May
7th 2 Kings 15 Uzziah 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.
Zechariah
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.
Jotham
King of Judah
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. 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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