Elisha said, As the lord lives, and as [2lives 1your soul], shall I abandon you, no. And they came unto Jericho.

2:5  And [7approached 1the 2sons 3of the 4prophets 5in 6Jericho] to Elisha, and they said to him, Do you know that today the lord takes your master from above your head? And he said, I knew, keep silent!

2:6  And [2said 3to him 1Elijah], Sit down indeed here! for the lord has sent me unto the Jordan. And Elisha said, As the lord lives, and as [2lives 1your soul], shall I abandon you, no. And they [2went 1both].

2:7  And fifty men from the sons of the prophets came, and they stood right opposite far off. And both stood at the Jordan.

2:8  And Elijah took his sheepskin, and wrapped it, and struck the water, and [3was divided 1the 2water] here and there, and they [2passed over 1both] through dry ground.

2:9  And it came to pass, in their passing over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask! what I shall do for you before my being taken up from you. And Elisha said, Let there be indeed a double of your spirit upon me!

2:10  And Elijah said, You hardened to ask. If you should behold me being taken up from you, it will be thus to you; but if not, in no way will it be.

2:11  And it came to pass of their going and speaking, that behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they drew apart between both; and Elijah was taken up in a rumbling unto into the heaven.

2:12  And Elisha was beholding, and he yelled, O father, O father, the chariot of Israel, and his horseman. And he did not see him any longer. And he took hold of his garments and tore them into two.

2:13  And he raised up high the sheepskin of Elijah which fell on top of him. And Elisha turned, and stood upon the edge of the Jordan.

2:14  And he took the sheepskin of Elijah, which fell on top of him, and he struck the waters, and said, Where is the God of Elijah now? And he struck the waters, and they tore apart here and there; and Elisha passed over.

2:15  And [5beheld 6him 1the 2sons 3of the 4prophets], the ones in Jericho right opposite. And they said, [4rests 1The 2spirit 3of Elijah] upon Elisha. And they came to meet with him, and they did obeisance to him upon the ground.

2:16  And they said to him, Behold indeed, there are with your servants fifty men, sons of power. In going indeed, let them seek your master! lest at some time [3lifted 4him 1spirit 2of the lord], and tossed him in the mountains, or upon one of the hills. And Elisha said, You shall not send.

2:17  And they pressed him until he was shamed. And he said, Send them! And they sent fifty men; and they sought three days, and they did not find him.

2:18  And they returned to him. And he stayed in Jericho. And he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?

2:19  And [5said 1the 2men 3of the 4city] to Elisha, Behold now, the site of the city is good, as you, O master, see; but the waters are bad, and the ground being barren.

2:20  And Elisha said, Bring to me [2water-pot 1a new], and cast salt there! And they took it to him.

2:21  And he went forth unto the outlet of the waters, and he tossed there the salt. And he said, Thus says the lord, I have healed these waters, there will not be any longer there death and being barren.

2:22  And [3were healed 1the 2waters] until this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

2:23  And he ascended from there unto Bethel. And in his ascending in the way, that [2boys 1small] came forth from out of the city, and they mocked him, and said to him, Ascend, bald one! Ascend, bald one!

2:24  And he turned behind him, and beheld them, and cursed them in the name of the lord. And [3came forth 1two 2bears] from out of the forest, and they tore asunder of them forty and two children.

2:25  And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he turned unto Samaria.

Chapter 3

3:1  And Jehoram son of Ahab reigned in Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. And he reigned twelve years.

3:2  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, only not as his father and his mother. And he removed the monuments of Baal which [2made 1his father].

3:3  Except in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin, he cleaved to; he did not abstain from it.

3:4  And Mesha king of Moab was a shepherd, and he restored to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with fleece.

3:5  And it came to pass after the dying of Ahab, Moab annulled allegiance with the king of Israel.

3:6  And [3went forth 1king 2Jehoram] in that day from out of Samaria, and he numbered Israel.

3:7  And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab annulled allegiance with me. Shall you go with me unto Moab for war? And he said, I will go; likened to you, likened to me; as your people, so my people; as your horses, so my horses.

3:8  And he said, What way shall we ascend? And he said, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

3:9  And [4went 1the 2king 3of Israel], and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom. And they encircled a journey of seven days. And there was no water for the camp, and for the cattle, the ones at their feet.

3:10  And [4said 1the 2king 3of Israel], O that the lord called [2three 3kings 1these] to deliver them up into the hand of Moab.

3:11  And Jehoshaphat said to him, Is there not here a prophet of the lord, that we should seek anxiously the lord by him? And answered one of the servants of the king of Israel, and said, [4is here 1Elisha 2son 3of Shaphat], who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.

3:12  And Jehoshaphat said, [3is 4with 5him 1The word 2of the lord]. And [3went down 4to 5him 1the king 2of Israel], and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and the king of Edom.

3:13  And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What is there between me and you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And [4said 5to him 1the 2king 3of Israel], Is it that the lord calls [2three 3kings 1these] to deliver them into the hands of Moab?

3:14  And Elisha said, As [4lives 1the lord 2of the 3forces], in whom I stand before him, that if it were not the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah which I receive, shall I have looked upon you or beheld you, no.

3:15  And now bring to me one for strumming! And it came to pass as [3strummed 1the 2one strumming], that [3came 4upon 5him 1the hand 2of the lord].

3:16  And he said, Thus says the lord, Make this dry stream cistern upon cistern.

3:17  For thus says the lord, You shall not see wind, and you shall not see rain; but this dry stream shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, you and your possessions, and your cattle.

3:18  But it is a light thing in the eyes of the lord. And I will deliver up Moab into your hands.

3:19  And you shall strike every [2city 1fortified], and every [2city 1choice]; and every [2tree 1good] you shall throw down, and all springs of water you shall obstruct, and every [2portion of land 1good] you shall make useless with stones.

3:20  And it came to pass in the morning of the ascending of the sacrifice, that behold, waters came from out of the way of Edom, and [3was filled 1the 2earth] of the waters.

3:21  And all Moab heard that [3ascended 1the 2kings] to wage war against them, and they yelled out from all sides girding on the belt, and went forward, and they stood at the border.

3:22  And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters. And Moab beheld the waters right opposite fiery red as blood.

3:23  And they said, This is blood of a broadsword. [3did combat 1The 2kings], and [3struck 1each 2man] his neighbor. And now, [3are for 1the 2spoils] Moab.

3:24  And they entered into the camp of Israel. And Israel rose up and struck Moab. And they fled in front of them; and they entered going and beating Moab.

3:25  And [2the 3cities 1they demolished], and every [2portion of land 1good] [2tossed 1each man] his stone, and they filled it. And every spring of water they obstructed, and every [2tree 1good] they threw down unto leaving behind the stones of the wall being demolished. And [3encircled 1the 2slingers] and struck it.

3:26  And [4beheld 1the 2king 3of Moab] that [3overpowered 4him 1the 2battle]; and he took with himself seven hundred men unsheathing the broadsword to cut through the king of Edom; but they were not able.

3:27  And he took [3son 1his 2first-born] whom he gave reign instead of him, and offered him as a whole burnt-offering upon the wall. And came to pass [2repentance 1a great] in Israel. And they departed from him, and they returned to the land.

Chapter 4

4:1  And [2wife 1one] of the sons of the prophets yelled to Elisha, saying, Your servant, my husband died, and you know that your servant was fearing the lord. And the money-lender came to take [2two 3sons 1my] for servants to himself.

4:2  And Elisha said to her, What should I do for you, announce it to me? What is there to you in the house? And she said, There is not to your maidservant one thing in the house, only a vessel of olive oil in the house which I anoint with.

4:3  And he said to her, Go ask for yourself vessels from outside, from all your neighbors, [2vessels 1empty], not a few.

4:4  And you shall enter and lock the door after you and after your sons. And you shall pour out into these vessels, and the one being filled you shall take away.

4:5  And she went forth from him, and did thus. And she locked the door after herself and after her sons, and they drew near to her; and she poured until [3were filled 1the 2vessels].

4:6  And she said to her sons, Bring near to me a vessel! And they said to her, There is not yet a vessel. And [3stopped 1the 2olive oil].

4:7  And she came and reported to the man of God. And he said to her, Go, and render the olive oil for sale, and pay your interest! and you and your sons shall live by the rest.

4:8  And [2came 1a day] and Elisha passed over into Shunem, and there was [3there 2woman 1a great], and she took hold of him to eat bread. And it came to pass whenever it was fit for him to enter that he turned aside there to eat bread.

4:9  And [3said 1the 2woman] to her husband, Behold indeed, I know that [2man 3of God 1this is a holy], who travels unto us continually.

4:10  We should indeed make for him [2upper room 1a small], and we should put for him there a bed, and a table, and a chair, and a lamp-stand. And it will be in his coming to us, that he shall turn aside there.

4:11  And [2came 1a day], and he entered there, and he turned aside into the upper room, and went to bed there.

4:12  And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite! And he called her, and she stood before him.

4:13  And he said to him, Say indeed to her, Behold, you startled us all with this change of state, what shall we do for you? Is there to you a word to say to the king, or to the ruler of the force? And she said, [3in 4the midst 5of my people 1I 2dwell].

4:14  And he said to Gehazi, What must be done for her? And Gehazi said, That by all means a son is not to her, and her husband is old.

4:15  And he said, Call her! And he called her, and she stood by the door.

4:16  And Elisha said to her, At this time next year, about this hour, and living, you shall be holding a son. But she said, No, O master, O man of God, you should not disappoint your maidservant.

4:17  And [3conceived 1the 2woman], and bore a son at this same time about the same hour living, as [2spoke 3to 4her 1Elisha].

4:18  And [3matured 1the 2boy]. And it came to pass [3went forth 1the 2boy] to his father -- to the ones harvesting.

4:19  And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.

4:20  And he lifted him, and he carried him in to his mother, and he laid him down to rest upon her knees until midday, and he died.

4:21  And she bore him, and rested him upon the bed of the man of God, and locked after him, and went forth.

4:22  And she called her husband, and said, Send indeed for me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, and I shall run unto the man of God, and I shall return.

4:23  And he said, Why is it that you should go to him today? It is not a new moon nor a Sabbath. And she said, Peace.

4:24  And she saddled the donkey, and said to her servant, You lead, and go! Do not wait for me to mount. For if I said to you, Go, then you shall go and shall come to the man of God in mount Carmel.

4:25  And she went, and came unto the man of God in the mountain. And it came to pass as [4saw 5her 1the 2man 3of God] right opposite, that he said to Gehazi, to his servant, Behold, that Shunammite.

4:26  Now run to meet her! and you shall say to her, Is peace to you? Is peace to your husband? Is peace to the boy? And she said, Peace.

4:27  And she straightened to the man of God in the mountain, and she seized his feet. And Gehazi approached to thrust her away, and [4said 5to 6him 1the 2man 3of God], Allow her! for her soul pains her, and the lord concealed it from me, and announced it not to me.

4:28  And she said, Did I ask a son from my master? Did I not say, Do not mislead with me?

4:29  And Elisha said to Gehazi, Tie up your loin, and take my staff in your hand and go! And if you should find a man in the way, you shall not bless him; and if [2should bless 3you 1a man], you shall not answer him; and you shall place my staff upon the face of the boy.

4:30  And [5said 1the 2mother 3of the 4boy], As the lord lives, and as [2lives 1your soul], shall I leave you behind, no. And Elisha rose up, and went after her.

4:31  And Gehazi went in front of them, and he placed the staff upon the face of the boy; and there was no sound, and there was no hearing. And he returned to meet him, and he reported to him, saying, [3was not arisen 1the 2boy].

4:32  And Elisha entered into the house, and behold, the boy having died was resting upon his bed.

4:33  And Elisha entered, and locked the door after the two of them. And he prayed to the lord.

4:34  And he ascended, and bedded down upon the boy, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands. And he bent upon him, and warmed the flesh of the boy.

4:35  And he returned, and went about the house this side and that side, and he ascended, and bent downwards upon the boy for seven times. And [3opened 1the 2boy] his eyes.

4:36  And Elisha yelled out loud to Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite! And he called her, and she entered to him. And Elisha said, Receive your son!

4:37  And [3entered 1the 2woman], and fell at his feet, and did obeisance upon the ground, and took her son, and went forth.

4:38  And Elisha returned to Gilgal. And the famine was in the land. And the sons of the prophets sat down before him. And Elisha said to his servant, Stand by the [2kettle 1great], and boil stew for the sons of the prophets!

4:39  And he went forth into the field to collect together herbs. And he found a vine in the field, and he collected together from it [2gourd 1a wild] to fill his cloak, and he entered and put it into the kettle of the stew -- but they did not know.

4:40  And he poured out to the men to eat. And it came to pass in their eating from the stew, that they yelled out and said, Death is in the kettle, O man of God. And they were not able to eat.

4:41  And he said, You take flour, and put it in the kettle! And they put. And Elisha said to Gehazi, Pour out to the people, and let them eat! And there was not [2thing 1a bad] still in the kettle.

4:42  And a man came from out of Baal-shalisha, and he brought to the man of God first produce of twenty bread loaves of barley, and dried clusters of figs. And he said, Give them to the people, and let them eat!

4:43  And [2said 1his minister], What, should I give before [2hundred 3men 1this]? And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat! for thus says the lord, They shall eat, and shall leave over.

4:44  And they ate, and left behind according to the saying of the lord.

Chapter 5

5:1  And Naaman. the ruler of the force of the king of Syria was [2man 1a great] before his master, and being an admired person, for through him the lord gave deliverance to Syria. And the man was mighty in strength, but leprous.

5:2  And the Syrians went forth in armed bands and they captured from out of the land of Israel [2young woman 1a small]; and she was in the presence of the wife of Naaman.

5:3  And she said to her lady, Ought that my master was in the presence of the prophet in Samaria, then he shall cure him from his leprosy.

5:4  And she entered and reported it to her master, and she said, Thus and thus says the young woman from out of the land of Israel.

5:5  And [4said 1the 2king 3of Syria], Come, enter! and I will send out a scroll to the king of Israel. And he went and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of apparels.

5:6  And he brought the scroll to the king of Israel, saying, And now when ever [3should come 2scroll 1this] to you, behold, I sent to you Naaman my servant, and you shall cure him from his leprosy.

5:7  And it came to pass as [4read 1the 2king 3of Israel] the scroll, that he tore his garments, and said, Am I God, the one putting to death and restoring to life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his leprosy? For besides, you know and see that this one makes an excuse towards me.

5:8  And it came to pass as [4heard 1Elisha 2the man 3of God] that [3tore 1the 2king] his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Why do you tear your garments? Let [3come 1indeed 4to 5me 2Naaman]! and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

5:9  And Naaman came by horse and chariot, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

5:10  And Elisha sent to him a messenger, saying, In going, bathe in the Jordan seven times, and [2shall return 1your flesh] to you, and you shall be cleansed.

5:11  And Naaman was enraged, and went forth, and said, Behold, I said, he will come forth to me, and he shall stand and shall call in the name of the lord his God, and shall place his hand upon the place, and shall cure the leper.

5:12  Are not [6good 1the Abana 2and 3Phaphar 4rivers 5of Damascus] over the Jordan, and all the waters of Israel? Shall I not go bathe in them, and be cleansed? And he turned aside, and went forth in rage.

5:13  And [2approached 1his servants], and they said to him, If [4a great 5word 3spoke 1the 2prophet] to you, would you not have done in so far as he said to you? Bathe and be cleansed!

5:14  And Naaman went down, and he immersed in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God. And [2returned 1his flesh] as the flesh [2boy 1of a small], and he was cleansed.

5:15  And he returned to the man of God, he and his camp. And he came, and stood before him, and said, Behold, now I know that there is not a God in all the earth, but only in Israel. And now, receive a blessing from your servant!

5:16  And Elisha said, As the lord lives in whom I stand before him, shall I take it? And he pressed him to take, but he resisted persuasion.

5:17  And Naaman said, And if not, let there be given indeed to your servant a cargo team of mules of earth, for [2shall not offer 3any longer 1your servant] a whole burnt-offering and sacrifice [2gods 1to other]; but only to the lord alone.

5:18  And concerning this matter, [2shall deal kindly 3with me 1the lord], to your servant in the entering of my master into the house of Rimmon to do obeisance there, for he shall rest upon my hand. And I shall do obeisance in the house of Rimmon, in his doing obeisance in the house of Rimmon. And [2shall deal kindly 3with me 1the lord] to your servant over this matter.

5:19  And Elisha said to Naaman, Go in peace! And he went forth from him into Havratha the land.

5:20  And [2said 1Gehazi], the servant of Elisha the man of God, Behold, [2spared 1my master] Naaman this Syrian, so as to not take from his hand of what he brought. As lives the lord, that I shall run after him, and I shall take something from him.

5:21  And Gehazi pursued after Naaman. And [2saw 3him 1Naaman] running after him, and he leaped down from the chariot for meeting him. And he said, Peace.

5:22  And Gehazi said, Peace. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, now there came to me two young men from out of mount Ephraim, from the sons of the prophets. Give indeed to them a talent of silver and two changes of apparel!

5:23  And Naaman said, Take two talents of silver! And he forced him, and he took to him two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of apparel. And he gave unto [2two 3servants 1his], and they carried them in front of him.

5:24  And he came to a dark place, and he took from their hands, and he placed them in the house, and sent out the men, and they left.

5:25  And he entered and stood before his master. And [2said 3to 4him 1Elisha]. From what place did you come from Gehazi? And Gehazi said, [2has not 3gone 1Your servant] here or there.

5:26  And [2said 3to 4him 1Elisha], Did not my heart go with you when [3turned 1the 2man] from his chariot for meeting you? And now, you took the silver, and the garments, and you shall take with it gardens, and olive groves, and vineyards, and flocks, and herds, and bondmen and bondwomen.

5:27  And the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you, and among your seed into the eon. And he went forth from his face being leprous as snow.

Chapter 6

6:1  And [5said 1the 2sons 3of the 4prophets] to Elisha, Behold, indeed the place in which we live before you is scant for us.

6:2  We should go indeed unto the Jordan, and we should take from there [4man 3per one 2beam 1one]; and we should make for ourselves a shelter to live there. And he said, Go!

6:3  And [2said 1one], Please come with your servants. And he said, I will go.

6:4  And he went with them, and they came unto the Jordan, and they trimmed the wood.

6:5  And it happened to one casting down the beam, that [3fell off 4of 5the 6stick 1the 2iron implement] into the water. And he yelled, and said, O master. And it was hidden.

6:6  And [4said 1the 2man 3of God], Where did it fall? And he showed to him the place. And he plucked off wood and tossed it there, and [3floated 1the 2iron implement].

6:7  And he said, Raise it to yourself! And he stretched out his hand and took it.

6:8  And the king of Syria was waging war against Israel. And he consulted with his servants, saying, In the place thus [2in a certain 3concealed place 1I will camp].

6:9  And [4sent 1the 2man 3of God] to the king of Israel, saying, Guard to not go by this place, for there Syria hides.

6:10  And [4sent 1the 2king 3of Israel] to the place which [4told 5him 1the 2man 3of God]. And he guarded from there not once nor twice.

6:11  And [6was startled 1the 2soul 3of the 4king 5of Syria] on account of this word. And he called his servants, and he said to them, Shall you not announce to me who betrays me to the king of Israel?

6:12  And [3said 1one 2of his servants], Not so, O my master, O king. For Elisha the prophet, the one in Israel, he announces to the king of Israel all the words which ever you should speak in the closet of your bedroom.

6:13  And he said, Go, and see where this one is! and sending I will take him. And they reported to him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

6:14  And he sent horses and chariots, and [2force 1a heavy]. And they came at night, and surrounded the city.

6:15  And [7early 1the 2minister 3of the 4man 5of God 6rose up], and went forth. And behold, the force was encircling the city, and with horses and chariots. And [2said 1his servant] to him, O master, what shall we do?

6:16  And Elisha said, Do not fear, for many are the ones with us over the ones with them.

6:17  And Elisha prayed, and said, O lord, open his eyes, and let him see! And the lord opened wide the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses, and a chariot of fire surrounding Elisha.

6:18  And they came down to him. And Elisha prayed to the lord, and said, Strike indeed this nation with inability to see! And he struck them with inability to see, according to the saying of Elisha.

6:19  And Elisha said to them, This is not the city, and this is not the way. Come after me! and I will lead you to the man whom you seek. And he took them to Samaria.

6:20  And it came to pass, as he entered into Samaria, that Elisha said, O lord, open the eyes of these, and let them see! And the lord opened wide their eyes, and they saw. And behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

6:21  And [4said 1the 2king 3of Israel] to Elisha, as he beheld them, Shall by striking, I strike them, O father?

6:22  And he said, You shall not strike. Whom you captured by your broadsword, and your bow you shall strike. Place bread loaves and water before them, and let them eat and let them drink and let them go forth to their master!

6:23  And he placed for them [2fete 1a great]. And they ate, and drank, and he sent them. And they went forth to their master. And [3did not proceed 4still 1the armed bands 2of Syrians] to come into the land of Israel.

6:24  And it came to pass after these things, that [5gathered 1the son 2of Hadad 3king 4of Syria] all his camp, and ascended, and besieged against Samaria.

6:25  And there was [2famine 1a great] in Samaria. And behold, they laid siege against it until of which [3was worth 1the head 2of a donkey] eighty shekels of silver; and a fourth of a cab [2dung 1of doves] five shekels of silver.

6:26  And [4was 1the 2king 3of Israel] traveling upon the wall. And a woman yelled to him, saying, Deliver us, O master, O king!

6:27  And he said to her, Unless [2delivers you 1the lord], from what place shall I deliver you -- from the threshing-floor or from the wine vat?

6:28  And [3said 4to her 1the 2king], What is it with you? And she said, This woman said to me, Give your son! and we shall eat him today, and my son we shall eat tomorrow.

6:29  And we boiled my son, and we ate him. And I said to her the [2day 1other], Give your son! for we should eat him. And she hid her son.

6:30  And it came to pass as [3heard 1the 2king] the words of the woman, he tore his garments, and he traveled over upon the wall. And [3saw 1the 2people] the sackcloth upon his flesh inside.

6:31  And he said, Thus [2do 3to me 1God], and thus add more, if [6shall stand 1the 2head 3of Elisha 4son 5of Shaphat] upon him today.

6:32  And Elisha was sitting down in his house, and the elders were sitting down with him. And the king sent a man before his face. But before the coming of the messenger to him, that Elisha himself said to the elders, Do you see that [4sent 2son 3of a murderer 1this] to remove my head? Know as when [3should come 1the 2messenger], you lock the door, and press against him on the door! Is not the sound of the feet of his master right after him?

6:33  While he was speaking with them, that behold, the messenger came to him. And he said, Behold, this evil is from the lord, why remain behind for the lord any longer?

Chapter 7

7:1  And Elisha said, Hear the word of the lord! Thus says the lord, At this same hour tomorrow, a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.

7:2  And [3responded 1the 2tribune] (upon whom the king rested upon his hand) to the man of God, and he said, And if the lord should make a torrent in the heaven, shall [2be 1this thing], no. And Elisha said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but [3from there 1you shall not 2eat].

7:3  And four men, lepers, were by the door of the city. And said one man to his neighbor, Why do we sit here until we die?

7:4  If we should say, We should enter into the city, and the famine is in the city, then we shall die there. And if we sit here, then we shall die. And now, come, and we shall fall into the camp of Syria. If they should bring us forth alive, then we shall live. And if they should kill us, then we shall die.

7:5  And they rose up in the darkness to enter into the camp of Syria. And they entered unto a part of the camp of Syria. And behold, there was not a man there.

7:6  For the lord [2audible 1made] in the camp of Syria a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, and a sound [2force 1of a great]. And [2said 1each man] to his neighbor, Behold, [4has hired 5against 6us 1the 2king 3of Israel] the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.

7:7  And they rose up, and ran away in the darkness. And they abandoned their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, as was in the camp; and they fled for their lives.

7:8  And [2came 1these lepers] unto a part of the camp. And they entered into [2tent 1one], and ate, and drank, and lifted from there silver, and gold, and clothes, and they went and hid everything. And they returned and entered into [2tent 1another], and they took from there, and went and hid them.

7:9  And said one man to his neighbor, [2not 3thus 1We are] doing right. This day [2a day 3of good news 1is], and we keep silent, and are waiting until light of the morning, and we shall find iniquity. Now then, come, we should go and announce to the house of the king.

7:10  And they entered and yelled by the gate of the city. And they announced to them, saying, We entered into the camp of Syria, and behold, there is not there a man nor a voice of a man, but only a horse being tied and a donkey being tied, and their tents as they are.

7:11  And they called the doorkeepers. And they announce to the house of the king inside.

7:12  And [3rose up 1the 2king] in the night, and said to his servants, I shall report indeed to you what [3have done 4to us 1the 2Syrians]. They know that we hunger, and they went forth from out of the camp, to hide in a field, saying, They shall come forth from out of the city, and we shall seize them alive, and we shall enter into the city.

7:13  And answered one of his servants, and said, Let them take indeed five of the horses, of the ones being left behind, which they left behind here. Behold, they are for all the multitude of Israel faltering; for we will send there and see.

7:14  And they took two riders of horses; and [4sent them 1the 2king 3of Israel] after Syria, saying, Go and see!

7:15  And they went after them unto the Jordan. And behold, all the way was full of clothes and items, which the Syrians tossed in their being distraught. And [3returned 1the 2messengers], and announced to the king.

7:16  And [3came forth 1the 2people], and they tore in pieces the camp of Syria. And [3became worth 1a measure 2of fine flour] a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the saying of the lord.

7:17  And the king placed the tribune (upon whom the king rested upon his hand) over the gate. And [3trampled 4him 1the 2people] at the gate, and he died as [4said 1the 2man 3of God], who spoke with the [2coming down 1messenger] to him.

7:18  And it came to pass as Elisha said to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and it will be at this hour tomorrow at the gate of Samaria.

7:19  And [3answered 1the 2tribune] to the man of God, and said, And if the lord should make a torrent in the heaven, shall [2be 1this thing], no. And [4said 1the 2man 3of God] Behold, you will see with your eyes, but from there you will not eat.

7:20  And it came to pass so; and [3trampled 4him 1the 2people] in the gate, and he died.

Chapter 8

8:1  And Elisha spoke to the woman of whom [3was enlivened 1the 2son], saying, Rise up and go, you and your household, and sojourn of which ever place you should want to sojourn! for the lord has called a famine upon the land; and it will be at hand upon the land for seven years.

8:2  And [3rose up 1the 2woman], and did according to the saying of the man of God. And she went and her household, and sojourned in the land of the philistines seven years.

8:3  And it came to pass after the end of the seven years, that [3returned 1the 2woman] from out of the land of the philistines. And she went to yell to the king on account of her house, and on account of her fields.

8:4  And the king spoke to Gehazi the servant of Elisha, the man of God, saying, Describe indeed to me! all the great things which Elisha did.

8:5  And it came to pass, of his describing to the king of how he enlivened the son having died, that behold, the woman of whom he enlivened her son came yelling to the king concerning her house and concerning her fields. And Gehazi said, O master, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha enlivened.

8:6  And [3asked 1the 2king] the woman, and she described to him. And [3appointed 4to her 1the 2king 6eunuch 5one], saying, Return all the things of hers, and all the offspring of her field from the day of which she left the land until the present.

8:7  And Elisha came unto Damascus. And the son of Hadad king of Syria was infirm. And they announced to him, saying, [4comes 1The 2man 3of God] unto here.

8:8  And [3said 1the 2king] to Hazael, Take in your hand a gift, and go for a meeting with the man of God, and seek anxiously of the lord through him, saying, Shall I live from out of [2my illness 1this]?

8:9  And Hazael went to meet him, and he took a gift in his hand of all the good things of Damascus, a tribute of forty camels. And he came and stood before him, and said, Your son, the son of Hadad king of Syria sent me to you, saying, Shall I live from out of [2my illness 1this]?

8:10  And [2said 3to 4him 1Elisha], Go, say to him, To life you shall live! But [2showed 3to me 1the lord] that to death he shall die.

8:11  And Hazael stood in front of him, and he placed before him the gifts until he was ashamed. And [4wept 1the 2man 3of God].

8:12  And Hazael said, Why is it that my master weeps? And he said that, I have beheld as many things as you shall do to the sons of Israel -- bad things. [2their fortresses 1You will send] up in fire, and their chosen ones you will kill by broadsword, and their infants you shall dash, and the ones [3one in 4the womb 2having 1of them] you shall tear apart.

8:13  And Hazael said, What is your servant, the dog having died, that he will do [2thing 1this great]? And Elisha said, [2showed 3to me 1The lord] you reigning over Syria.

8:14  And he went forth from Elisha, and came to his master. And he said to him, What said Elisha to you? And he said, He said to me, To life you shall live.

8:15  And it came to pass in the next day, and he took a rag, and he dipped it in water, and put it upon his face, and he died. And Hazael reigned instead of him.

8:16  In [2year 1the fifth] of Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel, [6reigned 1Jehoram 2son 3of Jehoshaphat 4king 5of Judah].

8:17  [2a son 3of thirty 4and 5two 6years old 1He was] in his taking reign. And eight years he reigned in Jerusalem.

8:18  And he went 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 the wicked thing before the lord.

8:19  And [2did not 3want 1the lord] to corrupt Judah because of David his servant; as he said to give to him the lamp and to his sons all the days.

8:20  In his days Edom annulled allegiance from beneath the hand of Judah, and they gave reign to [2over 3themselves 1a king].

8:21  And Jehoram ascended into Zair, and all the chariots with him. And it happened as he rose up at night, that he struck Edom circling upon him, and the commanders of the chariots. And [3fled 1the 2people] to its tents.

8:22  But Edom annulled allegiance from beneath the hand of Judah until this day. Then Libnah annulled allegiance in that time.

8:23  And the rest of the words of Jehoram, and all as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

8:24  And Jehoram slept with his fathers, and he is entombed with his fathers in the city of David his father. And [3reigned 1Ahaziah 2his son] instead of him.

8:25  In [2year 1the twelfth] of Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel [6reigned 1Ahaziah 2son 3of Jehoram 4king 5of Judah].

8:26  [2was a son 3of twenty 4and 5two 6years of age 1Ahaziah] in his taking reign. And he reigned a year in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Athaliah, daughter of Omri king of Israel.

8:27  And he went in the way of the house of Ahab, and he did the wicked thing before the lord, as the house of Ahab, for [2son-in-law 3of the house 4of Ahab 1he is].

8:28  And he went with Jehoram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth Gilead. And [3struck 1the 2Syrians] Jehoram.

8:29  And [3returned 1king 2Jehoram] to be treated medically in Jezreel from the wounds of which [3struck 4him 1the 2Syrians] in Ramoth Gilead, during his waging war against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah, son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was infirm.

Chapter 9

9:1  And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and he said to him, Tie up your loin, and take the flask of this oil in your hand, and be gone unto Ramoth Gilead!

9:2  And you shall enter there, and you shall see there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi. And you shall enter, and you shall raise him from the midst of his brethren. And you shall bring him into the closet of a storeroom.

9:3  And you shall take the flask of the oil, and you shall pour upon his head. And you shall say, Thus says the lord, I have anointed you for king over Israel. And you shall open the door, and shall flee, and not wait.

9:4  And [4went 1the 2young 3prophet] unto Ramoth Gilead.

9:5  And he entered. And behold, the commanders of the force were sitting down. And he said, A word from me to you, commander. And Jehu said, To whom of all of us? And he said, To you, commander.

9:6  And he rose up, and entered into the house. And he poured the oil upon his head. And he said to him, Thus says the lord God of Israel, I have anointed you for king over the people of the lord, over Israel.

9:7  And you shall utterly destroy the house of Ahab your master from my face, and you shall avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the lord. at the hand of Jezebel,

9:8  and by the hand of the entire house of Ahab. And you shall utterly destroy to Ahab the ones urinating against a wall, and the one being held and the one left free in Israel.

9:9  And I will appoint the house of Ahab as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.

9:10  And [3shall eat Jezebel 1the 2dogs] in the part of Jezreel, and there shall not be one burying her. And he opened the door, and fled.

9:11  And Jehu came forth to the servants of his master, and they said to him, Peace? What is it that [3entered 2overcome by convulsions 1this one] to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his meditation.

9:12  And they said, That's unjust, but announce to us! And he said to them, Such and such he said to me, saying, Thus says the lord, I anoint you for king over Israel.

9:13  And hearing, they hastened, and [2took 1each] his cloak, and put them under him upon the frame of the stairs. And they trumped with the horn, and said, Jehu reigns.

9:14  And [6confederated 1Jehu 2son 3of Jehoshaphat 4son 5of Nimshi] against Jehoram. And Jehoram guarded in Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel before Hazael king of Syria.

9:15  And [4returned 1Jehoram 2the 3king] to be treated medically in Jezreel from the wounds which [3hit 4him 1the 2Syrians] in his waging war against Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said, If [2is 1your soul] with me, let there not go forth out of the city any one escaping to go and report in Jezreel.

9:16  And [2rode 3and 4went 1Jehu] unto Jezreel, for Jehoram was being attended to in Jezreel. And Ahaziah king of Judah came down to see Jehoram.

9:17  And the watchman was standing upon the tower in Jezreel. And he beheld the cloud of dust of the multitude of Jehu in his coming. And he said, [3a cloud of dust 4of the 5multitude 1I 2see]. And Jehoram said, Take a rider, and send for meeting them! and let him say, Is it peace?

9:18  And [3went 1the 2rider] upon the horse for meeting him. And he said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What is it to you and peace? You turn to the ones behind me! And [3reported 1the 2watchman], saying, [3came 1The 2messenger] unto them, and returned not.

9:19  And he sent [2rider 3of a horse 1a second]. And he came to them, and he said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What is it to you and peace? You turn to the ones behind me!

9:20  And [3reported 1the 2watchman], saying, He came unto them and returned not. And the leader is as the leader Jehu son of Nimshi; for [2in 3a frenzy 1he is].

9:21  And Jehoram said, Team up chariots! And they teamed up. And [4went forth 1Jehoram 2king 3of Israel], and Ahaziah king of Judah, each man in his chariot. And they came forth for meeting Jehu. And they found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

9:22  And it came to pass as Jehoram beheld Jehu, that he said, Is it peace Jehu? And Jehu said, What is it to you and peace with still the harlotries of Jezebel your mother and [3potions 1her 2many]?

9:23  And Jehoram turned his hands to flee. And he said to Ahaziah, Treachery Ahaziah.

9:24  And Jehu filled his hand with the bow, and he struck Jehoram between his arms, and came forth the arrow through his heart, and he bent upon his knees.

9:25  And Jehu said to Bidkar his tribune, Take and toss him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite! for I remember, I and you mounting upon teams after Ahab his father, and the lord took upon him this concern, saying,

9:26  If in deed [3the 4blood 5of Naboth 6and 7the 8blood 9of his sons 1I beheld 2yesterday], says the lord? And I shall recompense to you in this portion of land, says the lord. And now lift him, and toss him in the portion of land, according to the word of the lord!

9:27  And Ahaziah king of Judah beheld, and he fled the way of Beth-agan. And [2pursued 3after 4him 1Jehu]. And he said, Even indeed him, strike him upon the chariot! And the did so in the ascent of Gur, which is the one of Ibleam. And he fled into Megiddo, and died there.

9:28  And [2set 3him 1his servants] upon the chariot, and led him into Jerusalem. And they entombed him with his fathers in his tomb in the city of David.

9:29  And in [2year 1the eleventh] of Jehoram king of Israel, Ahaziah took reign over Judah.

9:30  And Jehu came to Jezreel. And Jezebel heard, and she tinged [2with antimony 1her eyes], and she adorned her head, and she looked through the window.

9:31  And Jehu entered into the city. And she said, Is it peace with Omri, the murderer of his master?

9:32  And he lifted up his face unto the window, and he beheld her. And he said, Who are you? Come down to me! And [3stooped forward to look down 4at 5him 1two 2eunuchs].

9:33  And he said, Roll her over! And they rolled her over, and [2sprinkled 1her blood] against the wall, and against the horses; and they trampled upon her.

9:34  And Jehu entered, and ate and drank, and said, Watch indeed this cursed one, and bury her, for [2the daughter 3of a king 1she is].

9:35  And they went to bury her, and they did not find of her but only the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

9:36  And they returned, and announced it to him. And he said, The word of the lord which he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of land in Jezreel [3shall eat 1the 2dogs] the flesh of Jezebel.

9:37  And [4will be 1the 2decaying flesh 3of Jezebel] as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so as to not say, This is Jezebel.

Chapter 10

10:1  And to Ahab were seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote a scroll, and sent it unto Samaria, to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the wet-nurses of the sons of Ahab, saying,

10:2  And now, whenever [3comes 2scroll 1this] to you, and with you are the sons of your master, and with you the chariots and the horses, and [2cities 1fortified], and weapons,

10:3  that you shall look for the good, and the upright one among the sons of your master. And you shall place him upon the throne of his father, and you shall wage war for the house of your master.

10:4  And they feared exceedingly, and said, Behold, the two kings did not stand against his face, and how shall we stand?

10:5  And they sent the ones over the household, and the ones over the city, and the elders, and the wet-nurses to Jehu, saying, [2your servants 1We are], and all as much as you should say to us we shall do. We will not give [2reign 1anyone]. The thing good in your eyes we will do.

10:6  And [2wrote 3to 4them 1Jehu 6scroll 5a second], saying, If you are with me, and [3my voice 1you 2listen to], take the heads of the men of the sons of your master, and bring them to me at this hour tomorrow in Jezreel! And the sons of the king were seventy men, whom the stout men of the city nourished them.

10:7  And it came to pass as [3came 1the 2scroll] to them, that they took the sons of the king, and they slew them -- seventy men. And they put their heads in baskets, and they sent to him in Jezreel.

10:8  And [3came 1the 2messenger] and reported to him, saying, They brought the heads of the sons of the king. And he said, Place them in two hills by the door of the gate until morning.

10:9  And it became morning, and he came forth and stood. And he said to all the people, You are just. Behold, I confederated against my master, and I killed him; but who struck all of these?

10:10  See that there shall not fall of the saying of the lord unto the ground, of which the lord spoke against the house of Ahab. And the lord did as much as he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.

10:11  And Jehu struck all the ones being left among the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his stout men, and his well known men, and his priests, unto [2not 3leaving behind 1his] a vestige.

10:12  And he rose up and went into Samaria. He was in Beth-Akad of the shepherds in the way.

10:13  And Jehu found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and he said, Who are you? And they said, [2brothers 3of Ahaziah 1we are], and we came down in peace of the sons of the king, and the sons of the woman being in power.

10:14  And he said, Seize them alive! And they seized them, and slew them in Beth-akad -- forty and two men. And he did not leave a man of them.

10:15  And he went from there, and he found Jehonadab son of Rechab in the way for meeting him. And he blessed him, and [2said 3to 4him 1Jehu], Is [2straight 1your heart] with my heart, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab said, It is. And Jehu said, Then if it is, give your hand! And he gave his hand. And he hauled him to himself upon the chariot.

10:16  And he said to him, Come with me, and see in my zealousness to the lord! And he sat by him in his chariot.

10:17  And he entered into Samaria, and he struck all the ones left of Ahab in Samaria, unto obliterating him according to the saying of the lord, which he spoke to Elijah.

10:18  And Jehu gathered together all the people. And said to them, Ahab served to Baal a little, Jehu shall serve to him much.

10:19  And now call to me all the prophets of Baal, and his priests, and all his servants! Let not a man be overlooked! for [4sacrifice 3a great 1I 2make] to Baal. All who ever overlooked shall not live. And Jehu did it by trickery, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.

10:20  And Jehu said, Sanctify a service to Baal! And they proclaimed it.

10:21  And Jehu sent in all Israel. And [5came 1all 2the 3servants 4of Baal]; there was not left behind a man who did not come. And they entered into the house of Baal, and [4was filled 1the 2house 3of Baal] -- mouth unto mouth.

10:22  And Jehu told to the one over the house wardrobe to bring out garments for all the servants of Baal. And [3brought them forth 4to them 1the 2keeper of the wardrobe].

10:23  And Jehu entered, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, into the house of Baal. And he said to the servants of Baal, Search and see if there is with you servants of the lord! for there is to be only the servants of Baal alone.

10:24  And they entered to offer the sacrifices and the whole burnt-offerings. And Jehu stationed for himself outside eighty men. And he said, A man who ever should preserve anyone of the men whom I bring in unto your hands, his life will be for his life.

10:25  And it came to pass as he completed offering the whole burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the bodyguards and to the tribunes, In entering, strike them! Let not come forth from them a man! And [6struck 7them 1the 2bodyguards 3and 4the 5tribunes] by the mouth of the broadsword; and they tossed the bodies, and went unto the city of the house of Baal.

10:26  And they brought forth the monument of Baal, and burnt it.

10:27  And they tore down the monuments of Baal, and they demolished his house. And the house of Baal they established for a bathhouse until this day.

10:28  And Jehu removed Baal from Israel.

10:29  Except from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin [2did not 3abstain 1Jehu] from following after them -- the heifers of gold in Bethel and in Dan.

10:30  And the lord said to Jehu, Because you did good to do the upright thing in my eyes, and you did according to all the things in my heart to the house of Ahab, sons unto the fourth generation shall sit down for you upon the throne of Israel.

10:31  And Jehu did not guard to go in the law of the lord God of Israel with [2entire 3heart 1his]. He did not abstain from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

10:32  In those days the lord began to cut down in Israel. And [2struck 3them 1Hazael] in every border of Israel;

10:33  from the Jordan according to the rising of the sun -- all the land of Gilead of the Gadites, and of Reuben, and of Manasseh -- from Aroer, which is upon the edge of the rushing stream Arnon, and Gilead and Bashan.

10:34  And the rest of the words of Jehu, and all as much as he did, and all his dominations, and the associations which he joined, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

10:35  And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in Samaria, and [3reigned 1Jehoahaz 2his son] instead of him.

10:36  And the days which Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty-eight years in Samaria.

Chapter 11

11:1  And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that [2died 1her son], and she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.

11:2  And [7took 1Jehosheba 2daughter 3of king 4Jehoram 5sister 6of Ahaziah] Joash, the son of her brother, and she stole him away from the midst of the sons of the king, of the ones being put to death, him and his nurse. And she hid him in the inner chamber of the beds from the face of Athaliah, and he was not put to death.

11:3  And he was with her in the house of the lord being hid six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

11:4  And in the [2year 1seventh 6sent 3Jehoiada 4the 5priest] and took the commanders of hundreds of the patrols, and of the couriers, and brought them in to himself in the house of the lord. And he ordained with them a covenant, and he bound them to an oath in the presence of the lord. And he showed to them the son of the king.

11:5  And he gave charge to them, saying, This is the thing which you shall do; the third part of you -- the ones entering on the Sabbath, let them guard the watch of the house of the king!

11:6  And the third part in the gate of the way, and the third part in the gate behind the bodyguards, even guard the watch of the house!

11:7  And two hands among you, any going forth on the Sabbath shall guard the watch of the house of the lord unto the king.

11:8  And you shall encircle around the king -- [2round about 1every man], and his weapon shall be in his hand. And the one entering into the ranks shall die. And they will be with the king in his entering and in his exiting.

11:9  And [3did 1the 2commanders of hundreds] according to all as much as Jehoiada gave charge. And [2took 1each commander] his men of the ones entering on the Sabbath, with the ones exiting on the Sabbath. And they entered to Jehoiada the priest.

11:10  And [3gave 1the 2priest] to the commanders of a hundred the spears and the shields of king David, of the ones in the house of the lord.

11:11  And [4stood 1the 2bodyguards 3each], and his weapon was in his hand, at the protrusion of the house at the right, unto the protrusion of the house at the left of the altar, and of the house around the king round about.

11:12  And he brought forth the son of the king, and he put upon him the diadem, and the testimony. And he anointed him, and gave him reign. And they clapped their hands, and said, Let [3live 1the 2king]!

11:13  And Athaliah heard the sound of the running of the people, and she went to the people into the house of the lord.

11:14  And she saw. And behold, the king stood at the column according to their practice. And the singers and the ones with trumpets were around the king. And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and trumpeting with trumpets. And Athaliah tore her garments, and she yelled, Conspiracy, conspiracy.

11:15  And [4gave charge 1Jehoiada 2the 3priest] to the commanders of hundreds, and to the overseers of the force, and said to them, Lead her outside the ranks and the one entering after her! To death she shall be put to death by the broadsword. For [3said 1the 2priest], She should not die in the house of the lord.

11:16  And they put [2upon 3her 1hands], and she entered by way of the entrance of the horses of the house of the king. And they put her to death there.

11:17  And Jehoiada ordained a covenant between the lord and between the king and between the people, for them to be a people to the lord.

11:18  And [6entered 1all 2the 3people 4of the 5land] into the house of Baal, and they tore it down. And his altars, and his images they broke diligently. And Mathan the priest of Baal they killed before the face of the altars. And [3established 1the 2priest] overseers in the house of the lord.

11:19  And he took the commanders of hundreds, and the patrol, and the couriers, and all the people of the land. And they led the king from the house of the lord, and entered the way of the gate of the bodyguards of the house of the king. And they seated him upon the throne of the kings.

11:20  And [6rejoiced 1all 2the 3people 4of the 5land], and the city was still. And Athaliah they put to death by the broadsword in the house of the king.

11:21  [2was a son 3seven 4years 1Joash] in his taking reign.

Chapter 12

12:1  [3in 5year 4the seventh 6of Jehu 2reigned 1Joash], and forty years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

12:2  And Joash did the upright thing before the lord all the days which [4enlightened 5him 1Jehoiada 2the 3priest].

12:3  Only the high places he did not remove, and [5there 3still 1the 2people 4sacrificed], and burned incense in the high places.

12:4  And Joash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things coming in as income into the house of the lord, the money of the valuation of a man, the money of valuation of souls, all money what ever ascends upon the heart of a man to bring in the house of the lord,

12:5  let [3take it 4for themselves 1the 2priests]! every man from their sale, and they shall repair the breach of the house in all the places where ever [2should be found 3there 1a breach].

12:6  And it came to pass in the twentieth and third year of king Joash, [3did not 4repair 1that the 2priests] the breach of the house.

12:7  And [4called 1Joash 2the 3king] Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and he said to them, Why is it that [5was not repaired 1the 2breach 3of the 4house]? And now, do not take the money from your sales! for unto the breach of the house you shall appoint it.

12:8  And [3joined in harmony 1the 2priests] to not take money from the people, and to not strengthen the breach of the house.

12:9  And [4took 1Jehoiada 2the 3priest] [2chest 1one], and he made in it [2opening 1one], and he put it by the altar, at the right side of the ones entering of men into the house of the lord. And [6gave 7there 1the 2priests 3guarding at 4the 5thresholds] all the money being carried into the house of the lord.

12:10  And it came to pass as they saw that there was much money in the chest, that [5ascended 1the 2scribe 3of the 4king], and the [2priest 1great], and they grasped and counted the money being found in the house of the lord.

12:11  And they gave the money being prepared into the hands of the ones doing the works of the ones overseeing the house of the lord. And they handed over to the fabricators of the wood items, and to the builders doing work in the house of the lord,

12:12  and to the stonemasons, and to the quarriers of the stones; to acquire wood and [2stones 1quarried], to repair the breach of the house of the lord, for all as much as was spent upon the house to repair it.

12:13  Only they were not to make for the house of the lord [2doors 1silver], nails, bowls, and trumpets, or any [2item 1gold], or [2item 1silver] from out of the money being carried in the house of the lord.

12:14  For to the ones doing the works they gave it. And they repaired by it the house of the lord.

12:15  And they did not call into account the men to whom was given the money into their hands, to give to the ones doing the work; for [2in 3trust 1they were acting].

12:16  But money for a trespass offering, and money for a sin offering was not carried into the house of the lord, for [2to the 3priests 1it was].

12:17  Then [4ascended up 1Hazael 2king 3of Syria], and waged war against Gath, and was first to take it. And Hazael arranged his face to ascend against Jerusalem.

12:18  And [4took 1Joash 2king 3of Judah] all the holy things which Jehoshaphat sanctified, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, and his holy things, and all the gold being found in the treasuries of the house of the lord, and of the house of the king, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. And he ascended away from Jerusalem.

12:19  And the rest of the words of Joash, and all as many things as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

12:20  And [2rose up 1his servants], and they made a conspiracy; and they struck Joash in the house of Millo, the one in the descent to Silla.

12:21  And Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants struck him, and he died. And they entombed him with his fathers in the city of David. And [3reigned 1Amaziah 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 13

13:1  In [4year 1the twentieth 2and 3third] of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, [4reigned 1Jehoahaz 2son 3of Jehu] over Israel in Samaria seventeen years.

13:2  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, and went after the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin. He did not abstain from them.

13:3  And [2was provoked in anger 3to rage 1the lord] against Israel. And he gave them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and in the hand of the son of Hadad, son of Hazael all the days.

13:4  And Jehoahaz beseeched the face of the lord, and [2heeded 3him 1the lord]. For he beheld the affliction of Israel, because [3afflicted 4them 1the king 2of Syria].

13:5  And the lord gave deliverance to Israel, and Israel came forth from beneath the hand of Syria. And [4sat 1the 2sons 3of Israel] in their tents as yesterday and the third day before.

13:6  Only they did not abstain from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin; [2by 3them 1they went]. And indeed the sacred grove was established in Samaria.

13:7  For there was not left behind to Jehoahaz a people, but only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for [3destroyed 4them 1the king 2of Syria], and he appointed them as dust for trampling.

13:8  And the rest of the words of Jehoahaz, and all as much as he did, and his dominations, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

13:9  And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in Samaria. And [3reigned 1Joash 2his son] instead of him.

13:10  In the thirtieth and seventh year of Joash king of Judah, [4reigned 1Joash 2son 3of Jehoahaz] over Israel in Samaria sixteen years.

13:11  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord. He did not abstain from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin -- [2by 3them 1he went].

13:12  And the rest of the words of Joash and all as much as he did, and his dominations which he did with Amaziah king of Judah, have these not been written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

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

13:14  And Elisha became ill with his illness of which he died. And [4went down 1Joash 2king 3of Israel] to him and wept upon his face, and said, O father, O father, the chariot of Israel and his horseman.

13:15  And [2said 3to him 1Elisha], Take a bow and arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.

13:16  And he said to the king of Israel, Set your hand upon the bow! And he set his hand. And Elisha placed his hands upon the hands of the king.

13:17  And he said, Open the window according to the east! And he opened. And Elisha said, Shoot! And he shot. And he said, The arrow of deliverance of the lord, and the arrow of deliverance in Syria. And you shall strike Syria in Aphek until completion.

13:18  And [2said 3to him 1Elisha], Take arrows! And he took. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike against the ground! And he struck three times and stopped.

13:19  And [4fretted 5over 6him 1the 2man 3of God], and he said, If you struck five times or six times, then you would have struck the Syrian until completion. And now three times you shall strike Syria.

13:20  And Elisha died, and they entombed him. And armed bands of Moab came in the land at the coming of the year.

13:21  And it came to pass as they were entombing the man, that behold, they beheld the armed band, and they tossed the man in the burying-place of Elisha, and it went and touched the bones of Elisha. And he came alive, and rose upon his feet.

13:22  And Hazael king of Syria squeezed against Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

13:23  And the lord showed mercy on them, and pitied them, and looked upon them on account of his covenant, the one with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. And [2did not 3want 1the lord] to utterly destroy them, and he did not throw them from his face until now.

13:24  And [4died 1Hazael 2king 3of Syria], and [4reigned 1the son 2of Hadad 3his son] instead of him.

13:25  And [4returned 1Joash 2son 3of Jehoahaz] and took the city from out of the hand of the son of Hadad, son of Hazael, the ones who took it from out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father in the war. Three times [2struck 3him 1Joash], and he returned the cities of Israel.

Chapter 14

14:1  In [2year 1the second] of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, [6reigned 1Amaziah 2son 3of Joash 4king 5of Judah].

14:2  [2a son 3being twenty 4and 5five 6years old 1He was] in his reigning. And twenty and nine years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

14:3  And he did upright in the eyes of the lord, only not as David his father. According to all as much as [3did 1Joash 2his father] he did.

14:4  Only the high places he did not remove, and still the people sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

14:5  And it came to pass when [3grew strong 1the 2kingdom] in his hand, that he struck his servants, the ones striking his father.

14:6  And the sons of the ones striking he did not put to death, as it is written upon the scroll of the law of Moses, as the lord gave charge, saying, [2shall not die 1Fathers] for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but only each for his sin shall he die.

14:7  He struck Edom in Gemela -- ten thousand. And he seized Rock in the war, and he called its name, Joktheel until this day.

14:8  Then Amaziah sent messengers to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, Come, we should see faces.

14:9  And [4sent 1Joash 2king 3of Israel] to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife! And [3went through 1the 2wild beasts] the field in Lebanon, and trampled upon the thorn.

14:10  Having beaten you struck Edom, and [2encouraged you 1your heart]. Be glorified sitting down in your house. And why do you contend in your evil, that you shall fall and Judah with you?

14:11  And [2did not 3hearken 1Amaziah]. And [4ascended 1Joash 2king 3of Israel], and [6saw 7faces 1he 2and 3Amaziah 4king 5of Judah] in Beth-shemesh of Judea.

14:12  And Judah failed from in front of Israel, and [2fled 1each man] to his tent.

14:13  And [5Amaziah 6son 7of Joash 8son 9of Ahaziah 10king 11of Judah 4seized 1Joash 2king 3of Israel] in Beth-shemesh. And he came into Jerusalem and demolished in the wall of Jerusalem at the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner -- four hundred cubits.

14:14  And he took the gold, and the silver, and all the items being found in the house of the lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and of the sons of the alliances, and he returned unto Samaria.

14:15  And the rest of the words of Joash, as much as he did in his domination in which he waged war with Amaziah king of Judah, are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

14:16  And Joash slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And [3reigned 1Jeroboam 2his son] instead of him.

14:17  And [6lived 1Amaziah 2son 3of Joash 4king 5of Judah] after the dying of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

14:18  And the rest of the words of Amaziah, and all as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

14:19  And they confederated against him with a confederation in Jerusalem. And he fled unto Lachish. And they sent after him unto Lachish, and put him to death there.

14:20  And they lifted him upon the horses, and he was entombed in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

14:21  And [5took 1all 2the 3people 4of Judah] Azariah, and he was a son sixteen years old, and they gave him reign instead of his father Amaziah.

14:22  He built Elath, and returned it to Judah after [3slept 1the 2king] with his fathers.

14:23  In [2year 1the fifteenth] of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, [4reigned 1Jeroboam 2son 3of Joash] over Israel in Samaria -- forty and one year.

14:24  And he did the wicked thing before the lord. He did not abstain from all of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

14:25  He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the saying of the lord God of Israel, who spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, son of Amittai, the prophet, the one from out of Gath-hepher.

14:26  For the lord beheld the humiliation of Israel, [2bitter 1that it was exceedingly], and very few, and being held together, and being depleted, and being abandoned, and there was no one helping Israel.

14:27  And [2did not speak 1the lord] to wipe away the name of Israel from beneath heaven. And he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.

14:28  And the rest of the words of Jeroboam, and all as much as he did, and his dominations, as much as he waged war, and as much as he returned Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

14:29  And Jeroboam slept with his fathers with the kings of Israel. And [3reigned 1Zechariah 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 15

15:1  In [4year 1the twentieth 2and 3seventh] of Jeroboam king of Israel, [6reigned 1Azariah 2son 3of Amaziah 4king 5of Judah].

15:2  [2a son 3being sixteen 4years old 1He was] in his reign, and fifty-two years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

15:3  And he did the upright thing in the eyes of the lord according to all as much as [3did 1Amaziah 2his father].

15:4  Only the high places he did not remove, and still the people sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

15:5  And the lord touched the king, and he was being leprous until the day of his death, and he reigned in a house apart. And Jotham son of the king was over the house, judging the people of the land.

15:6  And the rest of the words of Azariah and all as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

15:7  And Azariah slept with his fathers. And they entombed him with his fathers in the city of David. And [3reigned 2Jotham 1his son] instead of him.

15:8  In [4year 1the thirtieth 2and 3eighth] of Azariah king of Judah, [4reigned 1Zechariah 2son 3of Jeroboam] over Israel in Samaria six months.

15:9  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord as did his fathers. He did not abstain from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

15:10  And [4confederated 5against 6him 1Shallum 2son 3of Jabesh], and he struck him in Keblaam, and killed him, and reigned instead of him.

15:11  And the rest of the words of Zechariah, behold, these are written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.

15:12  This is the word of the lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying, [2sons 4unto the fourth generation 3shall sit 1Your] upon the throne of Israel. And it became so.

15:13  And Shallum son of Jabesh reigned in [4year 1the thirtieth 2and 3ninth] of Azariah king of Judah, and he reigned a month of days in Samaria.

15:14  And [6ascended 1Menahem 2son 3of Gadi 4from 5Tirzah], and came into Samaria, and he struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and he killed him, and he reigned instead of him.

15:15  And the rest of the words of Shallum, and of his confederacy which he confederated, behold, these are written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.

15:16  Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all the ones in it, and its borders from Tirzah; for it did not open up to him, and he struck it; and the ones [2one in the womb 1having] he tore asunder.

15:17  In [4year 1the thirtieth 2and 3ninth] of Azariah king of Judah [4reigned 1Menahem 2son 3of Gadi] over Israel in Samaria ten years.

15:18  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord. He did not abstain from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin.

15:19  In his days [4ascended 1Pul 2king 3of the Assyrians] upon the land. And Menahem gave to Pul a thousand talents of silver [2to be 1for his hand] with him, to strengthen his kingdom in his hand.

15:20  And Menahem brought forth the silver for Israel, excised upon every mighty man in strength, to give to the king of the Assyrians -- fifty shekels for the [2man 1one]. And [4returned 1the 2king 3of the Assyrians] and did not station there in the land.

15:21  And the rest of the words of Menahem, and all as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

15:22  And Menahem slept with his fathers. And [3reigned 1Pekahiah 2his son] instead of him.

15:23  In [2year 1the fiftieth] of Azariah king of Judah, [4reigned 1Pekahiah 2son 3of Menahem] over Israel in Samaria two years.

15:24  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord. He did not abstain from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

15:25  And [5confederated 6against 7him 1Pekah 2son 3of Remaliah 4his tribune], and he struck him in Samaria, before the house of the king, with Argob, and with Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites. And he killed him, and reigned instead of him.

15:26  And the rest of the words of Pekahiah, and all as much as he did, behold, these are written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.

15:27  In [4year 1the fiftieth 2and 3second] of Azariah king of Judah [4reigned 1Pekah 2son 3of Remaliah] over Israel in Samaria twenty years.

15:28  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord. He did not abstain from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.

15:29  In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of the Assyrians, and he took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kenez, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he resettled them among Assyria.

15:30  And [4confederated 5a confederation 1Hoshea 2son 3of Elah] against Pekah son of Remaliah, and he struck him, and killed him, and he reigned instead of him in [2year 1the twentieth] of Jotham son of Uzziah.

15:31  And the rest of the words of Pekah, and all as much as he did, behold, these are written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.

15:32  In [2year 1the second] of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel [6reigned 1Jotham 2son 3of Uzziah 4king 5of Judah].

15:33  [2a son 3being twenty 4and 5five 6years old 1He was] in his taking reign, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jerusha, daughter of Zadok.

15:34  And he did upright in the eyes of the lord according to all as much as [3did 1Uzziah 2his father].

15:35  Only the high places he did not remove, and still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the gate of the house of the lord -- the upper.

15:36  And the rest of the words of Jotham and all as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

15:37  In those days the lord began to send against Judah Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah.

15:38  And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they entombed him with his fathers in the city of David his father. And [3reigned 1Ahaz 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 16

16:1  In [2year 1the seventeenth] of Pekah son of Remaliah, [6reigned 1Ahaz 2son 3of Jotham 4king 5of Judah].

16:2  [2a son 3being twenty 4years old 1Ahaz was] in his reigning. And sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem, and he did not do the upright thing in the eyes of the lord his God as David his father.

16:3  And he went in the way of the kings of Israel, and indeed [2his son 1he led] through fire, according to the abominations of the nations, which the lord removed in front of the sons of Israel.

16:4  And he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and upon the hills, and underneath every tree of the woods.

16:5  Then [4ascended 1Rezin 2king 3of Syria], and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem for war. And they made assault against Ahaz, and they were not able to wage war.

16:6  In that time [4returned 1Rezin 2king 3of Syria] Elath to Syria, and cast out the Jews from Elath. And the Edomites came into Elath, and they dwelt there until this day.

16:7  And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of the Assyrians, saying, [2your servant 3and 4your son 1I am]. Ascend and deliver me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel! the ones rising up against me.

16:8  And Ahaz took the silver and the gold he found in the treasuries of the house of the lord and of the house of the king, and he sent [2to the 3king 4of the Assyrians 1gifts].

16:9  And [4heard 5him 1the 2king 3of the Assyrians]. And [3ascended up 1the king 2of the Assyrians] against Damascus, and he seized it, and he resettled it, and he killed Rezin.

16:10  And [3went 1king 2Ahaz] to meet Tiglath-pileser king of the Assyrians in Damascus. And he saw the altar, the one in Damascus. And [3sent 1king 2Ahaz] to Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and the proportions of it, according to all its makings.

16:11  And [4built 1Urijah 2the 3priest] the altar according to all as much as [3sent 1king 2Ahaz] from Damascus. Thus [4did 1Urijah 2the 3priest] until the coming of the king from Damascus.

16:12  And [3came 1the 2king] from Damascus. And [3beheld 1the 2king] the altar. And [3drew near 4to 5the 6altar 1the 2king], and ascended unto it.

16:13  And he offered his whole burnt-offering, and his sacrifice offering; and [2of his libation offering 1he offered a libation] to it; and he poured upon it the blood [2peace offerings 1of his] -- upon the altar,

16:14  And the brass altar which was before the lord he brought forward in front of the house of the lord, from between the altar and from between the house of the lord. And he put it by the side of the altar according to the north.

16:15  And [3gave charge 1king 2Ahaz] to Uriah the priest, saying, Upon the [2altar 1great] offer the whole burnt-offering, the early morning sacrifice, and the [3sacrifice offering 1the 2evening], and the whole burnt-offerings of the king, and his sacrifice offerings, and the whole burnt-offering of all the people, and their sacrifice offerings, and their libation offerings! And all the blood of the whole burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice offering [2upon 3it 1you shall pour out]! And the altar of brass will be for me in the morning.

16:16  And [4did 1Urijah 2the 3priest] according to all as much as [4gave charge 5to him 1Ahaz 2the 3king].

16:17  And [3cut down 1king 2Ahaz] the joinery of the bases, and he moved [3from 4them 1the 2bathing tub]; and the sea he lowered from the oxen of brass, of the ones underneath it, and he put it upon [2base 1a stone].

16:18  And the foundation of the chair of the Sabbaths he built in the house of the lord, and the entrance of the king the one outside, he turned in the house of the lord from in front of the king of the Assyrians.

16:19  And the rest of the words of Ahaz, as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

16:20  And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was entombed with his fathers in the city of David. And [3reigned 1Hezekiah 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 17

17:1  In [2year 1the twelfth] of Ahaz king of Judah, [4reigned 1Hoshea 2son 3of Elah] in Samaria over Israel for nine years.

17:2  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

17:3  Against him there ascended Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians; and [2became 3to him 1Hoshea] as a servant, and he bore [2to him 1gifts].

17:4  And [4found 1the 2king 3of the Assyrians 6by 7Hoshea 5a plot], for Hoshea sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and did not bring gifts to the king of the Assyrians year by year. And [4assaulted 5him 1the 2king 3of the Assyrians], and tied him up in the house of the prison.

17:5  And the king of the Assyrians ascended unto all the land, and ascended unto Samaria, and assaulted it for three years.

17:6  In [2year 1the ninth] of Hoshea, [4seized 1the king 2of the 3Assyrians] Samaria, and he resettled Israel into Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor, the rivers of Gozan, in the mountains of the Medes.

17:7  And it came to pass that [4sinned 1the 2sons 3of Israel] against the lord their God, the one leading them from out of the land of Egypt, from beneath the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and they feared [2gods 1other].

17:8  And they went by the ordinances of the nations which the lord removed in front of the sons of Israel, and the kings of Israel as many as they did.

17:9  And [4clothed 1the 2sons 3of Israel] words of wrongdoings against the lord their God. And they built to themselves high places in all their cities, from [2tower 1guard] unto [2city 1fortified].

17:10  And they set up to themselves stone monuments and sacred groves upon every [2hill 1high], and underneath every tree of the woods.

17:11  And they burned incense there in all the high places, as the nations which the lord moved far away from their face. And they made partners, and they graved images to provoke [3to anger 1the 2 lord].

17:12  And they served to the idols which the lord said to them, Do not do this thing!

17:13  And the lord testified to Israel, and to Judah, by the hand of all his prophets, every one of them seers, saying, Turn from [3ways 1your 2wicked], and guard my commandments, and my ordinances, and every law! which I gave charge to your fathers, as many as I sent to them by the hand of my servants the prophets.

17:14  And they did not hearken, and they hardened their back above the back of their fathers, the ones that trusted not in the lord their God;

17:15  even thrusting away his covenant, and the ordinances which he ordained with their fathers, and his testimonies, as many as he testified to them; and they went after the vain things, and acted in folly, and followed after the nations surrounding them, which the lord gave charge to them to not do according to these things.

17:16  And they abandoned the commandments of the lord their God, and they made for themselves molten castings of two heifers, and they made a sacred grove, and did obeisance to all the military of the heaven, and they served to Baal.

17:17  And they led their sons and their daughters through fire. And they used oracles of divinations, and they foretold. And they were sold to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, to provoke him to anger.

17:18  And the lord was enraged exceedingly with Israel, and he removed them from his face. He did not leave any behind except the tribe of Judah alone.

17:19  And indeed Judah did not guard the commandments of the lord his God, and they went by the ordinances of Israel, which they did, and they thrusted away the lord.

17:20  And the lord was enraged with all the seed of Israel, and he shook them off, and gave them into the hand of the ones tearing them in pieces, until of which time he threw them away from his face.

17:21  Except that Israel was torn from the house of David; and they gave reign to Jeroboam son of Nebat. And Jeroboam banished Israel from following the lord, and he led them into sin -- [2sin 1a great].

17:22  And [4went 1the 2sons 3of Israel] in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did -- they did not abstain from them;

17:23  until of which time the lord removed Israel from his face, as the lord spoke by the hand of all his servants the prophets. And Israel was resettled from its land into Assyria until this day.

17:24  And [3led 1the king 2of the Assyrians] from out of Babylon the one from out of Cuthah, and from out of Ava, and from out of Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel. And they inherited Samaria, and they settled in its cities.

17:25  And it came to pass in the beginning of their place of sitting down, they did not fear the lord. And the lord sent among them the lions, and they were being killed by them.

17:26  And they said to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations which you resettled and relocated, in the cities of Samaria, they know not the distinguishing manner of the God of the land. And he sent to them lions, and behold, they are killing them, in so far as they do not know the distinguishing manner of the God of the land.

17:27  And [4gave charge 1the 2king 3of the Assyrians], saying, Lead away there one of the priests whom I resettled from Samaria! and let him go and let him dwell there! and he shall enlighten them on the distinguishing manner of the God of the land.

17:28  And they brought one of the priests which they resettled from Samaria, and he settled in Bethel. And he was enlightening them how they should fear the lord.

17:29  And [3were 4making 1nation 2by nation] their gods. And they put them in the houses of the high places, which [3made 1the 2Samaritans], nation by nation in their cities in which they dwelt.

17:30  And the men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth. And the men of Cuth made Nergal. And the men of Hamath made Ashima.

17:31  And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak. And the Sepharvites incinerated their sons by fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of the Sepharvaim.

17:32  And they were fearing the lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places; and they offered for themselves in the houses of the high places.

17:33  [2the 3 lord 1They were fearing], and [2their gods 1they served], according to the distinguishing manner of the nations from where he resettled them from there.

17:34  Until this day they do according to their distinguishing manner. They are not fearing the lord, and they do not do according to their ordinances, and according to their judgment, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the lord gave charge to the sons of Jacob, of whom he established his name Israel.

17:35  And the lord ordained with them a covenant, and he gave charge to them, saying, You shall not fear [2gods 1other], and you shall not do obeisance to them, and you shall not serve to them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.

17:36  For only to the lord, who led you from out of the land of Egypt with [2strength 1great] and with [2arm 1a high], him you shall fear, and to him you shall do obeisance, and to him you shall sacrifice.

17:37  And his ordinances, and the judgments, and the commandments, and the law which he wrote for you, you shall guard to do all the days, and you shall not fear [2gods 1other].

17:38  And the covenant which he ordained with you you shall not forget; and you shall not fear [2gods 1other].

17:39  For only the lord your God -- him you shall fear; and he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.

17:40  And they hearkened not, but only in [3ordinances 1their 2former] they acted.

17:41  And [3were 2nations 1these] fearing the lord, and [2to 3their carvings 1they served]; even indeed their sons, and the sons of their sons -- [3as 4did 5their fathers 1they 2do] unto this day.

Chapter 18

18:1  And it came to pass in [2year 1the third] of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [6reigned 1Hezekiah 2son 3of Ahaz 4king 5of Judah].

18:2  [2a son 3\Eit being 4and 5five 6years old 1He was] in his taking reign, and twenty and nine years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Abi, daughter of Zachariah.

18:3  And he did upright in the eyes of the lord, according to all as much as [3did 1David 2his father].

18:4  He removed the high places, and he broke the monuments, and [2the 3sacred groves 1he cut down], and he cut up the serpent of brass which Moses made; for unto those days [4were 1the 2sons 3of Israel] burning incense to it. And he called it Nehushtan.

18:5  In the lord God of Israel he hoped, there was not [3after 4him 1one likened 2to him] among the kings of Judah, and among the ones taking place before him.

18:6  And he cleaved to the lord. He did not leave from behind him, and he guarded his commandments, as many as the lord gave charge to Moses.

18:7  And the lord was with him; in all the things which he did he perceived. And he annulled allegiance to the king of the Assyrians, and he did not serve to him.

18:8  He struck the Philistines unto Gaza, and unto its border, from the tower of the ones guarding, and unto [2city 1the fortified].

18:9  And it came to pass in the [2year 1fourth] to king Hezekiah, this is [3year 1the 2seventh] of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, ascended Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians against Samaria, and assaulted it.

18:10  And he overtook it at the end of three years. In [2year 1the sixth] of Hezekiah -- this is [2year 1the ninth] of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was seized.

18:11  And [3resettled 1the king 2of the Assyrians] the Samarian into Assyria, and he put them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes;

18:12  because they did not hearken to the voice of the lord their God, and they violated his covenant, all as much as he gave charge to Moses the manservant of the lord; and they did not hearken, and they did not do.

18:13  And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah [4ascended 1Sennacherib 2king 3of the Assyrians] against the [2cities 3of Judah 1fortified], and he seized them.

18:14  And [4sent 1Hezekiah 2king 3of Judah] messengers to the king of the Assyrians, to Lachish, saying, I have sinned, turn from me! What ever you should place upon me I will bear. And [4placed a tribute 1the 2king 3of the Assyrians] upon Hezekiah king of Judah of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

18:15  And Hezekiah gave all the silver he found in the house of the lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king.

18:16  In that time [4cut off 1Hezekiah 2king 3of Judah] the doors of the temple of the lord, and the supports which [5gilded 1Hezekiah 2the 3king 4of Judah], and gave them to the king of the Assyrians.

18:17  And [3sent 1the king 2of the Assyrians] Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with [2force 1a heavy] to Jerusalem. And they ascended, and came to Jerusalem. And they stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is in the way of the field of the fuller.

18:18  And they yelled to Hezekiah. And [6came 7to 8them 1Eliakim 2son 3of Hilkiah 4the 5manager], and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the one taking record.

18:19  And [2said 3to 4them 1Rabshakeh], Say indeed to Hezekiah, Thus says the [2king 1great], the king of the Assyrians, What is this reliance which you yield on?

18:20  How then do words of the lips and counsel [2the battle array 1become] for war? Now then, upon whom are you relying upon, that you annulled allegiance to me?

18:21  Behold, are you [2relying 1yourself] upon [3rod 4of reed 2fractured 1this] -- upon Egypt? Thus if [2should stay 1man] upon it, it will enter into his hand and puncture it. Thus is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all the ones relying upon him.

18:22  And if you should say to me, Upon the lord our God we rely on. Is it not he that Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars, and he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar you shall do obeisance in Jerusalem?

18:23  And now mix in with my master the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses -- if you shall be able to put for yourself a rider upon them.

18:24  And how will you turn back the face [2toparch 1of one] of the [2servants 3of my master 1least of the], and hope for yourself upon Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

18:25  And now, is it without the lord that we ascended against this place to utterly destroy it? The lord said to me, Ascend against this land and utterly destroy it!

18:26  And [8said 1Eliakim 2son 3of Hilkiah 4and 5Shebna 6and 7Joah] to Rabshakeh, Speak indeed to your servants in Syrian! for we hear. And do not speak with us in Jewish to the ears of the people upon the wall!

18:27  And [2said 3to 4them 1Rabshakeh], Is it to your master, and to you [2sent 3me 1my master] to speak these words? Is it not to the men, the ones sitting upon the wall, to eat their dung, and to drink their urine with you together?

18:28  And Rabshakeh stood and yelled [2voice 1with a great] in Jewish, and spoke, and he said, Hear the words of the king, of the great king of the Assyrians!

18:29  Thus says the king, Let not [2lift 3you 1Hezekiah]! for in no way should he be able to rescue you from out of my hand.

18:30  And let not [2raise your hope 1Hezekiah] unto the lord! saying, In rescuing, [3will rescue 4us 1the 2 lord], and and in no way shall [2be delivered 1this city] into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

18:31  Do not listen to Hezekiah! for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Do for me a blessing, and come forth to me! and [2shall eat 1each] of his grapevine, and each of his fig tree, and [2shall drink 1each] water of his well;

18:32  until whenever I should come, and I should take you into a land as your land, a land of grain and wine and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, and you shall live and you shall not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah! for he deceives you, saying, The lord shall deliver you.

18:33  Have by rescuing [5rescued 1the 2gods 3of the 4nations] each his land from out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

18:34  Where is the god of Hamath, and Arphad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim -- Hena and Ivah? Did they deliver Samaria from out of my hand?

18:35  Who among all the gods of the lands is the one who rescued his land from out of my hand, that the lord shall rescue Jerusalem from out of my hand?

18:36  And they kept silent, and did not answer him a word, because of the commandment of the king, saying, You shall not answer him.

18:37  And [6entered 1Eliakim 2son 3of Hilkiah 4the 5manager], and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the one recording to Hezekiah tearing their garments. And announced to him the words of Rabshakeh.

Chapter 19

19:1  And it came to pass as [3heard 1king 2Hezekiah], that he tore his garments, and put on sackcloth, and entered into the house of the lord.

19:2  And he sent Eliakim the manager, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, having put on sackcloths, to Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet.

19:3  And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, A day of affliction, and of rebuke, and provocation to anger is this day; for [3came 1the 2sons] unto birth pangs, and there is no strength to give birth.

19:4  If by any means [3shall hearken to 1the lord 2your God] all the words of Rabshakeh, whom [4sent 5him 1the king 2of the Assyrians 3his master] to berate the living God, and to reprove by words which [3heard 1the lord 2your God], that you shall take up a prayer for the remnant being found.

19:5  And [5came 1the 2servants 3of king 4Hezekiah] to Isaiah.

19:6  And [2said 3to them 1Isaiah], Thus you shall say to your master, Thus says the lord, You should not fear from the words which you heard, which [6blasphemed 7against 8me 1the 2servants 3of the 4 king 5of the Assyrians].

19:7  Behold, I give a spirit to him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return unto his land, and I will cast him down by the broadsword in his land.

19:8  And Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of the Assyrians waging war against Libnah; for he heard that he departed from Lachish.

19:9  And he heard concerning Tirhakah king of the Ethiopians, saying, Behold, he comes forth to wage war against you. And he returned, and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

19:10  Thus shall you say to Hezekiah king of Judah, Let not [3you 2deceive 1your God] in whom you rely upon him, saying, In no way should Jerusalem be delivered up into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.

19:11  Behold, you heard all as much as [3did 1the king 2of the Assyrians] in all the lands, as they utterly destroyed them; and how shall you be rescued?

19:12  Have [5rescued 1the 2gods 3of the 4nations] which [2utterly destroyed 1my fathers] -- both Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, the ones in Thelasar?

19:13  Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim -- Hena and Ivah?

19:14  And Hezekiah took the scrolls from out of the hand of the messengers and read them. And he ascended into the house of the lord, and [2unrolled 3them 1Hezekiah] before the lord.

19:15  And Hezekiah prayed to the lord, saying, O Lord God of Israel, the one sitting upon the cherubim, you are God alone among all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heaven and the earth.

19:16  Lean, O lord, your ear, and hear! Open, O lord, your eyes, and behold! And hear the words of Sennacherib! which he sent to berate the living God.

19:17  For truth, O lord, [3made desolate 1the kings 2of the Assyrians] the nations, and all their land,

19:18  and put their gods into the fire, for [2not 3gods 1they are], but only the works of the hands of men -- wood and stone. And they destroyed them.

19:19  And now, O lord our God, deliver us from out of his hand! And they shall know in all the kingdoms of the earth that you are the lord God alone.

19:20  And [4sent 1Isaiah 2son 3of Amoz] to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the lord God of Israel, I heard what you pray for to me concerning Sennacherib king of the Assyrians.

19:21  This is the word which the lord spoke against him, [4treats you with contempt 5and 6sneers at 7you 1The virgin 2daughter 3of Zion]. Over you [4her head 3shakes 1the daughter 2of Jerusalem].

19:22  Whom have you berated and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised up your voice, and lifted [2into 3the height 1your eyes]? even against the holy one of Israel.

19:23  By the hand of your messengers you have berated the lord, and said, By the multitude of my chariots I ascended into the height of the mountains, the sides of Lebanon, and I felled the greatness of his cedar, [2chosen 3cypresses 1his], and I came in the midst of the grove of Carmel.

19:24  I cooled myself and drank [2waters 1alien]; and I made quite desolate with the sole of my feet all the rivers of the citadel.

19:25  Heard you not that far off I made her? From [2days 1ancient] I formed her, and now I brought her. And she became for haughtiness [4resettlements 3of combative 2cities 1of fortified].

19:26  And the ones dwelling in them weakened in the hand. They were alarmed and were disgraced. They became as grass of the field, and as the green pasturage; as tender shoots growing on roofs, and trampled before standing.

19:27  And of your sitting-down, and of your exiting, and of your entering, and of your rage against me I knew.

19:28  On account of your being provoked to anger against me, that your indulgence ascended to my ears, and I shall put my hook in your nostrils, and bits in your lips, and I will return you in the way which you came by it.

19:29  And this is to you the sign. You shall eat this year the things grown by themselves, and in in the [2year 1second] the things rising up, and [3year 1the 2third] you shall sow, and you shall reap, and you shall plant vineyards, and you shall eat their fruit.

19:30  And he shall add to the one being preserved of the house of Judah, the one being left behind as a root below. And he shall produce fruit upward.

19:31  For from out of Jerusalem shall come forth a vestige, and the one rescuing from out of mount Zion. The zeal of the lord of the forces shall do this.

19:32  Therefore thus says the lord to the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow there, and he shall not anticipate it with a shield, nor shall he pour out dirt against it for a seige mound.

19:33  By the way in which he came by it, he shall return; and into this city he shall not enter, says the lord.

19:34  And I shall shield over this city to deliver her because of myself, and because of David my servant.

19:35  And it came to pass at night, that there came forth an angel of the lord, and he struck among the camp of the Assyrians a hundred eighty-five thousand. And they rose early in the morning, and behold, all [2bodies 1dead].

19:36  And [4departed 7and 8returned 5and 6went 1Sennacherib 2king 3of the Assyrians], and he lived in Nineveh.

19:37  And it came to pass when he did obeisance in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with a sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And [3reigned 1Esar-haddon 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 20

20:1  In those days Hezekiah was infirm unto death. And [6entered 7to 8him 1Isaiah 2son 3of Amoz 4the 5prophet]. And he said to him, Thus says the lord, Give charge concerning your house! for you die, and shall not live.

20:2  And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and he prayed to the lord, saying,

20:3  O lord, remember indeed as much as I walked before you in truth, and in [2heart 1a perfect]! and [2good 3in 4your eyes 1I did]. And Hezekiah wept in [2weeping 1a great].

20:4  And Isaiah was in the courtyard between, and the saying of the lord came to him, saying,

20:5  Return! and you shall say to Hezekiah, the one leading my people, Thus says the lord, the God of David your father! I heard your prayer, and I beheld your tears. Behold, I shall heal you on the [2day 1third], and you shall ascend into the house of the lord.

20:6  And I will add to your days fifteen years; and from the hand of the king of the Assyrians I will deliver you and this city. And I shall shield over this city because of myself, and because of David my servant.

20:7  And Isaiah said, Let them take a dried cluster of figs, and place them upon the sore! and he shall be healed.

20:8  And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is the sign that [2shall heal 3me 1the lord], and I shall ascend into the house of the lord on the [2day 1third]?

20:9  And Isaiah said, This to you is the sign by the lord, that the lord shall do the word which he spoke. Shall [3go 1the 2shadow] ten stairs or shall it return ten stairs.

20:10  And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to lean ten stairs, not thus, but let [3return 1the 2shadow] ten stairs to the rear.

20:11  And [4yelled out 1Isaiah 2the 3prophet] to the lord, and he returned the shadow on the stairs of Ahaz, in which it went down the ten stairs, to the rear.

20:12  In that time [7sent 1Berodach 2Baladan 3the son 4of Baladan 5king 6of Babylon] letters and gifts to Hezekiah; for he heard that Hezekiah was infirm.

20:13  And [2rejoiced 3over 4them 1Hezekiah], and showed to them all the house of the spices -- the silver, and the gold, the aromatics, and the [2olive oil 1good], and the house of his weapons, and all as much as was found in his treasuries. There was no place which [2did not 3show 4to them 1Hezekiah] in his house, and in all under his authority.

20:14  And [4entered 1Isaiah 2the 3prophet] to Hezekiah the king, and he said to him, What did [3say 2men 1these], and from what place came they to you? And Hezekiah said, From a land at a distance -- they came to me from Babylon.

20:15  And he said, What did they behold in your house? And Hezekiah said, All as much is in my house they beheld. There was nothing in my house which I did not show to them, and in my treasuries.

20:16  And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the lord!

20:17  Behold, days come, says the lord, and there shall be taken away all the things in your house, and as much as [2treasured up 1your fathers] until this day into Babylon. There shall not be left behind a thing, said the lord.

20:18  And from your sons of the ones coming forth from you, whom you procreated, they shall take them, and they will be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.

20:19  And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, [4is good 1The 2word 3of the lord] which he spoke, let there be peace and justice in my days!

20:20  And the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and all as much as he did, and all his dominations, and the fountain and the aqueduct, and how he brought the water into the city; behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

20:21  And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and he was entombed in the city of David. And [3reigned 1Manasseh 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 21

21:1  [2a son 4years old 3being twelve 1Manasseh was] in his taking reign, and fifty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hephzi-bah.

21:2  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord; and he went according to the abominations of the nations, which the lord removed from in front of the sons of Israel.

21:3  And he returned and built the high places which [3tore down 1Hezekiah 2his father]. And he reestablished an altar to Baal, and made the sacred groves as did Ahab king of Israel; and did obeisance to all the military of the heaven, and he served to them.

21:4  And he built an altar in the house of the lord, in which he said, In Jerusalem I will establish my name.

21:5  And he built altars to all the military of the heaven in the two courtyards of the house of the lord.

21:6  And he led his sons through the fire, and he prognosticated, and foretold. And he made ones who deliver oracles and diviners to multiply to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, to provoke him to anger.

21:7  And he put the carving of the sacred grove in the house, in which the lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, in which I chose from out of all the tribes of Israel, that I will put my name there into the eon.

21:8  And I will not proceed to shake the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers; only if they should guard to do according to all which I gave charge to them, according to every law which [3gave charge 4to them 2my servant 1Moses].

21:9  And they did not hearken. And Manasseh misled them to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord above the nations which the lord removed in front of the sons of Israel.

21:10  And the lord spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying,

21:11  On account of as much as [4did 1Manasseh 2king 3of Judah 7abominations 5these 6wicked] according to all as much as [3did 1the 2Amorite] before him, and [4into sin 1even 2indeed 3Judah] by his idols.

21:12  Is it not so? Thus says the lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring evils upon Jerusalem and Judah, so that all hearing, it shall sound in both of his ears.

21:13  And I stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the weight of the house of Ahab. And I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a writing tablet, and overturns it upon its face.

21:14  And I will wipe away the vestige of my inheritance, and I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will be for ravaging and for plunder by all their enemies,

21:15  because of as much as they did the wicked thing in my eyes, and they were provoking me to anger from the day which I led their fathers from out of Egypt, and until this day.

21:16  And indeed [5blood 4innocent 1Manasseh poured out 3much 2exceedingly], until of which he filled Jerusalem of it mouth to mouth; outside of his sins, which he led Judah into sin, to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord.

21:17  And the rest of the words of Manasseh, and all as much as he did, and his sin which he sinned, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

21:18  And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in the garden of his house in the garden of Uzza. And [3reigned 1Amon 2his son] instead of him.

21:19  [2a son 3being twenty 4and 5two 6years old 1Amon was] in his taking reign. And two years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz from out of Jotbah.

21:20  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, as [3did 1Manasseh 2his father].

21:21  And he went in every way in which [2went 1his father], and he slaved to the idols whom [2slaved to 1his father], and did obeisance to them.

21:22  And he abandoned the lord God of his fathers, and he did not go in the way of the lord.

21:23  And [4confederated 1the 2servants 3of Amon] against him, and they killed the king in his house.

21:24  And [5struck 1the 2people 3of the 4land] the ones confederating against king Amon. And [5gave reign to 1the 2people 3of the 4land] Josiah his son instead of him.

21:25  And the rest of the words of Amon, as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

21:26  And they entombed him in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And [3reigned 1Josiah 2his son] instead of him.

Chapter 22

22:1  [2a son 3being eight 4years old 1Josiah was] in his taking reign, and thirty and one year s he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Boseath.

22:2  And he did upright in the eyes of the lord, and he went in every way of David his father. He did not separate to the right nor the left.

22:3  And it came to pass in the eighteenth year to king Josiah, [3sent 1the 2king] Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe of the house of the lord, saying,

22:4  Ascend to Hilkiah the [2priest 1great], and set a seal upon the money! the money being carried into the house of the lord, which [5gathered together 1the 2ones guarding 3the 4money] from the people.

22:5  And let them put it into the hand of the ones doing the works, of the ones being ordained for the house of the lord! And he gave it to the ones doing the works in the house of the lord, to strengthen the breach of the house,

22:6  to the fabricators, and to the builders, and to the stonemasons, and to acquire wood and [2stones 1quarried], to fortify the breach of the house.

22:7  Only they did not call them to account for the money being given to them, for [3in 4trust 1they 2act].

22:8  And [5said 1Hilkiah 2the 4priest 3great] to Shaphan the scribe, [2a scroll 3of the 4law 1I found] in the house of the lord. And Hilkiah gave to Shaphan the scroll, and he read it.

22:9  And Shapan entered to king Josiah. And he turned to the king for a word, and said, [2cast 1Your servants] the silver being found in the house of the lord, and they put it in the hand of the ones doing the works being ordained in the house of the lord.

22:10  And [4reported 1Shaphan 2the 3scribe] to the king, saying, [6a scroll 4gave 5to me 1Hilkiah 2the 3priest]. And [2read 3it 1Shaphan] before the king.

22:11  And it came to pass as [3heard 1the 2king] the words of the scroll of the law, that he tore his garments.

22:12  And [3gave charge 1the 2king] to Hilkiah the priest, and to Ahikam son of Shaphan, and to Achbor son of Michaiah, and to Shaphan the scribe, and to Asahiah the servant of the king, saying,

22:13  Go, seek after the lord for me! and for all my people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this scroll being found; for great is the anger of the lord burning away against us, because [2hearkened not 1our fathers] concerning the words of this scroll, to do according to all the things being written concerning us.

22:14  And [4went 1Hilkiah 2the 3priest], and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the cloaks. And she dwelt in Jerusalem in Masena. And they spoke to her.

22:15  And she said to them, Thus says the lord the God of Israel, Speak to the man sending you to me,

22:16  Thus says the lord, Behold, I bring bad things against this place, and against the ones dwelling in it -- all the words of the scroll of which [3read 1the king 2of Judah],

22:17  because they abandoned me, and burned incense to other gods, that they should provoke me to anger in all the works of their hands. And [2shall burn 1my rage] against this place, and shall not be extinguished.

22:18  And to the king of Judah, the one sending you to inquire of the lord, thus you shall say to him, Thus says the lord God of Israel concerning the words which you heard;

22:19  for because [2was tender 1your heart], and you felt shame in front of me, as you hear as much as I spoke concerning this place, and concerning the ones dwelling it, to be for extinction and for a curse, and you tore your garments, and you wept before me -- even indeed I heard, says the lord.

22:20  Is it not so, behold, I add you to your fathers, and you shall be brought into your tomb in peace. And [2shall not see 1your eyes] all the bad things which I bring against this place. And they returned to the king the word.

Chapter 23

23:1  And [3sent 1the 2king], and brought together to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

23:2  And [3ascended 1the 2king] to the house of the lord, and all the men of Judah, and all the ones dwelling Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people from small and unto great. And he read in their ears all the words of the scroll of the covenant of the one being found in the house of the lord.

23:3  And [3stood 1the 2king] near the column, and he ordained the covenant before the lord to go after the lord, and to guard his commandments, and his testimonies, and his orders, with a whole heart, and in the whole in life, to raise up the words of this covenant being written in this scroll. And he established all the people in the covenant.

23:4  And [3gave charge 1the 2king] to Hilkiah the [2priest 1great], and to the priests being second, and to the ones guarding the doorpost, to bring out from the temple of the lord all the items which they made to Baal, and to the sacred grove, and all the military of the heaven. And he incinerated them outside Jerusalem in the plain of Kidron, and he took their dust into Beth-el.

23:5  And he incinerated the idolatrous priests, of whom [4appointed 1the 2kings 3of Judah] to burn incense in the high places, and in the cities of Judah, and in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and the ones burning incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the Mazuroth, and to all the military of the heaven.

23:6  And he brought forth the sacred grove carving from out of the house of the lord outside of Jerusalem unto the rushing stream Kidron. And he incinerated it at the rushing stream Kidron, and ground it fine as dust. And he tossed its dust into the tombs of the sons of the people.

23:7  And he demolished the house of the male prostitutes of the ones in the house of the lord in which the women wove apparel there for the sacred grove.

23:8  And he brought in all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places where [3were burning incense 4there 1the 2priests], from Geba and unto Beer-sheba. And he demolished the high places by the door of the gate of Joshua ruler of the city, of the ones at the left sides of a man at the gate of the city.

23:9  Only [5did not 6ascend 1the 2priests 3of the 4high places] to the altar of the lord in Jerusalem; in no way they ate unleavened breads in the midst of their brethren.

23:10  And he defiled Topheth, the one in the ravine of the son of Hinnom, [2to not lead 1for a man] his son and his daughter in fire to Molech.

23:11  And he incinerated the horses which [3presented 1the kings 2of Judah] to the sun, in the entrance of the house of the lord, towards the treasury room of Nathan the eunuch of the king, of the one in the compound. And the chariot of the sun he incinerated by fire.

23:12  And the altars, the ones upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which [3made 1the kings 2of Judah], and the altars which Manasseh made in the two courtyards of the house of the lord, [3demolished 1the 2king], and tore down from there, and tossed their dust into the rushing stream Kidron.

23:13  And the house upon the face of Jerusalem, the one at the right of the mount of Mosoath, which [4built 1Solomon 2king 3of Israel] to Ashtoreth the loathsome thing of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh the loathsome thing of Moab, and to Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon, [3defiled 1the 2king].

23:14  And he broke the monuments, and cut down the sacred groves, and filled their places of bones of men.

23:15  And indeed the [2altar 3in 4Beth-el 1high], which [4made 1Jeroboam 2son 3of Nebat], who led Israel into sin, also indeed [4altar 2that 3high 1he tore down], and he broke its stones, and made them fine into dust, and he incinerated the sacred grove.

23:16  And Josiah turned and saw the tombs of the ones being there in the mount, and he sent and took the bones from out of the tombs, and he incinerated them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the saying of the lord which [4spoke 1the 2man 3of God] when Jeroboam stood near the altar in the holiday. And turning Josiah lifted his eyes upon the burying-place of the man of God, the one speaking these words;

23:17  and he said, What is that high rock which I see? And [5said 6to him 1the 2men 3of the 4city], The grave of the man of God, of the one coming from out of Judah, and calling these words which you did against the altar in Beth-el.

23:18  And he said, Allow him! no one move his bones! And he preserved his bones with the bones of the prophet having come from out of Samaria.

23:19  And indeed all the houses of the high places, of the ones in the cities of Samaria which [3made 1the kings 2of Israel] to provoke the lord to anger, Josiah removed, and he did to them according to all the works which he did in Beth-el.

23:20  And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places being there upon the altars. And he incinerated the bones of the men upon them. And returned to Jerusalem.

23:21  And [3gave charge 1the 2king] to all the people, saying, Observe the passover to the lord your God! as it is written in the scroll of this covenant.

23:22  For did not take place according to this passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, and in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah,

23:23  for only in the eighteenth year of king Josiah [4took place 1this passover 2to the 3 lord] in Jerusalem.

23:24  And indeed the soothsayers, and the diviners, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the loathsome things taking place in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, [3removed 1king 2Josiah], that [5should be established 1the 2words 3of the 4law], the ones being written upon the scroll which [4found 1Hilkiah 2the 3priest] in the house of the lord.

23:25  [5likened 6to him 1There was no 2king 3before 4him], who turned towards the lord with [2entire 3heart 1his], and with [2entire 3life 1his], and with [2entire 3strength 1his], according to all the law of Moses. And after him rose up not one like him.

23:26  Only [2did not 3turn 1the lord] from [3rage 4of his anger 1the 2great] of which [3was enraged 2anger 1his] against Judah, against all the provocations to anger which [2provoked him to anger 1Manasseh].

23:27  And the lord said, And indeed Judah I shall remove from my face, as I removed Israel, and I will thrust away this city which I chose -- Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, [2will be 1My name] there.

23:28  And the rest of the words of Josiah, and all as much as he did, are these not written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

23:29  In his days ascended Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians at the river Euphrates. And [4went 1Josiah 2the 3king] for a meeting against him. And [2killed 3him 1Necho] in Megiddo, in his seeing him.

23:30  And [2conducted 3him 1his servants] dead in Megiddo. And they led him into Jerusalem, and they entombed him in his tomb in the city of David. And [5took 1the 2people 3of the 4land] Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anointed him and gave him reign instead of his father.

23:31  [2a son 3being twenty 4and 5three 6years old 1Jehoahaz was] in his taking reign; and three months he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

23:32  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord according to all as much as [2did 1his fathers].

23:33  And [3moved 4him 1Pharaoh 2Necho] to Riblah in the land of Hamath, so as to not reign in Jerusalem. And he put a penalty against the land -- a hundred talents of silver, and ten talents of gold.

23:34  And [3put to reign 1Pharaoh 2Necho] over them Eliakim son of Josiah instead of Josiah his father, and he turned his name into Jehoiakim. And [2Jehoahaz 1he took], and he led him away into Egypt, and he died there.

23:35  And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh, but he assessed the land to give the money by the mouth of Pharaoh; from each man according to his assessed value; they gave the silver and the gold with the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Necho.

23:36  [2a son 3being twenty 4and 5five 6years old 1Jehoiakim was] in his taking reign, and eleven years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Zebudah, daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

23:37  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord according to all as much as [2did 1his fathers].

Chapter 24

24:1  In his days [5ascended 1Nebuchadnezzar 2the 3king 4of Babylon]. And [2became 3his 1Jehoiakim] servant three years. And he turned and annulled allegiance to him.

24:2  And the lord sent against him the armed bands of the Chaldeans, and the armed bands of Syrians, and the armed bands of Moab, and the armed bands of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them against Judah to prevail against it, according to the word of the lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.

24:3  Only a rage of the lord was against Judah, to remove it from in front of him, on account of the sins of Manasseh, according to all as much as he did;

24:4  and indeed for the [2blood 1innocent] which he poured out, and filled Jerusalem [2blood 1of innocent]. And [2did not 3want 1the lord] to atone.

24:5  And the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and all as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

24:6  And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. And [3reigned 1Jehoiachin 2his son] instead of him.

24:7  And [3did not 4proceed 5any longer 1the king 2of Egypt] to come forth out of his land, for [3took 1the king 2of Babylon] from the rushing stream of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all as much as was of the king of Egypt.

24:8  [2a son 3being eighteen 4years old 1Jehoiachin was] in his taking reign, and three months he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name to his mother was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

24:9  And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, according to all as much as [2did 1his father].

24:10  In that time [4ascended 1Nebuchadnezzar 2king 3of Babylon] to Jerusalem, and [3came 1the 2city] to be encompassed about.

24:11  And [4entered 1Nebuchadnezzar 2king 3of Babylon] unto the city, and his servants assaulted it.

24:12  And [4came forth 1Jehoiachin 2king 3of Judah] to the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his rulers, and his eunuchs. And [3took 4them 1the king 2of Babylon] in the eighth year of his kingdom.

24:13  And he brought forth from there all the treasures of the ones in the house of the lord, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut off all the items of gold which [5made 1Solomon 2the 3king 4of Israel] for the temple of the lord, according to the saying of the lord.

24:14  And he resettled Jerusalem, and all the rulers, and all the mighty ones with strength into captivity -- ten thousand, and every fabricator, and the one so consigned. They did not leave behind except the ones being in need of the people of the land.

24:15  And he resettled Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And the strong ones of the land he took away for resettlement from out of Jerusalem unto Babylon.

24:16  And all the [2men 1mighty] -- seven thousand, and the fabricator, and the one so consigned -- thousands of all the mighty men in strength making war. And [3led 4them 1the king 2of Babylon] in a displacement unto Babylon.

24:17  And [3gave reign to 1the king 2of Babylon] Mattaniah brother of his father instead of him. And he placed [3to him 1the name 2Zedekiah].

24:18  [2a son 3being twenty 4and 5one 6years old 1Zedekiah was] in his taking reign. And eleven years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name to his mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

24:19  And he did the wicked thing before the lord according to all as much as Jehoiakim did.

24:20  For by the rage of the lord the rage was on Jerusalem and on Judah, until he threw them from his face. And Zedekiah annulled allegiance to the king of Babylon.

Chapter 25

25:1  And it came to pass in the ninth year of his kingdom, in the [2month 1tenth], on the tenth of the month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force, against Jerusalem. And he camped about it, and built upon it a rampart round about.

25:2  And [3became 1the 2city] for being encompassed about until the eleventh year of Zedekiah the king, the ninth of the month.

25:3  And [3grew in strength 1the 2hunger] in the city, and there was no bread to the people of the land.

25:4  And [3was torn through 1the 2city], and all the men of war went forth by night in the way of the gate between the walls, which is of the garden of the king. (And the Chaldeans were upon the city round about;) and they went the way, the one unto the descent.

25:5  And [5pursued 1the 2force 3of the 4Chaldeans] after the king, and they overtook him by the descent of Jericho; and all his force were dispersed from about him.

25:6  And they seized the king, and they led him to the king of Babylon in Riblah. And he spoke against him a judgment.

25:7  And he slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and he tied him in shackles, and led him unto Babylon.

25:8  And in the [2month 1fifth], the seventh of the month, this is [2year 1the nineteenth] of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nabuzar-adan, the chief guard, the one standing in the presence of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.

25:9  And he burned the house of the lord, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every [2house 1great] he burned by fire.

25:10  And the wall of Jerusalem round about [5tore down 1the 2force 3of the 4Chaldeans].

25:11  And the extra ones of the people being left behind in the city, and the ones falling in who fell in with the king of Babylon, and the rest of the support [4removed 1Nabuzar-adan 2the 3chief guard].

25:12  And of the poor of the land [3left behind 1the 2chief guard] as vine dressers and farmers.

25:13  And the columns, of the ones of brass, of the ones in the house of the lord, and the bases, and the [2sea 1brass], the one in the house of the lord, [3cut up 1the 2Chaldeans], and they carried their brass unto Babylon.

25:14  And the kettles, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the incense pans, and all the items of brass in which they officiated with them, he took.

25:15  And the censers, and the bowls, the ones of gold, and the ones of silver, [3took 1the 2chief guard].

25:16  [2columns 1The two], and the [2sea 1one], and the bases which Solomon made for the house of the lord. There was no measuring the weight of the brass of all the items.

25:17  Eighteen cubits was the height of the [2column 1one], and the capital upon it of brass. Three cubits was the height of the capital. And the lattice work and pomegranates upon the capital round about were entirely of brass. And according to these it was to the [2column 1second] upon the lattice work.

25:18  And [3took 1the 2chief guard] Seraiah the [2priest 1foremost], and Zephaniah the [2priest 1second rank], and the three guarding the money;

25:19  and from out of the city he took [2eunuch 1one] who was supervisor of the men warriors, and five men of the ones appearing in front of the king, of the ones being found in the city, and the scribe of the ruler of the force, the one arraying the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land being found in the city.

25:20  And [4took 5them 1Nabuzar-adan 2the 3chief guard], and he led them away to the king of Babylon in Riblah.

25:21  And [4smote 5them 1the 2king 3of Babylon], and killed them in Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he resettled Judah from its land.

25:22  And over the people being left behind in the land of Judah, whom [4left behind 1Nebuchadnezzar 2king 3of Babylon], he placed over it Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.

25:23  And [6heard 1all 2the 3rulers 4of the 5force], they and their men, that [3placed 1the king 2of Babylon] Gedaliah in charge. And they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah -- even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Careah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite, they and their men.

25:24  And Gedaliah swore by an oath to them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not fear the passing by of the Chaldeans! Settle in the land, and serve the king of Babylon! and it will be well to you.

25:25  And it came to pass in the [2month 1seventh], came Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him. And he struck Gedaliah and he died, even the Jews, and the Chaldeans who were with him in Mizpah.

25:26  And [4rose up 1all 2the 3people] from small unto great, and the rulers of the force, and they entered into Egypt; for they feared from the face of the Chaldeans.

25:27  And it came to pass in the thirtieth and seventh year of the resettlement of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, seventh and twentieth day of the month, [4raised up high 1Evil-merodach 2king 3of Babylon] in the first year of his kingdom the head of Jehoiachin the king of Judah, and he led him from out of the house of the prison.

25:28  And he spoke with him for good, and put his throne above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon.

25:29  And he changed the garments of his prison, and he ate bread always in his presence all the days of his life.

25:30  And his feasting was a feasting always given to him from out of the house of the king -- [2reckoning 1a day's] in his day, all the days of his life.