May 29th
2 Chronicles,
25
Amaziah
rules Judah
1: Amaziah was twenty and five years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2: And he did that which was right in
the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 3: Now it came to pass,
when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had
killed the king his father. 4: But he slew not their children, but did as it is
written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The
fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the
fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 5: Moreover Amaziah gathered
Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over
hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and
Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them
three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle
spear and shield. 6: He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out
of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 7: But there came a man of God to
him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is
not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 8: But if thou wilt
go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy:
for God hath power to help, and to cast down. 9: And Amaziah said to the man of
God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the
army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much
more than this. 10: Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come
to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly
kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. 11: And Amaziah
strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt,
and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12: And other ten thousand left
alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the
top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all
were broken in pieces. 13: But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent
back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of
Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and
took much spoil. 14: Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir,
and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned
incense unto them. 15: Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou
sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people
out of thine hand? 16: And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the
king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest
thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath
determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened
unto my counsel. 17: Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash,
the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see
one another in the face. 18: And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of
Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in
Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild
beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 19: Thou sayest, Lo,
thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide
now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall,
even thou, and Judah with thee? 20: But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of
God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they
sought after the gods of Edom. 21: So Joash the king of Israel went up; and
they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at
Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22: And Judah was put to the worse
before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 23: And Joash the king of
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at
Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24:
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in
the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the
hostages also, and returned to Samaria. 25: And Amaziah the son of Joash king
of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
years. 26: Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27: Now after
the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to
Lachish after him, and slew him there. 28: And they brought him upon horses,
and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
2 Chronicles,
26
Uzziah
rules Judah
1: Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah,
who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2: He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his
fathers. 3: Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned
fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of
Jerusalem. 4: And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5: And he sought God in the days
of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he
sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 6: And he went forth and warred
against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of
Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the
Philistines. 7: And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the
Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 8: And the Ammonites gave
gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt;
for he strengthened himself exceedingly. 9: Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem
at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and
fortified them. 10: Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells:
for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen
also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved
husbandry. 11: Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to
war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the
scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's
captains. 12: The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of
valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13: And under their hand was an army,
three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with
mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14: And Uzziah prepared for
them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons,
and bows, and slings to cast stones. 15: And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented
by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and
great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously
helped, till he was strong. 16: But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up
to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into
the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17: And
Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the
LORD, that were valiant men: 18: And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said
unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD,
but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go
out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine
honour from the LORD God. 19: Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his
hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even
rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from
beside the incense altar. 20: And Azariah the chief priest, and all the
priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they
thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the
LORD had smitten him. 21: And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his
death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the
house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the
people of the land. 22: Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23: So Uzziah slept with his
fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which
belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned
in his stead.
2 Chronicles,
27
Jotham
rules Judah
1: Jotham was twenty and five years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2: And he did that which was right in
the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he
entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. 3:
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he
built much. 4: Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers. 5: He fought also with the king of the
Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the
same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and
ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both
the second year, and the third. 6: So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared
his ways before the LORD his God. 7: Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and
all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel and Judah. 8: He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign,
and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9: And Jotham slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his
stead.
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