CHAPTERS 19-27
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1 ¶ And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his
house in peace to Jerusalem.
2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to
king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the
LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
3 Nevertheless
there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves
out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
4
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the
people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God
of their fathers.
5 ¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the
fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
6
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man,
but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
7 Wherefore now
let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no
iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
8
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the
priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the
LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
9 And he charged
them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a
perfect heart.
10
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in
their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes
and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD,
and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not
trespass.
11 And, behold,
Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of
Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before
you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
1 ¶ It came to pass after this also, that the children of
Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other
beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Then there came
some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee
from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar,
which is Engedi.
3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
4 And Judah
gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the
cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5 And Jehoshaphat
stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
6 And said, O
LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over
all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might,
so that none is able to withstand thee?
7 Art not thou
our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy
friend for ever?
8 And they dwelt
therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
9 If, when evil
cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand
before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and
cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and
help.
10 And now,
behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not
let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned
from them, and destroyed them not;
11 Behold, I say,
how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which
thou hast given us to inherit.
12 O our God,
wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that
cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
13 And all Judah
stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
14 ¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of
Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,
came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
15 And he said,
Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid
nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours,
but God's.
16 To morrow go
ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall
find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 Ye shall not
need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear
not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with
you.
18 And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
19 And the
Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a
loud voice on high.
20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth
into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD
your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye
prosper.
21
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the
LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before
the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
22 And when they
began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of
Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and
they were smitten.
23 For the
children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir,
utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the
inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24 And when Judah
came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto
the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none
escaped.
25 And when
Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found
among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels,
which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so
much.
26 And on the
fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they
blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley
of Berachah, unto this day.
27 Then they
returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the
LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 And they came
to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
29 And the fear
of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 So the realm
of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty
and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
33 Howbeit the
high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their
hearts unto the God of their fathers.
34 Now the rest
of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the
book of the kings of Israel.
35 And after this
did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did
very wickedly:
36 And he joined
himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
37 Then Eliezer
the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because
thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the
ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
1 ¶ Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son
reigned in his stead.
2 And he had
brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and
Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat
king of Israel.
3
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
4 Now when
Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and
slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
5 Jehoram was
thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in
Jerusalem.
6 And he walked
in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had
the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
7 Howbeit the
LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had
made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for
ever.
8 In his days the
Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves
a king.
9 Then Jehoram
went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by
night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the
chariots.
10 So the
Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he
had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
11 Moreover he
made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
12 ¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah the
prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy
father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor
in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
13 But hast
walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of
Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better
than thyself:
14 Behold, with a
great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and
all thy goods:
15 And thou shalt
have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by
reason of the sickness day by day.
16
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
17 And they came
up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was
found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was
never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18
And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable
disease.
19 And it came to
pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out
by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no
burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
20 Thirty and two
years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem
eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the
city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
1 ¶ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his
youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians
to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Forty and two
years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked
in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do
wickedly.
4
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab:
for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
5 He walked also
after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to
war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
6
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were
given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at
Jezreel, because he was sick.
7 And the
destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of
Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8 And it came to
pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found
the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered
to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,)
and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because,
said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his
heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
10 ¶ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her
son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal
of the house of Judah.
11 But
Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and
stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse
in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of
Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from
Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
12 And he was
with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the
land.
1 ¶ And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened
himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the
son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed,
and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant
with him.
2 And they went
about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and
the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of
God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD
hath said of the sons of David.
4 This is the
thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests
and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
5
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the
gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house
of the LORD.
6 But let none
come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of
the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep
the watch of the LORD.
7
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put
to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
8 So the Levites
and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had
commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada
the priest dismissed not the courses.
9 Moreover
Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers,
and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
10 And he set all
the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right
side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the
temple, by the king round about.
11 Then they
brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the
testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said,
God save the king.
12 ¶ Now when Athaliah heard the
noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into
the house of the LORD:
13 And she
looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the
princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced,
and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and
such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her
clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
14 Then Jehoiada
the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host,
and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let
him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of
the LORD.
15
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the
horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
16 And Jehoiada
made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king,
that they should be the LORD'S people.
17 Then all the
people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars.
18 Also Jehoiada
appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the
Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the
burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with
rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none
which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
20 And he took
the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and
all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the
LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
21 And all the
people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain
Athaliah with the sword.
1 ¶ Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And Joash did
that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the
priest.
3 And Jehoiada
took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 And it came to
pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
5 And he gathered
together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of
Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year
to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it
not.
6
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast
thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem
the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD,
and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7 For the sons of
Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and
also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon
Baalim.
8 And at the
king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the
house of the LORD.
9 And they made a
proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD
the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the
wilderness.
10 And all the
princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest,
until they had made an end.
11 Now it came to
pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office
by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the
king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and
took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and
gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king
and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair
the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the
house of the LORD.
13 So the workmen
wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in
his state, and strengthened it.
14 And when they
had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of
the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and
vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of
the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he
died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
16 And they
buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in
Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
17 Now after the
death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king.
Then the king hearkened unto them.
18
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served
groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their
trespass.
19 Yet he sent
prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against
them: but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit
of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which
stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye
the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken
the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
21 And they
conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the
king in the court of the house of the LORD.
22
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD
look upon it, and require it.
23 And it came to
pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and
they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them
unto the king of Damascus.
24 For the army
of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very
great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their
fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great
diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of
Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him
in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 And these are
they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess,
and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Now concerning
his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of
the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the
kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 ¶ Amaziah was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 And he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
3
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he
slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
4 But he slew not
their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where
the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither
shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
5 Moreover
Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and
captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout
all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above,
and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6 He hired also
an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents
of silver.
7 But there came
a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee;
for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
8
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make
thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
9 And Amaziah
said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I
have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able
to give thee much more than this.
10
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out
of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against
Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11 And Amaziah
strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt,
and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12
And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away
captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the
top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
13 But the
soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him
to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
14 ¶ Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come
from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of
Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and
burned incense unto them.
15 Wherefore the
anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto
him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the
people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
16 And it came to
pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the
king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet
forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my
counsel.
17 ¶ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let
us see one another in the face.
18 And Joash king
of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was
in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
19 Thou sayest,
Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast:
abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
20 But Amaziah
would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of
their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
21 So Joash the
king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and
Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
22
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to
his tent.
23 And Joash the
king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of
Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall
of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24 And he took
all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house
of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also,
and returned to Samaria.
25 And Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26 Now the rest
of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the
book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27 Now after the
time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
28 And they brought
him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
1 ¶ Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was
sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his
father Amaziah.
2 He built Eloth,
and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3 Sixteen years
old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in
Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4 And he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And he sought
God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and
as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
6 And he went
forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and
the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7 And God helped
him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal,
and the Mehunims.
8 And the
Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering
in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the
valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
10 Also he built
towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in
the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the
mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by
bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe
and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
12 The whole
number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two
thousand and six hundred.
13
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven
thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king
against the enemy.
14 And Uzziah
prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and
habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
15
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the
towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his
name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16 ¶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to
his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into
the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of
incense.
17 And Azariah
the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that
were valiant men:
18 And they
withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee,
Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the
sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from
the LORD God.
19 Then Uzziah
was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth
with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests
in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and,
behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence;
yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
21 And Uzziah the
king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being
a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the
land.
22 Now the rest of
the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,
write.
23 So Uzziah
slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of
the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham
his son reigned in his stead.
1 ¶ Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the
LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
3 He built the
high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests
he built castles and towers.
5 He fought also
with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of
Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand
measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
6 So Jotham
became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
7 Now the rest of
the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the
book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8
He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 And Jotham
slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his
son reigned in his stead.