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    "Who became king in place of Ahaz after his death?",
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3  King Shal man e ser  of As syr ia at tacked  him, 
 and Ho shea be came  his vas sal  and  paid  him 
trib ute. 4  But  the  king  of As syr ia  caught Ho-
shea  in  a con spir a cy:  He  had  sent en voys  to  So 
 king  of  Egypt  and  had  not  paid trib ute  to  the 
 king  of As syr ia  as  in pre vi ous  years. d There-
fore  the  king  of As syr ia ar rest ed  him  and  put 
 him  in pris on. 5  The  king  of As syr ia in vad ed 
 the  whole  land,  marched  up  to Sa mar ia,  and 
be sieged  it  for  three  years. THE FALL OF SAMARIA
6  In  the  ninth  year  of Ho shea,  the  king  of As-
syr ia cap tured Sa mar ia. He de port ed  the Is-
ra el ites  to As syr ia  and set tled  them  in Ha lah, 
 along  the Ha bor (Go zan’s riv er),  and  in  the 
cit ies  of  the  Medes. WHY ISRAEL FELL
7  This di sas ter hap pened be cause  the peo ple  of 
Is ra el  sinned  against  the  L ord  their  God  who 
 had  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
 from  the pow er  of Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt  and 
be cause  they wor shiped e oth er  gods. 8  They 
 lived ac cord ing  to  the cus toms  of  the na tions 
 that  the  L ord  had dispossessed be fore  the 
Is ra el ites  and ac cord ing  to  what  the  kings  of 
Is ra el  did.


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9  The Is ra el ites se cret ly  did  things f 
 against  the  L ord  their  God  that  were  not  right. They  built  high plac es  in  all  their  towns  from 
watch tow er  to for ti fied  city . 10  They  set  up  for 
them selves sa cred pil lars  and Ashe rah  poles 
 on ev ery  high  hill  and un der ev ery  green  tree. 11  They  burned in cense  there  on  all  the  high 
plac es  just  like  the na tions  that  the  L ord  had 
driv en  out be fore  them  had  done.


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    "What actions did the Israelites take against the Lord their God?",
    "Where did the Israelites build high places?",
    "What practices did the Israelites adopt from the nations that the Lord had driven out?"
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They  did  evil 
 things, angering  the  L ord. 12  They  served  idols, 
al though  the  L ord  had  told  them, “ You  must 
 not  do  this.” 13  Still,  the  L ord  warned Is ra el  and 
Ju dah  through ev ery proph et  and ev ery  seer, 
say ing, “ Turn  from  your  evil  ways  and  keep 
 my com mands  and stat utes ac cord ing  to  the 
 whole  law  I com mand ed  your an ces tors  and 
 sent  to  you  through  my ser vants  the proph ets.”
14  But  they  would  not lis ten. In stead  they 
be came ob sti nate  like g  their an ces tors  who 
 did  not be lieve  the  L ord  their  God.


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    "What actions did the people take that angered the Lord?",
    "What message did the Lord convey through the prophets and seers?",
    "How did the people's response to the Lord's warnings compare to that of their ancestors?"
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15  They 
re ject ed  his stat utes  and  his cov enant  he  had 
 made  with  their an ces tors  and  the warn ings 
 he  had giv en  them. They fol lowed worth less 
 idols  and be came worth less them selves, fol-
low ing  the sur round ing na tions  the  L ord  had 
com mand ed  them  not  to im i tate. 16  They aban doned  all  the com mands  of  the 
 L ord  their  God. They  made  cast im ages  for 
them selves,  two  calves,  and  an Ashe rah  pole. They  bowed  in wor ship  to  all  the  stars  in  the 
 sky  and  served  Baal. 17  They sac ri ficed  their 
 sons  and daugh ters  in  the  fire h  and prac ticed 
div i na tion  and in ter pret ed  omens.


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    "What actions did they take in worship that were against the commands of the Lord?",
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They de-
vot ed them selves  to  do  what  was  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight  and an gered  him. 18 There fore,  the  L ord  was  very an gry  with 
Is ra el,  and  he re moved  them  from  his pres-
ence. Only  the  tribe  of Ju dah re mained. 19  Even 
Ju dah  did  not  keep  the com mands  of  the  L ord 
 their  God  but  lived ac cord ing  to  the cus toms 
Is ra el  had prac ticed. 20  So  the  L ord re ject ed 
 all  the de scen dants  of Is ra el, pun ished  them, 
 and hand ed  them  over  to plun der ers un til  he 
 had ban ished  them  from  his pres ence. SUMMARY OF ISRAEL’S HISTORY
21  When  the  L ord  tore Is ra el  from  the  house 
 of Da vid, Is ra el  made Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat 
 king. Then Jer o bo am  led Is ra el  away  from 
fol low ing  the  L ord  and  caused  them  to com-
mit im mense  sin.


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    "What actions did the people of Israel take that angered the Lord?",
    "Who became king of Israel after it was torn from the house of David?",
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22  The Is ra el ites per sist ed 
a 16:15 Hb obscure   b 16:17 Lit the stands   c 16:17 Lit sea   d 17:4 Lit as year by year   e 17:7 Lit feared   f 17:9 Or Israelites 
spoke words   g 17:14 Lit they stiffened their neck like the neck of   h 17:17 Lit They made their sons and daughters pass 
through the fire
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 in  all  the  sins  that Jer o bo am com mit ted  and 
 did  not  turn  away  from  them. 23 Fi nal ly ,  the 
 L ord re moved Is ra el  from  his pres ence  just 
 as  he  had de clared  through  all  his ser vants 
 the proph ets. So Is ra el  has  been ex iled  to As-
syr ia  from  their home land  to  this  very  day . FOREIGN REFUGEES IN ISRAEL
24  Then  the  king  of As syr ia  brought peo ple 
 from Bab ylon, Cu thah,  Avva, Ha math,  and 
Seph ar va im  and set tled  them  in  place  of  the 
Is ra el ites  in  the cit ies  of Sa mar ia. The settlers 
 took pos ses sion  of Sa mar ia  and  lived  in  its cit-
ies.


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    "From which regions did the king of Assyria bring people to settle in Samaria?",
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25  When  they  first  lived  there,  they  did  not 
 fear  the  L ord. So  the  L ord  sent li ons  among 
 them,  which  killed  some  of  them. 26  The settlers 
 said  to  the  king  of As syr ia, “ The na tions  that 
 you  have de port ed  and  placed  in  the cit ies  of 
Sa mar ia  do  not  know  the re quire ments  of  the 
 god  of  the  land. There fore  he  has  sent li ons 
 among  them  that  are kill ing  them be cause 
 the peo ple  don’t  know  the re quire ments  of 
 the  god  of  the  land.”
27  Then  the  king  of As syr ia is sued  a com-
mand: “ Send  back  one  of  the  priests  you de-
port ed. Have  him  go  and  live  there  so  he  can 
 teach  them  the re quire ments  of  the  god  of  the 
 land.” 28  So  one  of  the  priests  they  had de port-
ed  came  and  lived  in Beth el,  and  he be gan  to 
 teach  them  how  they  should  fear  the  L ord. 29  But  the peo ple  of  each na tion  were  still 
mak ing  their  own  gods  in  the cit ies  where 
 they  lived  and put ting  them  in  the  shrines  of 
 the  high plac es  that  the peo ple  of Sa mar ia  had 
 made. 30  The  men  of Bab ylon  made Succoth- 
benoth,  the  men  of  Cuth  made Ner gal,  the  men 
 of Ha math  made Ashi ma, 31  the Av vites  made 
Nib haz  and Tar tak,  and  the Se phar vites  burned 
 their chil dren  in  the  fire  to Adram me lech  and 
Anam me lech,  the gods  of Seph ar va im. 32  They 
 feared  the  L ord,  but  they  also  made  from  their 
 ranks  priests  for  the  high plac es,  who  were 
work ing  for  them  at  the  shrines  of  the  high 
plac es.


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33  They  feared  the  L ord,  but  they  also 
wor shiped  their  own  gods ac cord ing  to  the 
prac tice  of  the na tions  from  which  they  had 
 been de port ed. 34  They  are  still ob serv ing  the for mer prac-
tic es  to  this  day . None  of  them  fear  the  L ord  or 
ob serve  the stat utes  and or di nances,  the  law 
 and com mand ments  that  the  L ord  had com-
mand ed  the de scen dants  of Ja cob,  whom  he 
 had giv en  the  name Is ra el. 35  The  L ord  made  a 
cov enant  with Ja cob’s de scen dants  and com-
mand ed  them, “ Do  not  fear oth er  gods;  do  not 
 bow  in wor ship  to  them;  do  not  serve  them; 
 do  not sac ri fice  to  them. 36 In stead  fear  the 
 L ord,  who  brought  you  up  from  the  land  of 
 Egypt  with  great pow er  and  an out stretched 
 arm. You  are  to  bow  down  to  him,  and  you  are 
 to sac ri fice  to  him. 37  You  are  to  be care ful al-
ways  to ob serve  the stat utes,  the or di nances, 
 the  law ,  and  the com mand ments  he  wrote  for 
 you;  do  not  fear oth er  gods. 38  Do  not for get  the 
cov enant  that  I  have  made  with  you. Do  not 
 fear oth er  gods, 39  but  fear  the  L ord  your  God, 
 and  he  will res cue  you  from  all  your en e mies.”
40 How ev er,  these na tions  would  not lis ten 
 but con tin ued ob serv ing  their for mer prac-
tic es. 41  They  feared  the  L ord  but  also  served 
 their  idols.


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Still to day ,  their chil dren  and grand-
chil dren con tin ue do ing  as  their fa thers  did. JUDAH’S KING HEZEKIAH
18 
 In  the  third  year  of Is ra el’s  King Ho shea 
 son  of  Elah, Hez e ki ah  son  of  Ahaz be came 
 king  of Ju dah. 2  He  was twenty-five  years  old 
 when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned twen-
ty-nine  years  in Je ru sa lem.


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3  He  did  what 
 was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  just  as  his an ces-
tor Da vid  had  done. 4  He re moved  the  high 
plac es, shat tered  the sa cred pil lars,  and  cut 
 down  the Ashe rah  poles. He  broke  into  pieces 
 the  bronze  snake  that Mo ses  made,  for un til 
 then  the Is ra el ites  were burn ing in cense  to 
 it. It  was  called Ne hush tan.


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5 Hez e ki ah re lied  on  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el; 
 not  one  of  the  kings  of Ju dah  was  like  him, 
ei ther be fore  him  or af ter  him. 6  He re mained 
faith ful  to  the  L ord  and  did  not  turn  from fol-
low ing  him  but  kept  the com mands  the  L ord 
 had com mand ed Mo ses. 7  The  L ord  was  with  him,  and wher ev er  he 
 went  he pros pered. He re belled  against  the 
 king  of As syr ia  and  did  not  serve  him. 8  He 
de feat ed  the Phi lis tines  as  far  as  Gaza  and 
 its bor ders,  from watch tow er  to for ti fied  city . REVIEW OF ISRAEL’S FALL
9  In  the  fourth  year  of  King Hez e ki ah,  which  was 
 the sev enth  year  of Is ra el’s  King Ho shea  son 
 of  Elah, As syr ia’s  King Shal man e ser  marched 
 against Sa mar ia  and be sieged  it. 10  The As-
syr ians cap tured  it  at  the  end  of  three  years. In  the  sixth  year  of Hez e ki ah,  which  was  the 
a 18:2 = Abijah in 2Ch 29:1   b 18:4 = A Bronze Thing
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 ninth  year  of Is ra el’s  King Ho shea, Sa mar ia 
 was cap tured. 11  The  king  of As syr ia de port-
ed  the Is ra el ites  to As syr ia  and  put  them  in 
Ha lah,  along  the Ha bor (Go zan’s riv er),  and 
 in  the cit ies  of  the  Medes, 12 be cause  they  did 
 not lis ten  to  the  L ord  their  God  but vi o lat ed 
 his cov enant  —   all  he  had com mand ed Mo ses 
 the ser vant  of  the  L ord. They  did  not lis ten, 
 and  they  did  not  obey . SENNACHERIB’S INVASION
13  In  the four teenth  year  of  King Hez e ki ah, 
As syr ia’s  King Sen nach er ib at tacked  all  the 
for ti fied cit ies  of Ju dah  and cap tured  them. 14  So 
 King Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah  sent  word  to  the  king 
 of As syr ia  at La chish: “ I  have  done  wrong; with-
draw  from  me. What ev er  you de mand  from 
 me,  I  will  pay .”  The  king  of As syr ia de mand ed 
elev en  tons a  of sil ver  and  one  ton b  of  gold  from 
 King Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah. 15  So Hez e ki ah  gave 
 him  all  the sil ver  found  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple 
 and  in  the trea sur ies  of  the  king’s pal ace. 16  At  that  time Hez e ki ah  stripped  the  gold 
 from  the  doors  of  the  L ord’ s sanc tu ary  and 
 from  the door posts  he  had over laid  and  gave 
 it  to  the  king  of As syr ia. 17  Then  the  king  of As syr ia  sent  the  field mar-
shal,  the  chief  of  staff,  and  his roy al spokes man, 
 along  with  a mas sive  army ,  from La chish  to 
 King Hez e ki ah  at Je ru sa lem. They ad vanced 
 and  came  to Je ru sa lem,  and c  they  took  their 
po si tion  by  the aq ue duct  of  the up per  pool, 
 by  the  road  to  the Laun der er’s  Field. 18  They 
 called  for  the  king,  but Eli a kim  son  of Hil ki ah, 
 who  was  in  charge  of  the pal ace, Shebnah  the 
 court sec re tary ,  and  Joah  son  of  Asaph,  the 
 court historian,  came  out  to  them. THE ROYAL SPOKESMAN’S SPEECH
19  Then  the roy al spokes man  said  to  them, “ Tell 
Hez e ki ah  this  is  what  the  great  king,  the  king  of 
As syr ia,  says: ‘ What  are  you relying  on? d 20  You 
 think  mere  words  are strat e gy  and  strength 
 for  war.


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Who  are  you  now relying  on  so  that 
 you  have re belled  against  me? 21  Now  look,  you 
 are relying  on  Egypt,  that splint ered  reed  of  a 
 staff  that  will  pierce  the  hand  of any one  who 
grabs  it  and  leans  on  it. This  is  what Pha raoh 
 king  of  Egypt  is  to  all  who  rely  on  him. 22 Sup-
pose  you  say  to  me, “ We  rely  on  the  L ord  our 
 God.”  Isn’t  he  the  one  whose  high plac es  and 
al tars Hez e ki ah  has re moved, say ing  to Ju dah 
 and  to Je ru sa lem, “ You  must wor ship  at  this 
al tar  in Je ru sa lem” ? ’
23 “ So  now ,  make  a bar gain  with  my mas ter 
 the  king  of As syr ia. I’ll  give  you  two thou sand 
hors es  if  you’re  able  to sup ply rid ers  for  them!


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24  How  then  can  you  drive  back  a sin gle off  i-
cer  among  the  least  of  my mas ter’s ser vants? How  can  you  rely  on  Egypt  for char i ots  and 
 for horse men? 25  Now ,  have  I at tacked  this 
 place  to de stroy  it with out  the  L ord’ s ap prov-
al? The  L ord  said  to  me, ‘ At tack  this  land  and 
de stroy  it.’ ”
26  Then Eli a kim  son  of Hil ki ah, Shebnah, 
 and  Joah  said  to  the roy al spokes man, “ Please 
 speak  to  your ser vants  in Ar a ma ic,  since  we 
un der stand  it. Don’t  speak  with  us  in He brew e 
with in earshot  of  the peo ple  on  the  wall.”
27  But  the roy al spokes man  said  to  them, 
“ Has  my mas ter  sent  me  to  speak  these  words 
 only  to  your mas ter  and  to  you? Hasn’t  he 
 also  sent  me  to  the  men  who  sit  on  the  wall, 
des tined  with  you  to  eat  their  own ex cre ment 
 and  drink  their  own  urine? ”
28  The roy al spokes man  stood  and  called 
 out loud ly  in He brew: “ Hear  the  word  of  the 
 great  king,  the  king  of As syr ia. 29  This  is  what 
 the  king  says: ‘ Don’t  let Hez e ki ah de ceive  you; 
 he  can’t res cue  you  from  my pow er. 30  Don’t 
 let Hez e ki ah per suade  you  to  rely  on  the  L ord 
 by say ing, “Cer tain ly  the  L ord  will res cue  us! This  city  will  not  be hand ed  over  to  the  king 
 of As syr ia.” ’
31 “ Don’t lis ten  to Hez e ki ah,  for  this  is  what 
 the  king  of As syr ia  says: ‘ Make  peace f  with 
 me  and sur ren der  to  me. Then  each  of  you 
 may  eat  from  his  own  vine  and  his  own  fig 
 tree,  and  each  may  drink wa ter  from  his  own 
cis tern 32 un til  I  come  and  take  you  away  to 
 a  land  like  your  own  land  —   a  land  of  grain 
 and  new  wine,  a  land  of  bread  and vine yards, 
 a  land  of ol ive  trees  and hon ey  —   so  that  you 
 may  live  and  not  die. But  don’t lis ten  to Hez e-
ki ah  when  he mis leads  you, say ing, “ The  L ord 
 will res cue  us.” 33  Has  any  of  the  gods  of  the 
na tions  ever res cued  his  land  from  the pow er 
 of  the  king  of As syr ia?


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Where  are  the  gods  of 
Seph ar va im,  Hena,  and Iv vah? g  Have  they res-
cued Sa mar ia  from  my pow er? 35  Who  among 
 all  the  gods  of  the  lands  has res cued  his  land 
 from  my pow er? So  will  the  L ord res cue Je-
ru sa lem  from  my pow er? ’ ”
a 18:14 Lit 300 talents   b 18:14 Lit 30 talents   c 18:17 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads and came and   d 18:19 Lit ‘What is this trust which 
you trust   e 18:26 Lit Judahite, also in v . 28   f 18:31 Lit a blessing   g 18:34 Some LXX mss, Old Lat read Sepharvaim?


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36  But  the peo ple  kept si lent;  they  did  not 
an swer  him  at  all,  for  the  king’s com mand 
 was, “ Don’t an swer  him.” 37  Then Eli a kim  son 
 of Hil ki ah,  who  was  in  charge  of  the pal ace, 
Sheb na  the  court sec re tary ,  and  Joah  son  of 
 Asaph,  the  court historian,  came  to Hez e ki ah 
 with  their  clothes  torn  and re port ed  to  him 
 the  words  of  the roy al spokes man. HEZEKIAH SEEKS ISAIAH’S COUNSEL
19 
 When  King Hez e ki ah  heard  their re port, 
 he  tore  his  clothes, cov  ered him self 
 with sack  cloth,  and  went  into  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple. 2  He  sent Eli a kim,  who  was  in  charge 
 of  the pal ace, Sheb na  the  court sec re tary , 
 and  the lead ing  priests,  who  were wear ing 
sack cloth,  to  the proph et Isa iah  son  of  Amoz. 3  They  said  to  him, “ This  is  what Hez e ki ah 
 says: ‘To day  is  a  day  of dis tress, re buke,  and 
dis grace,  for chil dren  have  come  to  the  point 
 of  birth,  but  there  is  no  strength  to de liv er 
 them. 4 Per haps  the  L ord  your  God  will  hear 
 all  the  words  of  the roy al spokes man,  whom 
 his mas ter  the  king  of As syr ia  sent  to  mock 
 the liv ing  God,  and  will re buke  him  for  the 
 words  that  the  L ord  your  God  has  heard. There fore, of fer  a  prayer  for  the sur viv ing 
rem nant.’ ”
5  So  the ser vants  of  King Hez e ki ah  went  to 
Isa iah, 6  who  said  to  them, “ Tell  your mas ter, 
‘ The  L ord  says  this:  Don’t  be  afraid be cause 
 of  the  words  you  have  heard,  with  which  the 
 king  of As syr ia’s at ten dants  have blas phemed 
 me. 7  I  am  about  to  put  a spir it  in  him,  and  he 
 will  hear  a ru mor  and re turn  to  his  own  land, 
 where  I  will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  sword.’ ”
SENNACHERIB’S DEPARTING THREAT
8  When  the roy al spokes man  heard  that  the 
 king  of As syr ia  had  pulled  out  of La chish,  he 
 left  and  found  him fight ing  against Lib nah. 9  The  king  had  heard con cern ing  King Tir-
ha kah  of  Cush, “ Look,  he  has  set  out  to  fight 
 against  you.”  So  he  again  sent mes sen gers 
 to Hez e ki ah, say ing, 10 “ Say  this  to  King Hez-
e ki ah  of Ju dah: ‘ Don’t  let  your  God,  on  whom 
 you  rely , de ceive  you  by promising  that Je-
ru sa lem  will  not  be hand ed  over  to  the  king 
 of As syr ia. 11  Look,  you  have  heard  what  the 
 kings  of As syr ia  have  done  to  all  the coun-
tries:  They com plete ly de stroyed  them.


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Will 
 you  be res cued? 12  Did  the  gods  of  the na tions 
 that  my pre de ces sors de stroyed res cue  them  
—  na tions  such  as Go zan, Ha ran, Re zeph,  and 
 the Edenites  in Te las sar? 13  Where  is  the  king 
 of Ha math,  the  king  of Ar pad,  the  king  of  the 
 city  of a Seph ar va im,  Hena,  or Iv vah? ’ ”
HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER
14 Hez e ki ah  took  the let ter  from  the mes sen-
gers’  hands,  read  it,  then  went  up  to  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  and  spread  it  out be fore  the  L ord. 15  Then Hez e ki ah  prayed be fore  the  L ord:
Lord God of Israel, enthroned between 
the cherubim, you are God  —  you alone  
—  of all the kingdoms of the earth. You 
made the heavens and the earth. 16 Listen 
closely , Lord, and hear; open your eyes, 
Lord, and see. Hear the words that Sen -
nacherib has sent to mock the living God. 17 Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria 
have devastated the nations and their 
lands. 18 They have thrown their gods into 
the fire, for they were not gods but made 
by human hands  —  wood and stone. So 
they have destroyed them.


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19 Now , Lord 
our God, please save us from his power 
so that all the kingdoms of the earth may 
know that you, Lord, are God  —  you 
alone. GOD’S ANSWER THROUGH ISAIAH
20  Then Isa iah  son  of  Amoz  sent  a mes sage  to 
Hez e ki ah: “ The  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el  says, 
‘ I  have  heard  your  prayer  to  me  about  King 
Sen nach er ib  of As syr ia.’ 21  This  is  the  word 
 the  L ord  has spo ken  against  him:
  Virgin Daughter Zion
  despises you and scorns you;
  Daughter Jerusalem
  shakes her head behind your back. 22 Who is it you mocked and blasphemed?


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Against whom have you raised 
your voice
  and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! 23 You have mocked the Lord b through c 
your messengers. You have said, ‘With my many chariots
  I have gone up to the heights 
of the mountains,
  to the far recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars,
  its choice cypress trees.


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I came to its farthest outpost,
  its densest forest. a 19:13 Or king of Lair,   b 19:23 Many mss read Lord   c 19:23 Lit by the hand of
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 24 I dug wells
  and drank water in foreign lands. I dried up all the streams of Egypt
  with the soles of my feet.’
 25 Have you not heard? I designed it long ago;
  I planned it in days gone by .


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I have now brought it to pass,
  and you have crushed fortified cities
  into piles of rubble. 26 Their inhabitants have 
become powerless,
  dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field,
  tender grass,
  grass on the rooftops,
  blasted by the east wind. a
 27 But I know your sitting down,
  your going out and your coming in,
  and your raging against me. 28 Because your raging against me
  and your arrogance have reached 
my ears,
  I will put my hook in your nose
  and my bit in your mouth;
  I will make you go back
  the way you came. 29 “ This  will  be  the  sign  for  you:  This  year 
 you  will  eat  what  grows  on  its  own,  and  in  the 
sec ond  year  what  grows  from  that. But  in  the 
 third  year  sow  and  reap,  plant vine yards  and 
 eat  their  fruit. 30  The sur viv ing rem nant  of  the 
 house  of Ju dah  will  again  take  root down ward 
 and  bear  fruit up ward. 31  For  a rem nant  will 
 go  out  from Je ru sa lem,  and sur vi vors,  from 
 Mount  Zion.


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The  zeal  of  the  L ord  of Ar mies 
 will ac com plish  this. 32 Therefore, this is what the Lord says 
about the king of Assyria:
  He will not enter this city ,
  shoot an arrow here,
  come before it with a shield,
  or build up a siege ramp against it. 33 He will go back
  the way he came,
  and he will not enter this city . This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 34 I will defend this city and rescue it
  for my sake and for the sake of my 
servant David.”
DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SENNACHERIB
35  That  night  the an gel  of  the  L ord  went  out 
 and  struck  down  one hun dred eighty-five 
thou sand  in  the  camp  of  the As syr ians. When 
 the peo ple  got  up  the  next morn ing  —   there 
 were  all  the  dead bod ies!


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36  So  King Sen nach er ib 
 of As syr ia  broke  camp  and  left. He re turned 
 home  and  lived  in Nin e veh. 37  One  day ,  while  he  was wor ship ing  in  the 
tem ple  of  his  god Nis roch,  his  sons Adram-
me lech  and Sha re zer  struck  him  down  with 
 the  sword  and es caped  to  the  land  of Ar a rat. Then  his  son Esar- had don be came  king  in 
 his  place. HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY
20 
 In  those  days Hez e ki ah be came ter-
mi nal ly  ill. The proph et Isa iah  son  of 
 Amoz  came  and  said  to  him, “ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says: ‘ Set  your  house  in or der,  for  you  are 
 about  to  die;  you  will  not re cov er.’ ”
2  Then Hez e ki ah  turned  his  face  to  the  wall 
 and  prayed  to  the  L ord, 3 “ Please,  L ord, re mem-
ber  how  I  have  walked be fore  you faith ful ly  and 
whole heart ed ly  and  have  done  what pleas es 
 you.” b  And Hez e ki ah  wept bit ter ly . 4 Isa iah  had  not  yet  gone  out  of  the in ner 
court yard  when  the  word  of  the  L ord  came 
 to  him: 5 “ Go  back  and  tell Hez e ki ah,  the lead er 
 of  my peo ple, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  God  of 
 your an ces tor Da vid  says:  I  have  heard  your 
 prayer;  I  have  seen  your  tears. Look,  I  will 
 heal  you.


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On  the  third  day  from  now  you  will 
 go  up  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 6  I  will  add fif teen 
 years  to  your  life.


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I  will res cue  you  and  this 
 city  from  the  grasp  of  the  king  of As syr ia. I 
 will de fend  this  city  for  my  sake  and  for  the 
 sake  of  my ser vant Da vid.’ ”
7  Then Isa iah  said, “ Bring  a  lump  of  pressed 
 figs.”  So  they  brought  it  and ap plied  it  to  his 
in fect ed  skin,  and  he re cov ered. 8 Hez e ki ah  had  asked Isa iah, “ What  is  the 
 sign  that  the  L ord  will  heal  me  and  that  I   
will  go  up  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple  on  the  third 
 day? ”
9 Isa iah  said, “ This  is  the  sign  to  you  from  the 
 L ord  that  he  will  do  what  he  has prom ised: 
 Should  the shad ow  go  ahead  ten  steps  or  go 
 back  ten  steps? ”
10  Then Hez e ki ah an swered, “ It’s  easy  for 
 the shad ow  to length en  ten  steps. No,  let  the 
shad ow  go  back  ten  steps.” 11  So  the proph et 
Isa iah  called  out  to  the  L ord,  and  he  brought 
a 19:26 DSS; MT reads blasted before standing grain ; Is 37:27   b 20:3 Lit what is good in your eyes
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 the shad ow a  back  the  ten  steps  it  had de scend-
ed  on  the stair way  of  Ahaz. b
HEZEKIAH’S FOLLY
12  At  that  time Merodach-baladan  c  son  of Bal-
a dan,  king  of Bab ylon,  sent let ters  and  a  gift 
 to Hez e ki ah  since  he  heard  that  he  had  been 
 sick. 13 Hez e ki ah lis tened  to  the let ters  and 
 showed  the en voys  his  whole trea sure  house  
—   the sil ver,  the  gold,  the spic es,  and  the pre-
cious  oil  —   and  his ar mory ,  and ev ery thing 
 that  was  found  in  his trea sur ies.


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There  was 
noth ing  in  his pal ace  and  in  all  his  realm  that 
Hez e ki ah  did  not  show  them. 14  Then  the proph et Isa iah  came  to  King Hez-
e ki ah  and  asked  him, “ Where  did  these  men 
 come  from  and  what  did  they  say  to  you? ”
Hez e ki ah re plied, “ They  came  from  a dis tant 
coun try ,  from Bab ylon.”
15 Isa iah  asked, “ What  have  they  seen  in 
 your pal ace? ”
Hez e ki ah an swered, “ They  have  seen ev ery-
thing  in  my pal ace. There  isn’t any thing  in  my 
trea sur ies  that  I  didn’t  show  them.”
16  Then Isa iah  said  to Hez e ki ah, “ Hear  the 
 word  of  the  L ord: 17 ‘ Look,  the  days  are com ing 
 when ev ery thing  in  your pal ace  and  all  that 
 your fa thers  have  stored  up un til to day  will  be 
car ried  off  to Bab ylon; noth ing  will  be  left,’  says 
 the  L ord. 18 ‘ Some  of  your de scen dants  —   who 
 come  from  you,  whom  you fa ther  —   will  be 
tak en  away ,  and  they  will be come eu nuchs d 
 in  the pal ace  of  the  king  of Bab ylon.’ ”
19  Then Hez e ki ah  said  to Isa iah, “ The  word 
 of  the  L ord  that  you  have spo ken  is  good,”  for 
 he  thought:  Why  not,  if  there  will  be  peace 
 and se cu ri ty dur ing  my life time? HEZEKIAH’S DEATH
20  The  rest  of  the  events  of Hez e ki ah’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his  might  and  how  he  made  the 
 pool  and  the tun nel  and  brought wa ter  into 
 the  city ,  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord 
 of Ju dah’s  Kings. 21 Hez e ki ah rest ed  with  his 
fa thers,  and  his  son Ma nas seh be came  king 
 in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING MANASSEH
21 
Ma nas seh  was  twelve  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned fifty-five 
 years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was 
Heph zi bah.


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2  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight, imitating  the de test able prac tic es  of  the 
na tions  that  the  L ord  had dispossessed be-
fore  the Is ra el ites. 3  He re built  the  high plac es 
 that  his fa ther Hez e ki ah  had de stroyed  and 
re es tab lished  the al tars  for  Baal. He  made  an 
Ashe rah,  as  King  Ahab  of Is ra el  had  done; 
 he  also  bowed  in wor ship  to  all  the  stars  in 
 the  sky  and  served  them. 4  He  built al tars  in 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  where  the  L ord  had  said, 
“Je ru sa lem  is  where  I  will  put  my  name.” 5  He 
 built al tars  to  all  the  stars  in  the  sky  in  both 
court yards  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 6  He sac ri-
ficed  his  son  in  the  fire, e prac ticed witch craft 
 and div i na tion,  and con sult ed me di ums  and 
spir it ists.


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He  did  a  huge  amount  of  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight, angering  him. 7 Ma nas seh  set  up  the  carved im age  of Ashe-
rah,  which  he  made,  in  the tem ple  that  the 
 L ord  had spo ken  about  to Da vid  and  his  son 
Sol o mon: “ I  will es tab lish  my  name for ev er 
 in  this tem ple  and  in Je ru sa lem,  which  I  have 
cho sen  out  of  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el. 8  I  will 
nev er  again  cause  the  feet  of  the Is ra el ites  to 
wan der  from  the  land  I  gave  to  their an ces-
tors  if  only  they  will  be care ful  to  do  all  I  have 
com mand ed  them  —   the  whole  law  that  my 
ser vant Mo ses com mand ed  them.” 9  But  they 
 did  not lis ten; Ma nas seh  caused  them  to  stray 
 so  that  they  did  worse  evil  than  the na tions 
 the  L ord  had de stroyed be fore  the Is ra el ites. 10  The  L ord  said  through  his ser vants  the 
proph ets, 11 “ Since  King Ma nas seh  of Ju dah  has 
com mit ted  all  these de test able  acts  —   worse 
 evil  than  the Am o rites  who pre ced ed  him  had 
 done  —   and  by  means  of  his  idols  has  also 
 caused Ju dah  to  sin, 12  this  is  what  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el  says: ‘ I  am  about  to  bring  such 
di sas ter  on Je ru sa lem  and Ju dah  that ev ery-
one  who  hears  about  it  will shud der. f 13  I  will 
 stretch  over Je ru sa lem  the mea sur ing  line  used 
 on Sa mar ia  and  the mason’s lev el  used  on  the 
 house  of  Ahab,  and  I  will  wipe Je ru sa lem  clean 
 as  one  wipes  a  bowl  —  wip ing  it  and turn ing 
 it up side  down.


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14  I  will aban don  the rem nant 
 of  my in her i tance  and  hand  them  over  to  their 
en e mies. They  will be come plun der  and  spoil 
 to  all  their en e mies, 15 be cause  they  have  done 
 what  is  evil  in  my  sight  and  have an gered  me 
 from  the  day  their an ces tors  came  out  of  Egypt 
un til to day .’ ”
16 Ma nas seh  also  shed  so  much in no cent 
 blood  that  he  filled Je ru sa lem  with  it  from 
a 20:11 Lit shadow on the steps   b 20:11 Tg, Vg; DSS read on the steps of Ahaz’s roof chamber ; Is 38:8   c 20:12 Some Hb mss, 
LXX, Syr , Tg, some Vg mss, Is 39:1; other Hb mss read Berodach-baladan   d 20:18 Or court officials   e 21:6 Lit He made his son 
pass through the fire   f 21:12 Lit about it, his two ears will tingle ; Hb obscure
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 one  end  to an oth er. This  was  in ad di tion  to 
 his  sin  that  he  caused Ju dah  to com mit,  so 
 that  they  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight. MANASSEH’S DEATH
17  The  rest  of  the  events  of Ma nas seh’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments  and  the 
 sin  that  he com mit ted,  are writ ten  in  the His-
tor i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. 18 Ma nas seh 
rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  in  the 
gar den  of  his  own  house,  the gar den  of  Uzza.


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His  son  Amon be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AMON
19  Amon  was twenty-two  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned  two  years  in Je ru-
sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Me shul le meth 
daugh ter  of Ha ruz;  she  was  from Jot bah.


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20  He 
 did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight,  just  as 
 his fa ther Ma nas seh  had  done. 21  He  walked  in 
 all  the  ways  his fa ther  had  walked;  he  served 
 the  idols  his fa ther  had  served,  and  he  bowed 
 in wor ship  to  them. 22  He aban doned  the  L ord 
 God  of  his an ces tors  and  did  not  walk  in  the 
 ways  of  the  L ord. 23  Amon’s ser vants con spired  against  him 
 and  put  the  king  to  death  in  his  own  house. 24  The com mon peo ple a  killed  all  who  had 
con spired  against  King  Amon,  and  they  made 
 his  son Jo si ah  king  in  his  place. 25  The  rest  of  the  events  of  Amon’s  reign, 
 along  with  his ac com plish ments,  are writ ten 
 in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. 26  He 
 was bur ied  in  his  tomb  in  the gar den  of  Uzza, 
 and  his  son Jo si ah be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING JOSIAH
22 
Jo si ah  was  eight  years  old  when  he be-
came  king,  and  he  reigned thirty-one 
 years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was 
Je di dah  the daugh ter  of Ada iah;  she  was  from 
Boz kath. 2  He  did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight  and  walked  in  all  the  ways  of  his an ces tor 
Da vid;  he  did  not  turn  to  the  right  or  the  left. JOSIAH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE
3  In  the eigh teenth  year  of  King Jo si ah,  the  king 
 sent  the  court sec re tary Sha phan  son  of Az a-
li ah,  son  of Me shul lam,  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple, 
say ing, 4 “ Go  up  to  the  high  priest Hil ki ah  so 
 that  he  may to tal  up  the sil ver  brought  into 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple  —   the sil ver  the door keep-
ers  have col lect ed  from  the peo ple. 5  It  is  to  be 
giv en  to  those do ing  the  work  —   those  who 
oversee  the  L ord’ s tem ple.


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They  in  turn  are 
 to  give  it  to  the work men  in  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple  to re pair  the dam age. 6  They  are  to  give 
 it  to  the car pen ters, build ers,  and ma sons  to 
 buy tim ber  and quarried  stone  to re pair  the 
tem ple. 7  But  no ac count ing  is  to  be re quired 
 from  them  for  the sil ver giv en  to  them  since 
 they  work  with in teg ri ty .”
THE BOOK OF THE LAW FOUND
8  The  high  priest Hil ki ah  told  the  court sec re-
tary Sha phan, “ I  have  found  the  book  of  the 
 law  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,”  and  he  gave  the 
 book  to Sha phan,  who  read  it. 9  Then  the  court sec re tary Sha phan  went  to 
 the  king  and re port ed, b “ Your ser vants  have 
emp tied  out  the sil ver  that  was  found  in  the 
tem ple  and  have giv en  it  to  those do ing  the 
 work  —   those  who oversee  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple.” 10  Then  the  court sec re tary Sha phan  told 
 the  king, “ The  priest Hil ki ah  has giv en  me  a 
 book,”  and Sha phan  read  it  in  the pres ence 
 of  the  king. 11  When  the  king  heard  the  words  of  the 
 book  of  the  law ,  he  tore  his  clothes. 12  Then 
 he com mand ed  the  priest Hil ki ah, Ahi kam 
 son  of Sha phan, Ach bor  son  of Mi ca iah,  the 
 court sec re tary Sha phan,  and  the  king’s ser-
vant Asa iah: 13 “ Go  and in quire  of  the  L ord  for 
 me,  the peo ple,  and  all Ju dah  about  the  words 
 in  this  book  that  has  been  found. For  great  is 
 the  L ord’ s  wrath  that  is kin dled  against  us 
be cause  our an ces tors  have  not  obeyed  the 
 words  of  this  book  in or der  to  do ev ery thing 
writ ten  about  us.”
HULDAH’S PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT
14  So  the  priest Hil ki ah, Ahi kam, Ach bor, Sha-
phan,  and Asa iah  went  to  the proph et ess Hul-
dah,  wife  of Shal lum  son  of Tik vah,  son  of 
Har has, keep er  of  the ward robe. She  lived  in 
Je ru sa lem  in  the Sec ond Dis trict.


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They  spoke 
 with  her. 15  She  said  to  them, “ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el  says:  Say  to  the  man  who  sent 
 you  to  me, 16 ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  I  am 
 about  to  bring di sas ter  on  this  place  and  on 
 its in hab i tants, ful fill ing c  all  the  words  of  the 
 book  that  the  king  of Ju dah  has  read, 17 be cause 
 they  have aban doned  me  and  burned in cense 
 to oth er  gods  in or der  to an ger  me  with  all  the 
 work  of  their  hands. My  wrath  will  be kin dled 
a 21:24 Lit The people of the land   b 22:9 Lit and returned a word to the king and said   c 22:16 fulfilling supplied for clarity
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 against  this  place,  and  it  will  not  be  quenched.’ 
18  Say  this  to  the  king  of Ju  dah  who  sent  you 
 
to in
 
quire  
of  
the  
L
 
ord: ‘
 
This  
is  
what  
the  
L
 
ord 
 
God  
of Is
 
ra
 
el  
says:  
As  
for  
the  
words  
that  
you 
 
heard, 19 be  cause  your  heart  was ten  der  and 
 
you hum
 
bled your
 
self be
 
fore  
the  
L
 
ord  
when 
 you  heard  what  I  spoke  against  this  place  and 
 against  its in  hab i tants,  that  they  would be -
come  a des  o  la tion  and  a  curse,  and be  cause 
 
you  
have  
torn  
your  
clothes  
and  
wept be
 
fore 
 
me,  
I my
 
self  
have  
heard’
  
—
   
this  
is  
the  
L
 
ord’ 
s 
dec la ra tion. 20 ‘There  fore,  I  will in  deed gath  er 
 you  to  your fa thers,  and  you  will  be gath  ered  to 
 your  grave  in  peace.


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Your  eyes  will  not  see  all 
 the di sas ter  that  I  am bring ing  on  this  place.’ ”
 Then  they re port  ed a  to  the  king. COVENANT RENEWAL
23 
 So  the  king  sent mes  sen  gers,  and  they 
gath ered  all  the el  ders  of Ju  dah  and 
Je ru sa lem  to  him. 2  Then  the  king  went  to  the 
 L ord’  s tem  ple  with  all  the  men  of Ju  dah  and 
 all  the in  hab  i  tants  of Je  ru  sa  lem,  as  well  as 
 the  priests  and  the proph  ets   —    all  the peo  ple 
 from  the youn  gest  to  the old  est. He  read  in 
 their hear ing  all  the  words  of  the  book  of  the 
cov 
enant  
that  
had  
been  
found  
in  
the  
L
 
ord’ 
s 
tem ple. 3  Next,  the  king  stood  by  the pil  lar b 
 and  made  a cov enant  in  the  L  ord’  s pres  ence 
 to fol low  the  L  ord  and  to  keep  his com  mands, 
 his de crees,  and  his stat  utes  with  all  his  heart 
 and  with  all  his  soul  in or  der  to car  ry  out  the 
 words  of  this cov enant  that  were writ  ten  in  this 
 book;  all  the peo  ple  agreed  to c  the cov enant. JOSIAH’S REFORMS
4  Then  the  king com  mand  ed  the  high  priest 
Hil ki ah  and  the  priests  of  the sec  ond  rank  and 
 the door keep ers  to  bring  out  of  the  L  ord’ s sanc -
tu ary  all  the ar  ti  cles  made  for  Baal, Ashe  rah, 
 
and  
all  
the  
stars  
in  
the  
sky . He  
burned  
them 
out
 
side Je
 
ru
 
sa
 
lem  
in  
the  
fields  
of  
the Kid
 
ron 
 and car  ried  their ash  es  to Beth  el.


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5  Then  he 
 did  away  with  the idol  a trous  priests  the  kings 
 of Ju dah  had ap  point  ed  to  burn in  cense  at 
 the  high plac  es  in  the cit  ies  of Ju  dah  and  in 
 
the  
areas sur
 
round
 
ing Je
 
ru
 
sa
 
lem. They  
had 
 burned in cense  to  Baal,  and  to  the  sun,  moon, 
con stel la tions,  and  all  the  stars  in  the  sky . 6  He 
 brought  out  the Ashe rah  pole  from  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  to  the Kid  ron V al  ley out  side Je  ru  sa  lem.


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He  burned  it  at  the Kid ron V al ley ,  beat  it  to  dust, 
 and  threw  its  dust  on  the  graves  of  the com  mon 
peo ple. d 7  He  also  tore  down  the hous  es  of  the 
 male  cult pros  ti  tutes  that  were  in  the  L  ord’ s 
tem ple,  in  which  the wom  en  were weav  ing 
tapestries e  for Ashe  rah. 8  Then Jo si ah  brought  all  the  priests  from 
 
the cit
 
ies  
of Ju
 
dah,  
and  
he de
 
filed  
the  
high 
plac
 
es  
from  
Geba  
to Be
 
er-she 
ba,  
where  
the 
 priests  had  burned in  cense. He  tore  down 
 the  high plac  es  of  the  city  gates  at  the en -
trance  of  the  gate  of Josh  ua  the gov  er nor 
 of  the  city (  on  the  left  at  the  city  gate). 9  The 
 
priests  
of  
the  
high plac
 
es, how 
ev 
er,  
did  
not 
 
come  
up  
to  
the al
 
tar  
of  
the  
L
 
ord  
in Je
 
ru
 
sa
-
lem; in stead,  they  ate un  leav ened  bread  with 
 their fel  low  priests. 10  He de filed To pheth,  which  is  in  Ben Hin-
nom V al ley ,  so  that  no  one  could sac  ri  fice  his 
 son  or daugh  ter  in  the  fire f  to Mo  lech. 11  He  did 
 away  with  the hors  es  that  the  kings  of Ju  dah 
 had ded i cat ed  to  the  sun. They  had  been  at  the 
en trance  of  the  L  ord’  s tem  ple  in  the pre  cincts 
 by  the cham  ber  of Nathan-melech,  the eu  nuch. He  also  burned  the char  i  ots  of  the  sun. 12  The  king  tore  down  the al tars  that  the  kings 
 of Ju dah  had  made  on  the  roof  of  Ahaz’s up  per 
cham ber. He  also  tore  down  the al  tars  that Ma -
nas seh  had  made  in  the  two court  yards  of  the 
 L ord’  s tem  ple. Then  he  smashed  them g  there 
 and  threw  their  dust  into  the Kid  ron V al  ley . 13  The  king  also de  filed  the  high plac  es  that 
 were  across  from Je  ru  sa  lem,  to  the  south  of 
 the  Mount  of De  struc  tion,  which  King Sol  o  mon 
 of Is ra el  had  built  for Ash  to  reth,  the ab  hor-
rent  
idol  
of  
the Si
 
do
 
ni
 
ans;  
for Che
 
mosh,  
the 
ab
 
hor
 
rent  
idol  
of  
Moab;  
and  
for Milcom,  
the 
de test able  idol  of  the Am  mon  ites. 14  He  broke 
 the sa  cred pil  lars  into  pieces,  cut  down  the 
Ashe rah  poles,  then  filled  their plac  es  with 
hu man  bones.


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15  He  even  tore  down  the al  tar  at Beth  el  and 
 the  high  place  that  had  been  made  by Jer  o  bo -
am  son  of Ne bat,  who  caused Is  ra  el  to  sin. He 
 burned  the  high  place,  crushed  it  to  dust,  and 
 burned  the Ashe  rah. 16  As Jo si ah  turned,  he 
 saw  the  tombs  there  on  the moun  tain.


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He  sent 
some one  to  take  the  bones  out  of  the  tombs, 
 and  he  burned  them  on  the al  tar. He de  filed  it 
ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L  ord pro  claimed 
 by  the  man  of  God h  who pro  claimed  these 
a 22:20 Lit returned a word   b 23:3 2Ch 34:31 reads platform   c 23:3 Lit people took a stand in   d 23:6 Lit the sons of the 
people 
  e 23:7 Or clothing   f 23:10 Lit could make his son or daughter pass through the fire   g 23:12 T ext emended; MT reads 
he ran from 
  h 23:16 LXX adds when Jeroboam stood by the altar of the feast. And he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb 
of the man of God
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17  Then  he  said, “ What  is  this mon u-
ment  I  see? ”
 The  men  of  the  city  told  him, “ It  is  the  tomb 
 of  the  man  of  God  who  came  from Ju dah  and 
pro claimed  these  things  that  you  have  done 
 to  the al tar  at Beth el.”
18  So  he  said, “ Let  him  rest. Don’t  let any one 
dis turb  his  bones.”  So  they  left  his  bones un-
dis turbed  with  the  bones  of  the proph et  who 
 came  from Sa mar ia. 19 Jo si ah  also re moved  all  the  shrines  of  the 
 high plac es  that  were  in  the cit ies  of Sa mar ia, 
 which  the  kings  of Is ra el  had  made  to an ger 
 the  L ord. Jo si ah  did  the  same  things  to  them 
 that  he  had  done  at Beth el. 20  He slaugh tered 
 on  the al tars  all  the  priests  of  those  high plac-
es,  and  he  burned hu man  bones  on  the al tars.


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Then  he re turned  to Je ru sa lem. PASSOVER OBSERVED
21  The  king com mand ed  all  the peo ple, “Ob-
serve  the Pass over  of  the  L ord  your  God  as 
writ ten  in  the  book  of  the cov enant.” 22  No 
 such Pass over  had  ever  been ob served  from 
 the  time  of  the judg es  who  judged Is ra el 
 through  the en tire  time  of  the  kings  of Is ra-
el  and Ju dah. 23  But  in  the eigh teenth  year  of 
 King Jo si ah,  the  L ord’ s Pass over  was ob served 
 in Je ru sa lem. FURTHER ZEAL FOR THE LORD
24  In ad di tion, Jo si ah eradicated  the me di ums, 
 the spir it ists, house hold  idols, im ages,  and  all 
 the ab hor rent  things  that  were  seen  in  the 
 land  of Ju dah  and  in Je ru sa lem. He  did  this 
 in or der  to car ry  out  the  words  of  the  law 
 that  were writ ten  in  the  book  that  the  priest 
Hil ki ah  found  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 25 Be fore 
 him  there  was  no  king  like  him  who  turned 
 to  the  L ord  with  all  his  heart  and  with  all  his 
 soul  and  with  all  his  strength ac cord ing  to  all 
 the  law  of Mo ses,  and  no  one  like  him  arose 
af ter  him. 26  In  spite  of  all  that,  the  L ord  did  not  turn 
 from  the  fury  of  his in tense burn ing an ger, 
 which  burned  against Ju dah be cause  of  all 
 the affronts  with  which Ma nas seh  had an-
gered  him. 27  For  the  L ord  had  said, “ I  will 
 also re move Ju dah  from  my pres ence  just 
 as  I  have re moved Is ra el. I  will re ject  this 
 city Je ru sa lem,  that  I  have cho sen,  and  the 
tem ple  about  which  I  said, ‘ My  name  will 
 be  there.’ ”
JOSIAH’S DEATH
28  The  rest  of  the  events  of Jo si ah’s  reign,  along 
 with  all  his ac com plish ments,  are writ ten  in  the 
His tor i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. 29 Dur ing 
 his  reign, Pha raoh  Neco  king  of  Egypt  marched 
 up  to  help  the  king  of As syr ia  at  the Eu phra-
tes Riv er. King Jo si ah  went  to con front  him, 
 and  at Me gid do  when  Neco  saw  him  he  killed 
 him. 30  From Me gid do  his ser vants car ried 
 his  dead  body  in  a char i ot,  brought  him  into 
Je ru sa lem,  and bur ied  him  in  his  own  tomb. Then  the com mon peo ple a  took Je ho a haz  son 
 of Jo si ah, anoint ed  him,  and  made  him  king 
 in  place  of  his fa ther. JUDAH’S KING JEHOAHAZ
31 Je ho a haz  was twenty-three  years  old  when 
 he be came  king,  and  he  reigned  three  months 
 in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Ha mu tal 
daugh ter  of Jer e mi ah;  she  was  from Lib nah.


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33 Pha raoh  Neco im-
pris oned  him  at Rib lah  in  the  land  of Ha math 
 to  keep  him  from reign ing  in Je ru sa lem,  and 
 he im posed  on  the  land  a  fine  of seventy-five 
hun dred  pounds b  of sil ver  and seventy-five 
 pounds c  of  gold. JUDAH’S KING JEHOIAKIM
34  Then Pha raoh  Neco  made Eli a kim  son  of 
Jo si ah  king  in  place  of  his fa ther Jo si ah  and 
 changed Eli a kim’s  name  to Je hoi a kim. But 
 Neco  took Je ho a haz  and  went  to  Egypt,  and 
 he  died  there. 35  So Je hoi a kim  gave  the sil ver 
 and  the  gold  to Pha raoh,  but  at Pha raoh’s com-
mand  he  taxed  the  land  to  give  it. He ex act-
ed  the sil ver  and  the  gold  from  the com mon 
peo ple,  each ac cord ing  to  his as sess ment,  to 
 give  it  to Pha raoh  Neco. 36 Je hoi a kim  was twenty-five  years  old  when 
 he be came  king,  and  he  reigned elev en  years 
 in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Ze bi dah 
daugh ter  of Pe da iah;  she  was  from Ru mah. 37  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  just 
 as  his an ces tors  had  done. JEHOIAKIM’S REBELLION AND DEATH
24 
Dur ing Je hoi a kim’s  reign,  King Neb u-
chad nez zar  of Bab ylon at tacked. Je hoi-
a kim be came  his vas sal  for  three  years,  and 
 then  he  turned  and re belled  against  him.


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2  The 
 L ord  sent Chal de an, Ar a me an, Mo ab ite,  and 
Am mon ite raid ers  against Je hoi a kim. He  sent 
a 23:30 Lit the people of the land, also in v . 35   b 23:33 Lit 100 talents   c 23:33 Lit one talent
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 them  against Ju dah  to de stroy  it, ac cord ing  to 
 the  word  of  the  L ord  he  had spo ken  through  his 
ser vants  the proph ets. 3 In deed,  this hap pened 
 to Ju dah  at  the  L ord’ s com mand  to re move  them 
 from  his pres ence.


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It  was be cause  of  the  sins  of 
Ma nas seh, ac cord ing  to  all  he  had  done, 4  and 
 also be cause  of  all  the in no cent  blood  he  had 
 shed. He  had  filled Je ru sa lem  with in no cent 
 blood,  and  the  L ord  was  not will ing  to for give. 5  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je hoi a kim’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments,  are writ-
ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. 6 Je hoi a kim rest ed  with  his fa thers,  and  his  son 
Je hoi a chin be came  king  in  his  place. 7  Now  the  king  of  Egypt  did  not  march  out 
 of  his  land  again,  for  the  king  of Bab ylon  took 
ev ery thing  that  had be longed  to  the  king  of 
 Egypt,  from  the  Brook  of  Egypt  to  the Eu phra-
tes Riv er. JUDAH’S KING JEHOIACHIN
8 Je hoi a chin  was eigh teen  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned  three  months  in 
Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Ne hush ta 
daugh ter  of El na than;  she  was  from Je ru sa lem.


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9  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  just 
 as  his fa ther  had  done. DEPORTATIONS TO BABYLON
10  At  that  time  the ser vants  of  King Neb u chad-
nez zar  of Bab ylon  marched  up  to Je ru sa lem, 
 and  the  city  came un der  siege. 11  King Neb u-
chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  came  to  the  city  while 
 his ser vants  were be sieg ing  it. 12  King Je hoi-
a chin  of Ju dah,  along  with  his moth er,  his 
ser vants,  his com mand ers,  and  his off  i cials, a 
sur ren dered  to  the  king  of Bab ylon. So  the  king  of Bab ylon  took  him cap tive 
 in  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign. 13  He  also car-
ried  off  from  there  all  the trea sures  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  the trea sures  of  the  king’s 
pal ace,  and  he  cut  into  pieces  all  the  gold ar-
ti cles  that  King Sol o mon  of Is ra el  had  made 
 for  the  L ord’ s sanc tu ary ,  just  as  the  L ord  had 
pre dict ed. 14  He de port ed  all Je ru sa lem  and 
 all  the com mand ers  and  all  the  best sol diers  
—   ten thou sand cap tives in clud ing  all  the 
crafts men  and metalsmiths.


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Ex  cept  for  the 
poor est peo ple  of  the  land,  no  one re mained. 15 Neb u chad nez zar de port ed Je hoi a chin  to 
Bab ylon. He  took  the  king’s moth er,  the  king’s 
 wives,  his off  i cials,  and  the lead ing  men  of  the 
 land  into ex ile  from Je ru sa lem  to Bab ylon. 16  The 
 king  of Bab ylon  brought cap tive  into Bab ylon 
 all sev en thou sand  of  the  best sol diers  and  one 
thou sand crafts men  and metalsmiths  —   all 
 strong  and  fit  for  war. 17  And  the  king  of Bab ylon 
 made Mat ta ni ah, Je hoi a chin’s b un cle,  king  in 
 his  place  and  changed  his  name  to Zed e ki ah. JUDAH’S KING ZEDEKIAH
18 Zed e ki ah  was twenty-one  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned elev en  years  in 
Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Ha mu tal 
daugh ter  of Jer e mi ah;  she  was  from Lib nah.


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20 Be cause  of  the 
 L ord’ s an ger,  it  came  to  the  point  in Je ru sa lem 
 and Ju dah  that  he fi nal ly ban ished  them  from 
 his pres ence. Then Zed e ki ah re belled  against 
 the  king  of Bab ylon. NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S SIEGE OF JERUSALEM
25 
 In  the  ninth  year  of Zed e ki ah’s  reign,  on 
 the  tenth  day  of  the  tenth  month,  King 
Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon ad vanced  against 
Je ru sa lem  with  his en tire  army . They  laid  siege 
 to  the  city  and  built  a  siege  wall  against  it  all 
 around.


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2  The  city  was un der  siege un til  King 
Zed e ki ah’s elev enth  year. 3  By  the  ninth  day  of  the  fourth  month  the 
fam ine  was  so se vere  in  the  city  that  the com-
mon peo ple  had  no  food. 4  Then  the  city  was 
bro ken  into,  and  all  the war riors  fled  at  night 
 by  way  of  the  city  gate be tween  the  two  walls 
 near  the  king’s gar den,  even  though  the Chal-
de ans sur round ed  the  city . As  the  king  made 
 his  way  along  the  route  to  the Ar a bah, 5  the 
Chal de an  army pur sued  him  and over took 
 him  in  the  plains  of Jer i cho. Zed e ki ah’s en tire 
 army  left  him  and scat tered. 6  The Chal de ans 
 seized  the  king  and  brought  him  up  to  the  king 
 of Bab ylon  at Rib lah,  and  they  passed sen tence 
 on  him. 7  They slaugh tered Zed e ki ah’s  sons 
be fore  his  eyes. Fi nal ly ,  the  king  of Bab ylon 
blind ed Zed e ki ah,  bound  him  in  bronze  chains, 
 and  took  him  to Bab ylon. JERUSALEM DESTROYED
8  On  the sev enth  day  of  the  fifth  month  —  
 which  was  the nine teenth  year  of  King Neb-
u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  —  Neb u zar a dan,  the 
cap tain  of  the  guards,  a ser vant  of  the  king   
of Bab ylon, en tered Je ru sa lem. 9  He  burned   
the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  king’s pal ace,  and  all  the 
hous es  of Je ru sa lem;  he  burned  down  all  the 
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 great hous es. 10  The  whole Chal de an  army  with 
 the cap tain  of  the  guards  tore  down  the  walls 
sur round ing Je ru sa lem. 11 Neb u zar a dan,  the 
cap tain  of  the  guards, de port ed  the  rest  of  the 
peo ple  who re mained  in  the  city ,  the deserters 
 who  had de fect ed  to  the  king  of Bab ylon,  and 
 the  rest  of  the pop u la tion. 12  But  the cap tain 
 of  the  guards  left  some  of  the poor est  of  the 
 land  to  be vinedressers  and farm ers. 13  Now  the Chal de ans  broke  into  pieces  the 
 bronze pil lars  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the wa ter 
 carts,  and  the  bronze ba sin, a  which  were  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple,  and car ried  the  bronze  to Bab-
ylon. 14  They  also  took  the  pots, shov els,  wick 
trim mers, dish es,  and  all  the  bronze ar ti cles 
 used  in  the  priests’ ser vice. 15  The cap tain  of 
 the  guards  took  away  the fire pans  and sprin-
kling ba sins  —  what ev er  was  gold  or sil ver. 16  As  for  the  two pil lars,  the  one ba sin,  and 
 the wa ter  carts  that Sol o mon  had  made  for 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  weight  of  the  bronze  of 
 all  these ar ti cles  was be yond mea sure. 17  One 
pil lar  was twenty-seven  feet b  tall  and  had  a 
 bronze cap i tal  on  top  of  it. The cap i tal, en cir-
cled  by  a grat ing  and pome gran ates  of  bronze, 
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The sec ond pil lar  was 
 the  same,  with  its  own grat ing. 18  The cap tain  of  the  guards  also  took  away 
Se ra iah  the  chief  priest, Zeph a ni ah  the  priest 
 of  the sec ond  rank,  and  the  three door keep-
ers. 19  From  the  city  he  took  a  court off  i cial d 
 who  had  been ap point ed  over  the war riors; 
 five trust ed roy al  aides e  found  in  the  city;  the 
sec re tary  of  the com mand er  of  the  army ,  who 
enlisted  the peo ple  of  the  land  for mil i tary 
 duty;  and six ty  men  from  the com mon peo ple f 
 who  were  found with in  the  city . 20 Neb u zar a-
dan,  the cap tain  of  the  guards,  took  them  and 
 brought  them  to  the  king  of Bab ylon  at Rib lah.


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21  The  king  of Bab ylon  put  them  to  death  at 
Rib lah  in  the  land  of Ha math. So Ju dah  went 
 into ex ile  from  its  land. GEDALIAH MADE GOVERNOR
22  King Neb u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon ap point-
ed Ged a li ah  son  of Ahi kam,  son  of Sha phan, 
 over  the  rest  of  the peo ple  he  left  in  the  land 
 of Ju dah. 23  When  all  the com mand ers  of  the 
ar mies  —   they  and  their  men  —   heard  that 
 the  king  of Bab ylon  had ap point ed Ged a li ah, 
 they  came  to Ged a li ah  at Miz pah.


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The com-
mand ers in clud ed Ish ma el  son  of Neth a ni-
ah, Jo ha nan  son  of Ka re ah, Se ra iah  son  of 
Tan hu meth  the Ne toph a thite,  and Ja az a ni ah 
 son  of  the Ma ac a thite  —   they  and  their  men. 24 Ged a li ah  swore  an  oath  to  them  and  their 
 men, assuring  them, “ Don’t  be  afraid  of  the 
ser vants  of  the Chal de ans. Live  in  the  land 
 and  serve  the  king  of Bab ylon,  and  it  will  go 
 well  for  you.”
25  In  the sev enth  month, how ev er, Ish ma el 
 son  of Neth a ni ah,  son  of Elish a ma,  of  the roy al 
fam i ly ,  came  with  ten  men  and  struck  down 
Ged a li ah,  and  he  died. Also,  they  killed  the 
Ju de ans  and  the Chal de ans  who  were  with 
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26  Then  all  the peo ple,  from  the 
youn gest  to  the old est,  and  the com mand ers 
 of  the  army ,  left  and  went  to  Egypt,  for  they 
 were  afraid  of  the Chal de ans. JEHOIACHIN PARDONED
27  On  the twenty-seventh  day  of  the  twelfth 
 month  of  the thirty-seventh  year  of  the ex-
ile  of Ju dah’s  King Je hoi a chin,  in  the  year 
Evil-merodach be  came  king  of Bab ylon,  he 
par doned  King Je hoi a chin  of Ju dah  and re-
leased  him g  from pris on. 28  He  spoke kind ly 
 to  him  and  set  his  throne  over  the  thrones 
 of  the  kings  who  were  with  him  in Bab ylon. 29  So Je hoi a chin  changed  his pris on  clothes, 
 and  he  dined reg u lar ly  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 king  of Bab ylon  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 30  As  for 
 his al low ance,  a reg u lar al low ance  was giv en 
 to  him  by  the  king,  a por tion  for  each  day ,  for 
 the  rest  of  his  life. a 25:13 Lit sea   b 25:17 Lit 18 cubits   c 25:17 Lit three cubits   d 25:19 Or eunuch   e 25:19 Lit five men who look on the king’s 
face   f 25:19 Lit the people of the land   g 25:27 and released him supplied for clarity
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1 chronicles
FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM
1 
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
 4 Noah, Noah’s sons:  a
  Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, 
Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.


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6 Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath,  b and 
Togarmah. 7 Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, 
and Rodanim. c
8 Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim,  d Put, and 
Canaan. 9 Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, 
Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s sons: Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the 
first to become a great warrior on earth. 11 Mizraim fathered the people of Lud, 
Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 12 Pathrus, Casluh 
(the Philistines came from them), and 
Caphtor. 13 Canaan fathered Sidon as his firstborn 
and Heth, 14 as well as the Jebusites, 
Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, 
Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and 
Hamathites. 17 Shem’s sons: Elam, Asshur, 
Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, 
and Meshech.


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19 Two sons were 
born to Eber. One of them was named 
Peleg
 e because the earth was divided 
during his lifetime, and the name of his 
brother was Joktan. 20 Joktan fathered 
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 
21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, 
Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of 
these were Joktan’s sons. 24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
 27 and Abram (that is, Abraham). ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS
 28 Abraham’s sons: Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These are their family records: 
Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, Kedar, 
Adbeel, Mibsam, 
30 Mishma, Dumah, 
Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, 
and Kedemah. These were Ishmael’s sons. 32 The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s 
concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, 
Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan’s sons: Sheba and Dedan. 33 Midian’s sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, 
Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s descendants. 34 Abraham fathered Isaac. Isaac’s sons: Esau and Israel. 35 Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, 
Jalam, and Korah. 36 Eliphaz’s sons: Teman, Omar, Zephi, 
Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, 
Amalek. f
37 Reuel’s sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, 
and Mizzah. THE EDOMITES
38 Seir’s sons: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39 Lotan’s sons: Hori and Homam. Timna 
was Lotan’s sister. 40 Shobal’s sons: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, 
Shephi, and Onam.


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41 Anah’s son: Dishon. Dishon’s sons: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, 
and Cheran. 42 Ezer’s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.


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Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran. 43 These were the kings who reigned 
in the land of Edom
a1:4 LXX; MT omits Noah’s sons   b1:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read Diphath ; Gn 10:3   c1:7 Some Hb mss, Syr read 
Dodanim ; Gn 10:4   d1:8 = Egypt   e1:19 = Division   f1:36 LXX; MT reads and Timna and Amalek ; Gn 36:12
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  before any king reigned 
over the Israelites:
  Bela son of Beor. Bela’s town was named Dinhabah. 44 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah 
from Bozrah reigned in his place. 45 When Jobab died, Husham 
from the land of the Temanites 
reigned in his place. 46 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, 
who defeated Midian in the territory 
of Moab, reigned in his place. Hadad’s town was named Avith. 47 When Hadad died, Samlah 
from Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 When Samlah died, Shaul 
from Rehoboth on the Euphrates 
River reigned in his place. 49 When Shaul died, Baal-hanan 
son of Achbor reigned in his place. 50 When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned 
in his place. Hadad’s city was named Pai, and his 
wife’s name was Mehetabel
  daughter of Matred, daughter 
of Me-zahab. 51 Then Hadad died. Edom’s chiefs: Timna, Alvah,  a Jetheth, 
52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, 
Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram. These were Edom’s chiefs. ISRAEL’S SONS
2 
These were Israel’s sons:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
  Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin,
  Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. JUDAH’S DESCENDANTS
3 Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah.


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These three were born to him by Bath-
shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s 
firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so 
he put him to death. 4 Judah’s daughter-
in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to 
him. Judah had five sons in all.


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5 Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul. 6 Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, 
Calcol, and Dara  b  —  five in all. 7 Carmi’s son: Achar, c who brought 
trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful 
by taking the things set apart for 
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9 Hezron’s sons, who were born to him: 
Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. d
10 Ram fathered Amminadab, and 
Amminadab fathered Nahshon, a leader 
of Judah’s descendants. 11 Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma 
fathered Boaz. 12 Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered 
Jesse. 13 Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; 
Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, 
14 Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, 15 Ozem 
sixth, and David seventh. 16 Their sisters 
were Zeruiah and Abigail.


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Zeruiah’s 
three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Amasa’s mother was Abigail, and his 
father was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 Caleb son of Hezron had children by his 
wife Azubah and by Jerioth.


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These were 
Azubah’s sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married 
Ephrath, and she bore Hur to him. 20 Hur 
fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel. 21 After this, Hezron slept with the daugh-
ter of Machir the father of Gilead. Hezron 
had married her when he was sixty years 
old, and she bore Segub to him. 22 Segub 
fathered Jair, who possessed twenty-three 
towns in the land of Gilead.


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23 But Geshur 
and Aram captured e Jair’s Villages f along 
with Kenath and its surrounding villages  
—  sixty towns. All these were the descen-
dants of Machir father of Gilead. 24 After 
Hezron’s death in Caleb-ephrathah, his 
wife Abijah bore
 g Ashhur to him. He was 
the father of Tekoa. 25 The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s 
firstborn: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, 
Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had 
another wife named Atarah, who was the 
mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn: 
Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.


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28 Onam’s sons: Shammai and Jada. a1:51 Alt Hb tradition reads Aliah   b2:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg read Darda ; 1Kg 4:31   c2:7 = T rouble; Achan in Jos 7:1,16-26   
d2:9 = Caleb   e2:23 Lit took from them   f2:23 Or captured Havvoth-jair   g2:24 LXX, Vg read death, Caleb slept with Ephrath 
(Hezron’s wife was Abijah) and she bore
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Shammai’s sons: Nadab and Abishur. 29 Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who 
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Sheshan’s descendant: Ahlai. 32 The sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: 
Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without 
children.


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These 
were the descendants of Jerahmeel. 34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, 
but he did have an Egyptian servant 
whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave 
his daughter in marriage to his servant 
Jarha, and she bore Attai to him. 36 Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan 
fathered Zabad. 37 Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal 
fathered Obed. 38 Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered 
Azariah. 39 Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez 
fathered Elasah. 40 Elasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai 
fathered Shallum. 41 Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and 
Jekamiah fathered Elishama. 42 The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: 
Mesha, his firstborn, fathered Ziph, and 
Mareshah, his second son,
 a fathered 
Hebron. 43 Hebron’s sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, 
and Shema. 44 Shema fathered Raham, who fathered 
Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai. 45 Shammai’s son was Maon, and Maon 
fathered Beth-zur. 46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the 
mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran 
fathered Gazez. 47 Jahdai’s sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, 
Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah was 
the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She was also the mother of Shaaph, 
Madmannah’s father, and of Sheva, the 
father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s 
daughter was Achsah.


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50 These were Caleb’s descendants. The sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn:
Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;
51 Salma fathered Bethlehem,
and Hareph fathered Beth-gader. 52 These were the descendants of Shobal 
the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh,  
half of the Manahathites,  b 53 and the 
families of Kiriath-jearim  —  the Ithrites, 
Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorath ites and Eshtaolites descended 
from these. 54 Salma’s descendants: Bethlehem, the 
Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half 
of the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 and 
the families of scribes who lived in Jabez   
—  the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Su -
cathites. These are the Kenites who came 
from Hammath, the father of Rechab’s 
family . DAVID’S DESCENDANTS
3 
These were David’s sons who were born 
to him in Hebron:
Amnon was the firstborn, by Ahinoam of 
Jezreel;
Daniel was born second, by Abigail of 
Carmel;
2 Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of 
King Talmai of Geshur, was third;
Adonijah son of Haggith was fourth;
3 Shephatiah, by Abital, was fifth;
and Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah, was 
sixth. 4 Six sons were born to David in Hebron, 
where he reigned seven years and six 
months, and he reigned in Jerusalem 
thirty-three years. 5 These sons were born to him in 
Jerusalem:
Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by 
Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel. 6 David’s other sons: Ibhar, Elishua,  c 
Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 
8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet  —  nine 
sons. 9 These were all David’s sons, with their 
sister Tamar, in addition to the sons by 
his concubines. a 2:42 Lit and the sons of Mareshah   b 2:52 Lit Manuhoth   c3:6 Lit Elishama ; 2Sm 5:15; 1Ch 14:5
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JUDAH’S KINGS
 10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam;
  his son was Abijah, his son Asa,
  his son Jehoshaphat, 11 his son Jehoram, a,b
  his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,
 12 his son Amaziah, his son Azariah,
  his son Jotham, 13 his son Ahaz,
  his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh,
 14 his son Amon, and his son Josiah. 15 Josiah’s sons:
  Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim 
second,
  Zedekiah third, and Shallum fourth.


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16 Jehoiakim’s sons:
  his sons Jeconiah and Zedekiah. DAVID’S LINE AFTER THE EXILE
17 The sons of Jeconiah the captive:
his sons Shealtiel, 18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, 
Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and 
Nedabiah. 19 Pedaiah’s sons: Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel’s sons: Meshullam and 
Hananiah, with their sister Shelomith; 
20 and five others  —  Hashubah, Ohel, 
Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed. 21 Hananiah’s descendants: Pelatiah, 
Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, 
Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah. c
22 The son d of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, 
Neariah, and Shaphat  —  six. 23 Neariah’s sons: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and 
Azrikam  —  three. 24 Elioenai’s sons: Hodaviah, Eliashib, 
Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and 
Anani  —  seven. JUDAH’S DESCENDANTS
4 
Judah’s sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, 
and Shobal. 2 Reaiah son of Shobal fathered Jahath, 
and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad.


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These were the families of the Zorathites. 3 These were Etam’s sons:  e Jezreel, Ishma, 
and Idbash, and their sister was named 
Hazzelelponi. 4 Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer 
fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s 
firstborn and the father of Bethlehem:
5 Ashhur fathered Tekoa and had two 
wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah bore Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, 
and Haahashtari to him.


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These were 
Naarah’s sons. 7 Helah’s sons: Zereth, Zohar,  f and Ethnan. 8 Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah,  g and the 
families of Aharhel son of Harum. 9 Ja bez h  was  more hon ored  than  his broth-
ers. His moth er  named  him Ja bez  and  said, “ I 
 gave  birth  to  him  in  pain.”
10 Ja bez  called  out  to  the  God  of Is ra el: “ If 
 only  you  would  bless  me, ex tend  my bor der, 
 let  your  hand  be  with  me,  and  keep  me  from 
 harm,  so  that  I  will  not ex pe ri ence  pain.” i  And 
 God grant ed  his re quest. 11 Chelub brother of Shuhah fathered 
Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.


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12 Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, 
and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These were the men of Recah. 13 Kenaz’s sons: Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons: Hathath and Meonothai. j
14 Meonothai fathered Ophrah,
and Seraiah fathered Joab, the ancestor 
of those in the Craftsmen’s V alley ,
 k for 
they were craftsmen. 15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: 
Iru, Elah, and Naam.


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Elah’s son: Kenaz. 16 Jehallelel’s sons: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and 
Asarel. 17 Ezrah’s sons: Jether, Mered, Epher, and 
Jalon. Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to 
Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father 
of Eshtemoa. 18 These were the sons of 
Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah; Mered had 
married her. His Judean wife gave birth to 
Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father 
of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. 19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of 
Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite 
and the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20 Shimon’s sons: Amnon, Rinnah, 
Ben-hanan, and Tilon.


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Ishi’s sons: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. 21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er 
the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of 
Mareshah, the families of the guild
 l of 
a3:11 Lit Joram   b3:11 = The Lord is Exalted   c3:21 LXX reads Jeshaiah, his son Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, 
and his son Shecaniah   d3:22 LXX; MT reads sons   e4:3 LXX; MT reads father   f4:7 Alt Hb tradition reads Izhar   g4:8 Or 
Hazzobebah   h4:9 In Hb, the name Jabez sounds like “he causes pain.”   i4:10 Or not cause any pain   j4:13 LXX, Vg; MT omits 
and Meonothai   k4:14 Or the Ge-harashim   l4:21 Lit house
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linen workers at Beth-ashbea, 22 Jokim, 
the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, 
who married Moabites  a and returned to 
Lehem. b These names are from ancient 
records.


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23 They were the potters and res -
idents of Netaim and Gederah. They lived 
there in the service of the king. SIMEON’S DESCENDANTS
24 Simeon’s sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, 
Zerah, and Shaul;
25 Shaul’s sons: his son Shallum, his son 
Mibsam, and his son Mishma. 26 Mishma’s sons: his son Hammuel, his 
son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daugh -
ters, but his brothers did not have many 
children, so their whole family did not 
become as numerous as the Judeans. 28 They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, 
Hazar-shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 
30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth-mar-
caboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and 
Shaaraim. These were their cities until 
David became king. 32 Their villages were 
Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan   
—  five cities, 33 and all their surrounding 
villages as far as Baal. These were their 
settlements, and they kept a genealogical 
record for themselves. 34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of 
Amaziah,
35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of 
Seraiah, son of Asiel,
36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, 
Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza son of 
Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son 
of Shimri, son of Shemaiah —
38 these mentioned by name were leaders 
in their families. Their ancestral houses 
increased greatly .


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39 They went to the 
entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the 
valley to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 They found rich, good pasture, and the 
land was broad, peaceful, and quiet, for 
some Hamites had lived there previously . 41  These  who  were re cord ed  by  name  came 
 in  the  days  of  King Hez e ki ah  of Ju dah, at-
tacked  the Ham ites’  tents  and  the Me u nites 
 who  were  found  there,  and  set  them  apart 
 for de struc tion,  as  they  are to day .


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Then  they 
set tled  in  their  place be cause  there  was pas-
ture  for  their  flocks. 42  Now  five hun dred 
 men  from  these  sons  of Sim e on  went  with 
Pel a ti ah, Ne a ri ah, Re pha iah,  and Uz zi el,  the 
de scen dants  of  Ishi,  as  their lead ers  to  Mount 
 Seir. 43  They  struck  down  the rem nant  of  the 
Am a lek ites  who  had es caped,  and  they  still 
 live  there to day . REUBEN’S DESCENDANTS
5 
 These  were  the  sons  of Reu ben  the first-
born  of Is ra el. He  was  the first born,  but  his 
birth right  was giv en  to  the  sons  of Jo seph  son 
 of Is ra el, be cause Reu ben de filed  his fa ther’s 
 bed. He  is  not list ed  in  the ge ne al o gy ac cord-
ing  to birth right. 2 Al though Ju dah be came 
 strong  among  his broth ers  and  a rul er  came 
 from  him,  the birth right  was giv en  to Jo seph. 3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
  Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 Joel’s sons: his son Shemaiah,
  his son Gog, his son Shimei,
 5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah,
  his son Baal, 6 and his son Beerah. Be e rah  was  a lead er  of  the Reu ben ites,  and 
 King Tiglath-pileser c  of As syr ia  took  him  into 
ex ile. 7  His rel a tives  by  their fam i lies  as  they 
 are re cord ed  in  their fam i ly rec ords:
Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,
8 and Bela son of Azaz,
son of Shema, son of Joel. They set tled  in Aro er  as  far  as  Nebo  and 
 Baal-meon.


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9  They  also set tled  in  the  east  as 
 far  as  the  edge  of  the desert  that ex tends  to 
 the Eu phra tes Riv er, be cause  their  herds  had 
in creased  in  the  land  of Gil e ad. 10 Dur ing  Saul’s 
 reign  they  waged  war  against  the Hag rites, 
 who  were de feat ed  by  their pow er. And  they 
 lived  in  their  tents through out  the re gion  east 
 of Gil e ad. GAD’S DESCENDANTS
11 The sons of Gad lived next to them in 
the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second in 
command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 Their relatives according to their 
ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, 
Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber  —  
seven.


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a4:22 Or who ruled over Moab   b4:22 Tg, Vg; MT reads and Jashubi Lehem   c5:6 LXX; MT reads Tilgath-pilneser
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14 These were the sons of Abihail son of 
Huri,
son of Jaroah, son of Gilead,
son of Michael, son of Jeshishai,
son of Jahdo, son of Buz. 15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was 
head of their ancestral family . a 16 They 
lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its 
surrounding villages, and throughout 
the pasturelands of Sharon.


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17 All of 
them were registered in the genealogies 
during the reigns of Judah’s King Jotham 
and Israel’s King Jeroboam. 18  The de scen dants  of Reu ben  and  Gad  and 
 half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  had 44,760 war-
riors  who  could  serve  in  the  army  —   men 
 who car ried  shield  and  sword,  drew  the  bow , 
 and  were  trained  for  war. 19  They  waged  war 
 against  the Hag rites, Je tur, Na phish,  and 
No dab.


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20  They re ceived  help  against  these 
en e mies be cause  they  cried  out  to  God  in 
bat tle,  and  the Hag rites  and  all  their al lies 
 were hand ed  over  to  them. He  was receptive 
 to  their  prayer be cause  they trust ed  in  him. 21  They cap tured  the Hag rites’ live stock  —  fif ty 
thou sand  of  their cam els,  two hun dred fif ty 
thou sand  sheep,  and  two thou sand don keys  
—   as  well  as  one hun dred thou sand peo ple. 22  Many  of  the Hag rites  were  killed be cause 
 it  was  God’s bat tle. And  they  lived  there  in 
 the Hag rites’  place un til  the ex ile. HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH
23  The de scen dants  of  half  the  tribe  of Ma-
nas seh set tled  in  the  land  from Ba shan  to 
Baal-her mon ( that  is, Se nir  or  Mount Her-
mon);  they  were nu mer ous. 24  These  were 
 the  heads  of  their an ces tral fam i lies:  Epher, 
 Ishi, Eli el, Az ri el, Jer e mi ah, Hod a vi ah,  and 
Jah di el.


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They  were val iant war riors, fa mous 
 men,  and  heads  of  their an ces tral hous es. 25  But  they  were un faith ful  to  the  God  of 
 their an ces tors.


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They pros ti tut ed them-
selves  with  the  gods  of  the na tions b  God 
 had de stroyed be fore  them. 26  So  the  God 
 of Is ra el  roused  the spir it  of  King  Pul ( that 
 is, Tiglath-pileser  c)  of As syr ia,  and  he  took 
 the Reu ben ites, Gad ites,  and  half  the  tribe  of 
Ma nas seh  into ex ile. He  took  them  to Ha lah, 
Ha bor,  Hara,  and Go zan’s riv er,  where  they 
 are un til to day . THE LEVITES
6 
Levi’s sons: Gershom,  d Kohath, 
and Merari. 2 Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, 
and Uzziel. 3 Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, 
and Miriam. Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, 
and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas;
  Phinehas fathered Abishua;
 5 Abishua fathered Bukki;
  Bukki fathered Uzzi;
 6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah;
  Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;
 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah;
  Amariah fathered Ahitub;
 8 Ahitub fathered Zadok;
  Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
 9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah;
  Azariah fathered Johanan;
 10 Johanan fathered Azariah, who served 
as priest in the temple that Solomon 
built in Jerusalem;
 11 Azariah fathered Amariah;
  Amariah fathered Ahitub;
 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok;
  Zadok fathered Shallum;
 13 Shallum fathered Hilkiah;
  Hilkiah fathered Azariah;
 14 Azariah fathered Seraiah;
  and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. 15 Jehozadak went into exile when the 
Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem 
into exile at the hands of 
Nebuchadnezzar.


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16 Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, 
and Merari. 17 These are the names 
of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei. 18 Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron 
and Uzziel. 19 Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ families 
according to their fathers:
 20 Of Gershom: his son Libni,
  his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,
 21 his son Joah, his son Iddo,
  his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai. 22 Kohath’s sons: his son Amminadab,
  his son Korah, his son Assir,
a5:15 Lit the house of their fathers, also in v . 24   b5:25 Lit the peoples of the land   c5:26 LXX; MT reads Tilgath-pilneser    
d6:1 In Hb Levi’s son’s name is spelled “Gershon” here and many other places
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 23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph,
  his son Assir, 24 his son Tahath,
  his son Uriel, his son Uzziah,
  and his son Shaul. 25 Elkanah’s sons: Amasai and Ahimoth,
 26 his son Elkanah, his son Zophai,
  his son Nahath, 27 his son Eliab,
  his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. 28 Samuel’s sons: his firstborn Joel,  a
  and his second son Abijah.


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29 Merari’s sons: Mahli, his son Libni,
  his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,
 30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah,
  and his son Asaiah. THE MUSICIANS
31  These  are  the  men Da vid  put  in  charge  of  the 
mu sic  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple af ter  the  ark  came 
 to  rest  there. 32  They min is tered  with  song  in 
 front  of  the tab er na cle,  the  tent  of meet ing, 
un til Sol o mon  built  the  L ord’ s tem ple  in Je ru-
sa lem,  and  they per formed  their  task ac cord ing 
 to  the reg u la tions giv en  to  them.


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33  These  are 
 the  men  who  served  with  their  sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,
  son of Joel, son of Samuel,
 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham,
  son of Eliel, son of Toah,
 35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah,
  son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
 36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel,
  son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir,
  son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
 38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath,
  son of Levi, son of Israel. 39 Heman’s relative was Asaph, 
who stood at his right hand:
  Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah,
  son of Malchijah, 41 son of Ethni,
  son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,
 42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah,
  son of Shimei, 43 son of Jahath,
  son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 On the left, their relatives were 
Merari’s sons:
  Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
  son of Malluch, 45 son of Hashabiah,
  son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,
 46 son of Amzi, son of Bani,
  son of Shemer, 47 son of Mahli,
  son of Mushi, son of Merari,
  son of Levi. AARON’S DESCENDANTS
48  Their rel a tives,  the Le vites,  were as signed  to 
 all  the ser vice  of  the tab er na cle,  God’s tem ple.


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49  But Aar on  and  his  sons  did  all  the  work  of 
 the  most  holy  place. They pre sent ed  the of-
fer ings  on  the al tar  of  burnt off  er ings  and  on 
 the al tar  of in cense  to  make atone ment  for 
Is ra el ac cord ing  to  all  that Mo ses  the ser vant 
 of  God  had com mand ed. 50 These are Aaron’s sons: his son Eleazar,
  his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,
 51 his son Bukki, his son Uzzi,
  his son Zerahiah, 52 his son Meraioth,
  his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,
 53 his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz. THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE LEVITES
54  These  were  the plac es as signed  to Aar on’s 
de scen dants  from  the Ko hath ite fam i ly  for 
 their set tle ments  in  their ter ri to ry , be cause  the 
 first  lot  was  for  them. 55  They  were giv en He-
bron  in  the  land  of Ju dah  and  its sur round ing 
pas ture lands, 56  but  the  fields  and set tle ments 
 around  the  city  were giv en  to Ca leb  son  of Je-
phun neh. 57 Aar on’s de scen dants  were giv en:
Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its 
pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pas-
turelands, 58 Hilen b and its pasturelands, 
Debir and its pasturelands, 59 Ashan and its 
pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its 
pasturelands. 60 From the tribe of Benja-
min they were given Geba and its pasture-
lands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and 
Anathoth and its pasturelands.


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They had 
thirteen towns in all among their families. 61  To  the  rest  of  the Ko hath ites,  ten  towns 
 from  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  were as signed 
 by  lot. 62  The Gershomites  were as signed thir teen 
 towns  from  the  tribes  of Is sa char, Ash er, Naph-
ta li,  and Ma nas seh  in Ba shan ac cord ing  to 
 their fam i lies. 63  The Me ra rites  were as signed  by  lot  twelve 
 towns  from  the  tribes  of Reu ben,  Gad,  and 
Zeb u lun ac cord ing  to  their fam i lies. 64  So  the 
Is ra el ites  gave  these  towns  and  their pas-
ture lands  to  the Le vites. 65  They as signed  by 
 lot  the  towns  named  above  from  the  tribes 
a6:28 Some LXX mss, Syr , Arabic; other Hb mss omit Joel ; 1Sm 8:2   b6:58 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read Hilez
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 of  the de scen dants  of Ju dah, Sim e on,  and 
Ben ja min. 66  Some  of  the fam i lies  of  the Ko hath ites 
 were giv en  towns  from  the  tribe  of Ephra im 
 for  their ter ri to ry:
67 Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pas -
turelands in the hill country of Ephraim, 
Gezer and its pasturelands, 68 Jokmeam 
and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its 
pasturelands, 69 Aijalon and its pasture -
lands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasture -
lands. 70 From half the tribe of Manasseh, 
Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam 
and its pasturelands were given to the 
rest of the families of the Kohathites. 71  The Gershomites re ceived:
Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and 
Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the 
families of half the tribe of Manasseh. 72 From the tribe of Issachar they received 
Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath 
and its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth and its 
pasturelands, and Anem and its pasture -
lands. 74 From the tribe of Asher they 
received Mashal and its pasturelands, Ab -
don and its pasturelands, 75 Hukok and its 
pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasture -
lands. 76 From the tribe of Naphtali they 
received Kedesh in Galilee and its pas -
turelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, 
and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands. 77  The  rest  of  the Me ra rites re ceived:
From the tribe of Zebulun they received 
Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor 
and its pasturelands. 78 From the tribe 
of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, 
to the east of the Jordan, they received 
Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, 
Jahzah and its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth 
and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and 
its pasturelands. 80 From the tribe of Gad 
they received Ramoth in Gilead and its 
pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasture
-
lands, 81 Heshbon and its pasturelands, 
and Jazer and its pasturelands. ISSACHAR’S DESCENDANTS
7 
Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and 
Shimron  —  four. 2 Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, 
Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of 
their ancestral families. a During David’s 
reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were 
recorded as valiant warriors in their 
family records. 3 Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah.


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4 Along with them, they had 36,000 
troops for battle according to the family 
records of their ancestral families, for 
they had many wives and children. 5 Their 
tribesmen who were valiant warriors 
belonging to all the families of Issachar 
totaled 87,000 in their genealogies. BENJAMIN’S DESCENDANTS
6 Three of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, 
and Jediael. 7 Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, 
and Iri  —  five. They were valiant warriors 
and heads of their ancestral families; 
22,034 were listed in their genealogies. 8 Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, 
Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, 
Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were 
Becher’s sons. 9 Their family records 
were recorded according to the heads of 
their ancestral families  —  20,200 valiant 
warriors.


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10 Jediael’s son: Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, 
Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and 
Ahishahar. 11 All these sons of Jediael 
listed by family heads were valiant 
warriors; there were 17,200 who could 
serve in the army . 12 Shuppim and 
Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim 
were the sons of Aher. NAPHTALI’S DESCENDANTS
13 Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and 
Shallum  —  Bilhah’s sons. MANASSEH’S DESCENDANTS
14 Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean 
concubine: Asriel and Machir the father 
of Gilead. 15 Machir took wives from 
Huppim and Shuppim.


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The name of his 
sister was Maacah. Another descendant 
was named Zelophehad, but he had only 
daughters. 16 Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to 
a son, and she named him Peresh. His 
a7:2 Lit the house of their fathers, also in vv .


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brother was named Sheresh, and his sons 
were Ulam and Rekem. 17 Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons 
of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to 
Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, 
and Aniam. EPHRAIM’S DESCENDANTS
 20 Ephraim’s sons: Shuthelah, and 
his son Bered,
  his son Tahath, his son Eleadah,
  his son Tahath, 21 his son Zabad,
  his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead. The men of Gath, born in the land, killed 
them because they went down to raid 
their cattle.


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23 He slept with 
his wife, and she conceived and gave 
birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, 
because there had been misfortune in his 
home. b 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who 
built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and 
Uzzen-sheerah,
 25 his son Rephah,  c his son Resheph,
  his son Telah, his son Tahan,
 26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud,
  his son Elishama, 27 his son Nun,
  and his son Joshua. 28 Their holdings and settlements were 
Bethel and its surrounding villages; 
Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages 
to the west, and Shechem and its villages 
as far as Ayyah and its villages, 
29 and 
along the borders of the descendants 
of Manasseh, Beth-shean, Taanach, 
Megiddo, and Dor with their surrounding 
villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel 
lived in these towns. ASHER’S DESCENDANTS
30 Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and 
Beriah, with their sister Serah. 31 Beriah’s sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who 
fathered Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and 
Hotham, with their sister Shua. 33 Japhlet’s sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and 
Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons. 34 Shemer’s sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, 
and Aram. 35 His brother Helem’s sons: Zophah, 
Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 Zophah’s sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, 
Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, 
Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 Jether’s sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 Ulla’s sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All these were Asher’s descendants.


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They were the heads of their ancestral 
families, chosen men, valiant warriors, 
and chiefs among the leaders.


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The 
number of men listed in their genealogies 
for military service was 26,000. BENJAMIN’S DESCENDANTS
8 
Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; 
Ashbel was born second, Aharah third, 
2 Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth. 3 Bela’s sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,  d 
4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, 
Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 These were Ehud’s sons, who were 
the heads of the families living in Geba 
and who were deported to Manahath: 
7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera 
deported them and was the father of Uzza 
and Ahihud. 8 Shaharaim had sons in the territory of 
Moab after he had divorced his wives 
Hushim and Baara. 9 His sons by his wife 
Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, 
10 Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were 
his sons, family heads.


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11 He also had sons 
by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal. 12 Elpaal’s sons: Eber, Misham, and 
Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its 
surrounding villages, 
13 Beriah and Shema, 
who were the family heads of Aijalon’s 
residents and who drove out the residents 
of Gath, 
14 Ahio, e Shashak, and Jeremoth. 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ishpah, 
and Joha were Beriah’s sons.


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17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 
18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were 
Elpaal’s sons. 19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai, Zillethai, 
Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath 
were Shimei’s sons. a7:22 Or his brothers   b7:23 In Hb, the name Beriah sounds like “in misfortune.”   c7:25 Probably Ephraim’s son   d8:3 Or Gera 
father of Ehud ; Jdg 3:15   e8:13-14 LXX reads Gath 14and their brother
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22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zichri, 
Hanan, 24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 
25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak’s 
sons. 26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 
27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were 
Jeroham’s sons. 28 These were family heads, chiefs 
according to their family records; they 
lived in Jerusalem.


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His wife’s name was Maacah. 30 Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, 
Kish, Baal, Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, 
32 and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives 
in Jerusalem, with their other relatives. 33 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, 
and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, 
Abinadab, and Esh-baal. b
34 Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal,  c and 
Merib-baal fathered Micah. 35 Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, 
and Ahaz. 36 Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah 
fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, 
and Zimri fathered Moza. 37 Moza fathered Binea. His son was 
Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel. 38 Azel had six sons, and these were their 
names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, 
Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these 
were Azel’s sons. 39 His brother Eshek’s sons: Ulam was his 
firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. 40 Ulam’s sons were valiant warriors 
and archers. d They had many sons and 
grandsons  —  150 of them.


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All these were among Benjamin’s sons. AFTER THE EXILE
9 
 All Is ra el  was reg is tered  in  the ge ne al o gies 
 that  are writ ten  in  the  Book  of  the  Kings 
 of Is ra el. But Ju dah  was ex iled  to Bab ylon be-
cause  of  their un faith ful ness. 2  The  first  to  live 
 in  their  towns  on  their  own prop er ty  again 
 were Is ra el ites,  priests, Le vites,  and tem ple 
ser vants. 3 These people from the descendants 
of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and 
Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:
4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, 
son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant  e of 
Perez son of Judah;
5 from the Shilonites:
Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;
6 and from the descendants of Zerah:
Jeuel and their relatives  —  690 in all. 7 The Benjaminites: Sallu son of 
Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of 
Hassenuah;
8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham;
Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri;
Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of 
Reuel, son of Ibnijah;
9 and their relatives according to their 
family records  —  956 in all. All these men 
were heads of their ancestral families.


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10 The priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;
11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of 
Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of 
Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official 
of God’s temple;
12 Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, 
son of Malchijah;
Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son 
of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son 
of Immer;
13 and their relatives, the heads of their 
ancestral families  —  1,760 in all. They 
were capable men employed in the 
ministry of God’s temple. 14 The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, 
son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the 
Merarites;
15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and 
Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son 
of Asaph;
16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, 
son of Jeduthun;
and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah 
who lived in the settlements of the 
Netophathites. 17 The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, 
Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.


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Shallum was their chief; 
18 he was 
previously stationed at the King’s Gate on 
the east side. These were the gatekeepers 
from the camp of the Levites. a8:29 LXX; MT omits Jeiel ; 1Ch 9:35   b8:33 = Man of Baal   c8:34 = Baal Contends   d8:40 Lit valiant ones who string the bow   
e9:4 Lit Bani, from the sons   f9:9 Lit the house of their fathers, also in v . 13
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19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, 
son of Korah and his relatives from his 
father’s family , a the Korahites, were 
assigned to guard the thresholds of the 
tent. b Their ancestors had been assigned 
to the Lord’s camp as guardians of the 
entrance. 20 In earlier times Phinehas son 
of Eleazar had been their leader, and the 
Lord was with him. 21 Zechariah son of 
Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the 
entrance to the tent of meeting. 22  The to tal num ber  of  those cho sen  to  be 
gate keep ers  at  the thresh olds  was  212.


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Da  vid  and  the  seer Sam uel  had ap-
point ed  them  to  their trust ed po si tions. 23  So 
 they  and  their  sons  were as signed  as  guards 
 to  the  gates  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  which  had 
 been  the tent-temple. 24  The gate keep ers  were 
 on  the  four  sides:  east,  west,  north,  and  south. 25  Their rel a tives  came  from  their set tle ments 
 at  fixed  times  to  be  with  them sev en  days, 
26  but  the  four  chief gate keep ers,  who  were 
Le vites,  were en trust ed  with  the  rooms  and 
 the trea sur ies  of  God’s tem ple. 27  They  spent 
 the  night  in  the vi cin i ty  of  God’s tem ple, be-
cause  they  had  guard  duty  and  were  in  charge 
 of open ing  it ev ery morn ing. 28  Some  of  them  were  in  charge  of  the uten-
sils  used  in wor ship.


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They  would  count  them 
 when  they  brought  them  in  and  when  they 
 took  them  out. 29 Oth ers  were  put  in  charge 
 of  the fur nish ings  and  all  the uten sils  of  the 
sanc tu ary ,  as  well  as  the  fine  flour,  wine,  oil, 
in cense,  and spic es. 30  Some  of  the  priests’ 
 sons  mixed  the spic es. 31  A Le vite  called Mat-
ti thi ah,  the first born  of Shal lum  the Ko rah ite, 
 was en trust ed  with bak ing  the  bread. c 32  Some 
 of  the Ko hath ites’ rel a tives  were re spon si ble 
 for pre par ing  the  rows  of  the  Bread  of  the 
Pres ence ev ery Sab bath. 33  The sing ers,  the  heads  of  the Le vite fam i-
lies,  stayed  in  the tem ple cham bers  and  were 
ex empt  from oth er  tasks be cause  they  were  on 
 duty  day  and  night.


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34  These  were  the  heads  of 
 the Le vite fam i lies,  chiefs ac cord ing  to  their 
fam i ly rec ords;  they  lived  in Je ru sa lem. SAUL ’S FAMILY
35 Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in 
Gibeon.


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His wife’s name was Maacah. 36 Abdon was his firstborn son, then 
Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, 
Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38 Mikloth 
fathered Shimeam. These also lived 
opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with 
their other relatives. 39 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, 
and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, 
Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 40 Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and 
Merib-baal fathered Micah. 41 Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, 
and Ahaz. d
42 Ahaz fathered Jarah;
Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and 
Zimri;
Zimri fathered Moza. 43 Moza fathered Binea. His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, 
and his son Azel. 44 Azel had six sons, and these were their 
names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, 
Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These 
were Azel’s sons. THE DEATH OF SAUL AND HIS SONS
10 
 The Phi lis tines  fought  against Is ra-
el,  and Is ra el’s  men  fled  from  them. Many  were  killed  on  Mount Gil boa. 2  The 
Phi lis tines pur sued  Saul  and  his  sons  and 
 killed  his  sons Jon a than, Abin  a dab,  and 
Mal chi shua.


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3  When  the bat tle in ten si fied 
 against  Saul,  the ar chers spot ted  him  and 
se vere ly wound ed  him. 4  Then  Saul  said  to 
 his armor-bearer, “ Draw  your  sword  and  run 
 me  through  with  it,  or  these un cir cum cised 
 men  will  come  and tor ture  me.”  But  his ar-
mor-bearer  would  not  do  it be cause  he  was 
ter ri fied. Then  Saul  took  his  sword  and  fell 
 on  it. 5  When  his armor-bearer  saw  that  Saul 
 was  dead,  he  also  fell  on  his  own  sword  and 
 died. 6  So  Saul  and  his  three  sons  died  —   his 
 whole  house  died to geth er. 7  When  all  the  men  of Is ra el  in  the val ley 
 saw  that  the  army  had  fled  and  that  Saul  and 
 his  sons  were  dead,  they aban doned  their 
cit ies  and  fled. So  the Phi lis tines  came  and 
set tled  in  them. 8  The  next  day  when  the Phi lis tines  came  to 
 strip  the  slain,  they  found  Saul  and  his  sons 
 dead  on  Mount Gil boa. 9  They  stripped  Saul, 
 cut  off  his  head,  took  his ar mor,  and  sent 
a9:19 Lit the house of his father   b9:19 = the temple   c 9:31 Lit with things prepared in pans   d9:41 LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg, Arabic; 
MT omits and Ahaz ; 1Ch 8:35
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mes sen gers through out  the  land  of  the Phi-
lis tines  to  spread  the  good  news  to  their  idols 
 and  the peo ple. 10  Then  they  put  his ar mor  in 
 the tem ple  of  their  gods  and  hung  his  skull 
 in  the tem ple  of Da gon. 11  When  all Jabesh-gilead  heard  of ev ery-
thing  the Phi lis tines  had  done  to  Saul, 12  all 
 their  brave  men  set  out  and re trieved  the 
 body  of  Saul  and  the bod ies  of  his  sons  and 
 brought  them  to Ja besh. They bur ied  their 
 bones un der  the  oak a  in Ja besh  and fast ed 
sev en  days. 13  Saul  died  for  his un faith ful ness  to  the  L ord 
be cause  he  did  not  keep  the  L ord’ s  word. He 
 even con sult ed  a me di um  for guid ance, 14  but 
 he  did  not in quire  of  the  L ord.


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So  the  L ord  put 
 him  to  death  and  turned  the king dom  over  to 
Da vid  son  of Jes se. DAVID’S ANOINTING AS KING
11 
 All Is ra el  came to geth er  to Da vid  at He-
bron  and  said, “ Here  we  are,  your  own 
 flesh  and  blood. b 2  Even pre vi ous ly  when 
 Saul  was  king,  you  were lead ing Is ra el  out 
 to bat tle  and bring ing  us  back. The  L ord  your 
 God  also  said  to  you, ‘ You  will shep herd  my 
peo ple Is ra el,  and  you  will  be rul er  over  my 
peo ple Is ra el.’ ”
3  So  all  the el ders  of Is ra el  came  to  the  king 
 at He bron. Da vid  made  a cov enant  with  them 
 at He bron  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence,  and  they 
anoint ed Da vid  king  over Is ra el,  in keep ing 
 with  the  L ord’ s  word  through Sam uel. DAVID’S CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM
4 Da vid  and  all Is ra el  marched  to Je ru sa lem 
( that  is, Je bus);  the Jeb u sites  who in hab it ed 
 the  land  were  there. 5  The in hab i tants  of Je bus 
 said  to Da vid, “ You  will nev er  get  in  here.”  Yet 
Da vid  did cap ture  the strong hold  of  Zion,  that 
 is,  the  city  of Da vid. 6 Da vid  said, “Who ev er  is  the  first  to  kill  a 
Jeb u site  will be come  chief com mand er.”  Joab 
 son  of Zer u i ah  went  up  first,  so  he be came 
 the  chief. 7  Then Da vid  took  up res i dence  in  the strong-
hold; there fore,  it  was  called  the  city  of Da vid. 8  He  built  up  the  city  all  the  way  around,  from 
 the sup port ing ter rac es  to  the sur round ing 
 parts,  and  Joab re stored  the  rest  of  the  city . 9 Da vid steadi ly  grew  more pow er ful,  and  the 
 L ord  of Ar mies  was  with  him. EXPLOITS OF DAVID’S WARRIORS
10  The fol low ing  were  the  chiefs  of Da vid’s 
war riors  who, to geth er  with  all Is ra el, strong ly 
sup port ed  him  in  his  reign  to  make  him  king 
ac cord ing  to  the  L ord’ s  word  about Is ra el. 11  This  is  the  list  of Da vid’s war riors:
Ja sho be am  son  of Hachmoni  was  chief  of 
 the Thir ty; c  he wielded  his  spear  against  three 
hun dred  and  killed  them  at  one  time. 12 Af ter  him, El e a zar  son  of  Dodo  the Aho hite 
 was  one  of  the  three war riors. 13  He  was  with 
Da vid  at Pas-dammim  when  the Phi lis tines  had 
gath ered  there  for bat tle.


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There  was  a por tion 
 of  a  field  full  of bar ley ,  where  the  troops  had 
 fled  from  the Phi lis tines. 14  But El e a zar  and 
Da vid d  took  their  stand  in  the mid dle  of  the 
 field  and de fend ed  it. They  killed  the Phi lis-
tines,  and  the  L ord  gave  them  a  great vic to ry . 15  Three  of  the thir ty  chief  men  went  down 
 to Da vid,  to  the  rock  at  the  cave  of Adul lam, 
 while  the Phi lis tine  army  was en camped  in  the 
V al ley  of Reph a im.


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16  At  that  time Da vid  was  in 
 the strong hold,  and  a Phi lis tine gar ri son  was 
 at Beth le hem. 17 Da vid  was ex treme ly  thirsty e 
 and  said, “ If  only some one  would  bring  me 
wa ter  to  drink  from  the  well  at  the  city  gate 
 of Beth le hem! ” 18  So  the  Three  broke  through 
 the Phi lis tine  camp  and  drew wa ter  from  the 
 well  at  the  gate  of Beth le hem. They  brought 
 it  back  to Da vid,  but  he re fused  to  drink  it.


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In stead,  he  poured  it  out  to  the  L ord. 19 Da-
vid  said, “ I  would nev er  do  such  a  thing  in 
 the pres ence  of  my  God! How  can  I  drink  the 
 blood  of  these  men  who  risked  their  lives? ” 
 For  they  brought  it  at  the  risk  of  their  lives.


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Such  were  the ex ploits 
 of  the  three war riors. 20 Abish ai,  Joab’s broth er,  was  the lead er  of 
 the  Three. f  He  raised  his  spear  against  three 
hun dred  men  and  killed  them, gain ing  a rep-
u ta tion  among  the  Three. 21  He  was  more hon-
ored  than  the  Three  and be came  their com-
mand er  even  though  he  did  not be come  one 
 of  the  Three. 22 Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da  was  the  son  of  a 
 brave  man g  from Kab ze el,  a  man  of  many ex-
ploits. Be na iah  killed  two  sons  of Ari el  of  Moab, h 
 and  he  went  down  into  a  pit  on  a  snowy  day  and 
 killed  a  lion. 23  He  also  killed  an Egyp tian  who 
 was sev en  and  a  half  feet  tall. i  Even  though  the 
Egyp tian  had  a  spear  in  his  hand  like  a weav er’s 
 beam, Be na iah  went  down  to  him  with  a  club, 
a10:12 Or terebinth, or  large tree   b11:1 Lit your bone and your flesh   c 11:11 Alt Hb tradition reads Three   d11:14 Lit But they   
e11:17 Lit  And David craved   f11:20 Syr reads Thirty   g11:22 Or was a valiant man   h11:22 Or He killed two Moabite warriors   
i11:23 Lit who measured five cubits
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 snatched  the  spear  out  of  the Egyp tian’s  hand, 
 and  then  killed  him  with  his  own  spear. 24  These 
 were  the ex ploits  of Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da, 
 who  had  a rep u ta tion  among  the  three war riors. 25  He  was  the  most hon ored  of  the Thir ty ,  but 
 he  did  not be come  one  of  the  Three. Da vid  put 
 him  in  charge  of  his body guard. 26  The  best sol diers  were
  Joab’s brother Asahel,
  Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
 27 Shammoth the Harorite,
  Helez the Pelonite,
 28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  Abiezer the Anathothite,
 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite,
  Ilai the Ahohite,
 30 Maharai the Netophathite,
  Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
 31 Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah 
of the Benjaminites,
  Benaiah the Pirathonite,
 32 Hurai from the wadis of Gaash,
  Abiel the Arbathite,
 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite,
  Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
 34 the sons of a Hashem the Gizonite,
  Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,
 35 Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite,
  Eliphal son of Ur,
 36 Hepher the Mecherathite,
  Ahijah the Pelonite,
 37 Hezro the Carmelite,
  Naarai son of Ezbai,
 38 Joel the brother of Nathan,
  Mibhar son of Hagri,
 39 Zelek the Ammonite,
  Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer 
for Joab son of Zeruiah,
 40 Ira the Ithrite,
  Gareb the Ithrite,
 41 Uriah the Hethite,
  Zabad son of Ahlai,
 42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, 
chief of the Reubenites, and thirty 
with him,
 43 Hanan son of Maacah,
  Joshaphat the Mithnite,
 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite,
  Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham 
the Aroerite,
 45 Jediael son of Shimri and his brother 
Joha the Tizite,
 46 Eliel the Mahavite,
  Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons 
of Elnaam,
  Ithmah the Moabite,
 47 Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. DAVID’S FIRST SUPPORTERS
12 
 The fol low ing  were  the  men  who  came  to 
Da vid  at Zik lag  while  he  was  still banned 
 from  the pres ence  of  Saul  son  of  Kish.


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2  They  were ar chers  who  could  use ei-
ther  the  right  or  left  hand,  both  to  sling  stones 
 and  shoot ar rows  from  a  bow . They  were  Saul’s 
rel a tives  from Ben ja min:
3 Their chief was Ahiezer son of Shemaah 
the Gibeathite. Then there was his brother Joash;
Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth;
Beracah, Jehu the Anathothite;
4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior among 
the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty;
Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the 
Gederathite;
5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, 
Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and 
Jashobeam, the Korahites;
7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of 
Jeroham from Gedor. 8  Some Gad ites de fect ed  to Da vid  at  his 
strong hold  in  the desert.


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They  were val iant 
war riors,  trained  for bat tle, ex pert  with  shield 
 and  spear. Their fac es  were  like  the fac es  of 
li ons,  and  they  were  as  swift  as ga zelles  on 
 the moun tains. 9 Ezer was the chief, Obadiah second, 
Eliab third,
 10 Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,
 11 Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,
 12 Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,
 13 Jeremiah tenth, and 
Machbannai eleventh. 14  These Gad ites  were  army com mand ers;  the 
 least  of  them  was  a  match  for  a hun dred,  and 
 the great est  of  them  for  a thou sand. 15  These 
 are  the  men  who  crossed  the Jor dan  in  the 
 first  month b  when  it  was over flow ing  all  its 
 banks,  and  put  to  flight  all  those  in  the val leys 
 to  the  east  and  to  the  west. 16 Oth er Ben ja min ites  and  men  from Ju dah 
 also  went  to Da vid  at  the strong hold. 17 Da vid 
 went  out  to  meet  them  and  said  to  them, “ If 
a11:34 LXX omits the sons of ; 2Sm 23:32   b12:15 = Nisan (March–April)
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 you  have  come  in  peace  to  help  me,  my  heart 
 will  be unit ed  with  you,  but  if  you  have  come 
 to be tray  me  to  my en e mies  even  though  my 
 hands  have  done  no  wrong,  may  the  God  of 
 our an ces tors  look  on  it  and  judge.”
18  Then  the Spir it en vel oped a Amas ai,  chief 
 of  the Thir ty ,  and  he  said:
  We are yours, David,
  we are with you, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you,
  and peace to him who helps you,
  for your God helps you.


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So Da vid re ceived  them  and  made  them lead-
ers  of  his  troops. 19  Some Ma nas sites de fect ed  to Da vid  when 
 he  went  with  the Phi lis tines  to  fight  against 
 Saul. How ev er,  they  did  not  help  the Phi lis tines 
be cause  the Phi lis tine rul ers  sent Da vid  away 
af ter  a dis cus sion. They  said, “ It  will  be  our  heads 
 if  he de fects  to  his mas ter  Saul.” 20  When Da vid 
 went  to Zik lag,  some  men  from Ma nas seh de-
fect ed  to  him: Ad nah, Joz a bad, Je di a el, Mi cha el, 
Joz a bad, Eli hu,  and Zil le thai,  chiefs  of thou sands 
 in Ma nas seh. 21  They  helped Da vid  against  the 
raid ers,  for  they  were  all val iant war riors  and 
com mand ers  in  the  army .


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22  At  that  time,  men 
 came  day af ter  day  to  help Da vid un til  there 
 was  a  great  army ,  like  an  army  of  God. b
DAVID’S SOLDIERS IN HEBRON
23  The num bers  of  the  armed  troops  who  came 
 to Da vid  at He bron  to  turn  Saul’s king dom 
 over  to  him, ac cord ing  to  the  L ord’ s  word, 
 were  as fol lows:
 24 From the Judahites: 6,800 armed troops 
bearing shields and spears. 25 From the Simeonites: 7,100 valiant 
warriors ready for war.


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26 From the Levites: 4,600 27 in addition 
to Jehoiada, leader of the house 
of Aaron, with 3,700 men; 28 and 
Zadok, a young valiant warrior, with 
22 commanders from his father’s 
family . c
 29 From the Benjaminites, the relatives 
of Saul: 3,000 (up to that time 
the majority of the Benjaminites 
maintained their allegiance to 
the house of Saul). 30 From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant 
warriors who were famous men 
in their ancestral families. d
 31 From half the tribe of Manasseh: 
18,000 designated by name to come 
and make David king. 32 From the Issacharites, who understood 
the times and knew what Israel 
should do: 200 chiefs with all their 
relatives under their command. 33 From Zebulun: 50,000 who could 
serve in the army , trained for battle 
with all kinds of weapons of war, 
with one purpose to help David. e
 34 From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders 
accompanied by 37,000 men with 
shield and spear. 35 From the Danites: 28,600 trained for 
battle. 36 From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in 
the army , trained for battle. 37 From across the Jordan  —  from the 
Reubenites, Gadites, and half the 
tribe of Manasseh: 120,000 men 
equipped with all the military 
weapons of war. 38  All  these war riors,  lined  up  in bat tle for-
ma tion,  came  to He bron whole heart ed ly de-
ter mined  to  make Da vid  king  over  all Is ra el. All  the  rest  of Is ra el  was  also  of  one  mind 
 to  make Da vid  king. 39  They  spent  three  days 
 there eat ing  and drink ing  with Da vid,  for  their 
rel a tives  had pro vid ed  for  them. 40  In ad di tion, 
 their neigh bors  from  as  far  away  as Is sa char, 
Zeb u lun,  and Naph ta li  came  and  brought  food 
 on don keys, cam els,  mules,  and  oxen  —  abun-
dant pro  vi sions  of  flour,  fig  cakes, rai sins, 
 wine  and  oil,  herds,  and  flocks. In deed,  there 
 was  joy  in Is ra el.


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DAVID AND THE ARK
13 
Da vid con sult ed  with  all  his lead ers,  the 
com mand ers  of hun dreds  and  of thou-
sands. 2  Then  he  said  to  the  whole as sem bly 
 of Is ra el, “ If  it  seems  good  to  you,  and  if  this  is 
 from  the  L ord  our  God,  let  us  spread  out  and 
 send  the mes sage  to  the  rest  of  our rel a tives  in 
 all  the dis tricts  of Is ra el, in clud ing  the  priests 
 and Le vites  in  their cit ies  with pas ture lands, 
 that  they  should gath er to geth er  with  us. 3  Then 
 let  us  bring  back  the  ark  of  our  God,  for  we 
 did  not in quire  of  him f  in  Saul’s  days.” 4  Since 
 the pro pos al  seemed  right  to  all  the peo ple, 
 the  whole as sem bly  agreed  to  do  it. a12:18 Lit clothed ; Jdg 6:34; 2Ch 24:20   b12:22 Or like the ultimate army   c12:28 Lit the house of his father   d12:30 Lit the 
house of their fathers   e12:33 LXX; MT omits David   f13:3 Or did not seek it
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5  So Da vid as sem bled  all Is ra el,  from  the 
Shi hor  of  Egypt  to  the en trance  of Ha math, a 
 to  bring  the  ark  of  God  from Kiriath-jearim. 6 Da vid  and  all Is ra el  went  to Ba al ah ( that  is, 
Kiriath-jearim  that be longs  to Ju dah)  to  take 
 from  there  the  ark  of  God,  which  bears  the 
 name  of  the  L ord  who  is en throned be tween 
 the cher u bim. 7  At Abin a dab’s  house  they  set 
 the  ark  of  God  on  a  new  cart. Uz zah  and  Ahio b 
 were guid ing  the  cart. 8 Da vid  and  all Is ra el  were danc ing  with  all 
 their  might be fore  God  with  songs  and  with 
 lyres,  harps, tam bou rines, cym bals,  and trum-
pets. 9  When  they  came  to Chi don’s thresh-
ing  floor, Uz zah  reached  out  to  hold  the  ark 
be cause  the  oxen  had stum bled. 10  Then  the 
 L ord’ s an ger  burned  against Uz zah,  and  he 
 struck  him  dead be cause  he  had  reached  out 
 to  the  ark. So  he  died  there  in  the pres ence 
 of  God. 11 Da vid  was an gry be cause  of  the  L ord’ s 
outburst  against Uz zah,  so  he  named  that  place 
Outburst  Against Uz zah, c  as  it  is  still  named 
to day . 12 Da vid  feared  God  that  day  and  said, 
“ How  can  I  ever  bring  the  ark  of  God  to  me? ” 
13  So Da vid  did  not  bring  the  ark  of  God  home d 
 to  the  city  of Da vid; in stead,  he diverted  it  to 
 the  house  of Obed-edom  of  Gath. 14  The  ark 
 of  God re mained  with Obed-edom’s fam i ly 
 in  his  house  for  three  months,  and  the  L ord 
 blessed  his fam i ly  and  all  that  he  had. GOD’S BLESSING ON DAVID
14 
 King Hi ram  of  Tyre  sent en voys  to Da vid, 
 along  with ce dar  logs, stone ma sons,  and 
car pen ters  to  build  a pal ace  for  him.


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2  Then 
Da vid  knew  that  the  L ord  had es tab lished  him 
 as  king  over Is ra el  and  that  his king dom  had 
 been ex alt ed  for  the  sake  of  his peo ple Is ra el. 3 Da vid  took  more  wives  in Je ru sa lem, 
 and  he be came  the fa ther  of  more  sons  and 
daugh ters. 4  These  are  the  names  of  the chil-
dren  born  to  him  in Je ru sa lem: Sham mua, 
Sho bab, Na than, Sol o mon, 5 Ib har, El i shua, 
El pe let, 6 No gah, Ne pheg, Ja phia, 7 Elish a ma, 
Be e li a da,  and Eliph e let. 8  When  the Phi lis tines  heard  that Da vid  had 
 been anoint ed  king  over  all Is ra el,  they  all 
 went  in  search  of Da vid;  when Da vid  heard 
 of  this,  he  went  out  to  face  them.


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9  Now  the 
Phi lis tines  had  come  and raid ed  in  the V al-
ley  of Reph a im, 10  so Da vid in quired  of  God, 
“ Should  I at tack  the Phi lis tines? Will  you  hand 
 them  over  to  me?


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”
 The  L ord re plied, “ At tack,  and  I  will  hand 
 them  over  to  you.”
11  So  the Is ra el ites  went  up  to Ba al-per a zim, 
 and Da vid de feat ed  the Phi lis tines  there. Then 
Da vid  said, “ Like  a bursting  flood,  God  has 
 used  me  to  burst  out  against  my en e mies.” 
There fore,  they  named  that  place  The  Lord 
 Bursts  Out. e 12  The Phi lis tines aban doned  their 
 idols  there,  and Da vid or dered  that  they  be 
 burned  in  the  fire.


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13  Once  again  the Phi lis tines raid ed  in  the 
val ley . 14  So Da vid  again in quired  of  God,  and 
 God an swered  him, “ Do  not pur sue  them di-
rect ly . Cir cle  around  them  and at tack  them 
op po site  the bal sam  trees. 15  When  you  hear 
 the  sound  of march ing  in  the  tops  of  the bal-
sam  trees,  then  go  out  to bat tle,  for  God  will 
 have  gone  out  ahead  of  you  to  strike  down  the 
 army  of  the Phi lis tines.” 16  So Da vid  did  as  God 
com mand ed  him,  and  they  struck  down  the 
Phi lis tine  army  from Gib e on  to Ge zer. 17  Then 
Da vid’s  fame  spread through out  the  lands, 
 and  the  L ord  caused  all  the na tions  to  be ter-
ri fied  of  him. THE ARK COMES TO JERUSALEM
15 
Da vid  built hous es  for him self  in  the 
 city  of Da vid,  and  he pre pared  a  place 
 for  the  ark  of  God  and  pitched  a  tent  for  it. 2  Then Da vid  said, “ No  one  but  the Le vites  may 
car ry  the  ark  of  God, be cause  the  L ord  has 
cho sen  them  to car ry  the  ark  of  the  L ord  and 
 to min is ter be fore  him for ev er.”
3 Da vid as sem bled  all Is ra el  at Je ru sa lem  to 
 bring  the  ark  of  the  L ord  to  the  place  he  had 
pre pared  for  it. 4  Then  he gath ered to geth er 
 the de scen dants  of Aar on  and  the Le vites:
5  From  the Ko hath ites, Uri el  the lead er  and 
 120  of  his rel a tives; 6  from  the Me ra rites, Asa-
iah  the lead er  and  220  of  his rel a tives; 7  from 
 the Gershomites, f  Joel  the lead er  and  130  of 
 his rel a tives; 8  from  the El i za phan ites, She ma-
iah  the lead er  and  200  of  his rel a tives; 9  from 
 the He bron ites, Eli el  the lead er  and  80  of  his 
rel a tives; 10  from  the Uz zi el ites, Am min a dab 
 the lead er  and  112  of  his rel a tives.


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11 Da vid sum moned  the  priests Za dok  and 
Abi a thar  and  the Le vites Uri el, Asa iah,  Joel, 
She ma iah, Eli el,  and Am min a dab. 12  He  said 
 to  them, “ You  are  the  heads  of  the Le vite 
a13:5 Or to Lebo-hamath   b13:7 Or And his brothers   c13:11 Or Perez-uzzah   d13:13 Lit to himself   e14:11 Or Baal-perazim   
f15:7 = Gershonites
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fam i lies. You  and  your rel a tives  must con se-
crate your selves  so  that  you  may  bring  the  ark 
 of  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  to  the  place  I  have 
pre pared  for  it. 13  For  the  L ord  our  God  burst 
 out  in an ger  against  us be cause  you Le vites 
 were  not  with  us  the  first  time,  for  we  didn’t 
in quire  of  him  about  the prop er pro ce dures.” 
14  So  the  priests  and  the Le vites con se crat ed 
them selves  to  bring  up  the  ark  of  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el. 15  Then  the Le vites car ried  the 
 ark  of  God  the  way Mo ses  had com mand ed 
ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L ord:  on  their 
shoul ders  with  the  poles. 16  Then Da vid  told  the lead ers  of  the Le vites 
 to ap point  their rel a tives  as sing ers  and  to  have 
 them  raise  their  voices  with  joy ac com pa nied 
 by mu si cal in stru ments  —   harps,  lyres,  and 
cym bals. 17  So  the Le vites ap point ed He man 
 son  of  Joel;  from  his rel a tives,  Asaph  son  of 
Ber e chi ah;  and  from  their rel a tives  the Me-
ra rites,  Ethan  son  of Ku sha iah. 18  With  them 
 were  their rel a tives sec ond  in  rank: Zech a ri-
ah, Ja a zi el, a She mir a moth, Je hi el,  Unni, Eli ab, 
Be na iah, Ma a se iah, Mat ti thi ah, Eliph e le hu, 
Mik ne iah,  and  the gate keep ers Obed-edom 
 and Je i el. 19  The sing ers He man,  Asaph,  and 
 Ethan  were  to  sound  the  bronze cym bals; 
20 Zech a ri ah, Azi el, She mir a moth, Je hi el,  Unni, 
Eli ab, Ma a se iah,  and Be na iah  were  to  play 
 harps ac cord ing  to Al a moth b 21  and Mat ti thi-
ah, Eliph e le hu, Mik ne iah, Obed-edom, Je i el, 
 and Az a zi ah  were  to  lead  the mu sic  with  lyres 
ac cord ing  to  the Shem i nith. 22 Chen a ni ah,  the 
lead er  of  the Le vites  in mu sic,  was  to di rect 
 the mu sic be cause  he  was skill ful.


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23 Ber e chi-
ah  and El ka nah  were  to  be gate keep ers  for 
 the  ark. 24  The  priests, Sheb a ni ah, Josh a phat, 
Ne than el, Amas ai, Zech a ri ah, Be na iah,  and 
El i e zer,  were  to  blow trum pets be fore  the  ark 
 of  God. Obed-edom  and Je hi ah  were  also  to 
 be gate keep ers  for  the  ark. 25 Da vid,  the el ders  of Is ra el,  and  the com-
mand ers  of thou sands  went  with re joic ing 
 to  bring  the  ark  of  the cov enant  of  the  L ord 
 from  the  house  of Obed-edom. 26 Be cause  God 
 helped  the Le vites  who  were car ry ing  the  ark 
 of  the cov enant  of  the  L ord,  with  God’s  help, 
 they sac ri ficed sev en  bulls  and sev en  rams. 27  Now Da vid  was  dressed  in  a  robe  of  fine 
lin en,  as  were  all  the Le vites  who  were car ry ing 
 the  ark,  as  well  as  the sing ers  and Chen a ni ah, 
 the mu sic lead er  of  the sing ers. Da vid  also  wore 
 a lin en  ephod. 28  So  all Is ra el  brought  up  the 
 ark  of  the cov enant  of  the  L ord  with  shouts, 
 the  sound  of  the  ram’s  horn, trum pets,  and 
cym bals,  and  the play ing  of  harps  and  lyres. 29  As  the  ark  of  the cov enant  of  the  L ord  was 
en ter ing  the  city  of Da vid,  Saul’s daugh ter 
Mi chal  looked  down  from  the win dow  and 
 saw  King Da vid leap ing c  and danc ing,  and 
 she de spised  him  in  her  heart. 16 
 They  brought  the  ark  of  God  and  placed 
 it in side  the  tent Da vid  had  pitched  for 
 it.


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2  When 
Da vid  had fin ished off  er ing  the  burnt off  er-
ings  and  the fel low ship off  er ings,  he  blessed 
 the peo ple  in  the  name  of  the  L ord. 3  Then  he 
dis trib ut ed  to  each  and ev ery Is ra el ite,  both 
 men  and wom en,  a  loaf  of  bread,  a  date  cake, 
 and  a rai sin  cake. 4 Da vid ap point ed  some  of  the Le vites  to 
 be min is ters be fore  the  ark  of  the  L ord,  to 
cel e brate  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el,  and  to  give 
 thanks  and  praise  to  him. 5  Asaph  was  the 
 chief  and Zech a ri ah  was sec ond  to  him. Je i el, 
She mir a moth, Je hi el, Mat ti thi ah, Eli ab, Be na-
iah, Obed-edom,  and Je i el  played  the  harps 
 and  lyres,  while  Asaph sound ed  the cym bals 
6  and  the  priests Be na iah  and Ja ha zi el  blew 
 the trum pets reg u lar ly be fore  the  ark  of  the 
cov enant  of  God. DAVID’S PSALM OF THANKSGIVING
7  On  that  day Da vid de creed  for  the  first  time 
 that  thanks  be giv en  to  the  L ord  by  Asaph 
 and  his rel a tives:
 8 Give thanks to the Lord; call on 
his name;
  proclaim his deeds among the peoples. 9 Sing to him; sing praise to him;
  tell about all his wondrous works!


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10 Honor his holy name;
  let the hearts of those who seek the 
Lord rejoice. 11 Seek the Lord and his strength;
  seek his face always.


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12 Remember the wondrous works 
he has done,
  his wonders, and the judgments 
he has pronounced,  d
 13 you offspring of Israel his servant,
  Jacob’s descendants  —  
his chosen ones. a15:18 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read Zechariah son and Jaaziel   b15:20 This may refer to a high pitch, perhaps a tune 
sung by soprano voices; the Hb word means “young women”  ; Ps 46 title   c15:29 Or whirling   d16:12 Lit judgments of his mouth
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 14 He is the Lord our God;
  his judgments govern the whole earth. 15 Remember his covenant forever —
  the promise he ordained 
for a thousand generations,
 16 the covenant he made with Abraham,
  swore  a to Isaac,
 17 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree,
  and to Israel as a permanent covenant:
 18 “I will give the land of Canaan to you
  as your inherited portion.”
 19 When they b were few in number,
  very few indeed, and resident aliens 
in Canaan
 20 wandering from nation to nation
  and from one kingdom to another,
 21 he allowed no one to oppress them;
  he rebuked kings on their behalf:
 22 “Do not touch my anointed ones
  or harm my prophets.”
 23 Let the whole earth sing to the Lord. Proclaim his salvation from day to day .


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24 Declare his glory among the nations,
  his wondrous works among all peoples. 25 For the Lord is great 
and highly praised;
  he is feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
  but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Splendor and majesty are before him;
  strength and joy are in his place. 28 Ascribe to the Lord, families 
of the peoples,
  ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory 
of his name;
  bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord 
in the splendor of his holiness;
 30 let the whole earth tremble before him. The world is firmly established;
  it cannot be shaken. 31 Let the heavens be glad and the earth 
rejoice,
  and let them say among the nations, 
“The Lord reigns! ”
 32 Let the sea and all that fills it resound;
  let the fields and everything in them 
exult. 33 Then the trees of the forest will shout 
for joy before the Lord,
  for he is coming to judge the earth. 34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
  his faithful love endures forever.


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35 And say: “Save us, God of our salvation;
  gather us and rescue us from 
the nations
  so that we may give thanks to 
your holy name
  and rejoice in your praise. 36 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
  from everlasting to everlasting.”
 Then  all  the peo ple  said, “ Amen”  and “ Praise 
 the  L ord.”
37  So Da vid  left  Asaph  and  his rel a tives  there 
be fore  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  to min-
is ter reg u lar ly be fore  the  ark ac cord ing  to  the 
dai ly re quire ments. 38  He as signed Obed-edom 
 and  his c sixty-eight rel a tives.


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Obed-edom  son 
 of Je du thun  and Ho sah  were  to  be gate keep ers. 39 Da vid  left  the  priest Za dok  and  his fel low 
 priests be fore  the tab er na cle  of  the  L ord  at 
 the  high  place  in Gib e on 40  to off  er  burnt of-
fer ings reg u lar ly , morn ing  and eve ning,  to 
 the  L ord  on  the al tar  of  burnt off  er ings  and 
 to  do ev ery thing  that  was writ ten  in  the  law 
 of  the  L ord,  which  he  had com mand ed Is ra el 
 to  keep. 41  With  them  were He man, Je du thun, 
 and  the  rest  who  were cho sen  and des ig nat-
ed  by  name  to  give  thanks  to  the  L ord  —   for 
 his faith ful  love en dures for ev er.


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42 He man 
 and Je du thun  had  with  them trum pets  and 
cym bals  to  play  and mu si cal in stru ments  of 
 God. Je du thun’s  sons  were  at  the  city  gate. 43  Then  all  the peo ple  went  home,  and Da vid 
re turned  home  to  bless  his house hold. THE LORD’S COVENANT WITH DAVID
17 
 When Da vid  had set tled  into  his pal ace, 
 he  said  to  the proph et Na than, “ Look! I 
 am liv ing  in  a ce dar  house  while  the  ark  of 
 the  L ord’ s cov enant  is un der  tent cur tains.”
2  So Na than  told Da vid, “ Do  all  that  is  on 
 your  mind,  for  God  is  with  you.”
3  But  that  night  the  word  of  God  came  to 
Na than: 4 “ Go  to Da vid  my ser vant  and  say , 
‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  You  are  not  the 
 one  to  build  me  a  house  to  dwell  in. 5  From 
 the  time  I  brought Is ra el  out  of  Egypt un til 
to day  I  have  not  dwelt  in  a  house; in stead,  I 
 have  moved  from  one  tent  site  to an oth er,  and 
a16:16 Lit and his oath   b16:19 One Hb ms, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read you   c16:38 LXX, Syr , Vg; Hb reads their
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 from  one tab er na cle location  to an oth er. a 6  In 
 all  my jour neys through out Is ra el,  have  I  ever 
spo ken  a  word  to  even  one  of  the judg es  of 
Is ra el,  whom  I com mand ed  to shep herd  my 
peo ple, ask ing:  Why  haven’t  you  built  me  a 
 house  of ce dar? ’
7 “ So  now  this  is  what  you  are  to  say  to  my 
ser vant Da vid: ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies 
 says:  I  took  you  from  the pas ture,  from tend ing 
 the  flock,  to  be rul er  over  my peo ple Is ra el. 8  I 
 have  been  with  you wher ev er  you  have  gone, 
 and  I  have de stroyed  all  your en e mies be fore 
 you.


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I  will  make  a  name  for  you  like  that  of 
 the great est  on  the  earth. 9  I  will des ig nate  a 
 place  for  my peo ple Is ra el  and  plant  them,  so 
 that  they  may  live  there  and  not  be dis turbed 
 again. Evil do ers  will  not con tin ue  to op press 
 them  as  they  have  done 10  ever  since  the  day 
 I or dered judg es  to  be  over  my peo ple Is ra el.


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“ ‘Fur ther more,  I de clare  to  you  that  the  L ord 
him self  will  build  a  house  for  you. 11  When  your 
 time  comes  to  be  with  your fa thers,  I  will  raise 
 up af ter  you  your de scen dant,  who  is  one  of 
 your  own  sons,  and  I  will es tab lish  his king-
dom. 12  He  is  the  one  who  will  build  a  house 
 for  me,  and  I  will es tab lish  his  throne for ev er. 13  I  will  be  his fa ther,  and  he  will  be  my  son. I  will  not re move  my faith ful  love  from  him 
 as  I re moved  it  from  the  one  who  was be fore 
 you. 14  I  will ap point  him  over  my  house  and 
 my king dom for ev er,  and  his  throne  will  be 
es tab lished for ev er.’ ”
15 Na than re port ed  all  these  words  and  this 
en tire vi sion  to Da vid. DAVID’S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
16  Then  King Da vid  went  in,  sat  in  the  L ord’ s 
pres ence,  and  said,
Who am I, Lord God, and what is my 
house that you have brought me this far? 17 This was a little thing to you,  b God, for 
you have spoken about your servant’s 
house in the distant future.


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You regard 
me as a man of distinction,  c Lord God. 18 What more can David say to you for 
honoring your servant? You know your 
servant. 19 Lord, you have done this whole 
great thing, making known all these great 
promises for the sake of your servant and 
according to your will. 20 Lord, there is no 
one like you, and there is no God besides 
you, as all we have heard confirms. 21 And 
who is like your people Israel? God, you 
came to one nation on earth to redeem 
a people for yourself, to make a name 
for yourself through great and awesome 
works by driving out nations before your 
people you redeemed from Egypt. 22 You 
made your people Israel your own people 
forever, and you, Lord, have become 
their God. 23 Now , Lord, let the word that you have 
spoken concerning your servant and 
his house be confirmed forever, and do 
as you have promised. 24 Let your name 
be confirmed and magnified forever in 
the saying, “The Lord of Armies, the God 
of Israel, is God over Israel.” May the 
house of your servant David be estab -
lished before you. 25 Since you, my God, 
have revealed to d your servant that you 
will build him a house, your servant has 
found courage to pray in your presence. 26 Lord, you indeed are God, and you have 
promised this good thing to your servant. 27 So now , you have been pleased to bless 
your servant’s house that it may continue 
before you forever.


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For you, Lord, have 
blessed it, and it is blessed forever. DAVID’S MILITARY CAMPAIGNS
18 
Af ter  this, Da vid de feat ed  the Phi lis tines, 
sub dued  them,  and  took  Gath  and  its 
sur round ing vil lages  from Phi lis tine con trol. 2  He  also de feat ed  the Mo ab ites,  and  they be-
came Da vid’s sub jects  and  brought trib ute.


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3 Da vid  also de feat ed  King Had ad e zer  of 
Zo bah  at Ha math  when  he  went  to es tab lish 
 his con trol  at  the Eu phra tes Riv er. 4 Da vid cap-
tured  one thou sand char i ots, sev en thou sand 
horse men,  and twen ty thou sand  foot sol diers 
 from  him, ham strung  all  the hors es,  and  kept 
 a hun dred char i ots. e
5  When  the Ar a me ans  of Da mas cus  came  to 
as sist  King Had ad e zer  of Zo bah, Da vid  struck 
 down twenty-two thou sand Ar a me an  men. 6  Then  he  placed gar ri sons f  in  Aram  of Da-
mas cus,  and  the Ar a me ans be came Da vid’s 
sub jects  and  brought trib ute. The  L ord  made 
Da vid vic to ri ous wher ev er  he  went. 7 Da vid  took  the  gold  shields car ried  by 
Had ad e zer’s off  i cers  and  brought  them  to 
a17:5 Lit I was from tent to tent and from tabernacle   b17:17 Lit thing in your eyes   c17:17 Hb obscure   d17:25 Lit have 
uncovered the ear of   e18:4 Or chariot horses   f18:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss omit garrisons ; 2Sm 8:6
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Je ru sa lem. 8  From Tibhath  and  Cun, Had ad-
e zer’s cit ies, Da vid  also  took  huge quan ti ties  of 
 bronze,  from  which Sol o mon  made  the  bronze 
ba sin, a  the pil lars,  and  the  bronze ar ti cles. 9  When  King  Tou  of Ha math  heard  that Da vid 
 had de feat ed  the en tire  army  of  King Had-
ad e zer  of Zo bah, 10  he  sent  his  son Ha do ram 
 to  King Da vid  to  greet  him  and  to con grat u-
late  him be cause Da vid  had  fought  against 
Had ad e zer  and de feat ed  him,  for  Tou  and 
Had ad e zer  had  fought  many  wars. Ha do ram 
 brought  all  kinds  of  gold, sil ver,  and  bronze 
items. 11  King Da vid  also ded i cat ed  these  to 
 the  L ord,  along  with  the sil ver  and  gold  he 
 had car ried  off  from  all  the na tions  —   from 
 Edom,  Moab,  the Am mon ites,  the Phi lis tines, 
 and  the Am a lek ites. 12 Abish ai  son  of Zer u i ah  struck  down eigh-
teen thou sand Edom ites  in  the  Salt V al ley . 13  He 
 put gar ri sons  in  Edom,  and  all  the Edom ites 
 were sub ject  to Da vid. The  L ord  made Da vid 
vic to ri ous wher ev er  he  went. 14  So Da vid  reigned  over  all Is ra el, ad min-
is ter ing jus tice  and righ teous ness  for  all  his 
peo ple. 15 Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;
  Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was 
court historian;
 16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech  b 
son of Abiathar were priests;
  Shavsha was court secretary;
 17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the 
Cherethites and the Pelethites;
  and David’s sons were 
the chief officials at the king’s side. WAR WITH THE AMMONITES
19 
 Some  time lat er,  King Na hash  of  the Am-
mon ites  died,  and  his  son be came  king  in 
 his  place.


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2  Then Da vid  said, “ I’ll  show kind ness 
 to Ha nun  son  of Na hash, be cause  his fa ther 
 showed kind ness  to  me.”
 So Da vid  sent mes sen gers  to con sole  him 
con cern ing  his fa ther. How ev er,  when Da vid’s 
em is sar ies ar rived  in  the  land  of  the Am mon-
ites  to con sole  him, 3  the Am mon ite lead ers 
 said  to Ha nun, “ Just be cause Da vid  has  sent 
 men  with condolences  for  you,  do  you real ly 
be lieve  he’s show ing re spect  for  your fa ther? In stead,  haven’t  his em is sar ies  come  in or der 
 to scout  out, over throw ,  and  spy  on  the  land? ” 
4  So Ha nun  took Da vid’s em is sar ies,  shaved 
 them,  cut  their  clothes  in  half  at  the  hips,  and 
 sent  them  away . 5  It  was re port ed  to Da vid  about  his  men,  so 
 he  sent mes sen gers  to  meet  them,  since  the 
 men  were deep ly hu mil i at ed. The  king  said, 
“ Stay  in Jer i cho un til  your  beards  grow  back; 
 then re turn.”
6  When  the Am mon ites re al ized  they  had 
 made them selves re pul sive  to Da vid, Ha nun 
 and  the Am mon ites  sent thirty-eight  tons c 
 of sil ver  to  hire char i ots  and horse men  from 
Aram-na ha ra im, Aram-ma a cah,  and Zo bah. 7  They  hired thirty-two thou sand char i ots  and 
 the  king  of Ma a cah  with  his  army ,  who  came 
 and  camped  near Med e ba.


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The Am mon ites  also 
 came to geth er  from  their cit ies  for  the bat tle. 8 Da vid  heard  about  this  and  sent  Joab  and 
 all  the  elite  troops. 9  The Am mon ites  marched 
 out  and  lined  up  in bat tle for ma tion  at  the 
en trance  of  the  city  while  the  kings  who  had 
 come  were  in  the  field  by them selves. 10  When 
 Joab  saw  that  there  was  a bat tle  line  in  front  of 
 him  and an oth er be hind  him,  he  chose  some 
 of Is ra el’s fin est  young  men d  and  lined  up  in 
for ma tion  to en gage  the Ar a me ans. 11  He  placed 
 the  rest  of  the forc es un der  the com mand  of 
 his broth er Abish ai. They  lined  up  in for ma-
tion  to en gage  the Am mon ites. 12 “ If  the Ar a me ans  are  too  strong  for  me,” 
 Joab  said, “ then  you’ll  be  my  help. How ev er, 
 if  the Am mon ites  are  too  strong  for  you,  I’ll 
 help  you.


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Let’s  prove our selves 
 strong  for  our peo ple  and  for  the cit ies  of  our 
 God. May  the  L ord’ s  will  be  done.” e
14  Joab  and  the peo ple  with  him ap proached 
 the Ar a me ans  for bat tle,  and  they  fled be fore 
 him. 15  When  the Am mon ites  saw  that  the Ar-
a me ans  had  fled,  they like wise  fled be fore 
 Joab’s broth er Abish ai  and en tered  the  city . Then  Joab  went  to Je ru sa lem. 16  When  the Ar a me ans re al ized  that  they  had 
 been de feat ed  by Is ra el,  they  sent mes sen gers 
 to sum mon  the Ar a me ans  who  were be yond 
 the Eu phra tes Riv er. They  were  led  by Sho-
phach,  the com mand er  of Had ad e zer’s  army . 17  When  this  was re port ed  to Da vid,  he gath-
ered  all Is ra el  and  crossed  the Jor dan. He  came 
 up  to  the Ar a me ans  and  lined  up  against  them.


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When Da vid  lined  up  to en gage  them,  they 
 fought  against  him. 18  But  the Ar a me ans  fled 
be fore Is ra el,  and Da vid  killed sev en thou sand 
 of  their char i ot eers  and for ty thou sand  foot 
a18:8 Lit sea   b18:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read Abimelech ; 2Sm 8:17   c19:6 Lit 1,000 talents    
d19:10 Lit Israel’s choice ones   e19:13 Lit the Lord do what is good in his eyes
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sol diers. He  also  killed Sho phach, com mand-
er  of  the  army . 19  When Had ad e zer’s sub jects 
 saw  that  they  had  been de feat ed  by Is ra el, 
 they  made  peace  with Da vid  and be came  his 
sub jects. Af ter  this,  the Ar a me ans  were nev er 
will ing  to  help  the Am mon ites  again. CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF RABBAH
20 
 In  the  spring a  when  kings  march  out  to 
 war,  Joab  led  the  army  and de stroyed 
 the Am mon ites’  land. He  came  to Rab bah  and 
be sieged  it,  but Da vid re mained  in Je ru sa-
lem. Joab at tacked Rab bah  and de mol ished 
 it. 2  Then Da vid  took  the  crown  from  the  head 
 of  their  king, b,c  and  it  was  placed  on Da vid’s 
 head. He  found  that  the  crown  weighed sev-
enty-five  pounds d  of  gold,  and  there  was  a 
pre cious  stone  in  it. In ad di tion, Da vid  took 
 away  a  large quan ti ty  of plun der  from  the 
 city .


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3  He  brought  out  the peo ple  who  were 
 in  it  and  put  them  to  work  with  saws, e  iron 
 picks,  and  axes. f Da vid  did  the  same  to  all  the 
Am mon ite cit ies.


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Then  he  and  all  his  troops 
re turned  to Je ru sa lem. THE PHILISTINE GIANTS
4 Af ter  this,  a  war  broke  out  with  the Phi lis tines 
 at Ge zer. At  that  time Sib be cai  the Hu shath ite 
 killed Sip pai,  a de scen dant  of  the Reph a im, g 
 and  the Phi lis tines  were sub dued. 5  Once  again  there  was  a bat tle  with  the Phi-
lis tines,  and El ha nan  son  of  Jair  killed Lah mi 
 the broth er  of Go li ath  of  Gath. The  shaft  of  his 
 spear  was  like  a weav er’s  beam. 6  There  was  still an oth er bat tle  at  Gath  where 
 there  was  a  man  of ex tra or di nary stat ure 
 with  six fin gers  on  each  hand  and  six  toes 
 on  each  foot  —  twenty-four  in  all. He,  too, 
 was de scend ed  from  the gi ant.


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h 7  When  he 
taunt ed Is ra el, Jon a than  son  of Da vid’s broth er 
Shim ei  killed  him. 8  These  were  the de scen dants  of  the gi ant  in 
 Gath  killed  by Da vid  and  his sol diers. DAVID’S MILITARY CENSUS
21 
Sa tan i  rose  up  against Is ra el  and in cit ed 
Da vid  to  count  the peo ple  of Is ra el. 2  So 
Da vid  said  to  Joab  and  the com mand ers  of  the 
 troops, “ Go  and  count Is ra el  from Be er-she ba 
 to  Dan  and  bring  a re port  to  me  so  I  can  know 
 their num ber.”
3  Joab re plied, “ May  the  L ord mul ti ply  the 
num ber  of  his peo ple  a hun dred  times  over! My  lord  the  king,  aren’t  they  all  my  lord’s ser-
vants?


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Why  does  my  lord  want  to  do  this? Why 
 should  he  bring  guilt  on Is ra el? ”
4  Yet  the  king’s or der pre vailed  over  Joab. So 
 Joab  left  and trav eled through out Is ra el  and 
 then re turned  to Je ru sa lem. 5  Joab  gave  the 
to tal  troop reg is tra tion  to Da vid. In  all Is ra el 
 there  were  one mil lion  one hun dred thou sand 
 armed  men j  and  in Ju dah it self  four hun dred 
sev en ty thou sand  armed  men.


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6  But  he  did 
 not in clude  Levi  and Ben ja min  in  the  count 
be cause  the  king’s com mand  was de test able 
 to  him. 7  This com mand  was  also  evil  in  God’s 
 sight,  so  he afflicted Is ra el. 8 Da vid  said  to  God, “ I  have  sinned great ly 
be cause  I  have  done  this  thing. Now ,  please 
 take  away  your ser vant’s  guilt,  for  I’ve  been 
 very fool ish.”
DAVID’S PUNISHMENT
9  Then  the  L ord in struct ed  Gad, Da vid’s  seer, 
10 “ Go  and  say  to Da vid, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 says:  I  am off  er ing  you  three  choices. Choose 
 one  of  them  for your self,  and  I  will  do  it  to  you.’ ”
11  So  Gad  went  to Da vid  and  said  to  him, “ This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ Take  your  choice: 12  three 
 years  of fam ine,  or  three  months  of dev as ta tion 
 by  your  foes  with  the  sword  of  your en e my 
over tak ing  you,  or  three  days  of  the  sword  of 
 the  L ord  —   a  plague  on  the  land,  the an gel  of 
 the  L ord bring ing de struc tion  to  the  whole 
ter ri to ry  of Is ra el.’  Now de cide  what an swer 
 I  should  take  back  to  the  one  who  sent  me.”
13 Da vid an swered  Gad, “ I’m  in an guish. Please,  let  me  fall  into  the  L ord’ s  hands be-
cause  his mercies  are  very  great,  but  don’t  let 
 me  fall  into hu man  hands.”
14  So  the  L ord  sent  a  plague  on Is ra el,  and 
seventy thousand Is ra el ite  men  died. 15  Then 
 God  sent  an an gel  to Je ru sa lem  to de stroy  it, 
 but  when  the an gel  was  about  to de stroy  the 
 city , k  the  L ord  looked, re lent ed con cern ing 
 the de struc tion,  and  said  to  the an gel  who 
 was de stroy ing  the peo ple, “ Enough, with-
draw  your  hand  now!


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”  The an gel  of  the  L ord 
 was  then stand ing  at  the thresh ing  floor  of 
Ornan l  the Jeb u site. 16  When Da vid  looked  up  and  saw  the an gel  of 
 the  L ord stand ing be tween  earth  and heav en, 
a20:1 Lit At the time of the return of the year   b20:2 LXX, Vg read of Milcom   c20:2 = Molech; 1Kg 11:5,7   d20:2 Lit a talent   
e20:3 T ext emended; MT reads and sawed them with the saw ; 2Sm 12:31   f20:3 T ext emended; MT reads saws ; 2Sm 12:31    
g20:4 Or the Rephaites   h20:6 Or Raphah, also in v . 8   i21:1 Or An adversary ; Jb 1:6; Zch 3:1-2   j21:5 Lit men drawing the 
sword   k21:15 Lit but as he was destroying   l21:15-28 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16-24
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 with  his  drawn  sword  in  his  hand  stretched  out 
 over Je ru sa lem, Da vid  and  the el ders,  clothed 
 in sack cloth,  fell face down. 17 Da vid  said  to  God, 
“ Wasn’t  I  the  one  who  gave  the or der  to  count 
 the peo ple? I  am  the  one  who  has  sinned  and 
act ed  very wick ed ly .


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But  these  sheep,  what  have 
 they  done? L ord  my  God,  please  let  your  hand 
 be  against  me  and  against  my fa ther’s fam i ly , 
 but  don’t  let  the  plague  be  against  your peo ple.”
DAVID’S ALTAR
18  So  the an gel  of  the  L ord or dered  Gad  to  tell 
Da vid  to  go  and  set  up  an al tar  to  the  L ord 
 on  the thresh ing  floor  of Ornan  the Jeb u site. 19 Da vid  went  up  at  Gad’s com mand spo ken 
 in  the  name  of  the  L ord.


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20 Ornan  was thresh ing  wheat  when  he 
 turned  and  saw  the an gel. His  four  sons,  who 
 were  with  him,  hid. 21 Da vid  came  to Ornan, 
 and  when Ornan  looked  and  saw Da vid,  he 
 left  the thresh ing  floor  and  bowed  to Da vid 
 with  his  face  to  the  ground. 22  Then Da vid  said  to Ornan, “ Give  me  this 
threshing-floor  plot  so  that  I  may  build  an 
al tar  to  the  L ord  on  it. Give  it  to  me  for  the 
 full  price,  so  the  plague  on  the peo ple  may 
 be  stopped.”
23 Ornan  said  to Da vid, “ Take  it! My  lord  the 
 king  may  do what ev er  he  wants. a  See,  I  give 
 the  oxen  for  the  burnt off  er ings,  the thresh ing 
 sledges  for  the  wood,  and  the  wheat  for  the 
 grain off  er ing  —   I  give  it  all.”
24  King Da vid an swered Ornan, “ No,  I in sist 
 on pay ing  the  full  price,  for  I  will  not  take  for 
 the  L ord  what be longs  to  you  or off  er  burnt 
off  er ings  that  cost  me noth ing.”
25  So Da vid  gave Ornan fif teen  pounds  of 
 gold b  for  the  plot. 26  He  built  an al tar  to  the 
 L ord  there  and off  ered  burnt off  er ings  and 
fel low ship off  er ings.


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He  called  on  the  L ord, 
 and  he an swered  him  with  fire  from heav en 
 on  the al tar  of  burnt off  er ing. 27  Then  the  L ord  spoke  to  the an gel,  and 
 he  put  his  sword  back  into  its  sheath. 28  At 
 that  time, Da vid off  ered sac ri fic es  there  when 
 he  saw  that  the  L ord an swered  him  at  the 
thresh ing  floor  of Ornan  the Jeb u site. 29  The 
tab er na cle  of  the  L ord,  which Mo ses  made 
 in  the wil der ness,  and  the al tar  of  burnt of-
fer ing  were  at  the  high  place  in Gib e on, 30  but 
Da vid  could  not  go be fore  it  to in quire  of  God, 
be cause  he  was ter ri fied  of  the  sword  of  the 
22 
 L ord’ s an gel. 1  Then Da vid  said, “ This  is 
 the  house  of  the  L ord  God,  and  this  is 
 the al tar  of  burnt off  er ing  for Is ra el.”
DAVID’S PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE
2  So Da vid  gave or ders  to gath er  the res i dent 
 aliens  that  were  in  the  land  of Is ra el,  and  he 
ap point ed stone cut ters  to  cut fin ished  stones 
 for build ing  God’s  house. 3 Da vid sup plied  a 
 great  deal  of  iron  to  make  the  nails  for  the  doors 
 of  the  gates  and  for  the fit tings, to geth er  with 
 an immeasurable quan ti ty  of  bronze, 4  and 
in nu mer a ble ce dar  logs be cause  the Si do ni-
ans  and Tyr i ans  had  brought  a  large quan ti ty 
 of ce dar  logs  to Da vid. 5 Da vid  said, “ My  son 
Sol o mon  is  young  and in ex pe ri enced,  and  the 
 house  that  is  to  be  built  for  the  L ord  must  be 
ex ceed ing ly  great  and fa mous  and glo ri ous  in 
 all  the  lands. There fore,  I  will  make pro vi sion 
 for  it.”  So Da vid  made lavish prep a ra tions  for 
 it be fore  his  death. 6  Then  he sum moned  his  son Sol o mon  and 
 charged  him  to  build  a  house  for  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el. 7 “ My  son,” Da vid  said  to Sol o mon, 
“ It  was  in  my  heart  to  build  a  house  for  the 
 name  of  the  L ord  my  God, 8  but  the  word  of 
 the  L ord  came  to  me: ‘ You  have  shed  much 
 blood  and  waged  great  wars. You  are  not  to 
 build  a  house  for  my  name be cause  you  have 
 shed  so  much  blood  on  the  ground be fore 
 me. 9  But  a  son  will  be  born  to  you;  he  will  be 
 a  man  of  rest. I  will  give  him  rest  from  all  his 
sur round ing en e mies,  for  his  name  will  be 
Sol o mon, c  and  I  will  give  peace  and qui et  to 
Is ra el dur ing  his  reign. 10  He  is  the  one  who 
 will  build  a  house  for  my  name.


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He  will  be  my 
 son,  and  I  will  be  his fa ther. I  will es tab lish  the 
 throne  of  his king dom  over Is ra el for ev er.’
11 “ Now ,  my  son,  may  the  L ord  be  with  you, 
 and  may  you suc ceed  in build ing  the  house 
 of  the  L ord  your  God,  as  he  said  about  you. 12  Above  all,  may  the  L ord  give  you in sight  and 
un der stand ing  when  he  puts  you  in  charge 
 of Is ra el  so  that  you  may  keep  the  law  of  the 
 L ord  your  God. 13  Then  you  will suc ceed  if  you 
care ful ly fol low  the stat utes  and or di nances 
 the  L ord com mand ed Mo ses  for Is ra el. Be 
 strong  and cou ra geous.


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Don’t  be  afraid  or 
dis cour aged. 14 “No tice  I  have tak en  great  pains  to pro-
vide  for  the  house  of  the  L ord  —  3,775  tons 
 of  gold, 37,750  tons  of sil ver, d  and  bronze  and 
a21:23 Lit do what is good in his eyes   b21:25 Lit 600 shekels of gold by weight   c22:9 In Hb, the name Solomon sounds like 
“peace.”   d22:14 Lit 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver
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 iron  that  can’t  be  weighed be cause  there  is  so 
 much  of  it. I  have  also pro vid ed tim ber  and 
 stone,  but  you  will  need  to  add  more  to  them.


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15  You  also  have  many work ers: stone cut ters, 
ma sons, car pen ters,  and peo ple  skilled  in ev-
ery  kind  of  work 16  in  gold, sil ver,  bronze,  and 
 iron  —  be yond num ber. Now be gin  the  work, 
 and  may  the  L ord  be  with  you.”
17  Then Da vid or dered  all  the lead ers  of Is ra-
el  to  help  his  son Sol o mon: 18 “ The  L ord  your 
 God  is  with  you,  isn’t  he? And  hasn’t  he giv en 
 you  rest  on ev ery  side?


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For  he  has hand ed  the 
 land’s in hab i tants  over  to  me,  and  the  land 
 has  been sub dued be fore  the  L ord  and  his 
peo ple.


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19  Now de ter mine  in  your  mind  and 
 heart  to  seek  the  L ord  your  God. Get start ed 
build ing  the  L ord  God’s sanc tu ary  so  that  you 
 may  bring  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  and 
 the  holy ar ti cles  of  God  to  the tem ple  that  is 
 to  be  built  for  the  name  of  the  L ord.”
THE DIVISIONS OF THE LEVITES
23 
 When Da vid  was  old  and  full  of  days, 
 he in stalled  his  son Sol o mon  as  king 
 over Is ra el. 2  Then  he gath ered  all  the lead ers 
 of Is ra el,  the  priests,  and  the Le vites. 3  The 
Le vites thir ty  years  old  or  more  were count-
ed;  the to tal num ber  of  men  was thirty-eight 
thou sand  by headcount. 4 “ Of  these,” Da vid  said, 
“twenty-four thou sand  are  to  be  in  charge  of 
 the  work  on  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  six thou sand 
 are  to  be off  i cers  and judg es, 5  four thou sand 
 are  to  be gate keep ers,  and  four thou sand  are 
 to  praise  the  L ord  with  the in stru ments  that 
 I  have  made  for wor ship.”
6  Then Da vid di vid ed  them  into di vi sions 
ac cord ing  to  Levi’s  sons: Ger shom, a Ko hath, 
 and Me ra ri. 7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.


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8 Ladan’s sons: Jehiel was the first, then 
Zetham, and Joel  —  three. 9 Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and 
Haran  —  three. Those were the heads of 
the families of Ladan. 10 Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah,  b Jeush, and 
Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons  —  four. 11 Jahath was the first and Zizah was the 
second; however, Jeush and Beriah did 
not have many sons, so they became one 
family c and received a single assignment. 12 Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, 
and Uzziel  —  four. 13 Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses. Aar on,  along  with  his de scen dants,  was  set  apart 
for ev er  to con se crate  the  most  holy  things,  to 
 burn in cense  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord,  to 
min is ter  to  him,  and  to pro nounce bless ings  in 
 his  name for ev er. 14  As  for Mo ses  the  man  of  God, 
 his  sons  were  named  among  the  tribe  of  Levi. 15 Moses’s sons: Gershom and Eliezer. 16 Gershom’s sons: Shebuel was first. 17 Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; 
Eliezer did not have any other sons, but 
Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous. 18 Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first. 19 Hebron’s sons: Jeriah was first, 
Amariah second, Jahaziel third, and 
Jekameam fourth. 20 Uzziel’s sons: Micah was first, and 
Isshiah second. 21 Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish. 22 Eleazar died having no sons, only 
daughters. Their cousins, the sons of 
Kish, married them. 23 Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and 
Jeremoth  —  three. 24  These  were  the de scen dants  of  Levi  by 
 their an ces tral fam i lies d  —   the fam i ly  heads, 
ac cord ing  to  their reg is tra tion  by  name  in  the 
headcount  —  twen ty  years  old  or  more,  who 
 worked  in  the ser vice  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple.


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25  For Da vid  said, “ The  L ord  God  of Is ra el  has 
giv en  rest  to  his peo ple,  and  he  has  come  to 
 stay  in Je ru sa lem for ev er. 26  Also,  the Le vites 
 no lon ger  need  to car ry  the tab er na cle  or  any 
 of  the equip ment  for  its ser vice” — 27  for ac-
cord ing  to  the  last  words  of Da vid,  the Le-
vites twen ty  years  old  or  more  were  to  be 
count ed — 28 “ but  their  duty  will  be  to as sist 
 the de scen dants  of Aar on  with  the ser vice 
 of  the  L ord’ s tem ple, be ing re spon si ble  for 
 the  courts  and  the cham bers,  the pu ri fi ca-
tion  of  all  the  holy  things,  and  the  work  of 
 the ser vice  of  God’s tem ple — 29  as  well  as 
 the  rows  of  the  Bread  of  the Pres ence,  the 
 fine  flour  for  the  grain off  er ing,  the wa fers 
 of un leav ened  bread,  the bak ing, e  the mix ing, 
 and  all mea sure ments  of volume  and  length. 30  They  are  also  to  stand ev ery morn ing  to  give 
 thanks  and  praise  to  the  L ord,  and like wise 
 in  the eve ning.


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31 When ev er  burnt off  er ings 
 are off  ered  to  the  L ord  on  the Sab baths,  New 
a23:6 Lit Gershon   b23:10 LXX, Vg; MT reads Zina   c23:11 Lit a father’s house   d23:24 Lit the house of their fathers    
e23:29 Lit the griddle
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 Moons,  and ap point ed fes ti vals,  they  are  to 
off  er  them reg u lar ly  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence 
ac cord ing  to  the num ber pre scribed  for  them. 32  They  are  to car ry  out  their re spon si bil i ties 
 for  the  tent  of meet ing,  for  the  holy  place,  and 
 for  their rel a tives,  the de scen dants  of Aar on, 
 in  the ser vice  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple.”
THE DIVISIONS OF THE PRIESTS
24 
 The di vi sions  of  the de scen dants  of 
Aar on  were  as fol lows: Aar on’s  sons 
 were Na dab, Abi hu, El e a zar,  and Ith a mar. 2  But 
Na dab  and Abi hu  died be fore  their fa ther, 
 and  they  had  no  sons,  so El e a zar  and Ith a mar 
 served  as  priests.


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3 To geth er  with Za dok  from 
 the de scen dants  of El e a zar  and Ahim e lech 
 from  the de scen dants  of Ith a mar, Da vid di vid-
ed  them ac cord ing  to  the as signed du ties  of 
 their ser vice. 4  Since  more lead ers  were  found 
 among El e a zar’s de scen dants  than Ith a mar’s, 
 they  were di vid ed ac cord ing ly: six teen  heads 
 of an ces tral fam i lies a  were  from El e a zar’s 
de scen dants,  and  eight  heads  of an ces tral 
fam i lies  were  from Ith a mar’s. 5  They  were 
as signed  by  lot,  for  there  were off  i cers  of  the 
sanc tu ary  and off  i cers  of  God  among  both 
El e a zar’s  and Ith a mar’s de scen dants. 6  The sec re tary , She ma iah  son  of Ne than el, 
 a Le vite, re cord ed  them  in  the pres ence  of 
 the  king  and  the off  i cers,  the  priest Za dok, 
Ahim e lech  son  of Abi a thar,  and  the  heads  of 
fam i lies  of  the  priests  and  the Le vites. One 
an ces tral fam i ly b  was tak en  for El e a zar,  and 
 then  one  for Ith a mar. 7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second 
to Jedaiah,
 8 the third to Harim, the fourth 
to Seorim,
 9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth 
to Mijamin,
 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth 
to Abijah,
 11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth 
to Shecaniah,
 12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth 
to Jakim,
 13 the thirteenth to Huppah, 
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
 14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth 
to Immer,
 15 the seventeenth to Hezir, 
the eighteenth to Happizzez,
 16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, 
the twentieth to Jehezkel,
 17 the twenty-first to Jachin, 
the twenty-second to Gamul,
 18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, 
and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. 19  These  had  their as signed du ties  for ser vice 
 when  they en tered  the  L ord’ s tem ple, ac cord-
ing  to  their reg u la tions,  which  they re ceived 
 from  their an ces tor Aar on,  as  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el  had com mand ed  him. THE REST OF THE LEVITES
20 As for the rest of Levi’s sons:
from Amram’s sons: Shubael;
from Shubael’s sons: Jehdeiah.


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21 From Rehabiah:
from Rehabiah’s sons: Isshiah was the first. 22 From the Izharites: Shelomoth;
from Shelomoth’s sons: Jahath. 23 Hebron’s c sons:
Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the 
fourth. 24 From Uzziel’s sons: Micah;
from Micah’s sons: Shamir. 25 Micah’s brother: Isshiah;
from Isshiah’s sons: Zechariah. 26 Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi,
and from his sons, Jaaziah his son. d
27 Merari’s sons, by his son Jaaziah:  e
Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 29 From Kish, from Kish’s sons: Jerahmeel. 30 Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. Those  were  the de scen dants  of  the Le vites 
ac cord ing  to  their an ces tral fam i lies.


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f 31  They 
 also  cast  lots  the  same  way  as  their rel a tives 
 the de scen dants  of Aar on  did  in  the pres ence 
 of  King Da vid, Za dok, Ahim e lech,  and  the  heads 
 of  the fam i lies  of  the  priests  and Le vites  —   the 
fam i ly  heads  and  their youn ger broth ers  alike. THE LEVITICAL MUSICIANS
25 
Da vid  and  the off  i cers  of  the  army  also 
 set  apart  some  of  the  sons  of  Asaph, 
He man,  and Je du thun,  who  were  to proph e sy 
ac com pa nied  by  lyres,  harps,  and cym bals. This  is  the  list  of  the  men  who per formed 
 their ser vice:
a24:4 Lit house of fathers   b24:6 Lit father’s house   c24:23 Some Hb mss, some LXX mss; other Hb mss omit Hebron’s ; 1Ch 23:19   
d24:26 Or Mushi; Jaaziah’s sons: Beno.


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e24:27 Or sons, Jaaziah: Beno,   f24:30 Lit the house of their fathers
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2 From Asaph’s sons:
Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, 
sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority , 
who prophesied under the authority of 
the king. 3 From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons:
Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,  a 
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah  —  six  —  under 
the authority of their father Jeduthun, 
prophesying to the accompaniment of 
lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord. 4 From Heman: Heman’s sons:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, 
Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, 
Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, 
Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5 All 
these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, 
were given by the promises of God to 
exalt him,
 b for God had given Heman 
fourteen sons and three daughters. 6  All  these  men  were un der  their  own fa thers’ 
au thor i ty  for  the mu sic  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple, 
 with cym bals,  harps,  and  lyres  for  the ser vice 
 of  God’s tem ple. Asaph, Je du thun,  and He man 
 were un der  the  king’s au thor i ty . 7  They num-
bered  288 to geth er  with  their rel a tives  who 
 were  all  trained  and skill ful  in mu sic  for  the 
 L ord.


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8  They  cast  lots  for  their du ties,  young 
 and  old  alike, teach er  as  well  as pupil. 9 The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, 
his sons, and his relatives — 12
  to Gedaliah the second: him, 
his relatives, and his sons — 12
 10 the third to Zaccur, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 11 the fourth to Izri,  d his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 14 the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 18 the eleventh to Azarel,  e his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 20 the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah,  
his sons, and his relatives — 12
 22 the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 23 the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, 
his sons, and his relatives — 12
 25 the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 26 the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 27 the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 28 the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
 29 the twenty-second to Giddalti,  
his sons, and his relatives — 12
 30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth, 
his sons, and his relatives — 12
 31 and the twenty-fourth 
to Romamti-ezer, his sons, 
and his relatives — 12
THE LEVITICAL GATEKEEPERS
26 
 The fol low ing  were  the di vi sions  of 
 the gate keep ers:
From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of 
Kore, one of the sons of Asaph. 2 Meshelemiah had sons:
Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the 
second,
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth,
and Eliehoenai the seventh.


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4 Obed-edom also had sons:
Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the 
second,
Joah the third, Sachar the fourth,
Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth,
Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the 
eighth,
for God blessed him. 6 Also, to his son Shemaiah were born 
sons who ruled their ancestral families  f 
because they were strong, capable men. 7 Shemaiah’s sons: Othni, Rephael, 
Obed, and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu 
. c
a25:3 One Hb ms, LXX; other Hb mss omit Shimei   b25:5 Lit by the words of God to lift a horn   c25:9 LXX; MT lacks his sons, 
and his relatives  —  12   d25:11 Variant of Zeri   e25:18 Variant of Uzziel   f26:6 Lit the house of their fathers, also in v . 13
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and Semachiah were also capable men. 8 All of these were among the sons of 
Obed-edom with their sons and relatives; 
they were capable men with strength for 
the work  —  sixty-two from Obed-edom. 9 Meshelemiah also had sons and 
relatives who were capable men  —  
eighteen. 10 Hosah, from the Merarites, also had 
sons: Shimri the first (although he 
was not the firstborn, his father had 
appointed him as the first), 11 Hilkiah the 
second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah 
the fourth. The sons and relatives of 
Hosah were thirteen in all. 12  These di vi sions  of  the gate keep ers, un der 
 their lead ing  men,  had du ties  for min is ter ing 
 in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  just  as  their rel a tives  did. 13  They  cast  lots  for  each tem ple  gate ac cord ing 
 to  their an ces tral fam i lies,  young  and  old  alike. 14  The  lot  for  the  east  gate  fell  to Shel e mi ah. a 
 They  also  cast  lots  for  his  son Zech a ri ah,  an 
insightful coun sel or,  and  his  lot  came  out  for 
 the  north  gate. 15 Obed-edom’s  was  the  south 
 gate,  and  his  sons’  lot  was  for  the store houses; 
16  it  was  the  west  gate  and  the  gate  of Shal le-
cheth  on  the as cend ing high way  for Shup pim 
 and Ho sah. There  were  guards sta tioned  at ev ery  watch.


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17  There  were  six Le vites  each  day b  on  the  east, 
 four  each  day  on  the  north,  four  each  day  on 
 the  south,  and  two  pair  at  the store houses. 18  As  for  the  court  on  the  west,  there  were  four 
 at  the high way  and  two  at  the  court. 19  Those 
 were  the di vi sions  of  the gate keep ers  from  the 
de scen dants  of  the Ko rah ites  and Me ra rites. THE LEVITICAL TREASURERS AND OTHER 
OFFICIALS
20  From  the Le vites, Ahi jah  was  in  charge  of 
 the trea sur ies  of  God’s tem ple  and  the trea-
sur ies  of  what  had  been ded i cat ed. 21  From 
 the  sons  of La dan,  who  were  the de scen dants 
 of  the Ger shon ites  through La dan  and  were 
 the fam i ly  heads be long ing  to La dan  the Ger-
shon ite: Je hi e li. 22  The  sons  of Je hi e li, Ze tham 
 and  his broth er  Joel,  were  in  charge  of  the 
trea sur ies  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 23  From  the Am ram ites,  the Iz har ites,  the 
He bron ites,  and  the Uz zi el ites: 24 Sheb u el,  a 
de scen dant  of Moses’s  son Ger shom,  was  the 
off  i cer  in  charge  of  the trea sur ies. 25  His rel-
a tives  through El i e zer:  his  son Re ha bi ah,  his 
 son Je sha iah,  his  son Jo ram,  his  son Zichri,  and 
 his  son She lo mith. c 26  This She lo mith  and  his 
rel a tives  were  in  charge  of  all  the trea sur ies 
 of  what  had  been ded i cat ed  by  King Da vid,  by 
 the fam i ly  heads  who  were  the com mand ers  of 
thou sands  and  of hun dreds,  and  by  the  army 
com mand ers. 27  They ded i cat ed  part  of  the 
plun der  from  their bat tles  for  the re pair  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple.


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28  All  that  the  seer Sam uel,  Saul 
 son  of  Kish, Ab ner  son  of  Ner,  and  Joab  son  of 
Zer u i ah  had ded i cat ed,  along  with ev ery thing 
 else  that  had  been ded i cat ed,  were  in  the  care 
 of She lo mith  and  his rel a tives. 29  From  the Iz ra hites: Chen a ni ah  and  his 
 sons  had du ties out side  the tem ple d  as off  i cers 
 and judg es  over Is ra el.


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30  From  the He bron ites: 
Hash a bi ah  and  his rel a tives, 1,700 ca pa ble 
 men,  had as signed du ties  in Is ra el  west  of  the 
Jor dan  for  all  the  work  of  the  L ord  and  for 
 the ser vice  of  the  king. 31  From  the He bron-
ites: Jerijah  was  the  head  of  the He bron ites, 
ac cord ing  to  the fam i ly rec ords  of  his an ces-
tors. A  search  was  made  in  the for ti eth  year  of 
Da vid’s  reign  and  strong, ca pa ble  men  were 
 found  among  them  at Ja zer  in Gil e ad.


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32  There 
 were  among Jerijah’s rel a tives 2,700 ca pa ble 
 men  who  were fam i ly  heads. King Da vid ap-
point ed  them  over  the Reu ben ites,  the Gad ites, 
 and  half  the  tribe  of Ma nas seh  as over seers 
 in ev ery mat ter re lat ing  to  God  and  the  king. DAVID’S SECULAR OFFICIALS
27 
 This  is  the  list  of  the Is ra el ites,  the fam i ly 
 heads,  the com mand ers  of thou sands 
 and  the com mand ers  of hun dreds,  and  their 
off  i cers  who  served  the  king  in ev ery mat ter 
 to  do  with  the di vi sions  that  were  on rotated 
mil i tary  duty  each  month through out e  the 
 year. There  were 24,000  in  each di vi sion:
2 Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge 
of the first division, for the first month; 
24,000 were in his division.


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3 He was a 
descendant of Perez and chief of all the 
army commanders for the first month. 4 Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of 
the division for the second month, and 
Mikloth was the leader; 24,000 were in 
his division. 5 The third army commander, as chief 
for the third month, was Benaiah son of 
a26:14 Variant of Meshelemiah   b26:17 LXX; MT omits each day   c26:25 Or Shelomoth, also in vv . 26,28   d26:29 the temple 
added for clarity   e27:1 Lit that came in and went out month by month for all months of
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the priest Jehoiada; 24,000 were in his 
division. 6 This Benaiah was a mighty 
man among the Thirty and over the 
Thirty , and his son Ammizabad was in 
charge a of his division. 7 The fourth commander, for the fourth 
month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and 
his son Zebadiah was commander after 
him; 24,000 were in his division. 8 The fifth, for the fifth month, was the 
commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; 
24,000 were in his division. 9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira 
son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; 24,000 were in 
his division. 10 The seventh, for the seventh month, 
was Helez the Pelonite from the 
descendants of Ephraim; 24,000 were in 
his division. 11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was 
Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite; 
24,000 were in his division. 12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was 
Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite; 
24,000 were in his division. 13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was 
Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite; 
24,000 were in his division. 14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, 
was Benaiah the Pirathonite from the 
descendants of Ephraim; 24,000 were in 
his division. 15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was 
Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel’s 
family; b 24,000 were in his division. 16 The following were in charge of the 
tribes of Israel:
For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri 
was the chief official;
for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of 
Maacah;
17 for the Levites, Hashabiah son of 
Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;
18 for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; 
for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;
19 for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;
for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;
20 for the Ephraimites, Hoshea son of 
Azaziah;
for half the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of 
Pedaiah;
21 for half the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, 
Iddo son of Zechariah;
for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;
22 for Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. Those were the leaders of the tribes of 
Israel.


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23 Da vid  didn’t  count  the  men  aged twen ty 
 or un der,  for  the  L ord  had  said  he  would  make 
Is ra el  as nu mer ous  as  the  stars  of  the  sky . 24  Joab  son  of Zer u i ah be gan  to  count  them, 
 but  he  didn’t com plete  it. There  was  wrath 
 against Is ra el be cause  of  this cen sus,  and  the 
num ber  was  not en tered  in  the His tor i cal Rec-
ord c  of  King Da vid. 25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of 
the king’s storehouses.


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Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge 
of the storehouses in the country , in 
the cities, in the villages, and in the 
fortresses. 26 Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of 
those who worked in the fields tilling the 
soil. 27 Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of 
the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the 
produce of the vineyards for the wine 
cellars. 28 Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge 
of the olive and sycamore trees in the 
Judean foothills. d
Joash was in charge of the stores of olive 
oil. 29 Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of 
the herds that grazed in Sharon, while 
Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the 
herds in the valleys. 30 Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the 
camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge 
of the donkeys.


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31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the 
flocks. All these were officials in charge of King 
David’s property . 32 Da vid’s un cle Jon a than  was  a coun sel or; 
 he  was  a  man  of un der stand ing  and  a  scribe. Je hi el  son  of Hachmoni at tend ed e  the  king’s 
 sons.


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Hu shai  the Ar chite  was  the  king’s  friend. a27:6 LXX; MT omits in charge   b27:15 Lit belonging to Othniel   c27:24 LXX; MT reads the number of the Historical Record   
d27:28 Or the Shephelah   e27:32 Lit was with
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34 Af ter Ahith o phel  came Je hoi a da  son  of Be-
na iah,  then Abi a thar. Joab  was  the com mand er 
 of  the  king’s  army . DAVID COMMISSIONS SOLOMON TO BUILD THE 
TEMPLE
28 
Da vid as sem bled  all  the lead ers  of Is ra el 
 in Je ru sa lem:  the lead ers  of  the  tribes, 
 the lead ers  of  the di vi sions  in  the  king’s ser-
vice,  the com mand ers  of thou sands  and  the 
com mand ers  of hun dreds,  and  the off  i cials  in 
 charge  of  all  the prop er ty  and cat tle  of  the  king 
 and  his  sons,  along  with  the  court off  i cials,  the 
fight ing  men,  and  all  the  best sol diers. 2  Then 
 King Da vid  rose  to  his  feet  and  said, “Lis ten  to 
 me,  my broth ers  and  my peo ple. It  was  in  my 
 heart  to  build  a  house  as  a rest ing  place  for 
 the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  and  as  a foot-
stool  for  our  God. I  had  made prep a ra tions 
 to  build, 3  but  God  said  to  me, ‘ You  are  not  to 
 build  a  house  for  my  name be cause  you  are 
 a  man  of  war  and  have  shed  blood.’
4 “ Yet  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  chose  me  out 
 of  all  my fa ther’s fam i ly  to  be  king  over Is ra-
el for ev er. For  he  chose Ju dah  as lead er,  and 
 from  the  house  of Ju dah,  my fa ther’s fam i ly , 
 and  from  my fa ther’s  sons,  he  was  pleased  to 
 make  me  king  over  all Is ra el. 5  And  out  of  all 
 my  sons  —   for  the  L ord  has giv en  me  many 
 sons  —   he  has cho sen  my  son Sol o mon  to 
 sit  on  the  throne  of  the  L ord’ s king dom  over 
Is ra el. 6  He  said  to  me, ‘ Your  son Sol o mon  is 
 the  one  who  is  to  build  my  house  and  my 
 courts,  for  I  have cho sen  him  to  be  my  son, 
 and  I  will  be  his fa ther. 7  I  will es tab lish  his 
king dom for ev er  if  he per se veres  in keep ing 
 my com mands  and  my or di nances  as  he  is 
do ing to day .’
8 “ So  now  in  the  sight  of  all Is ra el,  the as-
sem bly  of  the  L ord,  and  in  the hear ing  of  our 
 God, ob serve  and fol low  all  the com mands  of 
 the  L ord  your  God  so  that  you  may pos sess 
 this  good  land  and  leave  it  as  an in her i tance 
 to  your de scen dants for ev er. 9 “ As  for  you, Sol o mon  my  son,  know  the  God 
 of  your fa ther,  and  serve  him whole heart ed ly 
 and  with  a will ing  mind,  for  the  L ord search es 
ev ery  heart  and un der stands  the in ten tion  of 
ev ery  thought. If  you  seek  him,  he  will  be  found 
 by  you,  but  if  you aban don  him,  he  will re ject 
 you for ev er. 10 Re al ize  now  that  the  L ord  has 
cho sen  you  to  build  a  house  for  the sanc tu ary . Be  strong,  and  do  it.”
11  Then Da vid  gave  his  son Sol o mon  the 
 plans  for  the por ti co  of  the tem ple  and  its 
build ings, trea sur ies, up stairs  rooms, in ner 
 rooms,  and  a  room  for  the mer cy  seat. 12  The 
 plans con tained ev ery thing  he  had  in  mind a 
 for  the  courts  of  the  L ord’ s  house,  all  the sur-
round ing cham bers,  the trea sur ies  of  God’s 
 house,  and  the trea sur ies  for  what  is ded i cat ed. 13  Also in clud ed  were  plans  for  the di vi sions 
 of  the  priests  and  the Le vites;  all  the  work  of 
ser vice  in  the  L ord’ s  house;  all  the ar ti cles 
 of ser vice  of  the  L ord’ s  house; 14  the  weight 
 of  gold  for  all  the ar ti cles  for ev ery  kind  of 
ser vice;  the  weight  of  all  the sil ver ar ti cles  for 
ev ery  kind  of ser vice; 15  the  weight  of  the  gold 
lamp stands  and  their  gold  lamps, in clud ing 
 the  weight  of  each lamp stand  and  its  lamps; 
 the  weight  of  each sil ver lamp stand  and  its 
 lamps, ac cord ing  to  the ser vice  of  each lamp-
stand; 16  the  weight  of  gold  for  each ta ble  for 
 the  rows  of  the  Bread  of  the Pres ence  and  the 
sil ver  for  the sil ver ta bles; 17  the  pure  gold 
 for  the  forks, sprin kling ba sins,  and pitch-
ers;  the  weight  of  each  gold  dish;  the  weight 
 of  each sil ver  bowl; 18  the  weight  of re fined 
 gold  for  the al tar  of in cense;  and  the  plans 
 for  the char i ot  of b  the  gold cher u bim  that 
 spread  out  their  wings  and cov er  the  ark  of 
 the  L ord’ s cov enant. 19 Da vid con clud ed, “ By  the  L ord’ s  hand  on 
 me,  he en abled  me  to un der stand ev ery thing 
 in writ ing,  all  the de tails  of  the  plan.” c
20  Then Da vid  said  to  his  son Sol o mon, “ Be 
 strong  and cou ra geous,  and  do  the  work.


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He  won’t  leave  you  or 
aban don  you un til  all  the  work  for  the ser vice 
 of  the  L ord’ s  house  is fin ished.


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21  Here  are  the 
di vi sions  of  the  priests  and  the Le vites  for 
 all  the ser vice  of  God’s  house. Ev ery will ing 
per son  of  any  skill  will  be  at  your dis pos al  for 
 the  work,  and  the lead ers  and  all  the peo ple 
 are  at  your ev ery com mand.”
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE
29 
 Then  King Da vid  said  to  all  the as sem bly , 
“ My  son Sol o mon  —   God  has cho sen 
 him  alone  —   is  young  and in ex pe ri enced. The 
 task  is  great be cause  the build ing  will  not  be 
 built  for  a hu man  but  for  the  L ord  God. 2  So  to 
 the  best  of  my abil i ty  I’ve  made pro vi sion  for 
 the  house  of  my  God:  gold  for  the  gold ar ti cles, 
sil ver  for  the sil ver,  bronze  for  the  bronze,  iron 
a 28:12 Or he received from the Spirit   b28:18 Or chariot, that is ; Ps 18:10; Ezk 1:5,15   c28:19 Hb obscure
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 for  the  iron,  and  wood  for  the  wood,  as  well 
 as  onyx,  stones  for mounting, a antimony , b 
 stones  of var i ous col ors,  all  kinds  of pre cious 
 stones,  and  a  great quan ti ty  of mar ble. 3 More-
over, be cause  of  my de light  in  the  house  of 
 my  God,  I  now  give  my per son al trea sures  of 
 gold  and sil ver  for  the  house  of  my  God  over 
 and  above  all  that  I’ve pro vid ed  for  the  holy 
 house: 4  100  tons c  of  gold ( gold  of  Ophir)  and 
 250  tons d  of re fined sil ver  for over lay ing  the 
 walls  of  the build ings, 5  the  gold  for  the  gold 
 work  and  the sil ver  for  the sil ver,  for  all  the 
 work  to  be  done  by  the crafts men.


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”
6  Then  the lead ers  of  the house holds,  the 
lead ers  of  the  tribes  of Is ra el,  the com mand-
ers  of thou sands  and  of hun dreds,  and  the 
off  i cials  in  charge  of  the  king’s  work  gave 
will ing ly . 7  For  the ser vice  of  God’s  house  they 
 gave  185  tons e  of  gold  and 10,000  gold  coins, f 
 375  tons g  of sil ver,  675  tons h  of  bronze,  and 
4,000  tons i  of  iron. 8 Who ev er  had pre cious 
 stones  gave  them  to  the trea sury  of  the  L ord’ s 
 house un der  the  care  of Je hi el  the Ger shon ite. 9  Then  the peo ple re joiced be cause  of  their 
lead ers’ will ing ness  to  give,  for  they  had giv en 
 to  the  L ord whole heart ed ly . King Da vid  also 
re joiced great ly . DAVID’S PRAYER
10  Then Da vid  blessed  the  L ord  in  the  sight  of 
 all  the as sem bly . Da vid  said,
May you be blessed, Lord God of our 
father Israel, from eternity to eternity . 11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the 
power and the glory and the splendor 
and the majesty , for everything in the 
heavens and on earth belongs to you.


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Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are 
exalted as head over all. 12 Riches and 
honor come from you, and you are the 
ruler of everything. Power and might 
are in your hand, and it is in your hand 
to make great and to give strength to all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we give you 
thanks and praise your glorious name. 14 But who am I, and who are my people, 
that we should be able to give as gener -
ously as this? For everything comes from 
you, and we have given you only what 
comes from your own hand. j 15 For we 
are aliens and temporary residents in 
your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow , 
without hope. 16 Lord our God, all this 
wealth that we’ve provided for building 
you a house for your holy name comes 
from your hand; everything belongs to 
you. 17 I know , my God, that you test the 
heart and that you are pleased with what 
is right. I have willingly given all these 
things with an upright heart, and now I 
have seen your people who are present
 k 
here giving joyfully and  l willingly to you. 18 Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 
our ancestors, keep this desire forever 
in the thoughts of the hearts of your 
people, and confirm their hearts toward 
you. 19 Give my son Solomon an undivided 
heart to keep and to carry out all your 
commands, your decrees, and your stat
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utes, and to build the building for which I 
have made provision. 20  Then Da vid  said  to  the  whole as sem bly , 
“ Blessed  be  the  L ord  your  God.”  So  the  whole 
as sem bly  praised  the  L ord  God  of  their an-
ces tors.


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They  knelt  low  and  paid hom age  to 
 the  L ord  and  the  king. 21  The fol low ing  day  they off  ered sac ri fic es 
 to  the  L ord  and  burnt off  er ings  to  the  L ord: 
 a thou sand  bulls,  a thou sand  rams,  and  a 
thou sand  lambs,  along  with  their  drink of-
fer ings,  and sac ri fic es  in abun dance  for  all 
Is ra el. 22  They  ate  and  drank  with  great  joy 
 in  the  L ord’ s pres ence  that  day . THE ENTHRONEMENT OF SOLOMON
 Then,  for  a sec ond  time,  they  made Da vid’s 
 son Sol o mon  king;  they anoint ed  him m  as  the 
 L ord’ s rul er,  and Za dok  as  the  priest. 23 Sol o-
mon  sat  on  the  L ord’ s  throne  as  king  in  place 
 of  his fa ther Da vid. He pros pered,  and  all Is-
ra el  obeyed  him. 24  All  the lead ers  and  the 
 mighty  men,  and  all  of  King Da vid’s  sons  as 
 well,  pledged  their al le giance  to  King Sol o-
mon.


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25  The  L ord high ly ex alt ed Sol o mon  in 
 the  sight  of  all Is ra el  and be stowed  on  him 
 such roy al maj es ty  as  had  not  been be stowed 
 on  any  king  over Is ra el be fore  him. a29:2 Or mosaic   b29:2 In Hb, the word antimony is similar to “turquoise”  ; Ex 28:18. c 29:4 Lit 3,000 talents   d29:4 Lit 7,000 
talents   e29:7 Lit 5,000 talents   f29:7 Or drachmas, or darics   g29:7 Lit 10,000 talents   h29:7 Lit 18,000 talents   i29:7 Lit 
100,000 talents   j29:14 Lit and from your hand we have given to you   k 29:17 Lit found   l 29:17 Or now with joy I’ve seen 
your people who are present here giving   m29:22 LXX, Tg, Vg; MT omits him
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A SUMMARY OF DAVID’S LIFE
26 Da vid  son  of Jes se  was  king  over  all Is ra el. 27  The  length  of  his  reign  over Is ra el  was for ty 
 years;  he  reigned  in He bron  for sev en  years 
 and  in Je ru sa lem  for thirty-three. 28  He  died  at 
 a  good  old  age,  full  of  days, rich es,  and hon or, 
 and  his  son Sol o mon be came  king  in  his  place. 29  As  for  the  events  of  King Da vid’s  reign,  from 
be gin ning  to  end,  note  that  they  are writ ten 
 in  the  Events  of  the  Seer Sam uel,  the  Events 
 of  the Proph et Na than,  and  the  Events  of  the 
 Seer  Gad, 30  along  with  all  his  reign,  his  might, 
 and  the in ci dents  that aff  ect ed  him  and Is ra el 
 and  all  the king doms  of  the sur round ing  lands.


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2 chronicles
SOLOMON’S REQUEST FOR WISDOM
1 
Sol o mon  son  of Da vid strength ened  his  hold 
 on  his king dom. The  L ord  his  God  was  with 
 him  and high ly ex alt ed  him.


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2  Then Sol o mon 
 spoke  to  all Is ra el,  to  the com mand ers  of thou-
sands  and  of hun dreds,  to  the judg es,  and  to 
ev ery lead er  in  all Is ra el  —   the fam i ly  heads. 3 Sol o mon  and  the  whole as sem bly  with  him 
 went  to  the  high  place  that  was  in Gib e on be-
cause  God’s  tent  of meet ing,  which  the  L ord’ s 
ser vant Mo ses  had  made  in  the wil der ness, 
 was  there. 4  Now Da vid  had  brought  the  ark 
 of  God  from Kiriath-jearim  to  the  place a  he 
 had  set  up  for  it, be cause  he  had  pitched  a  tent 
 for  it  in Je ru sa lem, 5  but  he  put b  the  bronze 
al tar,  which Bez a lel  son  of  Uri,  son  of  Hur, 
 had  made,  in  front  of  the  L ord’ s tab er na cle. Sol o mon  and  the as sem bly in quired  of  him c 
 there.


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6 Sol o mon off  ered sac ri fic es  there  in 
 the  L ord’ s pres ence  on  the  bronze al tar  at  the 
 tent  of meet ing;  he off  ered  a thou sand  burnt 
off  er ings  on  it. 7  That  night  God ap peared  to Sol o mon  and 
 said  to  him: “ Ask.


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What  should  I  give  you? ”
8  And Sol o mon  said  to  God: “ You  have  shown 
 great  and faith ful  love  to  my fa ther Da vid,  and 
 you  have  made  me  king  in  his  place. 9  L ord 
 God,  let  your prom ise  to  my fa ther Da vid  now 
 come  true. For  you  have  made  me  king  over  a 
peo ple  as nu mer ous  as  the  dust  of  the  earth. 10  Now  grant  me wis dom  and knowl edge  so 
 that  I  may  lead  these peo ple,  for  who  can  judge 
 this  great peo ple  of  yours? ”
11  God  said  to Sol o mon, “ Since  this  was  in 
 your  heart,  and  you  have  not re quest ed rich es, 
 wealth,  or glo ry ,  or  for  the  life  of  those  who 
 hate  you,  and  you  have  not  even re quest ed 
 long  life,  but  you  have re quest ed  for your self 
wis dom  and knowl edge  that  you  may  judge 
 my peo ple  over  whom  I  have  made  you  king, 
12 wis dom  and knowl edge  are giv en  to  you. I 
 will  also  give  you rich es,  wealth,  and glo ry , 
un like  what  was giv en  to  the  kings  who  were 
be fore  you,  or  will  be giv en  to  those af ter  you.” 
13  So Sol o mon  went  to Je ru sa lem  from d  the 
 high  place  that  was  in Gib e on  in  front  of  the 
 tent  of meet ing,  and  he  reigned  over Is ra el. SOLOMON’S HORSES AND WEALTH
14 Sol o mon ac cu mu lat ed 1,400 char i ots  and 
12,000 horse men,  which  he sta tioned  in  the 
char i ot cit ies  and  with  the  king  in Je ru sa lem. 15  The  king  made sil ver  and  gold  as com mon 
 in Je ru sa lem  as  stones,  and  he  made ce dar 
 as abun dant  as syc a more  in  the Ju de an foot-
hills. 16 Sol o mon’s hors es  came  from  Egypt 
 and  Kue. e  The  king’s trad ers  would  get  them 
 from  Kue  at  the go ing  price. 17  A char i ot  could 
 be im port ed  from  Egypt  for fif teen  pounds f 
 of sil ver  and  a  horse  for near ly  four  pounds.


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g 
 In  the  same  way ,  they ex port ed  them  to  all  the 
 kings  of  the Hit tites  and  to  the  kings  of  Aram 
 through  their  agents. SOLOMON’S LETTER TO HIRAM
2 
Sol o mon de cid ed  to  build  a tem ple  for  the 
 name  of  the  L ord  and  a roy al pal ace  for 
him self, 2  so  he as signed 70,000  men  as por ters, 
80,000  men  as stone cut ters  in  the moun tains, 
 and 3,600  as su per vi sors  over  them. 3  Then Sol o mon  sent  word  to  King Hi ram h 
 of  Tyre:
Do for me what you did for my father 
David. You sent him cedars to build him 
a house to live in. 4 Now I am building a 
temple for the name of the Lord my God 
in order to dedicate it to him for burning 
fragrant incense before him, for display
-
ing the rows of the Bread of the Presence 
continuously , and for sacrificing burnt 
offerings for the morning and the evening, 
the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the 
appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently .


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5 The temple that I am building will be 
great, for our God is greater than any 
of the gods. 6 But who is able to build a 
temple for him, since even heaven and the 
highest heaven cannot contain him? Who 
am I then that I should build a temple for 
him except as a place to burn incense be
-
fore him? 7 Therefore, send me an artisan 
who is skilled in engraving to work with 
gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with 
purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will 
a1:4 Vg; MT omits the place   b1:5 Some Hb mss, Tg, Syr; other Hb mss, LXX, Vg read but there was   c1:5 Or it   d1:13 LXX, Vg; 
MT reads to   e1:16 = Cilicia   f1:17 Lit 600 shekels   g1:17 Lit 150 shekels   h2:3 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read 
Huram ; 2Sm 5:11; 1Kg 5:1-2
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work with the artisans who are with me in 
Judah and Jerusalem, appointed by my fa-
ther David. 8 Also, send me cedar, cypress, 
and algum a logs from Lebanon, for I know 
that your servants know how to cut the 
trees of Lebanon. Note that my servants 
will be with your servants 9 to prepare logs 
for me in abundance because the temple 
I am building will be great and wondrous. 10 I will give your servants, the woodcut-
ters who cut the trees, one hundred thou-
sand bushels b of wheat flour, one hundred 
thousand bushels of barley , one hundred 
ten thousand gallons
 c of wine, and one 
hundred ten thousand gallons of oil. HIR AM’S REPLY
11  Then  King Hi ram  of  Tyre  wrote  a let ter d  and 
 sent  it  to Sol o mon:
Because the Lord loves his people, he set 
you over them as king. 12 Hi ram  also  said:
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who 
made the heavens and the earth! He gave 
King David a wise son with insight and 
understanding, who will build a tem
-
ple for the Lord and a royal palace for 
himself. 13 I have now sent Huram-abi,  e 
a skillful man who has understanding. 14 He is the son of a woman from the 
daughters of Dan.


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His father is a man of 
Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, 
silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, 
with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine 
linen. He knows how to do all kinds of 
engraving and to execute any design that 
may be given him. I have sent him to be 
with your artisans and the artisans of 
my lord, your father David. 15 Now , let my 
lord send the wheat, barley , oil, and wine 
to his servants as promised. 16 We will 
cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you 
need, and bring them to you as rafts by 
sea to Joppa.


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You can then take them up 
to Jerusalem. SOLOMON’S WORKFORCE
17 Sol o mon  took  a cen sus  of  all  the res i dent 
 alien  men  in  the  land  of Is ra el, af ter  the cen-
sus  that  his fa ther Da vid  had con duct ed,  and 
 the to tal  was 153,600. 18 Sol o mon  made 70,000 
 of  them por ters, 80,000 stone cut ters  in  the 
moun tains,  and 3,600 su per vi sors  to  make 
 the peo ple  work. BUILDING THE TEMPLE
3 
 Then Sol o mon be gan  to  build  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  in Je ru sa lem  on  Mount Mo ri ah 
 where  the  L ord f  had ap peared  to  his fa ther 
Da vid,  at  the  site Da vid  had pre pared  on  the 
thresh ing  floor  of Ornan g  the Jeb u site. 2  He 
be gan  to  build  on  the sec ond  day  of  the sec ond 
 month  in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign. 3  These 
 are Sol o mon’s foun da tions h  for build ing  God’s 
tem ple:  the  length i  was nine ty  feet, j  and  the 
 width thir ty  feet. k 4  The por ti co,  which  was 
 across  the  front ex tend ing  across  the  width 
 of  the tem ple,  was thir ty  feet  wide;  its  height 
 was thir ty  feet; l  he over laid  its in ner sur face 
 with  pure  gold. 5  The larg er  room m  he pan eled 
 with cy press  wood, over laid  with  fine  gold, 
 and dec o rat ed  with  palm  trees  and  chains. 6  He  adorned  the tem ple  with pre cious  stones 
 for beau ty ,  and  the  gold  was  the  gold  of Par-
va im. 7  He over laid  the tem ple  —   the  beams, 
 the thresh olds,  its  walls  and  doors  —   with 
 gold,  and  he  carved cher u bim  on  the  walls. THE MOST HOLY PLACE
8  Then  he  made  the  most  holy  place;  its  length 
corresponded  to  the  width  of  the tem ple,  30 
 feet,  and  its  width  was  30  feet. He over laid  it 
 with forty-five thou sand  pounds n  of  fine  gold. 9  The  weight  of  the  nails  was twen ty ounc es o 
 of  gold,  and  he over laid  the ceil ing  with  gold. 10  He  made  two cher u bim  of sculp tured  work, 
 for  the  most  holy  place,  and  he over laid  them 
 with  gold. 11  The over all  length  of  the  wings 
 of  the cher u bim  was  30  feet:  the  wing  of  one 
 was  7  1/ 2  feet, p touch ing  the  wall  of  the  room; 
 its oth er  wing  was  7  1/ 2  feet, touch ing  the  wing 
 of  the oth er cher ub. 12  The  wing  of  the oth er q 
cher ub  was  7  1/ 2  feet, touch ing  the  wall  of  the 
 room;  its oth er  wing  was  7  1/ 2  feet, reach ing 
 the  wing  of  the oth er cher ub. 13  The wing span 
 of  these cher u bim  was  30  feet. They  stood  on 
 their  feet  and  faced  the larg er  room.


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14  He  made  the cur tain  of  blue, pur ple,  and 
crim son  yarn  and  fine lin en,  and  he  wove 
cher u bim  into  it. a2:8 = almug in 1Kg 10:11-12   b2:10 Lit 20,000 cors   c2:10 Lit 20,000 baths   d2:11 Lit Tyre said in writing   e2:13 Lit Huram 
my father   f3:1 LXX; Tg reads the angel of the Lord ; MT reads he   g3:1 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16-24   h3:3 Tg reads The 
measurements which Solomon decreed   i3:3 Lit length  —  cubits in the former measure —   j3:3 Lit 60 cubits   k3:3 Lit 20 
cubits, also in vv .


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4, 8, 11, 13   l3:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads 120 cubits   m3:5 Lit The house   n3:8 Lit 600 talents   o3:9 Lit 50 shekels   
p3:11 Lit five cubits, also in vv .


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12,15   q3:12 Syr , Vg; MT reads the one   r3:13 Lit the house
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THE BRONZE PILLARS
15  In  front  of  the tem ple  he  made  two pil lars, 
 each  27  feet a  high. The cap i tal  on  top  of  each 
 was  7  1/ 2  feet  high. 16  He  had  made chainwork 
 in  the in ner sanc tu ary  and  also  put  it  on  top  of 
 the pil lars. He  made  a hun dred pome gran ates 
 and fas tened  them  into  the chainwork. 17  Then 
 he  set  up  the pil lars  in  front  of  the sanc tu ary , 
 one  on  the  right  and  one  on  the  left.


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He  named 
 the  one  on  the  right Ja chin b  and  the  one  on 
 the  left  Boaz. c
THE ALTAR, RESERVOIR, AND BASINS
4 
 He  made  a  bronze al tar  30  feet d  long,  30 
 feet  wide,  and  15  feet e  high. 2  Then  he  made  the  cast met al ba sin, f  15  feet 
 from  brim  to  brim, per fect ly  round.


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It  was  7  1/ 2 
 feet g  high  and  45  feet h  in cir cum fer ence. 3  The 
like ness  of  oxen i  was be low  it, com plete ly en-
cir cling  it,  ten ev ery  half  yard, j com plete ly 
sur round ing  the ba sin. The  oxen  were  cast  in 
 two  rows  when  the ba sin  was  cast. 4  It  stood 
 on  twelve  oxen,  three fac ing  north,  three fac-
ing  west,  three fac ing  south,  and  three fac ing 
 east. The ba sin  was  on  top  of  them  and  all  their 
hind quar ters  were to ward  the cen ter. 5  The 
ba sin  was  three inch es k  thick,  and  its  rim  was 
fash ioned  like  the  brim  of  a  cup  or  a  lily blos-
som. It  could  hold elev en thou sand gal lons.


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6  He  made  ten ba sins  for wash ing  and  he  put 
 five  on  the  right  and  five  on  the  left. The  parts 
 of  the  burnt off  er ing  were  rinsed  in  them,  but 
 the ba sin  was  used  by  the  priests  for wash ing. THE LAMPSTANDS, TABLES, AND COURTS
7  He  made  the  ten  gold lamp stands ac cord ing 
 to  their spec i fi ca tions  and  put  them  in  the 
sanc tu ary ,  five  on  the  right  and  five  on  the 
 left. 8  He  made  ten ta bles  and  placed  them  in 
 the sanc tu ary ,  five  on  the  right  and  five  on 
 the  left. He  also  made  a hun dred  gold  bowls. 9  He  made  the court yard  of  the  priests  and 
 the  large  court,  and  doors  for  the  court. He 
over laid  the  doors  with  bronze. 10  He  put  the 
ba sin  on  the  right  side, to ward  the south east. 11  Then Hu ram m  made  the  pots,  the shov els, 
 and  the  bowls. COMPLETION OF THE BRONZE FURNISHINGS
 So Hu ram fin ished do ing  the  work  that  he  was 
do ing  for  King Sol o mon  in  God’s tem ple: 12  two 
pil lars;  the  bowls  and  the cap i tals  on  top  of 
 the  two pil lars;  the  two grat ings  for cov er ing 
 both  bowls  of  the cap i tals  that  were  on  top  of 
 the pil lars; 13  the  four hun dred pome gran ates 
 for  the  two grat ings ( two  rows  of pome gran-
ates  for  each grat ing cov er ing  both cap i tals’ 
 bowls  on  top  of  the pil lars). 14  He  also  made 
 the wa ter  carts n  and  the ba sins  on  the wa ter 
 carts.


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15  The  one ba sin  and  the  twelve  oxen un-
der neath  it, 16  the  pots,  the shov els,  the  forks, 
 and  all  their uten sils  —  Huram-abi  o  made 
 them  for  King Sol o mon  for  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple. All  these  were  made  of pol ished  bronze. 17  The  king  had  them  cast  in  clay  molds  in  the 
Jor dan V al ley be tween Suc coth  and Zer e dah. 18 Sol o mon  made  all  these uten sils  in  such  great 
abun dance  that  the  weight  of  the  bronze  was 
 not de ter mined. COMPLETION OF THE GOLD FURNISHINGS
19 Sol o mon  also  made  all  the equip ment  in 
 God’s tem ple:  the  gold al tar;  the ta bles  on  which 
 to  put  the  Bread  of  the Pres ence; 20  the lamp-
stands  and  their  lamps  of  pure  gold  to  burn 
 in  front  of  the in ner sanc tu ary ac cord ing  to 
spec i fi ca tions; 21  the flow ers,  lamps,  and  gold 
 tongs  —   of pur est  gold; 22  the  wick trim mers, 
sprin kling ba sins, ladles, p  and fire pans  —   of 
pur est  gold;  and  the en try way  to  the tem ple, 
 its in ner  doors  to  the  most  holy  place,  and 
 the  doors  of  the tem ple sanc tu ary  —   of  gold. 5 
 So  all  the  work Sol o mon  did  for  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  was com plet ed.


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Then Sol o mon 
 brought  the con se crat ed  things  of  his fa ther 
Da vid  —   the sil ver,  the  gold,  and  all  the uten-
sils  —   and  put  them  in  the trea sur ies  of  God’s 
tem ple. PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE DEDICATION
2  At  that  time Sol o mon as sem bled  at Je ru sa lem 
 the el ders  of Is ra el  —   all  the trib al  heads,  the 
an ces tral  chiefs  of  the Is ra el ites  —   in or der 
 to  bring  the  ark  of  the cov enant  of  the  L ord 
 up  from  the  city  of Da vid,  that  is,  Zion. 3  So 
 all  the  men  of Is ra el  were as sem bled  in  the 
 king’s pres ence  at  the fes ti val;  this  was  in  the 
sev enth  month. q
4  All  the el ders  of Is ra el  came,  and  the Le-
vites  picked  up  the  ark.


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5  They  brought  up  the 
 ark,  the  tent  of meet ing,  and  the  holy uten-
sils  that  were  in  the  tent. The  priests  and  the 
a3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52 1/2 feet)   b3:17 = He Will Establish   c3:17 = Strength Is in Him   d4:1 Lit 
20 cubits   e4:1 Lit 10 cubits, also in v . 2   f4:2 Lit sea   g4:2 Lit five cubits   h4:2 Lit 30 cubits   i4:3 = gourds in 1Kg 7:24   j4:3 
Lit 10 per cubit   k4:5 Lit a handbreadth   l4:5 T ext emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26   m4:11 = Hiram in 1Kg 7:13,40,45   
n4:14 Lit the stands   o4:16 Lit Huram my father   p4:22 Or dishes, or spoons ; lit palms   q5:3 = Tishri (September–October)
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Le vites  brought  them  up. 6  King Sol o mon  and 
 the en tire con gre ga tion  of Is ra el  who  had 
gath ered  around  him  were  in  front  of  the  ark 
sac ri fic ing  sheep,  goats,  and cat tle  that  could 
 not  be count ed  or num bered be cause  there 
 were  so  many . 7  The  priests  brought  the  ark 
 of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  to  its  place,  into  the 
in ner sanc tu ary  of  the tem ple,  to  the  most 
 holy  place, be neath  the  wings  of  the cher u-
bim. 8  And  the cher u bim  spread  their  wings 
 over  the  place  of  the  ark  so  that  the cher u bim 
 formed  a cov er  above  the  ark  and  its  poles. 9  The  poles  were  so  long  that  their  ends  were 
 seen  from  the  holy  place a  in  front  of  the in ner 
sanc tu ary ,  but  they  were  not  seen  from out-
side;  they  are  still  there to day . 10 Noth ing  was 
 in  the  ark ex cept  the  two tab lets  that Mo ses 
 had  put  in  it  at Ho reb, b  where  the  L ord  had 
 made  a cov enant  with  the Is ra el ites  when 
 they  came  out  of  Egypt.


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11  Now  all  the  priests  who  were pre sent  had 
con se crat ed them selves re gard less  of  their 
di vi sions. When  the  priests  came  out  of  the 
 holy  place, 12  the Le vit i cal sing ers  dressed  in 
 fine lin en  and car ry ing cym bals,  harps,  and 
 lyres  were stand ing  east  of  the al tar,  and  with 
 them  were  120  priests blow ing trum pets. The 
Le vit i cal sing ers  were de scen dants  of  Asaph, 
He man,  and Je du thun  and  their  sons  and rel-
a tives.


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13  The trum pet ers  and sing ers  joined 
to geth er  to  praise  and  thank  the  L ord  with 
 one  voice. They  raised  their  voices, ac com-
pa nied  by trum pets, cym bals,  and mu si cal 
in stru ments,  in  praise  to  the  L ord:
  For he is good;
  his faithful love endures forever. The tem ple,  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  was  filled  with 
 a  cloud.


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14  And be cause  of  the  cloud,  the  priests 
 were  not  able  to con tin ue min is ter ing,  for  the 
glo ry  of  the  L ord  filled  God’s tem ple. SOLOMON’S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
6 
 Then Sol o mon  said:
 The Lord said he would dwell 
in total darkness,
 2 but I have built an exalted temple 
for you,
  a place for your residence forever. 3  Then  the  king  turned  and  blessed  the en-
tire con  gre ga tion  of Is ra el  while  they  were 
stand ing.


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4  He  said:
  Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He spoke directly to my father David,
  and he has fulfilled the promise
  by his power. He said,
 5 “Since the day I brought 
my people Israel
  out of the land of Egypt,
  I have not chosen a city to build 
a temple in
  among any of the tribes of Israel,
  so that my name would be there,
  and I have not chosen a man
  to be ruler over my people Israel. 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem
  so that my name will be there,
  and I have chosen David
  to be over my people Israel.”
 7 My father David had his heart set
  on building a temple for the name 
of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8 However, the Lord said 
to my father David,
  “Since it was your desire to build 
a temple for my name,
  you have done well to have this desire. 9 Yet, you are not the one to build 
the temple,
  but your son, your own offspring,
  will build the temple for my name.”
 10 So the Lord has fulfilled 
what he promised. I have taken the place 
of my father David
  and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the 
Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name 
of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 I have put the ark there,
  where the Lord’s covenant is
  that he made with the Israelites. SOLOMON’S PRAYER
12  Then Sol o mon  stood be fore  the al tar  of  the 
 L ord  in  front  of  the en tire con gre ga tion  of Is-
ra el  and  spread  out  his  hands. 13  For Sol o mon 
 had  made  a  bronze plat form  7  1/ 2  feet c  long,  7  1/ 2 
 feet  wide,  and  4  1/ 2  feet d  high  and  put  it  in  the 
 court. He  stood  on  it,  knelt  down  in  front  of 
 the en tire con gre ga tion  of Is ra el,  and  spread 
 out  his  hands to ward heav en. 14  He  said:
  L ord God of Israel,
  there is no God like you
a5:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read the ark ; 1Kg 8:8   b5:10 = Sinai   c6:13 Lit five cubits   d6:13 Lit three cubits
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  in heaven or on earth,
  who keeps his gracious covenant
  with your servants who walk 
before you
  with all their heart. 15 You have kept what you promised
  to your servant, my father David.


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You spoke directly to him,
  and you fulfilled your promise 
by your power,
  as it is today . 16 Therefore, Lord God of Israel,
  keep what you promised
  to your servant, my father David:
  “You will never fail to have a man
  to sit before me on the throne of Israel,
  if only your sons guard their way 
to walk in my Law
  as you have walked before me.”
 17 Now , Lord God of Israel, please confirm
  what you promised 
to your servant David. 18 But will God indeed live on earth 
with humans?


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Even heaven, the highest heaven, 
cannot contain you,
  much less this temple I have built. 19 Listen a to your servant’s prayer 
and his petition,
  L ord my God,
  so that you may hear the cry 
and the prayer
  that your servant prays before you,
 20 so that your eyes watch over 
this temple
  day and night,
  toward the place where you said
  you would put your name;
  and so that you may hear the prayer
  your servant prays toward this place. 21 Hear the petitions of your servant
  and your people Israel,
  which they pray toward this place. May you hear in your dwelling place 
in heaven.


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May you hear and forgive. 22 If a man sins against his neighbor
  and is forced to take an oath  b
  and he comes to take an oath
  before your altar in this temple,
 23 may you hear in heaven and act. May you judge your servants,
  condemning the wicked man 
by bringing
  what he has done on his own head
  and providing justice  
for the righteous
  by rewarding him according to 
his righteousness. 24 If your people Israel are defeated 
before an enemy ,
  because they have sinned against you,
  and they return to you and praise 
your name,
  and they pray and plead for mercy
  before you in this temple,
 25 may you hear in heaven
  and forgive the sin 
of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land
  you gave them and their ancestors. 26 When the skies are shut and there is 
no rain
  because they have sinned against you,
  and they pray toward this place
  and praise your name,
  and they turn from their sins
  because you are afflicting  c them,
 27 may you hear in heaven
  and forgive the sin of your servants
  and your people Israel,
  so that you may teach them 
the good way
  they should walk in. May you send rain on your land
  that you gave your people 
for an inheritance. 28 When there is famine in the land,
  when there is pestilence,
  when there is blight or mildew , locust 
or grasshopper,
  when their enemies besiege them
  in the land and its cities,  d,e
  when there is any plague or illness,
 29 every prayer or petition
  that any person or that 
all your people Israel may have —
  they each know their own affliction  f 
and suffering —
a6:19 Lit Turn   b6:22 Lit and he lifts a curse against him to curse him   c6:26 LXX, Vg; MT reads answering ; 1Kg 8:35   d6:28 Lit 
land of its gates   e6:28 Lit if his (Israel’s) enemies besiege him in the land of his gates ; Jos 2:7; Jdg 16:2-3   f6:29 Lit plague
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  as they spread out their hands 
toward this temple,
 30 may you hear in heaven, 
your dwelling place,
  and may you forgive 
and give to everyone a
  according to all their ways, 
since you know each heart,
  for you alone know the human heart,
 31 so that they may fear you
  and walk in your ways
  all the days they live on the land
  you gave our ancestors. 32 Even for the foreigner who is not of 
your people Israel
  but has come from a distant land
  because of your great name
  and your strong hand 
and outstretched arm:
  when he comes and prays 
toward this temple,
 33 may you hear in heaven in your 
dwelling place,
  and do all the foreigner asks you. Then all the peoples of the earth 
will know your name,
  to fear you as your people Israel do
  and know that this temple  
I have built
  bears your name. 34 When your people go out 
to fight against their enemies,
  wherever you send them,
  and they pray to you
  in the direction of this city 
you have chosen
  and the temple that I have built 
for your name,
 35 may you hear their prayer and petition 
in heaven
  and uphold their cause. 36 When they sin against you —
  for there is no one who does not sin —
  and you are angry with them
  and hand them over to the enemy ,
  and their captors deport them
  to a distant or nearby country ,
 37 and when they come to their senses
  in the land where they were deported
  and repent and petition you 
in their captors’ land,
  saying: “We have sinned 
and done wrong;
  we have been wicked,”
 38 and when they return to you with all 
their mind and all their heart
  in the land of their captivity 
where they were taken captive,
  and when they pray in the direction 
of their land
  that you gave their ancestors,
  and the city you have chosen,
  and toward the temple I have built 
for your name,
 39 may you hear their prayer 
and petitions in heaven,
  your dwelling place,
  and uphold their cause. b
  May you forgive your people
  who sinned against you.


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40 Now , my God,
  please let your eyes be open
  and your ears attentive
  to the prayer of this place. 41 Now therefore:
  Arise, Lord God, come 
to your resting place,
  you and your powerful ark. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed 
with salvation,
  and may your faithful people rejoice 
in goodness.


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42 Lord God, do not reject 
your anointed one;  c
  remember the promises 
to your servant David. THE DEDICATION CEREMONIES
7 
 When Sol o mon fin ished pray ing,  fire de-
scend ed  from heav en  and con sumed  the 
 burnt off  er ing  and  the sac ri fic es,  and  the glo ry 
 of  the  L ord  filled  the tem ple. 2  The  priests  were 
 not  able  to en ter  the  L ord’ s tem ple be cause 
 the glo ry  of  the  L ord  filled  the tem ple  of  the 
 L ord. 3  All  the Is ra el ites  were watch ing  when 
 the  fire de scend ed  and  the glo ry  of  the  L ord 
 came  on  the tem ple. They  bowed  down  on  the 
pave ment  with  their fac es  to  the  ground. They 
wor shiped  and  praised  the  L ord:
a6:30 Lit give for the man   b6:39 Lit and do their judgment, or  justice   c6:42 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read ones ;  
Ps 132:10
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  For he is good,
  for his faithful love endures forever. 4  The  king  and  all  the peo ple  were of fer-
ing sac ri fic es  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence. 5  King 
Sol o mon of fered  a sac ri fice  of twenty-two 
thou sand cat tle  and  one hun dred twen ty 
thou sand  sheep  and  goats. In  this man ner 
 the  king  and  all  the peo ple ded i cat ed  God’s 
tem ple.


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6  The  priests  and  the Le vites  were 
stand ing  at  their stations. The Le vites  had 
 the mu si cal in stru ments  of  the  L ord,  which 
 King Da vid  had  made  to  give  thanks  to  the 
 L ord  —  “ for  his faith ful  love en dures for-
ev er”  —   when  he of fered  praise  with  them. Across  from  the Le vites,  the  priests  were 
blow ing trum pets,  and  all  the peo ple  were 
stand ing. 7  Since  the  bronze al tar  that Sol o-
mon  had  made  could  not accommodate  the 
 burnt of fer ing,  the  grain of fer ing,  and  the 
 fat  of  the fel low ship of fer ings, Sol o mon  first 
con se crat ed  the mid dle  of  the court yard  that 
 was  in  front  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  then 
of fered  the  burnt of fer ings  and  the  fat  of  the 
fel low ship of fer ings  there. 8  So Sol o mon  and  all Is ra el  with  him  —   a 
 very  great as sem bly ,  from  the en trance  to  
Ha math a  to  the  Brook  of  Egypt  —  ob served 
 the fes ti val  at  that  time  for sev en  days. 9  On  the 
 eighth  day b  they  held  a sa cred as sem bly ,  for  the 
ded i ca tion  of  the al tar last ed sev en  days  and 
 the fes ti val sev en  days. 10  On  the twenty-third 
 day  of  the sev enth  month  he  sent  the peo ple 
 home, c re joic ing  and  with hap py  hearts  for 
 the good ness  the  L ord  had  done  for Da vid,  for 
Sol o mon,  and  for  his peo ple Is ra el. 11  So Sol o mon fin ished  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and 
 the roy al pal ace.


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Ev ery thing  that  had en tered 
Sol o mon’s  heart  to  do  for  the  L ord’ s tem ple 
 and  for  his  own pal ace suc ceed ed. THE LORD’S RESPONSE
12  Then  the  L ord ap peared  to Sol o mon  at  night 
 and  said  to  him:
I have heard your prayer and have cho -
sen this place for myself as a temple of 
sacrifice. 13 If I shut the sky so there is no 
rain, or if I command the grasshopper to 
consume the land, or if I send pestilence 
on my people, 14 and my people, who 
bear my name, humble themselves, pray 
and seek my face, and turn from their 
evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, 
forgive their sin, and heal their land. 15 My eyes will now be open and my ears 
attentive to prayer from this place.


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16 And 
I have now chosen and consecrated this 
temple so that my name may be there 
forever; my eyes and my heart will be 
there at all times. 17 As for you, if you walk before me as 
your father David walked, doing every -
thing I have commanded you, and if you 
keep my statutes and ordinances, 18 I will 
establish your royal throne, as I promised 
your father David: You will never fail to 
have a man ruling in Israel. 19 However, if you turn away and aban-
don my statutes and my commands that 
I have set before you and if you go and 
serve other gods and bow in worship to 
them, 
20 then I will uproot Israel from 
the soil that I gave them, and this temple 
that I have sanctified for my name I will 
banish from my presence; I will make it 
an object of scorn and ridicule among all 
the peoples. 21 As for this temple, which 
was exalted, everyone who passes by 
will be appalled and will say: Why did the 
Lord do this to this land and this tem -
ple? 22 Then they will say: Because they 
abandoned the Lord God of their ances -
tors who brought them out of the land 
of Egypt. They clung to other gods and 
bowed in worship to them and served 
them.


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Because of this, he brought all this 
ruin on them. SOLOMON’S LATER BUILDING PROJECTS
8 
 At  the  end  of twen ty  years dur ing  which 
Sol o mon  had  built  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and 
 his  own pal ace — 2 Sol o mon  had re built  the 
cit ies Hi ram d  gave  him  and set tled Is ra el ites 
 there — 3 Sol o mon  went  to Hamath-zobah 
 and  seized  it. 4  He  built Tad mor  in  the wil-
der ness  along  with  all  the stor age cit ies  that 
 he  built  in Ha math. 5  He  built Up per Beth-ho-
ron  and Low er Beth-ho ron  —  for ti fied cit ies 
 with  walls,  gates,  and  bars — 6 Ba al ath,  all 
 the stor age cit ies  that be longed  to Sol o mon, 
 all  the char i ot cit ies,  the cav al ry cit ies,  and 
ev ery thing Sol o mon de sired  to  build  in Je-
ru sa lem, Leb a non,  or any where  else  in  the 
 land  of  his do min ion. a7:8 Or from Lebo-hamath   b7:9 = the day after the festival, or the 15th day   c7:10 Lit people to their tents   d8:2 = the king of Tyre
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7  As  for  all  the peo ples  who re mained  of  the 
Heth ites, Am o rites, Per iz zites, Hi vites,  and 
Jeb u sites,  who  were  not  from Is ra el — 8  their 
de scen dants  who re mained  in  the  land af ter 
 them,  those  the Is ra el ites  had  not com plete ly 
de stroyed  —  Sol o mon im posed  forced la bor 
 on  them;  it  is  this  way to day . 9  But Sol o mon 
 did  not con sign  the Is ra el ites  to  be  slaves  for 
 his  work;  they  were sol diers, com mand ers  of 
 his cap tains,  and com mand ers  of  his char i ots 
 and  his cav al ry .


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10  These  were  King Sol o mon’s 
deputies:  250  who su per vised  the peo ple. 11 Sol o mon  brought  the daugh ter  of Pha-
raoh  from  the  city  of Da vid  to  the  house  he 
 had  built  for  her,  for  he  said, “ My  wife  must 
 not  live  in  the  house a  of  King Da vid  of Is ra el 
be cause  the plac es  the  ark  of  the  L ord  has 
 come  into  are  holy .”
PUBLIC WORSHIP ESTABLISHED AT THE TEMPLE
12  At  that  time Sol o mon off  ered  burnt off  er ings 
 to  the  L ord  on  the  L ord’ s al tar  he  had  made 
 in  front  of  the por ti co. 13  He fol lowed  the dai ly 
re quire ment  for off  er ings ac cord ing  to  the 
com mand ment  of Mo ses  for Sab baths,  New 
 Moons,  and  the  three an nu al ap point ed fes-
ti vals:  the Fes ti val  of Un leav ened  Bread,  the 
Fes ti val  of  Weeks,  and  the Fes ti val  of Shel ters.


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14 Ac cord ing  to  the or di nances  of  his fa ther 
Da vid,  he ap point ed  the di vi sions  of  the  priests 
 over  their ser vice,  of  the Le vites  over  their 
re spon si bil i ties  to off  er  praise  and  to min-
is ter be fore  the  priests fol low ing  the dai ly 
re quire ment,  and  of  the gate keep ers  by  their 
di vi sions  with re spect  to  each tem ple  gate, 
 for  this  had  been  the com mand  of Da vid,  the 
 man  of  God. 15  They  did  not  turn  aside  from 
 the  king’s com mand re gard ing  the  priests  and   
the Le vites con cern ing  any mat ter  or con cern-
ing  the trea sur ies. 16  All  of Sol o mon’s  work  was 
car ried  out  from  the  day  the foun da tion  was 
 laid  for  the  L ord’ s tem ple un til  it  was fin ished.


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So  the  L ord’ s tem ple  was com plet ed. SOLOMON’S FLEET
17  At  that  time Sol o mon  went  to Ezion-geber 
 and  to Eloth  on  the sea shore  in  the  land  of 
 Edom. 18  So Hi ram b  sent  ships  to  him  by  his 
ser vants  along  with crews  of ex pe ri enced 
sea men. They  went  with Sol o mon’s ser vants 
 to  Ophir,  took  from  there sev en teen  tons c  of 
 gold,  and de liv ered  it  to  King Sol o mon. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
9 
 The  queen  of She ba  heard  of Sol o mon’s 
 fame,  so  she  came  to  test Sol o mon  with 
diff  i cult ques tions  at Je ru sa lem  with  a  very 
 large entourage,  with cam els bear ing spic es, 
 gold  in abun dance,  and pre cious  stones. She 
 came  to Sol o mon  and  spoke  with  him  about 
ev ery thing  that  was  on  her  mind. 2  So Sol o mon 
an swered  all  her ques tions; noth ing  was  too 
diff  i cult  for Sol o mon  to ex plain  to  her. 3  When 
 the  queen  of She ba ob served Sol o mon’s wis-
dom,  the pal ace  he  had  built, 4  the  food  at  his 
ta ble,  his ser vants’ res i dence,  his at ten dants’ 
ser vice  and  their attire,  his cup bear ers  and 
 their attire,  and  the  burnt off  er ings  he off  ered 
 at  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  it  took  her  breath  away . 5  She  said  to  the  king, “ The re port  I  heard 
 in  my  own coun try  about  your  words  and 
 about  your wis dom  is  true. 6  But  I  didn’t be-
lieve  their re ports un til  I  came  and  saw  with 
 my  own  eyes. In deed,  I  was  not  even  told  half 
 of  your  great wis dom! You  far ex ceed  the re-
port  I  heard. 7  How hap py  are  your  men. d  How 
hap py  are  these ser vants  of  yours,  who al ways 
 stand  in  your pres ence hear ing  your wis dom. 8  Blessed  be  the  L ord  your  God!


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He de light ed 
 in  you  and  put  you  on  his  throne  as  king  for 
 the  L ord  your  God. Be cause  your  God  loved 
Is ra el  enough  to es tab lish  them for ev er,  he 
 has  set  you  over  them  as  king  to car ry  out 
jus tice  and righ teous ness.”
9  Then  she  gave  the  king  four  and  a  half 
 tons e  of  gold,  a  great quan ti ty  of spic es,  and 
pre cious  stones. There nev er  were  such spic-
es  as  those  the  queen  of She ba  gave  to  King 
Sol o mon. 10  In ad di tion, Hi ram’s ser vants  and 
Sol o mon’s ser vants  who  brought  gold  from 
 Ophir  also  brought al gum  wood  and pre cious 
 stones. 11  The  king  made  the al gum  wood  into 
walkways  for  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  for  the 
 king’s pal ace  and  into  lyres  and  harps  for  the 
sing ers. Nev er be fore  had any thing  like  them 
 been  seen  in  the  land  of Ju dah. 12  King Sol o mon  gave  the  queen  of She ba 
 her ev ery de sire, what ev er  she  asked  —   far 
 more  than  she  had  brought  the  king.


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Then 
 she,  along  with  her ser vants, re turned  to  her 
 own coun try . SOLOMON’S WEALTH
13  The  weight  of  gold  that  came  to Sol o mon 
an nu al ly  was twenty-five  tons, f 14 be sides  what 
a8:11 LXX reads city   b8:18 Lit Huram   c8:18 Lit 450 talents   d9:7 LXX, Old Lat read wives ; 1Kg 10:8   e9:9 Lit 120 talents    
f9:13 Lit 666 talents
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 was  brought  by  the mer chants  and trad ers. All  the Ara bi an  kings  and gov er nors  of  the 
 land  also  brought  gold  and sil ver  to Sol o mon. 15  King Sol o mon  made  two hun dred  large 
 shields  of ham mered  gold;  15  pounds a  of 
ham mered  gold  went  into  each  shield. 16  He 
 made  three hun dred  small  shields  of ham-
mered  gold;  7  1/ 2  pounds b  of  gold  went  into 
 each  shield. The  king  put  them  in  the  House 
 of  the For est  of Leb a non. 17  The  king  also  made  a  large ivo ry  throne 
 and over laid  it  with  pure  gold. 18  The  throne 
 had  six  steps;  there  was  a foot stool cov ered 
 in  gold  for  the  throne, arm rests  on ei ther  side 
 of  the  seat,  and  two li ons stand ing be side  the 
arm rests. 19  Twelve li ons  were stand ing  there 
 on  the  six  steps,  one  at  each  end. Noth ing  like 
 it  had  ever  been  made  in  any oth er king dom. 20  All  of  King Sol o mon’s drink ing  cups  were 
 gold,  and  all  the uten sils  of  the  House  of  the 
For est  of Leb a non  were  pure  gold. There  was 
 no sil ver,  since  it  was con sid ered  as noth ing 
 in Sol o mon’s  time, 21  for  the  king’s  ships  kept 
go ing  to Tar shish  with Hi ram’s ser vants,  and 
 once ev ery  three  years  the  ships  of Tar shish 
 would ar rive bear ing  gold, sil ver, ivo ry ,  apes, 
 and peacocks. c
22  King Sol o mon sur passed  all  the  kings 
 of  the  world  in rich es  and wis dom. 23  All  the 
 kings  of  the  world want ed  an au di ence  with 
Sol o mon  to  hear  the wis dom  God  had  put 
 in  his  heart. 24  Each  of  them  would  bring  his 
 own  gift  —  items d  of sil ver  and  gold, cloth ing, 
weap ons, e,f spic es,  and hors es  and  mules  —   as 
 an an nu al trib ute. 25 Sol o mon  had  four thou sand  stalls  for 
hors es  and char i ots,  and  twelve thou sand 
horse men.


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He sta tioned  them  in  the char i ot 
cit ies  and  with  the  king  in Je ru sa lem. 26  He 
 ruled  over  all  the  kings  from  the Eu phra tes 
Riv er  to  the  land  of  the Phi lis tines  and  as  far 
 as  the bor der  of  Egypt. 27  The  king  made sil-
ver  as com mon  in Je ru sa lem  as  stones,  and 
 he  made ce dar  as abun dant  as syc a more  in 
 the Ju de an foot hills.


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28  They  were bring ing 
hors es  for Sol o mon  from  Egypt  and  from  all 
 the coun tries. SOLOMON’S DEATH
29  The re main ing  events  of Sol o mon’s  reign, 
 from be gin ning  to  end,  are writ ten  in  the 
 Events  of  the Proph et Na than,  the Proph e cy 
 of Ahi jah  the Shi lo nite,  and  the Vi sions  of 
 the  Seer  Iddo con cern ing Jer o bo am  son  of 
Ne bat. 30 Sol o mon  reigned  in Je ru sa lem  over 
 all Is ra el  for for ty  years.


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31 Sol o mon rest ed 
 with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  in  the  city  of 
 his fa ther Da vid. His  son Re ho bo am be came 
 king  in  his  place. THE KINGDOM DIVIDED
10 
 Then Re ho bo am  went  to She chem,  for 
 all Is ra el  had  gone  to She chem  to  make 
 him  king. 2  When Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  heard 
 about  it  —   for  he  was  in  Egypt  where  he  had 
 fled  from  King Sol o mon’s pres ence  —  Jer o bo-
am re turned  from  Egypt.


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3  So  they sum moned 
 him. Then Jer o bo am  and  all Is ra el  came  and 
 spoke  to Re ho bo am: 4 “ Your fa ther  made  our 
 yoke  harsh. There fore, light en  your fa ther’s 
 harsh ser vice  and  the  heavy  yoke  he  put  on 
 us,  and  we  will  serve  you.”
5 Re ho bo am re plied, “Re turn  to  me  in  three 
 days.”  So  the peo ple  left. 6  Then  King Re ho bo am con sult ed  with  the 
el ders  who  had at tend ed  his fa ther Sol o mon 
 when  he  was  alive, ask ing, “ How  do  you ad vise 
 me  to re spond  to  this peo ple? ”
7  They re plied, “ If  you  will  be  kind  to  this peo-
ple  and  please  them  by speak ing  kind  words 
 to  them,  they  will  be  your ser vants for ev er.”
8  But  he re ject ed  the ad vice  of  the el ders  who 
 had ad vised  him,  and  he con sult ed  with  the 
 young  men  who  had  grown  up  with  him,  the 
 ones at tend ing  him. 9  He  asked  them, “ What 
mes sage  do  you ad vise  we  send  back  to  this 
peo ple  who  said  to  me, ‘Light en  the  yoke  your 
fa ther  put  on  us’? ”
10  Then  the  young  men  who  had  grown  up 
 with  him  told  him, “ This  is  what  you  should 
 say  to  the peo ple  who  said  to  you, ‘ Your fa ther 
 made  our  yoke  heavy ,  but  you,  make  it light er 
 on  us! ’  This  is  what  you  should  say  to  them: 
‘ My lit tle fin ger  is thick er  than  my fa ther’s 
 waist! 11  Now there fore,  my fa ther bur dened 
 you  with  a  heavy  yoke,  but  I  will  add  to  your 
 yoke;  my fa ther dis ci plined  you  with  whips, 
 but  I,  with barbed  whips.’ ” g
12  So Jer o bo am  and  all  the peo ple  came  to 
Re ho bo am  on  the  third  day ,  just  as  the  king 
 had or dered, say ing, “Re turn  to  me  on  the 
 third  day .” 13  Then  the  king an swered  them 
harsh ly . King Re ho bo am re ject ed  the el ders’ 
ad vice 14  and  spoke  to  them ac cord ing  to  the 
a9:15 Lit 600 (shekels)   b9:16 Lit 300 (shekels)   c9:21 Or baboons   d9:24 Or vessels, or weapons   e9:24 LXX reads resin    
f9:24 Or fragrant balsam   g10:11 Lit with scorpions, also in v .


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 young  men’s ad vice, say ing, “ My fa ther  made 
 your  yoke  heavy , a  but  I  will  add  to  it;  my fa-
ther dis ci plined  you  with  whips,  but  I,  with 
barbed  whips.”
15  The  king  did  not lis ten  to  the peo ple be-
cause  the  turn  of  events  came  from  God,  in 
or der  that  the  L ord  might car ry  out  his  word 
 that  he  had spo ken  through Ahi jah  the Shi lo-
nite  to Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat. 16  When  all Is ra el  saw b  that  the  king  had  not 
lis tened  to  them,  the peo ple an swered  the  king:
  What portion do we have in David?


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We have no inheritance in the son 
of Jesse. Israel, each to your tent;
  David, look after your own house now!


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So  all Is ra el  went  to  their  tents. 17  But  as  for 
 the Is ra el ites liv ing  in  the cit ies  of Ju dah, Re-
ho bo am  reigned  over  them. 18  Then  King Re ho bo am  sent Ha do ram, c  who 
 was  in  charge  of  the  forced la bor,  but  the Is-
ra el ites  stoned  him  to  death. How ev er,  King 
Re ho bo am man aged  to  get  into  his char i ot 
 to  flee  to Je ru sa lem. 19 Is ra el  is  in re bel lion 
 against  the  house  of Da vid un til to day . REHOBOAM IN JERUSALEM
11 
 When Re ho bo am ar rived  in Je ru sa lem, 
 he mo bi lized  the  house  of Ju dah  and 
Ben ja min  —   one hun dred  eighty thou sand 
 fit  young sol diers  —   to  fight  against Is ra el 
 to re store  the  reign  to Re ho bo am. 2  But  the 
 word  of  the  L ord  came  to She ma iah,  the  man 
 of  God: 3 “ Say  to Re ho bo am  son  of Sol o mon, 
 king  of Ju dah,  to  all Is ra el  in Ju dah  and Ben-
ja min,  and  to  the  rest  of  the peo ple: 4 ‘ This 
 is  what  the  L ord  says:  You  are  not  to  march 
 up  and  fight  against  your broth ers. Each  of 
 you re turn  home,  for  this in ci dent  has  come 
 from  me.’ ”
 So  they lis tened  to  what  the  L ord  said  and 
 turned  back  from go ing  against Jer o bo am. JUDAH’S KING REHOBOAM
5 Re ho bo am  stayed  in Je ru sa lem,  and  he for-
ti fied cit ies d  in Ju dah. 6  He  built  up Beth le-
hem,  Etam, Te koa, 7  Beth-zur,  Soco, Adul lam, 
8  Gath, Ma re shah,  Ziph, 9 Ad o ra im, La chish, 
Aze kah, 10 Zo rah, Ai ja lon,  and He bron,  which 
 are for ti fied cit ies  in Ju dah  and  in Ben ja min.


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11  He strength ened  their for ti fi ca tions  and  put 
lead ers  in  them  with sup plies  of  food,  oil,  and 
 wine. 12  He  also  put  large  shields  and  spears  in 
 each  and ev ery  city  to  make  them  very  strong. So Ju dah  and Ben ja min  were  his. 13  The  priests  and Le vites  from  all  their re-
gions through out Is ra el  took  their  stand  with 
Re ho bo am, 14  for  the Le vites  left  their pas-
ture lands  and  their pos ses sions  and  went  to 
Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem, be cause Jer o bo am  and 
 his  sons re fused  to  let  them  serve  as  priests 
 of  the  L ord. 15 Jer o bo am ap point ed  his  own 
 priests  for  the  high plac es,  the goat-demons, 
 and  the gold en  calves  he  had  made. 16  Those 
 from ev ery  tribe  of Is ra el  who  had de ter mined 
 in  their  hearts  to  seek  the  L ord  their  God fol-
lowed  the Le vites  to Je ru sa lem  to sac ri fice  to 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of  their an ces tors. 17  So  they 
strength ened  the king dom  of Ju dah  and sup-
port ed Re ho bo am  son  of Sol o mon  for  three 
 years, be cause  they  walked  in  the  ways  of 
Da vid  and Sol o mon  for  three  years. 18 Re ho bo am mar ried Ma ha lath, daugh ter  of 
Da vid’s  son Jer i moth  and  of Ab i hail daugh ter 
 of Jes se’s  son Eli ab.


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19  She  bore  sons  to  him: 
Je ush, Shem a ri ah,  and Za ham. 20 Af ter  her, 
 he mar ried Ma a cah daugh ter e  of Ab sa lom. She  bore Abi jah, At tai,  Ziza,  and She lo mith  to 
 him. 21 Re ho bo am  loved Ma a cah daugh ter  of 
Ab sa lom  more  than  all  his  wives  and con cu-
bines. He ac quired eigh teen  wives  and six ty 
con cu bines  and  was  the fa ther  of twenty-eight 
 sons  and six ty daugh ters. 22 Re ho bo am ap point ed Abi jah  son  of Ma-
a cah  as  chief, lead er  among  his broth ers, in-
tend ing  to  make  him  king. 23 Re ho bo am  also 
 showed dis cern ment  by dis pers ing  some  of 
 his  sons  to  all  the re gions  of Ju dah  and Ben-
ja min  and  to  all  the for ti fied cit ies. He  gave 
 them plen ty  of pro vi sions  and  sought  many 
 wives  for  them. SHISHAK’S INVASION
12 
 When Re ho bo am  had es tab lished  his 
sov er eign ty  and roy al pow er,  he aban-
doned  the  law  of  the  L ord  —   he  and  all Is ra el 
 with  him. 2 Be cause  they  were un faith ful  to  the 
 L ord,  in  the  fifth  year  of  King Re ho bo am,  King 
Shi shak  of  Egypt  went  to  war  against Je ru sa-
lem 3  with 1,200 char i ots, 60,000 cavalrymen, 
 and count less peo ple  who  came  with  him  from 
 Egypt  —  Lib y ans, Sukkiim,  and Cush ites. 4  He 
cap tured  the for ti fied cit ies  of Ju dah  and  came 
 as  far  as Je ru sa lem.


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a10:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read I will make your yoke heavy ; 1Kg 12:14   b10:16 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss 
omit saw ; 1Kg 12:16   c10:18 = Adoram in 1Kg 12:18   d11:5 Lit he built cities for a fortress   e11:20 Possibly granddaughter, also 
in v . 21; 2Ch 13:2
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5  Then  the proph et She ma iah  went  to Re-
ho bo am  and  the lead ers  of Ju dah  who  were 
gath ered  at Je ru sa lem be cause  of Shi shak. He  said  to  them: “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: 
‘ You  have aban doned  me; there fore,  I  have 
aban doned  you  to Shi shak.’ ”
6  So  the lead ers  of Is ra el  and  the  king hum-
bled them selves  and  said, “ The  L ord  is righ-
teous.”
7  When  the  L ord  saw  that  they  had hum-
bled them selves,  the  L ord’ s mes sage  came  to 
She ma iah: “ They  have hum bled them selves; 
 I  will  not de stroy  them  but  will  grant  them  a 
lit tle de liv er ance. My  wrath  will  not  be  poured 
 out  on Je ru sa lem  through Shi shak.


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8 How ev er, 
 they  will be come  his ser vants  so  that  they  may 
rec og nize  the diff  er ence be tween serv ing  me 
 and serv ing  the king doms  of oth er  lands.”
9  So  King Shi shak  of  Egypt  went  to  war 
 against Je ru sa lem. He  seized  the trea sur ies 
 of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  the trea sur ies  of  the 
roy al pal ace.


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He  took ev ery thing. He  took  the 
 gold  shields  that Sol o mon  had  made. 10  King 
Re ho bo am  made  bronze  shields  to re place 
 them  and com mit ted  them  into  the  care  of 
 the cap tains  of  the  guards a  who pro tect ed  the 
en trance  to  the  king’s pal ace. 11 When ev er  the 
 king en tered  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  guards 
 would car ry  the  shields  and  take  them  back 
 to  the ar mory . b 12  When Re ho bo am hum bled 
him self,  the  L ord’ s an ger  turned  away  from 
 him,  and  he  did  not de stroy  him com plete ly . Be sides  that, con di tions  were  good  in Ju dah. REHOBOAM’S LAST DAYS
13  King Re ho bo am es tab lished  his roy al pow er 
 in Je ru sa lem. Re ho bo am  was forty-one  years 
 old  when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned 
sev en teen  years  in Je ru sa lem,  the  city  the 
 L ord  had cho sen  from  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el 
 to  put  his  name. Re ho bo am’s moth er’s  name 
 was Na a mah  the Am mon ite. 14 Re ho bo am  did 
 what  was  evil, be cause  he  did  not de ter mine 
 in  his  heart  to  seek  the  L ord. 15  The  events  of Re ho bo am’s  reign,  from be-
gin ning  to  end,  are writ ten  in  the  Events  of  the 
Proph et She ma iah  and  of  the  Seer  Iddo con-
cern ing ge ne al o gies. There  was  war be tween 
Re ho bo am  and Jer o bo am through out  their 
 reigns. 16 Re ho bo am rest ed  with  his fa thers 
 and  was bur ied  in  the  city  of Da vid. His  son 
Abi jah c be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING ABIJAH
13 
 In  the eigh teenth  year  of Is ra el’s  King 
Jer o bo am, Abi jah c be came  king  over Ju-
dah, 2  and  he  reigned  three  years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Mi ca iah d daugh ter  of 
Uri el;  she  was  from Gib e ah.


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3 Abi jah  set  his  army  of war riors  in or der 
 with  four hun dred thou sand  fit  young  men. Jer o bo am ar ranged  his  mighty  army  of  eight 
hun dred thou sand  fit  young  men  in bat tle for-
ma tion  against  him. 4  Then Abi jah  stood  on 
 Mount Zem a ra im,  which  is  in  the  hill coun try 
 of Ephra im,  and  said, “Jer o bo am  and  all Is ra el, 
 hear  me. 5  Don’t  you  know  that  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el  gave  the king ship  over Is ra el  to Da vid 
 and  his de scen dants for ev er  by  a cov enant  of 
 salt? 6  But Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat,  a ser vant  of 
Sol o mon  son  of Da vid,  rose  up  and re belled 
 against  his  lord. 7  Then worth less  and wick ed 
 men gath ered  around  him  to re sist Re ho bo am 
 son  of Sol o mon  when Re ho bo am  was  young, 
in ex pe ri enced,  and un able  to assert him self 
 against  them. 8 “ And  now  you  are say ing  you  can assert 
your selves  against  the  L ord’ s king dom, 
 which  is  in  the  hand  of  one  of Da vid’s  sons. You  are  a  vast num ber  and  have  with  you  the 
gold en  calves  that Jer o bo am  made  for  you 
 as  gods. e 9  Didn’t  you ban ish  the  priests  of 
 the  L ord,  the de scen dants  of Aar on  and  the 
Le vites,  and  make  your  own  priests  like  the 
peo ples  of oth er  lands  do? Who ev er  comes 
 to or dain him self  with  a  young  bull  and sev-
en  rams  may be come  a  priest  of  what  are 
 not  gods. 10 “ But  as  for  us,  the  L ord  is  our  God.


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We  have 
 not aban doned  him;  the  priests min is ter ing 
 to  the  L ord  are de scen dants  of Aar on,  and 
 the Le vites  serve  at  their  tasks. 11  They off  er 
 a  burnt off  er ing  and fra grant in cense  to  the 
 L ord ev ery morn ing  and ev ery eve ning,  and 
 they  set  the  rows  of  the  Bread  of  the Pres ence 
 on  the cer e mo ni al ly  clean ta ble. They  light  the 
 lamps  of  the  gold lamp stand ev ery eve ning. We  are car ry ing  out  the re quire ments  of  the 
 L ord  our  God,  while  you  have aban doned 
 him. 12  Look,  God  and  his  priests  are  with  us 
 at  our  head.


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The trum pets  are  ready  to  sound 
 the  charge  against  you. Is ra el ites,  don’t  fight 
 against  the  L ord  God  of  your an ces tors,  for 
 you  will  not suc ceed.”
a12:10 Lit the runners   b12:11 Lit the chamber of the runners   c12:16; 13:1 = Abijam in 1Kg 14:31–15:8    d13:2 LXX, Syr , Arabic 
read Maacah ; 1Kg 15:2; 2Ch 11:22   e13:8 Or God ; 1Kg 12:28
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13  Now Jer o bo am  had  sent  an am bush  around 
 to ad vance  from be hind  them. So  they  were  in 
 front  of Ju dah,  and  the am bush  was be hind 
 them. 14 Ju dah  turned  and dis cov ered  that 
 the bat tle  was  in  front  of  them  and be hind 
 them,  so  they  cried  out  to  the  L ord. Then  the 
 priests  blew  the trum pets, 15  and  the  men  of 
Ju dah  raised  the bat tle  cry . When  the  men  of 
Ju dah  raised  the bat tle  cry ,  God rout ed Jer o-
bo am  and  all Is ra el be fore Abi jah  and Ju dah. 16  So  the Is ra el ites  fled be fore Ju dah,  and  God 
hand ed  them  over  to  them. 17  Then Abi jah  and 
 his peo ple  struck  them  with  a  mighty  blow , 
 and  five hun dred thou sand  fit  young  men  of 
Is ra el  were  killed. 18  The Is ra el ites  were sub-
dued  at  that  time. The Ju da hites suc ceed ed 
be cause  they de pend ed  on  the  L ord,  the  God 
 of  their an ces tors. 19 Abi jah pur sued Jer o bo am  and cap tured 
 some cit ies  from  him: Beth el, Jesh a nah,  and 
 Ephron, a  along  with  their sur round ing vil lages. 20 Jer o bo am  no lon ger retained  his pow er b 
dur ing Abi jah’s  reign; ul ti mate ly ,  the  L ord 
 struck  him  and  he  died. 21 How ev er, Abi jah  grew  strong, ac quired 
four teen  wives,  and fa thered twenty-two  sons 
 and six teen daugh ters. 22  The  rest  of  the  events 
 of Abi jah’s  reign,  along  with  his  ways  and 
 his say ings,  are writ ten  in  the Writ ing  of  the
14 
Proph et  Iddo. 1 Abi jah rest ed  with  his 
fa thers  and  was bur ied  in  the  city  of 
Da vid. His  son  Asa be came  king  in  his  place. Dur ing  his  reign  the  land ex pe ri enced  peace 
 for  ten  years. JUDAH’S KING ASA
2  Asa  did  what  was  good  and  right  in  the  sight 
 of  the  L ord  his  God. 3  He re moved  the pa gan 
al tars  and  the  high plac es.


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He shat tered  their 
sa cred pil lars  and  chopped  down  their Ashe-
rah  poles. 4  He  told  the peo ple  of Ju dah  to  seek 
 the  L ord  God  of  their an ces tors  and  to car ry 
 out  the in struc tion  and  the com mands. 5  He 
 also re moved  the  high plac es  and  the  shrines c 
 from  all  the cit ies  of Ju dah,  and  the king dom 
ex pe ri enced  peace un der  him. 6 Be cause  the  land ex pe ri enced  peace,  Asa 
 built for ti fied cit ies  in Ju dah. No  one  made  war 
 with  him  in  those  days be cause  the  L ord  gave 
 him  rest. 7  So  he  said  to  the peo ple  of Ju dah, 
“ Let’s  build  these cit ies  and sur round  them 
 with  walls  and tow ers,  with  doors  and  bars. The  land  is  still  ours be cause  we  sought  the 
 L ord  our  God.


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We  sought  him  and  he  gave 
 us  rest  on ev ery  side.”  So  they  built  and suc-
ceed ed. THE CUSHITE INVASION
8  Asa  had  an  army  of  three hun dred thou sand 
 from Ju dah bear ing  large  shields  and  spears, 
 and  two hun dred  eighty thou sand  from Ben ja-
min bear ing reg u lar  shields  and draw ing  the 
 bow . All  these  were val iant war riors. 9  Then 
Ze rah  the Cush ite  came  against  them  with  an 
 army  of  one mil lion  men  and  three hun dred d 
char i ots. They  came  as  far  as Ma re shah. 10  So 
 Asa  marched  out  against  him  and  lined  up 
 in bat tle for ma tion  in Zeph a thah V al ley  at 
Ma re shah. 11  Then  Asa  cried  out  to  the  L ord  his  God: 
“ L ord,  there  is  no  one be sides  you  to  help  the 
 mighty  and  those with out  strength. Help  us, 
 L ord  our  God,  for  we de pend  on  you,  and  in 
 your  name  we  have  come  against  this  large 
 army .


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L ord,  you  are  our  God. Do  not  let  a  mere 
mor tal hin der  you.”
12  So  the  L ord rout ed  the Cush ites be fore 
 Asa  and be fore Ju dah,  and  the Cush ites  fled. 13  Then  Asa  and  the peo ple  who  were  with 
 him pur sued  them  as  far  as Ge rar. The Cush-
ites  fell un til  they  had  no sur vi vors,  for  they 
 were  crushed be fore  the  L ord  and  his  army . So  the peo ple  of Ju dah car ried  off  a  great 
sup ply  of  loot. 14  Then  they at tacked  all  the 
cit ies  around Ge rar be cause  the ter ror  of 
 the  L ord  was  on  them.


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They  also plun dered 
 all  the cit ies,  since  there  was  a  great  deal  of 
plun der  in  them. 15  They  also at tacked  the 
 tents  of  the herds men  and cap tured  many 
 sheep  and cam els.


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Then  they re turned  to 
Je ru sa lem. REVIVAL UNDER ASA
15 
 The Spir it  of  God  came  on Az a ri ah  son 
 of  Oded. 2  So  he  went  out  to  meet  Asa 
 and  said  to  him, “ Asa  and  all Ju dah  and Ben-
ja min,  hear  me.


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If  you  seek  him,  he  will 
 be  found  by  you,  but  if  you aban don  him, 
 he  will aban don  you. 3  For  many  years Is ra-
el  has  been with out  the  true  God, with out 
 a teach ing  priest,  and with out in struc tion, 
4  but  when  they  turned  to  the  L ord  God  of 
Is ra el  in  their dis tress  and  sought  him,  he  was 
a13:19 Alt Hb tradition reads Ephrain   b13:20 Lit He did not restrain the power of Jeroboam   c14:5 Or incense altars    
d14:9 Syr , Arabic read 30,000
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 found  by  them. 5  In  those  times  there  was  no 
 peace  for  those  who  went  about  their dai ly 
ac tivi ties be cause  the res i dents  of  the  lands 
 had  many con flicts.


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6 Na tion  was  crushed 
 by na tion  and  city  by  city ,  for  God trou bled 
 them  with ev ery pos si ble dis tress. 7  But  as 
 for  you,  be  strong;  don’t  give  up, a  for  your 
 work  has  a re ward.”
8  When  Asa  heard  these  words  and  the 
proph e cy  of Az a ri ah  son  of  Oded  the proph-
et,  he  took cour age  and re moved  the ab hor-
rent  idols  from  the  whole  land  of Ju dah  and 
Ben ja min  and  from  the cit ies  he  had cap tured 
 in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im. He renovated 
 the al tar  of  the  L ord  that  was  in  front  of  the 
por ti co  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 9  Then  he gath-
ered  all Ju dah  and Ben ja min,  as  well  as  those 
 from  the  tribes  of Ephra im, Ma nas seh,  and 
Sim e on  who  were residing  among  them,  for 
 they  had de fect ed  to  him  from Is ra el  in  great 
num bers  when  they  saw  that  the  L ord  his 
 God  was  with  him. 10  They  were gath ered  in Je ru sa lem  in  the 
 third  month  of  the fif teenth  year  of  Asa’s  reign. 11  At  that  time  they sac ri ficed  to  the  L ord sev en 
hun dred cat tle  and sev en thou sand  sheep  and 
 goats  from  all  the plun der  they  had  brought. 12  Then  they en tered  into  a cov enant  to  seek 
 the  L ord  God  of  their an ces tors  with  all  their 
 heart  and  all  their  soul. 13 Who ev er  would  not 
 seek  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  would  be  put  to 
 death,  young  or  old, b  man  or wom an. 14  They 
 took  an  oath  to  the  L ord  in  a  loud  voice,  with 
shout ing,  with trum pets,  and  with  rams’  horns. 15  All Ju dah re joiced  over  the  oath,  for  they 
 had  sworn  it  with  all  their  mind. They  had 
 sought  him  with  all  their  heart,  and  he  was 
 found  by  them.


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So  the  L ord  gave  them  rest 
 on ev ery  side. 16  King  Asa  also re moved Ma a cah,  his grand-
moth er, c  from be ing  queen moth er be cause 
 she  had  made  an obscene im age  of Ashe rah. Asa  chopped  down  her obscene im age,  then 
 crushed  it  and  burned  it  in  the Kid ron V al ley . 17  The  high plac es  were  not tak en  away  from 
Is ra el; nev er the less,  Asa  was whole heart ed-
ly de vot ed  his en tire  life.


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d 18  He  brought  his 
fa ther’s con se crat ed  gifts  and  his  own con-
se crat ed  gifts  into  God’s tem ple: sil ver,  gold, 
 and uten sils. 19  There  was  no  war un til  the thirty-fifth 
 year  of  Asa’s  reign. ASA’S TREATY WITH ARAM
16 
 In  the thirty-sixth  year  of  Asa, Is ra el’s 
 King Ba a sha  went  to  war  against Ju dah. He  built Ra mah  in or der  to  keep any one  from 
leav ing  or com ing  to  King  Asa  of Ju dah. 2  So 
 Asa  brought  out  the sil ver  and  gold  from  the 
trea sur ies  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  the roy al 
pal ace  and  sent  it  to  Aram’s  King Ben-ha dad, 
 who  lived  in Da mas cus, say ing, 3 “ There’s  a 
trea ty be tween  me  and  you, be tween  my fa ther 
 and  your fa ther. Look,  I  have  sent  you sil ver 
 and  gold. Go  break  your trea ty  with Is ra el’s 
 King Ba a sha  so  that  he  will with draw  from  me.”
4 Ben-ha dad lis tened  to  King  Asa  and  sent 
 the com mand ers  of  his ar mies  to  the cit ies  of 
Is ra el. They at tacked  Ijon,  Dan, Abel-maim, e 
 and  all  the stor age cit ies f  of Naph ta li. 5  When 
Ba a sha  heard  about  it,  he  quit build ing Ra-
mah  and  stopped  his  work. 6  Then  King  Asa 
 brought  all Ju dah,  and  they car ried  away  the 
 stones  of Ra mah  and  the tim bers Ba a sha  had 
 built  it  with. Then  he  built  Geba  and Miz pah 
 with  them. HANANI’S REBUKE OF ASA
7  At  that  time,  the  seer Ha na ni  came  to  King 
 Asa  of Ju dah  and  said  to  him, “Be cause  you 
de pend ed  on  the  king  of  Aram  and  have  not 
de pend ed  on  the  L ord  your  God,  the  army 
 of  the  king  of  Aram  has es caped  from  you. 8  Were  not  the Cush ites  and Lib y ans  a  vast 
 army  with  many char i ots  and horse men?


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When  you  de pend ed  on  the  L ord,  he hand ed 
 them  over  to  you. 9  For  the  eyes  of  the  L ord 
 roam through out  the  earth  to  show him self 
 strong  for  those  who  are whole heart ed ly de-
vot ed  to  him.


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You  have  been fool ish  in  this 
mat ter. There fore,  you  will  have  wars  from 
 now  on.” 10  Asa  was en raged  with  the  seer 
 and  put  him  in pris on g be cause  of  his an ger 
 over  this. And  Asa mis treat ed  some  of  the 
peo ple  at  that  time.


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A SA’S DE ATH
11  Note  that  the  events  of  Asa’s  reign,  from be-
gin ning  to  end,  are writ ten  in  the  Book  of  the 
 Kings  of Ju dah  and Is ra el. 12  In  the thirty-ninth 
 year  of  his  reign,  Asa de vel oped  a dis ease  in 
 his  feet,  and  his dis ease be came increasingly 
se vere. Yet  even  in  his dis ease  he  didn’t  seek 
 the  L ord  but  only  the phy si cians. 13  Asa rest-
ed  with  his fa thers;  he  died  in  the forty-first 
a15:7 Lit don’t let your hands drop   b15:13 Or insignificant or great   c15:16 Lit mother ; 1Kg 15:2; 2Ch 11:22   d15:17 Lit 
wholehearted all his days   e16:4 Abel-beth-maacah in 1Kg 15:20   f16:4 = all Chinnereth in 1Kg 15:20   g16:10 Lit the house of 
stocks
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 year  of  his  reign. 14  He  was bur ied  in  his  own 
 tomb  that  he  had  made  for him self  in  the  city 
 of Da vid. They  laid  him  out  in  a coff  in  that 
 was  full  of spic es  and var i ous mix tures  of 
pre pared oint ments;  then  they  made  a  great 
 fire  in  his hon or. JUDAH’S KING JEHOSHAPHAT
17 
 His  son Je hosh a phat be came  king  in  his 
 place  and strength ened him self  against 
Is ra el. 2  He sta tioned  troops  in ev ery for ti fied 
 city  of Ju dah  and  set gar ri sons  in  the  land  of 
Ju dah  and  in  the cit ies  of Ephra im  that  his 
fa ther  Asa  had cap tured. 3  Now  the  L ord  was  with Je hosh a phat be-
cause  he  walked  in  the for mer  ways  of  his 
fa ther Da vid.


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a  He  did  not  seek  the  Baals 4  but 
 sought  the  God  of  his fa ther  and  walked  by 
 his com mands,  not ac cord ing  to  the prac-
tic es  of Is ra el. 5  So  the  L ord es tab lished  the 
king dom  in  his  hand. Then  all Ju dah  brought 
 him trib ute,  and  he  had rich es  and hon or  in 
abun dance.


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6  His  mind re joiced  in  the  L ord’ s 
 ways,  and  he  again re moved  the  high plac es 
 and Ashe rah  poles  from Ju dah. JEHOSHAPHAT’S EDUCATIONAL PLAN
7  In  the  third  year  of  his  reign, Je hosh a phat 
 sent  his off  i cials  —  Ben-hail, b Oba di ah, Zech-
a ri ah, Ne than el,  and Mi ca iah  —   to  teach  in 
 the cit ies  of Ju dah. 8  The Le vites  with  them 
 were She ma iah, Neth a ni ah, Zeb a di ah, c As a hel, 
She mir a moth, Je hon a than, Ad o ni jah, To bi-
jah,  and Tob-adonijah;  the  priests, Elish a ma 
 and Je ho ram,  were  with  these Le vites.


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9  They 
 taught through out Ju dah, hav ing  the  book  of 
 the  L ord’ s in struc tion  with  them.


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They  went 
through out  the  towns  of Ju dah  and  taught 
 the peo ple. 10  The ter ror  of  the  L ord  was  on  all  the king-
doms  of  the  lands  that sur round ed Ju dah,  so 
 they  didn’t  fight  against Je hosh a phat. 11  Some 
 of  the Phi lis tines  also  brought  gifts  and sil ver  as 
trib ute  to Je hosh a phat,  and  the Arabs  brought 
 him  flocks: 7,700  rams  and 7,700  male  goats. JEHOSHAPHAT’S MILITARY MIGHT
12 Je hosh a phat  grew stron ger  and stron ger. He  built for tress es  and stor age cit ies  in Ju dah 
13  and car ried  out  great  works  in  the  towns 
 of Ju dah. He  had fight ing  men, val iant war-
riors,  in Je ru sa lem.


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14  These  are  their num bers 
ac cord ing  to  their an ces tral fam i lies. d  For 
Ju dah,  the com mand ers  of thou sands:
  Adnah the commander and three 
hundred thousand valiant warriors 
with him;
 15 next to him, Jehohanan the 
commander and two hundred eighty 
thousand with him;
 16 next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, 
the volunteer of the Lord, and two 
hundred thousand valiant warriors 
with him;
 17 from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant 
warrior, and two hundred thousand 
with him armed with bow and shield;
 18 next to him, Jehozabad and one 
hundred eighty thousand with him 
equipped for war. 19  These  were  the  ones  who  served  the  king, 
be sides  those  he sta tioned  in  the for ti fied cit-
ies through out  all Ju dah. JEHOSHAPHAT’S ALLIANCE WITH AHAB
18 
 Now Je hosh a phat  had rich es  and hon or 
 in abun dance,  and  he  made  an al li ance 
 with  Ahab  through mar riage. e 2  Then af ter 
 some  years,  he  went  down  to vis it  Ahab  in 
Sa mar ia. Ahab sac ri ficed  many  sheep,  goats, 
 and cat tle  for  him  and  for  the peo ple  who  were 
 with  him. Then  he per suad ed  him  to at tack 
Ramoth-gilead, 3  for Is ra el’s  King  Ahab  asked 
Ju dah’s  King Je hosh a phat, “ Will  you  go  with 
 me  to Ramoth-gilead? ”
 He re plied  to  him, “ I  am  as  you  are,  my peo-
ple  as  your peo ple;  we  will  be  with  you  in  the 
bat tle.” 4  But Je hosh a phat  said  to  the  king  of 
Is ra el, “ First,  please  ask  what  the  L ord’ s  will  is.”
5  So  the  king  of Is ra el gath ered  the proph ets, 
 four hun dred  men,  and  asked  them, “ Should 
 we  go  to Ramoth-gilead  for  war  or  should  I 
re frain? ”
 They re plied, “ March  up,  and  God  will  hand 
 it  over  to  the  king.”
6  But Je hosh a phat  asked, “ Isn’t  there  a proph-
et  of  the  L ord  here any more? Let’s  ask  him.”
7  The  king  of Is ra el  said  to Je hosh a phat, 
“ There  is  still  one  man  who  can in quire  of 
 the  L ord,  but  I  hate  him be cause  he nev er 
proph e sies  good  about  me,  but  only di sas ter. He  is Mi ca iah  son  of Im lah.”
“ The  king  shouldn’t  say  that,” Je hosh a phat 
re plied. a17:3 Some Hb mss, LXX omit David   b17:7 = Son of Power   c17:8 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg, Arabic read Zechariah   d17:14 Lit the 
house of their fathers   e18:1 Lit made himself a son-in-law to Ahab ; 1Kg 3:1; Ezr 9:14
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8  So  the  king  of Is ra el  called  an off  i cer  and 
 said, “Hur ry  and  get Mi ca iah  son  of Im lah! ”
9  Now  the  king  of Is ra el  and  King Je hosh-
a phat  of Ju dah,  clothed  in roy al attire,  were 
 each sit ting  on  his  own  throne.


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They  were 
sit ting  on  the thresh ing  floor  at  the en trance 
 to Sa mar ia’s  gate,  and  all  the proph ets  were 
proph e sy ing  in  front  of  them. 10  Then Zed e-
ki ah  son  of Che na a nah  made  iron  horns  and 
 said, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ You  will 
 gore  the Ar a me ans  with  these un til  they  are 
fin ished  off.’ ” 11  And  all  the proph ets  were 
proph e sy ing  the  same, say ing, “ March  up  to 
Ramoth-gilead  and suc ceed,  for  the  L ord  will 
 hand  it  over  to  the  king.”
MICAIAH’S MESSAGE OF DEFEAT
12  The mes sen ger  who  went  to  call Mi ca iah 
in struct ed  him, “ Look,  the  words  of  the proph-
ets  are unan i mous ly fa vor able  for  the  king. So  let  your  words  be  like  theirs,  and  speak 
fa vor ably .”
13  But Mi ca iah  said, “ As  the  L ord  lives,  I  will 
 say what ev er  my  God  says.” a
14  So  he  went  to  the  king,  and  the  king  asked 
 him, “Mi ca iah,  should  we  go  to Ramoth-gilead 
 for  war,  or  should  I b re frain? ”
Mi ca iah  said, “ March  up  and suc ceed,  for 
 they  will  be hand ed  over  to  you.”
15  But  the  king  said  to  him, “ How  many  times 
 must  I  make  you  swear  not  to  tell  me any thing 
 but  the  truth  in  the  name  of  the  L ord? ”
16  So Mi ca iah  said:
  I saw all Israel scattered on the hills
  like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said,
  “They have no master;
  let each return home in peace.”
17  So  the  king  of Is ra el  said  to Je hosh a phat, 
“ Didn’t  I  tell  you  he nev er proph e sies  good 
 about  me,  but  only di sas ter? ”
18  Then Mi ca iah  said, “There fore,  hear  the 
 word  of  the  L ord.


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I  saw  the  L ord sit ting  on 
 his  throne,  and  the  whole heav en ly  army 
 was stand ing  at  his  right  hand  and  at  his  left 
 hand. 19  And  the  L ord  said, ‘ Who  will en tice 
 King  Ahab  of Is ra el  to  march  up  and  fall  at 
Ramoth-gilead? ’  So  one  was say ing  this  and 
an oth er  was say ing  that. 20 “ Then  a spir it  came for ward,  stood be fore 
 the  L ord,  and  said, ‘ I  will en tice  him.’
“ The  L ord  asked  him, ‘ How? ’
21 “ So  he  said, ‘ I  will  go  and be come  a ly ing 
spir it  in  the  mouth  of  all  his proph ets.’
“ Then  he  said, ‘ You  will en tice  him  and  also 
pre vail. Go  and  do  that.’
22 “ Now ,  you  see,  the  L ord  has  put  a ly ing 
spir it  into  the  mouth  of c  these proph ets  of 
 yours,  and  the  L ord  has pro nounced di sas ter 
 against  you.”
23  Then Zed e ki ah  son  of Che na a nah  came 
 up,  hit Mi ca iah  on  the  cheek,  and de mand ed, 
“ Which  way  did  the spir it  from  the  L ord  leave 
 me  to  speak  to  you? ”
24 Mi ca iah re plied, “ You  will  soon  see  when 
 you  go  to  hide  in  an in ner cham ber  on  that  day .”
25  Then  the  king  of Is ra el or dered, “ Take Mi-
ca iah  and re turn  him  to  Amon,  the gov er nor 
 of  the  city ,  and  to Jo ash,  the  king’s  son, 26  and 
 say , ‘ This  is  what  the  king  says:  Put  this  guy 
 in pris on  and  feed  him  only  a lit tle  bread  and 
wa ter d un til  I  come  back safe ly .’ ”
27  But Mi ca iah  said, “ If  you  ever re turn safe ly , 
 the  L ord  has  not spo ken  through  me.”  Then 
 he  said, “Lis ten,  all  you peo ple! ”
AHAB’S DEATH
28  Then  the  king  of Is ra el  and Ju dah’s  King Je-
hosh a phat  went  up  to Ramoth-gilead. 29  But 
 the  king  of Is ra el  said  to Je hosh a phat, “ I  will 
dis guise my self  and  go  into bat tle,  but  you 
 wear  your roy al attire.”  So  the  king  of Is ra el 
dis guised him self,  and  they  went  into bat tle. 30  Now  the  king  of  Aram  had or dered  his 
char i ot com mand ers, “ Do  not  fight  with any-
one  at  all e ex cept  the  king  of Is ra el.”
31  When  the char i ot com mand ers  saw Je-
hosh a phat,  they shout ed, “ He  must  be  the  king 
 of Is ra el! ”  So  they  turned  to at tack  him,  but 
Je hosh a phat  cried  out  and  the  L ord  helped 
 him. God  drew  them  away  from  him. 32  When 
 the char i ot com mand ers  saw  that  he  was  not 
 the  king  of Is ra el,  they  turned  back  from pur-
su ing  him. 33  But  a  man  drew  his  bow with out tak-
ing spe cial  aim  and  struck  the  king  of Is ra el 
 through  the  joints  of  his ar mor. So  he  said 
 to  the charioteer, “ Turn  around  and  take  me 
 out  of  the bat tle, f  for  I  am bad ly wound ed! ” 
34  The bat tle  raged through out  that  day ,  and 
 the  king  of Is ra el  propped him self  up  in  his 
char i ot fac ing  the Ar a me ans un til eve ning.


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d18:26 Lit him on bread of oppression and water of oppression   e18:30 Lit with small or with great   f18:33 LXX, Vg; MT 
reads camp
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JEHU’S REBUKE OF JEHOSHAPHAT
19 
 King Je hosh a phat  of Ju dah re turned  to 
 his  home  in Je ru sa lem  in  peace. 2  Then 
 Jehu  son  of  the  seer Ha na ni  went  out  to con-
front  him a  and  said  to  King Je hosh a phat, “ Do 
 you  help  the wick ed  and  love  those  who  hate 
 the  L ord? Be cause  of  this,  the  L ord’ s  wrath  is 
 on  you. 3 How ev er,  some  good  is  found  in  you, 
 for  you  have eradicated  the Ashe rah  poles 
 from  the  land  and  have de cid ed  to  seek  God.”
JEHOSHAPHAT’S REFORMS
4 Je hosh a phat  lived  in Je ru sa lem,  and  once 
 again  he  went  out  among  the peo ple  from 
Be er-she ba  to  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im  and 
 brought  them  back  to  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
 their an ces tors. 5  He ap point ed judg es  in  all 
 the for ti fied cit ies  of  the  land  of Ju dah,  city 
 by  city .


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6  Then  he  said  to  the judg es, “Con sid er 
 what  you  are do ing,  for  you  do  not  judge  for 
 a  mere mor tal,  but  for  the  L ord,  who  is  with 
 you  in  the mat ter  of judg ment. 7  And  now ,  may 
 the ter ror  of  the  L ord  be  on  you. Watch  what 
 you  do,  for  there  is  no in jus tice  or par tial i ty  or 
tak ing  bribes  with  the  L ord  our  God.”
8 Je hosh a phat  also ap point ed  in Je ru sa lem 
 some  of  the Le vites  and  priests  and  some  of 
 the Is ra el ite fam i ly  heads  for deciding  the 
 L ord’ s  will  and  for settling dis  putes  of  the 
res i dents  of b Je ru sa lem. 9  He com mand ed 
 them, say ing, “ In  the  fear  of  the  L ord,  with 
in teg ri ty ,  and whole heart ed ly ,  you  are  to  do 
 the fol low ing: 10  For ev ery dis pute  that  comes 
 to  you  from  your broth ers  who  dwell  in  their 
cit ies  —  wheth er  it re gards diff  er ences  of 
blood guilt,  law , com mand ment, stat utes,  or 
judg ments  —   you  are  to  warn  them,  so  they 
 will  not in cur  guilt be fore  the  L ord  and  wrath 
 will  not  come  on  you  and  your broth ers. Do 
 this,  and  you  will  not in cur  guilt. 11 “ Note  that Am a ri ah,  the  chief  priest,  is 
 over  you  in  all mat ters re lat ed  to  the  L ord, 
 and Zeb a di ah  son  of Ish ma el,  the rul er  of  the 
 house  of Ju dah,  in  all mat ters re lat ed  to  the 
 king,  and  the Le vites  are off  i cers  in  your pres-
ence. Be  strong;  may  the  L ord  be  with  those 
 who  do  what  is  good.”
WAR AGAINST EASTERN ENEMIES
20 
Af ter  this,  the Mo ab ites  and Am mon ites, 
to geth er  with  some  of  the Me u nites, c 
 came  to  fight  against Je hosh a phat. 2 Peo ple 
 came  and  told Je hosh a phat, “ A  vast num ber 
 from be yond  the  Dead  Sea  and  from  Edom d 
 has  come  to  fight  against  you;  they  are al ready 
 in Hazazon-tamar” ( that  is,  En-gedi). 3 Je hosh-
a phat  was  afraid,  and  he re solved  to  seek  the 
 L ord. Then  he pro claimed  a  fast  for  all Ju dah, 
4  who gath ered  to  seek  the  L ord. They  even 
 came  from  all  the cit ies  of Ju dah  to  seek  him. JEHOSHAPHAT’S PRAYER
5  Then Je hosh a phat  stood  in  the as sem bly  of 
Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple 
be fore  the  new court yard. 6  He  said:
Lord, God of our ancestors, are you not 
the God who is in heaven, and do you not 
rule over all the kingdoms of the nations?


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Power and might are in your hand, and 
no one can stand against you. 7 Are you 
not our God who drove out the inhabi -
tants of this land before your people Isra -
el and who gave it forever to the descen -
dants of Abraham your friend? 8 They 
have lived in the land and have built you 
a sanctuary in it for your name and have 
said, 9 “If disaster comes on us  —  sword 
or judgment, pestilence or famine  —  we 
will stand before this temple and before 
you, for your name is in this temple. We 
will cry out to you because of our dis
-
tress, and you will hear and deliver.”
10 Now here are the Ammonites, 
Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount 
Seir. You did not let Israel invade them 
when Israel came out of the land of 
Egypt, but Israel turned away from them 
and did not destroy them.


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11 Look how 
they repay us by coming to drive us out 
of your possession that you gave us as an 
inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge 
them? For we are powerless before this 
vast number that comes to fight against 
us. We do not know what to do, but we 
look to you.


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GOD’S ANSWER
13  All Ju dah  was stand ing be fore  the  L ord  with 
 their de pen dents,  their  wives,  and  their chil-
dren. 14  In  the mid dle  of  the con gre ga tion,  the 
Spir it  of  the  L ord  came  on Ja ha zi el ( son  of 
Zech a ri ah,  son  of Be na iah,  son  of Je i el,  son  of 
Mat ta ni ah,  a Le vite  from  Asaph’s de scen dants), 
a19:2 Lit to his face   b19:8 LXX, Vg; MT reads disputes and they returned to   c20:1 LXX; MT reads Ammonites ; 2Ch 26:7    
d20:2 Some Hb mss, Old Lat; other Hb mss read Aram   e20:12 Lit but on you our eyes
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15  and  he  said, “Lis ten care ful ly ,  all Ju dah  and 
 you in hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem,  and  King Je-
hosh a phat. This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ Do 
 not  be  afraid  or dis cour aged be cause  of  this 
 vast num ber,  for  the bat tle  is  not  yours,  but 
 God’s. 16 To mor row ,  go  down  against  them. You  will  see  them com ing  up  the As cent  of  Ziz, 
 and  you  will  find  them  at  the  end  of  the val ley 
fac ing  the Wil der ness  of Je ru el. 17  You  do  not 
 have  to  fight  this bat tle.


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Po si tion your selves, 
 stand  still,  and  see  the sal va tion  of  the  L ord. He  is  with  you, Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem.


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Do  not 
 be  afraid  or dis cour aged. To mor row ,  go  out 
 to  face  them,  for  the  L ord  is  with  you.’ ”
18  Then Je hosh a phat  knelt  low  with  his  face  to 
 the  ground,  and  all Ju dah  and  the in hab i tants 
 of Je ru sa lem  fell  down be fore  the  L ord  to wor-
ship  him. 19  Then  the Le vites  from  the  sons  of 
 the Ko hath ites  and  the Ko rah ites  stood  up  to 
 praise  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el shout ing loud ly . VICTORY AND PLUNDER
20  In  the morn ing  they  got  up ear ly  and  went 
 out  to  the wil der ness  of Te koa. As  they  were 
 about  to  go  out, Je hosh a phat  stood  and  said, 
“ Hear  me, Ju dah  and  you in hab i tants  of Je ru-
sa lem. Be lieve  in  the  L ord  your  God,  and  you 
 will  be es tab lished; be lieve  in  his proph ets, 
 and  you  will suc ceed.” 21  Then  he con sult ed 
 with  the peo ple  and ap point ed  some  to  sing 
 for  the  L ord  and  some  to  praise  the splen dor 
 of  his ho li ness. When  they  went  out  in  front 
 of  the  armed forc es,  they  kept sing ing: a
  Give thanks to the Lord,
  for his faithful love endures forever. 22  The mo ment  they be gan  their  shouts  and 
prais es,  the  L ord  set  an am bush  against  the 
Am mon ites, Mo ab ites,  and  the in hab i tants  of 
 Mount  Seir  who  came  to  fight  against Ju dah, 
 and  they  were de feat ed. 23  The Am mon ites  and 
Mo ab ites  turned  against  the in hab i tants  of 
 Mount  Seir  and com plete ly an ni hi lat ed  them. When  they  had fin ished  with  the in hab i tants 
 of  Seir,  they  helped de stroy  each oth er. 24  When Ju dah  came  to  a  place over look-
ing  the wil der ness,  they  looked  for  the  large 
 army ,  but  there  were  only  corpses ly ing  on  the 
 ground; no body  had es caped. 25  Then Je hosh a-
phat  and  his peo ple  went  to gath er  the plun der. They  found  among  them b  an abun dance  of 
 goods  on  the bod ies c  and valu able items. So 
 they  stripped  them un til no body  could car ry 
 any  more.


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They  were gath er ing  the plun der 
 for  three  days be cause  there  was  so  much. 26  They as sem bled  in  the V al ley  of Ber a cah d 
 on  the  fourth  day ,  for  there  they  blessed  the 
 L ord. There fore,  that  place  is  still  called  the 
V al ley  of Ber a cah to day . 27  Then  all  the  men  of Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem 
 turned  back  with Je hosh a phat  their lead er, 
re turn ing joy ful ly  to Je ru sa lem,  for  the  L ord 
en abled  them  to re joice  over  their en e mies. 28  So  they  came  into Je ru sa lem  to  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  with  harps,  lyres,  and trum pets. 29  The ter ror  of  God  was  on  all  the king doms 
 of  the  lands  when  they  heard  that  the  L ord  had 
 fought  against  the en e mies  of Is ra el. 30  Then 
Je hosh a phat’s king dom  was qui et,  for  his  God 
 gave  him  rest  on ev ery  side. SUMMARY OF JEHOSHAPHAT’S REIGN
31 Je hosh a phat be came  king  over Ju dah. He 
 was thirty-five  years  old  when  he be came 
 king,  and  he  reigned twenty-five  years  in 
Je ru sa lem.


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32  He  walked  in  the  ways 
 of  Asa  his fa ther;  he  did  not  turn  away  from 
 it  but  did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight.


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33 How ev er,  the  high plac es  were  not tak en 
 away;  the peo ple  had  not  yet  set  their  hearts 
 on  the  God  of  their an ces tors. 34  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je hosh a phat’s 
 reign  from be gin ning  to  end  are writ ten  in 
 the  Events  of  Jehu  son  of Ha na ni,  which  is 
re cord ed  in  the  Book  of Is ra el’s  Kings. JEHOSHAPHAT’S FLEET OF SHIPS
35 Af ter  this, Ju dah’s  King Je hosh a phat  made 
 an al li ance  with Is ra el’s  King Aha zi ah,  who 
 was  guilty  of wrong do ing. 36 Je hosh a phat 
 formed  an al li ance  with  him  to  make  ships 
 to  go  to Tar shish,  and  they  made  the  ships  in 
Ezion-geber. 37  Then El i e zer  son  of Do da va hu 
 of Ma re shah proph e sied  against Je hosh a phat, 
say ing, “Be cause  you  formed  an al li ance  with 
Aha zi ah,  the  L ord  has bro ken  up  what  you 
 have  made.”  So  the  ships  were  wrecked  and 
 were  not  able  to  go  to Tar shish. JEHORAM BECOMES KING OVER JUDAH
21 
Je hosh a phat rest ed  with  his fa thers  and 
 was bur ied  with  his fa thers  in  the  city 
 of Da vid. His  son Je ho ram e be came  king  in  his 
a20:21 Lit saying   b20:25 LXX reads found cattle   c20:25 Some Hb mss, Old Lat, Vg read goods, garments   d20:26 = Blessing   
e21:1 = Joram
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 place. 2  He  had broth ers,  sons  of Je hosh a phat: 
Az a ri ah, Je hi el, Zech a ri ah, Az a ri ah, Mi cha el, 
 and Sheph a ti ah;  all  these  were  the  sons  of  King 
Je hosh a phat  of Ju dah. a 3  Their fa ther  had giv en 
 them  many  gifts  of sil ver,  gold,  and valu able 
 things,  along  with for ti fied cit ies  in Ju dah,  but 
 he  gave  the king dom  to Je ho ram be cause  he 
 was  the first born. 4  When Je ho ram  had es-
tab lished him self  over  his fa ther’s king dom, 
 he strength ened  his po si tion  by kill ing  with 
 the  sword  all  his broth ers  as  well  as  some  of 
 the princ es  of Is ra el. JUDAH’S KING JEHORAM
5 Je ho ram  was thirty-two  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned  eight  years  in Je-
ru sa lem. 6  He  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings 
 of Is ra el,  as  the  house  of  Ahab  had  done,  for 
 Ahab’s daugh ter  was  his  wife. He  did  what  was 
 evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight, 7  but  for  the  sake  of  the 
cov enant  the  L ord  had  made  with Da vid,  he 
 was un will ing  to de stroy  the  house  of Da vid 
 since  the  L ord  had prom ised  to  give  a  lamp 
 to Da vid  and  to  his  sons for ev er. 8 Dur ing Je ho ram’s  reign,  Edom re belled 
 against Ju dah’s con trol  and ap point ed  their 
 own  king. 9  So Je ho ram  crossed  into  Edom  with 
 his com mand ers  and  all  his char i ots. Then  at 
 night  he  set  out  to at tack  the Edom ites  who  had 
sur round ed  him  and  the char i ot com mand ers. 10  And  now  Edom  is  still  in re bel lion  against 
Ju dah’s con trol to day . Lib nah  also re belled  at 
 that  time  against  his con trol be cause  he  had 
aban doned  the  L ord,  the  God  of  his an ces tors.


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11 Je ho ram  also  built  high plac es  in  the  hills b 
 of Ju dah,  and  he  caused  the in hab i tants  of 
Je ru sa lem  to pros ti tute them selves,  and  he 
 led Ju dah  astray . ELIJAH’S LETTER TO JEHORAM
12  Then  a let ter  came  to Je ho ram  from  the 
proph et Eli jah, say ing:
This is what the Lord, the God of your 
ancestor David says: “Because you have 
not walked in the ways of your father 
Jehoshaphat or in the ways of King Asa 
of Judah 13 but have walked in the ways 
of the kings of Israel, have caused Judah 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to pros -
titute themselves like the house of Ahab 
prostituted itself, and also have killed 
your brothers, your father’s family , who 
were better than you, 14 the Lord is now 
about to strike your people, your sons, 
your wives, and all your possessions with 
a horrible affliction. 15 You yourself will 
be struck with many illnesses, including 
a disease of the intestines, until your in -
testines come out day after day because 
of the disease.”
JEHORAM’S LAST DAYS
16  The  L ord  roused  the spir it  of  the Phi lis tines 
 and  the Arabs  who  lived  near  the Cush ites  to 
at tack Je ho ram. 17  So  they  went  to  war  against 
Ju dah  and in vad ed  it.


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They car ried  off  all  the 
pos ses sions  found  in  the  king’s pal ace  and 
 also  his  sons  and  wives;  not  a  son  was  left 
 to  him ex cept Je ho a haz, c  his youn gest  son. 18 Af ter  all  these  things,  the  L ord afflicted 
 him  in  his in tes tines  with  an in cur able dis ease. 19  This con tin ued  day af ter  day un til  two  full 
 years  passed.


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Then  his in tes tines  came  out be-
cause  of  his dis ease,  and  he  died  from se vere d 
ill ness es.


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But  his peo ple  did  not  hold  a  fire  in 
 his hon or  like  the  fire  in hon or  of  his fa thers. 20 Je ho ram  was thirty-two  years  old  when 
 he be came  king;  he  reigned  eight  years  in 
Je ru sa lem. He  died  to  no  one’s re gret e  and 
 was bur ied  in  the  city  of Da vid  but  not  in  the 
 tombs  of  the  kings. JUDAH’S KING AHAZIAH
22 
 Then  the in hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem  made 
Aha zi ah,  his youn gest  son,  king  in  his 
 place, be cause  the  troops  that  had  come  with 
 the Arabs  to  the  camp  had  killed  all  the old er 
 sons. f  So Aha zi ah  son  of Je ho ram be came  king 
 of Ju dah. 2 Aha zi ah  was twenty-two g  years  old 
 when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned  one 
 year  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was 
Ath a li ah, grand daugh ter h  of  Omri.


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3  He  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  house  of  Ahab, 
 for  his moth er  gave  him  evil ad vice. 4  So  he 
 did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  like  the 
 house  of  Ahab,  for  they  were  his ad vis ers af ter 
 the  death  of  his fa ther,  to  his de struc tion. 5  He 
 also fol lowed  their ad vice  and  went  with Jo-
ram i  son  of Is ra el’s  King  Ahab  to  fight  against 
 King Haz a el  of  Aram,  in Ramoth-gilead. The 
Ar a me ans j wound ed Jo ram, 6  so  he re turned 
 to Jez re el  to re cov er  from  the  wounds  they 
in flict ed  on  him  in Ramoth-gilead k  when  he 
 fought  against  King Haz a el  of  Aram. Then 
a21:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg, Arabic; other Hb mss read Israel   b21:11 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg read cities   c21:17 LXX, Syr , Tg 
read Ahaziah   d21:19 Lit evil   e21:20 Lit He walked in no desirability   f22:1 Lit the former ones   g22:2 Some LXX mss, Syr; 
MT reads 42 ; 2Kg 8:26   h22:2 Lit daughter   i22:5 = Jehoram   j22:5 Lit Rammites   k22:6 Lit in Ramah
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Ju dah’s  King Aha zi ah a  son  of Je ho ram  went 
 down  to Jez re el  to vis it Jo ram  son  of  Ahab 
 since Jo ram  was  ill. 7 Aha zi ah’s down fall  came  from  God  when 
 he  went  to Jo ram. When Aha zi ah ar rived,  he 
 went  out  with Jo ram  to  meet  Jehu  son  of Nim-
shi,  whom  the  L ord  had anoint ed  to de stroy 
 the  house  of  Ahab. 8  So  when  Jehu ex e cut ed 
judg ment  on  the  house  of  Ahab,  he  found  the 
rul ers  of Ju dah  and  the  sons  of Aha zi ah’s broth-
ers  who  were serv ing Aha zi ah,  and  he  killed 
 them. 9  Then  Jehu  looked  for Aha zi ah,  and 
 Jehu’s sol diers cap tured  him ( he  was hid ing 
 in Sa mar ia). So  they  brought Aha zi ah  to  Jehu, 
 and  they  killed  him. The sol diers bur ied  him, 
 for  they  said, “ He  is  the grand son  of Je hosh a-
phat  who  sought  the  L ord  with  all  his  heart.” 
 So  no  one  from  the  house  of Aha zi ah  had  the 
 strength  to  rule  the king dom. ATHALIAH USURPS THE THRONE
10  When Ath a li ah, Aha zi ah’s moth er,  saw  that 
 her  son  was  dead,  she pro ceed ed  to an ni hi-
late  all  the roy al  heirs b  of  the  house  of Ju dah. 11 Je ho sha be ath, c  the  king’s daugh ter, res cued 
Jo ash  son  of Aha zi ah  from  the  king’s  sons  who 
 were be ing  killed  and  put  him  and  the  one 
 who  nursed  him  in  a bed room. Now Je ho sha-
be ath  was  the daugh ter  of  King Je ho ram  and 
 the  wife  of  the  priest Je hoi a da. Since  she  was 
Aha zi ah’s sis ter,  she  hid Jo ash  from Ath a li ah 
 so  that  she  did  not  kill  him. 12  While Ath a li ah 
 reigned  over  the  land,  he  was hid ing  with 
 them  in  God’s tem ple  six  years. ATHALIAH OVERTHROWN
23 
 Then,  in  the sev enth  year, Je hoi a da 
sum moned  his cour age  and  took  the 
com mand ers  of hun dreds  into  a cov enant 
 with  him: Az a ri ah  son  of Je ro ham, Ish ma el 
 son  of Je ho ha nan, Az a ri ah  son  of  Obed, Ma-
a se iah  son  of Ada iah,  and Elish a phat  son  of 
Zichri. 2  They  made  a cir cuit through out Ju dah.


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They gath ered  the Le vites  from  all  the cit ies 
 of Ju dah  and  the fam i ly  heads  of Is ra el,  and 
 they  came  to Je ru sa lem. 3  Then  the  whole as sem bly  made  a cov enant 
 with  the  king  in  God’s tem ple.


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Je hoi a da  said 
 to  them, “ Here  is  the  king’s  son! He  will  reign, 
 just  as  the  L ord prom ised con cern ing Da vid’s 
 sons. 4  This  is  what  you  are  to  do:  a  third  of  you, 
 priests  and Le vites  who  are com ing  on  duty  on 
 the Sab bath,  are  to  be gate keep ers. 5  A  third  are 
 to  be  at  the  king’s pal ace,  and  a  third  are  to  be 
 at  the Foun da tion  Gate,  and  all  the  troops  will 
 be  in  the court yards  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 6  No 
 one  is  to en ter  the  L ord’ s tem ple  but  the  priests 
 and  those Le vites  who  serve;  they  may en ter 
be cause  they  are  holy ,  but  all  the peo ple  are  to 
 obey  the re quire ment  of  the  L ord. 7 Com plete-
ly sur round  the  king  with weap ons  in  hand.


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Any one  who en ters  the tem ple  is  to  be  put  to 
 death. Be  with  the  king  in  all  his dai ly  tasks.” d
8  So  the com mand ers  of hun dreds  did ev ery-
thing  the  priest Je hoi a da com mand ed. They 
 each  brought  their  men  —   those com ing  on 
 duty  on  the Sab bath  and  those go ing  off  duty 
 on  the Sab bath  —   for  the  priest Je hoi a da  did 
 not re lease  the di vi sions. 9  The  priest Je hoi a da 
 gave  to  the com mand ers  of hun dreds  King Da-
vid’s  spears,  shields,  and quiv ers e  that  were  in 
 God’s tem ple. 10  Then  he sta tioned  all  the  troops 
 with  their weap ons  in  hand sur round ing  the 
 king  —   from  the  right  side  of  the tem ple  to 
 the  left  side,  by  the al tar  and  by  the tem ple. 11  They  brought  out  the  king’s  son,  put  the 
 crown  on  him,  gave  him  the tes ti mo ny ,  and 
 made  him  king. Je hoi a da  and  his  sons anoint ed 
 him  and  cried, “ Long  live  the  king! ”
12  When Ath a li ah  heard  the  noise  from  the 
 troops,  the  guards,  and  those prais ing  the  king, 
 she  went  to  the  troops  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple.


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13  As 
 she  looked,  there  was  the  king stand ing  by  his 
pil lar f  at  the en trance. The com mand ers  and 
 the trum pet ers  were  by  the  king,  and  all  the 
peo ple  of  the  land  were re joic ing  and blow ing 
trum pets  while  the sing ers  with mu si cal in stru-
ments  were lead ing  the  praise. Ath a li ah  tore 
 her  clothes  and  screamed, “Trea son!


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Trea son! ”
14  Then  the  priest Je hoi a da  sent  out  the com-
mand ers  of hun dreds,  those  in  charge  of  the 
 army , say ing, “ Take  her  out be tween  the  ranks, 
 and  put any one  who fol lows  her  to  death  by 
 the  sword,”  for  the  priest  had  said, “ Don’t  put 
 her  to  death  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple.” 15  So  they 
ar rest ed  her,  and  she  went  by  the en trance 
 of  the  Horse  Gate  to  the  king’s pal ace,  where 
 they  put  her  to  death. JEHOIADA’S REFORMS
16  Then Je hoi a da  made  a cov enant be tween 
him self,  the  king,  and  the peo ple  that  they 
 would  be  the  L ord’ s peo ple.


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17  So  all  the peo ple 
 went  to  the tem ple  of  Baal  and  tore  it  down. a22:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read Azariah   b22:10 Lit seed   c22:11 = Jehosheba; 2Kg 11:2   d23:7 Lit king 
when he comes in and when he goes out   e23:9 Or spears and large and small shields   f23:13 LXX reads post
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 They  smashed  its al tars  and im ages  and  killed 
Mat tan,  the  priest  of  Baal,  at  the al tars. 18  Then Je hoi a da  put  the over sight  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  into  the  hands  of  the Le vit i-
cal  priests,  whom Da vid  had ap point ed  over 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  to off  er  burnt off  er ings  to 
 the  L ord  as  it  is writ ten  in  the  law  of Mo ses, 
 with re joic ing  and  song or dained  by a Da vid.


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19  He sta tioned gate keep ers  at  the  gates  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  so  that noth ing un clean  could 
en ter  for  any rea son. 20  Then  he  took  with  him 
 the com mand ers  of hun dreds,  the no bles,  the 
gov er nors  of  the peo ple,  and  all  the peo ple  of 
 the  land  and  brought  the  king  down  from  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple. They en tered  the  king’s pal ace 
 through  the Up per  Gate  and seat ed  the  king 
 on  the  throne  of  the king dom. 21  All  the peo ple 
 of  the  land re joiced,  and  the  city  was qui et,  for 
 they  had  put Ath a li ah  to  death  by  the  sword. JUDAH’S KING JOASH
24 
Jo ash  was sev en  years  old  when  he be-
came  king,  and  he  reigned for ty  years 
 in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Zib i ah; 
 she  was  from Be er-she ba.


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2 Through out  the 
 time  of  the  priest Je hoi a da, Jo ash  did  what  was 
 right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight.


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3 Je hoi a da ac quired 
 two  wives  for  him,  and  he  was  the fa ther  of 
 sons  and daugh ters. REPAIRING THE TEMPLE
4 Af ter ward, Jo ash  took  it  to  heart  to renovate 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple. 5  So  he gath ered  the  priests 
 and Le vites  and  said, “ Go  out  to  the cit ies  of 
Ju dah  and col lect sil ver  from  all Is ra el  to re-
pair  the tem ple  of  your  God  as need ed  year 
 by  year,  and  do  it quick ly .”
How ev er,  the Le vites  did  not hur ry . 6  So  the 
 king  called Je hoi a da  the  high  priest  and  said, 
“ Why  haven’t  you re quired  the Le vites  to  bring 
 from Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem  the  tax im posed  by 
 the  L ord’ s ser vant Mo ses  and  the as sem bly  of 
Is ra el  for  the  tent  of  the tes ti mo ny? 7  For  the 
 sons  of  that wick ed Ath a li ah  broke  into  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  even  used  the sa cred  things 
 of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  for  the  Baals.”
8  At  the  king’s com mand  a  chest  was  made 
 and  placed out side  the  gate  of  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple. 9  Then  a proc la ma tion  was is sued  in Ju-
dah  and Je ru sa lem  that  the  tax  God’s ser vant 
Mo ses im posed  on Is ra el  in  the wil der ness  be 
 brought  to  the  L ord. 10  All  the lead ers  and  all 
 the peo ple re joiced,  brought  the  tax,  and  put 
 it  in  the  chest un til  it  was  full. 11 When ev er  the 
 chest  was  brought  by  the Le vites  to  the  king’s 
over seers,  and  when  they  saw  that  there  was 
 a  large  amount  of sil ver,  the  king’s sec re tary 
 and  the  high  priest’s dep u ty  came  and emp-
tied  the  chest,  picked  it  up,  and re turned  it 
 to  its  place. They  did  this dai ly  and gath ered 
 the sil ver  in abun dance.


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12  Then  the  king  and 
Je hoi a da  gave  it  to  those  in  charge  of  the la bor 
 on  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  who  were hiring stone-
cut ters  and car pen ters  to renovate  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  also black smiths  and coppersmiths 
 to re pair  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 13  The work men  did  their  work,  and  through 
 them  the re pairs pro gressed. They re stored 
 God’s tem ple  to  its spec i fi ca tions  and re in-
forced  it. 14  When  they fin ished,  they pre sent ed 
 the  rest  of  the sil ver  to  the  king  and Je hoi a da, 
 who  made ar ti cles  for  the  L ord’ s tem ple  with 
 it  —  ar ti cles  for min is try  and  for mak ing  burnt 
off  er ings,  and ladles b  and ar ti cles  of  gold  and 
sil ver.


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They reg u lar ly off  ered  burnt off  er ings  in 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple through out Je hoi a da’s  life. JOASH’S APOSTASY
15 Je hoi a da  died  when  he  was  old  and  full  of 
 days;  he  was  130  years  old  at  his  death. 16  He 
 was bur ied  in  the  city  of Da vid  with  the  kings 
be cause  he  had  done  what  was  good  in Is ra el 
 with re spect  to  God  and  his tem ple. 17 How ev er, af ter Je hoi a da  died,  the rul ers 
 of Ju dah  came  and  paid hom age  to  the  king. Then  the  king lis tened  to  them, 18  and  they 
aban doned  the tem ple  of  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
 their an ces tors,  and  served  the Ashe rah  poles 
 and  the  idols. So  there  was  wrath  against Ju dah 
 and Je ru sa lem  for  this  guilt  of  theirs. 19 Nev er-
the less,  he  sent  them proph ets  to  bring  them 
 back  to  the  L ord;  they ad mon ished  them,  but 
 the peo ple  would  not lis ten. 20  The Spir it  of  God en vel oped c Zech a ri ah 
 son  of Je hoi a da  the  priest. He  stood  above  the 
peo ple  and  said  to  them, “ This  is  what  God 
 says, ‘ Why  are  you transgressing  the  L ord’ s 
com mands  so  that  you  do  not pros per? Be-
cause  you  have aban doned  the  L ord,  he  has 
aban doned  you.’ ” 21  But  they con spired  against 
 him  and  stoned  him  at  the  king’s com mand 
 in  the court yard  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 22  King 
Jo ash  didn’t re mem ber  the kind ness  that Zech-
a ri ah’s fa ther Je hoi a da  had ex tend ed  to  him, 
 but  killed  his  son. While  he  was dy ing,  he  said, 
“ May  the  L ord  see  and de mand  an ac count.”
a23:18 Lit song on the hands of   b24:14 Or dishes, or spoons ; lit palms   c24:20 Lit clothed
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ARAMEAN INVASION OF JUDAH
23  At  the  turn  of  the  year,  an Ar a me an  army 
at tacked Jo ash. They en tered Ju dah  and Je-
ru sa lem  and de stroyed  all  the lead ers  of  the 
peo ple  among  them  and  sent  all  the plun der 
 to  the  king  of Da mas cus. 24 Al though  the Ar-
a me an  army  came  with  only  a  few  men,  the 
 L ord hand ed  over  a  vast  army  to  them be cause 
 the peo ple  of Ju dah  had aban doned  the  L ord, 
 the  God  of  their an ces tors. So  they ex e cut ed 
judg ment  on Jo ash. JOASH ASSASSINATED
25  When  the Ar a me ans  saw  that Jo ash  had 
 many  wounds,  they  left  him. His ser vants con-
spired  against  him,  and  killed  him  on  his  bed, 
be cause  he  had  shed  the  blood  of  the  sons  of 
 the  priest Je hoi a da. So  he  died,  and  they bur-
ied  him  in  the  city  of Da vid,  but  they  did  not 
 bury  him  in  the  tombs  of  the  kings. 26  Those  who con spired  against  him  were 
Za bad,  son  of  the Am mon ite wom an Shim e ath, 
 and Je hoz a bad,  son  of  the Mo ab ite wom an 
Shim rith. a 27  The ac counts con cern ing  his  sons, 
 the  many di vine pronouncements  about  him, 
 and  the res to ra tion  of  God’s tem ple  are re-
cord ed  in  the Writ ing  of  the  Book  of  the  Kings. His  son Am a zi ah be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AMAZIAH
25 
Am a zi ah be came  king  when  he  was 
twenty-five  years  old,  and  he  reigned 
twenty-nine  years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s 
 name  was Je ho ad dan;  she  was  from Je ru sa lem.


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3  As  soon  as  the king dom  was firm ly  in  his 
 grasp, b  he ex e cut ed  his ser vants  who  had 
 killed  his fa ther  the  king. 4 How ev er,  he  did 
 not  put  their chil dren  to  death, be cause  —   as 
 it  is writ ten  in  the  Law ,  in  the  book  of Mo ses, 
 where  the  L ord com mand ed  —  “Fa thers  are 
 not  to  die be cause  of chil dren,  and chil dren 
 are  not  to  die be cause  of fa thers,  but  each  one 
 will  die  for  his  own  sin.”
AMAZIAH’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST EDOM
5  Then Am a zi ah gath ered Ju dah  and as sem bled 
 them ac cord ing  to an ces tral fam i lies, c ac cord ing 
 to com mand ers  of thou sands,  and ac cord ing 
 to com mand ers  of hun dreds. He num bered 
 those twen ty  years  old  or  more  for  all Ju dah 
 and Ben ja min.


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He  found  there  to  be  three hun-
dred thou sand  fit  young  men  who  could  serve 
 in  the  army , bear ing  spear  and  shield. 6  Then  for 
7,500  pounds d  of sil ver  he  hired  one hun dred 
thou sand val iant war riors  from Is ra el. 7 How ev er,  a  man  of  God  came  to  him  and 
 said, “ King,  do  not  let Is ra el’s  army  go  with 
 you,  for  the  L ord  is  not  with Is ra el  —   all  the 
Ephra im ites. 8  But  if  you  go  with  them,  do  it!


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Be  strong  for bat tle! But  God  will  make  you 
stum ble be fore  the en e my ,  for  God  has  the 
pow er  to  help  or  to  make  one stum ble.”
9  Then Am a zi ah  said  to  the  man  of  God, 
“ What  should  I  do  about  the 7,500  pounds  of 
sil ver  I  gave  to Is ra el’s di vi sion? ”
 The  man  of  God re plied, “ The  L ord  is  able 
 to  give  you  much  more  than  this.”
10  So Am a zi ah re leased  the di vi sion  that 
 came  to  him  from Ephra im  to  go  home. But 
 they  got  very an gry  with Ju dah  and re turned 
 home  in  a  fierce  rage. 11 Am a zi ah strength ened  his po si tion  and  led 
 his peo ple  to  the  Salt V al ley . He  struck  down 
 ten thou sand Seir ites, e 12  and  the Ju da hites 
cap tured  ten thou sand  alive. They  took  them 
 to  the  top  of  a  cliff  where  they  threw  them  off, 
 and  all  of  them  were  dashed  to  pieces. 13  As  for  the  men  of  the di vi sion  that Am a-
zi ah  sent  back  so  they  would  not  go  with  him 
 into bat tle,  they raid ed  the cit ies  of Ju dah  from 
Sa mar ia  to Beth-ho ron,  struck  down  three 
thou sand  of  their peo ple,  and  took  a  great 
 deal  of plun der. 14 Af ter Am a zi ah  came  from  the at tack  on  the 
Edom ites,  he  brought  the  gods  of  the Seir ites 
 and  set  them  up  as  his  gods. He wor shiped 
be fore  them  and  burned in cense  to  them. 15  So 
 the  L ord’ s an ger  was  against Am a zi ah,  and  he 
 sent  a proph et  to  him,  who  said, “ Why  have 
 you  sought  a peo ple’s  gods  that  could  not res-
cue  their  own peo ple  from  you? ”
16  While  he  was  still speak ing  to  him,  the  king 
 asked, “ Have  we  made  you  the  king’s coun-
sel or? Stop,  why  should  you  lose  your  life? ”
 So  the proph et  stopped,  but  he  said, “ I  know 
 that  God in tends  to de stroy  you, be cause  you 
 have  done  this  and  have  not lis tened  to  my 
ad vice.”
AMAZIAH’S WAR WITH ISRAEL’S KING JOASH
17  King Am a zi ah  of Ju dah  took coun sel  and 
 sent  word  to Je ho ash f  son  of Je ho a haz,  son 
a24:26 = Shomer in 2Kg 12:21   b25:3 LXX, Syr; MT reads was strong on him ; 1Kg 14:4   c25:5 Lit house of fathers   d25:6 Lit 100 
talents, also in v . 9   e25:11 = Edomites, also in v .


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 of  Jehu,  king  of Is ra el,  and chal lenged  him: 
“ Come,  let’s  meet  face  to  face.”
18  King Je ho ash  of Is ra el  sent  word  to  King 
Am a zi ah  of Ju dah, say ing, “ The this tle  in Leb-
a non  sent  a mes sage  to  the ce dar  in Leb a non, 
say ing, ‘ Give  your daugh ter  to  my  son  as  a 
 wife.’  Then  a  wild an i mal  in Leb a non  passed 
 by  and tram pled  the this tle. 19  You  have  said, 
‘ Look,  I a  have de feat ed  Edom,’  and  you  have 
be come over con fi dent b  that  you  will  get glo ry .


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Why  stir  up  such trou ble 
 so  that  you  fall  and Ju dah  with  you? ”
20  But Am a zi ah  would  not lis ten,  for  this  turn 
 of  events  was  from  God  in or der  to  hand  them 
 over  to  their en e mies be cause  they  went af ter 
 the  gods  of  Edom. 21  So  King Je ho ash  of Is ra el 
ad vanced. He  and  King Am a zi ah  of Ju dah  met 
 face  to  face  at Beth-she mesh  that be longed  to 
Ju dah. 22 Ju dah  was rout ed be fore Is ra el,  and 
 each  man  fled  to  his  own  tent. 23  King Je ho ash 
 of Is ra el cap tured Ju dah’s  King Am a zi ah  son 
 of Jo ash,  son  of Je ho a haz, c  at Beth-she mesh. Then Je ho ash  took  him  to Je ru sa lem  and  broke 
 down  two hun dred  yards d  of Je ru sa lem’s  wall 
 from  the Ephra im  Gate  to  the Cor ner  Gate. e 
24  He  took  all  the  gold, sil ver,  all  the uten sils 
 that  were  found  with Obed-edom  in  God’s 
tem ple,  the trea sures  of  the  king’s pal ace,  and 
 the hos tag es.


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Then  he re turned  to Sa mar ia. AMAZIAH’S DEATH
25 Ju dah’s  King Am a zi ah  son  of Jo ash  lived 
fif teen  years af ter  the  death  of Is ra el’s  King 
Je ho ash  son  of Je ho a haz. 26  The  rest  of  the 
 events  of Am a zi ah’s  reign,  from be gin ning 
 to  end,  are writ ten  in  the  Book  of  the  Kings 
 of Ju dah  and Is ra el. 27  From  the  time Am a zi ah  turned  from fol-
low ing  the  L ord,  a con spir a cy  was  formed 
 against  him  in Je ru sa lem,  and  he  fled  to La-
chish. How ev er,  men  were  sent af ter  him  to La-
chish,  and  they  put  him  to  death  there. 28  They 
car ried  him  back  on hors es  and bur ied  him 
 with  his fa thers  in  the  city  of Ju dah. f
JUDAH’S KING UZZIAH
26 
 All  the peo ple  of Ju dah  took Uz zi ah, g 
 who  was six teen  years  old,  and  made 
 him  king  in  place  of  his fa ther Am a zi ah. 2 Af-
ter Am a zi ah  the  king rest ed  with  his fa thers, 
Uz zi ah re built Eloth h  and re stored  it  to Ju dah. 3 Uz zi ah  was six teen  years  old  when  he be-
came  king,  and  he  reigned fifty-two  years  in 
Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Jec o li ah; 
 she  was  from Je ru sa lem.


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4  He  did  what  was 
 right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  just  as  his fa ther Am-
a zi ah  had  done. 5  He  sought  God through out 
 the life time  of Zech a ri ah,  the teach er  of  the 
 fear i  of  God. Dur ing  the  time  that  he  sought 
 the  L ord,  God  gave  him suc cess. UZZIAH’S EXPLOITS
6 Uz zi ah  went  out  to  wage  war  against  the 
Phi lis tines,  and  he  tore  down  the  wall  of  Gath, 
 the  wall  of Jab neh,  and  the  wall  of Ash dod. Then  he  built cit ies  in  the vi cin i ty  of Ash dod 
 and  among  the Phi lis tines.


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7  God  helped  him 
 against  the Phi lis tines,  the Arabs  that  live  in 
Gur-baal,  and  the Me u nites. 8  The Am mon ites j 
 paid trib ute  to Uz zi ah,  and  his  fame  spread  as 
 far  as  the en trance  of  Egypt,  for  God  made 
 him  very pow er ful. 9 Uz zi ah  built tow ers  in 
Je ru sa lem  at  the Cor ner  Gate,  the V al ley  Gate, 
 and  the cor ner but tress,  and  he for ti fied  them. 10  Since  he  had  many cat tle  both  in  the Ju de an 
foot hills k  and  the  plain,  he  built tow ers  in  the 
desert  and  dug  many  wells. And  since  he  was 
 a lov er  of  the  soil,  he  had farm ers  and vine-
dressers  in  the  hills  and  in  the fer tile  lands. l
11 Uz zi ah  had  an  army  equipped  for combat 
 that  went  out  to  war  by di vi sion ac cord ing  to 
 their as sign ments,  as re cord ed  by Je i el  the 
 court sec re tary  and Ma a se iah  the off  i cer un der 
 the au thor i ty  of Han a ni ah,  one  of  the  king’s 
com mand ers. 12  The to tal num ber  of fam i ly 
 heads  was 2,600 val iant war riors. 13 Un der  their 
au thor i ty  was  an  army  of 307,500  equipped 
 for combat,  a pow er ful  force  to  help  the  king 
 against  the en e my . 14 Uz zi ah pro vid ed  the en-
tire  army  with  shields,  spears, hel mets, ar mor, 
 bows,  and sling stones. 15  He  made skill ful ly 
de signed de vic es  in Je ru sa lem  to  shoot ar-
rows  and catapult  large  stones  for  use  on  the 
tow ers  and  on  the cor ners. So  his  fame  spread 
 even  to dis tant plac es,  for  he  was wondrously 
 helped un til  he be came  strong.


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UZZIAH’S DISEASE
16  But  when  he be came  strong,  he  grew ar ro-
gant,  and  it  led  to  his  own de struc tion. He act ed 
un faith ful ly  against  the  L ord  his  God  by go ing 
 into  the  L ord’ s sanc tu ary  to  burn in cense  on 
a25:19 Some LXX mss, Old Lat, Tg, Vg; MT reads you   b25:19 Lit and your heart has lifted you   c25:23 = Ahaziah in 2Kg 14:13   
d25:23 Lit 400 cubits   e25:23 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read to Happoneh   f25:28 Some Hb mss read city of David    
g26:1 = Azariah in 2Kg 14:21   h26:2 LXX, Syr , Vg read Elath   i26:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Arabic; other Hb mss, Vg read visions   
j26:8 LXX reads Meunites   k26:10 Or the Shephelah   l26:10 Or in Carmel
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 the in cense al tar. 17  The  priest Az a ri ah,  along 
 with  eighty  brave  priests  of  the  L ord,  went 
 in af ter  him. 18  They  took  their  stand  against 
 King Uz zi ah  and  said, “Uz zi ah,  you  have  no 
 right  to off  er in cense  to  the  L ord  —   only  the 
con se crat ed  priests,  the de scen dants  of Aar-
on,  have  the  right  to off  er in cense. Leave  the 
sanc tu ary ,  for  you  have act ed un faith ful ly! You 
 will  not re ceive hon or  from  the  L ord  God.”
19 Uz zi ah,  with  a firepan  in  his  hand  to off  er 
in cense,  was en raged. But  when  he be came 
en raged  with  the  priests,  in  the pres ence  of 
 the  priests  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple be side  the 
al tar  of in cense,  a  skin dis ease  broke  out  on 
 his fore head. 20  Then Az a ri ah  the  chief  priest 
 and  all  the  priests  turned  to  him  and  saw  that 
 he  was dis eased  on  his fore head. They  rushed 
 him  out  of  there.


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He him self  also hur ried  to  get 
 out be cause  the  L ord  had afflicted  him. 21  So 
 King Uz zi ah  was dis eased  to  the  time  of  his 
 death. He  lived  in quar an tine a  with  a se ri ous 
 skin dis ease  and  was ex clud ed  from ac cess 
 to  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  while  his  son Jo tham 
 was  over  the  king’s house hold gov ern ing  the 
peo ple  of  the  land. 22  Now  the proph et Isa iah  son  of  Amoz  wrote 
 about  the  rest  of  the  events  of Uz zi ah’s  reign, 
 from be gin ning  to  end. 23 Uz zi ah rest ed  with 
 his fa thers,  and  he  was bur ied  with  his fa thers 
 in  the buri al  ground  of  the  kings’ cem e tery , 
 for  they  said, “ He  has  a  skin dis ease.”  His  son 
Jo tham be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING JOTHAM
27 
Jo tham  was twenty-five  years  old  when 
 he be came  king,  and  he  reigned six teen 
 years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was 
Jerushah daugh ter  of Za dok.


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2  He  did  what 
 was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  just  as  his fa ther 
Uz zi ah  had  done.


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In ad di tion,  he  didn’t en ter 
 the  L ord’ s sanc tu ary ,  but  the peo ple  still be-
haved cor rupt ly . 3 Jo tham  built  the Up per  Gate  of  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  and  he  built extensively  on  the  wall 
 of  Ophel. 4  He  also  built cit ies  in  the  hill coun-
try  of Ju dah  and for tress es  and tow ers  in  the 
for ests.


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5  He  waged  war  against  the  king  of 
 the Am mon ites. He over pow ered  the Am-
mon ites,  and  that  year  they  gave  him 7,500 
 pounds b  of sil ver, 50,000 bush els c  of  wheat, 
 and 50,000 bush els  of bar ley . They  paid  him 
 the  same  in  the sec ond  and  third  years. 6  So 
Jo tham strength ened  his po si tion be cause  he 
 did  not wa ver  in obey ing d  the  L ord  his  God. 7  As  for  the  rest  of  the  events  of Jo tham’s 
 reign,  along  with  all  his  wars  and  his  ways, 
 note  that  they  are writ ten  in  the  Book  of  the 
 Kings  of Is ra el  and Ju dah. 8  He  was twenty-five 
 years  old  when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned 
six teen  years  in Je ru sa lem. 9 Jo tham rest ed 
 with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  in  the  city  of 
Da vid. His  son  Ahaz be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AHAZ
28 
 Ahaz  was twen ty  years  old  when  he 
be came  king,  and  he  reigned six teen 
 years  in Je ru sa lem. He  did  not  do  what  was 
 right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  like  his an ces tor Da-
vid, 2  for  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings 
 of Is ra el  and  made  cast im ages  of  the  Baals.


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3  He  burned in cense  in  Ben Hin nom V al ley  and 
 burned  his chil dren  in e  the  fire, imitating  the 
de test able prac tic es  of  the na tions  the  L ord 
 had dispossessed be fore  the Is ra el ites. 4  He 
sac ri ficed  and  burned in cense  on  the  high 
plac es,  on  the  hills,  and un der ev ery  green  tree. 5  So  the  L ord  his  God hand ed  Ahaz  over  to 
 the  king  of  Aram. He at tacked  him  and  took 
 many cap tives  to Da mas cus. Ahaz  was  also hand ed  over  to  the  king  of 
Is ra el,  who  struck  him  with  great  force: 6 Pe kah 
 son  of Rem a li ah  killed  one hun dred twen ty 
thou sand  in Ju dah  in  one  day  —   all  brave  men  
—  be cause  they  had aban doned  the  L ord  God 
 of  their an ces tors. 7  An Ephra im ite war rior 
 named Zichri  killed  the  king’s  son Ma a se iah, 
Az ri kam gov er nor  of  the pal ace,  and El ka nah 
 who  was sec ond  to  the  king. 8  Then  the Is ra el-
ites  took  two hun dred thou sand cap tives  from 
 their broth ers  —  wom en,  sons,  and daugh ters. They  also  took  a  great  deal  of plun der  from 
 them  and  brought  it  to Sa mar ia. 9  A proph et  of  the  L ord  named  Oded  was 
 there. He  went  out  to  meet  the  army  that  came 
 to Sa mar ia  and  said  to  them, “ Look,  the  L ord 
 God  of  your an ces tors hand ed  them  over  to 
 you be cause  of  his  wrath  against Ju dah,  but 
 you slaugh  tered  them  in  a  rage  that  has 
 reached heav en. 10  Now  you  plan  to re duce 
 the peo ple  of Ju dah  and Je ru sa lem,  male  and 
fe male,  to slav ery .


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Are  you  not  also  guilty be-
fore  the  L ord  your  God? 11 Lis ten  to  me  and 
re turn  the cap tives  you  took  from  your broth-
ers,  for  the  L ord’ s burn ing an ger  is  on  you.”
a26:21 Lit in a house of exemption from duty   b27:5 Lit 100 talents   c27:5 Lit 10,000 cors   d27:6 Lit he established his ways 
before   e28:3 LXX, Syr , Tg read and passed his children through
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12  So  some  men  who  were lead ers  of  the 
Ephra im ites  —  Az a ri ah  son  of Je ho ha nan, 
Ber e chi ah  son  of Me shil le moth, Je hiz ki ah  son 
 of Shal lum,  and Am a sa  son  of Had lai  —   stood 
 in op po si tion  to  those com ing  from  the  war. 13  They  said  to  them, “ You  must  not  bring  the 
cap tives  here,  for  you  plan  to  bring  guilt  on 
 us  from  the  L ord  to  add  to  our  sins  and  our 
 guilt. For  we  have  much  guilt,  and burn ing 
an ger  is  on Is ra el.”
14  The  army  left  the cap tives  and  the plun der 
 in  the pres ence  of  the off  i cers  and  the con gre-
ga tion. 15  Then  the  men  who  were des ig nat-
ed  by  name  took  charge  of  the cap tives  and 
pro vid ed  clothes  for  their na ked  ones  from 
 the plun der.


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They  clothed  them,  gave  them 
san dals,  food  and  drink,  dressed  their  wounds, 
 and pro vid ed don keys  for  all  the fee ble. The 
Is ra el ites  brought  them  to Jer i cho,  the  City 
 of  Palms,  among  their broth ers.


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Then  they 
re turned  to Sa mar ia. 16  At  that  time  King  Ahaz  asked  the  king  of 
As syr ia  for  help. 17  The Edom ites  came  again, 
at tacked Ju dah,  and  took cap tives. 18  The Phi-
lis tines  also raid ed  the cit ies  of  the Ju de an 
foot hills a  and  the Ne gev  of Ju dah. They cap-
tured  and oc cu pied Beth-she mesh, Ai ja lon, 
 and Ge de roth,  as  well  as  Soco, Tim nah,  and 
Gim zo  with  their sur round ing vil lages. 19  For 
 the  L ord hum bled Ju dah be cause  of  King  Ahaz 
 of Ju dah, b  who  threw  off re straint  in Ju dah 
 and  was un faith ful  to  the  L ord. 20  Then  King 
Tiglath-pileser c  of As syr ia  came  against  Ahaz; 
 he op pressed  him  and  did  not  give  him sup-
port. 21 Al though  Ahaz plun dered  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  and  the pal ace  of  the  king  and  of  the 
rul ers  and  gave  the plun der  to  the  king  of 
As syr ia,  it  did  not  help  him. 22  At  the  time  of  his dis tress,  King  Ahaz him-
self be came  more un faith ful  to  the  L ord. 23  He 
sac ri ficed  to  the  gods  of Da mas cus  which  had 
de feat ed  him;  he  said, “ Since  the  gods  of  the 
 kings  of  Aram  are help ing  them,  I  will sac ri fice 
 to  them  so  that  they  will  help  me.”  But  they 
 were  the down fall  of  him  and  of  all Is ra el. 24  Then  Ahaz gath ered  up  the uten sils  of 
 God’s tem ple,  cut  them  into  pieces,  shut  the 
 doors  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  and  made him self 
al tars  on ev ery  street cor ner  in Je ru sa lem. 25  He  made  high plac es  in ev ery  city  of Ju dah 
 to off  er in cense  to oth er  gods,  and  he an gered 
 the  L ord,  the  God  of  his an ces tors. AHAZ’S DEATH
26  As  for  the  rest  of  his  deeds  and  all  his  ways, 
 from be gin ning  to  end,  they  are writ ten  in  the 
 Book  of  the  Kings  of Ju dah  and Is ra el. 27  Ahaz 
rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  in  the 
 city ,  in Je ru sa lem,  but  they  did  not  bring  him 
 into  the  tombs  of  the  kings  of Is ra el. His  son 
Hez e ki ah be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING HEZEKIAH
29 
Hez e ki ah  was twenty-five  years  old 
 when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned 
twenty-nine  years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s 
 name  was Abi jah d daugh ter  of Zech a ri ah.


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2  He 
 did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  just  as 
 his an ces tor Da vid  had  done. 3  In  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  in  the  first 
 month,  he  opened  the  doors  of  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  and re paired  them. 4  Then  he  brought 
 in  the  priests  and Le vites  and gath ered  them 
 in  the east ern pub lic  square. 5  He  said  to  them, 
“ Hear  me, Le vites. Con se crate your selves  now 
 and con se crate  the tem ple  of  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of  your an ces tors.


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Re move ev ery thing 
im pure  from  the  holy  place. 6  For  our fa thers 
 were un faith ful  and  did  what  is  evil  in  the 
 sight  of  the  L ord  our  God. They aban doned 
 him,  turned  their fac es  away  from  the  L ord’ s 
dwell ing  place,  and  turned  their  backs  on  him. e 
7  They  also  closed  the  doors  of  the por ti co, ex-
tin guished  the  lamps,  did  not  burn in cense, 
 and  did  not off  er  burnt off  er ings  in  the  holy 
 place  of  the  God  of Is ra el. 8 There fore,  the 
 wrath  of  the  L ord  was  on Ju dah  and Je ru sa-
lem,  and  he  made  them  an ob ject  of ter ror, 
hor ror,  and mock ery , f  as  you  see  with  your 
 own  eyes. 9  Our fa thers  fell  by  the  sword,  and 
 our  sons,  our daugh ters,  and  our  wives  are  in 
cap tiv i ty be cause  of  this.


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10  It  is  in  my  heart 
 now  to  make  a cov enant  with  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of Is ra el  so  that  his burn ing an ger  may 
 turn  away  from  us. 11  My  sons,  don’t  be neg-
li gent  now ,  for  the  L ord  has cho sen  you  to 
 stand  in  his pres ence,  to  serve  him,  and  to  be 
 his min is ters  and burners  of in cense.”
CLEANSING THE TEMPLE
12  Then  the Le vites  stood  up:
  Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of 
Azariah from the Kohathites;
  Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of 
Jehallelel from the Merarites;
a28:18 Or the Shephelah   b28:19 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read Israel   c28:20 T ext emended; MT reads Tilgath-pilneser ;  
1Ch 5:6,26   d29:1 = Abi in 2Kg 18:2   e29:6 Lit and they gave the back of the neck   f29:8 Lit hissing
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  Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of 
Joah from the Gershonites;
 13 Shimri and Jeuel from the 
Elizaphanites;
  Zechariah and Mattaniah from the 
Asaphites;
 14 Jehiel a and Shimei from the Hemanites;
  Shemaiah and Uzziel from the 
Jeduthunites. 15  They gath ered  their broth ers to geth er, con-
se crat ed them selves,  and  went ac cord ing  to 
 the  king’s com mand  by  the  words  of  the  L ord 
 to  cleanse  the  L ord’ s tem ple.


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16  The  priests  went  to  the en trance  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  to  cleanse  it. They  took  all  the 
un clean  things  they  found  in  the  L ord’ s sanc-
tu ary  to  the court yard  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple. Then  the Le vites re ceived  them  and  took  them 
out side  to  the Kid ron V al ley . 17  They be gan 
 the con se cra tion  on  the  first  day  of  the  first 
 month,  and  on  the  eighth  day  of  the  month 
 they  came  to  the por ti co  of  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple. They con se crat ed  the  L ord’ s tem ple  for 
 eight  days,  and  on  the six teenth  day  of  the 
 first  month  they fin ished. 18  Then  they  went in side  to  King Hez e ki ah 
 and  said, “ We  have  cleansed  the  whole tem ple 
 of  the  L ord,  the al tar  of  burnt off  er ing  and  all 
 its uten sils,  and  the ta ble  for  the  rows  of  the 
 Bread  of  the Pres ence  and  all  its uten sils. 19  We 
 have  set  up  and con se crat ed  all  the uten sils 
 that  King  Ahaz re ject ed dur ing  his  reign  when 
 he be came un faith ful. They  are  in  front  of  the 
al tar  of  the  L ord.”
RENEWAL OF TEMPLE WORSHIP
20  King Hez e ki ah  got  up ear ly , gath ered  the 
 city off  i cials,  and  went  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 21  They  brought sev en  bulls, sev en  rams, sev en 
 lambs,  and sev en  male  goats  as  a  sin off  er ing 
 for  the king dom,  for  the sanc tu ary ,  and  for 
Ju dah.


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    "What items did the priests take to the courtyard of the Lord's temple for cleansing?",
    "On which day of the month did the priests finish consecrating the Lord's temple?",
    "How many bulls, rams, lambs, and male goats did King Hezekiah bring as a sin offering?"
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Then  he  told  the de scen dants  of Aar-
on,  the  priests,  to off  er  them  on  the al tar  of 
 the  L ord. 22  So  they slaugh tered  the  bulls,  and 
 the  priests re ceived  the  blood  and splattered 
 it  on  the al tar. They slaugh tered  the  rams  and 
splattered  the  blood  on  the al tar. They slaugh-
tered  the  lambs  and splattered  the  blood  on 
 the al tar. 23  Then  they  brought  the  goats  for  the 
 sin off  er ing  right  into  the pres ence  of  the  king 
 and  the con gre ga tion,  who  laid  their  hands  on 
 them. 24  The  priests slaugh tered  the  goats  and 
 put  their  blood  on  the al tar  for  a  sin off  er ing, 
 to  make atone ment  for  all Is ra el,  for  the  king 
 said  that  the  burnt off  er ing  and  sin off  er ing 
 were  for  all Is ra el. 25 Hez e ki ah sta tioned  the Le vites  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  with cym bals,  harps,  and  lyres 
ac cord ing  to  the com mand  of Da vid,  Gad  the 
 king’s  seer,  and  the proph et Na than.


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    "What types of animals were slaughtered for offerings according to the excerpt?",
    "Who commanded the Levites to be stationed in the Lord's temple with musical instruments?",
    "For whom were the burnt offering and sin offering made according to the king's directive?"
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