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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.
but King
Joram had returned to
Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against
Hazael their king.) So
Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let
anyone escape from the city to go
and tell it in
Jezreel.”
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?
Now the
watchman standing on the tower in
Jezreel saw
Jehu’s troops approaching,
and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,”
Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them
and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
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.
So a
horseman rode off to meet
Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?”
Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
And the
watchman reported, “The
messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
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.
So the king sent out a second
horseman, who went to them
and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?”
Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
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.
Again the
watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back.
And the
charioteer is driving like
Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a
madman!”
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.
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?
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.
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;
And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “
Pick him up
and throw him into the field of
Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you
and I were riding together behind his father
Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
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.
‘As surely as I saw the blood of
Naboth and the blood of his sons
yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD,
pick him up
and throw him on the plot of ground.”
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.
When King
Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan.
And Jehu pursued him,
shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot
Ahaziah in his
chariot on the
Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam,
and he fled to
Megiddo and died there.
And his servants carried him in a
chariot to Jerusalem,
and buried him in his
sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
Then his servants carried him by
chariot to Jerusalem
and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
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.
Now when
Jehu arrived in
Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head,
and looked down from a window.
And as
Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who
slew his master?
And as
Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
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.
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
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.
“Throw her down!”
yelled Jehu. So they threw her down,
and her blood splattered on the wall
and on the horses as they
trampled her underfoot.
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.
Then
Jehu went in
and ate and drank. “Take care of this
cursed woman,” he said, “
and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
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.
But when they went out to
bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet,
and the palms of her hands.
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:
So they went back
and told
Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant
Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at
Jezreel the dogs will
devour the flesh of
Jezebel.
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.
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at
Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is
Jezebel.’”
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,
Now
Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So
Jehu wrote letters
and sent them to Samaria to the officials of
Jezreel, to the elders,
and to the guardians of the sons of
Ahab, saying:
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;
“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you
and you have
chariots and horses, a fortified city
and weaponry,
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.
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
But they were
terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
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.
So the palace
administrator, the
overseer of the city, the elders,
and the guardians sent a message to
Jehu: “We are your servants,
and we will do whatever you say. We will not make
anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
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.
Then
Jehu wrote them a second letter
and said: “If you are on my side,
and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at
Jezreel by this time
tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
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.
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king
and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets
and sent them to
Jehu at
Jezreel.
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.
When the
messenger arrived, he told
Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.”
And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
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?
The next morning,
Jehu went out
and stood before all the people
and said, “You are innocent. It was I who
conspired against my master
and killed him. But who killed all these?
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.
So
Jehu killed
everyone in
Jezreel who remained of the house of
Ahab, as well as all his great men
and close friends
and priests, leaving him without a single
survivor.
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
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.
Jehu met some relatives of
Ahaziah king of Judah
and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of
Ahaziah,” they answered, “
and we have come down to
greet the sons of the king
and of the queen mother.”
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.
Then
Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-
eked—forty-two men. He
spared none of them.
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.
When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him.
Jehu greeted him
and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said
Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand,
and Jehu helped him into his
chariot,
And he said, Come with me,
and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him
ride in his
chariot.
saying, “Come with me
and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him
ride in his
chariot.
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.
When
Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down
everyone belonging to
Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to
Elijah.
And Jehu gathered all the people together,
and said unto them,
Ahab served
Baal a little; but
Jehu shall serve him much.
Then
Jehu brought all the people together
and said, “
Ahab served
Baal a little, but
Jehu will serve him a lot.
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.
Now, therefore,
summon to me all the prophets of
Baal, all his servants,
and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for
Baal.
Whoever is missing will not live.” But
Jehu was acting
deceptively in order to destroy the servants of
Baal.
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.
Then
Jehu sent word throughout Israel,
and all the servants of
Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of
Baal,
and it was filled from end to end.
And Jehu said to the keeper of the
wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of
Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
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.
Next,
Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of
Baal,
and Jehu said to the servants of
Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of
Baal.”
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.
And they went in to offer sacrifices
and burnt offerings. Now
Jehu had stationed eighty men outside
and warned them, “If
anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will
forfeit his life for theirs.”
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.
When he had finished making the burnt offering,
Jehu said to the guards
and officers, “Go in
and kill them. Do not let
anyone out.” So the guards
and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out,
and went into the inner room of the temple of
Baal.
And they brought forth the images out of the house of
Baal,
and burned them.
They brought out the sacred
pillar of the temple of
Baal and burned it.
And they
brake down the image of
Baal,
and brake down the house of
Baal,
and made it a draught house unto this day.
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.
but he did not turn away from the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden
calves at
Bethel and Dan.
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.
Nevertheless, the LORD said to
Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight
and have done to the house of
Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short:
and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel.
Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
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.
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?
As for the rest of the acts of
Jehu, along with all his accomplishments
and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
And Jehu rested with his fathers
and was buried in Samaria,
and his son
Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
And the time that
Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty
and eight years.
So the duration of
Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
And when
Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the seed royal.
But Jehosheba daughter of King
Joram, the sister of
Ahaziah, took
Joash son of
Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him
and his
nurse in a
bedroom to hide him from
Athaliah,
and he was not killed.
And he was with her
hid in the house of the LORD six years.
And Athaliah did reign over the land.
And Joash remained hidden with his
nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while
Athaliah ruled the land.
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.
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
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;
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
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.
a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—
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.
the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
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.
You must
surround the king with weapons in hand,
and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
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.
So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
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.
And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
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.
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony,
and proclaimed him king. They
anointed him,
and the people
clapped their hands
and declared, “Long live the king!”
And when
Athaliah heard the noise of the guard
and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
When
Athaliah heard the noise from the guards
and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.
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.
And she looked out
and saw the king standing by the
pillar, according to the custom. The officers
and trumpeters were beside the king,
and all the people of the land were
rejoicing and blowing
trumpets. Then
Athaliah tore her clothes
and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
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.
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks,
and put to the sword
anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
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.
So they seized
Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds,
and there she was put to death.
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.
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
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.
So all the people of the land went to the temple of
Baal and tore it down. They
smashed the altars
and idols to pieces,
and they killed Mattan the priest of
Baal in front of the altars.
And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
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.
He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards,
and all the people of the land,
and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD
and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then
Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
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.
and all the people of the land
rejoiced.
And the city was quiet, because
Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
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 Beer-
sheba.
In the seventh year of
Jehu,
Joash became king,
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from
Beersheba.
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest
instructed him.
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was
instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
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,
Then
Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows,
and the money brought
voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
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.
Let every priest receive it from his
constituency,
and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
But it was so, that in the three
and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
By the twenty-third year of the reign of
Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
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.
So King
Joash called Jehoiada
and the other priests
and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your
constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
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.
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its
lid,
and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the
threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
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.
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal
scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD,
and tie it up in bags.
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,
Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who
supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
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.
masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
But they gave that to the workmen,
and repaired
therewith the house of the LORD.
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
The
trespass money
and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests’.
The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
Then
Hazael king of Syria went up,
and fought against
Gath,
and took it:
and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
At that time
Hazael king of
Aram marched up
and fought against
Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
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.
So King
Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—
Jehoshaphat, Jehoram,
and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items
and all the gold found in the
treasuries of the house of the LORD
and the royal palace,
and he sent them to
Hazael king of
Aram. So
Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
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?
As for the rest of the acts of
Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
And the servants of
Joash rose up
and formed a
conspiracy and killed him at Beth-
millo, on the road down to Silla.
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.
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath
and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down,
and he died.
And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David,
and his son
Amaziah reigned in his place.
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.
In the twenty-third year of the reign of
Joash son of
Ahaziah over Judah,
Jehoahaz son of
Jehu became king of Israel,
and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.
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.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD
and followed the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
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 Ben-
hadad the son of
Hazael, all their days.
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel,
and He delivered them continually into the hands of
Hazael king of
Aram and his son Ben-
hadad.
Then
Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD,
and the LORD
listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of
Aram had inflicted on Israel.
