CHAPTERS 7-12
2KINGS#7
1 ¶ Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus
saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure
of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in
the gate of Samaria.
2 Then a lord on
whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the
LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold,
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3 ¶ And there were four leprous men
at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here
until we die?
4 If we say, We
will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die
there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us
fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if
they kill us, we shall but die.
5 And they rose
up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come
to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
6 For the Lord
had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said
one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
7 Wherefore they
arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and
their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
8
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went
into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and
raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent,
and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
9 Then they said
one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light,
some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell
the king's household.
10 So they came
and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to
the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of
man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
12 ¶ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his
servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that
we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the
field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and
get into the city.
13
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee,
five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are
as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are
even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send
and see.
14 They took
therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
15 And they went
after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels,
which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned,
and told the king.
16 And the people
went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley
for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
17 And the king
appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and
the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said,
who spake when the king came down to him.
18
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel,
shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
19 And that lord
answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows
in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt
see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
20 And so it fell
out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
1 ¶ Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had
restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine
household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called
for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 And the woman
arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her
household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out
of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her
house and for her land.
4 And the king
talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee,
all the great things that Elisha hath done.
5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a
dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O
king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the
king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her
a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the
field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
7 ¶ And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of
Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king
said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I
recover of this disease?
9 So Hazael went
to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus,
forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad
king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
10 And Elisha
said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the
LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
11 And he settled
his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know
the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt
thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt
dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
13 And Hazael
said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou
shalt be king over Syria.
14 So he departed
from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee?
And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
15 And it came to
pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael
reigned in his stead.
16 ¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king
of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah began to reign.
17 Thirty and two
years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years
in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked
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 evil in the sight of the LORD.
19 Yet the LORD
would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to
give him alway a light, and to his children.
20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king
over themselves.
21 So Joram went
over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote
the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and
the people fled into their tents.
22
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 And the rest
of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram
slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 ¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of
Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty
years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in
the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the
house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 And he went
with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in
Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the
Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.
And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of
Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
1 ¶ And Elisha the prophet called one
of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take
this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
2 And when thou
comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi,
and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
3 Then take the
box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have
anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
4 So the young
man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
5 And when he
came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which
of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
6 And he arose,
and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of
the LORD, even over Israel.
7
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the
blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the
LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole
house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth
against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
10 And the dogs
shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury
her. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 ¶ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord:
and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad
fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
12 And they said,
It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
13 Then they
hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is
king.
14 So Jehu the
son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had
kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But king Joram
was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it
be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell
it in Jezreel.
16 ¶ So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for
Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the
company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an
horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
18 So there went
one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And
Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he
cometh not again.
19 Then he sent
out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is
it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind
me.
20 And the
watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi;
for he driveth furiously.
21 And Joram
said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and
Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against
Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,
Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
23 And Joram
turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
24
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between
his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25 Then said Jehu
to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of
Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together
after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his
sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now
therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of
the LORD.
27 But when
Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And
Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he
fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his
servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre
with his fathers in the city of David.
29 And in the
eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 ¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of
it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
31 And as Jehu
entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side?
who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
33 And he said,
Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on
the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
34 And when he
was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed
woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
35 And they went
to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and
the palms of her hands.
36 Wherefore they
came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he
spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
37 And the
carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion
of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
1 ¶ And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote
letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel,
to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
2 Now as soon as
this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there
are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
3 Look even out
the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's
throne, and fight for your master's house.
4 But they were exceedingly
afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we
stand?
5 And he that was
over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the
bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and
will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any
king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
6 Then he wrote a
letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken
unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me
to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought
them up.
7 And it came to
pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew
seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
8 And there came
a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of
the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of
the gate until the morning.
9 And it came to
pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people,
Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who
slew all these?
10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the
LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done
that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
11 So Jehu slew
all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and
his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
12
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the
shearing house in the way,
13 Jehu met with
the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered,
We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the
king and the children of the queen.
14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at
the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of
them.
15 ¶ And when he was departed thence, he lighted on
Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to
him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab
answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave
him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
16 And he said,
Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his
chariot.
17 And when he
came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had
destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
18 And Jehu
gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a
little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
19 Now therefore
call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests;
let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in
subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
20 And Jehu said,
Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
21 And Jehu sent
through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not
a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
22 And he said
unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the
worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
23 And Jehu went,
and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal
only.
24 And when they
went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men
without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands
escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
25 And it came to
pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering,
that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none
come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and
the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
26 And they
brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
27 And they brake
down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made
it a draught house unto this day.
28 Thus Jehu
destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden
calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
30
And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing
that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation
shall sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But Jehu took
no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which
made Israel to sin.
32 In those days
the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of
Israel;
33 From Jordan
eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites,
from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
34 Now the rest
of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
35 And Jehu slept
with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned
in his stead.
36
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and
eight years.
1 ¶ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her
son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash
the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain;
and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so
that he was not slain.
3
And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah
did reign over the land.
4 ¶ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the
rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him
into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of
them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's
son.
5 And he
commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you
that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's
house;
6 And a third
part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be
not broken down.
7 And two parts
of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the
house of the LORD about the king.
8 And ye shall
compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he
that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
9 And the
captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest
commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath,
with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's
spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
11 And the guard
stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the
right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar
and the temple.
12
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and
gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and
of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
14
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner
was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the
land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and
cried, Treason, Treason.
15 But Jehoiada
the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the
ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had
said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
16 And they laid
hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the
king's house: and there was she slain.
17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant
between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S
people; between the king also and the people.
18 And all the
people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars
and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over
the house of the LORD.
19 And he took
the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people
of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came
by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 And all the
people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah
with the sword beside the king's house.
21 Seven years
old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
1 ¶ In the seventh year of Jehu
Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And Jehoash did
that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the
priest instructed him.
3 But the high
places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4 ¶ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the
dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of
every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all
the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
5
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let
them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
6 But it was so,
that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not
repaired the breaches of the house.
7 Then king
Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now
therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the
breaches of the house.
8 And the priests
consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the
breaches of the house.
9 But Jehoiada
the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the
house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money
that was brought into the house of the LORD.
10 And it was so,
when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe
and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
11 And they gave
the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the
oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and
builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
12 And to masons,
and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair
the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the
house to repair it.
13 Howbeit there
were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons,
trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was
brought into the house of the LORD:
14
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of
the LORD.
15 Moreover they
reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be
bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
16 The trespass
money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
17 ¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought
against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash
king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and
Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to
Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
19 And the rest
of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the
house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
21 For Jozachar
the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him,
and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and
Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.