12:001:001 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the
death of Ahab.
12:001:002 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber
that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto
them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover
of this disease.
12:001:003 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise,
go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them,
Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of
Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
12:001:004 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And
Elijah departed.
12:001:005 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto
them, Why are ye now turned back?
12:001:006 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and
said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in
Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt surely die.
12:001:007 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came
up to meet you, and told you these words?
12:001:008 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a
girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the
Tishbite.
12:001:009 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his
fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill.
And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
12:001:010 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be
a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and
thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and
his fifty.
12:001:011 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his
fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the
king said, Come down quickly.
12:001:012 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God,
let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the
fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
12:001:013 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his
fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his
knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God,
I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be
precious in thy sight.
12:001:014 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the
two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my
life now be precious in thy sight.
12:001:015 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him:
be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the
king.
12:001:016 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou
hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not
because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou
shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt
surely die.
12:001:017 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had
spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram
the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
12:001:018 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
12:002:001 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into
heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
12:002:002 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down
to Bethel.
12:002:003 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth
to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away
thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye
your peace.
12:002:004 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee;
for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
12:002:005 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to
Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy
master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye
your peace.
12:002:006 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the
LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
12:002:007 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to
view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
12:002:008 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and
smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they
two went over on dry ground.
12:002:009 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah
said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away
from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon me.
12:002:010 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if
thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if
not, it shall not be so.
12:002:011 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,
behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12:002:012 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the
chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and
he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
12:002:013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and
went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
12:002:014 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and
smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he
also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha
went over.
12:002:015 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at
Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before
him.
12:002:016 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy
servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy
master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and
cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall
not send.
12:002:017 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send.
They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him
not.
12:002:018 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,)
he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
12:002:019 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray
thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the
water is naught, and the ground barren.
12:002:020 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And
they brought it to him.
12:002:021 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the
salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these
waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
12:002:022 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the
saying of Elisha which he spake.
12:002:023 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going
up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald
head.
12:002:024 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in
the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the
wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
12:002:025 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he
returned to Samaria.
12:003:001 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in
Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years.
12:003:002 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like
his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that
his father had made.
12:003:003 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
12:003:004 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto
the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand
rams, with the wool.
12:003:005 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of
Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
12:003:006 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and
numbered all Israel.
12:003:007 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah,
saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me
against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my
people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
12:003:008 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The
way through the wilderness of Edom.
12:003:009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the
king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and
there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
12:003:010 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called
these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
12:003:011 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the
LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of
Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat,
which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12:003:012 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to
him.
12:003:013 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do
with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets
of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of
Moab.
12:003:014 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
12:003:015 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
12:003:016 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
ditches.
12:003:017 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall
ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may
drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
12:003:018 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he
will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
12:003:019 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city,
and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar
every good piece of land with stones.
12:003:020 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering
was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the
country was filled with water.
12:003:021 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up
to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on
armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
12:003:022 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon
the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as
blood:
12:003:023 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and
they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
12:003:024 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went
forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
12:003:025 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of
land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the
wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left
they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote
it.
12:003:026 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore
for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break
through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
12:003:027 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his
stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was
great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and
returned to their own land.
12:004:001 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of
the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and
thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is
come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
12:004:002 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me,
what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any
thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
12:004:003 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy
neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
12:004:004 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee
and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou
shalt set aside that which is full.
12:004:005 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her
sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
12:004:006 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she
said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is
not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
12:004:007 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell
the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
12:004:008 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was
a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
12:004:009 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that
this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
12:004:010 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and
let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a
candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn
in thither.
12:004:011 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned
into the chamber, and lay there.
12:004:012 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And
when he had called her, she stood before him.
12:004:013 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast
been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?
And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
12:004:014 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi
answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
12:004:015 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood
in the door.
12:004:016 And he said, About this season, according to the time of
life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of
God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
12:004:017 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that
Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
12:004:018 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went
out to his father to the reapers.
12:004:019 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to
a lad, Carry him to his mother.
12:004:020 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he
sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
12:004:021 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God,
and shut the door upon him, and went out.
12:004:022 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray
thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the
man of God, and come again.
12:004:023 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is
neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
12:004:024 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and
go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
12:004:025 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And
it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to
Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
12:004:026 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it
well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child?
And she answered, It is well:
12:004:027 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught
him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of
God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD
hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
12:004:028 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say,
Do not deceive me?
12:004:029 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff
in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and
if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face
of the child.
12:004:030 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
12:004:031 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the
face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore
he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not
awaked.
12:004:032 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child
was dead, and laid upon his bed.
12:004:033 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and
prayed unto the LORD.
12:004:034 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth
upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his
hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child
waxed warm.
12:004:035 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and
went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven
times, and the child opened his eyes.
12:004:036 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he
called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
12:004:037 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to
the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
12:004:038 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in
the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he
said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the
sons of the prophets.
12:004:039 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a
wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and
shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
12:004:040 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass,
as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O
thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat
thereof.
12:004:041 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot;
and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was
no harm in the pot.
12:004:042 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man
of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears
of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that
they may eat.
12:004:043 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an
hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus
saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
12:004:044 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to the word of the LORD.
12:005:001 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a
great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had
given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he
was a leper.
12:005:002 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought
away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on
Naaman's wife.
12:005:003 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with
the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
12:005:004 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus
said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
12:005:005 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a
letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten
talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of
raiment.
12:005:006 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now
when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman
my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
12:005:007 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the
letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to
make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his
leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a
quarrel against me.
12:005:008 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the
king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,
Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he
shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
12:005:009 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and
stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
12:005:010 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in
Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou
shalt be clean.
12:005:011 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I
thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name
of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the
leper.
12:005:012 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than
all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he
turned and went away in a rage.
12:005:013 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My
father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou
not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and
be clean?
12:005:014 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like
unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
12:005:015 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company,
and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that
there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray
thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
12:005:016 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will
receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
12:005:017 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given
to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will
henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods,
but unto the LORD.
12:005:018 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my
master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth
on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down
myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this
thing.
12:005:019 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a
little way.
12:005:020 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said,
Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at
his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run
after him, and take somewhat of him.
12:005:021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him
running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and
said, Is all well?
12:005:022 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying,
Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of
the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver,
and two changes of garments.
12:005:023 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged
him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of
garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them
before him.
12:005:024 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand,
and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they
departed.
12:005:025 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said
unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no
whither.
12:005:026 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the
man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive
money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and
sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
12:005:027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and
unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as
white as snow.
12:006:001 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now,
the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
12:006:002 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every
man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he
answered, Go ye.
12:006:003 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy
servants. And he answered, I will go.
12:006:004 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut
down wood.
12:006:005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the
water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
12:006:006 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the
place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did
swim.
12:006:007 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his
hand, and took it.
12:006:008 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took
counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my
camp.
12:006:009 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying,
Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come
down.
12:006:010 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God
told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
12:006:011 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled
for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye
not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12:006:012 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but
Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the
words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
12:006:013 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and
fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
12:006:014 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great
host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
12:006:015 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and
gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and
chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we
do?
12:006:016 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more
than they that be with them.
12:006:017 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his
eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man;
and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
fire round about Elisha.
12:006:018 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD,
and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote
them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
12:006:019 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is
this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek.
But he led them to Samaria.
12:006:020 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that
Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And
the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the
midst of Samaria.
12:006:021 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
12:006:022 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou
smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy
bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and
go to their master.
12:006:023 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had
eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So
the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
12:006:024 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria
gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
12:006:025 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they
besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of
silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of
silver.
12:006:026 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there
cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
12:006:027 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I
help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
12:006:028 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to
day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
12:006:029 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on
the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her
son.
12:006:030 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the
woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the
people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
12:006:031 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of
Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
12:006:032 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and
the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him,
he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to
take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and
hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind
him?
12:006:033 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came
down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what
should I wait for the LORD any longer?
12:007:001 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith
the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be
sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate
of Samaria.
12:007:002 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of
God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might
this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes,
but shalt not eat thereof.
12:007:003 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the
gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
12:007:004 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in
the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also.
Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if
they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but
die.
12:007:005 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of
Syria, behold, there was no man there.
12:007:006 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise
of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and
they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us
the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon
us.
12:007:007 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their
tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and
fled for their life.
12:007:008 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp,
they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence
silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and
entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
12:007:009 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a
day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning
light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may
go and tell the king's household.
12:007:010 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they
told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,
there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses
tied, and the tents as they were.
12:007:011 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's
house within.
12:007:012 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants,
I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we
be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in
the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them
alive, and get into the city.
12:007:013 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I
pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it:
behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that
are consumed:) and let us send and see.
12:007:014 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent
after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
12:007:015 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way
was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in
their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
12:007:016 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the
Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
12:007:017 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to
have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate,
and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came
down to him.
12:007:018 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king,
saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour
for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
12:007:019 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold,
if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he
said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.
12:007:020 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in
the gate, and he died.
12:008:001 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored
to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn
wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;
and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
12:008:002 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of
God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the
Philistines seven years.
12:008:003 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman
returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry
unto the king for her house and for her land.
12:008:004 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of
God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath
done.
12:008:005 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had
restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had
restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And
Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son,
whom Elisha restored to life.
12:008:006 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king
appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers,
and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land,
even until now.
12:008:007 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria
was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
12:008:008 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand,
and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying,
Shall I recover of this disease?
12:008:009 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even
of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and
stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me
to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
12:008:010 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest
certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely
die.
12:008:011 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was
ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12:008:012 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered,
Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel:
their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou
slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their
women with child.
12:008:013 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he
should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me
that thou shalt be king over Syria.
12:008:014 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said
to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou
shouldest surely recover.
12:008:015 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick
cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he
died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
12:008:016 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of
Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je
hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
12:008:017 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and
he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
12:008:018 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the
house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in
the sight of the LORD.
12:008:019 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's
sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
12:008:020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and
made a king over themselves.
12:008:021 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him:
and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about,
and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
12:008:022 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.
Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
12:008:023 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12:008:024 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
12:008:025 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel
did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
12:008:026 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
12:008:027 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil
in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son
in law of the house of Ahab.
12:008:028 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against
Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
12:008:029 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against
Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went
down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
12:009:001 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the
prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil
in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
12:009:002 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from
among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
12:009:003 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say,
Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open
the door, and flee, and tarry not.
12:009:004 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
Ramothgilead.
12:009:005 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were
sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu
said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
12:009:006 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil
on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
12:009:007 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the
servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
12:009:008 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off
from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and
left in Israel:
12:009:009 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
12:009:010 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and
there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
12:009:011 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one
said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And
he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
12:009:012 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus
and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed
thee king over Israel.
12:009:013 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it
under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu
is king.
12:009:014 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired
against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel,
because of Hazael king of Syria.
12:009:015 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king
of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth
nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
12:009:016 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
12:009:017 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he
spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And
Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is
it peace?
12:009:018 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus
saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with
peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger
came to them, but he cometh not again.
12:009:019 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them,
and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast
thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
12:009:020 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and
cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of
Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
12:009:021 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready.
And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his
chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of
Naboth the Jezreelite.
12:009:022 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of
thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
12:009:023 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah,
There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
12:009:024 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram
between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down
in his chariot.
12:009:025 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him
in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how
that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid
this burden upon him;
12:009:026 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the
blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat,
saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground,
according to the word of the LORD.
12:009:027 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the
way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite
him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which
is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
12:009:028 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
12:009:029 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began
Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
12:009:030 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and
she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
12:009:031 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri
peace, who slew his master?
12:009:032 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on
my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
12:009:033 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some
of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode
her under foot.
12:009:034 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go,
see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
12:009:035 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than
the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
12:009:036 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is
the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite,
saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
12:009:037 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of
the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is
Jezebel.
12:010:001 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters,
and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to
them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
12:010:002 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your
master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses,
a fenced city also, and armour;
12:010:003 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and
set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
12:010:004 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings
stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
12:010:005 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the
city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to
Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid
us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
12:010:006 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye
be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the
men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this
time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great
men of the city, which brought them up.
12:010:007 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they
took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in
baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
12:010:008 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have
brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two
heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
12:010:009 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and
stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired
against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
12:010:010 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the
word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for
the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
12:010:011 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in
Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests,
until he left him none remaining.
12:010:012 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was
at the shearing house in the way,
12:010:013 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and
said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and
we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the
queen.
12:010:014 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and
slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men;
neither left he any of them.
12:010:015 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the
son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him,
Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab
answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand;
and he took him up to him into the chariot.
12:010:016 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So
they made him ride in his chariot.
12:010:017 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto
Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of
the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
12:010:018 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto
them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
12:010:019 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his
servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great
sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.
But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the
worshippers of Baal.
12:010:020 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it.
12:010:021 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of
Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came
into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to
another.
12:010:022 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth
vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth
vestments.
12:010:023 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the
house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look
that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the
worshippers of Baal only.
12:010:024 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt
offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the
men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go,
his life shall be for the life of him.
12:010:025 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of
offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the
captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them
with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them
out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
12:010:026 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal,
and burned them.
12:010:027 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the
house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
12:010:028 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
12:010:029 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden
calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
12:010:030 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in
executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house
of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the
fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
12:010:031 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of
Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
12:010:032 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael
smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
12:010:033 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites,
and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the
river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
12:010:034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and
all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
12:010:035 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in
Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
12:010:036 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was
twenty and eight years.
12:011:001 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
12:011:002 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons
which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the
bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
12:011:003 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years.
And Athaliah did reign over the land.
12:011:004 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers
over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him
into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an
oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
12:011:005 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye
shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be
keepers of the watch of the king's house;
12:011:006 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third
part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the
house, that it be not broken down.
12:011:007 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even
they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
12:011:008 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be
slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
12:011:009 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all
things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his
men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on
the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
12:011:010 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king
David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
12:011:011 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand,
round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left
corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
12:011:012 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon
him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed
him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
12:011:013 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the
people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
12:011:014 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as
the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all
the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah
rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
12:011:015 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the
hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth
without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For
the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
12:011:016 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the
which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
12:011:017 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king
and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king
also and the people.
12:011:018 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal,
and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces
thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And
the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
12:011:019 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and
the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the
king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the
guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
12:011:020 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in
quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
12:011:021 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
12:012:001 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty
years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of
Beersheba.
12:012:002 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD
all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
12:012:003 But the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
12:012:004 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the
dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the
money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is
set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into
the house of the LORD,
12:012:005 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his
acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever
any breach shall be found.
12:012:006 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king
Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
12:012:007 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the
other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the
house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but
deliver it for the breaches of the house.
12:012:008 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the
people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
12:012:009 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh
into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put
therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
12:012:010 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the
chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put
up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
12:012:011 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them
that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and
they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the
house of the LORD,
12:012:012 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and
hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all
that was laid out for the house to repair it.
12:012:013 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls
of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels
of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
12:012:014 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the
house of the LORD.
12:012:015 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt
faithfully.
12:012:016 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the
house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
12:012:017 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath,
and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
12:012:018 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had
dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found
in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and
sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
12:012:019 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12:012:020 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash
in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
12:012:021 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of
Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with
his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
12:013:001 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah
king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
12:013:002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and
followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to
sin; he departed not therefrom.
12:013:003 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand
of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
12:013:004 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto
him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria
oppressed them.
12:013:005 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out
from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in
their tents, as beforetime.
12:013:006 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained
the grove also in Samaria.)
12:013:007 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty
horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of
Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
12:013:008 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did,
and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
12:013:009 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in
Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
12:013:010 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
sixteen years.
12:013:011 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he
departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12:013:012 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and
his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
12:013:013 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his
throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
12:013:014 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.
And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face,
and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof.
12:013:015 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took
unto him bow and arrows.
12:013:016 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the
bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the
king's hands.
12:013:017 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then
Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's
deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt
smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
12:013:018 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said
unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and
stayed.
12:013:019 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou
shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria
till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but
thrice.
12:013:020 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the
Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
12:013:021 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that,
behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the
sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the
bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.