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sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:1 @ And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this flask of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramothgilad:

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:2 @ And when thou art come thither, look out there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and cause him to stand up from the midst of his brethren, and bring him in to the innermost chamber;

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:3 @ And thou shalt then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus hath said the Lord, I have anointed thee as king over Israel. Then must thou open the door, and flee, and not wait for any thing.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:4 @ So the young man, the disciple of the prophet, went to Ramothgilad.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:5 @ And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a word for thee, O captain. And Jehu said, For whom of all of us? And he said, For thee, O captain.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:6 @ And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, I anoint thee as king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:7 @ And thou shalt smite the house of Achab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Izebel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:8 @ And the whole house of Achab shall perish: and I will cut off from Achab every male, and the guarded and fortified in Israel;

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:9 @ And I will make the house of Achab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Basha the son of Achiyah;

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:10 @ And Izebel shall the dogs eat in the field of Yizreel, with none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:11 @ But Jehu came forth to the servants of his Lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this madman to thee? And he said unto them, Ye yourselves know the man, and his talk.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:12 @ And they said, It is false: only tell us, we pray thee. And he said, So and so did he speak to me, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I anoint thee as king over Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:13 @ Then they hastened, and they took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs; and they blew the cornet, saying, Jehu is king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:14 @ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept guard at Ramothgilad, he and all Israel, because of Chazael the king of Syria.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:15 @ But king Jehoram was returned to be healed in Yizreel of the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him, when he was fighting with Chazael the king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none that escapeth go forth out of the city to go to tell it in Yizreel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:16 @ So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Yizreel; for Joram was lying there. And Achazyah the king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:17 @ And the watchman stood on the tower in Yizreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came; and he said, A company do I see, And Jehoram said, Take a horseman, and send out to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:18 @ So there went one riding on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus hath said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee about behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came up to them, but he hath not returned.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:19 @ Then sent he out a second rider on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus hath said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee about behind me.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:20 @ And the watchman told, saying, He came up to them, but he hath not returned: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth as though he were mad.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:21 @ And Jehoram said, Harness up. And his chariot was harnessed up. And Jehoram the king of Israel and Achazyahu the king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of land of Naboth the Yizreelite.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:22 @ And it came to pass, when Jehoram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace can there be with the acts of incest of thy mother Izebel and her many witchcrafts?

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:23 @ And Jehoram turned about, and fled, and said to Achazyahu, Treachery, Achazyahu.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:24 @ And Jehu grasped the bow with his full strength, and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:25 @ Then said he to Bidkar his officer, Lift up, cast him down in the part of the field that was Naboths the Yizreelite; for remember how that I and thou rode alongside each other after Achab his father, when the Lord pronounced over him this fatal decree:

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:26 @ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will repay thee in this part of the field, saith the Lord. And now lift up, cast him down into the field, according to the word of the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:27 @ And when Achazyahu the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the gardenhouse; but Jehu pursued after him, and said, Also him smite in the chariot. on the ascent to Gur, which is by Yibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:28 @ And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:29 @ And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Achab became Achazyah king over Judah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:30 @ And Jehu came to Yizreel; and when Izebel heard of it, she painted her eyes, and ornamented her head, and looked out at the window.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:31 @ And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, O Zimri, who hath slain his master?

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:32 @ And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three chamberlains.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Pitch her down. So they pitched her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and he trod her under foot.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:34 @ And he came in, and ate and drank; and then said he, Look, I pray you, after this accursed one, and bury her; for she is a kings daughter.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:35 @ And they went to bury her: but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:36 @ And they returned, and told him; and he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the field of Yizreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Izebel:

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:9:37 @ And the carcass of Izebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Yizreel; so that they shall not say, This is Izebel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:1 @ And Achab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, unto the rulers of Yizreel, the elders, and to those that brought up Achabs children, saying,

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:2 @ And now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing that there are with you your masters sons, and there are with you the chariots and the horses, and the fortified city, and the armor:

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:3 @ Select then the best and the most fitting of your masters sons, and set him on his fathers throne, and fight for your masters house.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:4 @ But they were exceedingly much afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings could not stand before him: how then shall we be able to stand?

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:5 @ And the superintendent over the house, and the commander over the city, and the elders, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and all that thou mayest say unto us will we do; we will not set up any one as king: do what is good in thy eyes.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:6 @ Then wrote he to them a letter the second time, saying, If ye be for me, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, then take the heads of the men, your masters sons, and come to me to Yizreel by this time tomorrow. Now the kings sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:7 @ And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the kings sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Yizreel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:8 @ And the messenger came, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the kings sons. And he said, Place ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:9 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who hath killed all these?

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:10 @ Know now that there shall not fall of the word of the Lord unto the earth, the least that the Lord hath spoken concerning the house of Achab; and the Lord hath done that which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:11 @ And Jehu smote all that yet remained of the house of Achab in Yizreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, until he had left him none that escaped.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:12 @ And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria; he was just at the bindinghouse of the shepherds, on the way:

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:13 @ When Jehu met with the brothers of Achazyahu the king of Judah, and he said, Who are ye? And they said, The brothers of Achazyahu are we; and we are come down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Seize them alive. And they seized them alive, and slaughtered them at the pit of the bindinghouse, two and forty men; and he left not one of them remaining.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:15 @ And he went away thence, and met Yehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is all right in thy heart, as my heart is with thy heart? And Yehonadab answered, It is; it is: give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:16 @ And he said, Come with me, and behold my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:17 @ And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that yet remained unto Achab in Samaria, till he had exterminated him, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken to Elijah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:18 @ And Jehu assembled all the people, and said unto them, Achab hath served Baal a little: Jehu will serve him much.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:19 @ And now call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests: let no one be missing; for I have a great sacrifice to make for Baal; whosoever will be missing, shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, in order to destroy the worshippers of Baal.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:20 @ And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:21 @ And Jehu sent throughout all Israel: and there came all the worshippers of Baal, so that there was not a man remaining that came not; and they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:22 @ And he said unto him that was over the wardrobe, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought forth for them the vestments.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:23 @ And Jehu went, with Yehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and he said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be not here with you any of the servants of the Lord, but the worshippers of Baal entirely alone.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:24 @ And they went in to prepare sacrifices and burntofferings; but Jehu had set for himself without eighty men, and said, a man that escapeth from the men whom I deliver into your hands, life for his life.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:25 @ And it came to pass, as soon as they had made an end of preparing the burntoffering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the officers, Go in, smite them: let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the runners and the captains cast them out, and went as far as the city of the house of Baal.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:26 @ And they brought forth the statues out of the house of Baal, and burnt every one of them.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:27 @ And they broke down the statue of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a common sewer unto this day.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:28 @ Thus Jehu exterminated Baal out of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:29 @ Nevertheless the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from in following them, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Daniel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:30 @ And the Lord said unto Jehu, Forasmuch as thou hast acted well in doing what is right in my eyes, and hast done in accordance with all that was in my heart unto the house of Achab: children of the fourth generation after thee shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:31 @ But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who induced Israel to sin.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:32 @ In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Chazael smote them in all the boundary of Israel;

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:33 @ From the Jordan to the rising of the sun, all the land of Gilad, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Menassites, from Aroer which is by the river Arnon, both Gilad and Bashan.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:34 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his mighty deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:35 @ And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoachaz his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:10:36 @ And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:1 @ And when Athalyah the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:2 @ But Yehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, the sister of Achazyahu, took Joash the son of Achazyahu, and stole him away from among the kings sons that were slain, him and his nurse into the bedchamber: and they hid him from Athalyah, so that he was not slain.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:3 @ And he was with her in the house of the Lord hidden for six years, while Athalyah was reigning over the land.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:4 @ And in the seventh year Yehoyada sent and fetched the rulers over the hundreds, of the guards and the runners, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and made them swear in the house of the Lord, and showed them the kings son.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keeping watch in the kings house;

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:6 @ And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the runners; so shall ye keep watch at the house, as a defence.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:7 @ And two parts of you all that are relieved on the sabbath, even they shall keep watch in the house of the Lord about the king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:8 @ And ye shall encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranges shall be put to death: and be ye with the king when he goeth out and when he cometh in.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:9 @ And the captains over the hundreds did in accordance with all that Yohayada the priest had commanded: and they took every man his men that came in on the sabbath, with those that were to be relieved on the sabbath, and came to Yehoyada the priest.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:10 @ And the priest gave to the captains over the hundred the spears and shields that had belonged to king David, that were in the house of the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:11 @ And the runners stood every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and within, round about the king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:12 @ And he brought forth the kings son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:13 @ And when Athalyah heard the noise of the runners of the people, she came to the people in the house of the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:14 @ And she looked, and, behold, the king stood upon a stand, according to custom, and the princes and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets: and Athalyah then rent her clothes, and cried, Conspiracy! conspiracy!

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:15 @ But Yehoyada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the commanders of the army, and said unto them, Lead her forth to within the ranges: and him that followeth her put to death with the sword. For the priest had said, She shall not be slain in the house of the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:16 @ And they made way for her; and she went by the way of the entrance of the horses into the kings house: and she was put to death there.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:17 @ And Yehoyada made a covenant between the Lord and between the king and between the people, that they should be a people unto the Lord; and between the king and between the people.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:18 @ And then came all the people of the land into the house of Baal, and pulled it down: his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and Mattan the priest of Baal they slew before the altars. And the priest appointed superintendents over the house of the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:19 @ And he took the chiefs over hundreds, and the guards, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the runners to the kings house: and he sat on the throne of the kings.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:11:20 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; but Athalyah they had slain with the sword at the kings house.

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sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:1 @ In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Achazyahu the king of Judah became Jehoachaz the son of Jehu king over Israel in Samaria seventeen years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:2 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin: he departed not therefrom.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:3 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and he gave them up into the hand of Chazael the king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Chazael, all the time.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:4 @ And Jehoachaz besought the Lord; and the Lord hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:5 @ (And the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they came out from under the power of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as in times past.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:6 @ Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who induced Israel to sin, therein the people walked: and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria.)

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:7 @ For he had left of people to Jehoachaz none but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand men on foot; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust at threshing.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoachaz, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:9 @ And Jehoachaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:10 @ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash the king of Judah became Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz king over Israel in Samaria, sixteen years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:11 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin: therein he walked.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:12 @ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds wherewith he fought against Amazyah the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:13 @ And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:14 @ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he had to die. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and their horsemen.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:15 @ And Elisha said unto him, Fetch a bow and arrows. And he fetched unto him a bow and arrows.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:16 @ And he said to the king of Israel, Place thy hand upon the bow. And he placed his hand: and Elisha laid his hands upon the kings hands.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:17 @ And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then said Elisha, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of victory from the Lord, and the arrow of victory over Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till they be consumed.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:18 @ And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Strike upon the ground. And he struck three times, and stopped.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:19 @ And the man of God was angry with him, and said, Thou shouldst have struck five or six times; then wouldst thou have smitten the Syrians till they had been consumed: whereas now thou shalt smite the Syrians three times.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:20 @ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the predatory bands of Moabites frequently invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:21 @ And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they saw the band; and they cast down the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and as the man came, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and rose up on his feet.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:22 @ But Chazael the king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoachaz.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:23 @ And the Lord became gracious unto them, and had mercy on them, and turned his regard unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, and he cast them not off from his presence even until now.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:24 @ And Chazael the king of Syria died: and Benhadad his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:13:25 @ And Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz took again the cities out of the power of Benhadad the son of Chazael, which he had taken out of the power of Jehoachaz his father in the war. Three times did Joash beat him, and he recovered the cities of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:1 @ In the second year of Joash the son of Joachaz the king of Israel became Amazyahu, the son of Joash the king of Judah, king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:2 @ Twenty and five years was he old when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mothers name was Yehoaddan of Jerusalem.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:3 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father: in accordance with all that Joash his father had done, did he.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:4 @ Nevertheless the highplaces were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the highplaces.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:5 @ And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:6 @ But the children of the murderers he put not to death: as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, that the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:7 @ He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men, and seized Sela in the war, and called its name Yoktheel until this day.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:8 @ Then sent Amazyah messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:9 @ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thornbush.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:10 @ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:11 @ But Amazyahu would not hear. Therefore Jehoash the king of Israel went up; and he and Amazyahu the king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:12 @ And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tents.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:13 @ And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Achazyahu, at Bethshemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the cornergate, four hundred cubits.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:14 @ And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the kings house, and the children of the chiefs as hostages, and returned to Samaria.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:15 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his mighty deeds, and how he fought with Amazyahu the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:16 @ And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jeroboam his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:17 @ And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel, fifteen years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:18 @ And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:19 @ Now they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: wherefore he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:20 @ And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:21 @ And all the people of Judah took Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:22 @ He it was that built Elath, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:23 @ In the fifteenth year of Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah became Jeroboam the son of Joash the king of Israel king in Samaria, forty and one years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:24 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:25 @ He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Chamath unto the sea of the plain; in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he had spoken by means of his servant Jonah the son of Amitthai, the prophet, who was of Gathchepher.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:26 @ For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; that the guarded was no more, and that the fortified was no more, and there was no helper for Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:27 @ And the Lord had not spoken that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; but he helped them by means of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, how he warred, and how he brought back Damascus and Chamath, to Judah, to Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:14:29 @ And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:1 @ In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam the king of Israel became Azaryah, the son of Amazyah king of Judah, king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:2 @ Sixteen years old was he when he became king, and two and fifty years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mothers name was Yecholyahu of Jerusalem.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:3 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that Amazyahu his father had done;

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:4 @ Nevertheless the highplaces were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the highplaces.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:5 @ And the Lord afflicted the king with leprosy, and he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in the leperhouse. And Jotham the kings son was over the house, judged the people of the land.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:6 @ And the rest of the acts of Azaryahu, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:7 @ And Azaryah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:8 @ In the thirty and eighth year of Azaryahu the king of Judah became Zechariah the son of Jeroboam king over Israel in Samaria six months.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:9 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:10 @ And Shallum the son of Yabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and put him to death, and became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:11 @ And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:12 @ This was the word of the Lord which he spoke unto Jehu, saying, Sons of the fourth generation shall sit after thee on the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:13 @ Shallum the son of Yabesh became king in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziyah the king of Judah; and he reigned for the space of one month in Samaria.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:14 @ Then went up Menachem the son of Gadi from Thirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Yabesh in Samaria, and put him to death, and became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:15 @ 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.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:16 @ At that time did Menachem smite Thiphsach, and all that was therein, and its territory from Thirzah; because they opened not to him, he smote it; and all the pregnant women therein he ripped up.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:17 @ In the nine and thirtieth year of Azaryah the king of Judah became Menachem the son of Gadi king over Israel, ten years, in Samaria.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:18 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, all his days.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:19 @ came Pul the king of Assyria against the land: and Menachem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:20 @ And Menachem exacted the money from all Israel, from all the mighty men of the army, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver from every man; and the king of Assyria then returned and stayed not there in the land.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:21 @ And the rest of the acts of Menachem, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:22 @ And Menachem slept with his fathers; and Pekachyah his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:23 @ In the fiftieth year of Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekachyah the son of Menachem king over Israel in Samaria, two years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:24 @ And he did what is evil m the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:25 @ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu, an officer of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the kings house, with the aid of Argob and the Aryeh, and with him were fifty men of the children of the Giladites: and he put him to death, and became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:26 @ And the rest of the acts of Pekachyah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:27 @ In the fiftysecond year of Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekach the son of Remalyahu king over Israel in Samaria, twenty years.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:28 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:29 @ In the days of Pekach the king of Israel came Tiglathpilesser the king of Assyria, and took Iyon, and Abelbeth, maachah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chazor, and Gilad, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and led them away as exiles to Assyria.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:30 @ And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and put him to death, and became king in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziyah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:31 @ And the rest of the acts of Pekach, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:32 @ In the second year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel became Jotham, the son of Uzziyah the king of Judah, king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:33 @ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mothers name was Yerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:34 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord: in accordance with all that Uzziyahu his father had done, did he.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:35 @ Nevertheless, the highplaces were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the highplaces. He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:36 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:37 @ In those days began the Lord to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:15:38 @ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:1 @ In the seventeenth year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu, became Achaz, the son of Jotham the king of Judah, king.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:2 @ Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:3 @ But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even his son he caused to pass through the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:4 @ And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the highplaces, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:5 @ Then came up Rezin the king of Syria and Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Achaz, but were not able to make an attack.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:6 @ At that time did Rezin the king of Syria bring Elath back to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Edomeans came to Elath and dwelt there, even until this day.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:7 @ And Achaz then sent messengers to Tiglathpilesser the king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son am I: come up, and help me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:8 @ And Achaz took the silver and the gold that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the kings house, and sent to the king of Assyria as a bribe.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:9 @ And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and captured it, and led it away captive to Kir, and Rezin did he put to death.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:10 @ And King Achaz went to meet Tiglathpilesser the king of Assyria to Damascus, and he saw the altar that was at Damascus: and king Achaz then sent to Uriyah the priest the form of the altar, and its pattern, after all its workmanship.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:11 @ And Uriyah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyah the priest make it against the arrival of king Achaz from Damascus.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:12 @ And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar and offered thereon.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:13 @ And he burnt his burntoffering and his meatoffering, and poured out his drinkoffering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:14 @ And as respecteth the copper altar which was before the Lord, he moved it back from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the side of the altar to the north.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:15 @ And king Achaz commanded Uriyah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burntoffering, and the evening meatoffering, and the kings burntoffering, and his meatoffering, with the burntoffering of all the people of the land, and their meatoffering, and their drinkofferings; and all the blood of the burntoffering, and all the blood of the sacrifices shalt thou sprinkle on it; and the copper altar shall be for me to visit occasionally.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:16 @ And Uriyah the priest did in accordance with all that king Achaz had commanded.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:17 @ And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and the sea he took down from off the copper oxen that were under it, and placed it upon a pavement of stones.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:18 @ And the covered passage for the sabbath that they had built on the house, and the outer kings entrance, turned he from the house of the Lord, on account of the king of Assyria.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:19 @ Now the rest of the acts of Achaz which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:16:20 @ And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.

sf_leeser_rev1@2Kings:17:1 @ In the twelfth year of Achaz the king of Judah became Hoshea the son of Elah king in Samaria over Israel, nine years.

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