May 7th
2 Kings,
15
Azariah
King of Judah
1: In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam
king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 2: Sixteen
years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 3: And he did that
which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done; 4: Save that the high places were not removed: the people
sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5: And the LORD smote
the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a
several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people
of the land. 6: And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 7: So
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the
city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
Zachariah
King of Israel
8: In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah
king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria
six months. 9: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin. 10: And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against
him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11: And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 12: This was the word of the LORD
which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel
unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
Shallum
King of Israel
13: Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign
in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full
month in Samaria. 14: For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came
to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead. 15: And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his
conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16: Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that
were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to
him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he
ripped up.
Menahem
King of Israel
17: In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah
king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned
ten years in Samaria. 18: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin. 19: And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land:
and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with
him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20: And Menahem exacted the money of
Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of
silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and
stayed not there in the land. 21: And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all
that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 22: And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in
his stead.
Pekahiah
King of Israel
23: In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned two years. 24: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD:
he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin. 25: But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob
and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
reigned in his room. 26: And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he
did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
Pekah
King of Israel
27: In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah
king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria,
and reigned twenty years. 28: And he did that which was evil in the sight of
the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin. 29: In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser
king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Jonoah, and Kedesh,
and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them
captive to Assyria. 30: And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against
Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his
stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31: And the rest of
the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Jotham
King of Judah
32: In the second year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33: Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of
Zadok. 34: And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35: Howbeit the high places
were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high
places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. 36: Now the rest of
the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37: In those days the LORD began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38: And
Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings,
16
Ahaz
King of Judah
1: In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son
of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2: Twenty
years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God,
like David his father. 3: But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea,
and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the
heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4: And he
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under
every green tree. 5: Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of
Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not
overcome him. 6: At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and
drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto
this day. 7: So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria,
saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of
the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up
against me. 8: And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of
the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present
to the king of Assyria. 9: And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the
king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people
of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 10: And king Ahaz went to Damascus to
meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus:
and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the
pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11: And Urijah the
priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus:
so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12: And when
the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king
approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13: and he burnt his burnt
offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled
the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14: And he brought also the
brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from
between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of
the altar. 15: And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the
great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and
the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of
all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings;
and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of
the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16: Thus did
Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17: And king Ahaz
cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took
down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a
pavement of stones. 18: And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in
the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD
for the king of Assyria. 19: Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20: And
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings,
17
D
The Captivity of Israel
Hosea
King of Israel
1: In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah
began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2: And
he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of
Israel that were before him. 3: Against him came up Shalmaneser king of
Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. 4: And the king
of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of
Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by
year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. 5:
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to
Samaria, and besieged it three years. 6: In the ninth year of Hoshea the king
of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them
in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
The
reasons for Samaria’s fall
7: For so it was, that the children of Israel
had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the
land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared
other gods, 8: And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast
out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they
had made. 9: And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not
right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their
cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10: And they set
them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: 11:
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom
the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the
LORD to anger: 12: For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them,
Ye shall not do this thing. 13: Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and
against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from
your evil ways, and keep my ommandments and my statutes, according to all the
law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the
prophets. 14: Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,
like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
15: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their
fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed
vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them,
concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
16: And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them
molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host
of heaven, and served Baal. 17: And they caused their sons and their daughters
to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold
themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18:
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his
sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19: Also Judah kept not
the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel
which they made. 20: And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast
them out of his sight. 21: For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they
made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following
the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22: For the children of Israel walked
in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23: Until
the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants
the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto
this day.
Assyria
settles foreigners in Israel
24: And the king of Assyria brought men from
Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim,
and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and
they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25: And so it was at
the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore
the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26: Wherefore they
spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and
placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land:
therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because
they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27: Then the king of Assyria
commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from
thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of
the God of the land. 28: Then one of the priests whom they had carried away
from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the
LORD. 29: Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the
houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their
cities wherein they dwelt. 30: And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and
the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31: And the Avites
made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to
Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32: So they feared the
LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high
places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33: They
feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations
whom they carried away from thence. 34: Unto this day they do after the former
manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after
their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the
children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35: With whom the LORD had made a
covenant, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves
to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36: But the LORD, who brought
you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him
shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37:
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which
he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear
other gods. 38: And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods. 39: But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and
he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40: Howbeit they did
not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41: So these nations
feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their
children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
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