The Second Book Of The Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his
kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

2 Chronicles 1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all
Israel, the chief of the fathers.

2 Chronicles 1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the
high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the
congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the
wilderness.

2 Chronicles 1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim
to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it
at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 1:5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and
Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

2 Chronicles 1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the
LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand
burnt offerings upon it.

2 Chronicles 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto
him, Ask what I shall give thee.

2 Chronicles 1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy
unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

2 Chronicles 1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be
established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the
earth in multitude.

2 Chronicles 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and
come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so
great?

2 Chronicles 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart,
and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine
enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge
for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee
king:

2 Chronicles 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give
thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that
have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

2 Chronicles 1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that
was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation,
and reigned over Israel.

2 Chronicles 1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he
placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous
as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale
for abundance.

2 Chronicles 1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen
yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

2 Chronicles 1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a
chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and
fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, by their means.

2 Chronicles 2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of
the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to
bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2 Chronicles 2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou
didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an
house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to
dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the
continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the
sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God.
This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chronicles 2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God
above all gods.

2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven
and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build
him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

2 Chronicles 2:7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

2 Chronicles 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out
of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;
and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

2 Chronicles 2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which
I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

2 Chronicles 2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that
cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand
baths of oil.

2 Chronicles 2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he
sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee
king over them.

2 Chronicles 2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son,
endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the
LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with
understanding, of Huram my father's,

2 Chronicles 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father
was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron,
in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in
crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device
which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of
my lord David thy father.

2 Chronicles 2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the
wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

2 Chronicles 2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt
need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt
carry it up to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the
land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered
them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred.

2 Chronicles 2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be
bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in
the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second
month, in the fourth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for
the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure
was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the
length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the
height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he
overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

2 Chronicles 3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty:
and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the
walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the
walls.

2 Chronicles 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was
according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof
twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred
talents.

2 Chronicles 3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And
he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image
work, and overlaid them with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long:
one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:
and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other
cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching
to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to
the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth
twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

2 Chronicles 3:14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and
fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

2 Chronicles 3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and
five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was
five cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the
heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the
chains.

2 Chronicles 3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the
right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the
right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

2 Chronicles 4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the
length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the
height thereof.

2 Chronicles 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.

2 Chronicles 4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass
it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of
oxen were cast, when it was cast.

2 Chronicles 4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and
three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all
their hinder parts were inward.

2 Chronicles 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of
it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received
and held three thousand baths.

2 Chronicles 4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand,
and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the
burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash
in.

2 Chronicles 4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their
form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the
left.

2 Chronicles 4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple,
five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basins of
gold.

2 Chronicles 4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great
court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

2 Chronicles 4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
against the south.

2 Chronicles 4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.
And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house
of God;

2 Chronicles 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the
chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to
cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

2 Chronicles 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows
of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters
which were upon the pillars.

2 Chronicles 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

2 Chronicles 4:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

2 Chronicles 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and
all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house
of the LORD of bright brass.

2 Chronicles 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

2 Chronicles 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance:
for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

2 Chronicles 4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house
of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the showbread was set;

2 Chronicles 4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they
should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

2 Chronicles 4:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of
gold, and that perfect gold;

2 Chronicles 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the
censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for
the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chronicles 5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the
LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father
had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he
among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Chronicles 5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the
heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of
David, which is Zion.

2 Chronicles 5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto
the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

2 Chronicles 5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up
the ark.

2 Chronicles 5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did
the priests and the Levites bring up.

2 Chronicles 5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that
were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could
not be told nor numbered for multitude.

2 Chronicles 5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the
LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even
under the wings of the cherubims:

2 Chronicles 5:8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place
of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

2 Chronicles 5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of
the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen
without. And there it is unto this day.

2 Chronicles 5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which
Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did
not then wait by course:

2 Chronicles 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of
Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being
arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the
east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding
with trumpets:)

2 Chronicles 5:13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were
as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and
when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments
of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the
LORD;

2 Chronicles 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason
of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

2 Chronicles 6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell
in the thick darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a
place for thy dwelling for ever.

2 Chronicles 6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole
congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath
with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father
David, saying,

2 Chronicles 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the
land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house
in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my
people Israel:

2 Chronicles 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there;
and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an
house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was
in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was
in thine heart:

2 Chronicles 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son
which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

2 Chronicles 6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath
spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the
throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name
of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of
the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence
of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

2 Chronicles 6:13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits
long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the
midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees
before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward
heaven,

2 Chronicles 6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee
in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy
unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

2 Chronicles 6:15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that
which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.

2 Chronicles 6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant
David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not
fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy
children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before
me.

2 Chronicles 6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified,
which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

2 Chronicles 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?
behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less
this house which I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and
to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer
which thy servant prayeth before thee:

2 Chronicles 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,
upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there;
to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

2 Chronicles 6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant,
and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou
from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

2 Chronicles 6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid
upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this
house;

2 Chronicles 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy
servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head;
and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

2 Chronicles 6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the
enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy
name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

2 Chronicles 6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of
thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to
them and to their fathers.

2 Chronicles 6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because
they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess
thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

2 Chronicles 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy
servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way,
wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given
unto thy people for an inheritance.

2 Chronicles 6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if
there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies
besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
sickness there be:

2 Chronicles 6:29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made
of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own
sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

2 Chronicles 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and
forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart
thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

2 Chronicles 6:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as
they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

2 Chronicles 6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy
people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and
thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this
house;

2 Chronicles 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all
people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people
Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

2 Chronicles 6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the
way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which
thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

2 Chronicles 6:35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.

2 Chronicles 6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which
sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their
enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

2 Chronicles 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they
are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their
captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt
wickedly;

2 Chronicles 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all
their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them
captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers,
and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have
built for thy name:

2 Chronicles 6:39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and
forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

2 Chronicles 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and
let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chronicles 6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place,
thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed
with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

2 Chronicles 6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed:
remember the mercies of David thy servant.

2 Chronicles 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came
down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the
glory of the LORD filled the house.

2 Chronicles 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,
because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.

2 Chronicles 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came
down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with
their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the
LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before
the LORD.

2 Chronicles 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two
thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all
the people dedicated the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also
with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise
the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their
ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the
fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made
was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the
fat.

2 Chronicles 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days,
and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they
kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

2 Chronicles 7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he
sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the
goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel
his people.

2 Chronicles 7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the
king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of
the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

2 Chronicles 7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto
him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an
house of sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command
the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then
will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the
prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my
name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.

2 Chronicles 7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy
father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt
observe my statutes and my judgments;

2 Chronicles 7:18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according
as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee
a man to be ruler in Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my
commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods,
and worship them;

2 Chronicles 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land
which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name,
will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword
among all nations.

2 Chronicles 7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to
every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done
thus unto this land, and unto this house?

2 Chronicles 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD
God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and
laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath
he brought all this evil upon them.

2 Chronicles 8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein
Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

2 Chronicles 8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,
Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

2 Chronicles 8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

2 Chronicles 8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store
cities, which he built in Hamath.

2 Chronicles 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the
nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

2 Chronicles 8:6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and
all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of
his dominion.

2 Chronicles 8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which
were not of Israel,

2 Chronicles 8:8 But of their children, who were left after them in the
land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay
tribute until this day.

2 Chronicles 8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants
for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and
captains of his chariots and horsemen.

2 Chronicles 8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even
two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

2 Chronicles 8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the
city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife
shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are
holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

2 Chronicles 8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the
altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

2 Chronicles 8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to
the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the
solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his
father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their
charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day
required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David
the man of God commanded.

2 Chronicles 8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king
unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the
treasures.

2 Chronicles 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of
the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the
house of the LORD was perfected.

2 Chronicles 8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea
side in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and
servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of
Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and
brought them to king Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon,
she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great
company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious
stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that
was in her heart.

2 Chronicles 9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was
nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

2 Chronicles 9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,

2 Chronicles 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also,
and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the
LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

2 Chronicles 9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I
heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

2 Chronicles 9:6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine
eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was
not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

2 Chronicles 9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which
stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set
thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved
Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to
do judgment and justice.

2 Chronicles 9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of
gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there
any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of
Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious
stones.

2 Chronicles 9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house
of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers:
and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

2 Chronicles 9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her
desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king.
So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

2 Chronicles 9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year
was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

2 Chronicles 9:14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all
the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to
Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold:
six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

2 Chronicles 9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three
hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house
of the forest of Lebanon.

2 Chronicles 9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and
overlaid it with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool
of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the
sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

2 Chronicles 9:19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the
other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

2 Chronicles 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold,
and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of
Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and
silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in
riches and wisdom.

2 Chronicles 9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of
Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

2 Chronicles 9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a
rate year by year.

2 Chronicles 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot
cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto
the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar
trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

2 Chronicles 9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out
of all lands.

2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are
they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of
Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the
son of Nebat?

2 Chronicles 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty
years.

2 Chronicles 9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in
the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all
Israel come to make him king.

2 Chronicles 10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard
it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel
came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

2 Chronicles 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou
somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put
upon us, and we will serve thee.

2 Chronicles 10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three
days. And the people departed.

2 Chronicles 10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had
stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give
ye me to return answer to this people?

2 Chronicles 10:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this
people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy
servants for ever.

2 Chronicles 10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and
took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood
before him.

2 Chronicles 10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may
return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat
the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2 Chronicles 10:10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake
unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee,
saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for
us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my
father's loins.

2 Chronicles 10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will
put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the
third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

2 Chronicles 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam
forsook the counsel of the old men,

2 Chronicles 10:14 And answered them after the advice of the young men,
saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause
was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand
of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken
unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in
David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your
tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to
their tents.

2 Chronicles 10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

2 Chronicles 10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the
tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But
king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this
day.

2 Chronicles 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of
the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men,
which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom
again to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying,

2 Chronicles 11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and
to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

2 Chronicles 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against
your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me.
And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against
Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for
defence in Judah.

2 Chronicles 11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 11:7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

2 Chronicles 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

2 Chronicles 11:9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

2 Chronicles 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah
and in Benjamin fenced cities.

2 Chronicles 11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in
them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

2 Chronicles 11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and
made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

2 Chronicles 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel
resorted to him out of all their coasts.

2 Chronicles 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,
and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off
from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:

2 Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for
the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

2 Chronicles 11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as
set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to
sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made
Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked
in the way of David and Solomon.

2 Chronicles 11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth
the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

2 Chronicles 11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

2 Chronicles 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom;
which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above
all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore
concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

2 Chronicles 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to
be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

2 Chronicles 11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children
throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city:
and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

2 Chronicles 12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the
kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all
Israel with him.

2 Chronicles 12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king
Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had
transgressed against the LORD,

2 Chronicles 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand
horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt;
the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah,
and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the
princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore
have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

2 Chronicles 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled
themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

2 Chronicles 12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the
word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;
therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and
my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

2 Chronicles 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may
know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

2 Chronicles 12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and
took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the
king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which
Solomon had made.

2 Chronicles 12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and
committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance
of the king's house.

2 Chronicles 12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the
guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

2 Chronicles 12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned
from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things
went well.

2 Chronicles 12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and
reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name
was Naamah an Ammonitess.

2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to
seek the LORD.

2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not
written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

2 Chronicles 12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in
the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah
to reign over Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between
Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant
men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the
battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being
mighty men of valour.

2 Chronicles 13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

2 Chronicles 13:5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the
kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a
covenant of salt?

2 Chronicles 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the
son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

2 Chronicles 13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of
Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

2 Chronicles 13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in
the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with
you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

2 Chronicles 13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of
Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the
nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a
young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no
gods.

2 Chronicles 13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not
forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of
Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

2 Chronicles 13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every
evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in
order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have
forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and
his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of
Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not
prosper.

2 Chronicles 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind
them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

2 Chronicles 13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before
and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the
trumpets.

2 Chronicles 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of
Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before
Abijah and Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God
delivered them into their hand.

2 Chronicles 13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great
slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen
men.

2 Chronicles 13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that
time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD
God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from
him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and
Ephrain with the towns thereof.

2 Chronicles 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days
of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

2 Chronicles 13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and
begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his
sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

2 Chronicles 14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land
was quiet ten years.

2 Chronicles 14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of
the LORD his God:

2 Chronicles 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the
high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

2 Chronicles 14:4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers,
and to do the law and the commandment.

2 Chronicles 14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high
places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

2 Chronicles 14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had
rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities,
and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet
before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he
hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears,
out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields
and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men
of valour.

2 Chronicles 14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with
an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto
Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in
array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is
nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power:
help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against
this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before
Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

2 Chronicles 14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them
unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover
themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and
they carried away very much spoil.

2 Chronicles 14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the
fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there
was exceeding much spoil in them.

2 Chronicles 14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away
sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye
me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with
him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he
will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true
God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

2 Chronicles 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God
of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

2 Chronicles 15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went
out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the
inhabitants of the countries.

2 Chronicles 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for
God did vex them with all adversity.

2 Chronicles 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak:
for your work shall be rewarded.

2 Chronicles 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded
the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the
land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from
mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of
the LORD.

2 Chronicles 15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers
with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him
out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the
third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

2 Chronicles 15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the
spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

2 Chronicles 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of
their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

2 Chronicles 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel
should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

2 Chronicles 15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

2 Chronicles 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn
with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found
of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

2 Chronicles 15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king,
he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and
Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his
father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels.

2 Chronicles 15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth
year of the reign of Asa.

2 Chronicles 16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha
king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he
might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures
of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of
Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

2 Chronicles 16:3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was
between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold;
go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

2 Chronicles 16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the
captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and
Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left
off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

2 Chronicles 16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away
the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building;
and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of
Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and
not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria
escaped out of thine hand.

2 Chronicles 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with
very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he
delivered them into thine hand.

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the
whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth
thou shalt have wars.

2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison
house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed
some of the people the same time.

2 Chronicles 16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are
written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was
diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his
disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

2 Chronicles 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and
fortieth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had
made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was
filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the
apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

2 Chronicles 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and
strengthened himself against Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah,
and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which
Asa his father had taken.

2 Chronicles 17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in
the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

2 Chronicles 17:4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in
his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and
all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in
abundance.

2 Chronicles 17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD:
moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his
princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel,
and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and
Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and
Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and
Jehoram, priests.

2 Chronicles 17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of
the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and
taught the people.

2 Chronicles 17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of
the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against
Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat
presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven
thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he
goats.

2 Chronicles 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in
Judah castles, and cities of store.

2 Chronicles 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the
men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house
of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and
with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

2 Chronicles 17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him
two hundred and fourscore thousand.

2 Chronicles 17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly
offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of
valour.

2 Chronicles 17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with
him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

2 Chronicles 17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and
fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

2 Chronicles 17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put
in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and
joined affinity with Ahab.

2 Chronicles 18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria.
And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that
he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

2 Chronicles 18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of
Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou
art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

2 Chronicles 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I
pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

2 Chronicles 18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets
four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle,
or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the
king's hand.

2 Chronicles 18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the
LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?

2 Chronicles 18:7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet
one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never
prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla.
And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

2 Chronicles 18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and
said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

2 Chronicles 18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat
either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void
place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them.

2 Chronicles 18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of
iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until
they be consumed.

2 Chronicles 18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the
king.

2 Chronicles 18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,
saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one
assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak
thou good.

2 Chronicles 18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God
saith, that will I speak.

2 Chronicles 18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,
Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he
said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

2 Chronicles 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure
thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

2 Chronicles 18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no
master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

2 Chronicles 18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not
tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

2 Chronicles 18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw
the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his
right hand and on his left.

2 Chronicles 18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel,
that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this
manner, and another saying after that manner.

2 Chronicles 18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD,
and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?

2 Chronicles 18:21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou
shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit
in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against
thee.

2 Chronicles 18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote
Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from
me to speak unto thee?

2 Chronicles 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when
thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

2 Chronicles 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry
him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

2 Chronicles 18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the
prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
until I return in peace.

2 Chronicles 18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then
hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

2 Chronicles 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
went up to Ramothgilead.

2 Chronicles 18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will
disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the
king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

2 Chronicles 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the
chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save
only with the king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots
saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they
compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped
him; and God moved them to depart from him.

2 Chronicles 18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the
chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again
from pursuing him.

2 Chronicles 18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the
king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his
chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I
am wounded.

2 Chronicles 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of
Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even:
and about the time of the sun going down he died.

2 Chronicles 19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in
peace to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 19:2 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.

2 Chronicles 19:3 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.

2 Chronicles 19:4 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.

2 Chronicles 19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced
cities of Judah, city by city,

2 Chronicles 19:6 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.

2 Chronicles 19:7 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.

2 Chronicles 19:8 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.

2 Chronicles 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear
of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 19:10 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.

2 Chronicles 19:11 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.

2 Chronicles 20:1 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 Chronicles 20:2 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.

2 Chronicles 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD,
and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:4 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.

2 Chronicles 20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and
Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

2 Chronicles 20:6 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?

2 Chronicles 20:7 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?

2 Chronicles 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary
therein for thy name, saying,

2 Chronicles 20:9 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.

2 Chronicles 20:10 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;

2 Chronicles 20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out
of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

2 Chronicles 20:12 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.

2 Chronicles 20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little
ones, their wives, and their children.

2 Chronicles 20:14 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;

2 Chronicles 20:15 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.

2 Chronicles 20:16 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.

2 Chronicles 20:17 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.

2 Chronicles 20:18 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.

2 Chronicles 20:19 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.

2 Chronicles 20:20 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.

2 Chronicles 20:21 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.

2 Chronicles 20:22 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.

2 Chronicles 20:23 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.

2 Chronicles 20:24 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.

2 Chronicles 20:25 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.

2 Chronicles 20:26 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.

2 Chronicles 20:27 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.

2 Chronicles 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and
trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 20:29 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.

2 Chronicles 20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave
him rest round about.

2 Chronicles 20:31 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.

2 Chronicles 20:32 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.

2 Chronicles 20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet
the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:34 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.

2 Chronicles 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself
with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

2 Chronicles 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to
Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

2 Chronicles 20:37 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.

2 Chronicles 21:1 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 Chronicles 21:2 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.

2 Chronicles 21:3 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.

2 Chronicles 21:4 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.

2 Chronicles 21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 21:6 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.

2 Chronicles 21:7 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.

2 Chronicles 21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion
of Judah, and made themselves a king.

2 Chronicles 21:9 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.

2 Chronicles 21:10 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.

2 Chronicles 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah,
and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled
Judah thereto.

2 Chronicles 21:12 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,

2 Chronicles 21:13 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:

2 Chronicles 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy
people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

2 Chronicles 21:15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy
bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

2 Chronicles 21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit
of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:

2 Chronicles 21:17 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.

2 Chronicles 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with
an incurable disease.

2 Chronicles 21:19 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.

2 Chronicles 21:20 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.

2 Chronicles 22:1 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 Chronicles 22:2 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.

2 Chronicles 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his
mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

2 Chronicles 22:4 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.

2 Chronicles 22:5 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.

2 Chronicles 22:6 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.

2 Chronicles 22:7 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.

2 Chronicles 22:8 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.

2 Chronicles 22:9 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.

2 Chronicles 22:10 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.

2 Chronicles 22:11 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.

2 Chronicles 22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years:
and Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chronicles 23:1 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 Chronicles 23:2 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.

2 Chronicles 23:3 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.

2 Chronicles 23:4 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;

2 Chronicles 23:5 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.

2 Chronicles 23:6 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.

2 Chronicles 23:7 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.

2 Chronicles 23:8 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.

2 Chronicles 23:9 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.

2 Chronicles 23:10 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.

2 Chronicles 23:11 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.

2 Chronicles 23:12 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:

2 Chronicles 23:13 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 music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent
her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

2 Chronicles 23:14 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.

2 Chronicles 23:15 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.

2 Chronicles 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all
the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

2 Chronicles 23:17 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.

2 Chronicles 23:18 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.

2 Chronicles 23:19 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.

2 Chronicles 23:20 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.

2 Chronicles 23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was
quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

2 Chronicles 24:1 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 Chronicles 24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the
LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chronicles 24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and
daughters.

2 Chronicles 24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to
repair the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:5 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.

2 Chronicles 24:6 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?

2 Chronicles 24:7 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.

2 Chronicles 24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set
it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:9 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.

2 Chronicles 24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and
brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

2 Chronicles 24:11 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.

2 Chronicles 24:12 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.

2 Chronicles 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by
them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

2 Chronicles 24:14 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.

2 Chronicles 24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he
died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

2 Chronicles 24:16 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.

2 Chronicles 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of
Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

2 Chronicles 24:18 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.

2 Chronicles 24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto
the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

2 Chronicles 24:20 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.

2 Chronicles 24:21 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.

2 Chronicles 24:22 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.

2 Chronicles 24:23 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.

2 Chronicles 24:24 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.

2 Chronicles 24:25 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.

2 Chronicles 24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the
son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

2 Chronicles 24:27 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.

2 Chronicles 25:1 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 Chronicles 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
but not with a perfect heart.

2 Chronicles 25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to
him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

2 Chronicles 25:4 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.

2 Chronicles 25:5 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.

2 Chronicles 25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out
of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

2 Chronicles 25:7 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.

2 Chronicles 25:8 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.

2 Chronicles 25:9 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.

2 Chronicles 25:10 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.

2 Chronicles 25:11 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.

2 Chronicles 25:12 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.

2 Chronicles 25:13 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.

2 Chronicles 25:14 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.