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,,the ,,fourth ,,book ,,of ,,kings    #d
 ,kings ,chapter #a    ,ochozias sendeth
 to consult ,beelzebub3 ,elias          
foretelleth his death3 and  causeth fire
 to come down from heaven1 upon two     
captains and their  companies4          

#a3a4 ,and ,moab rebelled against       
,israel1 after the death of ,achab4     
#a3b4 ,and ,ochozias fell through the   
lattices of his upper chamber1 which  he
 had in ,samaria1 and was sick3 and he  
sent messengers1 saying to them3  ,go1  
consult ,beelzebub1 the god of ,accaron1
 whether ,i shall recover of  this my   
illness4    #a3c4 ,and an angel of the  
,lord spoke to ,elias1 the ,thesbite1   
saying3  ,arise1 and go up to meet the  
messengers of the king of ,samaria1 and 
say  to them3 ,is there not a ,god in   
,israel1 that ye go to consult          
,beelzebub1  the god of ,accaron8       
#a3d4 ,wherefore1 thus saith the ,lord3 
,from the bed1 on which thou art  gone  
up1 thou shalt not come down1 but thou  
shalt surely die4 ,and ,elias  went     
away4    #a3e4 ,and the messengers      
turned back to ,ochozias4 ,and he said  
to them3  ,why are you come back8       
#a3f4 ,but they answered him3 ,a man met
 us1 and said to us3 ,go1 and return  to
 the king1 that sent you1 and you shall 

say to him3 ,thus saith the  ,lord3 ,is 
it because there was no ,god in ,israel1
 that thou sendest to  ,beelzebub1 the  
god of ,accaron8 ,therefore thou shalt  
not come down from  the bed1 on which   
thou art gone up1 but thou shalt surely 
die4    #a3g4 ,and he said to them3     
,what manner of man was he who met you1 
and  spoke these words8    #a3h4 ,but   
they said3 ,a hairy man1 with a girdle  
of leather about his  loins4 ,and he    
said3 ,it is ,elias1 the ,thesbite4     
#a3i4 ,and he sent to him a captain of  
fifty1 and the fifty men that were      
under him4 ,and he went up to him1 and  
as he was sitting on the top of a  hill1
 he said to him3 ,man of ,god1 the king 
hath commanded that thou come  down4    
#a3aj4 ,and ,elias answering1 said to   
the captain of fifty3 ,if ,i be a man   
of ,god1 let fire come down from heaven 
and consume thee1 and thy fifty4  ,and  
there came down fire from heaven and    
consumed him1 and the fifty  that were  
with him4    ,let fire1 etc444 ,elias   

was inspired to call for fire from      
heaven upon  these captains1 who came to
 apprehend him2 not out of a desire to  
gratify any private passion2 but to     
punish the insult offered to  religion1 
to confirm his mission1 and to shew how 
vain are the efforts  of men against    
,god1 and his servants1 whom he willeth 
to protect4    #a3aa4 ,and he again sent
 to him another captain of fifty men1   
and his  fifty with him4 ,and he said to
 him3 ,man of ,god3 ,thus saith the     
king3  ,make haste and come down4       
#a3ab4 ,elias answering1 said3 ,if ,i be
 a man of ,god1 let fire come down  from
 heaven1 and consume thee1 and thy      
fifty4 ,and fire came down from  heaven1
 and consumed him and his fifty4        
#a3ac4 ,again he sent a third captain of
 fifty men1 and the fifty that  were    
with him4 ,and when he was come1 he fell
 upon his knees before  ,elias1 and     
besought him1 and said3 ,man of ,god1   
despise not my life1 and  the lives of  
thy servants that are with me4    #a3ad4

 ,behold fire came down from heaven1 and
 consumed the two first  captains of    
fifty men1 and the fifties that were    
with them3 but now ,i  beseech thee to  
spare my life4    #a3ae4 ,and the angel 
of the ,lord spoke to ,elias1 saying3   
,go down with  him1 fear not4 ,he arose 
therefore1 and went down with him to the
 king1    #a3af4 ,and said to him3 ,thus
 saith the ,lord3 ,because thou hast    
sent  messengers to consult ,beelzebub1 
the god of ,accaron1 as though there    
were not a ,god in ,israel1 of whom thou
 mightest inquire the word2  therefore1 
from the bed on which thou art gone up1 
thou shalt not come  down1 but thou     
shalt surely die4    #a3ag4 ,so he died1
 according to the word of the ,lord1    
which ,elias spoke2  and ,joram1 his    
brother1 reigned in his stead1 in the   
second year of  ,joram1 the son of      
,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 because he had
 no son4    ,the second year of ,joram1 
etc444 ,counted from the time that he   
was  associated to the throne by his    

father ,josaphat4    #a3ah4 ,but the    
rest of the acts of ,ochozias1 which he 
did1 are they not  written in the book  
of the words of the days of the kings of
 ,israel8    #d ,kings ,chapter #b      
,eliseus will not part from ,elias4 ,the
 water of the ,jordan is divided by     
,elias' cloak4 ,elias is taken up in a  
fiery chariot1 and his double  spirit is
 given to ,eliseus4 ,eliseus healeth the
 waters by casting in  salt4 ,boys are  
torn by bears for mocking ,eliseus4     
#b3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when the    
,lord would take up ,elias1 into        
heaven1 by a whirlwind1 that ,elias and 
,eliseus were going from ,galgal4       
,heaven444 ,by heaven here is meant the 
air1 the lowest of the heavenly         
regions4    #b3b4 ,and ,elias said to   
,eliseus3 ,stay thou here1 because the  
,lord hath  sent me as far as ,bethel4  
,and ,eliseus said to him3 ,as the ,lord
 liveth1  and as thy soul liveth1 ,i    
will not leave thee4 ,and when they were
 come  down to ,bethel1    #b3c4 ,the   

sons of the prophets1 that were at      
,bethel1 came forth to  ,eliseus1 and   
said to him3 ,dost thou know that1 this 
day1 the ,lord will  take away thy      
master from thee8 ,and he answered3 ,i  
also know it3 hold  your peace4    ,the 
sons of the prophets444 ,that is1 the   
disciples of the prophets2 who  seem to 
have had their schools1 like colleges or
 communities1 in ,bethel1  ,jericho1 and
 other places in the days of ,elias and 
,eliseus4    #b3d4 ,and ,elias said to  
,eliseus3 ,stay here1 because the ,lord 
hath sent me  to ,jericho4 ,and he said3
 ,as the ,lord liveth1 and as thy soul  
liveth1 ,i  will not leave thee4  ,and  
when they were come to ,jericho1        
#b3e4 ,the sons of the prophets1 that   
were at ,jericho1 came to ,eliseus1  and
 said to him3 ,dost thou know that1 this
 day1 the ,lord will take away  thy     
master from thee8 ,and he said3 ,i also 
know it3 hold your peace4    #b3f4 ,and 
,elias said to him3 ,stay here1 because 
the ,lord hath sent me as  far as the   

,jordan4 ,and he said3 as the ,lord     
liveth1 and as thy soul  liveth1 ,i will
 not leave thee4 ,and they two went on  
together4    #b3g4 ,and fifty men1 of   
the sons of the prophets1 followed them1
 and  stood in sight1 at a distance3 but
 they two stood by the ,jordan4    #b3h4
 ,and ,elias took his mantle1 and folded
 it together1 and struck the  waters1   
and they were divided hither and        
thither1 and they both passed  over on  
dry ground4    #b3i4 ,and when they were
 gone over1 ,elias said to ,eliseus3    
,ask what thou  wilt have me to do for  
thee1 before ,i be taken away from thee4
 ,and  ,eliseus said3 ,i beseech thee1  
that in me may be thy double spirit4    
,double spirit444 ,a double portion of  
thy spirit1 as the eldest son and  heir3
 or thy spirit which is double in       
comparison of that which ,god  usually  
imparteth to his prophets4    #b3aj4    
,and he answered3 ,thou hast asked a    
hard thing2 nevertheless1 if  thou see  
me when ,i am taken from thee1 thou     

shalt have what thou hast  asked3 but if
 thou see me not1 thou shalt not have   
it4    #b3aa4 ,and as they went on1     
walking and talking together1 behold1 a 
fiery  chariot and fiery horses parted  
them both asunder3 and ,elias went up by
  a whirlwind into heaven4    #b3ab4    
,and ,eliseus saw him1 and cried3 ,my   
father1 my father1 the chariot  of      
,israel1 and the driver thereof4  ,and  
he saw him no more3 and he took  hold of
 his own garments1 and rent them in two 
pieces4    #b3ac4 ,and he took up the   
mantle of ,elias1 that fell from him3   
and going  back1 he stood on the bank of
 the ,jordan2    #b3ad4 ,and he struck  
the waters with the mantle of ,elias1   
that had fallen  from him1 and they were
 not divided4  ,and he said3 ,where is  
now the ,god  of ,elias8 ,and he struck 
the waters1 and they were divided hither
 and  thither1 and ,eliseus passed over4
    #b3ae4 ,and the sons of the         
prophets1 at ,jericho1 who were over    
against  him1 seeing it1 said3 ,the     

spirit of ,elias hath rested upon       
,eliseus4 ,and  coming to meet him1 they
 worshipped him1 falling to the ground4 
,they worshipped him444 viz41 with an   
inferior1 yet religious veneration1  not
 for any temporal1 but spiritual        
excellency4    #b3af4 ,and they said to 
him3 ,behold1 there are with thy        
servants1 fifty  strong men1 that can   
go1 and seek thy master1 lest1 perhaps1 
the spirit  of the ,lord1 hath taken him
 up and cast him upon some monntain1 or 
into  some valley4 ,and he said3 ,do not
 send4    #b3ag4 ,but they pressed him1 
till he consented1 and said3 ,send4 ,and
 they  sent fifty men3 and they sought  
three days1 but found him not4    #b3ah4
 ,and they came back to him3 for he     
abode at ,jericho1 and he said to  them3
 ,did ,i not say to you8  ,do not send4 
#b3l#i4 ,and the men of the city1 said  
to ,eliseus3 ,behold the situation of   
this city is very good1 as thou1 my     
lord1 seest3 but the waters are very    
bad1 and the ground barren4    #b3bj4   

,and he said3 ,bring me a new vessel1   
and put salt into it4 ,and when  they   
had brought it1    #b3ba4 ,he went out  
to the spring of the waters1 and cast   
the salt into  it1 and said3 ,thus saith
 the ,lord3 ,i have healed these waters1
 and there  shall be no more in them    
death or barrenness4    #b3bb4 ,and the 
waters were healed unto this day1       
according to the word of  ,eliseus1     
which he spoke4    #b3bc4 ,and he went  
up from thence to ,bethel3 and as he was
 going up by  the way1 little boys came 
out of the city and mocked him1 saying3 
,go up1  thou bald head1 go up1 thou    
bald head4    #b3bd4 ,and looking back1 
he saw them1 and cursed them in the name
 of the  ,lord3 and there came forth two
 bears out of the forest1 and tore of   
them1 two and forty boys4    ,cursed    
them444 ,this curse1 which was followed 
by so visible a judgment  of ,god1 was  
not the effect of passion1 or of a      
desire of revenging  himself2 but of    
zeal for religion1 which was insulted by

 these boys1 in  the person of the      
prophet2 and of a divine inspiration3   
,god punishing in  this manner the      
inhabitants of ,bethel1 7the chief seat 
of the calf  worship17 who had trained  
up their children in a prejudice against
 the  true religion and its ministers4  
#b3be4 ,and from thence he went to mount
 ,carmel1 and from thence he  returned  
to ,samaria4    #d ,kings ,chapter #c   
,the kings of ,israel1 ,juda1 and ,edom1
 fight against the king of ,moab4  ,they
 want water1 which ,eliseus procureth   
without rain3 and prophesieth  victory4 
,the king of ,moab is overthrown1 his   
city is besieged3 he  sacrificeth his   
firstborn son3 so the ,israelites raise 
the siege4    #c3a4 ,and ,joram the son 
of ,achab1 reigned over ,israel1 in     
,samaria1 in the  eighteenth year of    
,josaphat1 king of ,juda4 ,and he       
reigned twelve years4    #c3b4 ,and he  
did evil before the ,lord1 but not like 
his father and his  mother3 for he took 
away the statues of ,baal1 which his    

father had made4    #c3c4 ,nevertheless1
 he stuck to the sins of ,jeroboam1 the 
son of ,nabat1  who made ,israel to sin1
 nor did he depart from them4    #c3d4  
,now ,mesa1 king of ,moab1 nourished    
many sheep1 and he paid to the  king of 
,israel a hundred thousand lambs1 and a 
hundred thousand rams1  with their      
fleeces4    #c3e4 ,and when ,achab was  
dead1 he broke the league which he had  
made with  the king of ,israel4    #c3f4
 ,and king ,joram went out that day from
 ,samaria1 and mustered all  ,israel4   
#c3g4 ,and he sent to ,josaphat2 king of
 ,juda1 saying3 ,the king of ,moab is   
revolted from me3 come with me against  
him to battle4 ,and he answered3 ,i     
will come up3 he that is mine1 is thine3
 my people are thy people3 and  my      
horses1 thy horses4    #c3h4 ,and he    
said3 ,which way shall we go up8 ,but he
 answered3 ,by the  desert of ,edom4    
#c3i4 ,so the king of ,israel1 and the  
king of ,juda1 and the king of ,edom1   
went1 and they fetched a compass of     

seven days journey1 and there was no    
water for the army1 and for the beasts1 
that followed them4    #c3aj4 ,and the  
king of ,israel said3 ,alas1 alas1 alas1
 the ,lord hath  gathered us three kings
 together1 to deliver us into the hands 
of ,moab4    #c3aa4 ,and ,josaphat said3
 ,is there not here a prophet of the    
,lord1 that  we may beseech the ,lord by
 him8  ,and one of the servants of the  
king of  ,israel answered3 ,here is     
,eliseus1 the son of ,saphat1 who poured
 water on  the hands of ,elias4         
#c3ab4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,the word of
 the ,lord is with him4 ,and the king   
of ,israel1 and ,josaphat1 king of      
,juda1 and the king of ,edom1 went down 
to him4    #c3ac4 ,and ,eliseus said to 
the king of ,israel3 ,what have ,i to do
 with  thee8 go to the prophets of thy  
father1 and thy mother4 ,and the king of
  ,israel said to him3 ,why hath the    
,lord gathered together these three     
kings1 to deliver them into the hands of
 ,moab8    #c3ad4 ,and ,eliseus said to 

him3 ,as the ,lord of hosts liveth1 in  
whose  sight ,i stand1 if ,i did not    
reverence the face of ,josaphat1 king of
  ,juda1 ,i would not have hearkened to 
thee1 nor looked on thee4    #c3ae4 ,but
 now bring me hither a minstrel4 ,and   
when the minstrel played1  the hand of  
the ,lord came upon him1 and he said3   
#c3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,make the 
channel of this torrent full of         
ditches4    #c3ag4 ,for thus saith the  
,lord3 ,you shall not see wind1 nor     
rain3 and yet  this channel shall be    
filled with waters1 and you shall drink1
 you and  your families1 and your       
beasts4    #c3ah4 ,and this is a small  
thing in the sight of the ,lord3        
moreover1 he  will deliver1 also1 ,moab 
into your hands4    #c3ai4 ,and you     
shall destroy every fenced city1 and    
every choice city1  and shall cut down  
every fruitful tree1 and shall stop up  
all the  springs of waters1 and every   
goodly field you shall cover with       
stones4    #c3bj4 ,and it came to pass1 

in the morning1 when the sacrifices used
 to  be offered1 that behold1 water came
 by the way of ,edom1 and the country   
was filled with water4    #c3ba4 ,and   
all the ,moabites hearing that the kings
 were come up to fight  against them1   
gathered together all that were girded  
with a belt upon  them1 and stood in the
 borders4    #c3bb4 ,and they rose early
 in the morning1 and the sun being now  
up1 and  shining upon the waters1 the   
,moabites saw the waters over against   
them  red1 like blood1    #c3bc4 ,and   
they said3 ,it is the blood of the      
sword3 the kings have fought  among     
themselves1 and they have killed one    
another3 go now1 ,moab1 to the  spoils4 
#c3bd4 ,and they went into the camp of  
,israel3 but ,israel rising up1         
defeated ,moab1 who fled before them4   
,and they being conquerors1 went and    
smote ,moab4    #c3be4 ,and they        
destroyed the cities3 ,and they filled  
every goodly field1  every man casting  
his stone3 and they stopt up all the    

springs of  waters3 and cut down all the
 trees that bore fruit1 so that brick   
walls  only remained3 and the city was  
beset by the slingers1 and a great part 
thereof destroyed4    ,brick walls only 
remained444 ,it was the proper name of  
the capital city  of the ,moabites4 ,in 
,hebrew1 ,kir-,haraseth4    #c3bf4 ,and 
when the king of ,moab saw this1 to wit1
 that the enemies had  prevailed1 he    
took with him seven hundred men that    
drew the sword1 to  break in upon the   
king of ,edom3 but they could not4      
#c3bg4 ,then he took his eldest son1    
that should have reigned in his  stead1 
and offered him for a burnt offering    
upon the wall3 and there was  great     
indignation in ,israel1 and presently   
they departed from him1 and  returned   
into their own country4    #d ,kings    
,chapter #d    ,miracles of ,eliseus4   
,he raiseth a dead child to life4       
#d3a4 ,now a certain woman of the wives 
of the prophets1 cried to ,eliseus1     
saying3 ,thy servant1 my husband1 is    

dead1 and thou knowest that thy  servant
 was one that feared ,god1 and behold   
the creditor is come to take  away my   
two sons to serve him4    #d3b4 ,and    
,eliseus said to her3 ,what wilt thou   
have me do for thee8 ,tell  me1 what    
hast thou in thy house8  ,and she       
answered3 ,i1 thy handmaid1  have       
nothing in my house but a little oil1 to
 anoint me4    #d3c4 ,and he said to    
her3 ,go1 borrow of all thy neighbours  
empty vessels1  not a few4    #d3d4 ,and
 go in1 and shut thy door1 when thou art
 within1 and thy sons3  and pour out    
thereof into all those vessels3 and when
 they are full1  take them away4        
#d3e4 ,so the woman went1 and shut the  
door upon her1 and upon her sons3  they 
brought her the vessels1 and she poured 
in4    #d3f4 ,and when the vessels were 
full1 she said to her son3 ,bring me yet
 a  vessel4 ,and he answered3 ,i have no
 more4 ,and the oil stood4    #d3g4 ,and
 she came1 and told the man of ,god4    
,and he said3 ,go1 sell the  oil1 and   

pay thy creditor3 and thou and thy sons 
live of the rest4    #d3h4 ,and there   
was a day when ,eliseus passed by       
,sunam3 now there was a  great woman    
there1 who detained him to eat bread3   
and as he passed often  that way1 he    
turned into her house to eat bread4     
#d3i4 ,and she said to her husband3 ,i  
perceive that this is a holy man of     
,god1 who often passeth by us4    #d3aj4
 ,let us1 therefore1 make him a little  
chamber1 and put a little bed  in it for
 him1 and a table1 and a stool1 and a   
candlestick1 that when he  cometh to us 
he may abide there4    #d3aa4 ,now1     
there was a certain day1 when he came1  
and turned into the  chamber1 and rested
 there4    #d3ab4 ,and he said to       
,giezi1 his servant3 ,call this         
,sunamitess4  ,and when  he had called  
her1 and she stood before him1    #d3ac4
 ,he said to his servant3 ,say to her3  
,behold1 thou hast diligently  served us
 in all things2 what wilt thou have me  
to do for thee8 ,hast  thou any         

business1 and wilt thou1 that ,i speak  
to the king1 or to the  general of the  
army8 ,and she answered3 ,i dwell in the
 midst of my own  people4    #d3ad4 ,and
 he said3 ,what will she then that ,i do
 for her8 ,and ,giezi said3  ,do not    
ask1 for she hath no son1 and her       
husband is old4    #d3ae4 ,then he bid  
him call her4 ,and when she was called1 
and stood  before the door1    #d3af4   
,he said to her3 ,at this time1 and this
 same hour1 if life be in  company1 thou
 shalt have a son in thy womb4 ,but she 
answered3 ,do not1 ,i  beseech thee1 my 
lord1 thou man of ,god1 do not lie to   
thy handmaid4    #d3ag4 ,and the woman  
conceived1 and brought forth a son in   
the time1 and  at the same hour that    
,eliseus had said4    #d3ah4 ,and the   
child grew4 ,and on a certain day1 when 
he went out to his  father to the       
reapers1    #d3ai4 ,he said to his      
father3 ,my head acheth1 my head acheth4
 ,but he said  to his servant4 ,take    
him1 and carry him to his mother4       

#d3bj4 ,and when he had taken him1 and  
brought him to his mother1 she sat  him 
on her knees1 until noon1 and then he   
died4    #d3ba4 ,and she went up1 and   
laid him upon the bed of the man of     
,god1 and  shut the door3 and going out1
    #d3bb4 ,she called her husband1 and 
said3 ,send with me1 ,i beseech thee1   
one of thy servants1 and an ass1 that ,i
 may run to the man of ,god1 and  come  
again4    #d3bc4 ,and he said to her3   
,why dost thou go to him8  to day is    
neither  new moon nor sabbath4 ,she     
answered3 ,i will go4    #d3bd4 ,and she
 saddled an ass1 and commanded her      
servant3 ,drive1 and make  haste1 make  
no stay in going3 ,and do that which ,i 
bid thee4    #d3be4 ,so she went        
forward1 and came to the man of ,god1 to
 mount ,carmel3  and when the man of    
,god saw her coming towards1 he said to 
,giezi1 his  servant3 ,behold that      
,sunamitess4    #d3bf4 ,go1 therefore1  
to meet her1 and say to her3 ,is all    
well with thee1  and with thy husband1  

and with thy son8 ,and she answered3    
,well4    #d3bg4 ,and when she came to  
the man of ,god1 to the mount1 she      
caught hold  on his feet3 and ,giezi    
came to remove her4 ,and the man of ,god
 said3 ,let  her alone for her soul is  
in anguish1 and the ,lord hath hid it   
from me1  and hath not told me4         
#d3bh4 ,and she said to him3 ,did ,i ask
 a son of my lord8  did ,i not say to   
thee3 ,do not deceive me8    #d3bi4     
,then he said to ,giezi3 ,gird up thy   
loins1 and take my staff in thy  hand1  
and go4 ,if any man meet thee1 salute   
him not3 and if any man  salute thee1   
answer him not3 and lay my staff upon   
the face of the  child4    ,salute him  
not444 ,he that is sent to raise to life
 the sinner  spiritually dead1 must not 
suffer himself to be called off1 or     
diverted  from his enterprise1 by the   
salutations or ceremonies of the world4 
#d3cj4 ,but the mother of the child     
said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 and as thy  
soul liveth1 ,i will not leave thee4 ,he

 arose1 therefore1 and followed  her4   
#d3ca4 ,but ,giezi was gone before them1
 and laid the staff upon the face  of   
the child1 and there was no voice nor   
sense3 and he returned to meet  him1 and
 told him1 saying3 ,the child is not    
risen4    ,st4 ,augustine considers a   
great mystery in this miracle wrought by
 the  prophet ,eliseus1 thus3 ,by the   
staff sent by his servant is figured the
  rod of ,moses1 or the ,old ,law1 which
 was not sufficient to bring mankind  to
 life then dead in sin4 ,it was         
necessary that ,christ himself should   
come1 and by taking on human nature1    
become flesh of our flesh1 and  restore 
us to life4 ,in this ,eliseus was a     
figure of ,christ1 as it was  necessary 
that he should come himself to bring the
 dead child to life  and restore him to 
his mother1 who is here1 in a mystical  
sense1 a  figure of the ,church4        
#d3cb4 ,eliseus1 therefore1 went into   
the house1 and behold the child lay     
dead on his bed3    #d3cc4 ,and going   

in1 he shut the door upon him1 and upon 
the child1 and  prayed to the ,lord4    
#d3cd4 ,and he went up1 and lay upon the
 child3 and put his mouth upon his      
mouth1 and his eyes upon his eyes1 and  
his hands upon his hands3 and he  bowed 
himself upon him1 and the child's flesh 
grew warm4    #d3ce4 ,then he returned  
and walked in the house1 once to and    
fro3 and he  went up1 and lay upon him3 
and the child gaped seven times1 and    
opened  his eyes4    #d3cf4 ,and he     
called ,giezi1 and said to him3 ,call   
this ,sunamitess4 ,and  she being       
called1 went in to him3 and he said3    
,take up thy son4    #d3cg4 ,she came   
and fell at his feet1 and worshipped    
upon the ground3 and  took up her son1  
and went out4    #d3ch4 ,and ,eliseus   
returned to ,galgal1 and there was a    
famine in the  land1 and the sons of the
 prophets dwelt before him3 ,and he said
 to one  of his servants3 ,set on the   
great pot1 and boil pottage for the sons
 of  the prophets4    #d3ci4 ,and one   

went out into the field to gather wild  
herbs3 and he found  something like a   
wild vine1 and gathered of it wild      
gourds of the field1  and filled his    
mantle1 and coming back1 he shred them  
into the pot of  pottage2 for he knew   
not what it was4    ,wild gourds of the 
field444 ,colocynthidas4 ,they are      
extremely bitter1  and therefore are    
called the gall of the earth2 and are   
poisonous if  taken in a great quantity4
    #d3dj4 ,and they poured it out for  
their companions to eat3 and when they  
had tasted of the pottage1 they cried   
out1 saying3 ,death is in the pot1  ,o  
man of ,god4  ,and they could not eat   
thereof4    #d3da4 ,but he said3 ,bring 
some meal4 ,and when they had brought   
it1 he  cast it into the pot1 and said3 
,pour out for the people1 that they may 
eat4 ,and there was now no bitterness in
 the pot4    #d3db4 ,and a certain man  
came from ,baalsalisa1 bringing to the  
man of  ,god1 bread of the firstfruits1 
twenty loaves of barley1 and new corn in

  his scrip4 ,and he said3 ,give to the 
people1 that they may eat4    #d3dc4    
,and his servant answered him3 ,how much
 is this1 that ,i should set  it before 
a hundred men8 ,he said again3 ,give to 
the people1 that they  may eat3 for thus
 saith the ,lord3 ,they shall eat1 and  
there shall be  left4    #d3dd4 ,so he  
set it before them3 and they ate1 and   
there was left1  according to the word  
of the ,lord4    #d ,kings ,chapter #e  
,naaman the ,syrian is cleansed of his  
leprosy4 ,he professeth his belief  in  
one ,god1 promising to serve him4 ,giezi
 taketh gifts of ,naaman1 and is  struck
 with leprosy4    #e3a4 ,naaman1 general
 of the army1 of the king of ,syria1 was
 a great man  with his master1 and      
honourable3 for by him the ,lord gave   
deliverance to  ,syria3 and he was a    
valiant man1 and rich1 but a leper4     
#e3b4 ,now there had gone out robbers   
from ,syria1 and had led away captive   
out of the land of ,israel1 a little    
maid1 and she waited upon ,naaman's     

wife4    #e3c4 ,and she said to her     
mistress3 ,i wish my master had been    
with the  prophet that is in ,samaria3  
he would certainly have healed him of   
the  leprosy which he hath4    #e3d4    
,then ,naaman went in to his lord1 and  
told him1 saying3 ,thus and  thus said  
the girl from the land of ,israel4      
#e3e4 ,and the king of ,syria said to   
him3 ,go2 and ,i will send a letter to  
the king of ,israel4 ,and he departed1  
and took with him ten talents of        
silver1 and six thousand pieces of gold1
 and ten changes of raiment2    #e3f4   
,and brought the letter to the king of  
,israel1 in these words3 ,when  thou    
shalt receive this letter1 know that ,i 
have sent to thee ,naaman1 my  servant1 
that thou mayst heal him of his leprosy4
    #e3g4 ,and when the king of ,israel 
had read the letter1 he rent his        
garments1 and said3 ,am ,i ,god1 to be  
able to kill and give life1 that  this  
man hath sent to me to heal a man of his
 leprosy8 mark1 and see how  he seeketh 

occasions against me4    #e3h4 ,and when
 ,eliseus1 the man of ,god1 had heard   
this1 to wit1 that the  king of ,israel 
had rent his garments1 he sent to him1  
saying3 ,why hast  thou rent thy        
garments8  let him come to me1 and let  
him know that there  is a prophet in    
,israel4    #e3i4 ,so ,naaman came with 
his horses and chariots1 and stood at   
the door  of the house of ,eliseus3     
#e3aj4 ,and ,eliseus sent a messenger to
 him1 saying3 ,go1 and wash seven  times
 in the ,jordan1 and thy flesh shall    
recover health1 and thou shalt  be      
clean4    #e3aa4 ,naaman was angry1 and 
went away1 saying3 ,i thought he would  
have  come out to me1 and standing1     
would have invoked the name of the ,lord
  his ,god1 and touched with his hand   
the place of the leprosy1 and healed    
me4    #e3ab4 ,are not the ,abana1 and  
the ,pharphar1 rivers of ,damascus1     
better  than all the waters of ,israel1 
that ,i may wash in them1 and be made   
clean8 ,so as he turned1 and was going  

away with indignation1    #e3ac4 ,his   
servants came to him1 and said to him3  
,father1 if the prophet  had bid thee do
 some great thing1 surely thou shouldst 
have done it3 how  much rather what he  
now hath said to thee3 ,wash1 and thou  
shalt be  clean8    #e3ad4 ,then he went
 down1 and washed in the ,jordan seven  
times1 according  to the word of the man
 of ,god2 and his flesh was restored1   
like the  flesh of a little child3 and  
he was made clean4    #e3ae4 ,and       
returning to the man of ,god1 with all  
his train1 he came1 and  stood before   
him1 and said3 ,in truth1 ,i know there 
is no other ,god1 in  all the earth1 but
 only in ,israel3 ,i beseech thee1      
therefore1 take a  blessing of thy      
servant4    ,a blessing444 a present4   
#e3af4 ,but he answered3 ,as the ,lord  
liveth1 before whom ,i stand1 ,i will   
receive none4 ,and when he pressed him1 
he still refused4    #e3ag4 ,and ,naaman
 said3 ,as thou wilt3 but ,i beseech    
thee1 grant to me1  thy servant1 to take

 from hence two mules' burden of earth3 
for thy  servant will not henceforth    
offer holocaust1 or victim1 to other    
gods1  but to the ,lord4    #e3ah4 ,but 
there is only this1 for which thou shalt
 entreat the ,lord for  thy servant2    
when my master goeth into the temple of 
,remmon1 to worship  there1 and he      
leaneth on my hand3 if ,i bow down in   
the temple of ,remmon1  when he boweth  
down in the same place1 that the ,lord  
pardon me1 thy  servant1 for this thing4
    #e3ai4 ,and he said to him3 ,go in  
peace4 ,so he departed from him1 in the 
spring time of the earth4    ,go in     
peace444 ,what the prophet here allowed1
 was not an outward  conformity to an   
idolatrous worship2 but only a service  
which by his  office he owed to his     
master3 who on all public occasions     
leaned on him3  so that his bowing down 
when his master bowed himself down was  
not in  effect adoring the idols3 nor   
was it so understood by the standers by1
  since he publicly professed himself a 

worshipper of the only true and  living 
,god1 but it was no more than doing a   
civil office to the king his  master1   
whose leaning upon him obliged him to   
bow at the same time that  he bowed4    
#e3bj4 ,but ,giezi1 the servant of the  
man of ,god1 said3 ,my master hath      
spared ,naaman this ,syrian1 in not     
receiving of him that which he  brought3
 as the ,lord liveth1 ,i will run after 
him1 and take something of  him4        
#e3ba4 ,and ,giezi followed after       
,naaman3 and when he saw him running    
after  him1 he leapt down from his      
chariot to meet him1 and said3 ,is all  
well8    #e3bb4 ,and he said3 ,well3 my 
master hath sent me to thee1 saying3    
,just  now there are come to me from    
mount ,ephraim1 two young men of the    
sons  of the prophets3 give them a      
talent of silver1 and two changes of    
garments4    #e3bc4 ,and ,naaman said3  
,it is better that thou take two        
talents4 ,and he  forced him1 and bound 
two talents of silver in two bags1 and  

two changes  of garments1 and laid them 
upon two of his servants1 and they      
carried  them before him4    #e3bd4 ,and
 when he was come1 and now it was the   
evening1 he took them  from their hands1
 and laid them up in the house1 and sent
 the men away1  and they departed4      
#e3be4 ,but he went in1 and stood before
 his master4 ,and ,eliseus said3        
,whence comest thou1 ,giezi8 ,he        
answered3 ,thy servant went no whither4 
#e3bf4 ,but he said3 ,was not my heart  
present1 when the man turned back1  from
 his chariot1 to meet thee8  ,so now    
thou hast received money1 and  received 
garments1 to buy oliveyards and         
vineyards1 and sheep1 and oxen1  and    
men-servants1 and maid-servants4        
#e3bg4 ,but the leprosy of ,naaman1     
shall also stick to thee1 and to thy    
seed for ever4 ,and he went out from him
 a leper1 as white as snow4    #d ,kings
 ,chapter #f    ,eliseus maketh iron to 
swim upon the water3 he leadeth the     
,syrians that  were sent to apprehend   

him into ,samaria1 where there eyes     
being opened1  they are courteously     
entertained4 ,the ,syrians besiege      
,samaria3 the  famine there causeth a   
woman to eat her own child4 ,upon this  
the king  commandeth ,eliseus to be put 
to death4    #f3a4 ,and the sons of the 
prophets said to ,eliseus3 ,behold1 the 
place  where we dwell with thee is too  
strait for us4    #f3b4 ,let us go as   
far as the ,jordan1 and take out of the 
wood every man  a piece of timber1 that 
we may build us there a place to dwell  
in4 ,and  he said3 ,go4    #f3c4 ,and   
one of them said3 ,but come thou also   
with thy servants4 ,he  answered3 ,i    
will come4    #f3d4 ,so he went with    
them4 ,and when they were come to the   
,jordan1 they  cut down wood4    #f3e4  
,and it happened1 as one was felling    
some timber1 that the head of  the ax   
fell into the water3 and he cried out1  
and said3 ,alas1 alas1  alas1 my lord1  
for this same was borrowed4    #f3f4    
,and the man of ,god said3 ,where did it

 fall8 and he shewed him the  place3    
,then he cut off a piece of wood1 and   
cast it in thither3 and the  iron swam4 
#f3g4 ,and he said3 ,take it up4 ,and he
 put out his hand1 and took it4    #f3h4
 ,and the king of ,syria warred against 
,israel1 and took counsel with  his     
servants1 saying3 ,in such and such a   
place1 let us lay an ambush4    #f3i4   
,and the man of ,god sent to the king of
 ,israel1 saying3 ,beware that  thou    
pass not to such a place3 for the       
,syrians are there in ambush4    #f3aj4 
,and the king of ,israel1 sent to the   
place which the man of ,god had  told   
him1 and prevented him1 and looked well 
to himself there not once  nor twice4   
#f3aa4 ,and the heart of the king of    
,syria1 was troubled for this thing4    
,and calling together his servants1 he  
said3 ,why do you not tell me who  it is
 that betrays me to the king of ,israel8
    #f3ab4 ,and one of his servants     
said3 ,no one1 my lord1 ,o king3 but    
,eliseus1 the prophet1 that is in       

,israel1 telleth the king of ,israel all
  the words1 that thou speakest in thy  
privy chamber4    #f3ac4 ,and he said to
 them3 ,go1 and see where he is3 that ,i
 may send and  take him4 ,and they told 
him3 saying3 ,behold he is in ,dothan4  
#f3ad4 ,therefore1 he sent thither      
horses1 and chariots1 and the strength  
of an army3 and they came by night1 and 
beset the city4    #f3ae4 ,and the      
servant of the man of ,god1 rising early
 went out1 and saw  an army round about 
the city1 and horses and chariots3 and  
he told him1  saying3 ,alas1 alas1 alas1
 my lord1 what shall we do8    #f3af4   
,but he answered3 ,fear not3 for there  
are more with us than with  them4       
#f3ag4 ,and ,eliseus prayed1 and said3  
,lord1 open his eyes1 that he may  see4 
,and the ,lord opened the eyes of the   
servant1 and he saw3 and  behold1 the   
mountain was full of horses1 and        
chariots of fire round  about ,eliseus4 
#f3ah4 ,and the enemies came down to    
him3 but ,eliseus prayed to the ,lord1  

saying3 ,strike1 ,i beseech thee1 this  
people with blindness3 and the ,lord    
struck them with blindness1 according to
 the word of ,eliseus4    ,blindness444 
,the blindness here spoken of was of a  
particular kind1  which hindered them   
from seeing the objects that were really
 before  them2 and represented other    
different objects to their imagination3 
so  that they no longer perceived the   
city of ,dothan1 nor were able to know  
the person of ,eliseus2 but were easily 
led by him1 whom they took to be        
another man1 to ,samaria4 ,so that he   
truly told them1 this is not the  way1  
neither is this the city1 etc41 because 
he spoke with relation to  the way and  
to the city1 which was represented to   
them4    #f3ai4 ,and ,eliseus said to   
them3 ,this is not the way1 neither is  
this the  city3 follow me1 and ,i will  
shew you the man whom you seek4 ,so he  
led  them into ,samaria4    #f3bj4 ,and 
when they were come into ,samaria1      
,eliseus said3 ,lord1 open the  eyes of 

these men1 that they may see4 ,and the  
,lord opened their eyes1  and they saw  
themselves to be in the midst of        
,samaria4    #f3ba4 ,and the king of    
,israel said to ,eliseus1 when he saw   
them3 ,my  father1 shall ,i kill them8  
#f3bb4 ,and he said3 ,thou shalt not    
kill them3 for thou didst not take  them
 with thy sword1 or thy bow1 that thou  
mayst kill them3 but set  bread and     
water before them1 that they may eat and
 drink1 and go to  their master4        
#f3bc4 ,and a great provision of meats  
was set before them1 and they ate  and  
drank2 and he let them go3 and they went
 away to their master3 and  the robbers 
of ,syria came no more into the land of 
,israel4    #f3bd4 ,and it came to pass1
 after these things1 that ,benadad1 king
 of  ,syria1 gathered together all his  
army1 and went up and besieged ,samaria4
    #f3be4 ,and there was a great famine
 in ,samaria3 and so long did the siege 
continue1 till the head of an ass was   
sold for fourscore pieces of  silver1   

and the fourth part of a cabe of        
pigeons' dung1 for five pieces  of      
silver4    #f3bf4 ,and as the king of   
,israel was passing by the wall1 a      
certain woman  cried out to him1 saying3
 ,save me1 my lord1 ,o king4    #f3bg4  
,and he said3 ,if the ,lord doth not    
save thee1 how can ,i save thee8  out of
 the barnfloor1 or out of the winepress8
 ,and the king said to her3  ,what      
aileth thee8 ,and she answered3         
#f3bh4 ,this woman said to me3 ,give thy
 son1 that we may eat him today1  and we
 will eat my son tomorrow4    #f3bi4 ,so
 we boiled my son1 and ate him4 ,and ,i 
said to her on the next  day3 ,give thy 
son1 that we may eat him4 ,and she hath 
hid her son4    #f3cj4 ,when the king   
heard this1 he rent his garments1 and   
passed by upon  the wall4 ,and all the  
people saw the haircloth which he wore  
within next  to his flesh4    #f3ca4    
,and the king said3 ,may ,god do so and 
so to me1 and may he add  more1 if the  
head of ,eliseus1 the son of ,saphat1   

shall stand on him this  day4    #f3cb4 
,but ,eliseus sat in his house1 and the 
ancients sat with him4 ,so he  sent a   
man before3 and before that messenger   
came1 he said to the  ancients3 ,do you 
know that this son of a murderer hath   
sent to cut off  my head8 ,look then    
when the messenger shall come1 shut the 
door1 and  suffer him not to come in3   
for behold the sound of his master's    
feet is  behind him4    #f3cc4 ,while he
 was yet speaking to them1 the messenger
 appeared1 who was  coming to him4 ,and 
he said3 ,behold1 so great an evil is   
from the ,lord3  what shall ,i look for 
more from the ,lord8    #d ,kings       
,chapter #g    ,eliseus prophesieth a   
great plenty1 which presently ensueth   
upon the  sudden flight of the ,syrians2
 of which four lepers bring the news to 
the  city4 ,the incredulous nobleman is 
trod to death4    #g3a4 ,and ,eliseus   
said3 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord3   
,thus saith the  ,lord3 ,tomorrow1 about
 this time1 a bushel of fine flour shall

 be sold  for a stater1 and two bushels 
of barley for a stater1 in the gate of  
,samaria4    ,a stater444 ,it is the    
same as a sicle or shekel4    #g3b4     
,then one of the lords1 upon whose hand 
the king leaned1 answering  the man of  
,god1 said3 ,if the ,lord should make   
flood-gates in heaven1 can  that        
possibly be which thou sayest8 ,and he  
said3 ,thou shalt see it with  thy eyes1
 but shalt not eat thereof4    #g3c4    
,now there were four lepers1 at the     
entering in of the gate3 and  they said 
one to another3 ,what mean we to stay   
here till we die8    #g3d4 ,if we will  
enter into the city1 we shall die with  
the famine3 and  if we will remain here1
 we must also die3 come therefore1 and  
let us run  over to the camp of the     
,syrians4 ,if they spare us1 we shall   
live3 but if  they kill us1 we shall but
 die4    #g3e4 ,so they arose in the    
evening1 to go to the ,syrian camp4 ,and
 when  they were come to the first part 
of the camp of the ,syrians1 they found 

no man there4    #g3f4 ,for the ,lord   
had made them hear1 in the camp of      
,syria1 the noise of  chariots1 and of  
horses1 and of a very great army3 and   
they said one to  another3 ,behold1 the 
king of ,israel hath hired against us   
the kings of  the ,hethites1 and of the 
,egyptians2 and they are come upon us4  
#g3g4 ,wherefore they arose1 and fled   
away in the dark1 and left their  tents1
 and their horses and asses in the camp1
 and fled1 desiring to  save their      
lives4    #g3h4 ,so when these lepers   
were come to the beginning of the camp1 
they  went into one tent1 and ate and   
drank3 and they took from thence silver1
  and gold1 and raiment1 and went1 and  
hid it3 and they came again1 and  went  
into another tent1 and carried from     
thence in like manner1 and hid  it4     
#g3i4 ,then they said one to another3   
,we do not well3 for this is a day of   
good tidings4 ,if we hold our peace1 and
 do not tell it till the morning1  we   
shall be charged with a crime3 come1 let

 us go1 and tell it in the  king's      
court4    #g3aj4 ,so they came to the   
gate of the city1 and told them1 saying3
 ,we  went to the camp of the ,syrians1 
and we found no man there1 but horses1  
and asses tied1 and the tents standing4 
#g3aa4 ,then the guards of the gate     
went1 and told it within in the king's  
palace4    #g3ab4 ,and he arose in the  
night1 and said to his servants3 ,i tell
 you  what the ,syrians have done to us3
 ,they know that we suffer great famine1
  and therefore they are gone out of the
 camp1 and lie hid in the fields1       
saying3 ,when they come out of the city1
 we shall take them alive1 and  then we 
may get into the city4    #g3ac4 ,and   
one of his servants answered3 ,let us   
take the five horses that  are remaining
 in the city 7because there are no more 
in the whole  multitude of ,israel1 for 
the rest are consumed71 and let us send 
and  see4    #g3ad4 ,they brought       
therefore two horses1 and the king sent 
into the camp  of the ,syrians1 saying3 

,go1 and see4    #g3ae4 ,and they went  
after them1 as far as the ,jordan3 and  
behold1 all  the way was full of        
garments1 and vessels1 which the        
,syrians had cast  away1 in their       
fright1 and the messengers returned1 and
 told the king4    #g3af4 ,and the      
people going out1 pillaged the camp of  
the ,syrians3 and a  bushel of fine     
flour was sold for a stater1 and two    
bushels of barley  for a stater1        
according to the word of the ,lord4     
#g3ag4 ,and the king appointed that lord
 on whose hand he leaned1 to stand  at  
the gate3 and the people trod upon him  
in the entrance of the gate2  and he    
died1 as the man of ,god had said1 when 
the king came down to him4    #g3ah4    
,and it came to pass1 according to the  
word of the man of ,god1  which he spoke
 to the king1 when he said3 ,two bushels
 of barley shall be  for a stater1 and a
 bushel of fine flour for a stater1 at  
this very time  tomorrow1 in the gate of
 ,samaria4    #g3ai4 ,when that lord    

answered the man of ,god1 and said3     
,although the  ,lord should make        
flood-gates in heaven1 could this come  
to pass which  thou sayest8 ,and he said
 to him3 ,thou shalt see it with thy    
eyes1 and  shalt not eat thereof4       
#g3bj4 ,and so it fell out to him1 as it
 was foretold1 and the people trod  upon
 him in the gate1 and he died4    #d    
,kings ,chapter #h    ,after seven      
years' famine foretold by ,eliseus1 the 
,sunamitess returning  home1 recovereth 
her lands1 and revenues4 ,eliseus       
foresheweth the death  of ,benadad1 king
 of ,syria1 and the reign of ,hazael4   
,joram's wicked reign  in ,juda4 ,he    
dieth1 and his son ,ochozias succeedeth4
    #h3a4 ,and ,eliseus spoke to the    
woman1 whose son he had restored to     
life1  saying3 ,arise1 and go thou1 and 
thy household1 and sojourn wheresoever  
thou canst find3 for the ,lord hath     
called a famine1 and it shall come  upon
 the land seven years4    #h3b4 ,and she
 arose1 and did according to the word of

 the man of ,god3 and  going with her   
household1 she sojourned in the land of 
the ,philistines  many days4    #h3c4   
,and when the seven years were ended1   
the woman returned out of the  land of  
the ,philistines1 and she went forth to 
speak to the king for her  house and for
 her lands4    #h3d4 ,and the king      
talked with ,giezi1 the servant of the  
man of ,god1  saying3 ,tell me all the  
great things that ,eliseus hath done4   
#h3e4 ,and when he was telling the king 
how he had raised one dead to  life1 the
 woman appeared1 whose son he had       
restored to life1 crying to  the king   
for her house1 and her lands4 ,and      
,giezi said3 ,my lord1 ,o king1  this is
 the woman1 and this is her son1 whom   
,eliseus raised to life4    #h3f4 ,and  
the king asked the woman3 and she told  
him4 ,and the king  appointed her an    
eunuch1 saying3 ,restore her all that is
 hers1 and all  the revenues of the     
lands1 from the day that she left the   
land to this  present4    #h3g4 ,eliseus

 also came to ,damascus1 and ,benadad1  
king of ,syria was sick2  and they told 
him1 saying3 ,the man of ,god is come   
hither4    #h3h4 ,and the king said to  
,hazael3 ,take with thee presents1 and  
go to  meet the man of ,god1 and consult
 the ,lord by him1 saying3 ,can ,i      
recover  of this my illness8    #h3i4   
,and ,hazael went to meet him1 taking   
with him presents1 and all the  good    
things of ,damascus1 the burdens of     
forty camels4 ,and when he stood  before
 him1 he said3 ,thy son1 ,benadad1 the  
king of ,syria1 hath sent me  to thee1  
saying3 ,can ,i recover of this my      
illness8    #h3aj4 ,and ,eliseus said to
 him3 ,go tell him3 ,thou shalt recover3
 but the  ,lord hath shewed me that he  
shall surely die4    ,tell him3 thou    
shalt recover444 ,by these words the    
prophet signified  that the king's      
disease was not mortal3 and that he     
would recover if no  violence were used4
 ,or he might only express himself in   
this manner1 by  way of giving ,hazael  

to understand that he knew both what he 
would say  and do2 that he would indeed 
tell the king he should recover2 but    
would  be himself the instrument of his 
death4    #h3aa4 ,and he stood with him1
 and was troubled so far as to blush3   
and  the man of ,god wept4    #h3ab4    
,and ,hazael said to him3 ,why doth my  
lord weep8 ,and he said3  ,because ,i   
know the evil that thou wilt do to the  
children of ,israel4  ,their strong     
cities thou wilt burn with fire1 and    
their young men thou  wilt kill with the
 sword1 and thou wilt dash their        
children1 and rip up  their pregnant    
women4    #h3ac4 ,and ,hazael said3 ,but
 what am ,i1 thy servant1 a dog1 that ,i
 should  do this great thing8 ,and      
,eliseus said3 ,the ,lord hath shewed me
 that thou  shalt be king of ,syria4    
#h3ad4 ,and when he was departed from   
,eliseus he came to his master1 who     
said to him3 ,what said ,eliseus to     
thee8 ,and he answered3 ,he told me3    
,thou shalt recover4    #h3ae4 ,and on  

the next day1 he took a blanket1 and    
poured water on it1  and spread it upon 
his face3 and he died1 and ,hazael      
reigned in his  stead4    #h3af4 ,in the
 fifth year of ,joram1 son of ,achab1   
king of ,israel1 and of  ,josaphat1 king
 of ,juda1 reigned ,joram1 son of       
,josaphat1 king of ,juda4    ,and of    
,josaphat1 etc444 ,that is1 ,josaphat   
being yet alive1 who sometime  before   
his death made his son ,joram king1 as  
,david had done before by  his own son  
,solomon4    #h3ag4 ,he was two and     
thirty years old when he began to reign1
 and he  reigned eight years in         
,jerusalem4    #h3ah4 ,and he walked in 
the ways of the kings of ,israel1 as the
 house of  ,achab had walked3 for the   
daughter of ,achab was his wife3 and he 
did  that which was evil in the sight of
 the ,lord4    #h3ai4 ,but the ,lord    
would not destroy ,juda1 for ,david his 
servant's sake1  as he had promised him1
 to give him a light1 and to his        
children always4    #h3bj4 ,in his days 

,edom revolted from being under ,juda1  
and made  themselves a king4    #h3ba4  
,and ,joram came to ,seira1 and all the 
chariots with him3 and he  arose in the 
night1 and defeated the ,edomites that  
had surrounded him1  and the captains of
 the chariots1 but the people fled into 
their tents4    #h4bb4 ,so ,edom        
revolted from being under ,juda1 unto   
this day4 ,then ,lobna  also revolted at
 the same time4    #h3bc4 ,but the rest 
of the acts of ,joram1 and all that he  
did1 are they  not written in the book  
of the words of the days of the kings of
 ,juda8    #h3bd4 ,and ,joram slept with
 his fathers1 and was buried with them  
in the  city of ,david1 and ,ochozias1  
his son1 reigned in his stead4    #h3be4
 ,in the twelfth year of ,joram1 the son
 of ,achab1 king of ,israel1  reigned   
,ochozias1 son of ,joram1 king of ,juda4
    #h3bf4 ,ochozias was two and twenty 
years old when he began to reign1 and   
he reigned one year in ,jerusalem3 the  
name of his mother was ,athalia the     

daughter of ,amri king of ,israel4      
,daughter444 ,that is1 grand-daughter2  
for she was daughter of ,achab son  of  
,amri1 ver4 #ah4    #h3bg4 ,and he      
walked in the ways of the house of      
,achab3 and he did evil  before the     
,lord1 as did the house of ,achab3 for  
he was the son in law of  the house of  
,achab4    #h3bh4 ,he went also with    
,joram1 son of ,achab1 to fight against 
,hazael1  king of ,syria1 in ,ramoth    
,galaad1 and the ,syrians wounded       
,joram3    #h3bi4 ,and he went back to  
be healed1 in ,jezrahel3 because the    
,syrians  had wounded him in ,ramoth1   
when he fought against ,hazael1 king of 
,syria  ,and ,ochozias1 the son of      
,joram1 king of ,juda1 went down to     
visit ,joram1  the son of ,achab1 in    
,jezrahel1 because he was sick there4   
#d ,kings ,chapter #i    ,jehu is       
anointed king of ,israel1 to destroy the
 house of ,achab and  ,jezebel4 ,he     
killeth ,joram king of ,israel1 and     
,ochozias king of ,juda4  ,jezebel is   

eaten by dogs4    #i3a4 ,and ,eliseus   
the prophet1 called one of the sons of  
the prophets1  and said to him3 ,gird up
 thy loins1 and take this little bottle 
of oil  in thy hand1 and go to ,ramoth  
,galaad4    #i3b4 ,and when thou art    
come thither1 thou shalt see ,jehu the  
son of  ,josaphat the son of ,namsi3 and
 going in1 thou shalt make him rise up  
from amongst his brethren1 and carry him
 into an inner chamber4    #i3c4 ,then  
taking the little bottle of oil1 thou   
shalt pour it on his  head1 and shalt   
say3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i have     
anointed thee king over  ,israel4 ,and  
thou shalt open the door and flee1 and  
shalt not stay there4    #i3d4 ,so the  
young man1 the servant of the prophet1  
went away to ,ramoth  ,galaad1    #i3e4 
,and went in thither3 and behold1 the   
captains of the army were  sitting1 and 
he said3 ,i have a word to thee1 ,o     
prince4 ,and ,jehu said3  ,unto whom of 
us all8  ,and he said3 ,to thee1 ,o     
prince4    #i3f4 ,and he arose1 and went

 into the chamber3 and he poured the oil
 upon  his head1 and said3 ,thus saith  
the ,lord ,god of ,israel3 ,i have      
anointed  thee king over ,israel1 the   
people of the ,lord4    #i3g4 ,and thou 
shalt cut off the house of ,achab1 thy  
master1 and ,i will  revenge the blood  
of my servants1 the prophets1 and the   
blood of all the  servants of the ,lord1
 at the hand of ,jezabel4    #i3h4 ,and 
,i will destroy all the house of ,achab1
 and ,i will cut off from  ,achab1 him  
that pisseth against the wall1 and him  
that is shut up1 and  the meanest in    
,israel4    #i3i4 ,and ,i will make the 
house of ,achab1 like the house of      
,jeroboam1 the  son of ,nabat1 and like 
the house of ,baasa1 the son of ,ahias4 
#i3aj4 ,and the dogs shall eat ,jezabel1
 in the field of ,jezrahel1 and  there  
shall be no one to bury her4 ,and he    
opened the door and fled4    #i3aa4     
,then ,jehu went forth to the servants  
of his ,lord3 and they said to  him3    
,are all things well8 why came this     

madman to thee8 ,and he said to  them3  
,you know the man1 and what he said4    
#i3ab4 ,but they answered3 ,it is false2
 but rather do thou tell us4 ,and he    
said to them3 ,thus and thus did he     
speak to me3 and he said3 ,thus saith   
the ,lord3 ,i have anointed thee king   
over ,israel4    #i3ac4 ,then they made 
haste1 and taking every man his garment1
 laid it  under his feet1 after the     
manner of a judgment seat1 and they     
sounded  the trumpet1 and said3 ,jehu is
 king4    #i3ad4 ,so ,jehu1 the son of  
,josaphat1 the son of ,namsi1 conspired 
against  ,joram4 ,now ,joram had        
besieged ,ramoth ,galaad1 he1 and all   
,israel1  fighting with ,hazael1 king of
 ,syria3    #i3ae4 ,and was returned to 
be healed in ,jezrahel of his wounds2   
for the  ,syrians had wounded him1 when 
he fought with ,hazael1 king of ,syria4 
,and  ,jehu said3 ,if it please you1 let
 no man go forth or flee out of the     
city1 lest he go1 and tell in ,jezrahel4
    #i3af4 ,and he got up1 and went into

 ,jezrahel for ,joram was sick there1   
and ,ochozias king of ,juda1 was come   
down to visit ,joram4    #i3ag4 ,the    
watchman therefore1 that stood upon the 
tower of ,jezrahel1 saw  the troop of   
,jehu coming1 and said3 ,i see a troop4 
,and ,joram said3 ,take  a chariot1 and 
send to meet them1 and let him that     
goeth say3 ,is all  well8    #i3ah4 ,so 
there went one in a chariot to meet him1
 and said3 ,thus saith  the king3 ,are  
all things peaceable8  ,and ,jehu said3 
,what hast thou to do  with peace8 go   
behind and follow me4 ,and the watchman 
told1 saying3 ,the  messenger came to   
them1 but he returneth not4    #i3ai4   
,and he sent a second chariot of horses3
 and he came to them1 and  said3 ,thus  
saith the king3 ,is there peace8 ,and   
,jehu said3 ,what hast thou  to do with 
peace8 pass1 and follow me4    #i3bj4   
,and the watchman told1 saying3 ,he came
 even to them1 but returneth  not3 and  
the driving is like the driving of      
,jehu1 the son of ,namsi2 for  he drives

 furiously4    #i3ba4 ,and ,joram said3 
,make ready the chariot4 ,and they made 
ready his  chariot3 and ,joram1 king of 
,israel1 and ,ochozias1 king of ,juda1  
went  out1 each in his chariot1 and they
 went out to meet ,jehu1 and met him in 
the field of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite4 
#i3bb4 ,and when ,joram saw ,jehu1 he   
said3 ,is there peace1 ,jehu8 ,and he   
answered3 ,what peace8 so long as the   
fornications of ,jezabel1 thy  mother1  
and her many sorceries1 are in their    
vigour4    #i3bc4 ,and ,joram turned his
 hand1 and fleeing1 said to ,ochozias3  
,there is  treachery1 ,ochozias4        
#i3bd4 ,but ,jehu bent his bow with his 
hand1 and shot ,joram between the       
shoulders3 and the arrow went out       
through his heart1 and immediately he   
fell in his chariot4    #i3be4 ,and     
,jehu said to ,badacer1 his captain3    
,take him1 and cast him into  the field 
of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite3 for ,i    
remember1 when ,i and thou1  sitting in 
a chariot1 followed ,achab1 this man's  

father1 that the ,lord  laid this burden
 upon him1 saying3    #i3bf4 ,if ,i do  
not requite thee in this field1 saith   
the ,lord1 for the  blood of ,naboth1   
and for the blood of his children1 which
 ,i saw  yesterday1 saith the ,lord4 ,so
 now take him1 and cast him into the    
field1  according to the word of the    
,lord4    #i3bg4 ,but ,ochozias1 king of
 ,juda1 seeing this1 fled by the way of 
the  garden house3 and ,jehu pursued    
him1 and said3 ,strike him also in his  
chariot4 ,and they struck him in the    
going up to ,gaver1 which is by         
,jeblaam3 and he fled into ,mageddo1 and
 died there4    #i3bh4 ,and his servants
 laid him upon his chariot1 and carried 
him to  ,jerusalem3 and they buried him 
in his sepulchre with his fathers1 in   
the  city of ,david4    #i3bi4 ,in the  
eleventh year of ,joram1 the son of     
,achab1 ,ochozias reigned  over ,juda2  
#i3cj4 ,and ,jehu came into ,jezrahel4  
,but ,jezabel1 hearing of his coming    
in1 painted her face with stibic stone1 

and adorned her head1 and looked  out of
 a window4    #i3ca4 ,at ,jehu coming in
 at the gate1 and said3 ,can there be   
peace for  ,zambri1 that hath killed his
 master8    #i3cb4 ,and ,jehu lifted up 
his face to the window1 and said3 ,who  
is this8  ,and two or three eunuchs     
bowed down to him4    #i3cc4 ,and he    
said to them3 ,throw her down headlong2 
,and they threw her  down1 and the wall 
was sprinkled with her blood1 and the   
hoofs of the  horses trod upon her4     
#i3cd4 ,and when he was come in to eat1 
and to drink1 he said3 ,go1 and see     
after that cursed woman1 and bury her2  
because she is a king's daughter4       
#i3ce4 ,and when they went to bury her1 
they found nothing but the skull1  and  
the feet1 and the extremities of her    
hands4    #i3cf4 ,and coming back they  
told him4 ,and ,jehu said3 ,it is the   
word of  the ,lord1 which he spoke by   
his servant ,elias1 the ,thesbite1      
saying3 ,in  the field of ,jezrahel the 
dogs shall eat the flesh of ,jezabel4   

#i3cg4 ,and the flesh of ,jezabel shall 
be as dung upon the face of the  earth  
in the field of ,jezrahel2 so that they 
who pass by shall say3 ,is  this that   
same ,jezabel8    #d ,kings ,chapter #aj
    ,jehu destroyeth the house of       
,achab3 abolisheth the worship of ,baal1
 and  killeth the worshippers3 but      
sticketh to the calves of ,jeroboam4    
,israel  is afflicted by the ,syrians4  
#aj3a4 ,and ,achab had seventy sons in  
,samaria3 so ,jehu wrote letters1 and   
sent to ,samaria1 to the chief men of   
the city1 and to the ancients1 and  to  
them that brought up ,achab's children1 
saying3    #aj3b4 ,as soon as you       
receive these letters1 ye that have your
 master's  sons1 and chariots1 and      
horses1 and fenced cities1 and armour1  
#aj3c4 ,choose the best1 and him that   
shall please you most of your  master's 
sons1 and set him on his father's       
throne1 and fight for the  house of your
 master4    #aj3d4 ,but they were       
exceedingly afraid1 and said3 ,behold   

two kings could  not stand before him1  
and how shall we be able to resist8     
#aj3e4 ,therefore they that were over   
the king's house1 and the rulers of  the
 city1 and the ancients1 and the        
bringers up of the children1 sent to    
,jehu1 saying3 ,we are thy servants3    
whatsoever thou shalt command us we     
will do2 we will not make us any king3  
do thou all that pleaseth thee4         
#aj3f4 ,and he wrote letters the second 
time to them1 saying3 ,if you be  mine1 
and will obey me1 take the heads of the 
sons of your master1 and  come to me to 
,jezrahel by tomorrow at this time4 ,now
 the king's sons1  being seventy men1   
were brought up with the chief men of   
the city4    #aj3g4 ,and when the       
letters came to them1 they took the     
king's sons1 and  slew seventy persons1 
and put their heads in baskets1 and sent
 them to  him to ,jezrahel4    #aj3h4   
,and a messenger came1 and told him1    
saying3 ,they have brought the  heads of
 the king's sons4 ,and he said3 ,lay ye 

them in two heaps by the  entering in of
 the gate until the morning4    #aj3i4  
,and when it was light1 he went out1 and
 standing1 said to all the  people3 ,you
 are just3 if ,i conspired against my   
master1 and slew him2  who hath slain   
all these8    #aj3aj4 ,see therefore now
 that there hath not fallen to the      
ground any of  the words of the ,lord1  
which the ,lord spoke concerning the    
house of  ,achab1 and the ,lord hath    
done that which he spoke in the hand of 
his  servant ,elias4    #aj3aa4 ,so     
,jehu slew all that were left of the    
honse of ,achab in  ,jezrahel1 and all  
his chief men1 and his friends1 and his 
priests1 till  there were no remains    
left of him4    #aj3ab4 ,and he arose1  
and went to ,samaria3 and when he was   
come to the  shepherds' cabin in the    
way1    #aj3ac4 ,he met with the        
brethren of ,ochozias1 king of ,juda1   
and he said  to them3 ,who are you8 ,and
 they answered3 ,we are the brethren of 
,ochozias1 and are come down to salute  

the sons of the king1 and the sons  of  
the queen4    #aj3ad4 ,and he said3     
,take them alive4 ,and they took them   
alive1 and  killed them at the pit by   
the cabin1 two and forty men1 and he    
left not  any of them4    #aj3ae4 ,and  
when he was departed thence1 he found   
,jonadab1 the son of  ,rechab1 coming to
 meet him1 and he blessed him4 ,and he  
said to him3 ,is  thy heart right as my 
heart is with thy heart8 ,and ,jonadab  
said3 ,it is4  ,if it be1 said he1 give 
me thy hand4 ,he gave him his hand4 ,and
 he lifted  him up to him into the      
chariot1    #aj3af4 ,and said to him3   
,come with me1 and see my zeal for the  
,lord4 ,so  he made him ride in his     
chariot1    #aj3ag4 ,and brought him    
into ,samaria4 ,and he slew all that    
were left of  ,achab1 in ,samaria1 to a 
man1 according to the word of the ,lord 
which he  spoke by ,elias4    #aj3ah4   
,and ,jehu gathered together all the    
people1 and said to them3  ,achab       
worshipped ,baal a little1 but ,i will  

worship him more4    ,i will worship him
 more444 ,jehu sinned in thus pretending
 to worship  ,baal1 and causing         
sacrifice to be offered to him3 because 
evil is not to  be done1 that good may  
come of it4 ,rom4 #c4h4    #aj3ai4 ,now 
therefore call to me all the prophets of
 ,baal1 and all his  servants1 and all  
his priests3 let none be wanting1 for ,i
 have a great  sacrifice to offer to    
,baal3 whosoever shall be wanting1 shall
 not live4  ,now ,jehu did this         
craftily1 that he might destroy the     
worshippers of  ,baal4    #aj3bj4 ,and  
he said3 ,proclaim a festival for ,baal4
 ,and he called1    #aj3ba4 ,and he sent
 into all the borders of ,israel2 and   
all the servants  of ,baal came3 there  
was not one left that did not come4 ,and
 they went  into the temple of ,baal3   
and the house of ,baal was filled1 from 
one end  to the other4    #aj3bb4 ,and  
he said to them that were over the      
wardrobe3 ,bring forth  garments for all
 the servants of ,baal4  ,and they      

brought them forth  garments4    #aj3bc4
 ,and ,jehu1 and ,jonadab1 the son of   
,rechab1 went to the temple of  ,baal1  
and said to the worshippers of ,baal3   
,search1 and see that there be  not any 
with you of the servants of the ,lord1  
but that there be the  servants of ,baal
 only4    #aj3bd4 ,and they went in to  
offer sacrifices and burnt offerings3   
but  ,jehu had prepared him fourscore   
men without1 and said to them3 ,if any  
of  the men escape1 whom ,i have brought
 into your hands1 he that letteth him   
go1 shall answer life for life4         
#aj3be4 ,and it came to pass1 when the  
burnt offering was ended1 that ,jehu    
commanded his soldiers and captains1    
saying3 ,go in1 and kill them3 let  none
 escape4 ,and the soldiers and captains 
slew them with the edge of  the sword1  
and cast them out3 and they went into   
the city of the temple  of ,baal1       
#aj3bf4 ,and brought the statue out of  
,baal's temple1 and burnt it1    #aj3bg4
 ,and broke it in pieces4 ,they         

destroyed also the temple of ,baal1  and
 made a jakes in its place unto this    
day4    #aj3bh4 ,so ,jehu destroyed     
,baal out of ,israel3    #aj3bi4 ,but   
yet he departed not from the sins of    
,jeroboam1 the son of  ,nabat1 who made 
,israel to sin1 nor did he forsake the  
golden calves that  were in ,bethel1 and
 ,dan4    #aj3cj4 ,and the ,lord said to
 ,jehu3 because thou hast diligently    
executed  that which was right and      
pleasing in my eyes1 and hast done to   
the house  of ,achab according to all   
that was in my heart3 thy children shall
 sit  upon the throne of ,israel to the 
fourth generation4    #aj3ca4 ,but ,jehu
 took no heed to walk in the law of the 
,lord1 the ,god of  ,israel1 with all   
his heart3 for he departed not from the 
sins of  ,jeroboam1 who had made ,israel
 to sin4    #aj3cb4 ,in those days the  
,lord began to be weary of ,israel3 and 
,hazael  ravaged them in all the coasts 
of ,israel1    #aj3cc4 ,from the ,jordan
 eastward1 all the land of ,galaad1 and 

,gad1 and  ,ruben1 and ,manasses1 from  
,aroer1 which is upon the torrent       
,arnon1 and  ,galaad1 and ,basan4       
#aj3cd4 ,but the rest of the acts of    
,jehu1 and all that he did1 and his     
strength1 are they not written in the   
book of the words of the days of  the   
kings of ,israel8    #aj3ce4 ,and ,jehu 
slept with his fathers1 and they buried 
him in ,samaria3  and ,joachaz1 his son1
 reigned in his stead4    #aj3cf4 ,and  
the time that ,jehu reigned over        
,israel1 in ,samaria1 was eight  and    
twenty years4    #d ,kings #aa          
,athalia's usurpation and tyranny4 ,joas
 is made king4 ,athalia is slain4       
#aa3a4 ,now ,athalia1 the mother of     
,ochozias1 seeing that her son was dead1
  arose and slew all the royal seed4    
#aa3b4 ,but ,josaba the daughter of king
 ,joram1 sister of ,ochozias1 took      
,joas1 the son of ,ochozias1 and stole  
him from among the king's sons that     
were slain1 out of the bedchamber with  
his nurse3 and hid him from the  face of

 ,athalia2 so that he was not slain4    
#aa3c4 ,and he was with her six years1  
hid in the house of the ,lord4 ,and     
,athalia reigned over the land4         
#aa3d4 ,and in the seventh year ,joiada 
sent1 and taking the centurions and     
soldiers1 brought them in to him into   
the temple of the ,lord1 and made a     
covenant with them3 and taking an oath  
of them in the house of the ,lord1      
shewed them the king's son3    #aa3e4   
,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,this is
 the thing that you must do4    #aa3f4  
,let a third part of you go in on the   
sabbath1 and keep the watch  of the     
king's house4 ,and let a third part be  
at the gate of ,sur2 and let  a third   
part be at the gate behind the dwelling 
of the shieldbearers2  and you shall    
keep the watch of the house of ,messa4  
#aa3g4 ,but let two parts of you all    
that go forth on the sabbath1 keep  the 
watch of the house of the ,lord about   
the king4    #aa3h4 ,and you shall      
compass him round about1 having weapons 

in your  hands3 and if any man shall    
enter the precinct of the temple1 let   
him be  slain3 and you shall be with the
 king1 coming in and going out4         
#aa3i4 ,and the centurions did according
 to all things that ,joiada the  priest1
 had commanded them3 and takiug every   
one their men1 that went in  on the     
sabbath1 with them that went out in the 
sabbath1 came to ,joiada1  the priest4  
#aa3aj4 ,and he gave them the spears1   
and the arms of king ,david1 which  were
 in the house of the ,lord4    #aa3aa4  
,and they stood1 having every one their 
weapons in their hands1  from the right 
side of the temple1 unto the left side  
of the altar1 and  of the temple1 about 
the king4    #aa3ab4 ,and he brought    
forth the king's son1 and put the diadem
 upon him1  and the testimony3 and they 
made him king1 and anointed him3 and    
clapping their hands1 they said3 ,god   
save the king4    ,the testimony444 ,the
 book of the law4    #aa3ac4 ,and       
,athalia heard the noise of the people  

running3 and going in  to the people    
into the temple of the ,lord1    #aa3ad4
 ,she saw the king standing upon a      
tribunal1 as the manner was1 and  the   
singers1 and the trumpets near him1 and 
all the people of the land  rejoicing1  
and sounding the trumpets3 and she rent 
her garments1 and  cried3 ,a conspiracy1
 a conspiracy4    ,a tribunal444 ,a     
tribune1 or a place elevated above the  
rest4    #aa3ae4 ,but ,joiada commanded 
the centurions that were over the army1 
and  said to them3 ,have her forth      
without the precinct of the temple1 and 
whosoever shall follow her1 let him be  
slain with the sword4 ,for the  priest  
had said3 ,let her not be slain in the  
temple of the ,lord4    #aa3af4 ,and    
they laid hands on her3 and thrust her  
out by the way by  which the horses go  
in1 by the palace1 and she was slain    
there4    #aa3ag4 ,and ,joiada made a   
covenant between the ,lord1 and the     
king1 and  the people1 that they should 
be the people of the ,lord2 and between 

the  king and the people4    #aa3ah4    
,and all the people of the land went    
into the temple of ,baal1 and  broke    
down his altars1 and his images they    
broke in pieces thoroughly3  they slew  
also ,mathan the priest of ,baal before 
the altar4 ,and the  priest set guards  
in the house of the ,lord4    #aa3ai4   
,and he took the centurions1 and the    
bands of the ,cerethi1 and the          
,phelethi1 and all the people of the    
land1 and they brought the king from    
the house of the ,lord3 and they came by
 the way of the gate of the             
shieldbearers into the palace1 and he   
sat on the throne of the kings4         
#aa3bj4 ,and all the people of the land 
rejoiced1 and the city was quiet3  but  
,athalia was slain with the sword in the
 king's house4    #aa3ba4 ,now ,joas was
 seven years old when he began to reign4
    #d ,kings ,chapter #ab    ,the      
temple is repaired4 ,hazael is bought   
off from attacking ,jerusalem4  ,joas is
 slain4    #ab3a4 ,in the seventh year  

of ,jehu1 ,joas began to reign3 and he  
reigned  forty years in ,jerusalem4 ,the
 name of his mother was ,sebia1 of      
,bersabee4    #ab3b4 ,and ,joas did that
 which was right before the ,lord all   
the days  that ,joiada1 the priest1     
taught him4    #ab3c4 ,but yet he took  
not away the high places3 for the people
 still  sacrificed and burnt incense in 
the high places4    #ab3d4 ,and ,joas   
said to the priests3 all the money of   
the sanctified  things1 which is brought
 into the temple of the ,lord by those  
that pass1  which is offered for the    
price of a soul1 and which of their own 
accord1  and of their own free heart1   
they bring into the temple of the ,lord3
    ,sanctified444 ,that is1 dedicated  
to ,god's service4-,ibid4 ,the price of 
a  soul444 ,that is1 the ordinary       
oblation1 which every soul was to offer 
by  the law4 ,ex4 #cj4    #ab3e4 ,let   
the priests take it according to their  
order and repair the  house1 wheresoever
 they shall see any thing that wanteth  

repairing4    #ab3f4 ,now till the three
 and twentieth year of king ,joas the   
priests did  not make the repairs of the
 temple4    #ab3g4 ,and king ,joas      
called ,joiada1 the high priest1 and the
 priests1  saying to them3 ,why do you  
not repair the temple8 ,take you1       
therefore1  money no more according to  
your order1 but restore it for the      
repairing  of the temple4    #ab3h4 ,and
 the priests were forbidden to take any 
more money of the  people1 and to make  
the repairs of the house4    #ab3i4 ,and
 ,joiada1 the high priest1 took a chest1
 and bored a hole in the  top1 and set  
it by the altar at the right hand of    
them that came into  the house of the   
,lord2 and the priests that kept the    
doors1 put therein  all the money that  
was brought to the temple of the ,lord4 
#ab3aj4 ,and when they saw that there   
was very much money in the chest1  the  
king's scribe1 and the high priest1 came
 up1 and poured it out1 and  counted the
 money that was found in the house of   

the ,lord4    #ab3aa4 ,and they gave it 
out by number and measure into the hands
 of them  that were over the builders of
 the house of the ,lord3 and they laid  
it  out to the carpenters1 and the      
masons1 that wrought in the house of the
  ,lord1    #ab3ab4 ,and made the       
repairs3 and to them that cut stones1   
and to buy  timber1 and stones to be    
hewed1 that the repairs of the house of 
the  ,lord might be completely finished1
 and wheresoever there was need of      
expenses to uphold the house4    #ab3ac4
 ,but there were not made of the same   
money for the temple of the  ,lord1     
bowls1 or fleshhooks1 or censers1 or    
trumpets1 or any vessel of  gold and    
silver1 of the money that was brought   
into the temple of the  ,lord3          
#ab3ad4 ,for it was given to them that  
did the work1 that the temple of  the   
,lord might be repaired4    #ab3ae4 ,and
 they reckoned not with the men that    
received the money to  distribute it to 
the workmen1 but they bestowed it       

faithfully4    #ab3af4 ,but the money   
for trespass1 and the money for sins1   
they brought  not into the temple of the
 ,lord1 because it was for the priests4 
#ab3ag4 ,then ,hazael1 king of ,syria1  
went up1 and fought against ,geth1 and  
took it1 and set his face to go up to   
,jerusalem4    #ab3ah4 ,wherefore ,joas1
 king of ,juda1 took all the sanctified 
things1  which ,josaphat1 and ,joram1   
and ,ochozias1 his fathers1 the kings of
 ,juda1  had dedicated to holy uses1 and
 which he himself had offered3 and all  
the silver that could be found in the   
treasures of the temple of the  ,lord1  
and in the king's palace3 and sent it to
 ,hazael1 king of ,syria1  and he went  
off from ,jerusalem4    #ab3ai4 ,and the
 rest of the acts of ,joas1 and all that
 he did1 are they  not written in the   
book of the words of the days of the    
kings of ,juda8    #ab3bj4 ,and his     
servants arose1 and conspired among     
themselves1 and slew  ,joas1 in the     
house of ,mello1 in the descent of      

,sella4    #ab3ba4 ,for ,josachar the   
son of ,semaath1 and ,jozabad the son of
 ,somer his  servant1 struck him1 and he
 died3 and they buried him with his     
fathers  in the city of ,david2 and     
,amasias1 his son1 reigned in his stead4
    ,the city of ,david444 ,he was      
buried in the same city with his        
fathers1  but not in the sepulchres of  
the kings4 #b ,par4 #ad4    #d ,kings   
,chapter #ac    ,the reign of ,joachaz  
and of ,joas kings of ,israel4 ,the last
 acts and  death of ,eliseus the        
prophet3 a dead man is raised to life by
 the touch  of his bones4    #ac3a4 ,in 
the three and twentieth year of ,joas   
son of ,ochozias1 king of  ,juda1       
,joachaz1 the son of ,jehu1 reigned over
 ,israel1 in ,samaria1  seventeen years4
    #ac3b4 ,and he did evil before the  
,lord1 and followed the sins of         
,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made  
,israel to sin2 and he departed not     
from them4    #ac3c4 ,and the wrath of  
the ,lord was kindled against ,israel1  

and he  delivered them into the hand of 
,hazael1 the king of ,syria1 and into   
the  hand of ,benadad1 the son of       
,hazael1 all days4    #ac3d4 ,but       
,joachaz besought the face of the ,lord1
 and the ,lord heard him3  for he saw   
the distress of ,israel1 because the    
king of ,syria had  oppressed them3     
#ac3e4 ,and the ,lord gave ,israel a    
saviour1 and they were delivered out of 
the hand of the king of ,syria3 and the 
children of ,israel dwelt in their      
pavilions as yesterday and the day      
before4    #ac3f4 ,but yet they departed
 not from the sins of the house of      
,jeroboam1  who made ,israel to sin1 but
 walked in them3 and there still        
remained a  grove also in ,samaria4     
,a grove444 ,dedicated to the worship of
 idols4    #ac3g4 ,and ,joachaz had no  
more left of the people than fifty      
horsemen1  and ten chariots1 and ten    
thousand footmen3 for the king of ,syria
 had  slain them1 and had brought them  
low as dust by threshing in the         

barnfloor4    #ac3h4 ,but the rest of   
the acts of ,joachaz1 and all that he   
did1 and his  valour1 are they not      
written in the book of the words of the 
days of the  kings of ,israel8    #ac3i4
 ,and ,joachaz slept with his fathers1  
and they buried him in  ,samaria3 and   
,joas1 his son1 reigned in his stead4   
#ac3aj4 ,in the seven and thirtieth year
 of ,joas1 king of ,juda1 ,joas the  son
 of ,joachaz reigned over ,israel1 in   
,samaria1 sixteen years4    #ac3aa4 ,and
 he did that which is evil in the sight 
of the ,lord3 he  departed not from all 
the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of       
,nabat1 who made  ,israel to sin2 but he
 walked in them4    #ac3ab4 ,but the    
rest of the acts of ,joas1 and all that 
he did1 and his  valour wherewith he    
fought against ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 
are they not  written in the book of the
 words of the days of the kings of      
,israel8    #ac3ac4 ,and ,joas slept    
with his fathers2 and ,jeroboam sat upon
 his  throne4 ,but ,joas was buried in  

,samaria1 with the kings of ,israel4    
#ac3ad4 ,now ,eliseus was sick of the   
illness whereof he died3 and ,joas1     
king of ,israel1 went down to him1 and  
wept before him1 and said3 ,o my        
father1 my father1 the chariot of       
,israel1 and the guider thereof4        
#ac3ae4 ,and ,eliseus said to him3      
,bring a bow and arrows4 ,and when he   
had  brought him a bow and arrows1      
#ac3af4 ,he said to the king of ,israel3
 ,put thy hand upon the bow4 ,and  when 
he had put his hand1 ,eliseus put his   
hands over the king's hands1    #ac3ag4 
,and said3 ,open the window to the east4
 ,and when he had opened it1  ,eliseus  
said3 ,shoot an arrow4  ,and he shot4   
,and ,eliseus said3 ,the arrow  of the  
,lord's deliverance1 and the arrow of   
the deliverance from ,syria3  and thou  
shalt strike the ,syrians in ,aphec1    
till thou consume them4    #ac3ah4 ,and 
he said3 ,take the arrows4 ,and when he 
had taken them1 he said  to him3 ,strike
 with an arrow upon the ground4 ,and he 

struck three times1  and stood still4   
#ac3ai4 ,and the man of ,god was angry  
with him1 and said3 ,if thou hadst      
smitten five or six or seven times1 thou
 hadst smitten ,syria even to  utter    
destruction3 but now three times shalt  
thou smite it4    ,if thou hadst        
smitten1 etc444 ,by this it appears that
 ,god had revealed  to the prophet that 
the king should overcome the ,syrians as
 many times  as he should then strike on
 the ground2 but as he had not at the   
same  time revealed to him how often the
 king would strike1 the prophet was     
concerned to see that he struck but     
thrice4    #ac3bj4 ,and ,eliseus died1  
and they buried him4 ,and the rovers    
from ,moab  came into the land the same 
year4    #ac3ba4 ,and some that were    
burying a man1 saw the rovers1 and cast 
the  body into the sepulchre of         
,eliseus4  ,and when it had touched the 
bones  of ,eliseus1 the man came to life
 and stood upon his feet4    #ac3bb4    
,now ,hazael1 king of ,syria1 afflicted 

,israel all the days of  ,joachaz4      
#ac3bc4 ,and the ,lord had mercy on     
them1 and returned to them1 because of  
his covenant1 which he had made with    
,abraham1 and ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 and   
he would not destroy them1 nor utterly  
cast them away1 unto this present  time4
    #ac3bd4 ,and ,hazael1 king of       
,syria1 died2 and ,benadad1 his son1    
reigned in  his stead4    #ac3be4 ,now  
,joas the son of ,joachaz1 took the     
cities out of the hand of  ,benadad1 the
 son of ,hazael1 which he had taken out 
of the hand of  ,joachaz1 his father1 by
 war2 three times did ,joas beat him1   
and he  restored the cities to ,israel4 
#d ,kings ,chapter #ad    ,amasias      
reigneth in ,juda3 he overcometh the    
,edomites3 but is overcome by  ,joas    
king of ,israel4 ,jereboam the second   
reigneth in ,israel4    #ad3a4 ,in the  
second year of ,joas son of ,joachaz1   
king of ,israel1 reigned  ,amasias son  
of ,joas1 king of ,juda4    #ad3b4 ,he  
was five and twenty years old when he   

began to reign2 and nine  and twenty    
years he reigned in ,jerusalem2 the name
 of his mother was  ,joadan1 of         
,jerusalem4    #ad3c4 ,and he did that  
which was right before the ,lord1 but   
yet not like  ,david his father4 ,he did
 according to all things that ,joas his 
father1  did3    #ad3d4 ,but this only1 
that he took not away the high places2  
for yet the  people sacrificed1 and     
burnt incense in the high places3       
#ad3e4 ,and when he had possession of   
the kingdom1 he put his servants to     
death that had slain the king1 his      
father4    #ad3f4 ,but the children of  
the murderers he did not put to death1  
according to that which is written in   
the book of the law of ,moses1  wherein 
the ,lord commanded1 saying3 ,the       
fathers shall not be put to  death for  
the children1 neither shall the children
 be put to death for  the fathers3 but  
every man shall die for his own sin4    
#ad3g4 ,he slew of ,edom in the valley  
of the ,saltpits1 ten thousand men1  and

 took the rock by war1 and called the   
name thereof ,jectehel1 unto  this day4 
#ad3h4 ,then ,amasias sent messengers to
 ,joas1 son of ,joachaz1 son of ,jehu1  
king of ,israel1 saying3 ,come1 let us  
see one another4    ,let us see one     
another444 ,this was a challenge to     
fight4    #ad3i4 ,and ,joas1 king of    
,israel1 sent again to ,amasias1 king of
 ,juda1  saying3 ,a thistle of ,libanus 
sent to a cedar tree1 which is in       
,libanus1  saying3 ,give thy daughter to
 my son to wife4 ,and the beasts of the 
forest1 that are in ,libanus1 passed1   
and trod down the thistle4    #ad3aj4   
,thou hast beaten and prevailed over    
,edom1 and thy heart hath  lifted thee  
up2 be content with this glory1 and sit 
at home2 why  provokest thou evil1 that 
thou shouldst fall1 and ,juda with thee8
    #ad3aa4 ,but ,amasias did not rest  
satisfied4 ,so ,joas1 king of ,israel1  
went  up2 and he and ,amasias1 king of  
,juda1 saw one another in ,bethsames1 a 
town in ,juda4    #ad3ab4 ,and ,juda was

 put to the worse before ,israel1 and   
they fled every  man to their dwellings4
    #ad3ac4 ,but ,joas1 king of ,israel1
 took ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 the son  
of  ,joas1 the son of ,ochozias1 in     
,bethsames1 and brought him into        
,jerusalem2  and he broke down the wall 
of ,jerusalem1 from the gate of ,ephraim
 to the  gate of the corner1 four       
hundred cubits4    #ad3ad4 ,and he took 
all the gold and silver1 and all the    
vessels that  were found in the house of
 the ,lord1 and in the king's treasures1
 and  hostages1 and returned to         
,samaria4    #ad3ae4 ,but the rest of   
the acts of ,joas1 which he did1 and his
 valour1  wherewith he fought against   
,amasias1 king of ,juda1 are they not   
written  in the book of the words of the
 days of the kings of ,israel8          
#ad3af4 ,and ,joas slept with his       
fathers1 and was buried in ,samaria1    
with  the kings of ,israel3 and         
,jeroboam1 his son1 reigned in his      
stead4    #ad3ag4 ,and ,amasias1 the son

 of ,joas1 king of ,juda1 lived after   
the death  of ,joas1 son of ,joachaz1   
king of ,israel1 fifteen years4         
#ad3ah4 ,and the rest of the acts of    
,amasias1 are they not written in the   
book of the words of the days of the    
kings of ,juda8    #ad3ai4 ,now they    
made a conspiracy against him in        
,jerusalem3 and he fled  to ,lachis4    
,and they sent after him to ,lachis1 and
 killed him there4    #ad3bj4 ,and they 
brought him away upon horses1 and he was
 buried in  ,jerusalem with his fathers1
 in the city of ,david4    #ad3ba4 ,and 
all the people of ,juda took ,azarias1  
who was sixteen years  old1 and made him
 king instead of his father1 ,amasias4  
#ad3bb4 ,he built ,elath1 and restored  
it to ,juda1 after that the king  slept 
with his fathers4    #ad3bc4 ,in the    
fifteenth year of ,amasias1 son of      
,joas1 king of ,juda1  reigned          
,jeroboam1 the son of ,joas1 king of    
,israel1 in ,samaria1 one and  forty    
years3    #ad3bd4 ,and he did that which

 is evil before the ,lord4  ,he departed
 not  from all the sins of ,jeroboam1   
the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to  
sin4    #ad3be4 ,he restored the borders
 of ,israel from the entrance of ,emath1
  unto the sea of the wilderness1       
according to the word of the ,lord1 the 
,god of ,israel1 which he spoke by his  
servant1 ,jonas1 the son of ,amathi1    
the prophet1 who was of ,geth1 which is 
in ,opher4    ,opher444 ,the tribe of   
,zabulon4    #ad3bf4 ,for the ,lord saw 
the affliction of ,israel1 that it was  
exceedingly bitter1 and that they were  
consumed even to them that were  shut up
 in prison1 and the lowest persons1 and 
that there was no one to  help ,israel4 
#ad3bg4 ,and the ,lord did not say that 
he would blot out the name of  ,israel  
from under heaven2 but he saved them by 
the hand of ,jeroboam1 the  son of      
,joas4    #ad3bh4 ,but the rest of the  
acts of ,jeroboam1 and all that he did1 
and  his valour1 wherewith he fought1   
and how he restored ,damascus and ,emath

  to ,juda1 in ,israel1 are they not    
written in the book of the words of the 
days of the kings of ,israel8    #ad3bi4
 ,and ,jeroboam slept with his fathers1 
the kings of ,israel2 and  ,zacharias1  
his son1 reigned in his stead4    #d    
,kings ,chapter #ae    ,the reign of    
,azarias1 and ,joatham in ,juda3 and of 
,zacharias1 ,sellum1  ,manahem1         
,phaceia1 and ,phacee in ,israel4       
#ae3a4 ,in the seven and twentieth year 
of ,jeroboam1 king of ,israel1  reigned 
,azarias1 son of ,amasias1 king of      
,juda4    ,azarias444 ,otherwise called 
,ozias4    #ae3b4 ,he was sixteen years 
old when he began to reign1 and he      
reigned  two and fifty years in         
,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was  
,jechelia1  of ,jerusalem4    #ae3c4    
,and he did that which was pleasing     
before the ,lord1 according to  all that
 his father1 ,amasias1 had done4        
#ae3d4 ,but the high places he did not  
destroy1 for the people sacrificed1  and
 burnt incense in the high places4      

#ae3e4 ,and the ,lord struck the king1  
so that he was a leper unto the day  of 
his death1 and he dwelt in a free house 
apart3 but ,joatham1 the  king's son1   
governed the palace1 and judged the     
people of the land4    ,a leper444 ,in  
punishment of his usurping the priestly 
function4 #b ,par4  #bf4    #ae3f4 ,and 
the rest of the acts of ,azarias1 and   
all that he did1 are they  not written  
in the book of the words of the days of 
the kings of ,juda8    #ae3g4 ,and      
,azarias slept with his fathers3 and    
they buried him with his  ancestors in  
the city of ,david1 and ,joatham1 his   
son1 reigned in his  stead4    #ae3h4   
,in the eight and thirtieth year of     
,azarias1 king of ,juda1 reigned        
,zacharias1 son of ,jeroboam1 over      
,israel1 in ,samaria1 six months3       
#ae3i4 ,and he did that which is evil   
before the ,lord1 as his fathers had    
done3 he departed not from the sins of  
,jeroboam the son of ,nabat1 who  made  
,israel to sin4    #ae3aj4 ,and ,sellum1

 the son of ,jabes1 conspired against   
him3 and struck  him publicly1 and      
killed him1 and reigned in his place4   
#ae3aa4 ,now the rest of the acts of    
,zacharias1 are they not written in  the
 book of the words of the days of the   
kings of ,israel8    #ae3ab4 ,this was  
the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke to
 ,jehu1 saying3  ,thy children1 to the  
fourth generation1 shall sit upon the   
throne of  ,israel4 ,and so it came to  
pass4    #ae3ac4 ,sellum1 the son of    
,jabes1 began to reign in the nine and  
thirtieth year of ,azarias1 king of     
,juda3 and reigned one month in         
,samaria4    #ae3ad4 ,and ,manahem1 the 
son of ,gadi1 went up from ,thersa1 and 
he came  into ,samaria1 and struck      
,sellum1 the son of ,jabes1 in ,samaria1
 and slew  him1 and reigned in his      
stead4    #ae3ae4 ,and the rest of the  
acts of ,sellum1 and his conspiracy     
which he  made1 are they not written in 
the book of the words of the days of the
  kings of ,israel8    #ae3af4 ,then    

,manahem destroyed ,thapsa and all that 
were in it1 and the  borders thereof    
from ,thersa1 because they would not    
open to him3 and he  slew all the women 
thereof that were with child1 and ripped
 them up4    #ae3ag4 ,in the nine and   
thirtieth year of ,azarias1 king of     
,juda1 reigned  ,manahem1 son of ,gadi1 
over ,israel1 ten years1 in ,samaria4   
#ae3ah4 ,and he did that which was evil 
before the ,lord3 he departed not  from 
the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of       
,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin1 all    
his days4    #ae3ai4 ,and ,phul1 king of
 the ,assyrians1 came into the land1 and
 ,manahem  gave ,phul a thousand talents
 of silver to aid him and to establish  
him  in the kingdom4    #ae3bj4 ,and    
,manahem laid a tax upon ,israel1 on all
 that were mighty and  rich1 to give the
 king of the ,assyrians1 each man fifty 
sicles of  silver3 so the king of the   
,assyrians turned back1 and did not stay
 in  the land4    #ae3ba4 ,and the rest 
of the acts of ,manahem1 and all that he

 did1 are  they not written in the book 
of the words of the days of the kings of
  ,israel8    #ae3bb4 ,and ,manahem     
slept with his fathers3 and ,phaceia1   
his son1 reigned  in his stead4         
#ae3bc4 ,in the fiftieth year of        
,azarias1 king of ,juda1 reigned        
,phaceia1  the son of ,manahem1 over    
,israel1 in ,samaria1 two years4        
#ae3bd4 ,and he did that which was evil 
before the ,lord3 he departed not  from 
the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of       
,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin4        
#ae3be4 ,and ,phacee the son of         
,romelia1 his captain1 conspired against
  him1 and smote him in ,samaria1 in the
 tower of the king's house1 near        
,argob1 and near ,arie1 and with him    
fifty men of the sons of the            
,galaadites1 and he slew him1 and       
reigned in his stead4    #ae3bf4 ,and   
the rest of the acts of ,phaceia1 and   
all that he did1 are  they not written  
in the book of the words of the days of 
the kings of  ,israel8    #ae3bg4 ,in   

the two and fiftieth year of ,azarias1  
king of ,juda1 reigned  ,phacee1 the son
 of ,romelia1 over ,israel1 in ,samaria1
 twenty years4    #ae3bh4 ,and he did   
that which was evil before the ,lord3 he
 departed not  from the sins of         
,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made  
,israel to sin4    #ae3bi4 ,in the days 
of ,phacee1 king of ,israel1 came       
,theglathphalasar1  king of ,assyria1   
and took ,aion1 and ,abel ,domum        
,maacha1 and ,janoe1 and  ,cedes1 and   
,asor1 and ,galaad1 and ,galilee1 and   
all the land of ,nephthali3  and carried
 them captives into ,assyria4    #ae3cj4
 ,now ,osee1 son of ,ela1 conspired1 and
 formed a plot against  ,phacee1 the son
 of ,romelia1 and struck him1 and slew  
him3 and reigned in  his stead in the   
twentieth year of ,joatham1 the son of  
,ozias4    ,in the twentieth year of    
,joatham444 ,that is1 in the twentieth  
year1 from  the beginning of ,joatham's 
reign4 ,the sacred writer chooses rather
 to  follow here this date than to speak

 of the years of ,achaz1 who had not    
yet been mentioned4    #ae3ca4 ,but the 
rest of the acts of ,phacee1 and all    
that he did1 are they  not written in   
the book of the words of the days of the
 kings of ,israel8    #ae3cb4 ,in the   
second year of ,phacee1 the son of      
,romelia king of ,israel1  reigned      
,joatham1 son of ,ozias1 king of ,juda4 
#ae3cc4 ,he was five and twenty years   
old when he began to reign1 and he      
reigned sixteen years in ,jerusalem3 the
 name of his mother was ,jerusa1  the   
daughter of ,sadoc4    #ae3cd4 ,and he  
did that which was right before the     
,lord3 according to all  that his father
 ,ozias had done1 so did he4    #ae3ce4 
,but the high places he took not away3  
the people still  sacrificed1 and burnt 
incense in the high places3 he built the
 highest  gate of the house of the      
,lord4    #ae3cf4 ,but the rest of the  
acts of ,joatham1 and all that he did1  
are  they not written in the book of the
 words of the days of the kings of      

,juda8    #ae3cg4 ,in those days the    
,lord began to send into ,juda1 ,rasin  
king of  ,syria1 and ,phacee the son of 
,romelia4    #ae3ch4 ,and ,joatham slept
 with his fathers1 and was buried with  
them in  the city of ,david1 his father2
 and ,achaz1 his son1 reigned in his    
stead4    #d ,kings ,chapter #af    ,the
 wicked reign of ,achaz3 the kings of   
,syria and ,israel war against  him3 he 
hireth the king of the ,assyrians to    
assist him3 he causeth an  altar to be  
made after the pattern of that of       
,damascus4    #af3a4 ,in the seventeenth
 year of ,phacee1 the son of ,romelia   
reigned  ,achaz1 the son of ,joatham1   
king of ,juda4    #af3b4 ,achaz was     
twenty years old when he began to reign1
 and he reigned  sixteen years in       
,jerusalem3 he did not that which was   
pleasing in the  sight of the ,lord1 his
 ,god1 as ,david1 his father4    #af3c4 
,but he walked in the way of the kings  
of ,israel3 moreover1 he  consecrated   
also his son1 making him pass through   

the fire1 according to  the idols of the
 nations which the ,lord destroyed      
before the children of  ,israel4        
#af3d4 ,he sacrificed also1 and burnt   
incense in the high places1 and on  the 
hills1 and under every green tree4      
#af3e4 ,then ,rasin1 king of ,syria1 and
 ,phacee1 son of ,romelia1 king of      
,israel1 came up to ,jerusalem to fight3
 and they besieged ,achaz1 but were  not
 able to overcome him4    #af3f4 ,at    
that time ,rasin1 king of ,syria1       
restored ,aila to ,syria1 and  drove the
 men of ,juda out of ,aila3 and the     
,edomites came into ,aila1 and  dwelt   
there unto this day4    #af3g4 ,and     
,achaz sent messengers to               
,theglathphalasar1 king of the          
,assyrians1 saying3 ,i am thy servant1  
and thy son3 come up1 and save me  out  
of the hand of the king of ,syria1 and  
out of the hand of the king of  ,israel1
 who are risen up together against me4  
#af3h4 ,and when he had gathered        
together the silver and gold that could 

be found in the house of the ,lord1 and 
in the king's treasures1 he sent  it for
 a present to the king of the           
,assyrians4    #af3i4 ,and he agreed to 
his desire3 for the king of the         
,assyrians went up  against ,damascus1  
and laid it waste3 and he carried away  
the inhabitants  thereof to ,cyrene2 but
 ,rasin he slew4    #af3aj4 ,and king   
,achaz went to ,damascus to meet        
,theglathphalasar1 king of  the         
,assyrians1 and when he had seen the    
altar of ,damascus1 king ,achaz  sent to
 ,urias1 the priest1 a pattern of it1   
and its likeness1 according  to all the 
work thereof4    #af3aa4 ,and ,urias1   
the priest1 built an altar according to 
all that king  ,achaz had commanded from
 ,damascus so did ,urias1 the priest1   
until king  ,achaz came from ,damascus4 
#af3ab4 ,and when the king was come from
 ,damascus1 he saw the altar and        
worshipped it3 and went up and offered  
holocausts1 and his own  sacrifice2     
#af3ac4 ,and he offered libations1 and  

poured the blood of the peace           
offerings1 which he had offered1 upon   
the altar4    #af3ad4 ,but the altar of 
brass that was before the ,lord1 he     
removed from  the face of the temple1   
and from the place of the altar1 and    
from the  place of the temple of the    
,lord3 and he set it at the side of the 
altar  towards the north4    #af3ae4    
,and king ,achaz commanded ,urias1 the  
priest1 saying3 ,upon the  great altar  
offer the morning holocaust1 and the    
evening sacrifice1 and  the king's      
holocaust1 and his sacrifice1 and the   
holocaust of the whole  people of the   
land1 and their sacrifices1 and their   
libations3 and all  the blood of the    
holocaust1 and all the blood of the     
victim1 thou shalt  pour out upon it3   
but the altar of brass shall be ready at
 my pleasure4    #af3af4 ,so ,urias1 the
 priest1 did according to all that king 
,achaz had  commanded him4    #af3ag4   
,and king ,achaz took away the graven   
bases1 and the laver that was  upon     

them3 and he took down the sea from the 
brazen oxen that held it  up1 and put it
 upon a pavement of stone4    #af3ah4   
,the ,musach also for the sabbath1 which
 he had built in the  temple1 and the   
king's entry from without1 he turned    
into the temple of  the ,lord1 because  
of the king of the ,assyrians4          
,musach444 ,the covert1 or pavilion1 or 
tribune1 for the king4    #af3ai4 ,now  
the rest of the acts of ,achaz which he 
did1 are they not  written in the book  
of the words of the of the days of the  
kings of  ,juda8    #af3bj4 ,and ,achaz 
slept with his fathers1 and was buried  
with them in the  city of ,david1 and   
,ezechias1 his son1 reigned in his      
stead4    #d ,kings ,chapter #ag    ,the
 reign of ,osee4 ,the ,israelites for   
their sins are carried into  captivity3 
other inhabitants are sent to ,samaria1 
who make a mixture of  religion4        
#ag3a4 ,in the twelfth year of ,achaz   
king of ,juda1 ,osee the son of ,ela    
reigned in ,samaria1 over ,israel1 nine 

years4    ,in the twelfth year of ,achaz
 king of ,juda444 ,he began to reign    
before3  but was not in quiet possession
 of the kingdom to the twelfth year of  
,achaz4    #ag3b4 ,and he did evil      
before the ,lord3 but not as the kings  
of ,israel  that had been before him4   
#ag3c4 ,against him came up ,salmanasar1
 king of the ,assyrians2 and ,osee      
became his servant1 and paid him        
tribute4    #ag3d4 ,and when the king of
 the ,assyrians found that ,osee1       
endeavouring  to rebel1 had sent        
messengers to ,sua1 the king of ,egypt1 
that he might  not pay tribute to the   
king of the ,assyrians1 as he had done  
every year1  he besieged him1 bound him1
 and cast him into prison4    #ag3e4    
,and he went through all the land3 and  
going up to ,samaria1 he  besieged it   
three years4    #ag3f4 ,and in the ninth
 year of ,osee1 the king of the         
,assyrians took  ,samaria1 and carried  
,israel away to ,assyria3 and he placed 
them in ,hala1  and ,habor1 by the river

 of ,gozan1 in the cities of the ,medes4
    #ag3g4 ,for so it was that the      
children of ,israel had sinned against  
the  ,lord1 their ,god1 who brought them
 out of the land of ,egypt1 from under  
the hand of ,pharao1 king of ,egypt2 and
 they worshipped strange gods4    #ag3h4
 ,and they walked according to the way  
of the nations which the ,lord  had     
destroyed in the sight of the children  
of ,israel1 and of the kings  of        
,israel3 because they had done in like  
manner4    #ag3i4 ,and the children of  
,israel offended the ,lord1 their ,god1 
with  things that were not right3 and   
built them high places in all their     
cities1 from the tower of the watchmen  
to the fenced city4    #ag3aj4 ,and they
 made them statues and groves on every  
high hill1 and  under every shady tree3 
#ag3aa4 ,and they burnt incense there   
upon altars1 after the manner of the    
nations which the ,lord had removed from
 their face3 and they did wicked        
things1 provoking the ,lord4    #ag3ab4 

,and they worshipped abominations1      
concerning which the ,lord had          
commanded them that they should not do  
this thing4    #ag3ac4 ,and the ,lord   
testified to them in ,israel1 and in    
,juda1 by the  hand of all the prophets 
and seers1 saying3 ,return from your    
wicked  ways1 and keep my precepts1 and 
ceremonies1 according to all the law    
which ,i commanded your fathers3 and as 
,i have sent to you in the hand of  my  
servants the prophets4    #ag3ad4 ,and  
they hearkened not1 but hardened their  
necks like to the neck  of their        
fathers1 who would not obey the ,lord1  
their ,god4    #ag3ae4 ,and they        
rejected his ordinances1 and the        
covenant that he made  with their       
fathers1 and the testimonies which he   
testified against them3  and they       
followed vanities1 and acted vainly3 and
 they followed the  nations that were   
round about them1 concerning which the  
,lord had  commanded them that they     
should not do as they did4    #ag3af4   

,and they forsook all the precepts of   
the ,lord1 their ,god3 and  made to     
themselves two molten calves1 and       
groves1 and adored all the  host of     
heaven3 and they served ,baal1          
#ag3ag4 ,and consecrated their sons1 and
 their daughters1 through fire3  and    
they gave themselves to divinations1 and
 soothsayings3 and they  delivered      
themselves up to do evil before the     
,lord1 to provoke him4    #ag3ah4 ,and  
the ,lord was very angry with ,israel1  
and removed them from  his sight1 and   
there remained only the tribe of ,juda4 
#ag3ai4 ,but neither did ,juda itself   
keep the commandments of the ,lord1     
their ,god3 but they walked in the      
errors of ,israel1 which they had       
wrought4    #ag3bj4 ,and the ,lord cast 
off all the seed of ,israel1 and        
afflicted them1  and delivered them into
 the hand of spoilers1 till he cast them
 away  from his face3    #ag3ba4 ,even  
from that time1 when ,israel was rent   
from the house of  ,david1 and made     

,jeroboam1 son of ,nabat1 their king3   
for ,jeroboam  separated ,israel from   
the ,lord1 and made them commit a great 
sin4    #ag3bb4 ,and the children of    
,israel walked in all the sins of       
,jeroboam1  which he had done3 and they 
departed not from them1    #ag3bc4 ,till
 the ,lord removed ,israel from his     
face1 as he had spoken in  the hand of  
all his servants1 the prophets3 and     
,israel was carried away  out of their  
land to ,assyria1 unto this day4        
#ag3bd4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians 
brought people from ,babylon1 and  from 
,cutha1 and from ,avah1 and from ,emath1
 and from ,sepharvaim3 and  placed them 
in the cities of ,samaria instead of the
 children of ,israel3  and they         
possessed ,samaria1 and dwelt in the    
cities thereof4    #ag3be4 ,and when    
they began to dwell there1 they feared  
not the ,lord3 and  the ,lord sent lions
 among them1 which killed them4         
#ag3bf4 ,and it was told the king of the
 ,assyrians1 and it was said3 ,the      

nations which thou hast removed1 and    
made to dwell in the cities of          
,samaria1 know not the ordinances of the
 ,god of the land3 and the ,lord  hath  
sent lions among them3 and behold they  
kill them1 because they know  not the   
manner of the ,god of the land4         
#ag3bg4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians 
commanded1 saying3 ,carry thither  one  
of the priests whom you brought from    
thence captive1 and let him go1  and    
dwell with them3 and let him teach them 
the ordinances of the ,god of  the land4
    #ag3bh4 ,so one of the priests1 who 
had been carried away captive from      
,samaria1 came and dwelt in ,bethel1 and
 taught them how they should  worship   
the ,lord4    #ag3bi4 ,and every nation 
made gods of their own and put them in  
the  temples of the high places1 which  
the ,samaritans had made1 every nation  
in their cities where they dwelt4       
#ag3cj4 ,for the men of ,babylon made   
,sochothbenoth3 and the ,cuthites made  
,nergel3 and the men of ,emath made     

,asima4    #ag3ca4 ,and the ,hevites    
made ,nebahaz1 and ,tharthac4  ,and they
 that were  of ,sepharvaim burnt their  
children in fire1 to ,adramelech and    
,anamelech1  the gods of ,sepharvaim4   
#ag3cb4 ,and nevertheless they          
worshipped the ,lord4 ,and they made to 
themselves1 of the lowest of the people1
 priests of the high places1 and  they  
placed them in the temples of the high  
places4    #ag3cc4 ,and when they       
worshipped the ,lord1 they served also  
their own  gods1 according to the custom
 of the nations out of which they were  
brought to ,samaria3    #ag3cd4 ,unto   
this day they follow the old manner3    
they fear not the ,lord1  neither do    
they keep his ceremonies1 and judgments1
 and law1 and the  commandment1 which   
the ,lord commanded the children of     
,jacob1 whom he  surnamed ,israel3      
#ag3ce4 ,with whom he made a covenant1  
and charged them1 saying3 ,you shall    
not fear strange gods1 nor shall you    
adore them1 nor worship them1 nor       

sacrifice to them4    #ag3cf4 ,but the  
,lord1 your ,god1 who brought you out of
 the land of ,egypt1  with great power1 
and a stretched out arm1 him shall you  
fear1 and him  shall you adore1 and to  
him shall you sacrifice4    #ag3cg4 ,and
 the ceremonies1 and judgments1 and law1
 and the commandment1  which he wrote   
for you1 you shall observe to do them   
always3 and you  shall not fear strange 
gods4    #ag3ch4 ,and the covenant that 
he made with you1 you shall not forget3 
neither shall ye worship strange ,gods1 
#ag3ci4 ,but fear the ,lord1 your ,god1 
and he shall deliver you out of the     
hand of all your enemies4    #ag3dj4    
,but they did not hearken to them1 but  
did according to their old  custom4     
#ag3da4 ,so these nations feared the    
,lord1 but nevertheless served also     
their idols3 their children also1 and   
grandchildren1 as their fathers  did1 so
 do they unto this day4    #d ,kings    
,chapter #ah    ,the reign of ,ezechias3
 he abolisheth idolatry and prospereth4 

,sennacherib cometh up against him3     
,rabsaces soliciteth the people to      
revolt2 and blasphemeth the ,lord4      
#ah3a4 ,in the third year of ,osee1 the 
son of ,ela1 king of ,israel1 reigned   
,ezechias1 the son of ,achaz1 king of   
,juda4    #ah3b4 ,he was five and twenty
 years old when he began to reign3 and  
he  reigned nine and twenty years in    
,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was  
,abi1 the daughter of ,zacharias4       
#ah3c4 ,and he did that which was good  
before the ,lord1 according to all  that
 ,david1 his father1 had done3    #ah3d4
 ,he destroyed the high places1 and     
broke the statues in pieces1 and  cut   
down the groves1 and broke the brazen   
serpent1 which ,moses had made3  for    
till that time the children of ,israel  
burnt incense to it3 and he  called its 
name ,nohestan4    ,and he called its   
name ,noheston444 ,that is1 their brass2
 or a little  brass4 ,so he called it in
 contempt1 because they had made an idol
 of it4    #ah3e4 ,he trusted in the    

,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 so that     
after him there  was none like him among
 all the kings of ,juda1 nor any of them
 that were  before him3    #ah3f4 ,and  
he stuck to the ,lord1 and departed not 
from his steps1 but  kept his           
commandments1 which the ,lord commanded 
,moses4    #ah3g4 ,wherefore the ,lord  
also was with him1 and in all things1 to
 which  he went forth1 he behaved       
himself wisely4 ,and he rebelled against
 the  king of the ,assyrians1 and served
 him not4    #ah3h4 ,he smote the       
,philistines as far as ,gaza1 and all   
their borders1  from the tower of the   
watchmen to the fenced city4    #ah3i4  
,in the fourth year of king ,ezechias1  
which was the seventh vear of  ,osee1   
the son of ,ela1 king of ,israel1       
,salmanasar1 king of the ,assyrians1    
came up to ,samaria1 and besieged it1   
#ah3aj4 ,and took it4 ,for after three  
years1 in the sixth year of  ,ezechias1 
that is1 in the ninth year of ,osee1    
king of ,israel1 ,samaria  was taken3   

#ah3aa4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians 
carried away ,israel into ,assyria1  and
 placed them in ,hala1 and in ,habor1 by
 the rivers of ,gozan1 in the  cities of
 the ,medes4    #ah3ab4 ,because they   
hearkened not to the voice of the ,lord1
 their ,god1  but transgressed his      
covenant3 all that ,moses1 the servant  
of the ,lord1  commanded1 they would not
 hear1 nor do4    #ah3ac4 ,in the       
fourteenth year of king ,ezechias1      
,sennacherib1 king of the  ,assyrians1  
came up against the fenced cities of    
,juda1 and took them4    #ah3ad4 ,then  
,ezechias1 king of ,juda1 sent          
messengers to the king of the           
,assyrians1 to ,lachis1 saying3 ,i have 
offended1 depart from me3 and all  that 
thou shalt put upon me1 ,i will bear4   
,and the king of the ,assyrians  put a  
tax upon ,ezechias1 king of ,juda1 of   
three hundred talents of  silver1 and   
thirty talents of gold4    #ah3ae4 ,and 
,ezechias gave all the silver that was  
found in the house of  the ,lord1 and in

 the king's treasures4    #ah3af4 ,at   
that time ,ezechias broke the doors of  
the temple of the ,lord1  and the plates
 of gold which he had fastened on them1 
and gave them to  the king of the       
,assyrians4    #ah3ag4 ,and the king of 
the ,assyrians sent ,tharthan1 and      
,rabsaris1 and  ,rabsaces1 from ,lachis1
 to king ,ezechias1 with a strong army1 
to  ,jerusalem3 and they went up and    
came to ,jerusalem1 and they stood by   
the  conduit of the upper pool1 which is
 in the way of the fuller's field4      
#ah3ah4 ,and they called for the king3  
and there went out to them ,eliacim1    
the son of ,helcias1 who was over the   
house1 and ,sobna1 the scribe1 and      
,joahe1 the son of ,asaph1 the recorder4
    #ah3ai4 ,and ,rabsaces said to them3
 ,speak to ,ezechias3 ,thus saith the   
great king1 the king of the ,assyrians3 
,what is this confidence1 wherein  thou 
trustest8    #ah3bj4 ,perhaps thou hast 
taken counsel1 to prepare thyself for   
battle4  ,on whom dost thou trust1 that 

thou darest to rebel8    #ah3ba4 ,dost  
thou trust in ,egypt a staff of a broken
 reed1 upon which if  a man lean1 it    
will break and go into his hand1 and    
pierce it8 so is  ,pharao1 king of      
,egypt1 to all that trust in him4       
#ah3bb4 ,but if you say to me3 ,we trust
 in the ,lord1 our ,god3 is it not  he1 
whose high places and altars ,ezechias  
hath taken away3 and hath  commanded    
,juda and ,jerusalem3 ,you shall worship
 before this altar in  ,jerusalem8      
#ah3bc4 ,now therefore come over to my  
master1 the king of the ,assyrians1  and
 ,i will give you two thousand horses1  
and see whether you be able to  have    
riders for them4    #ah3bd4 ,and how can
 you stand against one lord of the least
 of my  master's servants8 ,dost thou   
trust in ,egypt for chariots and for    
horsemen8    #ah3be4 ,is it without the 
will of the ,lord that ,i am come up to 
this  place to destroy it8 ,the ,lord   
said to me3 ,go up to this land1 and    
destroy it4    #ah3bf4 ,then ,eliacim1  

the son of ,helcias1 and ,sobna1 and    
,joahe1 said to  ,rabsaces3 ,we pray    
thee1 speak to us1 thy servants1 in     
,syriac3 for we  understand that tongue3
 and speak not to us in the ,jews'      
language1 in  the hearing of the people 
that are upon the wall4    #ah3bg4 ,and 
,rabsaces answered them1 saying3 ,hath  
my master sent me to thy  master1 and to
 thee1 to speak these words1 and not    
rather to the men  that sit upon the    
wall1 that they may eat their own dung1 
and drink  their urine with you8        
#ah3bh4 ,then ,rabsaces stood1 and cried
 out with a loud voice in the ,jews'    
language1 and said3 ,hear the word of   
the great king1 the king of the         
,assyrians4    #ah3bi4 ,thus saith the  
king3 ,let not ,ezechias deceive you3   
for he shall  not be able to deliver you
 out of my hand4    #ah3cj4 ,neither let
 him make you trust in the ,lord1       
saying3 ,the ,lord will  surely deliver 
us1 and this city shall not be given    
into the hand of the  king of the       

,assyrians4    #ah3ca4 ,do not hearken  
to ,ezechias4 ,for thus saith the king  
of the  ,assyrians3 ,do with me that    
which is for your advantage1 and come   
out to  me3 and every man of you shall  
eat of his own vineyard1 and of his own 
fig tree3 and you shall drink water of  
your own cisterns1    #ah3cb4 ,till ,i  
come1 and take you away1 to a land1 like
 to your own land1  a fruitful land1 and
 plentiful in wine1 a land of bread and 
vineyards1 a  land of olives1 and oil1  
and honey1 and you shall live1 and not  
die4  ,hearken not to ,ezechias1 who    
deceiveth you1 saying3 ,the ,lord will  
deliver us4    #ah3cc4 ,have any of the 
gods of the nations delivered their land
 from the  hand of the king of ,assyria8
    #ah3cd4 ,where is the god of ,emath1
 and of ,arphad8  where is the god of   
,sepharvaim1 of ,ana1 and of ,ava8  have
 they delivered ,samaria out of my      
hand8    #ah3ce4 ,who are they among all
 the gods of the nations that have      
delivered their country out of my hand1 

that the ,lord may deliver  ,jerusalem  
out of my hand8    #ah3cf4 ,but the     
people held their peace1 and answered   
him not a word3 for  they had received  
commandment from the king that they     
should not answer  him4    #ah3cg4 ,and 
,eliacim1 the son of ,helcias1 who was  
over the house1 and  ,sobna1 the scribe1
 and ,joahe1 the son of ,asaph1 the     
recorder1 came to  ,ezechias1 with their
 garments rent1 and told him the words  
of ,rabsaces4    #d ,kings ,chapter #ai 
,ezechias is assured of ,god's help by  
,isaias the prophet4 ,the king of the   
,assyrians still threateneth and        
blasphemeth4 ,ezechias prayeth1 and ,god
  promiseth to protect ,jerusalem4 ,an  
angel destroyeth the army of the        
,assyrians1 their king returneth to     
,nineve1 and is slain by his two sons4  
#ai3a4 ,and when king ,ezechias heard   
these words1 he rent his garments1  and 
covered himself with sackcloth1 and went
 into the house of the ,lord4    #ai3b4 
,and he sent ,eliacim1 who was over the 

house1 and ,sobna1 the  scribe1 and the 
ancients of the priests1 covered with   
sackcloths1 to  ,isaias1 the prophet1   
the son of ,amos4    #ai3c4 ,and they   
said to him3 ,thus saith ,ezechias3     
,this day is a day of  tribulation1 and 
of rebuke1 and of blasphemy3 the        
children are come to  the birth1 and the
 woman in travail hath not strength4    
#ai3d4 ,it may be the ,lord1 thy ,god1  
will hear all the words of ,rabsaces1   
whom the king of the ,assyrians1 his    
master1 hath sent to reproach the       
living ,god1 and to reprove with words1 
which the ,lord1 thy ,god1 hath  heard3 
and do thou offer prayer for the        
remnants that are found4    #ai3e4 ,so  
the servants of king ,ezechias came to  
,isaias4    #ai3f4 ,and ,isaias said to 
them3 ,thus shall you say to your       
master3 ,thus  saith the ,lord3 ,be not 
afraid for the words which thou hast    
heard1 with  which the servants of the  
king of the ,assyrians have blasphemed  
me4    #ai3g4 ,behold ,i will send a    

spirit upon him1 and he shall hear a    
message1  and shall return into his own 
country1 and ,i will make him fall by   
the  sword in his own country4    #ai3h4
 ,and ,rabsaces returned1 and found the 
king of the ,assyrians  besieging       
,lobna3 for he had heard that he was    
departed from ,lachis4    #ai3i4 ,and   
when he heard of ,tharaca1 king of      
,ethiopia3 ,behold1 he is come  out to  
fight with thee3 and was going against  
him1 he sent messengers to  ,ezechias1  
saying3    #ai3aj4 ,thus shall you say  
to ,ezechias1 king of ,juda3 ,let not   
thy ,god  deceive thee1 in whom thou    
trustest3 and do not say3 ,jerusalem    
shall not  be delivered into the hands  
of the king of the ,assyrians4          
#ai3aa4 ,behold1 thou hast heard what   
the kings of the ,assyrians have done   
to all countries1 how they have laid    
them waste3 and canst thou alone be     
delivered8    #ai3ab4 ,have the gods of 
the nations delivered any of them1 whom 
my  fathers have destroyed1 to wit1     

,gozan1 and ,haran1 and ,reseph1 and the
  children of ,eden1 that were in       
,thelassar8    #ai3ac4 ,where is the    
king of ,emath1 and the king of ,arphad1
 and the king  of the city of           
,sepharvaim1 and of ,ana1 and of ,ava8  
#ai3ad4 ,and when ,ezechias had received
 the letter of the hand of the          
messengers1 and had read it1 he went up 
to the house of the ,lord1 and  spread  
it before the ,lord1    #ai3ae4 ,and he 
prayed in his sight1 saying3 ,o ,lord   
,god of ,israel1 who  sittest upon the  
cherubims1 thou alone art the ,god of   
all the kings of  the earth3 thou madest
 heaven and earth3    #ai3af4 ,incline  
thy ear1 and hear3 open1 ,o ,lord1 thy  
eyes and see3 and  hear all the words of
 ,sennacherib1 who hath sent to upbraid 
unto us the  living ,god4    #ai3ag4 ,of
 a truth1 ,o ,lord1 the kings of the    
,assyrians have destroyed  nations1 and 
the lands of them all4    #ai3ah4 ,and  
they have cast their gods into the fire3
 for they were not  gods1 but the work  

of men's hands1 of wood and stone1 and  
they destroyed  them4    #ai3ai4 ,now   
therefore1 ,o ,lord our ,god1 save us   
from his hand1 that all  the kingdoms of
 the earth may know that thou art the   
,lord1 the only ,god4    #ai3bj4 ,and   
,isaias1 the son of ,amos1 sent to      
,ezechias1 saying3 ,thus saith  the     
,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,i have     
heard the prayer thou hast made to  me  
concerning ,sennacherib1 king of the    
,assyrians4    #ai3ba4 ,this is the word
 that the ,lord hath spoken of him3 ,the
 virgin1  the daughter of ,sion1 hath   
despised thee1 and laughed thee to      
scorn3 the  daughtor of ,jerusalem hath 
wagged her head behind thy back4        
#ai3bb4 ,whom hast thou reproached1 and 
whom hast thou blasphemed8 against  whom
 hast thou exalted thy voice1 and lifted
 up thy eyes on high8  against the holy 
one of ,israel4    #ai3bc4 ,by the hand 
of thy servants thou hast reproached the
 ,lord1 and  hast said3 ,with the       
multitude of my chariots ,i have gone up

 to the  height of the mountains1 to the
 top of ,libanus1 and have cut down its 
tall cedars1 and its choice fir trees4  
,and ,i have entered into the  furthest 
parts thereof1 and the forest of its    
,carmel4    ,carmel444 ,a pleasant      
fruitful hill in the forest4 ,these     
expressions are  figurative1 signifying 
under the names of mountains and        
forests1 the  kings and provinces whom  
the ,assyrians had triumphed over4      
#ai3bd4 ,i have cut down1 and ,i have   
drunk strange waters1 and have dried  up
 with the soles of my feet all the shut 
up waters4    #ai3be4 ,hast thou not    
heard what ,i have done from the        
beginning8 from the  days of old ,i have
 formed it1 and now ,i have brought it  
to effect3 that  fenced cities of       
fighting men should be turned to heaps  
of ruins3    ,i have formed it1 etc444  
,all thy exploits1 in which thou takest 
pride1  are no more than what ,i have   
decreed2 and are not to be ascribed to  
thy  wisdom or strength1 but to my will 

and ordinance3 who have given to thee   
to take and destroy so many fenced      
cities1 and to carry terror wherever    
thou comest4-,ibid4 ,heaps of ruin444   
,literally ruin of the hills4    #ai3bf4
 ,and the inhabitants of them were weak 
of hand1 they trembled and  were        
confounded1 they became like the grass  
of the field1 and the green  herb on the
 tops of houses1 which withered before  
it came to maturity4    #ai3bg4 ,thy    
dwelling1 and thy going out1 and thy    
coming in1 and thy way ,i  knew before1 
and thy rage against me4    #ai3bh4     
,thou hast been mad against me1 and thy 
pride hath come up to my  ears3         
therefore ,i will put a ring in thy     
nose1 and a bit between thy  lips1 and  
,i will turn thee back by the way by    
which thou camest4    #ai3bi4 ,and to   
thee1 ,o ,ezechias1 this shall be a     
sign3 ,eat this year what  thou shalt   
find3 and in the second year1 such      
things as spring of  themselves3 but in 
the third year sow and reap3 plant      

vineyards1 and eat  the fruit of them4  
#ai3cj4 ,and whatsoever shall be left of
 the house of ,juda1 shall take  root   
downward1 and bear fruit upward4        
#ai3ca4 ,for out of ,jerusalem shall go 
forth a remnant1 and that which  shall  
be saved out of mount ,sion3 the zeal of
 the ,lord of hosts shall do  this4     
#ai3cb4 ,wherefore thus saith the ,lord 
concerning the king of the  ,assyrians3 
,he shall not come into this city1 nor  
shoot an arrow into it1  nor come before
 it with shield1 nor cast a trench about
 it4    #ai3cc4 ,by the way that he came
 he shall return3 and into this city he 
shall not come1 saith the ,lord4        
#ai3cd4 ,and ,i will protect this city1 
and will save it for my own sake1  and  
for ,david1 my servant's sake4          
#ai3ce4 ,and it came to pass that night1
 that an angel of the ,lord came1  and  
slew in the camp of the ,assyrians a    
hundred and eighty-five  thousand4 ,and 
when he arose early in the morning1 he  
saw all the bodies  of the dead4        

#ai3cf4 ,and ,sennacherib1 king of the  
,assyrians1 departing1 went away1 and   
he returned and abode in ,ninive4       
#ai3cg4 ,and as he was worshipping in   
the temple of ,nesroch1 his god1        
,adramelech and ,sarasar1 his sons1 slew
 him with the sword1 and they fled  into
 the land of the ,armenians1 and        
,asarhaddon1 his son1 reigned in his    
stead4    #d ,kings ,chapter #bj        
,ezechias being sick1 is told by ,isaias
 that he shall die2 but praying to      
,god1 he obtaineth longer life1 and in  
confirmation thereof receiveth a  sign  
by the sun's returning back4 ,he sheweth
 all his treasures to the  ambassadors  
of the king of ,babylon3 ,isaias        
reproving him for it1  foretelleth the  
,babylonish captivity4    #bj3a4 ,in    
those days ,ezechias was sick unto      
death3 and ,isaias1 the son of  ,amos1  
the prophet1 came and said to him3 ,thus
 saith the ,lord ,god3 ,give  charge    
concerning thy house1 for thou shalt    
die1 and not llve4    #bj3b4 ,and he    

turned his face to the wall1 and prayed 
to the ,lord1  saying3    #bj3c4 ,i     
beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1 remember how ,i 
have walked before thee in  truth1 and  
with a perfect heart1 and have done that
 which is pleasing  before thee4 ,and   
,ezechias wept with much weeping4       
#bj3d4 ,and before ,isaias was gone out 
of the middle of the court1 the  word of
 the ,lord came to him1 saying3         
#bj3e4 ,go back1 and tell ,ezechias1 the
 captain of my people3 ,thus saith  the 
,lord1 the ,god of ,david1 thy father3  
,i have heard thy prayer1 and ,i  have  
seen thy tears3 and behold ,i have      
healed thee3 on the third day  thou     
shalt go up to the temple of the ,lord4 
#bj3f4 ,and ,i will add to thy days     
fifteen years3 and ,i will deliver thee 
and this city out of the hand of the    
king of the ,assyrians1 and ,i will     
protect this city for my own sake1 and  
for ,david1 my servant's sake4    #bj3g4
 ,and ,isaias said3 ,bring me a lump of 
figs4 ,and when they had  brought it1   

and laid it upon his boil1 he was       
healed4    #bj3h4 ,and ,ezechias had    
said to ,isaias3 ,what shall be the sign
 that the  ,lord will heal me1 and that 
,i will go up to the temple of the ,lord
 the  third day8    #bj3i4 ,and ,isaias 
said to him3 ,this shall be the sign    
from the ,lord1 that  the ,lord will do 
the word which he hath spoken3 ,wilt    
thou that the  shadow go forward ten    
lines1 or that it go back so many       
degrees8    #bj3aj4 ,and ,ezechias said3
 ,it is an easy matter for the shadow to
 go  forward ten lines3 and ,i do not   
desire that this be done1 but let it    
return back ten degrees4    #bj3aa4 ,and
 ,isaias1 the prophet1 called upon the  
,lord1 and he brought the  shadow ten   
degrees backwards by the lines1 by which
 it had already gone  down on the dial  
of ,achaz4    #bj3ab4 ,at that time     
,berodach ,baladan1 the son of ,baladan1
 king of the  ,babylonians1 sent letters
 and presents to ,ezechias3 for he had  
heard  that ,ezechias had been sick4    

#bj3ac4 ,and ,ezechias rejoiced at their
 coming1 and he shewed them the  house  
of his aromatical spices1 and the gold1 
and the silver1 and divers  precious    
odours1 and ointments1 and the house of 
his vessels1 and all  that he had in his
 treasures4 ,there was nothing in his   
house1 nor in all  his dominions1 that  
,ezechias shewed them not4    #bj3ad4   
,and ,isaias1 the prophet1 came to king 
,ezechias1 and said to him3  ,what said 
these men8 or from whence came they to  
thee8 ,and ,ezechias said  to him3 ,from
 a far country1 they came to me out of  
,babylon4    #bj3ae4 ,and he said3 ,what
 did they see in thy house8 ,ezechias   
said3 ,they  saw all the things that are
 in my house3 ,there is nothing among my
  treasures that ,i have not shewed     
them4    #bj3af4 ,and ,isaias said to   
,ezechias3 ,hear the word of the ,lord4 
#bj3ag4 ,behold the days shall come1    
that all that is in thy house1 and  that
 thy fathers have laid up in store unto 
this day1 shall be carried  into        

,babylon3 nothing shall be left1 saith  
the ,lord4    #bj3ah4 ,and of thy sons  
also that shall issue from thee1 whom   
thou shalt  beget1 they shall take away1
 and they shall be eunuchs in the palace
 of  the king of ,babylon4    #bj3ai4   
,ezechias said to ,isaias3 ,the word of 
the ,lord1 which thou hast  spoken1 is  
good3 let peace and truth be in my days4
    #bj3bj4 ,and the rest of the acts of
 ,ezechias1 and all his might1 and how  
he made a pool1 and a conduit1 and      
brought waters into the city1 are  they 
not written in the book of the words of 
the days of the kings of  ,juda8        
#bj3ba4 ,and ,ezechias slept with his   
fathers1 and ,manasses1 his son  reigned
 in his stead4    #d ,kings ,chapter #ba
    ,the wickedness of ,manasses3 ,god's
 threats by his prophets4 ,his wicked   
son ,amon succeedeth him1 and is slain  
by his servants4    #ba3a4 ,manasses was
 twelve years old when he began to      
reign1 and he  reigned five and fifty   
years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his    

mother was  ,haphsiba4    #ba3b4 ,and he
 did evil in the sight of the ,lord1    
according to the idols  of the nations1 
which the ,lord destroyed from before   
the face of the  children of ,israel4   
#ba3c4 ,and he turned1 and built up the 
high places1 which ,ezechias1 his       
father1 had destroyed3 and he set up    
altars to ,baal1 and made groves1 as    
,achab1 the king of ,israel1 had done3  
and he adored all the host of  heaven1  
and served them4    #ba3d4 ,and he built
 altars in the house of the ,lord1 of   
which the ,lord  said3 ,in ,jerusalem ,i
 will put my name4    #ba3e4 ,and he    
built altars for all the host of heaven1
 in the two courts  of the temple of the
 ,lord4    #ba3f4 ,and he made his son  
pass through fire3 and he used          
divinations1  and observed omens1 and   
appointed pythons1 and multiplied       
soothsayers1  to do evil before the     
,lord1 and to provoke him4              
,pythons444 ,that is1 diviners by       
spirits4    #ba3g4 ,he set also an idol 

of the grove1 which he had made1 in the 
temple  of the ,lord3 concerning which  
the ,lord said to ,david1 and to        
,solomon his  son3 ,in this temple1 and 
in ,jerusalem1 which ,i have chosen out 
of all  the tribes of ,israel1 ,i will  
put my name for ever4    #ba3h4 ,and ,i 
will no more make the feet of ,israel to
 be moved out of the  land1 which ,i    
gave to their fathers3 only if they will
 observe to do all  that ,i have        
commanded them1 according to the law    
which my servant ,moses  commanded them4
    #ba3i4 ,but they hearkened not3 but 
were seduced by ,manasses1 to do evil   
more than the nations which the ,lord   
destroyed before the children of        
,israel4    #ba3aj4 ,and the ,lord spoke
 in the hand of his servants1 the       
prophets1  saying3    #ba3aa4 ,because  
,manasses1 king of ,juda1 hath done     
these most wicked  abominations1 beyond 
all that the ,amorrhites did before him1
 and hath  made ,juda also to sin with  
his filthy doings3    #ba3ab4 ,therefore

 thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of      
,israel3 ,behold1 ,i will  bring on     
evils upon ,jerusalem and ,juda3 that   
whosoever shall hear of  them1 both his 
ears shall tingle4    #ba3ac4 ,and ,i   
will stretch over ,jerusalem the line of
 ,samaria1 and the  weight of the house 
of ,achab3 and ,i will efface           
,jerusalem1 as writings  tables are wont
 to be effaced1 and ,i will erase and   
turn it1 and draw  the pencil often over
 the face thereof4    #ba3ad4 ,and ,i   
will leave the remnants of my           
inheritance1 and will deliver  them into
 the hands of their enemies3 and they   
shall become a prey1 and  a spoil to all
 their enemies4    #ba3ae4 ,because they
 have done evil before me1 and have     
continued to  provoke me1 from the day  
that their fathers came out of ,egypt1  
even unto  this day4    #ba3af4         
,moreover1 ,manasses shed also very much
 innocent blood1 till he  filled        
,jerusalem up to the mouth3 besides his 
sins1 wherewith he made  ,juda to sin1  

to do evil before the ,lord4    #ba3ag4 
,now the rest of the acts of ,manasses1 
and all that he did1 and  his sin1 which
 he sinned1 are they not written in the 
book of the words  of the days of the   
kings of ,juda8    #ba3ah4 ,and         
,manasses slept with his fathers1 and   
was buried in the garden  of his own    
house1 in the garden of ,oza3 and ,amon1
 his son1 reigned in  his stead4        
#ba3ai4 ,two and twenty years old was   
,amon when he began to reign1 and he    
reigned two years in ,jerusalem3 the    
name of his mother was ,messalemeth1    
the daughter of ,harus1 of ,jeteba4     
#ba3bj4 ,and he did evil in the sight of
 the ,lord1 as ,manasses1 his  father1  
had done4    #ba3ba4 ,and he walked in  
all the way in which his father had     
walked3 and  he served the abominations 
which his father had served1 and he     
adored  them4    #ba3bb4 ,and forsook   
the ,lord1 the ,god of his fathers1 and 
walked not in  the way of the ,lord4    
#ba3bc4 ,and his servants plotted       

against him1 and slew the king in his   
own house4    #ba3bd4 ,but the people of
 the land slew all them that had        
conspired  against king ,amon3 and made 
,josias1 his son1 their king in his     
stead4    #ba3be4 ,but the rest of the  
acts of ,amon1 which he did1 are they   
not  written in the book of the words of
 the days of the kings of ,juda8        
#ba3bf4 ,and they buried him in his     
sepulchre1 in the garden of ,oza3 and   
his son1 ,josias1 reigned in his stead4 
#d ,kings ,chapter #bb    ,josias       
repaireth the temple4 ,the book of the  
law is found1 upon which  they consult  
the ,lord1 and are told that great evils
 shall fall upon  them1 but not in the  
time of ,josias4    #bb3a4 ,josias was  
eight years old when he began to reign3 
he reigned one  and thirty years in     
,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was  
,idida1 the  daughter of ,hadaia1 of    
,besecath4    #bb3b4 ,and he did that   
which was right in the sight of the     
,lord1 and  walked in all the ways of   

,david1 his father3 he turned not aside 
to the  right hand1 or to the left4     
#bb3c4 ,and in the eighteenth year of   
king ,josias1 the king sent ,saphan1    
the son of ,assia1 the son of ,messulam1
 the scribe of the temple of the  ,lord1
 saying to him3    #bb3d 4,go to        
,helcias1 the high priest1 that the     
money may be put together  which is     
brought into the temple of the ,lord1   
which the doorkeepers of  the temple    
have gathered of the people4    #bb3e4  
,and let it be given to the workmen by  
the overseers of the house  of the      
,lord3 and let them distribute it to    
those that work in the temple  of the   
,lord1 to repair the temple3    #bb3f4  
,that is1 to carpenters and masons1 and 
to such as mend breaches3  and that     
timber may be bought1 and stones out of 
the quarries1 to repair  the temple of  
the ,lord4    #bb3g4 ,but let there be  
no reckoning made with them of the money
 which  they receive1 but let them have 
it in their power1 and in their trust4  

#bb3h4 ,and ,helcias1 the high priest1  
said to ,saphan1 the scribe3 ,i have    
found the book of the law in the house  
of the ,lord3 and ,helcias gave the     
book to ,saphan1 and he read it4    ,the
 book of the law444 ,that is1           
,deuteronomy4    #bb3i4 ,and ,saphan1   
the scribe1 came to the king1 and       
brought him word  again concerning that 
which he had commanded1 and said3 ,thy  
servants  have gathered together the    
money that was found in the house of the
  ,lord3 and they have given it to be   
distributed to the workmen1 by the      
overseers of the works of the temple of 
the ,lord4    #bb3aj4 ,and ,saphan1 the 
scribe1 told the king1 saying3 ,helcias1
 the  priest1 hath delivered to me a    
book4 ,and when ,saphan had read it     
before  the king1    #bb3aa4 ,and the   
king had heard the words of the law of  
the ,lord1 he rent  his garments4       
#bb3ab4 ,and he commanded ,helcias1 the 
priest1 and ,ahicam1 the son of         
,saphan1 and ,achobor1 the son of       

,micha1 and ,saphan1 the scribe1 and    
,asaia1 the king's servant1 saying3     
#bb3ac4 ,go and consult the ,lord for   
me1 and for the people1 and for all     
,juda1 concerning the words of this book
 which is found3 for the great  wrath of
 the ,lord is kindled against us1       
because our fathers have not  hearkened 
to the words of this book1 to do all    
that is written for us4    #bb3ad4 ,so  
,helcias1 the priest1 and ,ahicam1 and  
,achobor1 and ,sapham1 and  ,asaia1 went
 to ,holda1 the prophetess1 the wife of 
,sellum1 the son of  ,thecua1 the son of
 ,araas1 keeper of the wardrobe1 who    
dwelt in  ,jerusalem1 in the ,second3   
and they spoke to her4    ,the          
,second444 ,a street1 or part of the    
city1 so called2 in ,hebrew1  ,massem4  
#bb3ae4 ,and she said to them3 ,thus    
saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3   
,tell the man that sent you to me3      
#bb3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold1 
,i will bring evils upon this place1    
and upon the inhabitants thereof1 all   

the words of the law which the  king of 
,juda hath read3    #bb3ag4 ,because    
they have forsaken me1 and have         
sacrificed to strange  gods1 provoking  
me by all the works of their hands3     
therefore my  indignation shall be      
kindled against this place1 and shall   
not be  quenched4    #bb3ah4 ,but to the
 king of ,juda1 who sent you to consult 
the ,lord1 thus  shall you say3 ,thus   
saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3   
for as much as  thou hast heard the     
words of the book1    #bb3ai4 ,and thy  
heart hath been moved to fear1 and thou 
hast humbled  thyself before the ,lord1 
hearing the words against this place1   
and the  inhabitants thereof1 to wit1   
that they should become a wonder and a  
curse3 and thou hast rent thy garments1 
and wept before me2 ,i also have  heard 
thee2 saith the ,lord4    #bb3bj4       
,therefore ,i will gather thee to thy   
fathers1 and thou shalt be  gathered to 
thy sepulchre in peace2 that thy eyes   
may not see all the  evils which ,i will

 bring upon this place4    #d ,kings    
,chapter #bc    ,josias readeth the law 
before all the people4 ,they promise to 
observe  it4 ,he abolisheth all         
idolatry1 celebrateth the phase3 is     
slain in  battle by the king of ,egypt4 
,the short reign of ,joachaz1 in whose  
place  ,joakim is made king4    #bc3a4  
,and they brought the king word again   
what she had said4 ,and he  sent3 and   
all the ancients of ,juda and ,jerusalem
 were assembled to him4    #bc3b4 ,and  
the king went up to the temple of the   
,lord1 and all the men of  ,juda1 and   
all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem with  
him1 the priests1 and  the prophets1 and
 all the people1 both little and great3 
and in the  hearing of them all he read 
all the words of the book of the        
covenant1  which was found in the house 
of the ,lord4    #bc3c4 ,and the king   
stood upon the step3 and he made a      
covenant with the  ,lord1 to walk after 
the ,lord1 and to keep his commandments1
 and his  testimonies1 and his          

ceremonies1 with all their heart1 and   
with all  their soul1 and to perform the
 words of this covenant1 which were     
written in that book3 and the people    
agreed to the covenant4    ,the king    
stood upon the step444 ,that is1 his    
tribune1 or tribunal1 a  more eminent   
place1 from whence he might be seen and 
heard by the  people4    #bc3d4 ,and the
 king commanded ,helcias1 the high      
priest1 and the priests  of the second  
order1 and the doorkeepers1 to cast out 
of the temple of  the ,lord all the     
vessels that had been made for ,baal1   
and for the grove1  and for all the host
 of heaven3 and he burnt them without   
,jerusalem1 in  the valley of ,cedron1  
and he carried the ashes of them to     
,bethel4    #bc3e4 ,and he destroyed the
 soothsayers1 whom the kings of ,juda   
had  appointed to sacrifice in the high 
places in the cities of ,juda1 and      
round about ,jerusalem3 them also that  
burnt incense to ,baal1 and to the  sun1
 and to the moon1 and to the twelve     

signs1 and to all the host of  heaven4  
#bc3f4 ,and he caused the grove to be   
carried out from the house of the       
,lord1 without ,jerusalem1 to the valley
 of ,cedron1 and he burnt it there1  and
 reduced it to dust1 and cast the dust  
upon the graves of the common  people4  
#bc3g4 ,he destroyed also the pavilions 
of the effeminate1 which were in  the   
house of the ,lord1 for which the women 
wove as it were little  dwellings for   
the grove4    #bc3h4 ,and he gathered   
together all the priests out of the     
cities of  ,juda3 and he defiled the    
high places1 where the priests offered  
sacrifice1 from ,gabaa to ,bersabee3 and
 he broke down the altars of the  gates 
that were in the entering in of the gate
 of ,josue1 governor of the  city1 which
 was on the left hand of the gate of the
 city4    #bc3i4 ,however1 the priests  
of the high places came not up to the   
altar  of the ,lord1 in ,jerusalem3 but 
only eat of the unleavened bread among  
their brethren4    #bc3aj4 ,and he      

defiled ,topheth1 which is in the valley
 of the son of  ,ennom3 that no man     
should consecrate there his son1 or his 
daughter1  through fire1 to ,moloch4    
#bc3aa4 ,and he took away the horses    
which the kings of ,juda had given to   
the sun1 at the entering in of the      
temple of the ,lord1 near the chamber   
of ,nathanmelech the eunuch1 who was in 
,pharurim3 and he burnt the  chariots of
 the sun with fire4    #bc3ab4 ,and the 
altars that were upon the top of the    
upper chamber of  ,achaz1 which the     
kings of ,juda had made1 and the altars 
which ,manasses  had made in the two    
courts of the temple of the ,lord1 the  
king broke  down3 and he ran from       
thence1 and cast the ashes of them into 
the  torrent ,cedron4    #bc3ac4 ,the   
high places also that were at           
,jerusalem1 on the right side of  the   
,mount of ,offence1 which ,solomon1 king
 of ,israel1 had built to  ,astaroth1   
the idol of the ,sidonians1 and to      
,chamos1 the scandal of ,moab1  and to  

,melchom1 the abomination of the        
children of ,ammon1 the king  defiled4  
#bc3ad4 ,and he broke in pieces the     
statues1 and cut down the groves3 and   
he filled their places with the bones of
 dead men4    #bc3ae4 ,moreover1 the    
altar also that was at ,bethel1 and the 
high place1  which ,jeroboam1 the son of
 ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin1 had   
made3 both  the altar1 and the high     
place1 he broke down and burnt1 and     
reduced to  powder1 and burnt the grove4
    #bc3af4 ,and as ,josias turned      
himself1 he saw there the sepulchres    
that  were in the mount3 and he sent and
 took the bones out of the sepulchres1  
and burnt them upon the altar1 and      
defiled it according to the word of  the
 ,lord1 which the man of ,god spoke1 who
 had foretold these things4    #bc3ag4  
,and he said3 ,what is that monument    
which ,i see8 ,and the men of  that city
 answered3 ,it is the sepulchre of the  
man of ,god1 who came from  ,juda1 and  
foretold these things which thou hast   

done upon the altar of  ,bethel4        
#bc3ah4 ,and he said3 ,let him alone1   
let no man move his bones4 ,so his      
bones were left untouched with the bones
 of the prophet1 that came out  of      
,samaria4    #bc3ai4 ,moreover all the  
temples of the high places which were in
 the  cities of ,samaria1 which the     
kings of ,israel had made to provoke the
  ,lord1 ,josias took away3 and he did  
to them according to all the acts  that 
he had done in ,bethel4    #bc3bj4 ,and 
he slew all the priests of the high     
places1 that were there1  upon the      
altars2 and he burnt men's bones upon   
them3 and returned to  ,jerusalem4      
#bc3ba4 ,and he commanded all the       
people1 saying3 ,keep the ,phase to the 
,lord your ,god1 according as it is     
written in the book of this covenant4   
#bc3bb4 ,now there was no such a ,phase 
kept from the days of the judges1  who  
judged ,israel1 nor in all the days of  
the kings of ,israel1 and of  the kings 
of ,juda1    #bc3bc4 ,as was this       

,phase1 that was kept to the ,lord in   
,jerusalem1 in the  eighteenth year of  
king ,josias4    #bc3bd4 ,moreover the  
diviners by spirits1 and soothsayers1   
and the  figures of idols1 and the      
uncleannesses1 and the abominations1    
that had  been in the land of ,juda and 
,jerusalem1 ,josias took away3 that he  
might  perform the words of the law1    
that were written in the book1 which    
,helcias the priest had found in the    
temple of the ,lord4    #bc3be4 ,there  
was no king before him like unto him1   
that returned to the  ,lord with all his
 heart1 and with all his soul1 and with 
all his  strength1 according to all the 
law of ,moses3 neither after him did    
there  arise any like unto him4         
#bc3bf4 ,but yet the ,lord turned not   
away from the wrath of his great        
indignation1 wherewith his anger was    
kindled against ,juda3 because of  the  
provocations1 wherewith ,manasses had   
provoked him4    #bc3bg4 ,and the ,lord 
said3 ,i will remove ,juda also from    

before my face1  as ,i have removed     
,israel3 and ,i will cast off this city 
,jerusalem1 which  ,i chose1 and the    
house1 of which ,i said3 ,my name shall 
be there4    #bc3bh4 ,now the rest of   
the acts of ,josias1 and all that he    
did1 are they  not written in the book  
of the words of the days of the kings of
 ,juda8    #bc3bi4 ,in his days ,pharao 
,nechao1 king of ,egypt1 went up against
 the  king of ,assyria to the river     
,euphrates3 and king ,josias went to    
meet  him3 and was slain at ,mageddo1   
when he had seen him4    #bc3cj4 ,and   
his servants carried him dead from      
,mageddo3 and they brought  him to      
,jerusalem1 and buried him in his own   
sepulchre4 ,and the people of  the land 
took ,joachaz1 the son of ,josias3 and  
they anointed him1 and  made him king in
 his father's stead4    #bc3ca4 ,joachaz
 was three and twenty years old when he 
began to reign1  and he reigned three   
months in ,jerusalem3 the name of his   
mother was  ,amital1 the daughter of    

,jeremias1 of ,lobna4    #bc3cb4 ,and he
 did evil before the ,lord1 according to
 all that his  fathers had done4        
#bc3cc4 ,and ,pharao ,nechao bound him  
at ,rebla1 which is in the land of      
,emath1 that he should not reign in     
,jerusalem3 and he set a fine upon the  
land1 of a hundred talents of silver1   
and a talent of gold4    #bc3cd4 ,and   
,pharao ,nechao made ,eliacim1 the son  
of ,josias1 king in the  room of ,josias
 his father3 and turned his name to     
,joakim4 ,and he took  ,joachaz away and
 carried him into ,egypt1 and he died   
there4    #bc3ce4 ,and ,joakim gave the 
silver and the gold to ,pharao1 after he
 had  taxed the land for every man1 to  
contribute according to the commandment 
of ,pharao3 and he exacted both the     
silver and the gold of the people of    
the land1 of every man according to his 
ability3 to give to ,pharao  ,nechao4   
#bc3cf4 ,joakim was five and twenty     
years old when he began to reign3 and   
he reigned eleven years in ,jerusalem3  

the name of his mother was ,zebida1  the
 daughter of ,phadaia1 of ,ruma4        
#bc3cg4 ,and he did evil before the     
,lord according to all that his fathers 
had done4    #d ,kings ,chapter #bd     
,the reign of ,joakim1 ,joachin1 and    
,sedecias4    #bd3a4 ,in his days       
,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon came  
up1 and ,joakim  became his servant     
three years3 then again he rebelled     
against him4    #bd3b4 ,and the ,lord   
sent against him the rovers of the      
,chaldees1 and the  rovers of ,syria1   
and the rovers of ,moab1 and the rovers 
of the children  of ,ammon3 and he sent 
them against ,juda1 to destroy it1      
according to the  word of the ,lord1    
which he had spoken by his servants1 the
 prophets4    ,the ,lord sent against   
him the rovers444 ,latrunculos4 ,bands  
or parties of  men1 who pillaged and    
plundered wherever they came4    #bd3c4 
,and this came by the word of the ,lord 
against ,juda1 to remove them  from     
before him for all the sins of ,manasses

 which he did2    #bd3d4 ,and for the   
innocent blood that he shed1 filling    
,jerusalem with  innocent blood3 and    
therefore the ,lord would not be        
appeased4    #bd3e4 ,but the rest of the
 acts of ,joakim1 and all that he did1  
are they  not written in the book of the
 words of the days of the kings of      
,juda8  ,and ,joakim slept with his     
fathers3    #bd3f4 ,and ,joachin1 his   
son1 reigned in his stead4    #bd3g4    
,and the king of ,egypt came not again  
any more out of his own  country3 for   
the king of ,babylon had taken all that 
had belonged to the  king of ,egypt1    
from the river of ,egypt1 unto the river
 ,euphrates4    #bd3h4 ,joachin was     
eighteen years old when he began to     
reign1 and he  reigned three months in  
,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was  
,nohesta1  the daughter of ,elnathan1 of
 ,jerusalem4    #bd3i4 ,and he did evil 
before the ,lord1 according to all that 
his father  had done4    #bd3aj4 ,at    
that time the servants of               

,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1  came
 up against ,jerusalem1 and the city was
 surrounded with their forts4    #bd3aa4
 ,and ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1
 came to the city1 with his  servants1  
to assault it4    #bd3ab4 ,and ,joachin1
 king of ,juda1 went out to the king of 
,babylon1 he1  and his mother1 and his  
servants1 and his nobles1 and his       
eunuchs3 and  the king of ,babylon      
received him in the eighth year of his  
reign4    #bd3ac4 ,and he brought out   
from thence all the treasures of the    
house of  the ,lord1 and the treasures  
of the king's house3 and he cut in      
pieces  all the vessels of gold which   
,solomon1 king of ,israel1 had made in  
the  temple of the ,lord1 according to  
the word of the ,lord4    #bd3ad4 ,and  
he carried away all ,jerusalem1 and all 
the princes1 and all  the valiant men of
 the army1 to the number of ten         
thousand1 into  captivity3 and every    
artificer and smith3 and none were left1
 but the  poor sort of the people of the

 land4    #bd3ae4 ,and he carried away  
,joachin into ,babylon1 and the king's  
mother1  and the king's wives1 and his  
eunuchs3 and the judges of the land he  
carried into captivity1 from ,jerusalem1
 into ,babylon4    #bd3af4 ,and all the 
strong men1 seven thousand1 and the     
artificers1 and  the smiths1 a thousand1
 all that were valiant men1 and fit for 
war3 and  the king of ,babylon led them 
captives into ,babylon4    #bd3ag4 ,and 
he appointed ,matthanias1 his uncle1 in 
his stead3 and called  his name         
,sedecias4    #bd3ah4 ,sedecias was one 
and twenty years old when he began to   
reign1 and  he reigned eleven years in  
,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was  
,amital1  the daughter of ,jeremias1 of 
,lobna4    #bd3ai4 ,and he did evil     
before the ,lord1 according to all that 
,joakim had  done4    #bd3bj4 ,for the  
,lord was angry against ,jerusalem and  
against ,juda1 till  he cast them out   
from his face3 and ,sedecias revolted   
from the king of  ,babylon4    #d ,kings

 ,chapter #be    ,jerusalem is besieged 
and taken by ,nabuchodonosor3 ,sedecias 
is taken3  the city and temple are      
destroyed4 ,godolias1 who is left       
governor1 is  slain4 ,joachin is exalted
 by ,evilmerodach4    #be3a4 ,and it    
came to pass in the ninth year of his   
reign1 in the tenth  month1 the tenth   
day of the month1 that ,nabuchodonosor1 
king of ,babylon1  came1 he and all his 
army1 against ,jerusalem3 and they      
surrounded it3  and raised works round  
about it4    #be3b4 ,and the city was   
shut up and besieged till the eleventh  
year of  king ,sedecias1    #be3c4 ,the 
ninth day of the month3 and a famine    
prevailed in the city1  and there was no
 bread for the people of the land4      
#be3d4 ,and a breach was made into the  
city3 and all the men of war fled  in   
the night between the two walls by the  
king's garden 7now the  ,chaldees       
besieged the city round about71 and     
,sedecias fled by the way  that leadeth 
to the plains of the wilderness4        

#be3e4 ,and the army of the ,chaldees   
pursued after the king1 and overtook    
him in the plains of ,jericho3 and all  
the warriors that were with him  were   
scattered1 and left him3    #be3f4 ,so  
they took the king1 and brought him to  
the king of ,babylon1 to  ,reblatha1 and
 he gave judgment upon him4    #be3g4   
,and he slew the sons of ,sedecias      
before his face1 and he put out  his    
eyes1 and bound him with chains1 and    
brought him to ,babylon4    #be3h4 ,in  
the fifth month1 the seventh day of the 
month1 the same is the  nineteenth year 
of the king of ,babylon1 came           
,nabuzardan1 commander of  the army1 a  
servant of the king of ,babylon1 into   
,jerusalem4    #be3i4 ,and he burnt the 
house of the ,lord1 and the king's      
house1 and the  houses of ,jerusalem1   
and every great house he burnt with     
fire4    #be3aj4 ,and all the army of   
the ,chaldees1 which was with the       
commander of  the troops1 broke down the
 walls of ,jerusalem round about4       

#be3aa4 ,and ,nabuzardan1 the commander 
of the army1 carried away the rest  of  
the people1 that remained in the city1  
and the fugitives1 that had  gone over  
to the king of ,babylon1 and the remnant
 of the common people4    #be3ab4 ,but  
of the poor of the land he left some    
dressers of vines and  husbandmen4      
#be3ac4 ,and the pillars of brass that  
were in the temple of the ,lord1 and    
the bases1 and the sea of brass1 which  
was in the house of the ,lord1 the      
,chaldees broke in pieces1 and carried  
all the brass of them to ,babylon4      
#be3ad4 ,they took away also the pots of
 brass1 and the mazers1 and the  forks1 
and the cups1 and the mortars1 and all  
the vessels of brass1 with  which they  
ministered4    #be3ae4 ,moreover also   
the censers1 and the bowls1 such as were
 of gold in  gold3 and such as were of  
silver in silver1 the general of the    
army took  away4    #be3af4 ,that is1   
two pillars1 one sea1 and the bases     
which ,solomon had  made in the temple  

of the ,lord3 the brass of all these    
vessels was  without weight4    #be3ag4 
,one pillar was eighteen cubits high3   
and the chapiter of brass1  which was   
upon it1 was three cubits high3 and the 
network1 and the  pomegranates that were
 upon the chapiter of the pillar1 were  
all of  brass3 and the second pillar had
 the like adorning4    #be3ah4 ,and the 
general of the army took ,seraias1 the  
chief priest1 and  ,sophonias1 the      
second priest1 and three doorkeepers3   
#be3ai4 ,and out of the city one eunuch1
 who was captain over the men of  war3  
and five men of them who had stood      
before the king1 whom he found  in the  
city1 and ,sopher1 the captain of the   
army1 who exercised the  young soldiers 
of the people of the land3 and          
threescore men of the  common people1   
who were found in the city3    #be3bj4  
,these ,nabuzardan1 the general of the  
army1 took away1 and carried  them to   
the king of ,babylon1 to ,reblatha4     
#be3ba4 ,and the king of ,babylon smote 

them1 and slew them at ,reblatha1 in    
the land of ,emath3 so ,juda was carried
 away out of their land4    #be3bb4 ,but
 over the people that remained in the   
land of ,juda1 which  ,nabuchodonosor1  
king of ,babylon1 had left1 he gave the 
government to  ,godolias1 the son of    
,ahicam1 the son of ,saphan4    #be3bc4 
,and when all the captains of the       
soldiers had heard this1 they  and the  
men that were with them1 to wit1 that   
the king of ,babylon had  made ,godolias
 governor they came to ,godolias to     
,maspha1 ,ismael1 the son  of           
,nathanias1 and ,johanan1 the son of    
,caree1 and ,saraia1 the son of         
,thanehumeth1 the ,netophathite1 and    
,jezonias1 the son of ,maachathi1 they  
and their men4    #be3bd4 ,and ,godolias
 swore to them and to their men1 saying3
 ,be not  afraid to serve the ,chaldees3
 stay in the land1 and serve the king of
  ,babylon1 and it shall be well with   
you4    #be3be4 ,but it came to pass in 
the seventh month1 that ,ismael1 the son

 of  ,nathanias1 the son of ,elisama1 of
 the seed royal came1 and ten men with  
him1 and smote ,godolias2 so that he    
died3 and also the ,jews and the        
,chaldees that were with him in ,maspha4
    #be3bf4 ,and all the people1 both   
little and great1 and the captains of   
the soldiers1 rising up1 went to ,egypt1
 fearing the ,chaldees4    #be3bg4 ,and 
it came to pass in the seven and        
thirtieth year of the  captivity of     
,joachin1 king of ,juda1 in the twelfth 
month1 the seven and  twentieth day of  
the month3 ,evilmerodach1 king of       
,babylon1 in the year  that he began to 
reign1 lifted up the head of ,joachin1  
king of ,juda1 out  of prison4          
#be3bh4 ,and he spoke kindly to him3 and
 he set his throne above the  throne of 
the kings that were with him in         
,babylon4    #be3bi4 ,and he changed his
 garments which he had in prison1 and he
 ate  bread always before him1 all the  
days of his life4    #be3cj4 ,and he    
appointed him a continual allowance1    

which was also given  him by the king1  
day by day1 all the days of his life4