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    "What did the individual do at the end of every year regarding his hair?",
    "How much did the hair from his head weigh according to the royal standard?",
    "How many sons and daughters did Absalom have?"
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28 Ab sa lom resided  in Je ru sa lem  two 
 years  but nev er  saw  the  king. 29  Then Ab sa lom 
 sent  for  Joab  in or der  to  send  him  to  the  king, 
 but  Joab  was un will ing  to  come  to  him. So  he 
 sent  again,  a sec ond  time,  but  he  still  would 
 not  come. 30  Then Ab sa lom  said  to  his ser vants, 
“ See,  Joab  has  a  field  right  next  to  mine,  and 
 he  has bar ley  there. Go  and  set  fire  to  it! ”  So 
Ab sa lom’s ser vants  set  the  field  on  fire. f
31  Then  Joab  came  to Ab sa lom’s  house  and 
de mand ed, “ Why  did  your ser vants  set  my 
 field  on  fire? ”
32 “ Look,” Ab sa lom ex plained  to  Joab, “ I  sent 
 for  you  and  said, ‘ Come  here. I  want  to  send 
 you  to  the  king  to  ask:  Why  have  I  come  back 
 from Ge shur? I’d  be bet ter  off  if  I  were  still 
 there.’  So  now ,  let  me  see  the  king. If  I  am  guilty , 
 let  him  kill  me.”
33  Joab  went  to  the  king  and  told  him. So Da-
vid sum moned Ab sa lom,  who  came  to  the  king 
 and  paid hom age  with  his  face  to  the  ground 
be fore  him.


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    "How long did Absalom reside in Jerusalem before seeing the king?",
    "What action did Absalom take to get Joab's attention?",
    "What did Absalom say to Joab about his desire to see the king?"
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Then  the  king  kissed Ab sa lom. ABSALOM’S REVOLT
15 
Af ter  this, Ab sa lom  got him self  a char i ot, 
hors es,  and fif ty  men  to  run be fore  him. 2  He  would  get  up ear ly  and  stand be side  the 
 road lead ing  to  the  city  gate. When ev er any-
one  had  a griev ance  to  bring be fore  the  king 
 for set tle ment, Ab sa lom  called  out  to  him  and 
 asked, “ What  city  are  you  from? ”  If  he re plied, 
“ Your ser vant  is  from  one  of  the  tribes  of Is ra-
el,” 3 Ab sa lom  said  to  him, “ Look,  your  claims 
 are  good  and  right,  but  the  king  does  not  have 
a 14:19 Lit “Is the hand of Joab in   b 14:19 Lit he put all these words into the mouth of your servant   c 14:20 Lit to go around 
the face of the matter   d 14:24 Lit king’s face   e 14:26 Lit 200 shekels   f 14:30 DSS, LXX add So Joab’s servants came to him 
with their clothes torn and said, “ Absalom’s servants have set the field on fire! ”
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    "What did Absalom acquire to support his actions?",
    "Where did Absalom position himself to interact with those seeking help?",
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any one  to lis ten  to  you.” 4  He add ed, “ If  only 
some one  would ap point  me  judge  in  the  land. Then any one  who  had  a griev ance  or dis pute 
 could  come  to  me,  and  I  would  make  sure  he 
re ceived jus tice.” 5  When  a per son ap proached 
 to  pay hom age  to  him, Ab sa lom  reached  out 
 his  hand,  took  hold  of  him,  and  kissed  him. 6 Ab sa lom  did  this  to  all  the Is ra el ites  who 
 came  to  the  king  for  a set tle ment. So Ab sa lom 
 stole  the  hearts  of  the  men  of Is ra el. 7  When  four a  years  had  passed, Ab sa lom 
 said  to  the  king, “ Please  let  me  go  to He bron 
 to ful fill  a  vow  I  made  to  the  L ord. 8  For  your 
ser vant  made  a  vow  when  I  lived  in Ge shur 
 of  Aram, say ing:  If  the  L ord real ly  brings  me 
 back  to Je ru sa lem,  I  will wor ship  the  L ord 
 in He bron.” b
9 “ Go  in  peace,”  the  king  said  to  him. So  he 
 went  to He bron. 10  Then Ab sa lom  sent  agents through out  the 
 tribes  of Is ra el  with  this mes sage: “ When  you 
 hear  the  sound  of  the  ram’s  horn,  you  are  to 
 say , ‘ Ab sa lom  has be come  king  in He bron! ’ ”
11  Two hun dred  men  from Je ru sa lem  went 
 with Ab sa lom.


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    "What did Absalom want to be appointed as in the land?",
    "What action did Absalom take to win the hearts of the Israelites?",
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They  had  been in vit ed  and  were 
go ing in no cent ly ,  for  they  did  not  know  the 
 whole sit u a tion. 12  While  he  was off  er ing  the 
sac ri fic es, Ab sa lom  sent  for Da vid’s ad vis er 
Ahith o phel  the Gi lo nite,  from  his  city  of Gi loh. So  the con spir a cy  grew  strong,  and  the peo ple 
sup port ing Ab sa lom con tin ued  to in crease. 13  Then  an informer  came  to Da vid  and re-
port ed, “ The  hearts  of  the  men  of Is ra el  are 
 with Ab sa lom.”
14 Da vid  said  to  all  the ser vants  with  him  in 
Je ru sa lem, “ Get  up. We  have  to  flee,  or  we  will 
 not es cape  from Ab sa lom! Leave quick ly ,  or  he 
 will over take  us quick ly ,  heap di sas ter  on  us, 
 and  strike  the  city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword.”
15  The  king’s ser vants  said  to  the  king, “What-
ev er  my  lord  the  king decides,  we  are  your ser-
vants.” 16  Then  the  king  set  out,  and  his en tire 
house hold fol lowed  him. But  he  left be hind 
 ten con cu bines  to  take  care  of  the pal ace.


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    "Who did Absalom send for while offering sacrifices?",
    "What was David's reaction upon hearing that the hearts of the men of Israel were with Absalom?",
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17  So 
 the  king  set  out,  and  all  the peo ple fol lowed 
 him. They  stopped  at  the  last  house 18  while  all 
 his ser vants  marched  past  him. Then  all  the 
Cher e thites,  the Pel e thites,  and  the peo ple  of 
 Gath—  six hun dred  men  who  came  with  him 
 from  there  —   marched  past  the  king. 19  The  king  said  to It tai  of  Gath, “ Why  are  you 
 also go ing  with  us? Go  back  and  stay  with  the 
 new  king  since  you’re  both  a for eign er  and  an 
ex ile  from  your home land. 20 Be sides,  you  only 
ar rived yes ter day;  should  I  make  you wan der 
 around  with  us to day  while  I  go wher ev er  I 
 can?


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    "Who followed the king as he set out?",
    "How many men from Gath marched past the king?",
    "What did the king advise It tai of Gath to do?"
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Go  back  and  take  your broth ers  with 
 you. May  the  L ord  show  you c kind ness  and 
faith ful ness.”
21  But  in re sponse, It tai  vowed  to  the  king, 
“ As  the  L ord  lives  and  as  my  lord  the  king 
 lives, wher ev er  my  lord  the  king  is, wheth er  it 
 means  life  or  death,  your ser vant  will  be  there! ”
22 “ March  on,” Da vid re plied  to It tai.


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    "What did It tai vow to the king in response to David's request?",
    "What does It tai's vow indicate about his loyalty to the king?"
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So It tai 
 of  Gath  marched  past  with  all  his  men  and  the 
de pen dents  who  were  with  him. 23 Ev ery one 
 in  the coun try side  was weep ing loud ly  while 
 all  the peo ple  were march ing  out  of  the  city . As  the  king  was cross ing  the Kid ron V al ley ,  all 
 the peo ple  were march ing  past  on  the  road 
 that  leads  to  the wil der ness. 24 Za dok  was  also  there,  and  all  the Le vites 
 with  him  were car ry ing  the  ark  of  the cov enant 
 of  God. They  set  the  ark  of  God  down,  and 
Abi a thar off  ered sac ri fic es d un til  the peo ple 
 had fin ished march ing  past. 25  Then  the  king 
in struct ed Za dok, “Re turn  the  ark  of  God  to 
 the  city . If  I  find fa vor  with  the  L ord,  he  will 
 bring  me  back  and al low  me  to  see  both  it  and 
 its e dwell ing  place. 26 How ev er,  if  he  should 
 say , ‘ I  do  not de light  in  you,’  then  here  I  am  
—   he  can  do  with  me what ev er pleas es  him.” f
27  The  king  also  said  to  the  priest Za dok, 
“ Look, g re turn  to  the  city  in  peace  and  your 
 two  sons  with  you:  your  son Ahim a az  and Abi-
a thar’s  son Jon a than. 28 Re mem ber,  I’ll  wait  at 
 the  fords h  of  the wil der ness un til  word  comes 
 from  you  to in form  me.” 29  So Za dok  and Abi-
a thar re turned  the  ark  of  God  to Je ru sa lem 
 and  stayed  there. 30 Da vid  was climb ing  the  slope  of  the  Mount 
 of Ol ives, weep ing  as  he as cend ed.


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    "What did Zadok and the Levites carry with them?",
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All  of  the peo ple  with  him cov ered  their  heads 
 and  went  up, weep ing  as  they as cend ed. 31  Then some one re port ed  to Da vid: “ Ahith o-
phel  is  among  the con spir a tors  with Ab sa lom.”
“ L ord,” Da vid plead ed, “ please  turn  the coun-
sel  of Ahith o phel  into fool ish ness! ”
32  When Da vid  came  to  the sum mit  where  he 
 used  to wor ship  God, Hu shai  the Ar chite  was 
 there  to  meet  him  with  his  robe  torn  and  dust 
 on  his  head. 33 Da vid  said  to  him, “ If  you  go  away 
 with  me,  you’ll  be  a bur den  to  me, 34  but  if  you 
a 15:7 Some LXX mss, Syr , Vg; other LXX mss, MT read 40   b 15:8 Some LXX mss; MT omits in Hebron   c 15:20 LXX; MT omits Lit 
May the Lord show you   d 15:24 Or Abiathar went up   e 15:25 Or his   f 15:26 Lit me what is good in his eyes   g 15:27 LXX; 
MT reads “ Are you a seer? h 15:28 Alt Hb tradition reads plains
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    "Who reported to David that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom?",
    "What did David ask the Lord to do regarding the counsel of Ahithophel?",
    "Who met David at the summit where he used to worship God?"
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re turn  to  the  city  and  tell Ab sa lom, ‘ I  will  be 
 your ser vant,  Your Maj es ty! Pre vi ous ly ,  I  was 
 your fa ther’s ser vant,  but  now  I  will  be  your 
ser vant,’  then  you  can counteract Ahith o phel’s 
coun sel  for  me. 35  Won’t  the  priests Za dok  and 
Abi a thar  be  there  with  you? Re port ev ery thing 
 you  hear  from  the pal ace  to  the  priests Za dok 
 and Abi a thar. 36  Take  note:  their  two  sons  are 
 there  with  them—Za dok’s  son Ahim a az  and 
Abi a thar’s  son Jon a than. Send  them  to  tell  me 
ev ery thing  you  hear.” 37  So Hu shai, Da vid’s 
per son al ad vis er, en tered Je ru sa lem  just  as 
Ab sa lom  was en ter ing  the  city . ZIBA HELPS DAVID
16 
 When Da vid  had  gone  a lit tle be yond  the 
sum mit, a  Ziba, Me phib o sheth’s ser vant, 
 was  right  there  to  meet  him. He  had  a  pair  of 
sad dled don keys load ed  with  two hun dred 
 loaves  of  bread,  one hun dred clus ters  of rai-
sins,  one hun dred bunch es  of sum mer  fruit, 
 and  a  clay  jar  of  wine. 2  The  king  said  to  Ziba, 
“ Why  do  you  have  these? ”
 Ziba an swered, “ The don keys  are  for  the 
 king’s house hold  to  ride,  the  bread  and sum-
mer  fruit  are  for  the  young  men  to  eat,  and 
 the  wine  is  for  those  to  drink  who be come 
ex haust ed  in  the wil der ness.”
3 “ Where  is  your mas ter’s grand son? ”  the 
 king  asked. “ Why ,  he’s stay ing  in Je ru sa lem,”  Ziba re plied 
 to  the  king, “ for  he  said, ‘To day ,  the  house  of 
Is ra el  will re store  my grand fa ther’s king dom 
 to  me.’ ”
4  The  king  said  to  Ziba, “ All  that be longs  to 
Me phib o sheth  is  now  yours! ”
“ I  bow be fore  you,”  Ziba  said.


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    "What was Ziba's reason for bringing the items to David?",
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“ May  I  find 
fa vor  with  you,  my  lord  the  king! ”
SHIMEI CURSES DAVID
5  When  King Da vid  got  to Ba hu rim,  a  man 
be long ing  to  the fam i ly  of  the  house  of  Saul 
 was  just com ing  out. His  name  was Shim ei 
 son  of  Gera,  and  he  was yell ing curs es  as  he 
ap proached. 6  He  threw  stones  at Da vid  and 
 at  all  the roy al b ser vants,  the peo ple  and  the 
war riors  on Da vid’s  right  and  left. 7 Shim ei 
 said  as  he  cursed: “ Get  out,  get  out,  you  man 
 of blood shed,  you wick ed  man!


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    "What was the name of the man who cursed David at Bahurim?",
    "What accusations did Shimei make against David while cursing him?",
    "What actions did Shimei take as he approached David?"
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8  The  L ord  has 
 paid  you  back  for  all  the  blood  of  the  house 
 of  Saul  in  whose  place  you be came  king,  and 
 the  L ord  has hand ed  the king dom  over  to 
 your  son Ab sa lom. Look,  you  are  in trou ble 
be cause  you’re  a  man  of blood shed! ”
9  Then Abish ai  son  of Zer u i ah  said  to  the  king, 
“ Why  should  this  dead  dog  curse  my  lord  the 
 king? Let  me  go  over  and re move  his  head!


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    "What has the Lord paid back for the blood of the house of Saul?",
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”
10  The  king re plied, “ Sons  of Zer u i ah,  do  we 
 agree  on any thing? He curs es  me  this  way be-
cause  the  L ord c  told  him, ‘ Curse Da vid!


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    "What does the king say about the sons of Zeruiah?",
    "Why does the king believe he is being cursed?",
    "Who told the king that he would be cursed?"
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’ There-
fore,  who  can  say , ‘ Why  did  you  do  that? ’ ” 11  Then 
Da vid  said  to Abish ai  and  all  his ser vants, “ Look, 
 my  own  son,  my  own  flesh  and  blood, d in tends 
 to  take  my  life  —   how  much  more  now  this 
Ben ja min ite! Leave  him  alone  and  let  him  curse 
 me;  the  L ord  has  told  him  to.


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    "Who is intending to take David's life?",
    "What does David instruct Abishai and his servants to do regarding the Benjamite?",
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12 Per haps  the  L ord 
 will  see  my affliction e  and re store good ness 
 to  me in stead  of Shim ei’s curs es to day .” 13  So 
Da vid  and  his  men pro ceed ed  along  the  road 
 as Shim ei  was go ing  along  the  ridge  of  the  hill 
op po site  him. As Shim ei  went,  he  cursed Da-
vid,  threw  stones  at  him,  and  kicked  up  dust. 14 Fi nal ly ,  the  king  and  all  the peo ple  with  him 
ar rived f ex haust ed,  so  they rest ed  there. ABSALOM’S ADVISERS
15  Now Ab sa lom  and  all  the Is ra el ites  came 
 to Je ru sa lem. Ahith o phel  was  also  with  him. 16  When Da vid’s  friend Hu shai  the Ar chite  came 
 to Ab sa lom, Hu shai  said  to Ab sa lom, “ Long 
 live  the  king! Long  live  the  king! ”
17 “ Is  this  your loy al ty  to  your  friend?


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    "What did David hope for in relation to his affliction and Shim ei's curses?",
    "Who accompanied Absalom when he came to Jerusalem?",
    "What was Hushai's greeting to Absalom?"
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” Ab-
sa lom  asked Hu shai. “ Why  didn’t  you  go  with 
 your  friend? ”
18 “ Not  at  all,” Hu shai an swered Ab sa lom. “ I 
 am  on  the  side  of  the  one  that  the  L ord,  this 
peo ple,  and  all  the  men  of Is ra el  have cho sen. I  will  stay  with  him.


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    "Who asked Hu shai why he didn't go with his friend?",
    "What reason did Hu shai give for staying with the chosen one?",
    "Who are the groups or entities Hu shai mentions as having chosen the one he supports?"
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19 Fur ther more,  whom 
 will  I  serve  if  not  his  son? As  I  served  in  your 
fa ther’s pres ence,  I  will  also  serve  in  yours.”
20  Then Ab sa lom  said  to Ahith o phel, “ Give 
 me  your ad vice. What  should  we  do? ”
21 Ahith o phel re plied  to Ab sa lom, “ Sleep 
 with  your fa ther’s con cu bines  whom  he  left  to 
 take  care  of  the pal ace. When  all Is ra el  hears 
 that  you  have be come re pul sive  to  your fa ther, 
ev ery one  with  you  will  be en cour aged.” g 22  So 
 they  pitched  a  tent  for Ab sa lom  on  the  roof, 
 and  he  slept  with  his fa ther’s con cu bines  in 
 the  sight  of  all Is ra el. 23  Now  the ad vice Ahith o phel  gave  in  those 
 days  was  like some one ask ing  about  a  word 
a 16:1 = Mount of Olives   b 16:6 Lit all King David’s   c 16:10 Alt Hb tradition reads If he curses, and if the Lord   d 16:11 Lit son 
who came from my belly   e 16:12 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; one Hb tradition reads iniquity ; alt Hb tradition reads eyes ; another 
Hb tradition reads will look with his eye   f 16:14 LXX adds at the Jordan   g 16:21 Lit father, the hands of everyone with you 
will be strong
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    "What advice did Ahithophel give to Absalom?",
    "What action did Absalom take in response to Ahithophel's advice?",
    "How was Ahithophel's advice regarded in those days?"
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 from  God  —   such  was  the re gard  that  both 
Da vid  and Ab sa lom  had  for Ahith o phel’s 
17 
ad vice. 1 Ahith o phel  said  to Ab sa lom, 
“ Let  me  choose  twelve thou sand  men, 
 and  I  will  set  out  in pur suit  of Da vid to night. 2  I  will at tack  him  while  he  is wea ry  and dis-
cour aged, a  throw  him  into  a pan ic,  and  all 
 the peo ple  with  him  will scat ter. I  will  strike 
 down  only  the  king 3  and  bring  all  the peo ple 
 back  to  you. When ev ery one re turns ex cept 
 the  man  you’re look ing  for,  all b  the peo ple  will 
 be  at  peace.” 4  This pro pos al  seemed  right  to 
Ab sa lom  and  all  the el ders  of Is ra el. 5  Then Ab sa lom  said, “Sum mon Hu shai  the 
Ar chite  also. Let’s  hear  what  he  has  to  say 
 as  well.”
6  So Hu shai  came  to Ab sa lom,  and Ab sa lom 
 told  him: “ Ahith o phel off  ered  this pro pos al. Should  we car ry  out  his pro pos al? If  not,  what 
 do  you  say? ”
7 Hu shai re plied  to Ab sa lom, “ The ad vice 
Ahith o phel  has giv en  this  time  is  not  good.” 
8 Hu shai con tin ued, “ You  know  your fa ther  and 
 his  men. They  are war riors  and  are des per ate 
 like  a  wild  bear  robbed  of  her  cubs.


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    "What was Ahitho phel's plan to pursue David?",
    "Why did Ab sa lom seek the opinion of Hu shai the Archite?",
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Your fa ther 
 is  an ex pe ri enced sol dier  who  won’t  spend  the 
 night  with  the peo ple. 9  He’s prob a bly al ready 
hid ing  in  one  of  the  caves c  or  some oth er  place. If  some  of  our  troops  fall d  first, some one  is 
 sure  to  hear  and  say , ‘ There’s  been  a slaugh-
ter  among  the peo ple  who fol low Ab sa lom.’ 
10  Then,  even  a  brave  man  with  the  heart  of  a 
 lion  will  lose  heart e be cause  all Is ra el  knows 
 that  your fa ther  and  the val iant  men  with  him 
 are war riors. 11 In stead,  I ad vise  that  all Is ra el 
 from  Dan  to Be er-she ba  —   as nu mer ous  as  the 
 sand  by  the  sea  —   be gath ered  to  you  and  that 
 you per son al ly  go  into bat tle. 12  Then  we  will 
at tack Da vid wher ev er  we  find  him,  and  we 
 will de scend  on  him  like  dew  on  the  ground.


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    "How does the speaker believe the perception of the experienced soldier will affect the morale of the troops?"
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Not  even  one  will  be  left—nei ther  he  nor  any 
 of  the  men  with  him. 13  If  he re treats  to  some 
 city ,  all Is ra el  will  bring  ropes  to  that  city ,  and 
 we  will  drag  its  stones f  into  the val ley un til 
 not  even  a peb ble  can  be  found  there.” 14  Since 
 the  L ord  had de creed  that Ahith o phel’s  good 
ad vice  be undermined  in or der  to  bring  about 
Ab sa lom’s  ruin, Ab sa lom  and  all  the  men  of 
Is ra el  said, “ The ad vice  of Hu shai  the Ar chite 
 is bet ter  than Ahith o phel’s ad vice.”
DAVID INFORMED OF ABSALOM’S PLANS
15 Hu shai  then  told  the  priests Za dok  and 
Abi a thar, “ This  is  what g Ahith o phel ad vised 
Ab sa lom  and  the el ders  of Is ra el,  and  this  is 
 what h  I ad vised. 16  Now  send some one quick ly 
 and  tell Da vid, ‘ Don’t  spend  the  night  at  the 
wil der ness  ford, i  but  be  sure  to  cross  over  the 
Jor dan, j  or  the  king  and  all  the peo ple  with 
 him  will  be de voured.’ ”
17 Jon a than  and Ahim a az  were stay ing  at 
En-rogel,  where  a ser vant  girl  would  come  and 
 pass  along in for ma tion  to  them.


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They  in  turn 
 would  go  and in form  King Da vid, be cause  they 
 dared  not  be  seen en ter ing  the  city . 18 How ev-
er,  a  young  man  did  see  them  and in formed 
Ab sa lom. So  the  two  left quick ly  and  came 
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He  had  a 
 well  in  his court yard,  and  they  climbed  down 
 into  it. 19  Then  his  wife  took  the cov er,  placed 
 it  over  the  mouth  of  the  well,  and scat tered 
 grain  on  it  so no body  would  know any thing. 20 Ab sa lom’s ser vants  came  to  the wom an 
 at  the  house  and  asked, “ Where  are Ahim a az 
 and Jon a than? ”
“ They  passed  by to ward  the wa ter,” k  the 
wom an re plied  to  them. The  men  searched 
 but  did  not  find  them,  so  they re turned  to 
Je ru sa lem. 21 Af ter  they  had  gone, Ahim a az  and Jon-
a than  climbed  out  of  the  well  and  went  and 
in formed  King Da vid. They  told  him, “ Get  up 
 and im me di ate ly  ford  the riv er,  for Ahith o-
phel  has giv en  this ad vice  against  you.” 22  So 
Da vid  and  all  the peo ple  with  him  got  up  and 
 crossed  the Jor dan. By day break,  there  was  no 
 one  who  had  not  crossed  the Jor dan. 23  When 
Ahith o phel re al ized  that  his ad vice  had  not 
 been fol lowed,  he sad dled  his don key  and  set 
 out  for  his  house  in  his home town. He  set  his 
 house  in or der  and  hanged him self.


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So  he  died 
 and  was bur ied  in  his fa ther’s  tomb. 24 Da vid  had ar rived  at Ma ha na im  by  the 
 time Ab sa lom  crossed  the Jor dan  with  all  the 
 men  of Is ra el. 25  Now Ab sa lom  had ap point ed 
Am a sa  over  the  army  in  Joab’s  place. Am a sa 
 was  the  son  of  a  man  named Ithra l  the Is ra-
el ite; m Ithra  had mar ried Ab i gail daugh ter 
 of Na hash. n Ab i gail  was  a sis ter  to Zer u i ah, 
 Joab’s moth er.


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26  And Is ra el  and Ab sa lom 
 camped  in  the  land  of Gil e ad. 27  When Da vid 
a 17:2 Lit and weak of hands   b 17:3 LXX reads to you as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, 
and all   c 17:9 Or pits, or ravines   d 17:9 Lit And it will be when a falling on them at   e 17:10 Lit melt   f 17:13 Lit drag it    
g 17:15 Lit “Like this and like this   h 17:15 Lit and like this and like this   i 17:16 Some Hb mss; MT reads plains   j 17:16 the 
Jordan supplied for clarity   k 17:20 Or brook ; Hb obscure   l 17:25 Or Jether   m 17:25 Some LXX mss read Ishmaelite    
n 17:25 Some LXX mss read Jesse
 277 2 SAMUEL 16-17
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 came  to Ma ha na im, Sho bi  son  of Na hash 
 from Rab bah  of  the Am mon ites, Ma chir  son 
 of Am mi el  from Lo-debar,  and Bar zil lai  the 
Gil e ad ite  from Ro ge lim 28  brought  beds, ba-
sins, a  and pot tery items. They  also  brought 
 wheat, bar ley ,  flour, roast ed  grain,  beans, len-
tils, b 29 hon ey ,  curds,  sheep,  goats,  and  cheese c 
 from  the  herd  for Da vid  and  the peo ple  with 
 him  to  eat. They  had rea soned, “ The peo ple 
 must  be hun gry , ex haust ed,  and  thirsty  in 
 the wil der ness.”
ABSALOM’S DEFEAT
18 
Da vid reviewed  his  troops  and ap point ed 
com mand ers  of thou sands  and  of hun-
dreds  over  them. 2  He  then  sent  out  the  troops, 
 a  third un der  Joab,  a  third un der  Joab’s broth er 
Abish ai  son  of Zer u i ah,  and  a  third un der It tai 
 of  Gath. The  king  said  to  the  troops, “ I  must 
 also  march  out  with  you.”
3 “ You  must  not  go!


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“ If 
 we  have  to  flee,  they  will  not  pay  any at ten tion 
 to  us. Even  if  half  of  us  die,  they  will  not  pay 
 any at ten tion  to  us be cause  you  are  worth d 
 ten thou sand  of  us. There fore,  it  is bet ter  if 
 you sup port  us  from  the  city .”
4 “ I  will  do what ev er  you  think  is  best,”  the 
 king re plied  to  them. So  he  stood be side  the 
 city  gate  while  all  the  troops  marched  out 
 by hun dreds  and thou sands. 5  The  king com-
mand ed  Joab, Abish ai,  and It tai, “ Treat  the 
 young  man Ab sa lom gent ly  for  my  sake.”  All 
 the peo ple  heard  the  king’s or ders  to  all  the 
com mand ers  about Ab sa lom. 6  Then Da vid’s forc es  marched  into  the  field 
 to en gage Is ra el  in bat tle,  which  took  place  in 
 the for est  of Ephra im. 7 Is ra el’s  army  was de-
feat ed  by Da vid’s sol diers,  and  the slaugh ter 
 there  was  vast  that  day  —  twen ty thou sand 
 dead. 8  The bat tle  spread  over  the en tire  area, 
 and  that  day  the for est  claimed  more peo ple 
 than  the  sword. ABSALOM’S DEATH
9 Ab sa lom  was rid ing  on  his  mule  when  he 
hap pened  to  meet Da vid’s sol diers. When  the 
 mule  went un der  the tangled branch es  of  a 
 large  oak  tree, Ab sa lom’s  head  was  caught  fast 
 in  the  tree. The  mule un der  him  kept go ing, 
 so  he  was suspended  in mid air. e 10  One  of  the 
 men  saw  him  and in formed  Joab. He  said, “ I 
 just  saw Ab sa lom hang ing  in  an  oak  tree! ”
11 “ You  just  saw  him!


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”  Joab ex claimed. f “ Why 
 didn’t  you  strike  him  to  the  ground  right  there? I  would  have giv en  you  ten sil ver  pieces g  and 
 a  belt! ”
12  The  man re plied  to  Joab, “ Even  if  I  had  the 
 weight  of  a thou sand  pieces  of sil ver h  in  my 
 hand,  I  would  not  raise  my  hand  against  the 
 king’s  son. For  we  heard  the  king com mand 
 you, Abish ai,  and It tai, ‘Pro tect  the  young  man 
Ab sa lom  for  me.’ i 13  If  I  had jeop ar dized  my 
 own j  life  —   and noth ing  is hid den  from  the 
 king  —   you  would  have aban doned  me.”
14  Joab  said, “ I’m  not go ing  to  waste  time  with 
 you! ”  He  then  took  three  spears  in  his  hand 
 and  thrust  them  into Ab sa lom’s  chest. While 
Ab sa lom  was  still  alive  in  the  oak  tree, 15  ten 
 young  men  who  were  Joab’s armor-bearers 
sur round ed Ab sa lom,  struck  him,  and  killed 
 him. 16  Joab  blew  the  ram’s  horn,  and  the  troops 
 broke  off  their pur suit  of Is ra el be cause  Joab 
re strained  them. 17  They  took Ab sa lom,  threw 
 him  into  a  large  pit  in  the for est,  and  raised 
 up  a  huge  mound  of  stones  over  him.


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And  all 
Is ra el  fled,  each  to  his  tent. 18  When  he  was  alive, Ab sa lom  had tak en  a 
pil lar  and  raised  it  up  for him self  in  the  King’s 
V al ley ,  since  he  thought, “ I  have  no  son  to pre-
serve  the mem o ry  of  my  name.”  So  he  named 
 the pil lar af ter him self. It  is  still  called Ab sa-
lom’s Mon u ment to day . 19 Ahim a az  son  of Za dok  said, “ Please  let 
 me  run  and  tell  the  king  the  good  news  that 
 the  L ord  has vin di cat ed  him  by free ing  him 
 from  his en e mies.”
20  Joab re plied  to  him, “ You  are  not  the  man 
 to  take  good  news to day . You  may  do  it an oth er 
 day ,  but to day  you  aren’t tak ing  good  news, be-
cause  the  king’s  son  is  dead.” 21  Joab  then  said  to 
 a Cush ite, “ Go  tell  the  king  what  you  have  seen.” 
 The Cush ite  bowed  to  Joab  and  took  off run ning. 22 How ev er, Ahim a az  son  of Za dok per sist ed 
 and  said  to  Joab, “ No mat ter  what,  please  let 
 me  also  run be hind  the Cush ite! ”
 Joab re plied, “ My  son,  why  do  you  want  to 
 run  since  you  won’t  get  a re ward? ” k
23 “ No mat ter  what,  I  want  to  run! ”
“ Then  run!


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So Ahim a az 
 ran  by  way  of  the  plain  and out ran  the Cush ite. a 17:28 LXX reads brought 10 embroidered beds with double coverings, 10 vessels   b 17:28 LXX, Syr; MT adds roasted grain   
c 17:29 Hb obscure   d 18:3 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read because there would now be about   e 18:9 Lit was 
between heaven and earth   f 18:11 Lit Joab said to the man who told him   g 18:11 About four ounces of silver   h 18:12 About 
25 pounds of silver   i 18:12 Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read ‘Protect, whoever, the young man Absalom’ ; Hb obscure    
j 18:13 Alt Hb tradition reads jeopardized his   k 18:22 Or you have no good news? 2 SAMUEL 17-18 278
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24 Da vid  was sit ting be tween  the  city  gates 
 when  the watch man  went  up  to  the  roof  of  the 
 city  gate  and  over  to  the  wall. The watch man 
 looked  out  and  saw  a  man run ning  alone. 25  He 
 called  out  and  told  the  king. The  king  said, “ If  he’s  alone,  he  bears  good 
 news.”
 As  the  first run ner  came clos er, 26  the watch-
man  saw an oth er  man run ning. He  called  out 
 to  the gate keep er, “ Look! An oth er  man  is run-
ning  alone! ”
“ This  one  is  also bring ing  good  news,”  said 
 the  king. 27  The watch man  said, “ The  way  the  first 
 man  runs  looks  to  me  like  the  way Ahim a az 
 son  of Za dok  runs.”
“ This  is  a  good  man;  he  comes  with  good 
 news,”  the  king commented. 28 Ahim a az  called  out  to  the  king, “ All  is  well,” 
 and  paid hom age  to  the  king  with  his  face 
 to  the  ground.


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He con tin ued, “ Blessed  be  the 
 L ord  your  God! He de liv ered  up  the  men  who 
re belled  against  my  lord  the  king.”
29  The  king  asked, “ Is  the  young  man Ab sa-
lom  all  right? ”
Ahim a az re plied, “ When  Joab  sent  the  king’s 
ser vant  and  your ser vant,  I  saw  a  big dis tur-
bance,  but  I  don’t  know  what  it  was.”
30  The  king  said, “ Move  aside  and  stand  here.” 
 So  he  stood  to  one  side. 31  Just  then  the Cush ite  came  and  said, “ May 
 my  lord  the  king  hear  the  good  news:  The  L ord 
 has vin di cat ed  you to day  by free ing  you  from 
 all  who  rise  against  you! ”
32  The  king  asked  the Cush ite, “ Is  the  young 
 man Ab sa lom  all  right? ”
 The Cush ite re plied, “ I  wish  that  the en e mies 
 of  my  lord  the  king,  along  with  all  who  rise  up 
 against  you  with  evil in tent,  would be come 
 like  that  young  man.”
33  The  king  was deep ly  moved  and  went  up 
 to  the cham ber  above  the  city  gate  and  wept. As  he  walked,  he  cried, “ My  son Ab sa lom!


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My 
 son,  my  son Ab sa lom! If  only  I  had  died in stead 
 of  you, Ab sa lom,  my  son,  my  son! ”
DAVID’S KINGDOM RESTORED
19 
 It  was re port ed  to  Joab, “ The  king  is weep-
ing. He’s mourn ing  over Ab sa lom.” 2  That 
 day’s vic to ry  was  turned  into mourn ing  for 
 all  the  troops be cause  on  that  day  the  troops 
 heard, “ The  king  is griev ing  over  his  son.” 3  So 
 they re turned  to  the  city qui et ly  that  day  like 
 troops  come  in  when  they  are hu mil i at ed af ter 
flee ing  in bat tle. 4  But  the  king cov ered  his  face 
 and  cried loud ly , “ My  son Ab sa lom!


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Ab sa lom, 
 my  son,  my  son! ”
5  Then  Joab  went  into  the  house  to  the  king 
 and  said, “To day  you  have  shamed  all  your 
sol diers  —   those  who  saved  your  life  as  well 
 as  your  sons,  your  wives,  and  your con cu-
bines— 6  by lov ing  your en e mies  and hat ing 
 those  who  love  you! To day  you  have  made  it 
 clear  that  the com mand ers  and sol diers  mean 
noth ing  to  you.


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In  fact, to day  I  know  that  if 
Ab sa lom  were  alive  and  all  of  us  were  dead, 
 it  would  be  fine  with  you! a
7 “ Now  get  up! Go  out  and en cour age b  your 
sol diers,  for  I  swear  by  the  L ord  that  if  you 
 don’t  go  out,  not  a  man  will re main  with  you 
to night. This  will  be  worse  for  you  than  all 
 the trou ble  that  has  come  to  you  from  your 
 youth un til  now! ”
8  So  the  king  got  up  and  sat  in  the  city  gate, 
 and  all  the peo ple  were  told: “ Look,  the  king 
 is sit ting  in  the  city  gate.”  Then  they  all  came 
 into  the  king’s pres ence.


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Mean while,  each Is ra el ite  had  fled  to  his 
 tent. 9 Peo ple through out  all  the  tribes  of Is-
ra el  were ar gu ing  among them selves, say ing, 
“ The  king res cued  us  from  the  grasp  of  our 
en e mies,  and  he  saved  us  from  the  grasp  of 
 the Phi lis tines,  but  now  he  has  fled  from  the 
 land be cause  of Ab sa lom. 10  But Ab sa lom,  the 
 man  we anoint ed  over  us,  has  died  in bat tle. So  why  do  you  say noth ing  about re stor ing 
 the  king? ”
11  King Da vid  sent  word  to  the  priests Za dok 
 and Abi a thar: “ Say  to  the el ders  of Ju dah, ‘ Why 
 should  you  be  the  last  to re store  the  king  to 
 his pal ace? The  talk  of  all Is ra el  has  reached 
 the  king  at  his  house. 12  You  are  my broth ers, 
 my  flesh  and  blood. c  So  why  should  you  be 
 the  last  to re store  the  king? ’ 13  And  tell Am a-
sa, ‘ Aren’t  you  my  flesh  and  blood? d  May  God 
pun ish  me  and  do  so se vere ly  if  you  don’t be-
come com mand er  of  my  army  from  now  on 
in stead  of  Joab! ’ ”
14  So  he  won  over e  all  the  men  of Ju dah,  and 
 they unan i mous ly  sent  word  to  the  king: “ Come 
 back,  you  and  all  your ser vants.” 15  Then  the 
 king re turned. When  he ar rived  at  the Jor dan, 
Ju dah  came  to Gil gal  to  meet  the  king  and 
es cort  him  across  the Jor dan. a 19:6 Lit be right in your eyes   b 19:7 Lit speak to the heart of   c 19:12 Lit my bone and my flesh   d 19:13 Lit my bone and my 
flesh?


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16 Shim ei  son  of  Gera,  the Ben ja min ite 
 from Ba hu rim, hur ried  down  with  the  men 
 of Ju dah  to  meet  King Da vid. 17  There  were 
 a thou sand  men  from Ben ja min  with  him. Ziba,  an at ten dant  from  the  house  of  Saul, 
 with  his fif teen  sons  and twen ty ser vants 
 also  rushed  down  to  the Jor dan  ahead  of  the 
 king. 18  They ford ed  the Jor dan  to  bring  the 
 king’s house hold  across  and  do what ev er 
 the  king de sired. a
 When Shim ei  son  of  Gera  crossed  the Jor dan, 
 he  fell face down be fore  the  king 19  and  said  to 
 him, “ My  lord,  don’t  hold  me  guilty ,  and  don’t 
re mem ber  your ser vant’s wrong do ing  on  the 
 day  my  lord  the  king  left Je ru sa lem. May  the 
 king  not  take  it  to  heart.


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But  look! To day  I  am 
 the  first  one  of  the en tire  house  of Jo seph  to 
 come  down  to  meet  my  lord  the  king.”
21 Abish ai  son  of Zer u i ah  asked, “ Shouldn’t 
Shim ei  be  put  to  death  for  this, be cause  he 
 cursed  the  L ord’ s anoint ed? ”
22 Da vid an swered, “ Sons  of Zer u i ah,  do 
 we  agree  on any thing?


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Should  any  man  be  killed 
 in Is ra el to day? Am  I  not  aware  that to day 
 I’m  king  over Is ra el? ” 23  So  the  king  said  to 
Shim ei, “ You  will  not  die.”  Then  the  king  gave 
 him  his  oath. 24 Me phib o sheth,  Saul’s grand son,  also  went 
 down  to  meet  the  king. He  had  not tak en  care 
 of  his  feet,  trimmed  his mus tache,  or  washed 
 his  clothes  from  the  day  the  king  left un til 
 the  day  he re turned safe ly . 25  When  he  came 
 from Je ru sa lem  to  meet  the  king,  the  king 
 asked  him, “Me phib o sheth,  why  didn’t  you 
 come  with  me? ”
26 “ My  lord  the  king,”  he re plied, “ my ser vant 
 Ziba be trayed  me. Ac tu al ly  your ser vant  said: 
‘ I’ll sad dle  the don key  for my self b  so  that  I  may 
 ride  it  and  go  with  the  king’  —   for  your ser vant 
 is  lame. 27  Ziba slan dered  your ser vant  to  my 
 lord  the  king.


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But  my  lord  the  king  is  like  the 
an gel  of  God,  so  do what ev er  you  think  best. c 
28  For  my grand fa ther’s en tire fam i ly de serves 
 death  from  my  lord  the  king,  but  you  set  your 
ser vant  among  those  who  eat  at  your ta ble. So  what fur ther  right  do  I  have  to  keep  on 
mak ing ap peals  to  the  king?


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”
29  The  king  said  to  him, “ Why  keep  on speak-
ing  about  these mat ters  of  yours? I here by 
de clare:  you  and  Ziba  are  to di vide  the  land.”
30 Me phib o sheth  said  to  the  king, “In stead, 
 since  my  lord  the  king  has  come  to  his pal ace 
safe ly ,  let  Ziba  take  it  all! ”
31 Bar zil lai  the Gil e ad ite  had  come  down 
 from Ro ge lim  and ac com pa nied  the  king  to 
 the Jor dan Riv er  to  see  him  off  at  the Jor dan. 32 Bar zil lai  was  a  very  old  man  —   eighty  years 
 old  —   and  since  he  was  a  very  wealthy  man,  he 
 had pro vid ed  for  the  needs  of  the  king  while 
 he  stayed  in Ma ha na im. 33  The  king  said  to Bar zil lai, “ Cross  over 
 with  me,  and  I’ll pro vide  for  you d  at  my  side 
 in Je ru sa lem.”
34 Bar zil lai re plied  to  the  king, “ How  many 
 years  of  my  life  are  left  that  I  should  go  up  to 
Je ru sa lem  with  the  king? 35  I’m  now  eighty 
 years  old.


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Can  I dis cern  what  is pleas ant  and 
 what  is  not? Can  your ser vant  taste  what  he 
 eats  or  drinks? Can  I  still  hear  the  voice  of 
 male  and fe male sing ers? Why  should  your 
ser vant  be  an add ed bur den  to  my  lord  the 
 king? 36  Since  your ser vant  is  only go ing  with 
 the  king  a lit tle  way  across  the Jor dan,  why 
 should  the  king re pay  me  with  such  a re ward? 37  Please  let  your ser vant re turn  so  that  I  may 
 die  in  my  own  city  near  the  tomb  of  my fa ther 
 and moth er. But  here  is  your ser vant Chim ham: 
 let  him  cross  over  with  my  lord  the  king. Do 
 for  him  what  seems  good  to  you.” e
38  The  king re plied, “Chim ham  will  cross 
 over  with  me,  and  I  will  do  for  him  what  seems 
 good  to  you,  and what ev er  you de sire  from  me 
 I  will  do  for  you.” 39  So  all  the peo ple  crossed 
 the Jor dan,  and  then  the  king  crossed. The 
 king  kissed Bar zil lai  and  blessed  him,  and 
Bar zil lai re turned  to  his  home. 40  The  king  went  on  to Gil gal,  and Chim ham 
 went  with  him. All  the  troops  of Ju dah  and 
 half  of Is ra el’s es cort ed  the  king. 41 Sud den ly , 
 all  the  men  of Is ra el  came  to  the  king. They 
 asked  him, “ Why  did  our broth ers,  the  men  of 
Ju dah,  take  you  away se cret ly  and trans port 
 the  king  and  his house hold  across  the Jor dan, 
 along  with  all  of Da vid’s  men? ”
42  All  the  men  of Ju dah re spond ed  to  the 
 men  of Is ra el, “Be cause  the  king  is  our rel-
a tive. Why  does  this  make  you an gry? Have 
 we  ever eat en any thing  of  the  king’s  or  been 
hon ored  at  all? ” f
43  The  men  of Is ra el an swered  the  men  of 
Ju dah: “ We  have  ten  shares  in  the  king,  so  we 
 have  a great er  claim  to Da vid  than  you. Why 
a 19:18 Lit do what is good in his eyes   b 19:26 LXX, Syr , Vg read said to him, ‘Saddle the donkey for me   c 19:27 Lit do what is 
good in your eyes   d 19:33 LXX reads for your old age ; Ru 4:15   e 19:37 Lit what is good in your eyes, also in v . 38   f 19:42 LXX 
reads king’s or has he given us a gift or granted us a portion
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 then  do  you de spise  us? Weren’t  we  the  first 
 to  speak  of re stor ing  our  king? ”  But  the  words 
 of  the  men  of Ju dah  were harsher  than  those 
 of  the  men  of Is ra el. SHEBA’S REVOLT
20 
 Now  a wick ed  man,  a Ben ja min ite 
 named She ba  son  of Bich ri, hap pened  to 
 be  there. He  blew  the  ram’s  horn  and shout ed:
  We have no portion in David,
  no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent,  a Israel! 2  So  all  the  men  of Is ra el de sert ed Da vid  and 
fol lowed She ba  son  of Bich ri,  but  the  men  of 
Ju dah  from  the Jor dan  all  the  way  to Je ru sa-
lem re mained loy al  to  their  king. 3  When Da vid  came  to  his pal ace  in Je ru-
sa lem,  he  took  the  ten con cu bines  he  had 
 left  to  take  care  of  the pal ace  and  placed 
 them un der  guard.


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They 
 were con fined un til  the  day  of  their  death, 
liv ing  as wid ows. 4  The  king  said  to Am a sa, “Sum mon  the  men 
 of Ju dah  to  me with in  three  days  and  be  here 
your self.” 5 Am a sa  went  to sum mon Ju dah,  but 
 he  took lon ger  than  the  time al lot ted  him. 6  So 
Da vid  said  to Abish ai, “She ba  son  of Bich ri  will 
 do  more  harm  to  us  than Ab sa lom. Take  your 
 lord’s sol diers  and pur sue  him,  or  he  will  find 
for ti fied cit ies  and  elude  us.” b
7  So  Joab’s  men,  the Cher e thites,  the Pel e-
thites,  and  all  the war riors  marched  out un-
der Abish ai’s com mand; c  they  left Je ru sa lem 
 to pur sue She ba  son  of Bich ri. 8  They  were 
 at  the  great  stone  in Gib e on  when Am a sa 
 joined  them.


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Joab  was wear ing  his uniform 
 and  over  it  was  a  belt  around  his  waist  with 
 a  sword  in  its  sheath. As  he ap proached,  the 
 sword  fell  out. 9  Joab  asked Am a sa, “ Are  you 
 well,  my broth er? ”  Then  with  his  right  hand 
 Joab  grabbed Am a sa  by  the  beard  to  kiss  him. 10 Am a sa  was  not  on  guard  against  the  sword 
 in  Joab’s  hand,  and  Joab  stabbed  him  in  the 
stom ach  with  it  and  spilled  his in tes tines  out 
 on  the  ground. Joab  did  not  stab  him  again, 
 and Am a sa  died. Joab  and  his broth er Abish ai pur sued She-
ba  son  of Bich ri. 11  One  of  Joab’s  young  men 
 had  stood  over Am a sa say ing, “Who ev er 
fa vors  Joab  and who ev er  is  for Da vid, fol-
low  Joab! ” 12  Now Am a sa  had  been writhing 
 in  his  blood  in  the mid dle  of  the high way , 
 and  the  man  had  seen  that  all  the  troops 
 stopped. So  he  moved Am a sa  from  the high-
way  to  the  field  and  threw  a gar ment  over 
 him be cause  he re al ized  that  all  those  who 
encountered Am a sa  were stop ping. 13  When 
 he  was re moved  from  the high way ,  all  the 
 men  passed  by  and fol lowed  Joab  to pur sue 
She ba  son  of Bich ri. 14 She ba  passed  through  all  the  tribes  of Is-
ra el  to  Abel  of Beth-maacah. All  the Be rites d 
 came to geth er  and fol lowed  him. 15  Joab’s 
 troops  came  and be sieged She ba  in  Abel  of 
Beth-maacah. They  built  a  siege  ramp  against 
 the out er  wall  of  the  city . While  all  the  troops 
 with  Joab  were bat ter ing  the  wall  to  make  it 
col lapse, 16  a  wise wom an  called  out  from  the 
 city , “Lis ten! Lis ten! Please  tell  Joab  to  come 
 here  and  let  me  speak  with  him.”
17  When  he  had  come  near  her,  the wom an 
 asked, “ Are  you  Joab? ”
“ I  am,”  he re plied.


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“Lis ten  to  the  words  of  your ser vant,”  she 
 said  to  him. He an swered, “ I’m lis ten ing.”
18  She  said, “ In  the  past  they  used  to  say , ‘ Seek 
coun sel  in  Abel,’  and  that’s  how  they set tled 
dis putes. 19  I  am  one  of  the peace ful  and faith-
ful  in Is ra el,  but  you’re try ing  to de stroy  a  city 
 that  is  like  a moth er  in Is ra el. Why  would  you 
de vour  the  L ord’ s in her i tance?


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21  That  is  not  the  case. There 
 is  a  man  named She ba  son  of Bich ri,  from  the 
 hill coun try  of Ephra im,  who  has re belled 
 against  King Da vid. De liv er  this  one  man,  and 
 I  will with draw  from  the  city .”
 The wom an re plied  to  Joab, “ Watch! His  head 
 will  be  thrown  over  the  wall  to  you.” 22  The 
wom an  went  to  all  the peo ple  with  her  wise 
coun sel,  and  they  cut  off  the  head  of She ba 
 son  of Bich ri  and  threw  it  to  Joab. So  he  blew 
 the  ram’s  horn,  and  they dis persed  from  the 
 city ,  each  to  his  own  tent.


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Joab re turned  to 
 the  king  in Je ru sa lem. 23 Joab commanded the whole army of 
Israel;
  Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the 
Cherethites and Pelethites;
 24 Adoram e was over forced labor;
  Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court 
historian;
a 20:1 Alt Hb tradition reads gods   b 20:6 Lit and snatch away our eyes   c 20:7 Lit out following him   d 20:14 LXX, Vg read 
Bichrites   e 20:24 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read Adoniram ; 1Kg 4:6; 5:14
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 25 Sheva was court secretary;
  Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
 26 and in addition, Ira the Jairite was 
David’s priest. JUSTICE FOR THE GIBEONITES
21 
Dur ing Da vid’s  reign  there  was  a fam ine 
 for  three suc ces sive  years,  so Da vid in-
quired a  of  the  L ord. The  L ord an swered, “ It  is 
 due  to  Saul  and  to  his bloody fam i ly , be cause 
 he  killed  the Gib e on ites.”
2  The Gib e on ites  were  not Is ra el ites  but 
rath er  a rem nant  of  the Am o rites. The Is ra-
el ites  had tak en  an  oath con cern ing  them, 
 but  Saul  had  tried  to  kill  them  in  his  zeal 
 for  the Is ra el ites  and Ju dah. So Da vid sum-
moned  the Gib e on ites  and  spoke  to  them.


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3  He  asked  the Gib e on ites, “ What  should  I 
 do  for  you? How  can  I  make atone ment  so 
 that  you  will  bring  a bless ing  on b  the  L ord’ s 
in her i tance? ”
4  The Gib e on ites  said  to  him, “ We  are  not 
ask ing  for sil ver  and  gold  from  Saul  or  his 
fam i ly ,  and  we can not  put any one  to  death 
 in Is ra el.”
“What ev er  you  say ,  I  will  do  for  you,”  he  said. 5  They re plied  to  the  king, “ As  for  the  man 
 who an ni hi lat ed  us  and plot ted  to de stroy  us  so 
 we  would  not ex ist with in  the  whole ter ri to ry 
 of Is ra el, 6  let sev en  of  his  male de scen dants 
 be hand ed  over  to  us  so  we  may  hang c  them 
 in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  at Gib e ah  of  Saul, 
 the  L ord’ s cho sen.”
 The  king an swered, “ I  will  hand  them  over.”
7 Da vid  spared Me phib o sheth,  the  son  of 
 Saul’s  son Jon a than, be cause  of  the  oath  of  the 
 L ord  that  was be tween Da vid  and Jon a than, 
 Saul’s  son. 8  But  the  king  took Ar mo ni  and 
Me phib o sheth,  who  were  the  two  sons  whom 
Riz pah daugh ter  of  Aiah  had  borne  to  Saul, 
 and  the  five  sons  whom Me rab d daugh ter  of 
 Saul  had  borne  to Adri el  son  of Bar zil lai  the 
Me ho la thite 9  and hand ed  them  over  to  the 
Gib e on ites. They  hanged e  them  on  the  hill  in 
 the pres ence  of  the  L ord;  the sev en  of  them 
 died to geth er.


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They  were ex e cut ed  in  the  first 
 days  of  the har vest  at  the be gin ning  of  the 
bar ley har vest. f
THE BURIAL OF SAUL’S FAMILY
10 Riz pah,  Aiah’s daugh ter,  took sack cloth  and 
 spread  it  out  for her self  on  the  rock  from  the 
be gin ning  of  the har vest g un til  the  rain  poured 
 down  from heav en  on  the bod ies. She  kept 
 the  birds  of  the  sky  from  them  by  day  and 
 the  wild an i mals  by  night. 11  When  it  was re port ed  to Da vid  what 
 Saul’s con cu bine Riz pah daugh ter  of  Aiah 
 had  done, 12  he  went  and  got  the  bones  of 
 Saul  and  his  son Jon a than  from  the cit i zens 
 of Jabesh-gilead. They  had sto len  them  from 
 the pub lic  square  of  Beth-shan  where  the 
Phi lis tines  had  hung  the bod ies  the  day  the 
Phi lis tines  killed  Saul  at Gil boa. 13 Da vid  had 
 the  bones  brought  from  there. They gath-
ered  up  the  bones  of  Saul’s fam i ly  who  had 
 been  hanged 14  and bur ied  the  bones  of  Saul 
 and  his  son Jon a than  at  Zela  in  the  land  of 
Ben ja min  in  the  tomb  of  Saul’s fa ther  Kish. They  did ev ery thing  the  king com mand ed.


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Af ter  this,  God  was receptive  to  prayer  for 
 the  land. THE PHILISTINE GIANTS
15  The Phi lis tines  again  waged  war  against 
Is ra el. Da vid  went  down  with  his sol diers, 
 and  they  fought  the Phi lis tines,  but Da vid be-
came ex haust ed. 16  Then Ishbi-benob,  one  of 
 the de scen dants  of  the gi ant, h  whose  bronze 
 spear  weighed  about  eight  pounds i  and  who 
 wore  new ar mor, in tend ed  to  kill Da vid. 17  But 
Abish ai  son  of Zer u i ah  came  to  his  aid,  struck 
 the Phi lis tine,  and  killed  him. Then Da vid’s 
 men  swore  to  him: “ You  must nev er  again  go 
 out  with  us  to bat tle. You  must  not ex tin guish 
 the  lamp  of Is ra el.”
18 Af ter  this,  there  was an oth er bat tle  with 
 the Phi lis tines  at  Gob. At  that  time Sib be cai 
 the Hu shath ite  killed  Saph,  who  was  one  of  the 
de scen dants  of  the gi ant. 19  Once  again  there  was  a bat tle  with  the 
Phi lis tines  at  Gob,  and El ha nan  son  of Jaare-
oregim  the Beth le hem ite  killed j Go li ath  of 
 Gath. The  shaft  of  his  spear  was  like  a weav-
er’s  beam.


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20  At  Gath  there  was  still an oth er bat tle. A 
 huge  man  was  there  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. 21  When  he taunt ed Is ra el, Jon a than,  son  of 
Da vid’s broth er Shim ei,  killed  him. 22  These  four  were de scend ed  from  the gi-
ant  in  Gath  and  were  killed  by Da vid  and  his 
sol diers. a 21:1 Lit sought the face of   b 21:3 Lit will bless   c 21:6 Or impale, or expose   d 21:8 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg; other Hb mss 
read Michal   e 21:9 Or impaled, or exposed, also in v . 13   f 21:9 = March–April    g 21:10 = April to October   h 21:16 Or Raphah, 
also in vv .


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18,20,22   i 21:16 Lit 300 (shekels)   j 21:19 1Ch 20:5 adds the brother of
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DAVID’S SONG OF THANKSGIVING
22 
Da vid  spoke  the  words  of  this  song  to 
 the  L ord  on  the  day  the  L ord res cued 
 him  from  the  grasp  of  all  his en e mies  and 
 from  the  grasp  of  Saul. 2  He  said:
  The Lord is my rock, my fortress, 
and my deliverer,
 3 my God, a my rock where I seek refuge.


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My shield, the horn of my salvation, 
my stronghold, my refuge,
  and my Savior, you save me 
from violence. 4 I called to the Lord, who is worthy 
of praise,
  and I was saved from my enemies. 5 For the waves of death engulfed me;
  the torrents of destruction terrified me. 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
  the snares of death confronted me. 7 I called to the Lord in my distress;
  I called to my God.


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From his temple he heard my voice,
  and my cry for help reached his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and quaked;
  the foundations of the heavens  b 
trembled;
  they shook because he burned 
with anger. 9 Smoke rose from his nostrils,
  and consuming fire came 
from his mouth;
  coals were set ablaze by it.


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c
 10 He bent the heavens and came down,
  total darkness beneath his feet. 11 He rode on a cherub and flew ,
  soaring  d on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness a canopy around him,
  a gathering  e of water and thick clouds. 13 From the radiance of his presence,
  blazing coals were ignited. 14 The Lord thundered from heaven;
  the Most High made his voice heard. 15 He shot arrows and scattered them;
  he hurled lightning bolts 
and routed them. 16 The depths of the sea became visible,
  the foundations of the world 
were exposed
  at the rebuke of the Lord,
  at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He reached down from on high
  and took hold of me;
  he pulled me out of deep water. 18 He rescued me 
from my powerful enemy
  and from those who hated me,
  for they were too strong for me. 19 They confronted me in the day 
of my calamity ,
  but the Lord was my support. 20 He brought me out to a spacious place;
  he rescued me because he delighted 
in me. 21 The Lord rewarded me
  according to my righteousness;
  he repaid me
  according to the cleanness 
of my hands. 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
  and have not turned from my God 
to wickedness. 23 Indeed, I let all his ordinances 
guide me f
  and have not disregarded his statutes. 24 I was blameless before him
  and kept myself from my iniquity . 25 So the Lord repaid me
  according to my righteousness,
  according to my cleanness  g in his sight. 26 With the faithful
  you prove yourself faithful,
  with the blameless 
  you prove yourself blameless,
 27 with the pure
  you prove yourself pure;
  but with the crooked
  you prove yourself shrewd. 28 You rescue an oppressed people,
  but your eyes are set 
against the proud —
  you humble them.


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29 Lord, you are my lamp;
  the Lord illuminates my darkness. 30 With you I can attack a barricade,  h
  and with my God I can leap over a wall. 31 God  —  his way is perfect;
  the word of the Lord is pure.


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He is a shield to all who take refuge 
in him. a 22:3 LXX, Ps 18:2 read my God ; MT reads God of   b 22:8 Some Hb mss, Syr , Vg read mountains ; Ps 18:7   c 22:9 Or him    
d 22:11 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, Syr , Tg read he was seen   e 22:12 Or sieve, or mass ; Hb obscure   f 22:23 Lit Indeed, all his 
ordinances have been in front of me   g 22:25 LXX, Syr , Vg read to the cleanness of my hands ; Ps 18:24   h  22:30 Or a ridge, or 
raiders
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Only our God. 33 God is my strong refuge;  a
  he makes my way perfect. b
 34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
  and sets me securely on the  c heights. d
 35 He trains my hands for war;
  my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36 You have given me the shield 
of your salvation;
  your help  e exalts me. 37 You make a spacious place beneath me 
for my steps,
  and my ankles do not give way . 38 I pursue my enemies and destroy them;
  I do not turn back until they are 
wiped out. 39 I wipe them out and crush them,
  and they do not rise;
  they fall beneath my feet. 40 You have clothed me with strength 
for battle;
  you subdue my adversaries 
beneath me. 41 You have made my enemies retreat 
before me; f
  I annihilate those who hate me. 42 They look, but there is no one 
to save them —
  they look to the Lord, but he does not 
answer them. 43 I pulverize them like dust of the earth;
  I crush them and trample them 
like mud in the streets. 44 You have freed me from the feuds 
among my people;
  you have preserved me as head 
of nations;
  a people I had not known serve me. 45 Foreigners submit to me cringing;
  as soon as they hear, they obey me. 46 Foreigners lose heart
  and come trembling 
from their fortifications. 47 The Lord lives  —  blessed be my rock!


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God, the rock of my salvation, 
is exalted. 48 God  —  he grants me vengeance
  and casts down peoples under me. 49 He frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my adversaries;
  you rescue me from violent men. 50 Therefore I will give thanks to you 
among the nations, Lord;
  I will sing praises about your name. 51 He is a tower of salvation for  g his king;
  he shows loyalty to his anointed,
  to David and his descendants forever. DAVID’S LAST WORDS
23 
 These  are  the  last  words  of Da vid:
The declaration of David  
son of Jesse,
  the declaration of the man 
raised on high,  h
  the one anointed by the God of Jacob. This is the most delightful 
of Israel’s songs.


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2 The Spirit of the Lord spoke 
through me,
  his word was on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel spoke;
  the Rock of Israel said to me,
  “The one who rules the people 
with justice,
  who rules in the fear of God,
 4 is like the morning light when the sun 
rises
  on a cloudless morning,
  the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”
 5 Is it not true my house is with God? For he has established 
a permanent covenant with me,
  ordered and secured in every detail.


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Will he not bring about
  my whole salvation 
and my every desire? 6 But all the wicked are like thorns 
raked aside;
  they can never be picked up by hand. 7 The man who touches them
  must be armed with iron and the shaft 
of a spear.


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They will be completely burned up 
on the spot. EXPLOITS OF DAVID’S WARRIORS
8  These  are  the  names  of Da vid’s war riors:
a 22:33 DSS, some LXX mss, Syr , Vg read God clothes me with strength ; Ps 18:32   b 22:33 Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads he sets 
free the blameless his way ; Hb obscure   c 22:34 LXX; some Hb mss read my ; other Hb mss read his   d 22:34 Or on my high 
places   e 22:36 LXX reads humility ; Ps 18:35   f 22:41 Lit you gave me the neck of my enemies   g 22:51 DSS read he gives 
great victory to   h 23:1 Or raised up by the high God
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Jo sheb-bas she beth  the Tah che mo nite  was 
 chief  of  the off  i cers. a  He wielded  his  spear b 
 against  eight hun dred  men  that  he  killed  at 
 one  time. 9 Af ter  him, El e a zar  son  of  Dodo  son  of  an 
Aho hite  was  among  the  three war riors  with 
Da vid  when  they de fied  the Phi lis tines. The  men 
 of Is ra el re treat ed  in  the  place  they  had gath-
ered  for bat tle, 10  but El e a zar  stood  his  ground 
 and at tacked  the Phi lis tines un til  his  hand  was 
 tired  and  stuck  to  his  sword. The  L ord  brought 
 about  a  great vic to ry  that  day .


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Then  the  troops 
 came  back  to  him,  but  only  to plun der  the  dead. 11 Af ter  him  was Sham mah  son  of  Agee  the 
Ha ra rite. The Phi lis tines  had as sem bled  in 
for ma tion  where  there  was  a  field  full  of len-
tils. The  troops  fled  from  the Phi lis tines, 12  but 
Sham mah  took  his  stand  in  the mid dle  of  the 
 field, de fend ed  it,  and  struck  down  the Phi lis-
tines. So  the  L ord  brought  about  a  great vic to ry . 13  Three  of  the thir ty lead ing war riors  went 
 down  at har vest  time  and  came  to Da vid  at  the 
 cave  of Adul lam,  while  a com pa ny  of Phi lis-
tines  was camp ing  in  the V al ley  of Reph a im. 14  At  that  time Da vid  was  in  the strong hold, 
 and  a Phi lis tine gar ri son  was  at Beth le hem. 15 Da vid  was ex treme ly  thirsty c  and  said, “ If 
 only some one  would  bring  me wa ter  to  drink 
 from  the  well  at  the  city  gate  of Beth le hem! ” 
16  So  three  of  the war riors  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. 17 Da vid  said, “ L ord, 
 I  would nev er  do  such  a  thing! Is  this  not  the 
 blood  of  men  who  risked  their  lives? ”  So  he 
re fused  to  drink  it.


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Such  were  the ex ploits  of 
 the  three war riors. 18 Abish ai,  Joab’s broth er  and  son  of Zer u-
i ah,  was lead er  of  the  Three. d  He wielded  his 
 spear  against  three hun dred  men  and  killed 
 them, gain ing  a rep u ta tion  among  the  Three.


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He be came  their com mand er  even  though  he 
 did  not be come  one  of  the  Three. 20 Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da  was  the  son  of 
 a  brave  man  from Kab ze el,  a  man  of  many 
ex ploits. Be na iah  killed  two  sons e  of Ari el f 
 of  Moab,  and  he  went  down  into  a  pit  on  a 
 snowy  day  and  killed  a  lion. 21  He  also  killed 
 an Egyp tian,  an im pres sive  man. Even  though 
 the Egyp tian  had  a  spear  in  his  hand, Be na iah 
 went  down  to  him  with  a  club,  snatched  the 
 spear  out  of  the Egyp tian’s  hand,  and  then 
 killed  him  with  his  own  spear. 22  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. 23  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. 24  Among  the Thir ty  were
  Joab’s brother Asahel,
  Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
 25 Shammah the Harodite,
  Elika the Harodite,
 26 Helez the Paltite,
  Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
 27 Abiezer the Anathothite,
  Mebunnai the Hushathite,
 28 Zalmon the Ahohite,
  Maharai the Netophathite,
 29 Heleb son of Baanah the Netophahite,
  Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah 
of the Benjaminites,
 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite,
  Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,  g
 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite,
  Azmaveth the Barhumite,
 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
  the sons of Jashen,
  Jonathan son of h 33 Shammah 
the Hararite,
  Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
 34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai 
son of the Maacathite,
  Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
 35 Hezro the Carmelite,
  Paarai the Arbite,
 36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah,
  Bani the Gadite,
 37 Zelek the Ammonite,
  Naharai the Beerothite, 
the armor-bearer for Joab 
son of Zeruiah,
 38 Ira the Ithrite,
  Gareb the Ithrite,
 39 and Uriah the Hethite. There  were thirty-seven  in  all. DAVID’S MILITARY CENSUS
24 
 The  L ord’ s an ger  burned  against Is ra el 
 again,  and  he  stirred  up Da vid  against 
 them  to  say: “ Go,  count  the peo ple  of Is ra el 
 and Ju dah.”
a 23:8 Some Hb mss, LXX read Three   b 23:8 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, LXX read He was Adino the Eznite   c 23:15 Lit And 
David craved   d 23:18 Some Hb mss, Syr read the Thirty   e 23:20 LXX; MT omits sons   f 23:20 Or two warriors   g 23:30 Or 
from Nahale-gaash   h 23:32 Some LXX mss; MT omits son of ; 1Ch 11:34
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2  So  the  king  said  to  Joab,  the com mand er 
 of  his  army , “ Go  through  all  the  tribes  of Is-
ra el  from  Dan  to Be er-she ba  and reg is ter  the 
 troops  so  I  can  know  their num ber.”
3  Joab re plied  to  the  king, “ May  the  L ord 
 your  God mul ti ply  the  troops  a hun dred  times 
 more  than  they  are  —   while  my  lord  the  king 
 looks  on! But  why  does  my  lord  the  king  want 
 to  do  this? ”
4  Yet  the  king’s or der pre vailed  over  Joab 
 and  the com mand ers  of  the  army . So  Joab  and 
 the com mand ers  of  the  army  left  the  king’s 
pres ence  to reg is ter  the  troops  of Is ra el. 5  They  crossed  the Jor dan  and  camped  in 
Aro er,  south  of  the  town  in  the mid dle  of  the 
val ley ,  and  then pro ceed ed to ward  Gad  and 
Ja zer.


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6  They  went  to Gil e ad  and  to  the  land  of 
 the Hit tites a  and con tin ued  on  to Dan-jaan 
 and  around  to Si don. 7  They  went  to  the for-
tress  of  Tyre  and  all  the cit ies  of  the Hi vites 
 and Ca naan ites. Af ter ward,  they  went  to  the 
Ne gev  of Ju dah  at Be er-she ba. 8  When  they  had  gone  through  the  whole 
 land,  they re turned  to Je ru sa lem  at  the  end  of 
 nine  months  and twen ty  days. 9  Joab  gave  the 
 king  the to tal  of  the reg is tra tion  of  the  troops. There  were  eight hun dred thou sand val iant 
 armed  men b  from Is ra el  and  five hun dred 
thou sand  men  from Ju dah. 10 Da vid’s con science trou bled  him af ter  he 
 had tak en  a cen sus  of  the  troops.


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He  said  to 
 the  L ord, “ I  have  sinned great ly  in  what  I’ve 
 done. Now ,  L ord, be cause  I’ve  been  very fool-
ish,  please  take  away  your ser vant’s  guilt.”
DAVID’S PUNISHMENT
11  When Da vid  got  up  in  the morn ing,  the  word 
 of  the  L ord  had  come  to  the proph et  Gad, Da-
vid’s  seer: 12 “ 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,  and  I  will  do  it  to  you.’ ”
13  So  Gad  went  to Da vid,  told  him  the  choices, 
 and  asked  him, “ Do  you  want  three c  years  of 
fam ine  to  come  on  your  land,  to  flee  from 
 your  foes  three  months  while  they pur sue 
 you,  or  to  have  a  plague  in  your  land  three 
 days? Now , con sid er care ful ly d  what an swer 
 I  should  take  back  to  the  one  who  sent  me.”
14 Da vid an swered  Gad, “ I  have  great anx-
i ety . Please,  let  us  fall  into  the  L ord’ s  hands 
be cause  his mercies  are  great,  but  don’t  let 
 me  fall  into hu man  hands.”
15  So  the  L ord  sent  a  plague  on Is ra el  from 
 that morn ing un til  the ap point ed  time,  and 
 from  Dan  to Be er-she ba sev en ty thou sand 
 men  died. 16  Then  the an gel ex tend ed  his  hand 
to ward Je ru sa lem  to de stroy  it,  but  the  L ord 
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! ”  The an gel 
 of  the  L ord  was  then  at  the thresh ing  floor  of 
Arau nah e  the Jeb u site. 17  When Da vid  saw  the an gel strik ing  the 
peo ple,  he  said  to  the  L ord, “ Look,  I  am  the 
 one  who  has  sinned;  I  am  the  one f  who  has 
 done  wrong. But  these  sheep,  what  have  they 
 done? Please,  let  your  hand  be  against  me  and 
 my fa ther’s fam i ly .”
DAVID’S ALTAR
18  Gad  came  to Da vid  that  day  and  said  to  him, 
“ Go  up  and  set  up  an al tar  to  the  L ord  on  the 
thresh ing  floor  of Arau nah  the Jeb u site.” 19 Da-
vid  went  up  in obe di ence  to  Gad’s com mand, 
 just  as  the  L ord  had com mand ed. 20 Arau nah 
 looked  down  and  saw  the  king  and  his ser-
vants com ing to  ward  him,  so  he  went  out 
 and  paid hom age  to  the  king  with  his  face 
 to  the  ground.


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21 Arau nah  said, “ Why  has  my  lord  the  king 
 come  to  his ser vant? ”
Da vid re plied, “ To  buy  the thresh ing  floor 
 from  you  in or der  to  build  an al tar  to  the  L ord, 
 so  the  plague  on  the peo ple  may  be halt ed.”
22 Arau nah  said  to Da vid, “ My  lord  the  king 
 may  take what ev er  he  wants g  and off  er  it. Here  are  the  oxen  for  a  burnt off  er ing  and  the 
thresh ing  sledges  and  ox  yokes  for  the  wood. 23  Your Maj es ty , Arau nah  gives ev ery thing 
 here  to  the  king.”  Then  he  said  to  the  king, 
“ May  the  L ord  your  God ac cept  you.”
24  The  king an swered Arau nah, “ No,  I in sist 
 on buy ing  it  from  you  for  a  price,  for  I  will  not 
off  er  to  the  L ord  my  God  burnt off  er ings  that 
 cost  me noth ing.” Da vid  bought  the thresh ing 
 floor  and  the  oxen  for twen ty ounc es h  of sil-
ver. 25  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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Then  the  L ord  was receptive  to  prayer 
 for  the  land,  and  the  plague  on Is ra el end ed. a 24:6 LXX; MT reads of Tahtim-hodshi ; Hb obscure   b 24:9 Lit men of valor drawing the sword   c 24:13 LXX; MT reads seven ; 
1Ch 21:12   d 24:13 Lit Now, know and see   e 24:16 = Ornan in 1Ch 21:15-28; 2Ch 3:1   f 24:17 LXX reads shepherd   g 24:22 Lit 
take what is good in his eyes   h 24:24 Lit 50 shekels
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1 KinGs
DAVID’S LAST DAYS
1 
 Now  King Da vid  was  old  and ad vanced 
 in  age. Al though  they cov ered  him  with 
bedclothes,  he  could  not  get  warm. 2  So  his 
ser vants  said  to  him: “ Let  us a  search  for  a 
 young vir gin  for  my  lord  the  king. She  is  to 
at tend  the  king  and  be  his caregiver. She  is  to 
 lie  by  your  side  so  that  my  lord  the  king  will 
 get  warm.” 3  They  searched  for  a beau ti ful 
 girl through out  the ter ri to ry  of Is ra el;  they 
 found Ab i shag  the Shu nam mite b  and  brought 
 her  to  the  king. 4  The  girl  was  of unsurpassed 
beau ty ,  and  she be came  the  king’s caregiver.


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She at tend ed  to  him,  but  he  was  not in ti mate 
 with c  her. ADONIJAH’S BID FOR POWER
5 Ad o ni jah  son  of Hag gith  kept exalting him self, 
say ing, “ I  will  be  king! ”  He pre pared char i ots, 
cav al ry ,  and fif ty  men  to  run  ahead  of  him.


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d 
6  But  his fa ther  had nev er  once in fu ri at ed  him 
 by ask ing, “ Why  did  you  do  that? ”  In ad di tion, 
 he  was  quite hand some  and  was  born af ter 
Ab sa lom. 7  He con spired e  with  Joab  son  of 
Zer u i ah  and  with  the  priest Abi a thar. They 
sup port ed Ad o ni jah, 8  but  the  priest Za dok, 
Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da,  the proph et Na than, 
Shim ei,  Rei,  and Da vid’s roy al  guard f  did  not 
 side  with Ad o ni jah. 9 Ad o ni jah sac ri ficed  sheep,  goats, cat tle, 
 and fat tened cat tle  near  the  stone  of Zo he leth, 
 which  is  next  to En-rogel. He in vit ed  all  his 
roy al broth ers  and  all  the  men  of Ju dah,  the 
ser vants  of  the  king, 10  but  he  did  not in vite 
 the proph et Na than, Be na iah,  the roy al  guard, 
 or  his broth er Sol o mon. NATHAN’S AND BATHSHEBA’S APPEALS
11  Then Na than  said  to Bath she ba, Sol o mon’s 
moth er, “ Have  you  not  heard  that Ad o ni jah 
 son  of Hag gith  has be come  king  and  our  lord 
Da vid  does  not  know  it? 12  Now  please  come 
 and  let  me ad vise  you.


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Save  your  life  and  the 
 life  of  your  son Sol o mon. 13  Go, ap proach  King 
Da vid  and  say  to  him, ‘ My  lord  the  king,  did  you 
 not  swear  to  your ser vant:  Your  son Sol o mon 
 is  to be come  king af ter  me,  and  he  is  the  one 
 who  is  to  sit  on  my  throne? So  why  has Ad o-
ni jah be come  king? ’ 14  At  that mo ment,  while 
 you  are  still  there speak ing  with  the  king,  I’ll 
 come  in af ter  you  and con firm  your  words.”
15  So Bath she ba  went  to  the  king  in  his bed-
room. Since  the  king  was  very  old, Ab i shag 
 the Shu nam mite  was at tend ing  to  him. 16 Bath-
she ba  knelt  low  and  paid hom age  to  the  king, 
 and  he  asked, “ What  do  you  want? ”
17  She re plied, “ My  lord,  you  swore  to  your 
ser vant  by  the  L ord  your  God, ‘ Your  son Sol o-
mon  is  to be come  king af ter  me,  and  he  is  the 
 one  who  is  to  sit  on  my  throne.’ 18  Now  look, 
Ad o ni jah  has be come  king. And, g  my  lord 
 the  king,  you  didn’t  know  it.


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19  He  has lavishly 
sac ri ficed  oxen, fat tened cat tle,  and  sheep. He 
in vit ed  all  the  king’s  sons,  the  priest Abi a thar, 
 and  Joab  the com mand er  of  the  army ,  but  he 
 did  not in vite  your ser vant Sol o mon. 20  N ow,  
 my  lord  the  king,  the  eyes  of  all Is ra el  are  on 
 you  to  tell  them  who  will  sit  on  the  throne 
 of  my  lord  the  king af ter  him. 21 Oth er wise, 
 when  my  lord  the  king  rests  with  his fa thers, 
 I  and  my  son Sol o mon  will  be re gard ed  as 
crim i nals.”
22  At  that mo  ment,  while  she  was  still 
speak ing  with  the  king,  the proph et Na than 
ar rived, 23  and  it  was an nounced  to  the  king, 
“ The proph et Na than  is  here.”  He  came  into 
 the  king’s pres ence  and  paid hom age  to  him 
 with  his  face  to  the  ground. 24 “ My  lord  the  king,” Na than  said, “ did  you 
 say , ‘ Ad o ni jah  is  to be come  king af ter  me,  and 
 he  is  the  one  who  is  to  sit  on  my  throne’? 25  For 
to day  he  went  down  and lavishly sac ri ficed 
 oxen, fat tened cat tle,  and  sheep. He in vit ed 
 all  the  sons  of  the  king,  the com mand ers  of 
 the  army ,  and  the  priest Abi a thar.


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And  look! They’re eat ing  and drink ing  in  his pres ence, 
 and they’re say ing, ‘ Long  live  King Ad o ni jah! ’ 
26  But  he  did  not in vite  me  —   me,  your ser-
vant  —   or  the  priest Za dok  or Be na iah  son 
 of Je hoi a da  or  your ser vant Sol o mon. 27  I’m 
cer tain  my  lord  the  king  would  not  have  let 
 this hap pen with out let ting  your ser vant h 
 know  who  will  sit  on  my  lord  the  king’s  throne 
af ter  him.”
a 1:2 Lit them   b 1:3 Shunem was a town in the hill country of Issachar at the foot of Mt. Moreh; Jos 19:17-18.


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c 1:4 Lit he did not 
know   d 1:5 Heralds announcing his procession   e 1:7 Lit His words were   f 1:8 Lit David’s warriors   g 1:18 Some Hb mss, LXX, 
Vg, Syr; other Hb mss read And now   h 1:27 Some Hb mss, LXX; alt Hb tradition reads servants
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SOLOMON CONFIRMED KING
28  King Da vid re spond ed  by say ing, “ Call  in 
Bath she ba  for  me.”  So  she  came  into  the  king’s 
pres ence  and  stood be fore  him. 29  The  king 
 swore  an  oath  and  said, “ As  the  L ord  lives, 
 who  has re deemed  my  life  from ev ery diff  i-
cul ty , 30  just  as  I  swore  to  you  by  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el:  Your  son Sol o mon  is  to be come  king 
af ter  me,  and  he  is  the  one  who  is  to  sit  on  my 
 throne  in  my  place,  that  is ex act ly  what  I  will 
 do  this  very  day .”
31 Bath she ba  knelt  low  with  her  face  to  the 
 ground, pay ing hom age  to  the  king,  and  said, 
“ May  my  lord  King Da vid  live for ev er! ”
32  King Da vid  then  said, “ Call  in  the  priest 
Za dok,  the proph et Na than,  and Be na iah  son  of 
Je hoi a da  for  me.”  So  they  came  into  the  king’s 
pres ence.


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33  The  king  said  to  them, “ Take  my 
ser vants  with  you,  have  my  son Sol o mon  ride 
 on  my  own  mule,  and  take  him  down  to Gi hon. 34  There,  the  priest Za dok  and  the proph et 
Na than  are  to  anoint  him  as  king  over Is ra el. You  are  to  blow  the  ram’s  horn  and  say , ‘ Long 
 live  King Sol o mon! ’ 35  You  are  to  come  up af-
ter  him,  and  he  is  to  come  in  and  sit  on  my 
 throne. He  is  the  one  who  is  to be come  king 
 in  my  place;  he  is  the  one  I  have com mand ed 
 to  be rul er  over Is ra el  and Ju dah.”
36 “ Amen,” Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da re plied 
 to  the  king. “ May  the  L ord,  the  God  of  my  lord 
 the  king,  so affirm  it. 37  Just  as  the  L ord  was 
 with  my  lord  the  king,  so  may  he a  be  with 
Sol o mon  and  make  his  throne great er  than 
 the  throne  of  my  lord  King Da vid.”
38  Then  the  priest Za dok,  the proph et Na than, 
Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da,  the Cher e thites,  and 
 the Pel e thites  went  down,  had Sol o mon  ride 
 on  King Da vid’s  mule,  and  took  him  to Gi hon. 39  The  priest Za dok  took  the  horn  of  oil  from 
 the tab er na cle  and anoint ed Sol o mon. Then 
 they  blew  the  ram’s  horn,  and  all  the peo ple 
pro claimed, “ Long  live  King Sol o mon! ” 40  All 
 the peo ple  went  up af ter  him, play ing  flutes 
 and re joic ing  with  such  a  great  joy  that  the 
 earth  split  open  from  the  sound. b
ADONIJAH HEARS OF SOLOMON’S 
CORONATION
41 Ad o ni jah  and  all  the in vit ed  guests  who  were 
 with  him  heard  the  noise  as  they fin ished eat-
ing. Joab  heard  the  sound  of  the  ram’s  horn 
 and  said, “ Why  is  the  town  in  such  an up roar? ” 
42  He  was  still speak ing  when Jon a than  son  of 
Abi a thar  the  priest, sud den ly ar rived.


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Ad o ni-
jah  said, “ Come  in,  for  you  are  an im por tant 
 man,  and  you  must  be bring ing  good  news.”
43 “Unfortunately  not,” Jon a than an swered 
 him. “ Our  lord  King Da vid  has  made Sol o mon 
 king. 44  And  with Sol o mon,  the  king  has  sent 
 the  priest Za dok,  the proph et Na than, Be na-
iah  son  of Je hoi a da,  the Cher e thites,  and  the 
Pel e thites,  and  they  have  had  him  ride  on  the 
 king’s  mule. 45  The  priest Za dok  and  the proph-
et Na than  have anoint ed  him  king  in Gi hon.


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The 
 town  has  been  in  an up roar;  that’s  the  noise 
 you  heard. 46 Sol o mon  has  even tak en  his  seat 
 on  the roy al  throne. 47 “ The  king’s ser vants  have  also  gone  to 
con grat u late  our  lord  King Da vid, say ing, ‘ May 
 your  God  make  the  name  of Sol o mon  more 
 well  known  than  your  name,  and  may  he  make 
 his  throne great er  than  your  throne.’  Then  the 
 king  bowed  in wor ship  on  his  bed. 48  And  the 
 king  went  on  to  say  this: ‘ Blessed  be  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el! To day  he  has pro vid ed  one  to  sit 
 on  my  throne,  and  I  am  a wit ness.’ ” c
49  Then  all  of Ad o ni jah’s  guests  got  up trem-
bling  and  went  their sep a rate  ways. 50 Ad o ni jah 
 was  afraid  of Sol o mon,  so  he  got  up  and  went 
 to  take  hold  of  the  horns  of  the al tar. 51  It  was re port ed  to Sol o mon: “ Look, Ad o-
ni jah  fears  King Sol o mon,  and  he  has tak en 
 hold  of  the  horns  of  the al tar, say ing, ‘ Let  King 
Sol o mon  first d  swear  to  me  that  he  will  not 
 kill  his ser vant  with  the  sword.’ ”
52  Then Sol o mon  said, “ If  he  is  a  man  of char-
ac ter,  not  a sin gle  hair  of  his  will  fall  to  the 
 ground,  but  if  evil  is  found  in  him,  he  dies.” 
53  So  King Sol o mon  sent  for  him,  and  they  took 
 him  down  from  the al tar. He  came  and  paid 
hom age  to  King Sol o mon,  and Sol o mon  said 
 to  him, “ Go  to  your  home.”
DAVID’S DYING INSTRUCTIONS TO SOLOMON
2 
 As  the  time ap proached  for Da vid  to  die, 
 he or dered  his  son Sol o mon, 2 “ As  for  me,  I 
 am go ing  the  way  of  all  of  the  earth. Be  strong 
 and  be  a  man, 3  and  keep  your ob li ga tion  to 
 the  L ord  your  God  to  walk  in  his  ways  and  to 
 keep  his stat utes, com mands, or di nances,  and 
de crees.


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This  is writ ten  in  the  law  of Mo ses, 
 so  that  you  will  have suc cess  in ev ery thing 
 you  do  and wher ev er  you  turn, 4  and  so  that 
a 1:37 Alt Hb tradition reads so he will   b 1:40 LXX reads the land resounded with their noise   c 1:48 Lit and my eyes are 
seeing   d 1:51 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg read today
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 the  L ord  will ful fill  his prom ise  that  he  made 
 to  me: ‘ If  your  sons  guard  their  way  to  walk 
faith ful ly be fore  me  with  all  their  heart  and 
 all  their  soul,  you  will nev er  fail  to  have  a  man 
 on  the  throne  of Is ra el.’
5 “ You  also  know  what  Joab  son  of Zer u i ah 
 did  to  me  and  what  he  did  to  the  two com-
mand ers  of Is ra el’s  army , Ab ner  son  of  Ner 
 and Am a sa  son  of Je ther. He mur dered  them 
 in  a  time  of  peace  to  avenge  blood  shed  in  war.


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He  spilled  that  blood  on  his  own waist band 
 and  on  the san dals  of  his  feet. a 6  Act ac cord ing 
 to  your wis dom,  and  do  not  let  his  gray  head 
de scend  to She ol  in  peace. 7 “ Show kind ness  to  the  sons  of Bar zil lai  the 
Gil e ad ite  and  let  them  be  among  those  who 
 eat  at  your ta ble be cause  they sup port ed  me 
 when  I  fled  from  your broth er Ab sa lom. 8 “ Keep  an  eye  on Shim ei  son  of  Gera,  the 
Ben ja min ite  from Ba hu rim  who  is  with  you. He 
ut tered ma li cious curs es  against  me  the  day  I 
 went  to Ma ha na im. But  he  came  down  to  meet 
 me  at  the Jor dan Riv er,  and  I  swore  to  him  by 
 the  L ord: ‘ I  will nev er  kill  you  with  the  sword.’ 
9  So  don’t  let  him  go un pun ished,  for  you  are  a 
 wise  man. You  know  how  to  deal  with  him  to 
 bring  his  gray  head  down  to She ol  with  blood.”
10  Then Da vid rest ed  with  his fa thers  and 
 was bur ied  in  the  city  of Da vid. 11  The  length 
 of  time Da vid  reigned  over Is ra el  was for ty 
 years:  he  reigned sev en  years  in He bron  and 
thirty-three  years  in Je ru sa lem. 12 Sol o mon 
 sat  on  the  throne  of  his fa ther Da vid,  and  his 
king ship  was firm ly es tab lished. ADONIJAH’S FOOLISH REQUEST
13  Now Ad o ni jah  son  of Hag gith  came  to Bath-
she ba, Sol o mon’s moth er. She  asked, “ Do  you 
 come peace ful ly?


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”
“Peace ful ly ,”  he re plied, 14  and  then  asked, 
“ May  I  talk  with  you? ” b
“ Go  ahead,”  she an swered. 15 “ You  know  the king ship  was  mine,”  he  said. “ All Is ra el ex pect ed  me  to  be  king,  but  then  the 
king ship  was  turned  over  to  my broth er,  for 
 the  L ord  gave  it  to  him. 16  So  now  I  have  just 
 one re quest  of  you;  don’t  turn  me  down.” c
 She  said  to  him, “ Go  on.”
17  He re plied, “ Please  speak  to  King Sol o mon 
 since  he  won’t  turn  you  down. Let  him  give  me 
Ab i shag  the Shu nam mite  as  a  wife.”
18 “ V ery  well,” Bath she ba re plied. “ I  will  speak 
 to  the  king  for  you.”
19  So Bath she ba  went  to  King Sol o mon  to 
 speak  to  him  about Ad o ni jah. The  king  stood 
 up  to  greet  her,  bowed  to  her,  sat  down  on  his 
 throne,  and  had  a  throne  placed  for  the  king’s 
moth er. So  she  sat  down  at  his  right  hand.


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20  Then  she  said, “ I  have  just  one  small re-
quest  of  you. Don’t  turn  me  down.”
“ Go  ahead  and  ask, moth er,”  the  king re plied, 
“ for  I  won’t  turn  you  down.”
21  So  she  said, “ Let Ab i shag  the Shu nam mite 
 be giv en  to  your broth er Ad o ni jah  as  a  wife.”
22  King Sol o mon an swered  his moth er, “ Why 
 are  you re quest ing Ab i shag  the Shu nam mite 
 for Ad o ni jah? Since  he  is  my el der broth er,  you 
 might  as  well  ask  the king ship  for  him,  for 
 the  priest Abi a thar,  and  for  Joab  son  of Zer u i-
ah.” d 23  Then  King Sol o mon  took  an  oath  by  the 
 L ord: “ May  God pun ish  me  and  do  so se vere ly 
 if Ad o ni jah  has  not  made  this re quest  at  the 
 cost  of  his  life. 24  And  now ,  as  the  L ord  lives  
—   the  one  who es tab lished  me, seat ed  me  on 
 the  throne  of  my fa ther Da vid,  and  made  me  a 
dy nas ty  as  he prom ised  —   I  swear Ad o ni jah 
 will  be  put  to  death to day! ” 25  Then  King Sol o-
mon dis patched Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da,  who 
 struck  down Ad o ni jah,  and  he  died. ABIATHAR’S BANISHMENT
26  The  king  said  to  the  priest Abi a thar, “ Go 
 to  your  fields  in An a thoth. Even  though  you 
de serve  to  die,  I  will  not  put  you  to  death to-
day ,  since  you car ried  the  ark  of  the  Lord  G od 
 in  the pres ence  of  my fa ther Da vid  and  you 
suff  ered  through  all  that  my fa ther suff  ered.” 
27  So Sol o mon ban ished Abi a thar  from be ing 
 the  L ord’ s  priest,  and  it ful filled  the  L ord’ s 
proph e cy  he  had spo ken  at Shi loh  against 
 Eli’s fam i ly . JOAB’S EXECUTION
28  The  news  reached  Joab. Since  he  had sup-
port ed Ad o ni jah  but  not Ab sa lom,  Joab  fled 
 to  the  L ord’ s tab er na cle  and  took  hold  of  the 
 horns  of  the al tar. 29  It  was re port ed  to  King Sol o mon: “ Joab 
 has  fled  to  the  L ord’ s tab er na cle  and  is  now 
be side  the al tar.”  Then Sol o mon  sent e Be na iah 
 son  of Je hoi a da  and  told  him, “ Go  and  strike 
 him  down! ”
a 2:5 LXX, Old Lat read on my waistband and .


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my feet ; v. 31   b 2:14 Lit then said, “I have a word for you.”   c 2:16 Lit don’t 
make me turn my face   d 2:22 LXX, Vg, Syr read kingship for him, and on his side are Abiathar the priest and Joab son of 
Zeruiah   e 2:29 LXX adds Joab a message: “What is the matter with you, that you have fled to the altar? ” And Joab replied, 
“Because I feared you, I have fled to the Lord.” And Solomon the king sent
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30  So Be na iah  went  to  the tab er na cle  and  said 
 to  Joab, “ This  is  what  the  king  says: ‘ Come  out! ’ ”
 But  Joab  said, “ No,  for  I  will  die  here.”
 So Be na iah  took  a mes sage  back  to  the  king, 
“ This  is  what  Joab  said,  and  this  is  how  he 
an swered  me.”
31  The  king  said  to  him, “ Do  just  as  he  says. Strike  him  down  and  bury  him  in or der  to 
re move  from  me  and  from  my fa ther’s fam i ly 
 the  blood  that  Joab  shed with out  just  cause. 32  The  L ord  will  bring  back  his  own  blood  on 
 his  head be cause  he  struck  down  two  men 
 more righ teous  and bet ter  than  he, with-
out  my fa ther Da vid’s knowl edge. With  his 
 sword,  Joab mur dered Ab ner  son  of  Ner, 
com mand er  of Is ra el’s  army ,  and Am a sa 
 son  of Je ther, com mand er  of Ju dah’s  army . 33  The re spon si bil i ty  for  their  deaths  will 
 come  back  to  Joab  and  to  his de scen dants a 
for ev er,  but  for Da vid,  his de scen dants,  his 
dy nas ty ,  and  his  throne,  there  will  be  peace 
 from  the  L ord for ev er.”
34 Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da  went  up,  struck 
 down  Joab,  and  put  him  to  death. He  was bur-
ied  at  his  house  in  the wil der ness.


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35  Then  the 
 king ap point ed Be na iah  son  of Je hoi a da  in 
 Joab’s  place  over  the  army ,  and  he ap point ed 
 the  priest Za dok  in Abi a thar’s  place. SHIMEI’S BANISHMENT AND EXECUTION
36  Then  the  king sum moned Shim ei  and  said 
 to  him, “ Build  a  house  for your self  in Je ru sa-
lem  and  live  there,  but  don’t  leave  there  and 
 go any where  else. 37  On  the  day  you  do  leave 
 and  cross  the Kid ron V al ley ,  know  for  sure 
 that  you  will cer tain ly  die. Your  blood  will  be 
 on  your  own  head.”
38 Shim ei  said  to  the  king, “ The sen tence  is 
 fair;  your ser vant  will  do  as  my  lord  the  king 
 has spo ken.”  And Shim ei  lived  in Je ru sa lem 
 for  a  long  time. 39  But  then,  at  the  end  of  three  years,  two 
 of Shim ei’s  slaves  ran  away  to  Achish  son  of 
Ma a cah,  king  of  Gath. Shim ei  was in formed, 
“ Look,  your  slaves  are  in  Gath.” 40  So Shim ei 
sad dled  his don key  and  set  out  to  Achish  at 
 Gath  to  search  for  his  slaves. He  went  and 
 brought  them  back  from  Gath.


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41  It  was re port ed  to Sol o mon  that Shim ei 
 had  gone  from Je ru sa lem  to  Gath  and  had 
re turned. 42  So  the  king sum moned Shim ei 
 and  said  to  him, “ Didn’t  I  make  you  swear 
 by  the  L ord  and  warn  you, say ing, ‘ On  the 
 day  you  leave  and  go any where  else,  know 
 for  sure  that  you  will cer tain ly  die’? And  you 
 said  to  me, ‘ The sen tence  is  fair;  I  will  obey .’ 
43  So  why  have  you  not  kept  the  L ord’ s  oath 
 and  the com mand  that  I  gave  you? ” 44  The 
 king  also  said, “ You your self  know  all  the  evil 
 that  you  did  to  my fa ther Da vid. There fore, 
 the  L ord  has  brought  back  your  evil  on  your 
 head, 45  but  King Sol o mon  will  be  blessed,  and 
Da vid’s  throne  will re main es tab lished be fore 
 the  L ord for ev er.”
46  Then  the  king com mand ed Be na iah  son  of 
Je hoi a da,  and  he  went  out  and  struck Shim ei 
 down,  and  he  died. So  the king dom  was es-
tab lished  in Sol o mon’s  hand. THE LORD APPEARS TO SOLOMON
3 
Sol o mon  made  an al li ance b  with Pha raoh 
 king  of  Egypt  by mar ry ing Pha raoh’s 
daugh ter. Sol o mon  brought  her  to  the  city 
 of Da vid un til  he fin ished build ing  his pal ace, 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  and  the  wall sur round-
ing Je ru sa lem. 2 How ev er,  the peo ple  were 
sac ri fic ing  on  the  high plac es, be cause un til 
 that  time  a tem ple  for  the  L ord’ s  name  had 
 not  been  built. 3 Sol o mon  loved  the  L ord  by 
walk ing  in  the stat utes  of  his fa ther Da vid, 
 but  he  also sac ri ficed  and  burned in cense  on 
 the  high plac es. 4  The  king  went  to Gib e on  to sac ri fice  there 
be cause  it  was  the  most fa mous  high  place. He off  ered  a thou sand  burnt off  er ings  on  that 
al tar.


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What 
 should  I  give  you? ”
6  And Sol o mon re plied, “ You  have  shown 
 great  and faith ful  love  to  your ser vant,  my 
fa ther Da vid, be cause  he  walked be fore  you 
 in faith ful ness, righ teous ness,  and in teg ri ty . c 
 You  have con tin ued  this  great  and faith ful 
 love  for  him  by giv ing  him  a  son  to  sit  on  his 
 throne,  as  it  is to day . 7 “ L ord  my  God,  you  have  now  made  your 
ser vant  king  in  my fa ther Da vid’s  place. Yet  I 
 am  just  a  youth  with  no ex pe ri ence  in lead-
er ship. d 8  Your ser vant  is  among  your peo ple 
 you  have cho sen,  a peo ple  too  many  to  be 
num bered  or count ed. 9  So  give  your ser vant 
 a receptive  heart  to  judge  your peo ple  and 
 to dis cern be tween  good  and  evil.


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For  who 
 is  able  to  judge  this  great peo ple  of  yours? ”
a 2:33 Lit Their blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his seed   b 3:1 Lit Solomon made himself a son-in-law   
c 3:6 Lit and uprightness of heart with you   d 3:7 Lit am a little youth and do not know to go out or come in
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10  Now  it  pleased  the  Lord  that Sol o mon  had 
re quest ed  this. 11  So  God  said  to  him, “Be cause 
 you  have re quest ed  this  and  did  not  ask  for 
 long  life a  or rich es  for your self,  or  the  death b 
 of  your en e mies,  but  you  asked dis cern ment 
 for your self  to ad min is ter jus tice, 12  I  will there-
fore  do  what  you  have  asked. I  will  give  you  a 
 wise  and un der stand ing  heart,  so  that  there 
 has nev er  been any one  like  you be fore  and 
nev er  will  be  again. 13  In ad di tion,  I  will  give 
 you  what  you  did  not  ask  for:  both rich es  and 
hon or,  so  that  no  king  will  be  your  equal dur ing 
 your en tire  life. 14  If  you  walk  in  my  ways  and 
 keep  my stat utes  and com mands  just  as  your 
fa ther Da vid  did,  I  will  give  you  a  long  life.”
15  Then Sol o mon  woke  up  and re al ized  it  had 
 been  a  dream. He  went  to Je ru sa lem,  stood 
be fore  the  ark  of  the  Lord’s cov enant,  and 
off  ered  burnt off  er ings  and fel low ship off  er-
ings.


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SOLOMON’S WISDOM
16  Then  two wom en  who  were pros ti tutes  came 
 to  the  king  and  stood be fore  him. 17  One wom an 
 said, “ Please,  my  lord,  this wom an  and  I  live 
 in  the  same  house,  and  I  had  a  baby  while 
 she  was  in  the  house. 18  On  the  third  day af-
ter  I  gave  birth,  she  also  had  a  baby  and  we 
 were  alone. No  one  else c  was  with  us  in  the 
 house;  just  the  two  of  us  were  there. 19 Dur ing 
 the  night  this wom an’s  son  died be cause  she 
 lay  on  him. 20  She  got  up  in  the mid dle  of  the 
 night  and  took  my  son  from  my  side  while 
 your ser vant  was  asleep. She  laid  him  in  her 
 arms,  and  she  put  her  dead  son  in  my  arms. 21  When  I  got  up  in  the morn ing  to  nurse  my 
 son,  I dis cov ered  he  was  dead. That morn ing, 
 when  I  looked close ly  at  him  I re al ized  that  he 
 was  not  the  son  I  gave  birth  to.”
22 “ No,”  the oth er wom an  said. “ My  son  is  the 
liv ing  one;  your  son  is  the  dead  one.”
 The  first wom an  said, “ No,  your  son  is  the 
 dead  one;  my  son  is  the liv ing  one.”  So  they 
ar gued be fore  the  king. 23  The  king re plied, “ This wom an  says, ‘ This 
 is  my  son  who  is  alive,  and  your  son  is  dead,’ 
 but  that wom an  says, ‘ No,  your  son  is  dead,  and 
 my  son  is  alive.’ ” 24  The  king con tin ued, “ Bring 
 me  a  sword.”  So  they  brought  the  sword  to  the 
 king. 25  And  the  king  said, “ Cut  the liv ing  boy  in 
 two  and  give  half  to  one  and  half  to  the oth er.”
26  The wom an  whose  son  was  alive  spoke  to 
 the  king be cause  she  felt  great com pas sion d 
 for  her  son. “ My  lord,  give  her  the liv ing  baby ,” 
 she  said, “ but  please  don’t  have  him  killed! ”
 But  the oth er  one  said, “ He  will  not  be  mine 
 or  yours. Cut  him  in  two! ”
27  The  king re spond ed, “ Give  the liv ing  baby 
 to  the  first wom an,  and  don’t  kill  him.


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She  is  his 
moth er.” 28  All Is ra el  heard  about  the judg ment 
 the  king  had giv en,  and  they  stood  in  awe  of 
 the  king be cause  they  saw  that  God’s wis dom 
 was  in  him  to car ry  out jus tice. SOLOMON’S OFFICIALS
4 
 King Sol o mon  reigned  over  all Is ra el, 2  and 
 these  were  his off  i cials:
Azariah son of Zadok, priest;
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, 
secretaries;
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, court 
historian;
4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in charge of 
the army;
Zadok and Abiathar, priests;
5 Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the 
deputies;
Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser 
to the king;
6 Ahishar, in charge of the palace;
and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of 
forced labor. 7 Sol o mon  had  twelve deputies  for  all Is ra el.


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They pro vid ed  food  for  the  king  and  his house-
hold;  each  one  made pro vi sion  for  one  month 
 out  of  the  year. 8  These  were  their  names:
Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, 
Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (he had Socoh 
and the whole land of Hepher);
11 Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor 
(Taphath daughter of Solomon was his 
wife);
12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, 
Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is 
beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from 
Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the 
other side of Jokmeam;
13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had 
the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, 
which are in Gilead, and he had the 
region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty 
great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14 Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
a 3:11 Lit for many days   b 3:11 Lit life   c 3:18 Lit No stranger   d 3:26 Lit because her compassion grew hot
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15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had 
married a daughter of Solomon  —  
Basemath);
16 Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and 
Bealoth;
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, 
the country of King Sihon of the Amorites 
and of King Og of Bashan. There  was  one dep u ty  in  the  land  of Ju dah.


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SOLOMON’S PROVISIONS
20 Ju dah  and Is ra el  were  as nu mer ous  as  the 
 sand  by  the  sea;  they  were eat ing, drink ing,  and 
re joic ing. 21 Sol o mon  ruled  all  the king doms 
 from  the Eu phra tes Riv er  to  the  land  of  the 
Phi lis tines  and  as  far  as  the bor der  of  Egypt. They off  ered trib ute  and  served Sol o mon  all 
 the  days  of  his  life. 22 Sol o mon’s pro vi sions  for  one  day  were 
 150 bush els b  of  fine  flour  and  300 bush els c 
 of  meal, 23  ten fat tened cat tle, twen ty  range 
cat tle,  and  a hun dred  sheep  and  goats, be sides 
 deer, ga zelles, roe bucks,  and pen-fed poul try , d 
24  for  he  had do min ion  over ev ery thing  west 
 of  the Eu phra tes  from Tiph sah  to  Gaza  and 
 over  all  the  kings  west  of  the Eu phra tes. He 
 had  peace  on  all  his sur round ing bor ders. 25 Through out Sol o mon’s  reign, Ju dah  and 
Is ra el  lived  in safe ty  from  Dan  to Be er-she ba, 
 each per son un der  his  own  vine  and  his  own 
 fig  tree. 26 Sol o mon  had for ty thou sand e  stalls 
 of hors es  for  his char i ots,  and  twelve thou-
sand horse men. 27  Each  of  those deputies  for 
 a  month  in  turn pro vid ed  food  for  King Sol o-
mon  and  for ev ery one  who  came  to  King Sol-
o mon’s ta ble. They ne glect ed noth ing.


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28  Each 
 man  brought  the bar ley  and  the  straw  for  the 
char i ot  teams  and  the oth er hors es  to  the re-
quired  place ac cord ing  to  his as sign ment. f
SOLOMON’S WISDOM AND LITERARY GIFTS
29  God  gave Sol o mon wis dom,  very  great in-
sight,  and un der stand ing  as  vast  as  the  sand 
 on  the sea shore. 30 Sol o mon’s wis dom  was 
great er  than  the wis dom  of  all  the peo ple  of 
 the  East, great er  than  all  the wis dom  of  Egypt.


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31  He  was wis er  than any one  —  wis er  than 
 Ethan  the Ez ra hite,  and He man, Cal col,  and 
Dar da,  sons  of Ma hol. His rep u ta tion ex tend ed 
 to  all  the sur round ing na tions. 32 Sol o mon  spoke 3,000 prov erbs,  and  his 
 songs num bered 1,005. 33  He  spoke  about 
 trees,  from  the ce dar  in Leb a non  to  the hys sop 
grow ing  out  of  the  wall. He  also  spoke  about 
an i mals,  birds, rep tiles,  and  fish. 34 Em is sar-
ies  of  all peo ples,  sent  by ev ery  king  on  earth 
 who  had  heard  of  his wis dom,  came  to lis ten 
 to Sol o mon’s wis dom. HIRAM’S BUILDING MATERIALS
5 
 King Hi ram  of  Tyre  sent  his em is sar ies  to 
Sol o mon  when  he  heard  that  he  had  been 
anoint ed  king  in  his fa ther’s  place,  for Hi ram 
 had al ways  been  friends  with Da vid. 2 Sol o mon  sent  this mes sage  to Hi ram: 3 “ You 
 know  my fa ther Da vid  was  not  able  to  build 
 a tem ple  for  the  name  of  the  L ord  his  God.


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This  was be cause  of  the war fare  all  around 
 him un til  the  L ord  put  his en e mies un der  his 
 feet. 4  The  L ord  my  God  has  now giv en  me  rest 
 on ev ery  side;  there  is  no en e my  or cri sis. 5  So 
 I  plan  to  build  a tem ple  for  the  name  of  the 
 L ord  my  God, ac cord ing  to  what  the  L ord 
prom ised  my fa ther Da vid: ‘ I  will  put  your 
 son  on  your  throne  in  your  place,  and  he  will 
 build  the tem ple  for  my  name.’
6 “There fore, com mand  that ce dars  from 
Leb a non  be  cut  down  for  me. My ser vants 
 will  be  with  your ser vants,  and  I  will  pay  your 
ser vants’ wag es ac cord ing  to what ev er  you 
 say ,  for  you  know  that  not  a  man  among  us 
 knows  how  to  cut tim ber  like  the Si do ni ans.”
7  When Hi ram  heard Sol o mon’s  words,  he 
re joiced great ly  and  said, “ Blessed  be  the  L ord 
to day! He  has giv en Da vid  a  wise  son  to  be  over 
 this  great peo ple! ” 8  Then Hi ram  sent  a re ply  to 
Sol o mon, say ing, “ I  have  heard  your mes sage; 
 I  will  do ev ery thing  you  want re gard ing  the 
ce dar  and cy press tim ber. 9  My ser vants  will 
 bring  the  logs  down  from Leb a non  to  the  sea, 
 and  I  will  make  them  into  rafts  to  go  by  sea  to 
 the  place  you in di cate. I  will  break  them  apart 
 there,  and  you  can  take  them  away . You  then 
 can  meet  my  needs  by pro vid ing  my house-
hold  with  food.”
10  So Hi ram pro vid ed Sol o mon  with  all  the 
ce dar  and cy press tim ber  he want ed, 11  and 
Sol o mon pro vid ed Hi ram  with  one hun dred 
thou sand bush els g  of  wheat  as  food  for  his 
house hold  and  one hun dred  ten thou sand 
gal lons h  of  oil  from  crushed ol ives. Sol o mon 
 did  this  for Hi ram  year af ter  year.


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a 4:19 LXX; MT omits of Judah   b 4:22 Lit 30 cors   c 4:22 Lit 60 cors   d 4:23 Hb obscure   e 4:26 2Ch 9:25 reads 4,000 stalls   
f 4:28 Lit judgment   g 5:11 Lit 20,000 cors   h 5:11 LXX reads 20,000 baths ; MT reads 20 cors
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12  The  L ord  gave Sol o mon wis dom,  as  he  had 
prom ised  him. There  was  peace be tween Hi-
ram  and Sol o mon,  and  the  two  of  them  made 
 a trea ty . SOLOMON’S WORKFORCE
13  Then  King Sol o mon drafted  forced la bor-
ers  from  all Is ra el;  the la bor  force num bered 
thir ty thou sand  men. 14  He  sent  ten thou-
sand  to Leb a non  each  month  in  shifts;  one 
 month  they  were  in Leb a non,  two  months 
 they  were  at  home.


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Ad o ni ram  was  in  charge 
 of  the  forced la bor. 15 Sol o mon  had sev en ty 
thou sand por ters  and  eighty thou sand stone-
cut ters  in  the moun tains, 16  not in clud ing  his 
thirty-three hun  dred a deputies  in  charge  of 
 the  work.


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They su per vised  the peo ple do ing 
 the  work. 17  The  king com mand ed  them  to 
quar ry  large, cost ly  stones  to  lay  the foun da-
tion  of  the tem ple  with  dressed  stones. 18  So 
Sol o mon’s build  ers  and Hi ram’s build  ers, 
 along  with  the Ge bal ites, quarried  the  stone 
 and pre pared  the tim ber  and  stone  for  the 
tem ple’s con struc tion. BUILDING THE TEMPLE
6 
Sol o mon be gan  to  build  the tem ple  for 
 the  L ord  in  the  four hun dred eight i eth 
 year af ter  the Is ra el ites  came  out  of  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign  over 
Is ra el,  in  the  month  of  Ziv ,  which  is  the sec ond 
 month. b 2  The tem ple  that  King Sol o mon  built 
 for  the  L ord  was nine ty  feet c  long, thir ty  feet d 
 wide,  and forty-five  feet e  high. 3  The por ti co  in 
 front  of  the tem ple sanc tu ary  was thir ty  feet 
 long ex tend ing  across  the tem ple’s  width,  and 
fif teen  feet  deep f  in  front  of  the tem ple. 4  He 
 also  made win dows  with beveled  frames g 
 for  the tem ple. 5  He  then  built  a chambered struc ture h  along 
 the tem ple  wall, en cir cling  the  walls  of  the 
tem ple,  that  is,  the sanc tu ary  and  the in ner 
sanc tu ary .


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6  The low est cham ber  was  7  1/ 2  feet j 
 wide,  the mid dle  was  9  feet k  wide,  and  the 
 third  was  10  1/ 2  feet l  wide. He  also pro vid ed 
off set  ledges  for  the tem ple  all  around  the 
out side  so  that noth ing  would  be in sert ed  into 
 the tem ple  walls. 7  The tem ple’s con struc tion 
 used fin ished  stones  cut  at  the quar ry  so  that 
 no ham mer, chis el,  or  any  iron  tool  was  heard 
 in  the tem ple  while  it  was be ing  built. 8  The  door  for  the low est m  side cham ber 
 was  on  the  right  side  of  the tem ple. They n 
 went  up  a stair way g  to  the mid dle cham ber, 
 and  from  the mid dle  to  the  third. 9  When  he 
fin ished build ing  the tem ple,  he pan eled  it 
 with  boards  and  planks  of ce dar. 10  He  built 
 the cham bers  along  the en tire tem ple,  joined 
 to  the tem ple  with ce dar  beams;  each sto ry 
 was  7  1/ 2  feet  high. 11  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Sol o mon: 
12 “ As  for  this tem ple  you  are build ing  —   if  you 
 walk  in  my stat utes, ob serve  my or di nances, 
 and  keep  all  my com mands  by walk ing  in  them, 
 I  will ful fill  my prom ise  to  you,  which  I  made 
 to  your fa ther Da vid. 13  I  will  dwell  among  the 
Is ra el ites  and  not aban don  my peo ple Is ra el.”
14  When Sol o mon fin ished build ing  the tem-
ple, o 15  he pan eled  the in te ri or tem ple  walls 
 with ce dar  boards;  from  the tem ple  floor  to 
 the sur face  of  the ceil ing  he over laid  the in-
te ri or  with  wood. He  also over laid  the  floor 
 with cy press  boards. 16  Then  he  lined thir ty  feet 
 of  the  rear  of  the tem ple  with ce dar  boards 
 from  the  floor  to  the sur face  of  the ceil ing, p 
 and  he  built  the in te ri or  as  an in ner sanc tu ary , 
 the  most  holy  place. 17  The tem ple,  that  is,  the 
sanc tu ary  in  front  of  the  most  holy  place, q 
 was six ty  feet r  long. 18  The ce dar pan el ing in-
side  the tem ple  was  carved  with ornamental 
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Ev ery thing  was 
ce dar;  not  a  stone  could  be  seen. 19  He pre pared  the in ner sanc tu ary in side  the 
tem ple  to  put  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant 
 there. 20  The in te ri or  of  the sanc tu ary  was 
thir ty  feet  long, thir ty  feet  wide,  and thir ty 
 feet  high;  he over laid  it  with  pure  gold. He  also 
over laid  the ce dar al tar. 21  Next, Sol o mon over-
laid  the in te ri or  of  the tem ple  with  pure  gold, 
 and  he  hung s  gold  chains  across  the  front  of 
 the in ner sanc tu ary  and over laid  it  with  gold. 22  So  he add ed  the  gold over lay  to  the en tire 
tem ple un til ev ery thing  was com plete ly fin-
ished, in clud ing  the en tire al tar  that be longs 
 to  the in ner sanc tu ary . 23  In  the in ner sanc tu ary  he  made  two cher-
u bim  15  feet t  high  out  of ol ive  wood.


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24  One 
 wing  of  the  first cher ub  was  7  1/ 2  feet  long, 
 and  the oth er  wing  was  7  1/ 2  feet  long. The 
a 5:16 Some LXX mss read 3,600 ; 2Ch 2:2,18   b 6:1 April–May   c 6:2 Lit 60 cubits   d 6:2 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv . 3,16,20    
e 6:2 Lit 30 cubits   f 6:3 Lit  10 cubits wide   g 6:4,8 Hb obscure   h 6:5 Lit built the temple of chamber   i 6:5 Lit made ribs or  
sides   j 6:6 Lit five cubits, also in vv . 10,24   k 6:6 Lit six cubits   l 6:6 Lit seven cubits   m 6:8 LXX, Tg; MT reads middle    
n 6:8 = People   o 6:11-14 LXX omits these vv . p 6:16 LXX; MT omits of the ceiling ; 1Kg 6:15   q 6:17 Lit front of me ; Hb obscure   
r 6:17 Lit 40 cubits   s 6:21 Lit he caused to pass across   t 6:23 Lit 10 cubits, also in vv . 24,25,26
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wing span  was  15  feet  from  tip  to  tip. 25  The 
sec ond cher ub  also  was  15  feet;  both cher-
u bim  had  the  same  size  and  shape. 26  The 
 first cher ub’s  height  was  15  feet  and  so  was 
 the sec ond cher ub’s. 27  Then  he  put  the cher-
u bim in side  the in ner tem ple. Since  their 
 wings  were  spread  out,  the  first  one’s  wing 
 touched  one  wall  while  the sec ond cher ub’s 
 wing  touched  the oth er a  wall,  and  in  the mid-
dle  of  the tem ple  their  wings  were touch ing 
 wing  to  wing. 28  He  also over laid  the cher u-
bim  with  gold. 29  He  carved  all  the sur round ing tem ple 
 walls  with  carved en grav ings  —  cher u bim, 
 palm  trees,  and flow er blos soms  —   in  the in-
ner  and out er sanc tu ar ies. 30  He over laid  the 
tem ple  floor  with  gold  in  both  the in ner  and 
 the out er sanc tu ar ies. 31  For  the en trance  of  the in ner sanc tu ary , 
 he  made ol ive  wood  doors. The pil lars  of  the 
door posts  were five-sided. b 32  The  two  doors 
 were  made  of ol ive  wood. He  carved cher u bim, 
 palm  trees,  and flow er blos soms  on  them  and 
over laid  them  with  gold, hammering  gold 
 over  the cher u bim  and  palm  trees. 33  In  the 
 same  way ,  he  made four-sided b ol ive  wood 
door posts  for  the sanc tu ary en trance. 34  The 
 two  doors  were  made  of cy press  wood;  the 
 first  door  had  two fold ing  sides,  and  the sec-
ond  door  had  two fold ing pan els. 35  He  carved 
cher u bim,  palm  trees,  and flow er blos soms 
 on  them  and over laid  them  with  gold ap plied 
even ly  over  the carving.


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36  He  built  the in ner 
court yard  with  three  rows  of  dressed  stone 
 and  a  row  of  trimmed ce dar  beams. 37  The foun da tion  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple  was 
 laid  in Sol o mon’s  fourth  year  in  the  month 
 of  Ziv . 38  In  his elev enth  year  in  the  month  of 
 Bul,  which  is  the  eighth  month, c  the tem ple 
 was com plet ed  in ev ery de tail  and ac cord-
ing  to ev  ery specification. So  he  built  it  in 
sev en  years. SOLOMON’S PALACE COMPLEX
7 
Sol o mon com plet ed  his en tire pal ace com-
plex af ter thir teen  years  of con struc tion. 2  He  built  the  House  of  the For est  of Leb a non.


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It 
 was  one hun dred fif ty  feet d  long, seventy-five 
 feet e  wide,  and forty-five  feet f  high  on  four 
 rows  of ce dar pil lars,  with ce dar  beams  on 
 top  of  the pil lars. 3  It  was pan eled  above  with 
ce dar  at  the  top  of  the cham bers  that rest ed 
 on forty-five pil lars, fif teen  per  row . 4  There 
 were  three  rows  of win dow  frames, fac ing 
 each oth er g  in  three tiers. h 5  All  the  doors  and 
door posts  had rect an gu lar  frames,  the open-
ings fac ing  each oth er i  in  three tiers. 6  He  made 
 the  hall  of pil lars seventy-five  feet  long  and 
forty-five  feet  wide.


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A por ti co  was  in  front 
 of  the pil lars,  and  a can o py  with pil lars b  was 
 in  front  of  them. 7  He  made  the  Hall  of  the 
 Throne  where  he  would  judge  —   the  Hall  of 
Judg ment. It  was pan eled  with ce dar  from  the 
 floor  to  the raf ters. j 8 Sol o mon’s  own pal ace 
 where  he  would  live,  in  the oth er court yard 
be hind  the  hall,  was  of sim i lar con struc tion. And  he  made  a  house  like  this  hall  for Pha-
raoh’s daugh ter,  his  wife. k
9  All  of  these build ings  were  of cost ly  stones, 
 cut  to  size  and  sawed  with  saws  on  the in ner 
 and out er sur faces,  from foun da tion  to coping 
 and  from  the out side  to  the  great court yard.


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10  The foun da tion  was  made  of  large, cost ly 
 stones  twelve  and fif teen  feet l  long. 11  Above 
 were  also cost ly  stones,  cut  to  size,  as  well  as 
ce dar  wood. 12  Around  the  great court yard,  as 
 well  as  the in ner court yard  of  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple  and  the por ti co  of  the tem ple,  were  three 
 rows  of  dressed  stone  and  a  row  of  trimmed 
ce dar  beams. 13  King Sol o mon  had Hi ram m  brought  from 
 Tyre.


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14  He  was  a wid ow’s  son  from  the  tribe  of 
Naph ta li,  and  his fa ther  was  a  man  of  Tyre,  a 
 bronze crafts man. Hi ram  had  great  skill, un-
der stand ing,  and knowl edge  to  do ev ery  kind 
 of  bronze  work.


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So  he  came  to  King Sol o mon 
 and car ried  out  all  his  work. THE BRONZE PILLARS
15  He  cast  two  bronze pil lars,  each  27  feet n 
 high  and  18  feet o  in cir cum fer ence. p 16  He  also 
 made  two cap i tals  of  cast  bronze  to  set  on 
 top  of  the pil lars;  7  1/ 2  feet q  was  the  height 
 of  the  first cap i tal,  and  7  1/ 2  feet  was  also  the 
 height  of  the sec ond cap i tal. 17  The cap i tals  on 
 top  of  the pil lars  had grat ings  of latticework, 
 wreaths r  made  of chainwork  —  sev en  for  the 
 first cap i tal  and sev en  for  the sec ond. 18  He  made  the pil lars  with  two en cir cling 
 rows  of pome gran ates  on  the  one grat ing  to 
a 6:27 Lit the second   b 6:31,33; 7:6 Hb obscure   c 6:38 = October–November   d 7:2 Lit 100 cubits   e 7:2 Lit 50 cubits, also in v . 6    
f 7:2 Lit 30 cubits, also in vv .


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6,23   g 7:4 Lit frames, window to window   h 7:4 Lit three times ; = at 3 different places, also in v . 5   
i 7:5 Lit frames, opposing window to window   j 7:7 Syr , Vg; MT reads floor   k 7:8 Lit daughter he had taken   l 7:10 Lit ten 
cubits and eight cubits   m 7:13 = Huram in 2Ch 4:11   n 7:15 Lit  18 cubits   o 7:15 Lit  12 cubits   p 7:15 LXX adds and the thickness 
of the pillar was four fingers hollowed and similarly the second pillar   q 7:16 Lit five cubits, also in v . 23   r 7:17 Lit tassels
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cov er  the cap i tal  on  top;  he  did  the  same  for 
 the sec ond cap i tal. 19  And  the cap i tals  on  top 
 of  the pil lars  in  the por ti co  were  shaped  like 
lil ies,  six  feet a  high. 20  The cap i tals  on  the  two 
pil lars  were  also im me di ate ly  above  the round-
ed sur face  next  to  the grat ing,  and  two hun dred 
pome gran ates  were  in  rows en cir cling  each b 
cap i tal. 21  He  set  up  the pil lars  at  the por ti co 
 of  the sanc tu ary:  he  set  up  the  right pil lar  and 
 named  it Ja chin; c  then  he  set  up  the  left pil lar 
 and  named  it  Boaz. d 22  The  tops  of  the pil lars 
 were  shaped  like lil ies.


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Then  the  work  of  the 
pil lars  was com plet ed. THE BASIN
23  He  made  the  cast met al ba sin, e  15  feet f  from 
 brim  to  brim, per fect ly  round. It  was  7  1/ 2  feet 
 high  and  45  feet  in cir cum fer ence. 24 Orna-
mental  gourds en cir cled  it be low  the  brim, 
 ten ev ery  half  yard, g com plete ly en cir cling  the 
ba sin. The  gourds  were  cast  in  two  rows  when 
 the ba sin  was  cast. 25  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. 26  The ba sin  was  three 
inch es h  thick,  and  its  rim  was fash ioned  like 
 the  brim  of  a  cup  or  of  a  lily blos som. It  held 
elev en thou sand gal lons. i
THE BRONZE WATER CARTS
27  Then  he  made  ten  bronze wa ter  carts. j  Each 
wa ter  cart  was  6  feet  long,  6  feet  wide,  and 
 4  1/ 2  feet k  high. 28  This  was  the de sign  of  the 
 carts:  They  had  frames;  the  frames  were be-
tween  the cross-pieces, 29  and  on  the  frames 
be tween  the cross-pieces  were li ons,  oxen, 
 and cher u bim. On  the cross-pieces  there  was  a 
ped es tal  above,  and be low  the li ons  and  oxen 
 were  wreaths  of hang ing l  work. 30  Each  cart 
 had  four  bronze  wheels  with  bronze ax les. Un der neath  the  four cor ners  of  the ba sin  were 
 cast sup ports,  each  next  to  a  wreath. 31  And 
 the wa ter cart’s open ing in side  the  crown  on 
 top  was eigh teen inch es m  wide. The open ing 
 was  round,  made  as  a ped es tal twenty-seven 
inch es n  wide. On  it  were carv ings,  but  their 
 frames  were  square,  not  round. 32  There  were 
 four  wheels un der  the  frames,  and  the  wheel 
ax les  were  part  of  the wa ter  cart;  each  wheel 
 was twenty-seven inch es o  tall. 33  The  wheels’ 
de sign  was sim i lar  to  that  of char i ot  wheels: 
 their ax les,  rims,  spokes,  and  hubs  were  all  of 
 cast met al. 34  Four sup ports  were  at  the  four 
cor ners  of  each wa ter  cart;  each sup port  was 
 one  piece  with  the wa ter  cart.


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35  At  the  top  of  the 
 cart  was  a  band  nine inch es p  high en cir cling 
 it;  also,  at  the  top  of  the  cart,  its brac es  and  its 
 frames  were  one  piece  with  it. 36  He en graved 
cher u bim, li ons,  and  palm  trees  on  the  plates 
 of  its brac es  and  on  its  frames, wher ev er  each 
 had  space,  with en cir cling  wreaths. 37  In  this 
 way  he  made  the  ten wa ter  carts us ing  the 
 same cast ing, di men sions,  and  shape  for  all 
 of  them. BRONZE BASINS AND OTHER UTENSILS
38  Then  he  made  ten  bronze ba sins  —   each 
ba sin  held  220 gal lons q  and  each  was  six  feet 
 wide  —   one ba sin  for  each  of  the  ten wa ter 
 carts. 39  He  set  five wa ter  carts  on  the  right 
 side  of  the tem ple  and  five  on  the  left  side.


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40  Then Hi ram  made  the 
ba sins,  the shov els,  and  the sprin kling ba sins. COMPLETION OF THE BRONZE WORKS
 So Hi ram fin ished  all  the  work  that  he  was 
do ing  for  King Sol o mon  on  the  L ord’ s tem ple: 
41  two pil lars;  bowls  for  the cap i tals  that  were 
 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; 42  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); 43  the 
 ten wa ter  carts;  the  ten ba sins  on  the wa ter 
 carts; 44  the ba sin;  the  twelve  oxen un der neath 
 the ba sin; 45  and  the  pots, shov els,  and sprin-
kling ba sins. All  the uten sils  that Hi ram  made 
 for  King Sol o mon  at  the  L ord’ s tem ple  were 
 made  of bur nished  bronze.


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46  The  king  had 
 them  cast  in  clay  molds  in  the Jor dan V al ley 
be tween Suc coth  and Zar e than.


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47 Sol o mon 
 left  all  the uten sils un weighed be cause  there 
 were  so  many;  the  weight  of  the  bronze  was 
 not de ter mined. COMPLETION OF THE GOLD FURNISHINGS
48 Sol o mon  also  made  all  the equip ment  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple:  the  gold al tar;  the  gold ta ble 
 that  the  Bread  of  the Pres ence  was  placed  on; 
a 7:19 Lit four cubits, also in vv . 27,38   b 7:20 Lit encircling the second   c 7:21 = He Will Establish   d 7:21 = In Him Is Strength   
e 7:23 Lit sea   f 7:23 Lit  10 cubits   g 7:24 Lit  10 per cubit   h 7:26 Lit a handbreadth   i 7:26 Lit 2,000 baths   j 7:27 Lit bronze 
stands   k 7:27 Lit three cubits   l 7:29 Or hammered-down   m 7:31 Lit a cubit   n 7:31 Lit one and a half cubits   o 7:32 Lit was 
one and a half cubits   p 7:35 Lit half a cubit   q 7:38 Lit 40 baths
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49  the  pure  gold lamp stands  in  front  of  the in-
ner sanc tu ary ,  five  on  the  right  and  five  on  the 
 left;  the  gold flow ers,  lamps,  and  tongs; 50  the 
 pure  gold cer e mo ni al  bowls,  wick trim mers, 
sprin kling ba sins, ladles, a  and fire pans;  and  the 
 gold hing es  for  the  doors  of  the in ner tem ple 
( that  is,  the  most  holy  place)  and  for  the  doors 
 of  the tem ple sanc tu ary . 51  So  all  the  work  King Sol o mon  did  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  was com plet ed.


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Then Sol o mon 
 brought  in  the con se crat ed  things  of  his fa ther 
Da vid  —   the sil ver,  the  gold,  and  the uten-
sils  —   and  put  them  in  the trea sur ies  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple. SOLOMON’S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
8 
 At  that  time Sol o mon as sem bled  the el-
ders  of Is ra el,  all  the trib al  heads  and  the 
an ces tral lead ers  of  the Is ra el ites be fore  him 
 at Je ru sa lem  in or der  to  bring  the  ark  of  the 
 L ord’ s cov enant  from  the  city  of Da vid,  that  is 
 Zion. 2  So  all  the  men  of Is ra el  were as sem bled 
 in  the pres ence  of  King Sol o mon  in  the  month 
 of Eth a nim,  which  is  the sev enth  month, b  at 
 the fes ti val. 3  All  the el ders  of Is ra el  came,  and  the  priests 
 picked  up  the  ark. 4  The  priests  and  the Le vites 
 brought  the  ark  of  the  L ord,  the  tent  of meet-
ing,  and  the  holy uten sils  that  were  in  the  tent. 5  King Sol o mon  and  the en tire con gre ga tion  of 
Is ra el,  who  had gath ered  around  him  and  were 
 with  him  in  front  of  the  ark,  were sac ri fic ing 
 sheep,  goats,  and cat tle  that  could  not  be count-
ed  or num bered, be cause  there  were  so  many . 6  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.


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7  For  the cher u bim 
 were spread ing  their  wings  over c  the  place  of 
 the  ark,  so  that  the cher u bim cov ered  the  ark 
 and  its  poles  from  above. 8  The  poles  were  so 
 long  that  their  ends  were  seen  from  the  holy 
 place  in  front  of  the in ner sanc tu ary ,  but  they 
 were  not  seen  from out side  the sanc tu ary;  they 
 are  still  there to day . 9 Noth ing  was  in  the  ark 
ex cept  the  two  stone tab lets  that Mo ses  had 
 put  there  at Ho reb, d  where  the  L ord  made  a 
cov enant  with  the Is ra el ites  when  they  came 
 out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 10  When  the  priests  came  out  of  the  holy 
 place,  the  cloud  filled  the  L ord’ s tem ple, 11  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  the tem ple. 12  Then Sol o mon  said:
  The Lord said that he would dwell 
in total darkness. 13 I have indeed built an exalted temple 
for you,
  a place for your dwelling forever. 14  The  king  turned  around  and  blessed  the 
en tire con gre ga tion  of Is ra el  while  they  were 
stand ing.


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He spoke directly to my father David,
  and he has fulfilled the promise 
by his power. He said,
 16 “Since the day I brought 
my people Israel out 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. But I have chosen David to rule 
my people Israel.”
 17 My father David had his heart set
  on building a temple for the name 
of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to my father David,
  “Since your heart was set on building 
a temple for my name,
  you have done well to have this desire. e
 19 Yet you are not the one to build it;
  instead, your son, your own offspring,
  will build it for my name.”
 20 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. 21 I have provided a place there for the ark,
  where the Lord’s covenant is
  that he made with our ancestors
  when he brought them out of the land 
of Egypt. SOLOMON’S PRAYER
22  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 to ward heav-
en. 23  He  said:
a 7:50 Or dishes, or spoons ; lit palms   b 8:2 = September–October   c 8:7 LXX; MT reads toward   d 8:9 = Sinai   e 8:18 Lit well 
because it was with your heart
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  L ord God of Israel,
  there is no God like you
  in heaven above or on earth below ,
  who keeps the gracious covenant
  with your servants who walk 
before you
  with all their heart. 24 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 . 25 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 take care to walk 
before me
  as you have walked before me. 26 Now Lord a God of Israel,
  please confirm what you promised
  to your servant, my father David. 27 But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, 
cannot contain you,
  much less this temple I have built. 28 Listen b 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 today ,
 29 so that your eyes may watch over 
this temple night and day ,
  toward the place where you said,
  “My name will be there,”
  and so that you may hear the prayer
  that your servant prays 
toward this place. 30 Hear the petition 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. 31 When a man sins against his neighbor
  and is forced to take an oath,  c
  and he comes to take an oath
  before your altar in this temple,
 32 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. 33 When 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 with you
  for mercy in this temple,
 34 may you hear in heaven
  and forgive the sin 
of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land
  you gave their ancestors. 35 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 them,
 36 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.


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May you send rain on your land
  that you gave your people 
for an inheritance. 37 When there is famine in the land,
  when there is pestilence,
  when there is blight or mildew , locust 
or grasshopper,
  when their enemy besieges them
  in the land and its cities,  d
  when there is any plague or illness,
 38 every prayer or petition
  that any person or that all 
your people Israel may have —
  they each know their own affliction  e —
a 8:26 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg, 2Ch 6:16; other Hb mss omit Lord   b 8:28 Lit Turn   c 8:31 Lit and he lifts a curse against 
him to curse him   d 8:37 Lit  land of its gates   e 8:38 Lit know in his heart of a plague
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  as they spread out their hands 
toward this temple,
 39 may you hear in heaven, 
your dwelling place,
  and may you forgive, act, and give to 
everyone
  according to all their ways, 
since you know each heart,
  for you alone know every human heart,
 40 so that they may fear you
  all the days they live on the land
  you gave our ancestors. 41 Even for the foreigner who is not 
of your people Israel
  but has come from a distant land
  because of your name —
 42 for they will hear of your great name,
  strong hand, and outstretched arm,
  and will come and pray 
toward this temple —
 43 may you hear in heaven, 
your dwelling place,
  and do according to all 
the foreigner asks. Then all peoples of earth will know 
your name,
  to fear you as your people Israel do
  and to know that this temple 
I have built
  bears your name. 44 When your people go out to fight 
against their enemies,  a
  wherever you send them,
  and they pray to the Lord
  in the direction of the city 
you have chosen
  and the temple I have built 
for your name,
 45 may you hear their prayer and petition 
in heaven
  and uphold their cause. 46 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 the enemy’s country —
  whether distant or nearby —
 47 and when they come to their senses  b
  in the land where they were deported
  and repent and petition you 
in their captors’ land:
  “We have sinned and done wrong;
  we have been wicked,”
 48 and when they return to you 
with all their heart and all their soul
  in the land of their enemies 
who took them captive,
  and when they pray to you 
in the direction of their land
  that you gave their ancestors,
  the city you have chosen,
  and the temple I have built 
for your name,
 49 may you hear in heaven, 
your dwelling place,
  their prayer and petition and uphold 
their cause. 50 May you forgive your people
  who sinned against you
  and all their rebellions  c against you,
  and may you grant them compassion
  before their captors,
  so that they may treat them 
compassionately .


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51 For they are your people 
and your inheritance;
  you brought them out of Egypt,
  out of the middle of an iron furnace. 52 May your eyes be open 
to your servant’s petition
  and to the petition 
of your people Israel,
  listening to them whenever they call 
to you.


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53 For you, Lord God, have set them apart 
as your inheritance
  from all peoples of the earth,
  as you spoke 
through your servant Moses
  when you brought our ancestors 
out of Egypt. SOLOMON’S BLESSING
54  When Sol o mon fin ished pray ing  this en tire 
 prayer  and pe ti tion  to  the  L ord,  he  got  up  from 
kneel ing be fore  the al tar  of  the  L ord,  with 
 his  hands  spread  out to ward heav en, 55  and 
 he  stood  and  blessed  the  whole con gre ga tion 
 of Is ra el  with  a  loud  voice: 56 “ Blessed  be  the 
 L ord! He  has giv en  rest  to  his peo ple Is ra el 
a 8:44 Some Hb mss, some ancient versions, 2Ch 6:34; other Hb mss read enemy   b 8:47 Lit they return to their heart   c 8:50 Lit 
rebellions that they have rebelled
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ac cord ing  to  all  he  has  said. Not  one  of  all  the 
 good prom is es  he  made  through  his ser vant 
Mo ses  has  failed. 57  May  the  L ord  our  God  be 
 with  us  as  he  was  with  our an ces tors.


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May  he 
 not aban don  us  or  leave  us 58  so  that  he caus es 
 us  to  be de vot ed a  to  him,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways, 
 and  to  keep  his com mands, stat utes,  and or di-
nances,  which  he com mand ed  our an ces tors. 59  May  my  words  with  which  I  have  made  my 
pe ti tion be fore  the  L ord  be  near  the  L ord  our 
 God  day  and  night. May  he up hold  his ser vant’s 
 cause  and  the  cause  of  his peo ple Is ra el,  as 
 each  day re quires. 60  May  all  the peo ples  of 
 the  earth  know  that  the  L ord  is  God.


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There 
 is  no oth er! 61  Be whole heart ed ly de vot ed  to 
 the  L ord  our  God  to  walk  in  his stat utes  and 
 to  keep  his com mands,  as  it  is to day .”
62  The  king  and  all Is ra el  with  him  were 
off  er ing sac ri fic es  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence. 63 Sol o mon off  ered  a sac ri fice  of fel low ship 
off  er ings  to  the  L ord: 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 
Is ra el ites ded i cat ed  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 64  On  the  same  day ,  the  king con se crat ed 
 the mid dle  of  the court yard  that  was  in  front 
 of  the  L ord’ s tem ple be cause  that  was  where 
 he off  ered  the  burnt off  er ing,  the  grain off  er-
ing,  and  the  fat  of  the fel low ship off  er ings 
 since  the  bronze al tar be fore  the  L ord  was 
 too  small  to accommodate  the  burnt off  er-
ings,  the  grain off  er ings,  and  the  fat  of  the 
fel low ship off  er ings. 65 Sol o mon  and  all Is ra el  with  him  —   a  great 
as sem bly ,  from  the en trance  of Ha math b  to 
 the  Brook  of  Egypt  —  ob served  the fes ti val  at 
 that  time  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  our  God, 
sev en  days,  and sev en  more  days  —  four teen 
 days. c 66  On  the fif teenth  day d  he  sent  the peo-
ple  away . So  they  blessed  the  king  and  went  to 
 their  homes e re joic ing  and  with hap py  hearts 
 for  all  the good ness  that  the  L ord  had  done 
 for  his ser vant Da vid  and  for  his peo ple Is ra el. THE LORD’S RESPONSE
9 
 When Sol o mon fin ished build ing  the tem-
ple  of  the  L ord,  the roy al pal ace,  and  all 
 that Sol o mon de sired  to  do, 2  the  L ord ap-
peared  to Sol o mon  a sec ond  time  just  as  he 
 had ap peared  to  him  at Gib e on. 3  The  L ord 
 said  to  him:
I have heard your prayer and petition 
you have made before me.


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I have conse -
crated this temple you have built, to put  f 
my name there forever; my eyes and my 
heart will be there at all times. 4 As for you, if you walk before me as 
your father David walked, with a heart 
of integrity and in what is right, doing 
everything I have commanded you, and 
if you keep my statutes and ordinances, 
5 I will establish your royal throne over 
Israel forever, as I promised your father 
David: You will never fail to have a man 
on the throne of Israel. 6 If you or your sons turn away from fol-
lowing me and do not keep my commands  
—  my statutes that I have set before you   
—  and if you go and serve other gods and 
bow in worship to them, 7 I will cut off 
Israel from the land I gave them, and I will 
reject g the temple I have sanctified for 
my name. Israel will become an object of 
scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. 8 Though this temple is now exalted, h ev-
eryone who passes by will be appalled and 
will scoff. i They will say: Why did the Lord 
do this to this land and this temple? 9 Then 
they will say: Because they abandoned 
the Lord their God who brought their an-
cestors out of the land of Egypt. They held 
on to other gods and bowed in worship 
to them and served them.


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Because of this, 
the Lord brought all this ruin on them. KING HIRAM’S TWENTY TOWNS
10  At  the  end  of twen ty  years dur ing  which 
Sol o mon  had  built  the  two hous es,  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  and  the roy al pal ace — 11  King Hi ram 
 of  Tyre hav ing sup plied  him  with ce dar  and 
cy press  logs  and  gold  for  his ev ery  wish  —  
 King Sol o mon  gave Hi ram twen ty  towns  in 
 the  land  of Gal i lee. 12  So Hi ram  went  out  from 
 Tyre  to  look  over  the  towns  that Sol o mon  had 
giv en  him,  but  he  was  not  pleased  with  them.


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13  So  he  said, “ What  are  these  towns  you’ve 
giv en  me,  my broth er? ”  So  he  called  them  the 
 Land  of Ca bul, j  as  they  are  still  called to day . 14  Now Hi ram  had  sent  the  king  nine thou sand 
 pounds k  of  gold. a 8:58 Lit causes our hearts to be inclined   b 8:65 Or from Lebo-hamath   c 8:65 T emple dedication lasted seven days, and the 
Festival of Shelters lasted seven days. d 8:66 Lit the eighth day   e 8:66 Lit tents   f 9:3 Or by putting   g 9:7 Lit send from my 
presence   h 9:8 Some ancient versions read temple will become a ruin   i 9:8 Lit hiss   j 9:13 = Like Nothing   k 9:14 Lit 120 
talents
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SOLOMON’S FORCED LABOR
15  This  is  the ac count  of  the  forced la bor  that 
 King Sol o mon  had im posed  to  build  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple,  his  own pal ace,  the sup port ing ter rac-
es,  the  wall  of Je ru sa lem,  and Ha zor, Me gid do, 
 and Ge zer. 16 Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt  had at-
tacked  and cap tured Ge zer.


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He  then  burned  it, 
 killed  the Ca naan ites  who  lived  in  the  city ,  and 
 gave  it  as  a dowry  to  his daugh ter, Sol o mon’s 
 wife. 17  Then Sol o mon re built Ge zer, Low er 
Beth-ho ron, 18 Ba al ath, Ta mar a,b  in  the Wil-
der ness  of Ju dah, 19  all  the stor age cit ies  that 
be longed  to Sol o mon,  the char i ot cit ies,  the 
cav al ry cit ies,  and what ev er 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. 20  As  for  all  the peo ples  who re mained  of 
 the Am o rites, Heth ites, Per iz zites, Hi vites,  and 
Jeb u sites,  who  were  not Is ra el ites — 21  their 
de scen dants  who re mained  in  the  land af ter 
 them,  those  whom  the Is ra el ites  were un able 
 to de stroy com plete ly  —  Sol o mon im posed 
 forced la bor  on  them;  it  is  still  this  way to day . 22  But Sol o mon  did  not con sign  the Is ra el ites 
 to slav ery;  they  were sol diers,  his ser vants,  his 
com mand ers,  his cap tains,  and com mand ers 
 of  his char i ots  and  his cav al ry . 23  These  were 
 the deputies  who  were  over Sol o mon’s  work: 
 550  who su per vised  the peo ple do ing  the  work. SOLOMON’S OTHER ACTIVITIES
24 Pha raoh’s daugh ter  moved  from  the  city  of 
Da vid  to  the  house  that Sol o mon  had  built  for 
 her;  he  then  built  the ter rac es. 25  Three  times  a  year Sol o mon off  ered  burnt 
off  er ings  and fel low ship off  er ings  on  the al-
tar  he  had  built  for  the  L ord,  and  he  burned 
in cense  with  them  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence. So 
 he com plet ed  the tem ple. 26  King Sol o mon  put to geth er  a  fleet  of  ships 
 at Ezion-geber,  which  is  near Eloth  on  the  shore 
 of  the  Red  Sea  in  the  land  of  Edom. 27  With  the 
 fleet, Hi ram  sent  his ser vants, ex pe ri enced 
sea men,  along  with Sol o mon’s ser vants. 28  They 
 went  to  Ophir  and ac quired  gold  there  —  six-
teen  tons c  —   and de liv ered  it  to Sol o mon. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
10 
 The  queen  of She ba  heard  about Sol o-
mon’s  fame con nect ed  with  the  name 
 of  the  L ord  and  came  to  test  him  with rid dles. 2  She  came  to Je ru sa lem  with  a  very  large 
entourage,  with cam els bear ing spic es,  gold 
 in  great abun dance,  and pre cious  stones. She 
 came  to Sol o mon  and  spoke  to  him  about 
ev ery thing  that  was  on  her  mind. 3  So Sol-
o mon an swered  all  her ques tions; noth ing 
 was  too dif fi cult  for  the  king  to ex plain  to 
 her. 4  When  the  queen  of She ba ob served 
 all  of Sol o mon’s wis dom,  the pal ace  he  had 
 built, 5  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  the  burnt of fer-
ings  he of fered  at  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  it  took 
 her  breath  away . 6  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. 7  But  I  didn’t be-
lieve  the re ports un til  I  came  and  saw  with 
 my  own  eyes. In deed,  I  was  not  even  told  half. Your wis dom  and pros per i ty  far ex ceed  the 
re port  I  heard. 8  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. 9  Blessed  be  the  L ord  your  God!


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He 
de light ed  in  you  and  put  you  on  the  throne 
 of Is ra el, be cause  of  the  L ord’ s eter nal  love 
 for Is ra el. He  has  made  you  king  to car ry  out 
jus tice  and righ teous ness.”
10  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. Nev er  again  did  such  a quan ti-
ty  of spic es ar rive  as  those  the  queen  of She ba 
 gave  to  King Sol o mon. 11  In ad di tion, Hi ram’s  fleet  that car ried  gold 
 from  Ophir  brought  from  Ophir  a  large quan-
ti ty  of al mug f  wood  and pre cious  stones. 12  The 
 king  made  the al mug  wood  into  steps  for  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  the  king’s pal ace  and  into 
 lyres  and  harps  for  the sing ers.


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Nev er be fore 
 did  such al mug  wood ar rive,  and  the  like  has 
 not  been  seen  again. 13  King Sol o mon  gave  the  queen  of She ba  her 
ev ery de sire  —  what ev er  she  asked  —  be sides 
 what  he  had giv en  her  out  of  his roy al boun ty .


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Then  she,  along  with  her ser vants, re turned 
 to  her  own coun try . SOLOMON’S WEALTH
14  The  weight  of  gold  that  came  to Sol o mon 
an nu al ly  was twenty-five  tons, g 15 be sides  what 
 came  from mer chants, trad ers’ mer chan dise, 
 and  all  the Ara bi an  kings  and gov er nors  of 
 the  land. a 9:18 Alt Hb traditions, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg read Tadmor ; 2Ch 8:4   b 9:18 T amar was a city in southern Judah; Ezk 47:19; 48:28.


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c 9:28 Lit 420 talents   d 10:8 LXX, Syr read your wives   e 10:10 Lit 120 talents   f 10:11 = algum in 2Ch 2:8; 9:10-11   g 10:14 Lit 
666 talents
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16  King Sol o mon  made  two hun dred  large 
 shields  of ham mered  gold; fif teen  pounds a  of 
 gold  went  into  each  shield. 17  He  made  three 
hun dred  small  shields  of ham mered  gold; 
near ly  four  pounds b  of  gold  went  into  each 
 shield. The  king  put  them  in  the  House  of  the 
For est  of Leb a non. 18  The  king  also  made  a  large ivo ry  throne 
 and over laid  it  with  fine  gold. 19  The  throne 
 had  six  steps;  there  was  a round ed  top  at  the 
 back  of  the  throne, arm rests  on ei ther  side 
 of  the  seat,  and  two li ons stand ing be side  the 
arm rests. 20  Twelve li ons  were stand ing  there 
 on  the  six  steps,  one  at  each  end.


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Noth ing  like 
 it  had  ever  been  made  in  any oth er king dom. 21  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, 22  for  the  king  had  ships  of 
Tar shish  at  sea  with Hi ram’s  fleet,  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
23  King Sol o mon sur passed  all  the  kings  of 
 the  world  in rich es  and  in wis dom. 24  The  whole 
 world want ed  an au di ence  with Sol o mon  to 
 hear  the wis dom  that  God  had  put  in  his  heart. 25 Ev ery  man  would  bring  his an nu al trib ute: 
items d  of sil ver  and  gold, cloth ing, weap ons, e 
spic es,  and hors es  and  mules. 26 Sol o mon ac cu mu lat ed 1,400 char i ots  and 
12,000 horse men  and sta tioned  them  in  the 
char i ot cit ies  and  with  the  king  in Je ru sa lem. 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. 28 Sol o mon’s 
hors es  were im port ed  from  Egypt  and  Kue.


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f 
 The  king’s trad ers  bought  them  from  Kue  at 
 the go ing  price. 29  A char i ot  was im port ed 
 from  Egypt  for fif teen  pounds g  of sil ver,  and 
 a  horse  for near ly  four  pounds.


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h  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 UNFAITHFULNESS TO GOD
11 
 King Sol o mon  loved  many for eign wom-
en  in ad di tion  to Pha raoh’s daugh ter: 
Mo ab ite, Am mon ite, Edom ite, Sidonian,  and 
Hit tite wom en 2  from  the na tions  about  which 
 the  L ord  had  told  the Is ra el ites, “ You  must 
 not in ter mar ry  with  them,  and  they  must 
 not in ter mar ry  with  you, be cause  they  will 
 turn  your  heart  away  to fol low  their  gods.”  To 
 these wom en Sol o mon  was deep ly at tached i 
 in  love. 3  He  had sev en hun dred  wives  who 
 were princesses  and  three hun dred  who  were 
con cu bines,  and  they  turned  his  heart  away . 4  When Sol o mon  was  old,  his  wives  turned 
 his  heart  away  to fol low oth er  gods. He  was 
 not whole heart ed ly de vot ed  to  the  L ord  his 
 God,  as  his fa ther Da vid  had  been. 5 Sol o mon 
fol lowed Ash to reth,  the god dess  of  the Si do-
ni ans,  and Milcom,  the ab hor rent  idol  of  the 
Am mon ites. 6 Sol o mon  did  what  was  evil  in 
 the  L ord’ s  sight,  and un like  his fa ther Da vid, 
 he  did  not re main loy al  to  the  L ord. 7  At  that  time, Sol o mon  built  a  high  place  for 
Che mosh,  the ab hor rent  idol  of  Moab,  and  for 
Milcom, j  the ab hor rent  idol  of  the Am mon-
ites,  on  the  hill  across  from Je ru sa lem. 8  He 
 did  the  same  for  all  his for eign  wives,  who 
 were burn ing in cense  and off  er ing sac ri fic es 
 to  their  gods. 9  The  L ord  was an gry  with Sol o mon, be cause 
 his  heart  had  turned  away  from  the  L ord,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  who  had ap peared  to  him  twice. 10  He  had com mand ed  him  about  this,  so  that 
 he  would  not fol low oth er  gods,  but Sol o mon 
 did  not  do  what  the  L ord  had com mand ed. 11  Then  the  L ord  said  to Sol o mon, “ Since  you 
 have  done  this k  and  did  not  keep  my cov enant 
 and  my stat utes,  which  I com mand ed  you, 
 I  will  tear  the king dom  away  from  you  and 
 give  it  to  your ser vant. 12 How ev er,  I  will  not 
 do  it dur ing  your life time  for  the  sake  of  your 
fa ther Da vid;  I  will  tear  it  out  of  your  son’s 
 hand.


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13  Yet  I  will  not  tear  the en tire king dom 
 away  from  him. I  will  give  one  tribe  to  your 
 son  for  the  sake  of  my ser vant Da vid  and  for 
 the  sake  of Je ru sa lem  that  I  chose.”
SOLOMON’S ENEMIES
14  So  the  L ord  raised  up Ha dad  the Edom ite  as 
 an en e my  against Sol o mon. He  was  of  the roy al 
fam i ly  in  Edom.


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15 Ear li er,  when Da vid  was  in 
 Edom,  Joab,  the com mand er  of  the  army ,  had 
 gone  to  bury  the  dead  and  had  struck  down ev-
ery  male  in  Edom. 16  For  Joab  and  all Is ra el  had 
re mained  there  six  months, un til  he  had  killed 
ev ery  male  in  Edom. 17 Ha dad  fled  to  Egypt, 
 along  with  some Edom ites  from  his fa ther’s 
ser vants.


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At  the  time Ha dad  was  a  small  boy . a 10:16 Lit 600 (shekels)   b 10:17 Lit three minas   c 10:22 Or baboons   d 10:25 Or vessels, or weapons   e 10:25 Or fragrant 
balsam   f 10:28 = Cilicia   g 10:29 Lit 600 shekels   h 10:29 Lit  150 shekels   i 11:2 Lit Solomon clung   j 11:7 Lit Molech    
k 11:11 Lit “Since this was with you
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18 Ha dad  and  his  men  set  out  from Mid i an  and 
 went  to Pa ran. They  took  men  with  them  from 
Pa ran  and  went  to  Egypt,  to Pha raoh  king  of 
 Egypt,  who  gave Ha dad  a  house, or dered  that 
 he  be giv en  food,  and  gave  him  land. 19 Pha raoh 
 liked Ha dad  so  much a  that  he  gave  him  a  wife, 
 the sis ter  of  his  own  wife,  Queen Tah pe nes. 20 Tahpenes’s sis ter  gave  birth  to Ha dad’s  son 
Ge nu bath. Tah pe nes her self  weaned  him  in 
Pha raoh’s pal ace,  and Ge nu bath  lived  there 
 along  with Pha raoh’s  sons. 21  When Ha dad  heard  in  Egypt  that Da vid 
rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  that  Joab,  the com-
mand er  of  the  army ,  was  dead, Ha dad  said 
 to Pha raoh, “ Let  me  leave,  so  I  may  go  to  my 
 own coun try .”
22  But Pha raoh  asked  him, “ What  do  you 
 lack  here  with  me  for  you  to  want  to  go  back 
 to  your  own coun try? ”
“Noth ing,”  he re plied, “ but  please  let  me 
 leave.”
23  God  raised  up Re zon  son  of Eli a da  as  an 
en e my  against Sol o mon.


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Re zon  had  fled  from 
 his mas ter  King Had ad e zer  of Zo bah 24  and 
gath ered  men  to him self.


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He be came lead-
er  of  a raid ing par ty  when Da vid  killed  the 
Zobaites. He b  went  to Da mas cus,  lived  there, 
 and be came  king  in Da mas cus. 25 Re zon  was 
Is ra el’s en e my through out Sol o mon’s  reign, 
add ing  to  the trou ble Ha dad  had  caused. He 
 reigned  over  Aram c  and  loathed Is ra el. 26  Now Sol o mon’s ser vant, Jer o bo am  son  of 
Ne bat,  was  an Ephra im ite  from Zer e dah. His 
widowed moth  er’s  name  was Ze ru ah. Jer o-
bo am re belled  against Sol o mon, 27  and  this  is 
 the rea son  he re belled  against  the  king: Sol-
o mon  had  built  the sup port ing ter rac es  and 
re paired  the open ing  in  the  wall  of  the  city 
 of  his fa ther Da vid. 28  Now  the  man Jer o bo am 
 was ca pa ble,  and Sol o mon no ticed  the  young 
 man be cause  he  was get ting  things  done.


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So 
 he ap point ed  him  over  the en tire la bor  force 
 of  the  house  of Jo seph. 29 Dur ing  that  time,  the proph et Ahi jah  the 
Shi lo nite  met Jer o bo am  on  the  road  as Jer-
o bo am  came  out  of Je ru sa lem. Now Ahi jah 
 had  wrapped him self  with  a  new  cloak,  and 
 the  two  of  them  were  alone  in  the  open  field. 30  Then Ahi jah  took  hold  of  the  new  cloak  he 
 had  on,  tore  it  into  twelve  pieces, 31  and  said 
 to Jer o bo am, “ Take  ten  pieces  for your self, 
 for  this  is  what  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  says: 
‘ I  am  about  to  tear  the king dom  out  of Sol o-
mon’s  hand. I  will  give  you  ten  tribes, 32  but 
 one  tribe  will re main  his  for  the  sake  of  my 
ser vant Da vid  and  for  the  sake  of Je ru sa lem, 
 the  city  I  chose  out  of  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el. 33  For  they  have aban doned  me;  they  have 
 bowed  down  to Ash to reth,  the god dess  of  the 
Si do ni ans,  to Che mosh,  the  god  of  Moab,  and 
 to Milcom,  the  god  of  the Am mon ites. They 
 have  not  walked  in  my  ways  to  do  what  is 
 right  in  my  sight  and  to car ry  out  my stat utes 
 and  my judg ments  as  his fa ther Da vid  did. 34 “ ‘How ev er,  I  will  not  take  the  whole king-
dom  from  him  but  will  let  him  be rul er  all  the 
 days  of  his  life  for  the  sake  of  my ser vant Da vid, 
 whom  I  chose  and  who  kept  my com mands 
 and  my stat utes. 35  I  will  take  ten  tribes  of  the 
king dom  from  his  son  and  give  them  to  you. 36  I  will  give  one  tribe  to  his  son,  so  that  my 
ser vant Da vid  will al ways  have  a  lamp be fore 
 me  in Je ru sa lem,  the  city  I  chose  for my self  to 
 put  my  name  there. 37  I  will ap point  you,  and 
 you  will  reign  as  king  over  all  you  want,  and 
 you  will  be  king  over Is ra el. 38 “ ‘ Af ter  that,  if  you  obey  all  I com mand 
 you,  walk  in  my  ways,  and  do  what  is  right  in 
 my  sight  in or der  to  keep  my stat utes  and  my 
com mands  as  my ser vant Da vid  did,  I  will  be 
 with  you.


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I  will  build  you  a last ing dy nas ty  just 
 as  I  built  for Da vid,  and  I  will  give  you Is ra el. 39  I  will hum ble Da vid’s de scen dants, be cause 
 of  their un faith ful ness,  but  not for ev er.’ ” d
40 There fore, Sol o mon  tried  to  kill Jer o bo-
am,  but  he  fled  to  Egypt,  to  King Shi shak  of 
 Egypt,  where  he re mained un til Sol o mon’s 
 death. SOLOMON’S DEATH
41  The  rest  of  the  events  of Sol o mon’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments  and  his 
wis dom,  are writ ten  in  the  Book  of Sol o mon’s 
 Events. 42  The  length  of Sol o mon’s  reign  in 
Je ru sa lem  over  all Is ra el to taled for ty  years. 43 Sol o mon rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was 
bur ied  in  the  city  of  his fa ther Da vid.


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His  son 
Re ho bo am be came  king  in  his  place. THE KINGDOM DIVIDED
12 
 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,  he  stayed  in  Egypt,  where  he  had 
a 11:19 Lit Hadad found much favor in Pharaoh’s eyes   b 11:24 LXX; Hb reads They   c 11:25 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read Edom   
d 11:38-39 LXX omits and I will give . .


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a 3  But  they sum moned  him, 
 and Jer o bo am  and  the  whole as sem bly  of Is ra el 
 came  and  spoke  to Re ho bo am: 4 “ Your fa ther 
 made  our  yoke  harsh. You, 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, “ Go  away  for  three  days 
 and  then re turn  to  me.”  So  the peo ple  left. 6  Then  King Re ho bo am con sult ed  with  the 
el ders  who  had  served  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, “To day  if  you  will  be  a ser-
vant  to  this peo ple  and  serve  them,  and  if  you 
re spond  to  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 con sult ed  with  the 
 young  men  who  had  grown  up  with  him  and 
at tend ed  him. 9  He  asked  them, “ What mes-
sage  do  you ad vise  that  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  this peo ple  who  said  to  you, ‘ Your fa ther 
 made  our  yoke  heavy ,  but  you,  make  it light er 
 on  us!


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’  This  is  what  you  should  tell  them: ‘ My 
lit tle fin ger  is thick er  than  my fa ther’s  waist! 11 Al though  my fa ther bur dened  you  with  a 
 heavy  yoke,  I  will  add  to  your  yoke;  my fa ther 
dis ci plined  you  with  whips,  but  I  will dis ci-
pline  you  with barbed  whips.’ ” b
12  So Jer o bo am  and  all  the peo ple  came  to 
Re ho bo am  on  the  third  day ,  as  the  king  had 
or dered: “Re turn  to  me  on  the  third  day .” 13  Then 
 the  king an swered  the peo ple harsh ly . He re-
ject ed  the ad vice  the el ders  had giv en  him 14  and 
 spoke  to  them ac cord ing  to  the  young  men’s 
ad vice: “ My fa ther  made  your  yoke  heavy ,  but 
 I  will  add  to  your  yoke;  my fa ther dis ci plined 
 you  with  whips,  but  I  will dis ci pline  you  with 
barbed  whips.”
15  The  king  did  not lis ten  to  the peo ple, be-
cause  this  turn  of  events  came  from  the  L ord 
 to car ry  out  his  word,  which  the  L ord  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  that 
 the  king  had  not lis tened  to  them,  the peo ple 
an swered  him:
  What portion do we have in David?


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Israel, return to your tents;
  David, now look after your own house! So Is ra el  went  to  their  tents, 17  but Re ho bo am 
 reigned  over  the Is ra el ites liv ing  in  the cit ies 
 of Ju dah. 18  Then  King Re ho bo am  sent Ado ram, c  who 
 was  in  charge  of  forced la bor,  but  all Is ra el 
 stoned  him  to  death. King Re ho bo am man aged 
 to  get  into  the char i ot  and  flee  to Je ru sa lem. 19 Is ra el  is  still  in re bel lion  against  the  house 
 of Da vid to day . REHOBOAM IN JERUSALEM
20  When  all Is ra el  heard  that Jer o bo am  had 
 come  back,  they sum moned  him  to  the as sem-
bly  and  made  him  king  over  all Is ra el. No  one 
fol lowed  the  house  of Da vid ex cept  the  tribe 
 of Ju dah  alone. 21  When Re ho bo am ar rived  in 
Je ru sa lem,  he mo bi lized  one hun dred  eighty 
thou sand  fit  young sol diers  from  the en tire 
 house  of Ju dah  and  the  tribe  of Ben ja min  to 
 fight  against  the  house  of Is ra el  to re store  the 
king dom  to Re ho bo am  son  of Sol o mon. 22  But 
 the  word  of  God  came  to She ma iah,  the  man 
 of  God: 23 “ Say  to Re ho bo am  son  of Sol o mon, 
 king  of Ju dah,  to  the  whole  house  of Ju dah 
 and Ben ja min,  and  to  the  rest  of  the peo ple, 
24 ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  You  are  not  to 
 march  up  and  fight  against  your broth ers, 
 the Is ra el ites. Each  of  you re turn  home,  for 
 this sit u a tion  is  from  me.’ ”
 So  they lis tened  to  the  word  of  the  L ord  and 
 went  back ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L ord. JEROBOAM’S IDOLATRY
25 Jer o bo am  built She chem  in  the  hill coun try 
 of Ephra im  and  lived  there. From  there  he 
 went  out  and  built Pe nu el.


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26 Jer o bo am  said 
 to him self, “ The king dom  might  now re turn  to 
 the  house  of Da vid. 27  If  these peo ple reg u lar ly 
 go  to off  er sac ri fic es  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple  in 
Je ru sa lem,  the  heart  of  these peo ple  will re-
turn  to  their  lord,  King Re ho bo am  of Ju dah. They  will  kill  me  and  go  back  to  the  king  of 
Ju dah.” 28  So  the  king  sought ad vice. Then  he  made  two gold en  calves,  and  he 
 said  to  the peo ple, “Go ing  to Je ru sa lem  is  too 
diff  i cult  for  you. Is ra el,  here  are  your  gods d 
 who  brought  you  up  from  the  land  of  Egypt.” 
29  He  set  up  one  in Beth el,  and  put  the oth er 
a 12:2 LXX, Vg read Jeroboam returned from Egypt ; 2Ch 10:2   b 12:11 Lit with scorpions, also in v . 14   c 12:18 LXX reads 
Adoniram ; 1Kg 4:6; 5:14   d 12:28 Or here is your God, or  here is your god
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 in  Dan. 30  This  led  to  sin;  the peo ple  walked 
 in pro ces sion be fore  one  of  the  calves  all  the 
 way  to  Dan. a
31 Jer o bo am  also  made  shrines b  on  the  high 
plac es  and  made  priests  from  the  ranks  of 
 the peo ple  who  were  not Le vites. 32 Jer o bo am 
 made  a fes ti val  in  the  eighth  month  on  the 
fif teenth  day  of  the  month,  like  the fes ti val 
 in Ju dah. He off  ered sac ri fic es  on  the al tar; 
 he  made  this off  er ing  in Beth el  to sac ri fice 
 to  the  calves  he  had  made. He  also sta tioned 
 the  priests  in Beth el  for  the  high plac es  he  had 
 made. 33  He off  ered sac ri fic es  on c  the al tar  he 
 had  set  up  in Beth el  on  the fif teenth  day  of  the 
 eighth  month. He  chose  this  month  on  his  own.


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He  made  a fes ti val  for  the Is ra el ites, off  ered 
sac ri fic es  on  the al tar,  and  burned in cense. JUDGMENT ON JEROBOAM
13 
 A  man  of  God  came, how ev er,  from Ju-
dah  to Beth el  by  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 while Jer o bo am  was stand ing be side  the al tar 
 to  burn in cense. 2  The  man  of  God  cried  out 
 against  the al tar  by  the  word  of  the  L ord: “ Al-
tar, al tar,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says, ‘ A  son  will 
 be  born  to  the  house  of Da vid,  named Jo si ah, 
 and  he  will sac ri fice  on  you  the  priests  of  the 
 high plac es  who  are burn ing in cense  on  you. Hu man  bones  will  be  burned  on  you.’ ” 3  He 
 gave  a  sign  that  day . He  said, “ This  is  the  sign 
 that  the  L ord  has spo ken: ‘ The al tar  will  now 
 be  ripped  apart,  and  the ash es  that  are  on  it 
 will  be  poured  out.’ ”
4  When  the  king  heard  the mes sage  that  the 
 man  of  God  had  cried  out  against  the al tar  at 
Beth el, Jer o bo am  stretched  out  his  hand  from 
 the al tar  and  said, “ Ar rest  him! ”  But  the  hand 
 he  stretched  out  against  him with ered,  and 
 he  could  not  pull  it  back  to him self. 5  The al tar 
 was  ripped  apart,  and  the ash es  poured  from 
 the al tar, ac cord ing  to  the  sign  that  the  man 
 of  God  had giv en  by  the  word  of  the  L ord. 6  Then  the  king re spond ed  to  the  man  of 
 God, “ Plead  for  the fa vor  of  the  L ord  your 
 God  and  pray  for  me  so  that  my  hand  may 
 be re stored  to  me.”  So  the  man  of  God plead-
ed  for  the fa vor  of  the  L ord,  and  the  king’s 
 hand  was re stored  to  him  and be came  as  it 
 had  been  at  first. 7  Then  the  king de clared  to  the  man  of  God, 
“ Come  home  with  me, re fresh your self,  and 
 I’ll  give  you  a re ward.”
8  But  the  man  of  God re plied, “ If  you  were 
 to  give  me  half  your  house,  I  still  wouldn’t 
 go  with  you,  and  I  wouldn’t  eat  food  or  drink 
wa ter  in  this  place, 9  for  this  is  what  I  was 
com mand ed  by  the  word  of  the  L ord: ‘ You 
 must  not  eat  food  or  drink wa ter  or  go  back 
 the  way  you  came.’ ” 10  So  he  went an oth er 
 way;  he  did  not  go  back  by  the  way  he  had 
 come  to Beth el. THE OLD PROPHET AND THE MAN OF GOD
11  Now  a cer tain  old proph et  was liv ing  in Beth-
el.


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His  son d  came  and  told  him  all  the  deeds  that 
 the  man  of  God  had  done  that  day  in Beth el.


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His  sons  also  told  their fa ther  the  words  that 
 he  had spo ken  to  the  king. 12  Then  their fa ther 
 asked  them, “ Which  way  did  he  go? ”  His  sons 
 had  seen e  the  way tak en  by  the  man  of  God 
 who  had  come  from Ju dah. 13  Then  he  said  to 
 his  sons, “Sad dle  the don key  for  me.”  So  they 
sad dled  the don key  for  him,  and  he  got  on  it. 14  He fol lowed  the  man  of  God  and  found  him 
sit ting un der  an  oak  tree. He  asked  him, “ Are 
 you  the  man  of  God  who  came  from Ju dah?


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”
“ I  am,”  he  said. 15  Then  he  said  to  him, “ Come  home  with 
 me  and  eat  some  food.”
16  But  he an swered, “ I can not  go  back  with 
 you  or ac com pa ny  you;  I  will  not  eat  food  or 
 drink wa ter  with  you  in  this  place. 17  For  a 
mes sage  came  to  me  by  the  word  of  the  L ord: 
‘ You  must  not  eat  food  or  drink wa ter  there 
 or  go  back  by  the  way  you  came.’ ”
18  He  said  to  him, “ I  am  also  a proph et  like 
 you. An an gel  spoke  to  me  by  the  word  of  the 
 L ord: ‘ Bring  him  back  with  you  to  your  house 
 so  that  he  may  eat  food  and  drink wa ter.’ ”  The 
 old proph et de ceived  him, 19  and  the  man  of 
 God  went  back  with  him,  ate  food  in  his  house, 
 and  drank wa ter. 20  While  they  were sit ting  at  the ta ble,  the 
 word  of  the  L ord  came  to  the proph et  who 
 had  brought  him  back, 21  and  the proph et  cried 
 out  to  the  man  of  God  who  had  come  from 
Ju dah, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘Be cause 
 you re belled  against  the  L ord’ s com mand 
 and  did  not  keep  the com mand  that  the  L ord 
 your  God com mand ed  you — 22  but  you  went 
 back  and  ate  food  and  drank wa ter  in  the  place 
 that  he  said  to  you, “ Do  not  eat  food  and  do 
 not  drink wa ter” —  your  corpse  will nev er 
 reach  the  grave  of  your fa thers.’ ”
a 12:30 Some LXX mss read calves to Bethel and the other to Dan   b 12:31 Lit a house   c 12:33 Or He went up to    
d 13:11 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg read sons   e 13:12 LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg read sons showed him
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23  So af ter  he  had eat en  food  and af ter  he  had 
 drunk,  the  old proph et sad dled  the don key 
 for  the proph et  he  had  brought  back. 24  When 
 he  left, a  a  lion at tacked b  him  along  the  way 
 and  killed  him. His  corpse  was  thrown  on  the 
 road,  and  the don key  was stand ing be side  it; 
 the  lion  was stand ing be side  the  corpse  too. 25  There  were  men pass ing  by  who  saw  the 
 corpse  thrown  on  the  road  and  the  lion stand-
ing be side  it,  and  they  went  and  spoke  about  it 
 in  the  city  where  the  old proph et  lived. 26  When 
 the proph et  who  had  brought  him  back  from 
 his  way  heard  about  it,  he  said, “ He  is  the  man 
 of  God  who dis obeyed  the  L ord’ s com mand. The  L ord  has giv en  him  to  the  lion,  and  it  has 
 mauled  and  killed  him, ac cord ing  to  the  word 
 of  the  L ord  that  he  spoke  to  him.”
27  Then  the  old proph et in struct ed  his  sons, 
“Sad dle  the don key  for  me.”  They sad dled  it, 
28  and  he  went  and  found  the  corpse  thrown  on 
 the  road  with  the don key  and  the  lion stand-
ing be side  the  corpse. The  lion  had  not eat en 
 the  corpse  or  mauled  the don key . 29  So  the 
proph et lift ed  the  corpse  of  the  man  of  God 
 and  laid  it  on  the don key  and  brought  it  back. The  old proph et  came  into  the  city  to  mourn 
 and  to  bury  him. 30  Then  he  laid  the  corpse  in 
 his  own  grave,  and  they  mourned  over  him: 
“ Oh,  my broth er! ”
31 Af ter  he  had bur ied  him,  he  said  to  his  sons, 
“ When  I  die,  bury  me  in  the  grave  where  the 
 man  of  God  is bur ied;  lay  my  bones be side  his 
 bones, 32  for  the mes sage  that  he  cried  out  by 
 the  word  of  the  L ord  against  the al tar  in Beth el 
 and  against  all  the  shrines  of  the  high plac es 
 in  the cit ies  of Sa mar ia  is cer tain  to hap pen.”
33  Even af ter  this, Jer o bo am  did  not re pent 
 of  his  evil  way  but  again  made  priests  for  the 
 high plac es  from  the  ranks  of  the peo ple. He 
or dained who ev er  so de sired  it,  and  they be-
came  priests  of  the  high plac es.


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34  This  was 
 the  sin  that  caused  the  house  of Jer o bo am 
 to  be  cut  off  and oblit er at ed  from  the  face 
 of  the  earth. DISASTER ON THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM
14 
 At  that  time Abi jah  son  of Jer o bo am be-
came  sick. 2 Jer o bo am  said  to  his  wife, 
“ Go dis guise your self,  so  they  won’t  know 
 that  you’re Jer o bo am’s  wife,  and  go  to Shi-
loh. The proph et Ahi jah  is  there;  it  was  he 
 who  told  about  me be com ing  king  over  this 
peo ple. 3  Take  with  you  ten  loaves  of  bread, 
 some  cakes,  and  a  jar  of hon ey ,  and  go  to  him. He  will  tell  you  what  will hap pen  to  the  boy .”
4 Jer o bo am’s  wife  did  that:  she  went  to Shi loh 
 and ar rived  at Ahi jah’s  house. Ahi jah  could 
 not  see;  he  was  blind c  due  to  his  age. 5  But  the 
 L ord  had  said  to Ahi jah, “Jer o bo am’s  wife  is 
com ing  soon  to  ask  you  about  her  son,  for 
 he  is  sick. You  are  to  say  such  and  such  to 
 her. When  she ar rives,  she  will  be dis guised.”
6  When Ahi jah  heard  the  sound  of  her  feet 
en ter ing  the  door,  he  said, “ Come  in,  wife  of 
Jer o bo am! Why  are  you dis guised?


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I  have  bad 
 news  for  you. 7  Go  tell Jer o bo am, ‘ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  says:  I  raised  you  up 
 from  among  the peo ple, ap point ed  you rul-
er  over  my peo ple Is ra el, 8  tore  the king dom 
 away  from  the  house  of Da vid,  and  gave  it  to 
 you. But  you  were  not  like  my ser vant Da vid, 
 who  kept  my com mands  and fol lowed  me 
 with  all  his  heart, do ing  only  what  is  right  in 
 my  sight.


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In or der  to an ger 
 me,  you  have pro ceed ed  to  make  for your-
self oth er  gods  and  cast im ages,  but  you  have 
 flung  me be hind  your  back. 10 Be cause  of  all 
 this,  I  am  about  to  bring di sas ter  on  the  house 
 of Jer o bo am:
  I will wipe out all of Jeroboam’s males,  d
  both slave and free, e in Israel;
  I will sweep away the house 
of Jeroboam
  as one sweeps away dung until it is 
all gone! 11 Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam 
and dies in the city ,
  the dogs will eat,
  and anyone who dies in the field,
  the birds  f will eat,
  for the Lord has spoken! ’
12 “ As  for  you,  get  up  and  go  to  your  house.


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When  your  feet en ter  the  city ,  the  boy  will  die. 13  All Is ra el  will  mourn  for  him  and  bury  him. He  alone  out  of Jer o bo am’s  house  will  be giv en 
 a prop er buri al be cause  out  of  the  house  of 
Jer o bo am some thing fa vor able  to  the  L ord 
 God  of Is ra el  was  found  in  him. 14  The  L ord 
 will  raise  up  for him self  a  king  over Is ra el,  who 
 will  wipe  out  the  house  of Jer o bo am. This  is 
 the  day ,  yes, g  even to day! 15  For  the  L ord  will 
 strike Is ra el  so  that  they  will h  shake  as  a  reed 
a 13:23-24 LXX reads donkey, and he turned 24and left, and   b 13:24 Lit met   c 14:4 Lit see, for his eyes stood ; 1Sm 4:15   
d 14:10 Lit eliminate Jeroboam’s one who urinates against the wall   e 14:10 Or males, even the weak and impaired ; Hb obscure    
f 14:11 Lit birds of the sky   g 14:14 Hb obscure   h 14:15 so that they will supplied for clarity
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 shakes  in wa ter. He  will up root Is ra el  from  this 
 good  soil  that  he  gave  to  their an ces tors. He  will 
scat ter  them be yond  the Eu phra tes be cause 
 they  made  their Ashe rah  poles, angering  the 
 L ord. 16  He  will  give  up Is ra el be cause  of Jer-
o bo am’s  sins  that  he com mit ted  and  caused 
Is ra el  to com mit.”
17  Then Jer o bo am’s  wife  got  up  and  left  and 
 went  to Tir zah. As  she  was cross ing  the thresh-
old  of  the  house,  the  boy  died. 18  He  was bur ied, 
 and  all Is ra el  mourned  for  him, ac cord ing  to 
 the  word  of  the  L ord  he  had spo ken  through 
 his ser vant  the proph et Ahi jah. 19  As  for  the  rest  of  the  events  of Jer o bo am’s 
 reign,  how  he  waged  war  and  how  he  reigned, 
 note  that  they  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal 
Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 20  The  length  of Jer o-
bo am’s  reign  was twenty-two  years. He rest ed 
 with  his fa thers,  and  his  son Na dab be came 
 king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING REHOBOAM
21  Now Re ho bo am, Sol o mon’s  son,  reigned 
 in Ju dah. Re ho bo am  was forty-one  years  old 
 when  he be came  king;  he  reigned sev en teen 
 years  in Je ru sa lem,  the  city  where  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.


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They pro voked  him  to jeal ous an ger  more 
 than  all  that  their an ces tors  had  done  with 
 the  sins  they com mit ted. 23  They  also  built  for 
them selves  high plac es, sa cred pil lars,  and 
Ashe rah  poles  on ev ery  high  hill  and un der 
ev ery  green  tree; 24  there  were  even  male  cult 
pros ti tutes  in  the  land. They im i tat ed  all  the 
de test able prac tic es  of  the na tions  the  L ord 
 had dispossessed be fore  the Is ra el ites. 25  In  the  fifth  year  of  King Re ho bo am,  King 
Shi shak  of  Egypt  went  to  war  against Je ru sa-
lem. 26  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  all  the  gold  shields 
 that Sol o mon  had  made. 27  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. 28 When ev er  the  king en tered 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  guards  would car ry 
 the  shields,  then  they  would  take  them  back 
 to  the ar mory . b
29  The  rest  of  the  events  of Re ho bo am’s 
 reign,  along  with  all  his ac com plish ments, 
 are writ ten  about  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord 
 of Ju dah’s  Kings. 30  There  was  war be tween 
Re ho bo am  and Jer o bo am through out  their 
 reigns. 31 Re ho bo am rest ed  with  his fa thers 
 and  was bur ied  with  his fa thers  in  the  city 
 of Da vid. His moth er’s  name  was Na a mah 
 the Am mon ite.


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His  son Abi jam c be came  king 
 in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING ABIJAM
15 
 In  the eigh teenth  year  of Is ra el’s  King 
Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat, Abi jam be came 
 king  over Ju dah, 2  and  he  reigned  three  years 
 in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Ma a cah 
daugh ter d  of Abish a lom.


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3 Abi jam  walked  in  all  the  sins  his fa ther 
be fore  him  had com mit ted,  and  he  was  not 
whole heart ed ly de vot ed  to  the  L ord  his  God 
 as  his an ces tor Da vid  had  been. 4  But  for  the 
 sake  of Da vid,  the  L ord  his  God  gave  him  a 
 lamp  in Je ru sa lem  by rais ing  up  his  son af ter 
 him  and  by preserving Je ru sa lem. 5  For Da vid 
 did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight,  and 
 he  did  not  turn  aside  from any thing  he  had 
com mand ed  him  all  the  days  of  his  life, ex cept 
 in  the mat ter  of Uri ah  the Hethite. 6  There  had  been  war be tween Re ho bo am 
 and Jer o bo am  all  the  days  of Re ho bo am’s  life. 7  The  rest  of  the  events  of Abi jam’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. There 
 was  also  war be tween Abi jam  and Jer o bo am. 8 Abi jam 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. JUDAH’S KING ASA
9  In  the twen ti eth  year  of Is ra el’s  King Jer o-
bo am,  Asa be came  king  of Ju dah, 10  and  he 
 reigned forty-one  years  in Je ru sa lem. His 
grand moth er’s e  name  was Ma a cah daugh-
ter  of Abish a lom.


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11  Asa  did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight, 
 as  his an ces tor Da vid  had  done. 12  He ban ished 
 the  male  cult pros ti tutes  from  the  land  and 
re moved  all  of  the  idols  that  his fa thers  had 
 made. 13  He  also re moved  his grand moth er f 
Ma a cah  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  and 
a 14:27 Lit the runners   b 14:28 Lit the chamber of the runners   c 14:31 = Abijah in 2Ch 13   d 15:2 Possibly granddaughter , also 
in v . 10; 2Ch 13:2   e 15:10 Lit mother’s   f 15:13 Lit mother
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 burned  it  in  the Kid ron V al ley . 14  The  high plac es 
 were  not tak en  away ,  but  Asa  was whole heart-
ed ly de vot ed  to  the  L ord  his en tire  life. 15  He 
 brought  his fa ther’s con se crat ed  gifts  and  his 
 own con se crat ed  gifts  into  the  L ord’ s tem ple: 
sil ver,  gold,  and uten sils. 16  There  was  war be tween  Asa  and  King Ba a-
sha  of Is ra el through out  their  reigns.


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17 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. 18  So 
 Asa with drew  all  the sil ver  and  gold  that re-
mained  in  the trea sur ies  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple 
 and  the trea sur ies  of  the roy al pal ace  and  gave 
 it  to  his ser vants. Then  King  Asa  sent  them  to 
Ben-ha dad  son  of Tab rim mon  son  of He zi on 
 king  of  Aram  who  lived  in Da mas cus, say ing, 
19 “ There  is  a trea ty be tween  me  and  you, be-
tween  my fa ther  and  your fa ther. Look,  I  have 
 sent  you  a  gift  of sil ver  and  gold. Go  and  break 
 your trea ty  with  King Ba a sha  of Is ra el  so  that 
 he  will with draw  from  me.”
20 Ben-ha dad lis tened  to  King  Asa  and  sent 
 the com mand ers  of  his ar mies  against  the 
cit ies  of Is ra el. He at tacked  Ijon,  Dan, Abel-
beth-ma a cah,  all Chin ne reth,  and  the  whole 
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21  When Ba a sha  heard  about 
 it,  he  quit build ing Ra mah  and  stayed  in Tir zah. 22  Then  King  Asa  gave  a com mand  to ev ery one 
with out ex cep tion  in Ju dah,  and  they car ried 
 away  the  stones  of Ra mah  and  the tim bers 
Ba a sha  had  built  it  with. Then  King  Asa  built 
 Geba  of Ben ja min  and Miz pah  with  them. 23  The  rest  of  all  the  events  of  Asa’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his  might,  all  his ac com plish-
ments,  and  the cit ies  he  built,  are writ ten  in 
 the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. But  in 
 his  old  age  he de vel oped  a dis ease  in  his  feet. 24  Then  Asa rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was 
bur ied  in  the  city  of  his an ces tor Da vid. His 
 son Je hosh a phat be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL ’S KING NADAB
25 Na dab  son  of Jer o bo am be came  king  over 
Is ra el  in  the sec ond  year  of Ju dah’s  King  Asa; 
 he  reigned  over Is ra el  two  years. 26 Na dab  did 
 what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  and  walked 
 in  the  ways  of  his fa ther  and  the  sin  he  had 
 caused Is ra el  to com mit. 27  Then Ba a sha  son  of Ahi jah  of  the  house 
 of Is sa char con spired  against Na dab,  and Ba-
a sha  struck  him  down  at Gib be thon  of  the 
Phi lis tines  while Na dab  and  all Is ra el  were 
be sieg ing Gib be thon. 28  In  the  third  year  of 
Ju dah’s  King  Asa, Ba a sha  killed Na dab  and 
 reigned  in  his  place. 29  When Ba a sha be came  king,  he  struck  down 
 the en tire  house  of Jer o bo am. He  did  not  leave 
Jer o bo am  any sur vi vors  but a de stroyed  his 
fam i ly ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L ord  he 
 had spo ken  through  his ser vant Ahi jah  the 
Shi lo nite.


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30  This  was be cause Jer o bo am  had 
an gered b  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  by  the  sins 
 he  had com mit ted  and  had  caused Is ra el  to 
com mit.


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31  The  rest  of  the  events  of Na dab’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments,  are writ-
ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 32  There  was  war be tween  Asa  and  King Ba a sha 
 of Is ra el through out  their  reigns. ISRAEL’S KING BAASHA
33  In  the  third  year  of Ju dah’s  King  Asa, Ba a-
sha  son  of Ahi jah be came  king  over  all Is ra el, 
 and  he  reigned  in Tir zah twenty-four  years. 34  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  and 
 walked  in  the  ways  of Jer o bo am  and  the  sin 
 he  had  caused Is ra el  to com mit.


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16 
 Now  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  Jehu 
 son  of Ha na ni  against Ba a sha: 2 “Be cause  I 
 raised  you  up  from  the  dust  and  made  you rul er 
 over  my peo ple Is ra el,  but  you  have  walked 
 in  the  ways  of Jer o bo am  and  have  caused  my 
peo ple Is ra el  to  sin, angering  me  with  their 
 sins, 3  take  note:  I  will eradicate Ba a sha  and 
 his  house,  and  I  will  make  your  house  like  the 
 house  of Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat:
 4 Anyone who belongs to Baasha 
and dies in the city ,
  the dogs will eat,
  and anyone who is his and dies 
in the field,
  the birds  c will eat.”
5  The  rest  of  the  events  of Ba a sha’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments  and  might, 
 are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s 
 Kings. 6 Ba a sha rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was 
bur ied  in Tir zah. His  son  Elah be came  king  in 
 his  place. 7  But  through  the proph et  Jehu  son 
 of Ha na ni  the  word  of  the  L ord  also  had  come 
 against Ba a sha  and  against  his  house be cause 
 of  all  the  evil  he  had  done  in  the  L ord’ s  sight. His ac tions an gered  the  L ord,  and Ba a sha’s 
 house be came  like  the  house  of Jer o bo am, 
be cause  he  had  struck  it  down. a 15:29 Lit Jeroboam anyone breathing until he   b 15:30 Lit provoked in the provocation of   c 16:4 Lit birds of the sky
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ISRAEL’S KING ELAH
8  In  the twenty-sixth  year  of Ju dah’s  King  Asa, 
 Elah  son  of Ba a sha be came  king  over Is ra el, 
 and  he  reigned  in Tir zah  two  years. 9  His ser vant Zim ri, com mand er  of  half  his 
char i ots, con spired  against  him  while  Elah  was 
 in Tir zah get ting  drunk  in  the  house  of  Arza, 
 who  was  in  charge  of  the house hold  at Tir zah. 10  In  the twenty-seventh  year  of Ju dah’s  King 
 Asa, Zim ri  went  in,  struck  Elah  down, kill ing 
 him. Then Zim ri be came  king  in  his  place.


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11  When  he be came  king,  as  soon  as  he  was 
seat ed  on  his  throne, Zim ri  struck  down  the 
en tire  house  of Ba a sha. He  did  not  leave  a sin gle 
 male, a in clud ing  his kins men  and  his  friends. 12  So Zim ri de stroyed  the en tire  house  of Ba a sha, 
ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L ord  he  had spo-
ken  against Ba a sha  through  the proph et  Jehu. 13  This hap pened be cause  of  all  the  sins  of Ba a sha 
 and  those  of  his  son  Elah,  which  they com mit-
ted  and  caused Is ra el  to com mit, angering  the 
 L ord  God  of Is ra el  with  their worth less  idols. 14  The  rest  of  the  events  of  Elah’s  reign,  along 
 with  all  his ac com plish ments,  are writ ten  in 
 the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. ISRAEL’S KING ZIMRI
15  In  the twenty-seventh  year  of Ju dah’s  King 
 Asa, Zim ri be came  king  for sev en  days  in Tir zah. Now  the  troops  were en camped  against Gib-
be thon  of  the Phi lis tines. 16  When  these  troops 
 heard  that Zim ri  had  not  only con spired  but 
 had  also  struck  down  the  king,  then  all Is ra el 
 made  Omri,  the  army com mand er,  king  over 
Is ra el  that  very  day  in  the  camp. 17  Omri  along 
 with  all Is ra el  marched  up  from Gib be thon 
 and be sieged Tir zah. 18  When Zim ri  saw  that 
 the  city  was cap tured,  he en tered  the cit a del 
 of  the roy al pal ace  and  burned  it  down  over 
him self. He  died 19 be cause  of  the  sin  he com-
mit ted  by do ing  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight  and  by walk ing  in  the  ways  of Jer o bo am 
 and  the  sin  he  caused Is ra el  to com mit. 20  The  rest  of  the  events  of Zim ri’s  reign,  along 
 with  the con spir a cy  that  he in sti gat ed,  are writ-
ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 21  At  that  time  the peo ple  of Is ra el  were di vid ed: 
 half  the peo ple fol lowed Tib ni  son  of Gi nath,  to 
 make  him  king,  and  half fol lowed  Omri.


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22 How-
ev er,  the peo ple  who fol lowed  Omri  proved 
stron ger  than  those  who fol lowed Tib ni  son 
 of Gi nath. So Tib ni  died  and  Omri be came  king. ISRAEL’S KING OMRI
23  In  the thirty-first  year  of Ju dah’s  King  Asa, 
 Omri be came  king  over Is ra el,  and  he  reigned 
 twelve  years. He  reigned  six  years  in Tir zah, 
24  then  he  bought  the  hill  of Sa mar ia  from She-
mer  for  150  pounds b  of sil ver,  and  he  built  up 
 the  hill. He  named  the  city  he  built Sa mar ia c 
 based  on  the  name She mer,  the own er  of  the  hill. 25  Omri  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight; 
 he  did  more  evil  than  all  who  were be fore  him.


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26  He  walked  in  all  the  ways  of Jer o bo am  son  of 
Ne bat  in ev ery re spect  and con tin ued  in  his  sins 
 that  he  caused Is ra el  to com mit, angering  the 
 L ord  God  of Is ra el  with  their worth less  idols. 27  The  rest  of  the  events  of  Omri’s  reign,  along 
 with  his ac com plish ments  and  the  might  he 
ex er cised,  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec-
ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 28  Omri rest ed  with  his 
fa thers  and  was bur ied  in Sa mar ia. His  son 
 Ahab be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL ’S KING AHAB
29  Ahab  son  of  Omri be came  king  over Is ra el 
 in  the thirty-eighth  year  of Ju dah’s  King  Asa; 
 Ahab  son  of  Omri  reigned  over Is ra el  in Sa mar ia 
twenty-two  years. 30  But  Ahab  son  of  Omri  did 
 what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  more  than  all 
 who  were be fore  him. 31  Then,  as  if fol low ing 
 the  sin  of Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  were  not 
 enough,  he mar ried Jez e bel,  the daugh ter  of 
Eth ba al  king  of  the Si do ni ans,  and  then pro-
ceed ed  to  serve  Baal  and  bow  in wor ship  to 
 him. 32  He  set  up  an al tar  for  Baal  in  the tem ple 
 of  Baal  that  he  had  built  in Sa mar ia.


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33  Ahab 
 also  made  an Ashe rah  pole. Ahab  did  more  to 
an ger  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  than  all  the  kings 
 of Is ra el  who  were be fore  him. 34 Dur ing  his  reign,  Hiel  the Bethelite  built 
Jer i cho.


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At  the  cost  of Abi ram  his first born,  he 
 laid  its foun da tion,  and  at  the  cost  of Se gub  his 
youn gest,  he fin ished  its  gates, ac cord ing  to 
 the  word  of  the  L ord  he  had spo ken  through 
Josh ua  son  of  Nun. ELIJAH ANNOUNCES FAMINE
17 
 Now Eli jah  the Tish bite,  from  the Gil e ad 
settlers, d  said  to  Ahab, “ As  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el  lives,  in  whose pres ence  I  stand,  there 
 will  be  no  dew  or  rain dur ing  these  years ex-
cept  by  my com mand! ”
2  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  him: 
3 “ Leave  here,  turn east ward,  and  hide  at  the 
a 16:11 Lit leave him one who urinates against the wall   b 16:24 Lit for two talents   c 16:24 = Belonging to Shemer’s Clan   
d 17:1 LXX reads from Tishbe of Gilead
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 Wadi Cherith  where  it en ters  the Jor dan. 4  You 
 are  to  drink  from  the  wadi. I  have com mand ed 
 the ra vens  to pro vide  for  you  there.”
5  So  he pro ceed ed  to  do  what  the  L ord 
com mand ed. Eli jah  left  and  lived  at  the  Wadi 
Cherith  where  it en ters  the Jor dan. 6  The ra-
vens  kept bring ing  him  bread  and  meat  in  the 
morn ing  and  in  the eve ning,  and  he  would 
 drink  from  the  wadi. 7 Af ter  a  while,  the  wadi 
 dried  up be cause  there  had  been  no  rain  in 
 the  land. ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW
8  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  him: 9 “ Get 
 up,  go  to Zar e phath  that be longs  to Si don  and 
 stay  there. Look,  I  have com mand ed  a wom an 
 who  is  a wid ow  to pro vide  for  you  there.” 10  So 
Eli jah  got  up  and  went  to Zar e phath.


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When 
 he ar rived  at  the  city  gate,  there  was  a wid ow 
gath er ing  wood. Eli jah  called  to  her  and  said, 
“ Please  bring  me  a lit tle wa ter  in  a  cup  and  let 
 me  drink.” 11  As  she  went  to  get  it,  he  called 
 to  her  and  said, “ Please  bring  me  a  piece  of 
 bread  in  your  hand.”
12  But  she  said, “ As  the  L ord  your  God  lives, 
 I  don’t  have any thing  baked  —   only  a hand ful 
 of  flour  in  the  jar  and  a  bit  of  oil  in  the  jug. Just  now ,  I  am gath er ing  a couple  of  sticks  in 
or der  to  go pre pare  it  for my self  and  my  son 
 so  we  can  eat  it  and  die.”
13  Then Eli jah  said  to  her, “ Don’t  be  afraid; 
 go  and  do  as  you  have  said. But  first  make 
 me  a  small  loaf  from  it  and  bring  it  out  to  me. Af ter ward,  you  may  make  some  for your self 
 and  your  son, 14  for  this  is  what  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el  says, ‘ The  flour  jar  will  not be come 
emp ty  and  the  oil  jug  will  not  run  dry un til 
 the  day  the  L ord  sends  rain  on  the sur face 
 of  the  land.’ ”
15  So  she pro ceed ed  to  do ac cord ing  to  the 
 word  of Eli jah. Then  the wom an, Eli jah,  and 
 her house hold  ate  for  many  days. 16  The  flour 
 jar  did  not be come emp ty ,  and  the  oil  jug  did 
 not  run  dry , ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 he  had spo ken  through a Eli jah. THE WIDOW’S SON RAISED
17 Af ter  this,  the  son  of  the wom an  who  owned 
 the  house be came  ill.


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His ill ness  got  worse 
un til  he  stopped breath ing. 18  She  said  to Eli-
jah, “ Man  of  God,  why  are  you  here?


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Have  you 
 come  to  call at ten tion  to  my in iq ui ty  so  that 
 my  son  is  put  to  death? ”
19  But Eli jah  said  to  her, “ Give  me  your  son.” 
 So  he  took  him  from  her  arms,  brought  him 
 up  to  the up stairs  room  where  he  was stay-
ing,  and  laid  him  on  his  own  bed. 20  Then  he 
 cried  out  to  the  L ord  and  said, “ L ord  my  God, 
 have  you  also  brought trag e dy  on  the wid ow 
 I  am stay ing  with  by kill ing  her  son? ” 21  Then 
 he  stretched him self  out  over  the  boy  three 
 times. He  cried  out  to  the  L ord  and  said,  
“ L ord  my  God,  please  let  this  boy’s  life  come 
 into  him  again! ”
22  So  the  L ord lis tened  to Eli jah,  and  the 
 boy’s  life  came  into  him  again,  and  he  lived. 23  Then Eli jah  took  the  boy ,  brought  him  down 
 from  the up stairs  room  into  the  house,  and 
 gave  him  to  his moth er. Eli jah  said, “ Look, 
 your  son  is  alive.”
24  Then  the wom an  said  to Eli jah, “ Now  I 
 know  you  are  a  man  of  God  and  the  L ord’ s 
 word  from  your  mouth  is  true.”
ELIJAH’S MESSAGE TO AHAB
18 
Af ter  a  long  time,  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to Eli jah  in  the  third  year: “ Go  and 
pre sent your self  to  Ahab. I  will  send  rain  on 
 the sur face  of  the  land.” 2  So Eli jah  went  to 
pre sent him self  to  Ahab. The fam ine  was se vere  in Sa mar ia.


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3  Ahab 
 called  for Oba di ah,  who  was  in  charge  of  the 
pal ace. Oba di ah  was  a  man  who great ly  feared 
 the  L ord 4  and  took  a hun dred proph ets  and  hid 
 them, fif ty  men  to  a  cave,  and pro vid ed  them 
 with  food  and wa ter  when Jez e bel slaugh tered 
 the  L ord’ s proph ets. 5  Ahab  said  to Oba di ah, 
“ Go through out  the  land  to ev ery  spring  and 
 to ev ery  wadi. Per haps  we’ll  find  grass  so  we 
 can  keep  the hors es  and  mules  alive  and  not 
 have  to de stroy  any cat tle.” 6  They di vid ed  the 
 land be tween  them  in or der  to cov er  it. Ahab 
 went  one  way  by him self,  and Oba di ah  went 
 the oth er  way  by him self.


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7  While Oba di ah  was walk ing  along  the  road, 
Eli jah sud den ly  met  him. When Oba di ah rec-
og nized  him,  he  fell face down  and  said, “ Is  it 
 you,  my  lord Eli jah? ”
8 “ It  is  I,”  he re plied.


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“ Go  tell  your  lord, ‘Eli-
jah  is  here! ’ ” b
9  But Oba di ah  said, “ What  sin  have  I com mit-
ted,  that  you  are hand ing  your ser vant  over 
 to  Ahab  to  put  me  to  death? 10  As  the  L ord 
 your  God  lives,  there  is  no na tion  or king dom 
 where  my  lord  has  not  sent some one  to  search 
 for  you. When  they  said, ‘ He  is  not  here,’  he 
a 17:16 Lit by the hand of   b 18:8 The Hb words translated ‘Elijah is here’ also mean ‘Look, my God is the Lord’
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 made  that king dom  or na tion  swear  they  had 
 not  found  you. 11 “ Now  you  say , ‘ Go  tell  your  lord, “Eli jah  is 
 here! ” ’ 12  But  when  I  leave  you,  the Spir it  of  the 
 L ord  may car ry  you  off  to  some  place  I  don’t 
 know . Then  when  I  go re port  to  Ahab  and  he 
 doesn’t  find  you,  he  will  kill  me. But  I,  your 
ser vant,  have  feared  the  L ord  from  my  youth. 13  Wasn’t  it re port ed  to  my  lord  what  I  did  when 
Jez e bel slaugh tered  the  L ord’ s proph ets? I  hid 
 a hun dred  of  the proph ets  of  the  L ord, fif ty 
 men  to  a  cave,  and  I pro vid ed  them  with  food 
 and wa ter. 14  Now  you  say , ‘ Go  tell  your  lord, 
“Eli jah  is  here! ” ’  He  will  kill  me! ”
15  Then Eli jah  said, “ As  the  L ord  of Ar mies 
 lives,  in  whose pres ence  I  stand, to day  I  will 
pre sent my self  to  Ahab.”
16 Oba di ah  went  to  meet  Ahab  and  told  him. Then  Ahab  went  to  meet Eli jah. 17  When  Ahab 
 saw Eli jah,  Ahab  said  to  him, “ Is  that  you,  the 
 one ru in ing Is ra el? ”
18  He re plied, “ I  have  not ru ined Is ra el,  but 
 you  and  your fa ther’s fam i ly  have, be cause  you 
 have aban doned  the  L ord’ s com mands  and 
fol lowed  the  Baals. 19  Now sum mon  all Is ra el 
 to  meet  me  at  Mount Car mel,  along  with  the 
 450 proph ets  of  Baal  and  the  400 proph ets  of 
Ashe rah  who  eat  at Jez e bel’s ta ble.”
ELIJAH AT MOUNT CARMEL
20  So  Ahab sum moned  all  the Is ra el ites  and 
gath ered  the proph ets  at  Mount Car mel. 21  Then Eli jah ap proached  all  the peo ple  and 
 said, “ How  long  will  you wa ver be tween  two 
opin ions?


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a  If  the  L ord  is  God, fol low  him. But 
 if  Baal, fol low  him.”  But  the peo ple  didn’t an-
swer  him  a  word. 22  Then Eli jah  said  to  the peo ple, “ I  am  the 
 only re main ing proph et  of  the  L ord,  but Baal’s 
proph ets  are  450  men. 23  Let  two  bulls  be giv en 
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They  are  to  choose  one  bull  for them-
selves,  cut  it  in  pieces,  and  place  it  on  the  wood 
 but  not  light  the  fire. I  will pre pare  the oth er 
 bull  and  place  it  on  the  wood  but  not  light 
 the  fire. 24  Then  you  call  on  the  name  of  your 
 god,  and  I  will  call  on  the  name  of  the  L ord. The  God  who an swers  with  fire,  he  is  God.”
 All  the peo ple an swered, “ That’s  fine.”
25  Then Eli jah  said  to  the proph ets  of  Baal, 
“ Since  you  are  so nu mer ous,  choose  for your-
selves  one  bull  and pre pare  it  first. Then  call  on 
 the  name  of  your  god  but  don’t  light  the  fire.”
26  So  they  took  the  bull  that  he  gave  them, 
pre pared  it,  and  called  on  the  name  of  Baal 
 from morn ing un til  noon, say ing, “ Baal, an-
swer  us! ”  But  there  was  no  sound;  no  one an-
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Then  they  danced b  around  the al tar 
 they  had  made. 27  At  noon Eli jah  mocked  them. He  said, “ Shout 
loud ly ,  for  he’s  a  god! May be  he’s think ing  it 
 over; may be  he  has wan dered  away; c  or may-
be  he’s  on  the  road.


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Per haps  he’s sleep ing  and 
 will  wake  up! ” 28  They shout ed loud ly ,  and  cut 
them selves  with  knives  and  spears, ac cord ing 
 to  their cus tom, un til  blood  gushed  over  them. 29  All af ter noon  they  kept  on rav ing un til  the of-
fer ing  of  the eve ning sac ri fice,  but  there  was  no 
 sound;  no  one an swered,  no  one  paid at ten tion. 30  Then Eli jah  said  to  all  the peo ple, “ Come 
 near  me.”  So  all  the peo ple ap proached  him. Then  he re paired  the  L ord’ s al tar  that  had 
 been  torn  down: 31 Eli jah  took  twelve  stones  
—  ac cord ing  to  the num ber  of  the  tribes  of 
 the  sons  of Ja cob,  to  whom  the  word  of  the 
 L ord  had  come, say ing, “Is ra el  will  be  your 
 name” — 32  and  he  built  an al tar  with  the  stones 
 in  the  name  of  the  L ord. Then  he  made  a  trench 
 around  the al tar  large  enough  to  hold  about 
 four gal lons.


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d,e 33  Next,  he ar ranged  the  wood, 
 cut  up  the  bull,  and  placed  it  on  the  wood. He  said, “ Fill  four wa ter  pots  with wa ter  and 
 pour  it  on  the off  er ing  to  be  burned  and  on 
 the  wood.” 34  Then  he  said, “ A sec ond  time! ” 
 and  they  did  it  a sec ond  time.


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”  and  they  did  it  a  third 
 time. 35  So  the wa ter  ran  all  around  the al tar; 
 he  even  filled  the  trench  with wa ter. 36  At  the  time  for off  er ing  the eve ning sac ri-
fice,  the proph et Eli jah ap proached  the al tar 
 and  said, “ L ord,  the  God  of Abra ham,  Isaac, 
 and Is ra el, to day  let  it  be  known  that  you  are 
 God  in Is ra el  and  I  am  your ser vant,  and  that  at 
 your  word  I  have  done  all  these  things. 37 An-
swer  me,  L ord! An swer  me  so  that  this peo ple 
 will  know  that  you,  the  L ord,  are  God  and  that 
 you  have  turned  their  hearts  back.”
38  Then  the  L ord’ s  fire  fell  and con sumed 
 the  burnt off  er ing,  the  wood,  the  stones,  and 
 the  dust,  and  it  licked  up  the wa ter  that  was 
 in  the  trench. 39  When  all  the peo ple  saw  it, 
 they  fell face down  and  said, “ The  L ord,  he  is 
 God! The  L ord,  he  is  God! ”
40  Then Eli jah or dered  them, “ Seize  the 
proph ets  of  Baal! Do  not  let  even  one  of  them 
a 18:21 Lit you hobble on two crutches? b 18:26 Or hobbled   c 18:27 Or has turned aside ; possibly to relieve himself    
d 18:32 LXX reads trench containing two measures of seed   e 18:32 Lit altar corresponding to a house of two seahs of seed
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es cape.”  So  they  seized  them,  and Eli jah  brought 
 them  down  to  the  Wadi Ki shon  and slaugh-
tered  them  there. 41 Eli jah  said  to  Ahab, “ Go 
 up,  eat  and  drink,  for  there  is  the  sound  of  a 
rainstorm.”
42  So  Ahab  went  to  eat  and  drink,  but Eli jah 
 went  up  to  the sum mit  of Car mel. He  bent 
 down  on  the  ground  and  put  his  face be tween 
 his  knees. 43  Then  he  said  to  his ser vant, “ Go 
 up  and  look to ward  the  sea.”
 So  he  went  up,  looked,  and  said, “ There’s 
noth ing.”
Sev en  times Eli jah  said, “ Go  back.”
44  On  the sev enth  time,  he re port ed, “ There’s 
 a  cloud  as  small  as  a  man’s  hand com ing  up 
 from  the  sea.”
 Then Eli jah  said, “ Go  and  tell  Ahab, ‘ Get 
 your char i ot  ready  and  go  down  so  the  rain 
 doesn’t  stop  you.’ ”
45  In  a lit tle  while,  the  sky  grew  dark  with 
 clouds  and  wind,  and  there  was  a down pour. So  Ahab  got  in  his char i ot  and  went  to Jez re el.


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46  The pow er  of  the  L ord  was  on Eli jah,  and 
 he  tucked  his man tle un der  his  belt  and  ran 
 ahead  of  Ahab  to  the en trance  of Jez re el. ELIJAH’S JOURNEY TO HOREB
19 
 Ahab  told Jez e bel ev ery thing  that Eli jah 
 had  done  and  how  he  had  killed  all  the 
proph ets  with  the  sword. 2  So Jez e bel  sent  a 
mes sen ger  to Eli jah, say ing, “ May  the  gods 
pun ish  me  and  do  so se vere ly  if  I  don’t  make 
 your  life  like  the  life  of  one  of  them  by  this 
 time to mor row!


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”
3  Then Eli jah be came  afraid a  and im me di ate-
ly  ran  for  his  life. When  he  came  to Be er-she ba 
 that be longed  to Ju dah,  he  left  his ser vant 
 there, 4  but  he  went  on  a  day’s jour ney  into 
 the wil der ness. He  sat  down un der  a  broom 
 tree  and  prayed  that  he  might  die. He  said, “ I 
 have  had  enough! L ord,  take  my  life,  for  I’m 
 no bet ter  than  my fa thers.” 5  Then  he  lay  down 
 and  slept un der  the  broom  tree. Sud den ly ,  an an gel  touched  him. The an gel 
 told  him, “ Get  up  and  eat.” 6  Then  he  looked, 
 and  there  at  his  head  was  a  loaf  of  bread  baked 
 over  hot  stones,  and  a  jug  of wa ter. So  he  ate 
 and  drank  and  lay  down  again. 7  Then  the an gel 
 of  the  L ord re turned  for  a sec ond  time  and 
 touched  him. He  said, “ Get  up  and  eat,  or  the 
jour ney  will  be  too  much  for  you.” 8  So  he  got 
 up,  ate,  and  drank. Then  on  the  strength  from 
 that  food,  he  walked for ty  days  and for ty  nights 
 to Ho reb,  the moun tain  of  God. 9  He en tered 
 a  cave  there  and  spent  the  night.


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ELIJAH’S ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD
Sud den ly ,  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  him, 
 and  he  said  to  him, “ What  are  you do ing  here, 
Eli jah? ”
10  He re plied, “ I  have  been  very zeal ous  for 
 the  L ord  God  of Ar mies,  but  the Is ra el ites 
 have aban doned  your cov enant,  torn  down 
 your al tars,  and  killed  your proph ets  with  the 
 sword. I  alone  am  left,  and  they  are look ing 
 for  me  to  take  my  life.”
11  Then  he  said, “ Go  out  and  stand  on  the 
moun tain  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence.”
 At  that mo ment,  the  L ord  passed  by . A  great 
 and  mighty  wind  was tear ing  at  the moun tains 
 and  was shat ter ing  cliffs be fore  the  L ord,  but 
 the  L ord  was  not  in  the  wind.


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Af ter  the  wind 
 there  was  an earth quake,  but  the  L ord  was 
 not  in  the earth quake. 12 Af ter  the earth quake 
 there  was  a  fire,  but  the  L ord  was  not  in  the 
 fire. And af ter  the  fire  there  was  a  voice,  a  soft 
whis per. 13  When Eli jah  heard  it,  he  wrapped 
 his  face  in  his man tle  and  went  out  and  stood 
 at  the en trance  of  the  cave. Sud den ly ,  a  voice  came  to  him  and  said, 
“ What  are  you do ing  here, Eli jah? ”
14 “ I  have  been  very zeal ous  for  the  L ord 
 God  of Ar mies,”  he re plied, “ but  the Is ra el ites 
 have aban doned  your cov enant,  torn  down 
 your al tars,  and  killed  your proph ets  with  the 
 sword. I  alone  am  left,  and they’re look ing  for 
 me  to  take  my  life.”
15  Then  the  L ord  said  to  him, “ Go  and re-
turn  by  the  way  you  came  to  the Wil der ness 
 of Da mas cus. When  you ar rive,  you  are  to 
 anoint Haz a el  as  king  over  Aram.


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16  You  are  to 
 anoint  Jehu  son  of Nim shi  as  king  over Is ra el 
 and Eli sha  son  of Sha phat  from Abel-me ho-
lah  as proph et  in  your  place. 17  Then  Jehu  will 
 put  to  death who ev er es capes  the  sword  of 
Haz a el,  and Eli sha  will  put  to  death who ev er 
es capes  the  sword  of  Jehu. 18  But  I  will  leave 
sev en thou sand  in Is ra el  —  ev ery  knee  that 
 has  not  bowed  to  Baal  and ev ery  mouth  that 
 has  not  kissed  him.”
ELISHA’S APPOINTMENT AS ELIJAH’S 
SUCCESSOR
19 Eli jah  left  there  and  found Eli sha  son  of 
Sha phat  as  he  was plow ing. Twelve  teams  of 
 oxen  were  in  front  of  him,  and  he  was  with 
a 19:3 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read He saw
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Eli jah  walked  by  him  and 
 threw  his man tle  over  him. 20 Eli sha  left  the 
 oxen,  ran  to fol low Eli jah,  and  said, “ Please 
 let  me  kiss  my fa ther  and moth er,  and  then  I 
 will fol low  you.”
“ Go  on  back,”  he re plied, “ for  what  have  I 
 done  to  you? ”
21  So  he  turned  back  from fol low ing  him, 
 took  the  team  of  oxen,  and slaugh tered a  them. With  the  oxen’s wood en  yoke  and  plow ,  he 
 cooked  the  meat  and  gave  it  to  the peo ple, 
 and  they  ate. Then  he  left, fol lowed Eli jah, 
 and  served  him. VICTORY OVER BEN-HADAD
20 
 Now  King Ben-ha dad  of  Aram as sem-
bled  his en tire  army . Thirty-two  kings, 
 along  with hors es  and char i ots,  were  with 
 him.


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He  marched  up, be sieged Sa mar ia,  and 
 fought  against  it. 2  He  sent mes sen gers  into 
 the  city  to  King  Ahab  of Is ra el  and  said  to  him, 
“ This  is  what Ben-ha dad  says: 3 ‘ Your sil ver  and 
 your  gold  are  mine! And  your  best  wives  and 
chil dren  are  mine  as  well! ’ ”
4  Then  the  king  of Is ra el an swered, “ Just  as 
 you  say ,  my  lord  the  king:  I  am  yours,  along 
 with  all  that  I  have.”
5  The mes sen gers  then re turned  and  said, 
“ This  is  what Ben-ha dad  says: ‘ I  have  sent 
mes sen gers  to  you, say ing:  You  are  to  give 
 me  your sil ver,  your  gold,  your  wives,  and 
 your chil dren. 6  But  at  this  time to mor row  I 
 will  send  my ser vants  to  you, b  and  they  will 
 search  your pal ace  and  your ser vants’ hous es. They  will  lay  their  hands  on  and  take  away 
what ev er  is pre cious  to  you.’ ”
7  Then  the  king  of Is ra el  called  for  all  the 
el ders  of  the  land  and  said, “Rec og nize c  that 
 this  one  is  only look ing  for trou ble,  for  he 
de mand ed  my  wives,  my chil dren,  my sil ver, 
 and  my  gold,  and  I  didn’t  turn  him  down.”
8  All  the el ders  and  all  the peo ple  said  to 
 him, “ Don’t lis ten  or  agree.”
9  So  he  said  to Ben-hadad’s mes sen gers, “ Say 
 to  my  lord  the  king, ‘Ev ery thing  you de mand-
ed  of  your ser vant  the  first  time,  I  will  do,  but 
 this  thing  I can not  do.’ ”  So  the mes sen gers  left 
 and  took  word  back  to  him. 10  Then Ben-ha dad  sent mes sen gers  to  him 
 and  said, “ May  the  gods pun ish  me  and  do  so 
se vere ly  if Sa mar ia’s  dust  amounts  to  a hand-
ful  for  each  of  the peo ple  who fol low  me.”
11  The  king  of Is ra el an swered, “ Say  this: 
‘ Don’t  let  the  one  who  puts  on  his ar mor  boast 
 like  the  one  who  takes  it  off.’ ”
12  When Ben-ha dad  heard  this re sponse, 
 while  he  and  the  kings  were drink ing  in  their 
quar ters, d  he  said  to  his ser vants, “ Take  your 
po si tions.”  So  they  took  their po si tions  against 
 the  city . 13  A proph et ap proached  King  Ahab  of Is-
ra el  and  said, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ Do 
 you  see  this  whole  huge  army?


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Watch,  I  am 
hand ing  it  over  to  you to day  so  that  you  may 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord.’ ”
14  Ahab  asked, “ By  whom? ”
 And  the proph et  said, “ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says: ‘ By  the  young  men  of  the pro vin-
cial lead ers.’ ”
 Then  he  asked, “ Who  is  to  start  the bat tle? ”
 He  said, “ You.”
15  So  Ahab mo bi lized  the  young  men  of  the 
pro vin cial lead ers,  and  there  were  232. Af ter 
 them  he mo bi lized  all  the Is ra el ite  troops: 
7,000. 16  They  marched  out  at  noon  while Ben-
ha dad  and  the thirty-two  kings  who  were help-
ing  him  were get ting  drunk  in  their quar ters. 17  The  young  men  of  the pro vin cial lead ers 
 marched  out  first. Then Ben-ha dad  sent  out 
 scouts,  and  they re port ed  to  him, say ing, “ Men 
 are march ing  out  of Sa mar ia.”
18  So  he  said, “ If  they  have  marched  out 
 in  peace,  take  them  alive,  and  if  they  have 
 marched  out  for bat tle,  take  them  alive.”
19  The  young  men  of  the pro vin cial lead-
ers  and  the  army be hind  them  marched  out 
 from  the  city , 20  and  each  one  struck  down  his 
op po nent. So  the Ar a me ans  fled  and Is ra el 
pur sued  them,  but  King Ben-ha dad  of  Aram 
es caped  on  a  horse  with  the cav al ry . 21  Then 
 the  king  of Is ra el  marched  out  and at tacked 
 the cav al ry  and  the char i ots. He in flict ed  a 
se vere slaugh ter  on  Aram. 22  The proph et ap proached  the  king  of Is ra el 
 and  said  to  him, “ Go  and strength en your self, 
 then con sid er care ful ly e  what  you  should  do, 
 for  in  the  spring  the  king  of  Aram  will at tack 
 you.”
23  Now  the  king  of  Aram’s ser vants  said  to 
 him, “ Their  gods  are  gods  of  the  hill coun-
try . That’s  why  they  were stron ger  than  we 
 were.


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In stead,  we  should  fight  with  them  on 
 the  plain;  then  we  will cer tain ly  be stron ger 
 than  they  are. 24  Also  do  this: re move  each 
a 19:21 Or sacrificed   b 20:6 Lit take all the delight of your eyes   c 20:7 Lit “Know and see   d 20:12 Lit booths, also in v .


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 king  from  his po si tion  and ap point cap tains 
 in  their  place. 25  Raise an oth er  army  for your-
self  like  the  army  you  lost  —   horse  for  horse, 
char i ot  for char i ot  —   and  let’s  fight  with 
 them  on  the  plain;  and  we  will cer tain ly  be 
stron ger  than  they  are.”  The  king lis tened  to 
 them  and  did  it. 26  In  the  spring, Ben-ha dad mo bi lized  the 
Ar a me ans  and  went  up  to  Aphek  to bat tle 
Is ra el. 27  The Is ra el ites mo bi lized, gath ered 
sup plies,  and  went  to  fight  them. The Is ra-
el ites  camped  in  front  of  them  like  two lit tle 
 flocks  of  goats,  while  the Ar a me ans  filled  the 
landscape. 28  Then  the  man  of  God ap proached  and  said 
 to  the  king  of Is ra el, “ This  is  what  the  L ord 
 says: ‘Be cause  the Ar a me ans  have  said:  The 
 L ord  is  a  god  of  the moun tains  and  not  a  god 
 of  the val leys,  I  will  hand  over  all  this  whole 
 huge  army  to  you. Then  you  will  know  that  I 
 am  the  L ord.’ ”
29  They  camped op po site  each oth er  for sev-
en  days. On  the sev enth  day ,  the bat tle  took 
 place,  and  the Is ra el ites  struck  down  the Ar a-
me ans  —   one hun dred thou sand  foot sol diers 
 in  one  day . 30  The  ones  who re mained  fled  into 
 the  city  of  Aphek,  and  the  wall  fell  on  those 
twenty-seven thou sand re main ing  men. Ben-ha dad  also  fled  and  went  into  an in ner 
 room  in  the  city . 31  His ser vants  said  to  him, 
“Con sid er  this:  we  have  heard  that  the  kings 
 of  the  house  of Is ra el  are mer ci ful  kings. So 
 let’s  put sack cloth  around  our  waists  and  ropes 
 around  our  heads,  and  let’s  go  out  to  the  king 
 of Is ra el. Per haps  he  will  spare  your  life.”
32  So  they  dressed  with sack cloth  around 
 their  waists  and  ropes  around  their  heads, 
 went  to  the  king  of Is ra el,  and  said, “ Your ser-
vant Ben-ha dad  says, ‘ Please  spare  my  life.’ ”
 So  he  said, “ Is  he  still  alive? He  is  my broth er.”
33  Now  the  men  were look ing  for  a  sign  of 
 hope,  so  they quick ly  picked  up  on  this a  and 
re spond ed, “ Yes,  it  is  your broth er Ben-ha dad.”
 Then  he  said, “ Go  and  bring  him.”
 So Ben-ha dad  came  out  to  him,  and  Ahab 
 had  him  come  up  into  the char i ot. 34  Then 
Ben-ha dad  said  to  him, “ I re store  to  you  the 
cit ies  that  my fa ther  took  from  your fa ther,  and 
 you  may  set  up mar ket places  for your self  in 
Da mas cus,  like  my fa ther  set  up  in Sa mar ia.”
 Ahab re spond ed, “ On  the ba sis  of  this trea ty , 
 I re lease  you.”  So  he  made  a trea ty  with  him 
 and re leased  him. AHAB REBUKED BY THE LORD
35  One  of  the  sons  of  the proph ets  said  to  his 
fel low proph et  by  the  word  of  the  L ord, “ Strike 
 me!


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”  But  the  man re fused  to  strike  him. 36  He  told  him, “Be cause  you  did  not lis ten 
 to  the  L ord,  mark  my  words:  When  you  leave 
 me,  a  lion  will  kill  you.”  When  he  left  him,  a 
 lion at tacked  and  killed  him. 37  The proph et  found an oth er  man  and  said 
 to  him, “ Strike  me! ”  So  the  man  struck  him, 
inflicting  a  wound. 38  Then  the proph et  went 
 and wait ed  for  the  king  on  the  road. He dis-
guised him self  with  a bandage  over  his  eyes. 39  As  the  king  was pass ing  by ,  he  cried  out  to 
 the  king  and  said, “ Your ser vant  marched  out 
 into  the mid dle  of  the bat tle. Sud den ly ,  a  man 
 turned  aside  and  brought some one  to  me  and 
 said, ‘ Guard  this  man! If  he  is  ever miss ing, 
 it  will  be  your  life  in  place  of  his  life,  or  you 
 will  weigh  out seventy-five  pounds b  of sil ver.’ 
40  But  while  your ser vant  was  busy  here  and 
 there,  he dis ap peared.”
 The  king  of Is ra el  said  to  him, “ That  will  be 
 your sen tence;  you your self  have de cid ed  it.”
41  He quick ly re moved  the bandage  from 
 his  eyes. The  king  of Is ra el rec og nized  that  he 
 was  one  of  the proph ets.


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42  The proph et  said 
 to  him, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘Be cause 
 you re leased  from  your  hand  the  man  I  had 
 set  apart  for de struc tion,  it  will  be  your  life 
 in  place  of  his  life  and  your peo ple  in  place 
 of  his peo ple.’ ” 43  The  king  of Is ra el  left  for 
 home re sent ful  and an gry ,  and  he en tered 
Sa mar ia. AHAB AND NABOTH’S VINEYARD
21 
 Some  time  passed af ter  these  events.


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Na both  the Jez re el ite  had  a vine yard; 
 it  was  in Jez re el  next  to  the pal ace  of  King 
 Ahab  of Sa mar ia. 2  So  Ahab  spoke  to Na both, 
say ing, “ Give  me  your vine yard  so  I  can  have 
 it  for  a veg e ta ble gar den,  since  it  is  right  next 
 to  my pal ace. I  will  give  you  a bet ter vine yard 
 in  its  place,  or  if  you pre fer,  I  will  give  you  its 
val ue  in sil ver.”
3  But Na both  said  to  Ahab, “ I  will nev er  give 
 my fa thers’ in her i tance  to  you.”
4  So  Ahab  went  to  his pal ace re sent ful  and 
an gry be cause  of  what Na both  the Jez re el-
ite  had  told  him. He  had  said, “ I  will  not  give 
 you  my fa thers’ in her i tance.”  He  lay  down 
 on  his  bed,  turned  his  face  away ,  and  didn’t 
 eat  any  food.


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5  Then  his  wife Jez e bel  came  to  him  and 
 said  to  him, “ Why  are  you  so up set  that  you 
re fuse  to  eat? ”
6 “Be cause  I  spoke  to Na both  the Jez re el ite,” 
 he re plied. “ I  told  him:  Give  me  your vine yard 
 for sil ver,  or  if  you  wish,  I  will  give  you  a vine-
yard  in  its  place. But  he  said, ‘ I  won’t  give  you 
 my vine yard! ’ ”
7  Then  his  wife Jez e bel  said  to  him, “ Now , 
ex er cise  your roy al pow er  over Is ra el. Get  up, 
 eat  some  food,  and  be hap py . For  I  will  give 
 you  the vine yard  of Na both  the Jez re el ite.” 8  So 
 she  wrote let ters  in  Ahab’s  name  and  sealed 
 them  with  his  seal. She  sent  the let ters  to  the 
el ders  and no bles  who  lived  with Na both  in 
 his  city . 9  In  the let ters,  she  wrote:
Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the 
head of the people. 10 Then seat two 
wicked men opposite him and have them 
testify against him, saying, “You have 
cursed God and the king!


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” Then take him 
out and stone him to death. 11  The  men  of  his  city ,  the el ders  and no bles 
 who  lived  in  his  city ,  did  as Jez e bel  had  sent 
 word  to  them,  just  as  it  was writ ten  in  the 
let ters  she  had  sent  them. 12  They pro claimed 
 a  fast  and seat ed Na both  at  the  head  of  the 
peo ple.


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13  The  two wick ed  men  came  in  and 
 sat op po site  him. Then  the wick ed  men tes-
ti fied  against Na both  in  the pres ence  of  the 
peo ple, say ing, “Na both  has  cursed  God  and 
 the  king! ”  So  they  took  him out side  the  city 
 and  stoned  him  to  death  with  stones. 14  Then 
 they  sent  word  to Jez e bel: “Na both  has  been 
 stoned  to  death.”
15  When Jez e bel  heard  that Na both  had  been 
 stoned  to  death,  she  said  to  Ahab, “ Get  up  and 
 take pos ses sion  of  the vine yard  of Na both 
 the Jez re el ite  who re fused  to  give  it  to  you 
 for sil ver,  since Na both  isn’t  alive,  but  dead.” 
16  When  Ahab  heard  that Na both  was  dead,  he 
 got  up  to  go  down  to  the vine yard  of Na both 
 the Jez re el ite  to  take pos ses sion  of  it. THE LORD’S JUDGMENT ON AHAB
17  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Eli jah 
 the Tish bite: 18 “ Get  up  and  go  to  meet  King 
 Ahab  of Is ra el,  who  is  in Sa mar ia.


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19  Tell  him, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:  Have  you mur dered  and  also tak en 
pos ses sion? ’  Then  tell  him, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:  In  the  place  where  the  dogs  licked 
 up Na both’s  blood,  the  dogs  will  also  lick  up 
 your  blood! ’ ”
20  Ahab  said  to Eli jah, “ So,  my en e my ,  you’ve 
 found  me,  have  you? ”
 He re plied, “ I  have  found  you be cause  you 
de vot ed your self  to  do  what  is  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight. 21  This  is  what  the  L ord  says: a ‘ I  am  about 
 to  bring di sas ter  on  you  and  will eradicate 
 your de scen dants:
  I will wipe out all of Ahab’s males,
 b
  both slave and free, c in Israel;
22  I  will  make  your  house  like  the  house  of 
Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  and  like  the  house 
 of Ba a sha  son  of Ahi jah, be cause  you  have 
an gered  me  and  caused Is ra el  to  sin.’ 23  The 
 L ord  also  speaks  of Jez e bel:  ‘The  dogs  will  eat 
Jez e bel  in  the  plot  of  land d  at Jez re el:
 24 Anyone who belongs to Ahab and dies 
in the city , the dogs will eat,
  and anyone who dies in the field, 
the birds e will eat.’ ”
25  Still,  there  was  no  one  like  Ahab,  who 
de vot ed him self  to  do  what  was  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight, be cause  his  wife Jez e bel in cit-
ed  him. 26  He com mit ted  the  most de test able 
 acts  by fol low ing  idols  as  the Am o rites  had, 
 whom  the  L ord  had dispossessed be fore  the 
Is ra el ites.


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27  When  Ahab  heard  these  words,  he  tore 
 his  clothes,  put sack cloth  over  his  body ,  and 
fast ed. He  lay  down  in sack cloth  and  walked 
 around sub dued. 28  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to Eli jah  the Tish bite: 29 “ Have  you  seen 
 how  Ahab  has hum bled him self be fore  me? I 
 will  not  bring  the di sas ter dur ing  his life time, 
be cause  he  has hum bled him self be fore  me. I  will  bring  the di sas ter  on  his  house dur ing 
 his  son’s life time.”
JEHOSHAPHAT’S ALLIANCE WITH AHAB
22 
 There  was  a  lull  of  three  years with out 
 war be tween  Aram  and Is ra el. 2 How ev-
er,  in  the  third  year,  King Je hosh a phat  of Ju dah 
 went  to vis it  the  king  of Is ra el. 3  The  king  of 
Is ra el  had  said  to  his ser vants, “ Don’t  you  know 
 that Ramoth-gilead  is  ours,  but  we’re do ing 
noth ing  to  take  it  from  the  king  of  Aram? ” 
4  So  he  asked Je hosh a phat, “ Will  you  go  with 
 me  to  fight Ramoth-gilead? ”
a 21:21 LXX; MT omits This is what the Lord says   b 21:21 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against the wall   c 21:21 Or 
males, even the weak and impaired ; Hb obscure   d 21:23 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg, Vg, 2Kg 9:36; other Hb mss, LXX read the rampart   
e 21:24 Lit birds of the sky
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Je hosh a phat re plied  to  the  king  of Is ra el, “ I 
 am  as  you  are,  my peo ple  as  your peo ple,  my 
hors es  as  your hors es.” 5  But Je hosh a phat  said 
 to  the  king  of Is ra el, “ First,  please  ask  what 
 the  L ord’ s  will  is.”
6  So  the  king  of Is ra el gath ered  the proph ets, 
 about  four hun dred  men,  and  asked  them, 
“ Should  I  go  against Ramoth-gilead  for  war 
 or  should  I re frain? ”
 They re plied, “ March  up,  and  the  Lord  will 
 hand  it  over  to  the  king.”
7  But Je hosh a phat  asked, “ Isn’t  there  a proph-
et  of  the  L ord  here any more? Let’s  ask  him.”
8  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!


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” Je hosh a phat 
re plied. 9  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! ”
10  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 
 on  the thresh ing  floor  at  the en trance  to  the 
 gate  of Sa mar ia,  and  all  the proph ets  were 
proph e sy ing  in  front  of  them. 11  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.’ ” 12  And  all  the proph ets  were proph e sy-
ing  the  same: “ March  up  to Ramoth-gilead 
 and suc ceed,  for  the  L ord  will  hand  it  over 
 to  the  king.”
MICAIAH’S MESSAGE OF DEFEAT
13  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 .”
14  But Mi ca iah  said, “ As  the  L ord  lives,  I  will 
 say what ev er  the  L ord  says  to  me.”
15  So  he  went  to  the  king,  and  the  king  asked 
 him, “Mi ca iah,  should  we  go  to Ramoth-gilead 
 for  war,  or  should  we re frain?


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”
Mi ca iah  told  him, “ March  up  and suc ceed. The  L ord  will  hand  it  over  to  the  king.”
16  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? ”
17  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 everyone return home in peace.”
18  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? ”
19  Then Mi ca iah  said, “There fore,  hear  the 
 word  of  the  L ord:  I  saw  the  L ord sit ting  on  his 
 throne,  and  the  whole heav en ly  army  was stand-
ing  by  him  at  his  right  hand  and  at  his  left  hand. 20  And  the  L ord  said, ‘ Who  will en tice  Ahab  to 
 march  up  and  fall  at Ramoth-gilead? ’  So  one 
 was say ing  this  and an oth er  was say ing  that.


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21 “ Then  a spir it  came for ward,  stood  in  the 
 L ord’ s pres ence,  and  said, ‘ I  will en tice  him.’
22 “ The  L ord  asked  him, ‘ How? ’
“ 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 cer tain ly en tice  him 
 and pre vail. Go  and  do  that.’
23 “ You  see,  the  L ord  has  put  a ly ing spir it  into 
 the  mouth  of  all  these proph ets  of  yours,  and 
 the  L ord  has pro nounced di sas ter  against  you.”
24  Then Zed e ki ah  son  of Che na a nah  came 
 up,  hit Mi ca iah  on  the  cheek,  and de mand-
ed, “  Did a  the Spir it  of  the  L ord  leave  me  to 
 speak  to  you? ”
25 Mi ca iah re plied, “ You  will  soon  see  when 
 you  go  to  hide  in  an in ner cham ber  on  that  day .”
26  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, 27  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 b un til  I  come  back safe ly .’ ”
28  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! ” c
AHAB’S DEATH
29  Then  the  king  of Is ra el  and Ju dah’s  King Je-
hosh a phat  went  up  to Ramoth-gilead. 30  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  went  into bat tle. 31  Now  the  king  of  Aram  had or dered  his 
thirty-two char i ot com mand ers, “ Do  not  fight 
 with any one  at  all d ex cept  the  king  of Is ra el.”
a 22:24 Lit “Which way did   b 22:27 Lit him on bread of oppression and water of oppression   c 22:28 LXX omits Then he said, 
“Listen, all you people! ”   d 22:31 Lit with small or with great
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32  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  fight  against 
 him,  but Je hosh a phat  cried  out. 33  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. 34  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  his charioteer, “ Turn  around  and  take  me 
 out  of  the bat tle, a  for  I  am bad ly wound ed! ” 
35  The bat tle  raged through out  that  day ,  and 
 the  king  was  propped  up  in  his char i ot fac-
ing  the Ar a me ans. He  died  that eve ning,  and 
 blood  from  his  wound  flowed  into  the bot tom 
 of  the char i ot. 36  Then  the  cry  rang  out  in  the 
 army  as  the  sun  set, de clar ing:
  Each man to his own city ,
  and each man to his own land! 37  So  the  king  died  and  was  brought  to Sa-
mar ia. They bur ied  the  king  in Sa mar ia. 38  Then 
some one  washed  the char i ot  at  the  pool  of 
Sa mar ia.


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The  dogs  licked  up  his  blood,  and 
 the pros ti tutes  bathed  in  it, ac cord ing  to  the 
 word  of  the  L ord  that  he  had spo ken. 39  The  rest  of  the  events  of  Ahab’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments, in clud ing 
 the ivo ry pal ace  he  built,  and  all  the cit ies  he 
 built,  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of 
Is ra el’s  Kings. 40  Ahab rest ed  with  his fa thers, 
 and  his  son Aha zi ah be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING JEHOSHAPHAT
41 Je hosh a phat  son  of  Asa be came  king  over 
Ju dah  in  the  fourth  year  of Is ra el’s  King  Ahab. 42 Je hosh a phat  was thirty-five  years  old  when 
 he be came  king;  he  reigned twenty-five  years 
 in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name  was Azu bah 
daugh ter  of Shil hi.


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


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How ev er,  the  high plac es  were  not tak en 
 away; b  the peo ple  still sac ri ficed  and  burned 
in cense  on  the  high plac es. 44 Je hosh a phat  also 
 made  peace  with  the  king  of Is ra el. 45  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je hosh a phat’s 
 reign,  along  with  the  might  he ex er cised  and 
 how  he  waged  war,  are writ ten  in  the His tor-
i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. 46  He eradicated 
 from  the  land  the  rest  of  the  male  cult pros ti-
tutes  who  were  left  from  the  days  of  his fa ther 
 Asa. 47  There  was  no  king  in  Edom;  a dep u ty 
 served  as  king. 48 Je hosh a phat  made  ships 
 of Tar shish  to  go  to  Ophir  for  gold,  but  they 
 did  not  go be cause  the  ships  were  wrecked 
 at Ezion-geber. 49  At  that  time, Aha zi ah  son  of 
 Ahab  said  to Je hosh a phat, “ Let  my ser vants 
 go  with  your ser vants  in  the  ships,”  but Je-
hosh a phat  was  not will ing. 50 Je hosh a phat 
rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  with 
 them  in  the  city  of  his an ces tor Da vid. His  son 
Je ho ram be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL ’S KING AHAZIAH
51 Aha zi ah  son  of  Ahab be came  king  over Is ra el 
 in Sa mar ia  in  the sev en teenth  year  of Ju dah’s 
 King Je hosh a phat,  and  he  reigned  over Is ra el 
 two  years. 52  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight.


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He  walked  in  the  ways  of  his fa ther,  in 
 the  ways  of  his moth er,  and  in  the  ways  of Jer-
o bo am  son  of Ne bat,  who  had  caused Is ra el  to 
 sin. 53  He  served  Baal  and  bowed  in wor ship 
 to  him.


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He an gered  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  just 
 as  his fa ther  had  done. a 22:34 LXX; MT reads camp   b 22:43 LXX, Syr , Vg read he did not remove the high places
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2 KinGs
AHAZIAH’S SICKNESS AND DEATH
1 
Af ter  Ahab’s  death,  Moab re belled  against 
Is ra el. 2 Aha zi ah  had fall en  through  the lat-
ticed win dow  of  his up stairs  room  in Sa mar ia 
 and  was in jured. So  he  sent mes sen gers, in-
struct ing  them, “ Go in quire  of Ba al-ze bub, a 
 the  god  of Ek ron, wheth er  I  will re cov er  from 
 this in ju ry .”
3  But  the an gel  of  the  L ord  said  to Eli jah  the 
Tish bite, “ Go  and  meet  the mes sen gers  of  the 
 king  of Sa mar ia  and  say  to  them, ‘ Is  it be cause 
 there  is  no  God  in Is ra el  that  you  are go ing 
 to in quire  of Ba al-ze bub,  the  god  of Ek ron? 4 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:  You 
 will  not  get  up  from  your sick bed;  you  will 
cer tain ly  die.’ ”  Then Eli jah  left. 5  The mes sen gers re turned  to  the  king,  who 
 asked  them, “ Why  have  you  come  back? ”
6  They re plied, “ A  man  came  to  meet  us  and 
 said, ‘ Go  back  to  the  king  who  sent  you  and 
de clare  to  him:  This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Is 
 it be cause  there  is  no  God  in Is ra el  that  you’re 
send ing  these  men  to in quire  of Ba al-ze bub, 
 the  god  of Ek ron? There fore,  you  will  not  get 
 up  from  your sick bed;  you  will cer tain ly  die.’ ”
7  The  king  asked  them, “ What  sort  of  man 
 came  up  to  meet  you  and  spoke  those  words 
 to  you? ”
8  They re plied, “ A  hairy  man  with  a leath er 
 belt  around  his  waist.”
 He  said, “ It’s Eli jah  the Tish bite.”
9  So  King Aha zi ah  sent  a cap tain  with  his 
fif ty  men  to Eli jah. When  the cap tain  went 
 up  to  him,  he  was sit ting  on  top  of  the  hill.


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He 
an nounced, “ Man  of  God,  the  king de clares, 
‘ Come  down! ’ ”
10 Eli jah re spond ed  to  the cap tain, “ If  I  am  a 
 man  of  God,  may  fire  come  down  from heav en 
 and con sume  you  and  your fif ty  men.”  Then 
 fire  came  down  from heav en  and con sumed 
 him  and  his fif ty  men. 11  So  the  king  sent an oth er cap tain  with  his 
fif ty  men  to Eli jah. He  took  in  the sit u a tion b 
 and an nounced, “ Man  of  God,  this  is  what  the 
 king  says: ‘ Come  down im me di ate ly! ’ ”
12 Eli jah re spond ed, “ If  I  am  a  man  of  God, 
 may  fire  come  down  from heav en  and con sume 
 you  and  your fif ty  men.”  So  a di vine  fire c  came 
 down  from heav en  and con sumed  him  and 
 his fif ty  men. 13  Then  the  king  sent  a  third cap tain  with  his 
fif ty  men. The  third cap tain  went  up  and  fell 
 on  his  knees  in  front  of Eli jah  and  begged  him, 
“ Man  of  God,  please  let  my  life  and  the  lives 
 of  these fif ty ser vants  of  yours  be pre cious 
 to  you. 14 Al ready  fire  has  come  down  from 
heav en  and con sumed  the  first  two cap tains 
 with  their com pa nies,  but  this  time  let  my  life 
 be pre cious  to  you.”
15  The an gel  of  the  L ord  said  to Eli jah, “ Go 
 down  with  him. Don’t  be  afraid  of  him.”  So  he 
 got  up  and  went  down  with  him  to  the  king. 16  Then Eli jah  said  to  King Aha zi ah, “ This  is 
 what  the  L ord  says: ‘Be cause  you  have  sent 
mes sen gers  to in quire  of Ba al-ze bub,  the  god 
 of Ek ron  —   is  it be cause  there  is  no  God  in 
Is ra el  for  you  to in quire  of  his  will? —   you 
 will  not  get  up  from  your sick bed;  you  will 
cer tain ly  die.’ ”
17 Aha zi ah  died ac cord ing  to  the  word  of 
 the  L ord  that Eli jah  had spo ken. Since  he  had 
 no  son, Jo ram d be came  king  in  his  place.


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e 18  The  rest  of 
 the  events  of Aha zi ah’s  reign,  along  with  his 
ac com plish ments,  are writ ten  in  the His tor-
i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. f
ELIJAH IN THE WHIRLWIND
2 
 The  time  had  come  for  the  L ord  to  take 
Eli jah  up  to heav en  in  a whirl wind. Eli jah 
 and Eli sha  were trav el ing  from Gil gal, 2  and 
Eli jah  said  to Eli sha, “ Stay  here;  the  L ord  is 
send ing  me  on  to Beth el.”
 But Eli sha re plied, “ As  the  L ord  lives  and  as 
 you your self  live,  I  will  not  leave  you.”  So  they 
 went  down  to Beth el. 3  Then  the  sons  of  the proph ets  who  were 
 at Beth el  came  out  to Eli sha  and  said, “ Do  you 
 know  that  the  L ord  will  take  your mas ter  away 
 from  you to day? ”
 He  said, “ Yes,  I  know . Be qui et.”
4 Eli jah  said  to  him, “Eli sha,  stay  here;  the 
 L ord  is send ing  me  to Jer i cho.”
a 1:2 = Lord of the Flies   b 1:11 Lit He answered   c 1:12 Lit a fire of God   d 1:17 Lit Jehoram ; 2Kg 8:16   e 1:17 LXX omits in the 
second year . .


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 But Eli sha  said, “ As  the  L ord  lives  and  as 
 you your self  live,  I  will  not  leave  you.”  So  they 
 went  to Jer i cho. 5  Then  the  sons  of  the proph ets  who  were 
 in Jer i cho  came  up  to Eli sha  and  said, “ Do 
 you  know  that  the  L ord  will  take  your mas ter 
 away  from  you to day? ”
 He  said, “ Yes,  I  know . Be qui et.”
6 Eli jah  said  to  him, “ Stay  here;  the  L ord  is 
send ing  me  to  the Jor dan.”
 But Eli sha  said, “ As  the  L ord  lives  and  as 
 you your self  live,  I  will  not  leave  you.”  So  the 
 two  of  them  went  on. 7 Fif ty  men  from  the  sons  of  the proph ets 
 came  and  stood ob serv ing  them  at  a dis tance 
 while  the  two  of  them  stood  by  the Jor dan. 8 Eli jah  took  his man tle,  rolled  it  up,  and  struck 
 the wa ter,  which part ed  to  the  right  and  left.


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Then  the  two  of  them  crossed  over  on  dry 
 ground. 9  When  they  had  crossed  over, Eli jah 
 said  to Eli sha, “ Tell  me  what  I  can  do  for  you 
be fore  I  am tak en  from  you.”
 So Eli sha an swered, “ Please,  let  me in her it 
 two  shares  of  your spir it.”
10 Eli jah re plied, “ You  have  asked  for some-
thing diff  i cult. If  you  see  me be ing tak en  from 
 you,  you  will  have  it. If  not,  you  won’t.”
11  As  they con tin ued walk ing  and talk ing, 
 a char i ot  of  fire  with hors es  of  fire sud den ly 
ap peared  and sep a rat ed  the  two  of  them. Then 
Eli jah  went  up  into heav en  in  the whirl wind. 12  As Eli sha  watched,  he  kept cry ing  out, “ My 
fa ther,  my fa ther,  the char i ots  and horse men 
 of Is ra el! ”
ELISHA SUCCEEDS ELIJAH
 When  he  could  see  him  no lon ger,  he  took  hold 
 of  his  own  clothes,  tore  them  in  two, 13  picked 
 up  the man tle  that  had fall en  off Eli jah,  and 
 went  back  and  stood  on  the  bank  of  the Jor-
dan. 14  He  took  the man tle Eli jah  had  dropped, 
 and  he  struck  the wa ter. “ Where  is  the  L ord 
 God  of Eli jah? ”  he  asked. He  struck  the wa ter 
him self,  and  it part ed  to  the  right  and  the  left, 
 and Eli sha  crossed  over. 15  When  the  sons  of  the proph ets  from Jer-
i cho  who  were ob serv ing  saw  him,  they  said, 
“ The spir it  of Eli jah  rests  on Eli sha.”  They  came 
 to  meet  him  and  bowed  down  to  the  ground 
 in  front  of  him. 16  Then  the  sons  of  the proph ets  said  to Eli-
sha, “ Since  there  are fif ty  strong  men  here 
 with  your ser vants,  please  let  them  go  and 
 search  for  your mas ter. May be  the Spir it  of 
 the  L ord  has car ried  him  away  and  put  him 
 on  one  of  the moun tains  or  into  one  of  the 
val leys.”
 He an swered, “ Don’t  send  them.”
17 How ev er,  they  urged  him  to  the  point  of 
em bar rass ment,  so  he  said, “ Send  them.”  They 
 sent fif ty  men,  who  looked  for  three  days  but 
 did  not  find  him. 18  When  they re turned  to  him 
 in Jer i cho  where  he  was stay ing,  he  said  to 
 them, “ Didn’t  I  tell  you  not  to  go? ”
19  The  men  of  the  city  said  to Eli sha, “ My  lord 
 can  see  that  even  though  the  city’s location  is 
 good,  the wa ter  is  bad  and  the  land un fruit ful.”
20  He re plied, “ Bring  me  a  new  bowl  and 
 put  salt  in  it.”
Af ter  they  had  brought  him  one, 21 Eli sha 
 went  out  to  the  spring,  threw  salt  in  it,  and  said, 
“ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ I  have  healed  this 
wa ter. No lon ger  will  death  or unfruitfulness 
re sult  from  it.’ ” 22 There fore,  the wa ter  still 
re mains  healthy to day ac cord ing  to  the  word 
 that Eli sha  spoke.


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As  he 
 was walk ing  up  the  path,  some  small  boys  came 
 out  of  the  city  and  jeered  at  him, chanting, “ Go 
 up,  baldy! Go  up,  baldy! ” 24  He  turned  around, 
 looked  at  them,  and  cursed  them  in  the  name 
 of  the  L ord. Then  two fe male  bears  came  out 
 of  the  woods  and  mauled forty-two  of  the 
chil dren. 25  From  there Eli sha  went  to  Mount 
Car mel,  and  then  he re turned  to Sa mar ia. ISRAEL ’S KING JORAM
3 
Jo ram  son  of  Ahab be came  king  over Is ra-
el  in Sa mar ia dur ing  the eigh teenth  year 
 of Ju dah’s  King Je hosh a phat,  and  he  reigned 
 twelve  years. 2  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight,  but  not  like  his fa ther  and moth-
er,  for  he re moved  the sa cred pil lar  of  Baal 
 his fa ther  had  made.


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3 Nev er the less, Jo ram 
 clung  to  the  sins  that Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat 
 had  caused Is ra el  to com mit.


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He  did  not  turn 
 away  from  them. MOAB’S REBELLION AGAINST ISRAEL
4  King Me sha  of  Moab  was  a  sheep breed er. He  used  to  pay  the  king  of Is ra el  one hun-
dred thou sand  lambs  and  the  wool  of  one 
hun dred thou sand  rams, 5  but  when  Ahab 
 died,  the  king  of  Moab re belled  against  the 
 king  of Is ra el. 6  So  King Jo ram  marched  out 
 from Sa mar ia  at  that  time  and mo bi lized  all 
Is ra el. 7  Then  he  sent  a mes sage  to  King Je-
hosh a phat  of Ju dah: “ The  king  of  Moab  has 
re belled  against  me. Will  you  go  with  me  to 
 fight  against  Moab?


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Je hosh a phat  said, “ I  will  go. I  am  as  you  are, 
 my peo ple  as  your peo ple,  my hors es  as  your 
hors es.”
8  He  asked, “ Which  route  should  we  take? ”
 He re plied, “ The  route  of  the Wil der ness 
 of  Edom.”
9  So  the  king  of Is ra el,  the  king  of Ju dah, 
 and  the  king  of  Edom  set  out. Af ter  they  had 
trav eled  their indirect  route  for sev en  days, 
 they  had  no wa ter  for  the  army  or  the an i mals 
 with  them. 10  Then  the  king  of Is ra el  said, “ Oh  no,  the 
 L ord  has sum moned  these  three  kings,  only 
 to  hand  them  over  to  Moab.”
11  But Je hosh a phat  said, “ Isn’t  there  a proph-
et  of  the  L ord  here? Let’s in quire  of  the  L ord 
 through  him.”
 One  of  the ser vants  of  the  king  of Is ra el an-
swered, “Eli sha  son  of Sha phat,  who  used  to 
 pour wa ter  on Eli jah’s  hands,  is  here.”
12 Je hosh a phat affirmed, “ The  word  of  the 
 L ord  is  with  him.”  So  the  king  of Is ra el  and 
Je hosh a phat  and  the  king  of  Edom  went  to  him. 13 How ev er, Eli sha  said  to  King Jo ram  of Is-
ra el, “ What  do  we  have  in com mon? Go  to  the 
proph ets  of  your fa ther  and  your moth er! ”
 But  the  king  of Is ra el re plied, “ No, be cause 
 it  is  the  L ord  who  has sum moned  these  three 
 kings  to  hand  them  over  to  Moab.”
14 Eli sha re spond ed, “ By  the  life  of  the  L ord 
 of Ar mies, be fore  whom  I  stand:  If  I  did  not 
 have re spect  for  King Je hosh a phat  of Ju dah, 
 I  wouldn’t  look  at  you;  I  would  not  take no tice 
 of  you. 15  Now ,  bring  me  a mu si cian.”
 While  the mu si cian  played,  the  L ord’ s  hand 
 came  on Eli sha. 16  Then  he  said, “ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says: ‘ Dig ditch af ter ditch  in  this 
 wadi.’ 17  For  the  L ord  says, ‘ You  will  not  see 
 wind  or  rain,  but  the  wadi  will  be  filled  with 
wa ter,  and  you  will  drink  —   you  and  your 
cat tle  and  your an i mals.’ 18  This  is  easy  in  the 
 L ord’ s  sight. He  will  also  hand  Moab  over  to 
 you.


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19  Then  you  will at tack ev ery for ti fied  city 
 and ev ery  choice  city . You  will  cut  down ev ery 
 good  tree  and  stop  up ev ery  spring. You  will 
 ruin ev ery  good  piece  of  land  with  stones.”
20  About  the  time  for  the  grain off  er ing  the 
 next morn ing, wa ter sud den ly  came  from  the 
di rec tion  of  Edom  and  filled  the  land. 21  All  Moab  had  heard  that  the  kings  had 
 come  up  to  fight  against  them.


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So  all  who  could 
 bear  arms,  from  the youn gest  to  the old est, 
 were sum moned  and  took  their  stand  at  the 
bor der. 22  When  they  got  up ear ly  in  the morn-
ing,  the  sun  was shin ing  on  the wa ter,  and 
 the Mo ab ites  saw  that  the wa ter  across  from 
 them  was  red  like  blood. 23 “ This  is  blood!


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”  they 
ex claimed. “ The  kings  have  crossed  swords a 
 and  their  men  have  killed  one an oth er. So,  to 
 the  spoil,  Moab! ”
24 How ev er,  when  the Mo ab ites  came  to Is-
ra el’s  camp,  the Is ra el ites at tacked  them,  and 
 they  fled  from  them. So Is ra el  went  into  the  land 
at tack ing  the Mo ab ites. 25  They  would de stroy 
 the cit ies,  and  each  of  them  would  throw  a  stone 
 to cov er ev ery  good  piece  of  land. They  would 
 stop  up ev ery  spring  and  cut  down ev ery  good 
 tree. This  went  on un til  only  the build ings  of 
Kir-hareseth  were  left.


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Then  men  with  slings 
sur round ed  the  city  and at tacked  it. 26  When  the  king  of  Moab  saw  that  the bat tle 
 was  too  fierce  for  him,  he  took sev en hun dred 
swords men  with  him  to  try  to  break  through 
 to  the  king  of  Edom,  but  they  could  not  do  it. 27  So  he  took  his first born  son,  who  was  to 
be come  king  in  his  place,  and off  ered  him  as 
 a  burnt off  er ing  on  the  city  wall.


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Great  wrath 
 was  on  the Is ra el ites,  and  they with drew  from 
 him  and re turned  to  their  land. THE WIDOW’S OIL MULTIPLIED
4 
 One  of  the  wives  of  the  sons  of  the proph-
ets  cried  out  to Eli sha, “ Your ser vant,  my 
hus band,  has  died. You  know  that  your ser vant 
 feared  the  L ord.


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Now  the cred i tor  is com ing 
 to  take  my  two chil dren  as  his  slaves.”
2 Eli sha  asked  her, “ What  can  I  do  for  you? Tell  me,  what  do  you  have  in  the  house? ”
 She  said, “ Your ser vant  has noth ing  in  the 
 house ex cept  a  jar  of  oil.”
3  Then  he  said, “ Go  out  and bor row emp ty 
con tain ers  from  all  your neigh bors. Do  not 
 get  just  a  few . 4  Then  go  in  and  shut  the  door 
be hind  you  and  your  sons,  and  pour  oil  into 
 all  these con tain ers. Set  the  full  ones  to  one 
 side.” 5  So  she  left. Af ter  she  had  shut  the  door be hind  her  and 
 her  sons,  they  kept bring ing  her con tain ers, 
 and  she  kept pour ing. 6  When  they  were  full, 
 she  said  to  her  son, “ Bring  me an oth er con-
tain er.”
 But  he re plied, “ There  aren’t  any  more.”  Then 
 the  oil  stopped. 7  She  went  and  told  the  man  of  God,  and  he 
 said, “ Go  sell  the  oil  and  pay  your  debt;  you 
 and  your  sons  can  live  on  the  rest.”
a 3:23 Or have been laid waste
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THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN’S HOSPITALITY
8  One  day Eli sha  went  to Shu nem. A prom i-
nent wom an  who  lived  there per suad ed  him 
 to  eat  some  food.


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So when ev er  he  passed  by , 
 he  stopped  there  to  eat. 9  Then  she  said  to  her 
hus band, “ I  know  that  the  one  who of ten pass es 
 by  here  is  a  holy  man  of  God, 10  so  let’s  make  a 
 small, walled-in up per  room  and  put  a  bed,  a 
ta ble,  a  chair,  and  a  lamp  there  for  him. When-
ev er  he  comes,  he  can  stay  there.”
THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN’S SON
11  One  day  he  came  there  and  stopped  at  the 
up stairs  room  to  lie  down. 12  He or dered  his 
at ten dant Ge ha zi, “ Call  this Shu nam mite wom-
an.”  So  he  called  her  and  she  stood be fore  him. 13  Then  he  said  to Ge ha zi, “ Say  to  her, ‘ Look, 
 you’ve  gone  to  all  this trou ble  for  us. What  can 
 we  do  for  you?


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Can  we  speak  on  your be half  to 
 the  king  or  to  the com mand er  of  the  army? ’ ”
 She an swered, “ I  am liv ing  among  my  own 
peo ple.”
14  So  he  asked, “ Then  what  should  be  done 
 for  her? ”
Ge ha zi an swered, “ Well,  she  has  no  son,  and 
 her hus band  is  old.”
15 “ Call  her,” Eli sha  said. So Ge ha zi  called 
 her,  and  she  stood  in  the door way . 16 Eli sha 
 said, “ At  this  time  next  year  you  will  have  a 
 son  in  your  arms.”
 Then  she  said, “ No,  my  lord. Man  of  God,  do 
 not  lie  to  your ser vant.”
17  The wom an con ceived  and  gave  birth  to 
 a  son  at  the  same  time  the fol low ing  year,  as 
Eli sha  had prom ised  her. THE SHUNAMMITE’S SON RAISED
18  The  child  grew  and  one  day  went  out  to  his 
fa ther  and  the har vest ers. 19 Sud den ly  he com-
plained  to  his fa ther, “ My  head!


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My  head! ”
 His fa ther  told  his ser vant, “Car ry  him  to 
 his moth er.” 20  So  he  picked  him  up  and  took 
 him  to  his moth er. The  child  sat  on  her  lap 
un til  noon  and  then  died. 21  She  went  up  and 
 laid  him  on  the  bed  of  the  man  of  God,  shut 
 him  in,  and  left. 22  She sum moned  her hus band  and  said, 
“ Please  send  me  one  of  the ser vants  and  one 
 of  the don keys,  so  I  can hur ry  to  the  man  of 
 God  and  come  back  again.”
23  But  he  said, “ Why  go  to  him to day? It’s 
 not  a  New  Moon  or  a Sab bath.”
 She re plied, “Ev ery thing  is  all  right.”
24  Then  she sad dled  the don key  and  said 
 to  her ser vant, “ Go  fast;  don’t  slow  the  pace 
 for  me un less  I  tell  you.” 25  So  she  came  to  the 
 man  of  God  at  Mount Car mel. When  the  man  of  God  saw  her  at  a dis tance, 
 he  said  to  his at ten dant Ge ha zi, “ Look,  there’s 
 the Shu nam mite wom an. 26  Run  out  to  meet 
 her  and  ask, ‘ Are  you  all  right?


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Is  your  son  all  right? ’ ”
 And  she an swered, “Ev ery thing’s  all  right.”
27  When  she  came  up  to  the  man  of  God  at 
 the moun tain,  she  clung  to  his  feet. Ge ha zi 
 came  to  push  her  away ,  but  the  man  of  God 
 said, “ Leave  her  alone  —   she  is  in se vere an-
guish,  and  the  L ord  has hid den  it  from  me. He  hasn’t  told  me.”
28  Then  she  said, “ Did  I  ask  my  lord  for  a  son?


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Didn’t  I  say , ‘ Do  not  lie  to  me? ’ ”
29  So Eli sha  said  to Ge ha zi, “ Tuck  your man tle 
un der  your  belt,  take  my  staff  with  you,  and 
 go. If  you  meet any one,  don’t  stop  to  greet 
 him,  and  if  a  man  greets  you,  don’t an swer 
 him. Then  place  my  staff  on  the  boy’s  face.”
30  The  boy’s moth er  said  to Eli sha, “ As  the 
 L ord  lives  and  as  you your self  live,  I  will  not 
 leave  you.”  So  he  got  up  and fol lowed  her. 31 Ge ha zi  went  ahead  of  them  and  placed 
 the  staff  on  the  boy’s  face,  but  there  was  no 
 sound  or  sign  of  life,  so  he  went  back  to  meet 
Eli sha  and  told  him, “ The  boy  didn’t  wake  up.”
32  When Eli sha  got  to  the  house,  he dis cov-
ered  the  boy ly ing  dead  on  his  bed. 33  So  he  went 
 in,  closed  the  door be hind  the  two  of  them, 
 and  prayed  to  the  L ord.


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34  Then  he  went  up  and 
 lay  on  the  boy:  he  put  mouth  to  mouth,  eye  to 
 eye,  hand  to  hand. While  he  bent  down  over 
 him,  the  boy’s  flesh be came  warm. 35 Eli sha 
 got  up,  went  into  the  house,  and paced  back 
 and  forth. Then  he  went  up  and  bent  down 
 over  him  again. The  boy  sneezed sev en  times 
 and  opened  his  eyes. 36 Eli sha  called Ge ha zi  and  said, “ Call  the 
Shu nam mite wom an.”  He  called  her  and  she 
 came. Then Eli sha  said, “ Pick  up  your  son.” 
37  She  came,  fell  at  his  feet,  and  bowed  to  the 
 ground;  she  picked  up  her  son  and  left. THE DEADLY STEW
38  When Eli sha re turned  to Gil gal,  there  was  a 
fam ine  in  the  land. The  sons  of  the proph ets 
 were sit ting be fore  him. He  said  to  his at ten-
dant, “ Put  on  the  large  pot  and  make  stew  for 
 the  sons  of  the proph ets.”
39  One  went  out  to  the  field  to gath er  herbs 
 and  found  a  wild  vine  from  which  he gath ered 
 as  many  wild  gourds  as  his gar ment  would 
 hold. Then  he  came  back  and  cut  them  up 
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 into  the  pot  of  stew ,  but  they  were un aware 
 of  what  they  were. a
40  They  served  some  for  the  men  to  eat,  but 
 when  they  ate  the  stew  they  cried  out, “ There’s 
 death  in  the  pot,  man  of  God! ”  And  they  were 
un able  to  eat  it. 41  Then Eli sha  said, “ Get  some  flour.”  He 
 threw  it  into  the  pot  and  said, “ Serve  it  for 
 the peo ple  to  eat.”  And  there  was noth ing  bad 
 in  the  pot. THE MULTIPLIED BREAD
42  A  man  from Baal-shalishah  came  to  the  man 
 of  God  with  his  sack  full  of b twen ty  loaves  of 
bar ley  bread  from  the  first  bread  of  the har-
vest. Eli sha  said, “ Give  it  to  the peo ple  to  eat.”
43  But Eli sha’s at ten dant  asked, “ What?


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Am 
 I  to  set  this be fore  a hun dred  men? ”
“ Give  it  to  the peo ple  to  eat,” Eli sha  said, “ for 
 this  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ They  will  eat,  and 
 they  will  have  some  left  over.’ ” 44  So  he  set  it 
be fore  them,  and  as  the  L ord  had prom ised, 
 they  ate  and  had  some  left  over. NAAMAN’S DISEASE HEALED
5 
Na a man, com mand er  of  the  army  for  the 
 king  of  Aram,  was  a  man im por tant  to  his 
mas ter  and high ly re gard ed be cause  through 
 him,  the  L ord  had giv en vic to ry  to  Aram. The 
 man  was  a val iant war rior,  but  he  had  a  skin 
dis ease. 2  Aram  had  gone  on raids  and  brought  back 
 from  the  land  of Is ra el  a  young  girl  who  served 
Na a man’s  wife. 3  She  said  to  her mis tress, “ If 
 only  my mas ter  were  with  the proph et  who 
 is  in Sa mar ia,  he  would  cure  him  of  his  skin 
dis ease.”
4  So Na a man  went  and  told  his mas ter  what 
 the  girl  from  the  land  of Is ra el  had  said. 5 There-
fore,  the  king  of  Aram  said, “ Go,  and  I  will 
 send  a let ter  with  you  to  the  king  of Is ra el.”
 So  he  went  and  took  with  him  750  pounds c 
 of sil ver,  150  pounds d  of  gold,  and  ten  sets  of 
cloth ing. 6  He  brought  the let ter  to  the  king 
 of Is ra el,  and  it  read:
When this letter comes to you, note that 
I have sent you my servant Naaman for 
you to cure him of his skin disease. 7  When  the  king  of Is ra el  read  the let ter,  he 
 tore  his  clothes  and  asked, “ Am  I  God, kill ing 
 and giv ing  life  that  this  man expects  me  to 
 cure  a  man  of  his  skin dis ease? Rec og nize e 
 that  he  is  only picking  a  fight  with  me.”
8  When Eli sha  the  man  of  God  heard  that 
 the  king  of Is ra el  had  torn  his  clothes,  he  sent 
 a mes sage  to  the  king, “ Why  have  you  torn 
 your  clothes? Have  him  come  to  me,  and  he 
 will  know  there  is  a proph et  in Is ra el.” 9  So 
Na a man  came  with  his hors es  and char i ots 
 and  stood  at  the  door  of Eli sha’s  house. 10  Then Eli sha  sent  him  a mes sen ger,  who 
 said, “ Go  wash sev en  times  in  the Jor dan  and 
 your  skin  will  be re stored  and  you  will  be 
 clean.”
11  But Na a man  got an gry  and  left, say ing, “ I 
 was tell ing my self:  He  will sure ly  come  out, 
 stand  and  call  on  the  name  of  the  L ord  his  God, 
 and  wave  his  hand  over  the  place  and  cure 
 the  skin dis ease. 12  Aren’t Ab a na  and Phar-
par,  the riv ers  of Da mas cus, bet ter  than  all 
 the wa ters  of Is ra el?


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”  So  he  turned  and  left  in  a  rage. 13  But  his ser vants ap proached  and  said  to 
 him, “ My fa ther,  if  the proph et  had  told  you 
 to  do  some  great  thing,  would  you  not  have 
 done  it? How  much  more  should  you  do  it 
 when  he  only  tells  you, ‘ Wash  and  be  clean’? ” 
14  So Na a man  went  down  and  dipped him self 
 in  the Jor dan sev en  times, ac cord ing  to  the 
com mand  of  the  man  of  God.


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Then  his  skin 
 was re stored  and be came  like  the  skin  of  a 
 small  boy ,  and  he  was  clean. 15  Then Na a man  and  his  whole com pa ny 
 went  back  to  the  man  of  God,  stood be fore 
 him,  and de clared, “ I  know  there’s  no  God  in 
 the  whole  world ex cept  in Is ra el. There fore, 
 please ac cept  a  gift  from  your ser vant.”
16  But Eli sha  said, “ As  the  L ord  lives,  in  whose 
pres ence  I  stand,  I  will  not ac cept  it.” Na a man 
 urged  him  to ac cept  it,  but  he re fused. 17 Na a man re spond ed, “ If  not,  please  let  your 
ser vant  be giv en  as  much  soil  as  a  pair  of  mules 
 can car ry ,  for  your ser vant  will  no lon ger off  er 
 a  burnt off  er ing  or  a sac ri fice  to  any oth er  god 
 but  the  L ord. 18 How ev er,  in  a particular mat-
ter  may  the  L ord par don  your ser vant:  When 
 my mas ter,  the  king  of  Aram,  goes  into  the 
tem ple  of Rim mon  to  bow  in wor ship  while 
 he  is lean ing  on  my  arm, f  and  I  have  to  bow 
 in  the tem ple  of Rim mon  —   when  I  bow g  in 
 the tem ple  of Rim mon,  may  the  L ord par don 
 your ser vant  in  this mat ter.”
19  So  he  said  to  him, “ Go  in  peace.”
a 4:39 of what they were added for clarity   b 4:42 Or with some heads of fresh grain and   c 5:5 Lit 10 talents   d 5:5 Lit 6,000 
shekels   e 5:7 Lit Know and see   f 5:18 Lit worship, and he leans on my hand   g 5:18 LXX, Vg read when he bows himself
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GEHAZI’S GREED PUNISHED
Af ter Na a man  had trav eled  a  short dis tance 
 from Eli sha, 20 Ge ha zi,  the at ten dant  of Eli sha 
 the  man  of  God,  thought, “ My mas ter  has  let 
 this Ar a me an Na a man  off light ly  by  not ac-
cept ing  from  him  what  he  brought. As  the 
 L ord  lives,  I  will  run af ter  him  and  get some-
thing  from  him.”
21  So Ge ha zi pur sued Na a man.


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When Na a-
man  saw some one run ning af ter  him,  he  got 
 down  from  the char i ot  to  meet  him  and  asked, 
“ Is ev ery thing  all  right? ”
22 Ge ha zi  said, “ It’s  all  right.


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My mas ter  has 
 sent  me  to  say , ‘ I  have  just  now dis cov ered  that 
 two  young  men  from  the  sons  of  the proph-
ets  have  come  to  me  from  the  hill coun try 
 of Ephra im. Please  give  them seventy-five 
 pounds a  of sil ver  and  two  sets  of cloth ing.’ ”
23  But Na a man in sist ed, “ Please, ac cept  one 
hun dred fif ty  pounds.” b  He  urged Ge ha zi  and 
 then  packed  one hun dred fif ty  pounds  of sil ver 
 in  two  bags  with  two  sets  of cloth ing. Na a man 
 gave  them  to  two  of  his at ten dants  who car-
ried  them  ahead  of Ge ha zi. 24  When Ge ha zi 
 came  to  the  hill, c  he  took  the  gifts  from  them 
 and de pos it ed  them  in  the  house. Then  he 
dis missed  the  men,  and  they  left. 25 Ge ha zi  came  and  stood  by  his mas ter. “ Where  did  you  go, Ge ha zi?


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” Eli sha  asked  him. He re plied, “ Your ser vant  didn’t  go any where.”
26 “ And  my  heart  didn’t  go d  when  the  man 
 got  down  from  his char i ot  to  meet  you,” Eli sha 
 said. “ Is  this  a  time  to ac cept sil ver  and cloth-
ing, ol ive or chards  and vine yards,  flocks  and 
 herds,  and  male  and fe male  slaves? 27 There fore, 
Na a man’s  skin dis ease  will  cling  to  you  and 
 your de scen dants for ev er.”  So Ge ha zi  went  out 
 from  his pres ence dis eased, re sem bling  snow . e
THE FLOATING AX HEAD
6 
 The  sons  of  the proph ets  said  to Eli sha, 
“ Please no tice  that  the  place  where  we 
 live un der  your su per vi sion f  is  too  small  for 
 us. 2  Please  let  us  go  to  the Jor dan  where  we 
 can  each  get  a  log  and  can  build our selves  a 
 place  to  live  there.”
“ Go,”  he  said.


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3  Then  one  said, “ Please  come  with  your 
ser vants.”
“ I’ll  come,”  he an swered. 4  So  he  went  with  them,  and  when  they  came 
 to  the Jor dan,  they  cut  down  trees. 5  As  one 
 of  them  was cut ting  down  a  tree,  the  iron  ax 
 head  fell  into  the wa ter,  and  he  cried  out, “ Oh, 
 my mas ter,  it  was bor rowed! ”
6  Then  the  man  of  God  asked, “ Where  did 
 it  fall? ”
 When  he  showed  him  the  place,  the  man  of 
 God  cut  a  piece  of  wood,  threw  it  there,  and 
 made  the  iron  float.


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7  Then  he  said, “ Pick  it 
 up.”  So  he  reached  out  and  took  it. THE ARAMEAN WAR
8  When  the  king  of  Aram  was wag ing  war 
 against Is ra el,  he con ferred  with  his ser vants, 
“ My  camp  will  be  at  such  and  such  a  place.”
9  But  the  man  of  God  sent  word  to  the  king 
 of Is ra el: “ Be care ful pass ing  by  this  place,  for 
 the Ar a me ans  are go ing  down  there.” 10 Con-
se quent ly ,  the  king  of Is ra el  sent  word  to  the 
 place  the  man  of  God  had  told  him  about. The 
 man  of  God re peat ed ly g  warned  the  king,  so 
 the  king  would  be  on  his  guard. 11  The  king  of  Aram  was en raged be cause 
 of  this mat ter,  and  he  called  his ser vants  and 
de mand ed  of  them, “ Tell  me,  which  one  of  us 
 is  for  the  king  of Is ra el? ”
12  One  of  his ser vants  said, “ No  one,  my  lord 
 the  king. Eli sha,  the proph et  in Is ra el,  tells 
 the  king  of Is ra el  even  the  words  you  speak 
 in  your bed room.”
13  So  the  king  said, “ Go  and  see  where  he  is, 
 so  I  can  send  men  to cap ture  him.”
 When  he  was  told, “Eli sha  is  in Do than,” 14  he 
 sent hors es, char i ots,  and  a mas sive  army  there. They  went  by  night  and sur round ed  the  city . 15  When  the ser vant  of  the  man  of  God  got 
 up ear ly  and  went  out,  he dis cov ered  an  army 
 with hors es  and char i ots sur round ing  the 
 city . So  he  asked Eli sha, “ Oh,  my mas ter,  what 
 are  we  to  do? ”
16 Eli sha  said, “ Don’t  be  afraid,  for  those 
 who  are  with  us out num ber  those  who  are 
 with  them.”
17  Then Eli sha  prayed, “ L ord,  please  open  his 
 eyes  and  let  him  see.”  So  the  L ord  opened  the 
ser vant’s  eyes,  and  he  saw  that  the moun tain 
 was cov ered  with hors es  and char i ots  of  fire 
 all  around Eli sha. 18  When  the Ar a me ans  came  against  him, 
Eli sha  prayed  to  the  L ord, “ Please  strike  this 
na tion  with blind ness.” h  So  he  struck  them 
 with blind ness, ac cord ing  to Eli sha’s  word. 19  Then Eli sha  said  to  them, “ This  is  not  the  way , 
a 5:22 Lit a talent   b 5:23 Lit two talents   c 5:24 Or citadel   d 5:26 Or “Did not my heart go   e 5:27 A reference to whiteness or 
flakiness of the skin   f 6:1 Lit we are living before you   g 6:10 Lit not once and not twice   h 6:18 Or a blinding light
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 and  this  is  not  the  city . Fol low  me,  and  I  will 
 take  you  to  the  man  you’re look ing  for.”  And 
 he  led  them  to Sa mar ia. 20  When  they en tered 
Sa mar ia, Eli sha  said, “ L ord,  open  these  men’s 
 eyes  and  let  them  see.”  So  the  L ord  opened 
 their  eyes,  and  they  saw  that  they  were  in  the 
mid dle  of Sa mar ia. 21  When  the  king  of Is ra el  saw  them,  he  said 
 to Eli sha, “ Should  I  kill  them,  should  I  kill  them, 
 my fa ther? ”
22 Eli sha re plied, “ Don’t  kill  them. Do  you 
 kill  those  you  have cap tured  with  your  sword 
 or  your  bow? Set  food  and wa ter  in  front  of 
 them  so  they  can  eat  and  drink  and  go  to  their 
mas ter.”
23  So  he pre pared  a  big  feast  for  them. When 
 they  had eat en  and  drunk,  he  sent  them  away , 
 and  they  went  to  their mas ter.


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The Ar a me an 
raid ers  did  not  come  into Is ra el’s  land  again. THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA
24  Some  time lat er,  King Ben-ha dad  of  Aram 
 brought  all  his mil i tary  units to geth er  and 
 marched  up  and  laid  siege  to Sa mar ia. 25  So 
 there  was  a se vere fam ine  in Sa mar ia,  and 
 they con tin ued  the  siege  against  it un til  a 
don key’s  head  sold  for thirty-four ounc es a 
 of sil ver,  and  a  cup b  of  dove’s  dung c  sold  for 
 two ounc es d  of sil ver. 26  As  the  king  of Is ra el  was pass ing  by  on 
 the  wall,  a wom an  cried  out  to  him, “ My  lord 
 the  king,  help! ”
27  He an swered, “ If  the  L ord  doesn’t  help 
 you,  where  can  I  get  help  for  you? From  the 
thresh ing  floor  or  the wine press?


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” 28  Then  the 
 king  asked  her, “ What’s  the mat ter? ”
 She  said, “ This wom an  said  to  me, ‘ Give  up 
 your  son,  and  we  will  eat  him to day . Then  we 
 will  eat  my  son to mor row .’ 29  So  we  boiled  my 
 son  and  ate  him,  and  I  said  to  her  the  next  day , 
‘ Give  up  your  son,  and  we  will  eat  him,’  but 
 she  has hid den  her  son.”
30  When  the  king  heard  the wom an’s  words, 
 he  tore  his  clothes. Then,  as  he  was pass ing 
 by  on  the  wall,  the peo ple  saw  that  there  was 
sack cloth un der  his  clothes  next  to  his  skin. 31  He an nounced, “ May  God pun ish  me  and  do 
 so se vere ly  if  the  head  of Eli sha  son  of Sha phat 
re mains  on  his shoul ders to day .”
32 Eli sha  was sit ting  in  his  house,  and  the 
el ders  were sit ting  with  him. The  king  sent  a 
 man  ahead  of  him,  but be fore  the mes sen ger 
 got  to  him, Eli sha  said  to  the el ders, “ Do  you 
 see  how  this mur der er  has  sent some one  to 
re move  my  head? Look,  when  the mes sen ger 
 comes,  shut  the  door  to  keep  him  out. Isn’t 
 the  sound  of  his mas ter’s  feet be hind  him? ”
33  While Eli sha  was  still speak ing  with  them, 
 the mes sen ger e  came  down  to  him. Then  he 
 said, “ This di sas ter  is  from  the  L ord. Why 
 should  I  wait  for  the  L ord  any lon ger? ”
7 
Eli sha re plied, “ Hear  the  word  of  the  L ord! This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ About  this  time 
to mor row  at Sa mar ia’s  gate,  six  quarts f  of  fine 
 flour  will  sell  for  a  half ounce  of sil ver g  and 
 twelve  quarts h  of bar ley  will  sell  for  a  half 
ounce  of sil ver.’ ”
2  Then  the cap tain,  the  king’s right-hand 
 man, i re spond ed  to  the  man  of  God, “ Look, 
 even  if  the  L ord  were  to  make win dows  in 
heav en,  could  this real ly hap pen? ”
Eli sha an nounced, “ You  will  in  fact  see  it  with 
 your  own  eyes,  but  you  won’t  eat  any  of  it.”
3  Now  four  men  with  a  skin dis ease  were 
 at  the en trance  to  the  city  gate.


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4  If 
 we  say , ‘ Let’s  go  into  the  city ,’  we  will  die  there 
be cause  the fam ine  is  in  the  city ,  but  if  we  sit 
 here,  we  will  also  die. So  now ,  come  on. Let’s 
sur ren der  to  the Ar a me ans’  camp. If  they  let 
 us  live,  we  will  live;  if  they  kill  us,  we  will  die.”
5  So  the dis eased  men  got  up  at twi light  to 
 go  to  the Ar a me ans’  camp. When  they  came 
 to  the  camp’s  edge,  they dis cov ered  that  no 
 one  was  there, 6  for  the  Lord j  had  caused  the 
Ar a me an  camp  to  hear  the  sound  of char i ots, 
hors es,  and  a  large  army . The Ar a me ans  had 
 said  to  each oth er, “ The  king  of Is ra el  must  have 
 hired  the  kings  of  the Hit tites  and  the  kings 
 of  Egypt  to at tack  us.” 7  So  they  had got ten  up 
 and  fled  at twi light, abandoning  their  tents, 
hors es,  and don keys. The  camp  was in tact, 
 and  they  had  fled  for  their  lives.


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8  When  these dis eased  men  came  to  the  edge 
 of  the  camp,  they  went  into  a  tent  to  eat  and 
 drink. Then  they  picked  up  the sil ver,  gold, 
 and cloth ing  and  went  off  and  hid  them. They 
 came  back  and en tered an oth er  tent,  picked 
 things  up,  and  hid  them. 9  Then  they  said  to 
 each oth er, “ We’re  not do ing  what  is  right. To day  is  a  day  of  good  news.


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If  we  are si lent 
 and  wait un til morn ing  light,  our pun ish ment 
 will  catch  up  with  us. So  let’s  go  tell  the  king’s 
house hold.”
a 6:25 Lit for 80 ; “shekels” is assumed   b 6:25 Lit a fourth of a kab   c 6:25 Or seedpods, or wild onions   d 6:25 Lit for five ; 
“shekels” is assumed   e 6:33 Some emend to king   f 7:1 Lit a seah, also in vv . 16,18   g 7:1 Lit for a shekel, also in vv .


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h 7:1 Lit two seahs, also in vv . 16,18   i 7:2 Lit captain, upon whose hand the king leaned, also in v . 17   j 7:6 Some Hb mss read Lord
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10  The dis eased  men  came  and  called  to  the 
 city’s gate keep ers  and  told  them, “ We  went  to 
 the Ar a me an  camp  and  no  one  was  there  —   no 
hu man  sounds. There  was noth ing  but teth-
ered hors es  and don keys,  and  the  tents  were 
in tact.” 11  The gate keep ers  called  out,  and  the 
 news  was re port ed  to  the  king’s house hold. 12  So  the  king  got  up  in  the  night  and  said  to  his 
ser vants, “ Let  me  tell  you  what  the Ar a me ans 
 have  done  to  us. They  know  we  are starv ing, 
 so  they  have  left  the  camp  to  hide  in  the  open 
coun try , think ing, ‘ When  they  come  out  of  the 
 city ,  we  will  take  them  alive  and  go  into  the  city .’ ”
13  But  one  of  his ser vants re spond ed, “ Please, 
 let mes sen gers  take  five  of  the hors es  that 
 are  left  in  the  city . Their  fate  is  like  the en tire 
Is ra el ite com mu ni ty  who  will  die, a  so  let’s 
 send  them  and  see.”
14  The mes sen gers  took  two char i ots  with 
hors es,  and  the  king  sent  them af ter  the Ar-
a me an  army , say ing, “ Go  and  see.” 15  So  they 
fol lowed  them  as  far  as  the Jor dan. They  saw 
 that  the  whole  way  was littered  with  clothes 
 and equip ment  the Ar a me ans  had  thrown 
 off  in  their  haste.


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16  Then  the peo ple  went  out  and plun dered 
 the Ar a me an  camp. It  was  then  that  six  quarts 
 of  fine  flour  sold  for  a  half ounce  of sil ver 
 and  twelve  quarts  of bar ley  sold  for  a  half 
ounce  of sil ver, ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the 
 L ord. 17  The  king  had ap point ed  the cap tain, 
 his right-hand  man,  to  be  in  charge  of  the  city 
 gate,  but  the peo ple tram pled  him  in  the  gate. He  died,  just  as  the  man  of  God  had pre dict ed 
 when  the  king  had  come  to  him. 18  When  the 
 man  of  God  had  said  to  the  king, “ About  this 
 time to mor row  twelve  quarts  of bar ley  will 
 sell  for  a  half ounce  of sil ver  and  six  quarts  of 
 fine  flour  will  sell  for  a  half ounce  of sil ver  at 
Sa mar ia’s  gate,” 19  this cap tain  had an swered 
 the  man  of  God, “ Look,  even  if  the  L ord  were 
 to  make win dows  in heav en,  could  this real ly 
hap pen? ” Eli sha  had  said, “ You  will  in  fact  see 
 it  with  your  own  eyes,  but  you  won’t  eat  any  of 
 it.” 20  This  is  what hap pened  to  him:  the peo ple 
tram pled  him  in  the  city  gate,  and  he  died. THE SHUNAMMITE’S LAND RESTORED
8 
Eli sha  said  to  the wom an  whose  son  he 
 had re stored  to  life, “ Get  ready ,  you  and 
 your house hold,  and  go  live  as  a res i dent  alien 
wher ev er  you  can. For  the  L ord  has an nounced 
 a seven-year fam ine,  and  it  has al ready  come 
 to  the  land.”
2  So  the wom an  got  ready  and  did  what  the 
 man  of  God  said. She  and  her house hold  lived 
 as res i dent  aliens  in  the  land  of  the Phi lis tines 
 for sev en  years. 3  When  the wom an re turned 
 from  the  land  of  the Phi lis tines  at  the  end  of 
sev en  years,  she  went  to ap peal  to  the  king 
 for  her  house  and  field. 4  The  king  had  been speak ing  to Ge ha zi,  the 
at ten dant  of  the  man  of  God, say ing, “ Tell  me 
 all  the  great  things Eli sha  has  done.”
5  While  he  was tell ing  the  king  how Eli sha 
re stored  the  dead  son  to  life,  the wom an  whose 
 son  he  had re stored  to  life  came  to ap peal  to 
 the  king  for  her  house  and  field. So Ge ha zi 
 said, “ My  lord  the  king,  this  is  the wom an  and 
 this  is  the  son Eli sha re stored  to  life.”
6  When  the  king  asked  the wom an,  she  told 
 him  the sto ry . So  the  king ap point ed  a  court 
off  i cial  for  her, say ing, “Re store  all  that  was 
 hers,  along  with  all  the in come  from  the  field 
 from  the  day  she  left  the coun try un til  now .”
ARAM’S KING HAZAEL
7 Eli sha  came  to Da mas cus  while  King Ben-ha-
dad  of  Aram  was  sick,  and  the  king  was  told, 
“ The  man  of  God  has  come  here.” 8  So  the  king 
 said  to Haz a el, “ Take  a  gift  with  you  and  go  meet 
 the  man  of  God. In quire  of  the  L ord  through 
 him, ‘ Will  I re cov er  from  this sick ness? ’ ”
9 Haz a el  went  to  meet Eli sha, tak ing  with 
 him  a  gift: for ty camel-loads  of  all  the fin est 
prod ucts  of Da mas cus. When  he  came  and 
 stood be fore  him,  he  said, “ Your  son,  King 
Ben-ha dad  of  Aram,  has  sent  me  to  ask  you, 
‘ Will  I re cov er  from  this sick ness? ’ ”
10 Eli sha  told  him, “ Go  say  to  him, ‘ You  are 
 sure  to b re cov er.’  But  the  L ord  has  shown  me 
 that  he  is  sure  to  die.” 11  Then  he  stared steadi ly 
 at  him un til  he  was  ashamed. The  man  of  God  wept, 12  and Haz a el  asked, 
“ Why  is  my  lord weep ing? ”
 He re plied, “Be cause  I  know  the  evil  you  will 
 do  to  the peo ple  of Is ra el. You  will  set  their for-
tress es  on  fire.


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You  will  dash  their chil dren 
 to  pieces. You  will  rip  open  their preg nant 
wom en.”
13 Haz a el  said, “ How  could  your ser vant,  a 
 mere  dog,  do  such  a  mighty  deed? ”
a 7:13 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read left in it.


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Indeed, they are like the whole multitude of Israel that are left in 
it; indeed, they are like the whole multitude of Israel who will die. b 8:10 Alt Hb tradition reads You will not
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Eli sha an swered, “ The  L ord  has  shown  me 
 that  you  will  be  king  over  Aram.”
14 Haz a el  left Eli sha  and  went  to  his mas ter, 
 who  asked  him, “ What  did Eli sha  say  to  you? ”
 He re spond ed, “ He  told  me  you  are  sure  to 
re cov er.” 15  The  next  day Haz a el  took  a  heavy 
 cloth,  dipped  it  in wa ter,  and  spread  it  over 
 the  king’s  face. Ben-ha dad  died,  and Haz a el 
 reigned  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING JEHORAM
16  In  the  fifth  year  of Is ra el’s  King Jo ram  son  of 
 Ahab, Je ho ram a  son  of Je hosh a phat be came 
 king  of Ju dah, replacing  his fa ther. b 17  He  was 
thirty-two  years  old  when  he be came  king, 
 and  he  reigned  eight  years  in Je ru sa lem. 18  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.


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He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight. 19  For  the  sake  of  his ser vant Da vid,  the 
 L ord  was un will ing  to de stroy Ju dah,  since 
 he  had prom ised  to  give  a  lamp  to Da vid  and 
 his  sons for ev er. 20 Dur ing Je ho ram’s  reign,  Edom re belled 
 against Ju dah’s con trol  and ap point ed  their 
 own  king. 21  So Je ho ram  crossed  over  to  Zair 
 with  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,  but  his 
 troops  fled  to  their  tents. 22  So  Edom  is  still  in 
re bel lion  against Ju dah’s con trol to day . Lib nah 
 also re belled  at  that  time.


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23  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je ho ram’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. 24 Je ho ram rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was 
bur ied  with  his fa thers  in  the  city  of Da vid, 
 and  his  son Aha zi ah be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AHAZIAH
25  In  the  twelfth  year  of Is ra el’s  King Jo ram  son 
 of  Ahab, Aha zi ah  son  of Je ho ram be came  king 
 of Ju dah. 26 Aha zi ah  was twenty-two  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  of Is ra el’s  King 
 Omri.


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27  He  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  house 
 of  Ahab  and  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight  like  the  house  of  Ahab,  for  his fa ther  had 
mar ried  into c  the  house  of  Ahab. 28 Aha zi ah  went  with Jo ram  son  of  Ahab  to  fight 
 against  King Haz a el  of  Aram  in Ramoth-gilead, 
 and  the Ar a me ans wound ed Jo ram. 29  So  King 
Jo ram re turned  to Jez re el  to re cov er  from  the 
 wounds  that  the Ar a me ans  had in flict ed  on 
 him  in Ramoth-gilead d  when  he  fought  against 
 Aram’s  King Haz a el. Then Ju dah’s  King Aha zi ah 
 son  of Je ho ram  went  down  to Jez re el  to vis it 
Jo ram  son  of  Ahab  since Jo ram  was  ill. JEHU ANOINTED AS ISRAEL’S KING
9 
 The proph et Eli sha  called  one  of  the  sons 
 of  the proph ets  and  said, “ Tuck  your man-
tle un der  your  belt,  take  this  flask  of  oil  with 
 you,  and  go  to Ramoth-gilead. 2  When  you  get 
 there,  look  for  Jehu  son  of Je hosh a phat,  son 
 of Nim shi. Go  in,  get  him  away  from  his col-
leagues,  and  take  him  to  an in ner  room. 3  Then 
 take  the  flask  of  oil,  pour  it  on  his  head,  and 
 say , ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: “ I  anoint  you 
 king  over Is ra el.” ’  Open  the  door  and es cape. Don’t  wait.” 4  So  the  young proph et e  went  to 
Ramoth-gilead. 5  When  he ar rived,  the  army com mand ers 
 were sit ting  there,  so  he  said, “ I  have  a mes-
sage  for  you, com mand er.”
 Jehu  asked, “ For  which  one  of  us? ”
 He an swered, “ For  you, com mand er.”
6  So  Jehu  got  up  and  went  into  the  house. The  young proph et  poured  the  oil  on  his  head 
 and  said, “ This  is  what  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el 
 says: ‘ I  anoint  you  king  over  the  L ord’ s peo-
ple, Is ra el. 7  You  are  to  strike  down  the  house 
 of  your mas ter  Ahab  so  that  I  may  avenge 
 the  blood  shed  by  the  hand  of Jez e bel  —   the 
 blood  of  my ser vants  the proph ets  and  of  all 
 the ser vants  of  the  L ord. 8  The  whole  house 
 of  Ahab  will per ish,  and  I  will  wipe  out  all  of 
 Ahab’s  males, f  both  slave  and  free, g  in Is ra el. 9  I  will  make  the  house  of  Ahab  like  the  house 
 of Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  and  like  the  house 
 of Ba a sha  son  of Ahi jah. 10  The  dogs  will  eat 
Jez e bel  in  the  plot  of  land  at Jez re el  —   no  one 
 will  bury  her.’ ”  Then  the  young proph et  opened 
 the  door  and es caped. 11  When  Jehu  came  out  to  his mas ter’s ser-
vants,  they  asked, “ Is ev ery thing  all  right?


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”
 Then  he  said  to  them, “ You  know  the  sort 
 and  their ranting.”
12  But  they re plied, “ That’s  a  lie!


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Tell  us! ”
 So  Jehu  said, “ He  talked  to  me  about  this 
 and  that  and  said, ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: 
 I  anoint  you  king  over Is ra el.’ ”
a 8:16 = The Lord is Exalted   b 8:16 Lit Judah; Jehoshaphat had been king of Judah   c 8:27 Lit for he was related by marriage 
to   d 8:29 Lit Ramah   e 9:4 Or the young man, the attendant of the prophet   f 9:8 Lit wipe out Ahab’s one who urinates 
against a wall   g 9:8 Or males, even the weak and impaired ; Hb obscure
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13  Each  man quick ly  took  his gar ment  and 
 put  it un der  Jehu  on  the  bare  steps. a  They  blew 
 the  ram’s  horn  and pro claimed, “ Jehu  is  king! ”
14  Then  Jehu  son  of Je hosh a phat,  son  of Nim-
shi, con spired  against Jo ram. Jo ram  and  all 
Is ra el  had  been  at Ramoth-gilead  on  guard 
 against  King Haz a el  of  Aram. 15  But  King Jo-
ram  had re turned  to Jez re el  to re cov er  from 
 the  wounds  that  the Ar a me ans  had in flict ed 
 on  him  when  he  fought  against  Aram’s  King 
Haz a el. Jehu  said, “ If  you com mand ers  wish  to 
 make  me  king, b  then  don’t  let any one es cape 
 from  the  city  to  go  tell  about  it  in Jez re el.”
JEHU KILLS JORAM AND AHAZIAH
16  Jehu  got  into  his char i ot  and  went  to Jez re el 
 since Jo ram  was  laid  up  there  and  King Aha zi ah 
 of Ju dah  had  gone  down  to vis it Jo ram. 17  Now 
 the watch man  was stand ing  on  the tow er  in 
Jez re el.


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He  saw  Jehu’s  mob ap proach ing  and 
shout ed, “ I  see  a  mob! ”
Jo ram re spond ed, “ Choose  a rid er  and  send 
 him  to  meet  them  and  have  him  ask, ‘ Do  you 
 come  in  peace? ’ ”
18  So  a horse man  went  to  meet  Jehu  and 
 said, “ This  is  what  the  king  asks: ‘ Do  you  come 
 in  peace? ’ ”
 Jehu re plied, “ What  do  you  have  to  do  with 
 peace? c  Fall  in be hind  me.”
 The watch man re port ed, “ The mes sen ger 
 reached  them  but  hasn’t start ed  back.”
19  So  he  sent  out  a sec ond horse man,  who 
 went  to  them  and  said, “ This  is  what  the  king 
 asks: ‘ Do  you  come  in  peace? ’ ”
 Jehu an swered, “ What  do  you  have  to  do 
 with  peace? Fall  in be hind  me.”
20  Again  the watch  man re  port ed, “  He 
 reached  them  but  hasn’t start ed  back. Also, 
 the driv ing  is  like  that  of  Jehu  son  of Nim shi  
—   he  drives  like  a mad man.”
21 “ Get  the char i ot  ready!


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” Jo ram shout-
ed,  and  they  got  it  ready . Then  King Jo ram 
 of Is ra el  and  King Aha zi ah  of Ju dah  set  out, 
 each  in  his  own char i ot,  and  met  Jehu  at  the 
 plot  of  land  of Na both  the Jez re el ite. 22  When 
Jo ram  saw  Jehu  he  asked, “ Do  you  come  in 
 peace,  Jehu? ”
 He an swered, “ What  peace  can  there  be  as 
 long  as  there  is  so  much pros ti tu tion  and sor-
cery  from  your moth er Jez e bel? ”
23 Jo ram  turned  around  and  fled, shout ing 
 to Aha zi ah, “ It’s treach ery , Aha zi ah! ”
24  Then  Jehu  drew  his  bow  and  shot Jo-
ram be tween  the shoul ders. The ar row  went 
 through  his  heart,  and  he  slumped  down  in 
 his char i ot. 25  Jehu  said  to Bid kar  his  aide, 
“ Pick  him  up  and  throw  him  on  the  plot  of 
 ground be long ing  to Na both  the Jez re el ite. For re mem ber  when  you  and  I  were rid ing 
 side  by  side be hind  his fa ther  Ahab,  and  the 
 L ord ut tered  this pronouncement  against 
 him: 26 ‘ As sure ly  as  I  saw  the  blood  of Na both 
 and  the  blood  of  his  sons yes ter day’  —   this 
 is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion  —  ‘ so  will  I re pay 
 you  on  this  plot  of  land’  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s 
dec la ra tion. So  now , ac cord ing  to  the  word 
 of  the  L ord,  pick  him  up  and  throw  him  on 
 the  plot  of  land.”
27  When  King Aha zi ah  of Ju dah  saw  what  was 
hap pen ing,  he  fled  up  the  road to ward Beth-
hag gan.


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”  So  they  shot  him  in  his char i ot d  at 
 Gur  Pass  near Ib le am,  but  he  fled  to Me gid do 
 and  died  there. 28  Then  his ser vants car ried 
 him  to Je ru sa lem  in  a char i ot  and bur ied  him 
 in  his fa thers’  tomb  in  the  city  of Da vid. 29  It 
 was  in  the elev enth  year  of Jo ram  son  of  Ahab 
 that Aha zi ah  had be come  king  over Ju dah. JEHU KILLS JEZEBEL
30  When  Jehu  came  to Jez re el, Jez e bel  heard 
 about  it,  so  she paint ed  her  eyes,  fixed  her 
 hair, e  and  looked  down  from  the win dow . 31  As 
 Jehu en tered  the  city  gate,  she  said, “ Do  you 
 come  in  peace, Zim ri, killer  of  your mas ter? ”
32  He  looked  up to ward  the win dow  and 
 said, “ Who  is  on  my  side?


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”  Two  or  three 
eu nuchs  looked  down  at  him, 33  and  he  said, 
“ Throw  her  down! ”  So  they  threw  her  down, 
 and  some  of  her  blood splattered  on  the  wall 
 and  on  the hors es,  and  Jehu  rode  over  her. 34  Then  he  went  in,  ate  and  drank,  and  said, 
“ Take  care  of  this  cursed wom an  and  bury  her, 
 since  she’s  a  king’s daugh ter.” 35  But  when 
 they  went  out  to  bury  her,  they  did  not  find 
any thing  but  the  skull,  the  feet,  and  the  hands. 36  So  they  went  back  and  told  him,  and  he  said, 
“ This ful fills  the  L ord’ s  word  that  he  spoke 
 through  his ser vant Eli jah  the Tish bite: ‘ In 
 the  plot  of  land  at Jez re el,  the  dogs  will  eat 
Jez e bel’s  flesh. 37 Jez e bel’s  corpse  will  be  like 
ma nure  on  the sur face  of  the  ground  in  the 
 plot  of  land  at Jez re el  so  that  no  one  will  be 
 able  to  say:  This  is Jez e bel.’ ”
a 9:13 Lit on the bones of the steps   b 9:15 Lit “If your desire exists   c 9:18 Lit What to you and to peace, also in v . 19    
d 9:27 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT omits So they shot him   e 9:30 Lit made her head pleasing
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JEHU KILLS THE HOUSE OF AHAB
10 
 Since  Ahab  had sev en ty  sons  in Sa mar-
ia,  Jehu  wrote let ters  and  sent  them  to 
Sa mar ia  to  the rul ers  of Jez re el,  to  the el ders, 
 and  to  the guard ians  of  Ahab’s  sons, a say ing:
2 Your master’s sons are with you, and 
you have chariots, horses, a fortified city , 
and weaponry , so when this letter arrives 
3 select the most qualified  b of your mas-
ter’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, 
and fight for your master’s house. 4 How ev er,  they  were ter ri fied  and rea soned, 
“ Look,  two  kings  couldn’t  stand  against  him; 
 how  can  we?


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”
5  So  the over seer  of  the pal ace,  the over seer 
 of  the  city ,  the el ders,  and  the guard ians  sent 
 a mes sage  to  Jehu: “ We  are  your ser vants,  and 
 we  will  do what ev er  you  tell  us. We  will  not 
 make any one  king. Do what ev er  you  think 
 is  right.” c
6  Then  Jehu  wrote  them  a sec ond let ter, 
say ing:
If you are on my side, and if you will obey 
me, bring me the heads of your master’s 
sons d at this time tomorrow at Jezreel. All sev en ty  of  the  king’s  sons  were be-
ing  cared  for  by  the  city’s prom i nent  men. 7  When  the let ter  came  to  them,  they  took 
 the  king’s  sons  and slaugh tered  all sev en ty , 
 put  their  heads  in bas kets,  and  sent  them  to 
 Jehu  at Jez re el. 8  When  the mes sen ger  came 
 and  told  him, “ They  have  brought  the  heads 
 of  the  king’s  sons,”  the  king  said, “ Pile  them 
 in  two  heaps  at  the en trance  of  the  city  gate 
un til morn ing.”
9  The  next morn ing  when  he  went  out  and 
 stood  at  the  gate,  he  said  to  all  the peo ple, “ You 
 are in no cent. It  was  I  who con spired  against 
 my mas ter  and  killed  him.


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But  who  struck 
 down  all  these? 10  Know ,  then,  that  not  a  word 
 the  L ord  spoke  against  the  house  of  Ahab  will 
 fail,  for  the  L ord  has  done  what  he prom ised 
 through  his ser vant Eli jah.” 11  So  Jehu  killed  all 
 who re mained  of  the  house  of  Ahab  in Jez re el  
—   all  his  great  men,  close  friends,  and  priests  
—  leav ing  him  no sur vi vors. 12  Then  he  set  out  and  went  to Sa mar ia.


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On 
 the  way ,  while  he  was  at Beth-e ked  of  the 
Shep herds, 13  Jehu  met  the rel a tives  of  King 
Aha zi ah  of Ju dah  and  asked, “ Who  are  you? ”
 They an swered, “ We’re Aha zi ah’s rel a tives. We’ve  come  down  to  greet  the  king’s  sons  and 
 the  queen moth er’s  sons.”
14  Then  Jehu or dered, “ Take  them  alive.”  So 
 they  took  them  alive  and  then slaugh tered 
 them  at  the  pit  of Beth-e ked  —  forty-two  men. He  didn’t  spare  any  of  them.


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15  When  he  left  there,  he  found Je hon a dab 
 son  of Re chab com ing  to  meet  him. He greet-
ed  him  and  then  asked, “ Is  your  heart  one 
 with  mine?


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” e
“ It  is,” Je hon a dab re plied. Jehu  said, “ If  it  is, f  give  me  your  hand.”
 So  he  gave  him  his  hand,  and  Jehu  pulled 
 him  up  into  the char i ot  with  him. 16  Then  he 
 said, “ Come  with  me  and  see  my  zeal  for  the 
 L ord! ”  So  he  let  him  ride  with  him  in  his char-
i ot. 17  When  Jehu  came  to Sa mar ia,  he  struck 
 down  all  who re mained  from  the  house  of 
 Ahab  in Sa mar ia un til  he  had an ni hi lat ed  his 
 house, ac cord ing  to  the  word  of  the  L ord spo-
ken  to Eli jah. JEHU KILLS THE BAAL WORSHIPERS
18  Then  Jehu  brought  all  the peo ple to geth er 
 and  said  to  them, “ Ahab  served  Baal  a lit tle, 
 but  Jehu  will  serve  him  a  lot. 19  Now , there fore, 
sum mon  to  me  all  the proph ets  of  Baal,  all  his 
ser vants,  and  all  his  priests. None  must  be 
miss ing,  for  I  have  a  great sac ri fice  for  Baal. Who ev er  is miss ing  will  not  live.” How ev er, 
 Jehu  was act ing de cep tive ly  in or der  to de-
stroy  the ser vants  of  Baal. 20  Jehu com mand ed, 
“Con se crate  a sol emn as sem bly  for  Baal.”  So 
 they  called  one. 21  Then  Jehu  sent mes sen gers through out 
 all Is ra el,  and  all  the ser vants  of  Baal g  came; 
 no  one  failed  to  come. They en tered  the tem-
ple  of  Baal,  and  it  was  filled  from  one  end  to 
 the oth er. 22  Then  he  said  to  the cus to di an  of 
 the ward robe, “ Bring  out  the gar ments  for 
 all  the ser vants  of  Baal.”  So  he  brought  out 
 their gar ments. 23  Then  Jehu  and Je hon a dab  son  of Re chab 
en tered  the tem ple  of  Baal,  and  Jehu  said  to 
 the ser vants  of  Baal, “ Look care ful ly  to  see  that 
 there  are  no ser vants  of  the  L ord  here  among 
 you  —   only ser vants  of  Baal.” 24  Then  they  went 
 in  to off  er sac ri fic es  and  burnt off  er ings. Now  Jehu  had sta tioned  eighty  men out side, 
 and  he  warned  them, “Who ev er al lows  any  of 
 the  men  I  am plac ing  in  your  hands  to es cape 
a 10:1 LXX; MT reads of Ahab   b 10:3 Lit the good and the upright   c 10:5 Lit Do what is good in your eyes   d 10:6 Lit heads of 
the men of the sons of your master   e 10:15 Lit heart upright like my heart is with your heart   f 10:15 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads 
mine? ” Jehonadab said, “It is and it is   g 10:21 LXX adds —  all his priests and all his prophets—
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 will for feit  his  life  for  theirs.” 25  When  he fin-
ished off  er ing  the  burnt off  er ing,  Jehu  said  to 
 the  guards  and off  i cers, “ Go  in  and  kill  them. Don’t  let any one  out.”  So  they  struck  them 
 down  with  the  sword. Then  the  guards  and 
off  i cers  threw  the bod ies  out  and  went  into 
 the in ner  room  of  the tem ple  of  Baal. 26  They 
 brought  out  the pil lar  of  the tem ple  of  Baal  and 
 burned  it, 27  and  they  tore  down  the pil lar  of 
 Baal.


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Then  they  tore  down  the tem ple  of  Baal 
 and  made  it  a la trine  —   which  it  still  is to day . EVALUATION OF JEHU’S REIGN
28  Jehu elim i nat ed  Baal wor ship  from Is ra el, 
29  but  he  did  not  turn  away  from  the  sins  that 
Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  had  caused Is ra el  to 
com mit  —  wor ship ing  the  gold  calves  that 
 were  in Beth el  and  Dan. 30 Nev er the less,  the 
 L ord  said  to  Jehu, “Be cause  you  have  done 
 well  in car ry ing  out  what  is  right  in  my  sight 
 and  have  done  to  the  house  of  Ahab  all  that 
 was  in  my  heart,  four gen er a tions  of  your 
 sons  will  sit  on  the  throne  of Is ra el.”
31  Yet  Jehu  was  not care ful  to fol low  the in-
struc tion  of  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  with  all 
 his  heart. He  did  not  turn  from  the  sins  that 
Jer o bo am  had  caused Is ra el  to com mit.


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32  In  those  days  the  L ord be gan  to re duce 
 the  size  of Is ra el. Haz a el de feat ed  the Is ra el ites 
through out  their ter ri to ry 33  from  the Jor-
dan east ward:  the  whole  land  of Gil e ad  —   the 
Gad ites,  the Reu ben ites,  and  the Ma nas sites  
—   from Aro er  which  is  by  the Ar non V al ley 
 through Gil e ad  to Ba shan. a
34  The  rest  of  the  events  of  Jehu’s  reign,  along 
 with  all  his ac com plish ments  and  all  his  might, 
 are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s 
 Kings. 35  Jehu rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was 
bur ied  in Sa mar ia. His  son Je ho a haz be came 
 king  in  his  place. 36  The  length  of  Jehu’s  reign 
 over Is ra el  in Sa mar ia  was twenty-eight  years. ATHALIAH USURPS THE THRONE
11 
 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.


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2 Je hosh e ba,  who 
 was  King Je ho ram’s daugh ter  and Aha zi ah’s 
sis ter, se cret ly res cued Jo ash  son  of Aha zi ah 
 from  among  the  king’s  sons  who  were be ing 
 killed  and  put  him  and  the  one  who  nursed 
 him  in  a bed room. So  he  was hid den  from 
Ath a li ah  and  was  not  killed. 3 Jo ash  was  in 
hid ing  with  her  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple  six  years 
 while Ath a li ah  reigned  over  the  land. ATHALIAH OVERTHROWN
4  In  the sev enth  year, Je hoi a da  sent  for  the 
com mand ers  of hun dreds,  the Car ites,  and 
 the  guards. He  had  them  come  to  him  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple,  where  he  made  a cov enant  with 
 them  and  put  them un der  oath.


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He  showed 
 them  the  king’s  son 5  and com mand ed  them, 
“ This  is  what  you  are  to  do:  A  third  of  you  who 
 come  on  duty  on  the Sab bath  are  to pro vide 
pro tec tion  for  the  king’s pal ace. 6  A  third  are 
 to  be  at  the Foun da tion b  Gate  and  a  third  at 
 the  gate be hind  the  guards. You  are  to  take 
 turns pro vid ing pro tec tion  for  the pal ace. c
7 “ Your  two di vi sions  that  go  off  duty  on  the 
Sab bath  are  to pro vide  the  king pro tec tion 
 at  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 8 Com plete ly sur round 
 the  king  with weap ons  in  hand.


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Any one  who 
ap proach es  the  ranks  is  to  be  put  to  death. Be 
 with  the  king  in  all  his dai ly  tasks.” d
9  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  
—   and  came  to  the  priest Je hoi a da. 10  The  priest 
 gave  to  the com mand ers  of hun dreds  King 
Da vid’s  spears  and  shields  that  were  in  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple. 11  Then  the  guards  stood  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. 12 Je hoi a da  brought  out  the  king’s  son,  put 
 the  crown  on  him,  gave  him  the tes ti mo ny , e 
 and  made  him  king. They anoint ed  him  and 
 clapped  their  hands  and  cried, “ Long  live  the 
 king! ”
13  When Ath a li ah  heard  the  noise  from  the 
 guard  and  the  crowd,  she  went  out  to  the peo-
ple  at  the  L ord’ s tem ple. 14  She  looked,  and 
 there  was  the  king stand ing  by  the pil lar ac-
cord ing  to  the cus tom. 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. Ath a li ah  tore  her  clothes  and 
 screamed “Trea son!


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Trea son! ”
15  Then  the  priest Je hoi a da or dered  the com-
mand ers  of hun dreds  in  charge  of  the  army , 
“ Take  her  out be tween  the  ranks,  and  put  to 
 death  by  the  sword any one  who fol lows  her,” 
 for  the  priest  had  said, “ She  is  not  to  be  put 
a 10:33 Lit Arnon Valley and Gilead and Bashan   b 11:6 See 2Ch 23:5; MT here reads Sur   c 11:6 Hb obscure   d 11:8 Lit king 
when he goes out and when he comes in   e 11:12 Or him the copy of the covenant, or  him a diadem, or  him jewels
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 to  death  in  the  L ord’ s tem ple.” 16  So  they ar-
rest ed  her,  and  she  went  through  the  horse 
en trance  to  the  king’s pal ace,  where  she  was 
 put  to  death. JEHOIADA’S REFORMS
17  Then Je hoi a da  made  a cov enant be tween  the 
 L ord,  the  king,  and  the peo ple  that  they  would 
 be  the  L ord’ s peo ple  and an oth er cov enant 
be tween  the  king  and  the peo ple. a 18  So  all  the 
peo ple  of  the  land  went  to  the tem ple  of  Baal 
 and  tore  it  down. They  smashed  its al tars  and 
im ages  to  pieces,  and  they  killed Mat tan,  the 
 priest  of  Baal,  at  the al tars. Then Je hoi a da  the  priest ap point ed  guards 
 for  the  L ord’ s tem ple.


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19  He  took  the com mand-
ers  of hun dreds,  the Car ites,  the  guards,  and 
 all  the peo ple  of  the  land,  and  they  brought  the 
 king  from  the  L ord’ s tem ple. They en tered  the 
 king’s pal ace  by  way  of  the  guards’  gate. Then 
Jo ash  sat  on  the  throne  of  the  kings. 20  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  in  the  king’s pal ace. JUDAH’S KING JOASH
21 Jo ash b  was sev en  years  old  when  he be came
12 
 king. 1  In  the sev enth  year  of  Jehu, Jo ash 
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  the  priest Je hoi a da in struct ed  him, Jo ash 
 did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight.


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3  Yet  the 
 high plac es  were  not tak en  away;  the peo ple 
con tin ued sac ri fic ing  and burn ing in cense 
 on  the  high plac es. REPAIRING THE TEMPLE
4  Then Jo ash  said  to  the  priests, “ All  the ded-
i cat ed sil ver  brought  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple, 
cen sus sil ver, sil ver  from  vows,  and  all sil ver 
vol un tar i ly giv en  for  the  L ord’ s tem ple  —  
5  each  priest  is  to  take  it  from  his assessor c 
 and re pair what ev er dam age  is  found  in  the 
tem ple.” d
6  But  by  the twenty-third  year  of  the  reign 
 of  King Jo ash,  the  priests  had  not re paired  the 
dam age e  to  the tem ple. 7  So  King Jo ash  called 
 the  priest Je hoi a da  and  the oth er  priests  and 
 asked, “ Why  haven’t  you re paired  the tem ple’s 
dam age? Since  you  haven’t,  don’t  take  any sil-
ver  from  your assessors; in stead,  hand  it  over 
 for  the re pair  of  the tem ple.” 8  So  the  priests 
 agreed  that  they  would re ceive  no sil ver  from 
 the peo ple  and  would  not  be  the  ones  to re pair 
 the tem ple’s dam age. 9  Then  the  priest Je hoi a da  took  a  chest,  bored 
 a  hole  in  its  lid,  and  set  it be side  the al tar  on 
 the  right  side  as  one en ters  the  L ord’ s tem ple; 
 the  priests  who guard ed  the thresh old  put  
 into  the  chest  all  the sil ver  that  was  brought  to 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple. 10 When ev er  they  saw  there 
 was  a  large  amount  of sil ver  in  the  chest,  the 
 king’s sec re tary  and  the  high  priest  would  go 
 bag  up  and tally  the sil ver  found  in  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple. 11  Then  they  would  give  the  weighed 
sil ver  to  those do ing  the  work  —   those  who 
oversaw  the  L ord’ s tem ple. They  in  turn  would 
 pay  it  out  to  those work ing  on  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple  —   the car pen ters,  the build ers, 12  the ma-
sons,  and  the stone cut ters  —   and  would  use 
 it  to  buy tim ber  and quarried  stone  to re pair 
 the dam age  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  for  all 
ex penses  for tem ple re pairs. 13 How ev er,  no sil ver  bowls,  wick trim mers, 
sprin kling ba sins, trum pets,  or  any ar ti cles  of 
 gold  or sil ver  were  made  for  the  L ord’ s tem-
ple  from  the con tri bu tions f  brought  to  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple. 14 In stead,  it  was giv en  to  those 
do ing  the  work,  and  they re paired  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  with  it.


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15  No ac count ing  was re quired 
 from  the  men  who re ceived  the sil ver  to  pay 
 those do ing  the  work,  since  they  worked  with 
in teg ri ty .


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16  The sil ver  from  the  guilt off  er ing 
 and  the  sin off  er ing  was  not  brought  to  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  since  it be longed  to  the  priests. ARAMEAN INVASION OF JUDAH
17  At  that  time  King Haz a el  of  Aram  marched  up 
 and  fought  against  Gath  and cap tured  it. Then 
 he  planned  to at tack Je ru sa lem. 18  So  King Jo-
ash  of Ju dah  took  all  the items con se crat ed  by 
him self  and  by  his an ces tors  —  Ju dah’s  kings 
Je hosh a phat, Je ho ram,  and Aha zi ah  —   as  well 
 as  all  the  gold  found  in  the trea sur ies  of  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple  and  in  the  king’s pal ace,  and 
 he  sent  them  to  King Haz a el  of  Aram. Then 
Haz a el with drew  from Je ru sa lem. JOASH ASSASSINATED
19  The  rest  of  the  events  of Jo ash’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. 20 Jo ash’s 
ser vants con spired  against  him  and at tacked 
a 11:17 Some Gk versions, 2Ch 23:16 omit and another covenant between the king and the people   b 11:21 = The Lord Has 
Bestowed   c 12:5 Hb obscure   d 12:5 Lit repair the breach of the temple wherever there is found a breach   e 12:6 Lit breach in 
2Kg 12:5-12   f 12:13 Lit silver
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 him  at Beth-millo  on  the  road  that  goes  down 
 to Sil la. 21  It  was  his ser vants Joz a bad a  son  of 
Shim e ath  and Je hoz a bad  son  of Sho mer  who 
at tacked  him.


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He  died  and  they bur ied  him 
 with  his fa thers  in  the  city  of Da vid,  and  his 
 son Am a zi ah be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL ’S KING JEHOAHAZ
13 
 In  the twenty-third  year  of Ju dah’s  King 
Jo ash  son  of Aha zi ah, Je ho a haz  son  of 
 Jehu be came  king  over Is ra el  in Sa mar ia,  and 
 he  reigned sev en teen  years. 2  He  did  what 
 was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  and fol lowed  the 
 sins  that Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  had  caused 
Is ra el  to com mit;  he  did  not  turn  away  from 
 them. 3  So  the  L ord’ s an ger  burned  against 
Is ra el,  and  he hand ed  them  over  to  King Haz-
a el  of  Aram  and  to  his  son Ben-ha dad dur ing 
 their  reigns. 4  Then Je ho a haz  sought  the  L ord’ s fa vor,  and 
 the  L ord  heard  him,  for  he  saw  the op pres sion 
 the  king  of  Aram in flict ed  on Is ra el. 5 There-
fore,  the  L ord  gave Is ra el  a de liv er er,  and  they 
es caped  from  the pow er  of  the Ar a me ans. Then 
 the peo ple  of Is ra el re turned  to  their for mer 
 way  of  life, b 6  but  they  didn’t  turn  away  from 
 the  sins  that  the  house  of Jer o bo am  had  caused 
Is ra el  to com mit. Je ho a haz con tin ued  them, 
 and  the Ashe rah  pole  also re mained stand ing 
 in Sa mar ia. 7 Je ho a haz  did  not  have  an  army 
 left, ex cept  for fif ty horse men,  ten char i ots, 
 and  ten thou sand  foot sol diers, be cause  the 
 king  of  Aram  had de stroyed  them, mak ing 
 them  like  dust  at thresh ing. 8  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je ho a haz’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments  and  his 
 might,  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord 
 of Is ra el’s  Kings. 9 Je ho a haz rest ed  with  his 
fa thers,  and  he  was bur ied  in Sa mar ia. His  son 
Je ho ash c be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL’S KING JEHOASH
10  In  the thirty-seventh  year  of Ju dah’s  King 
Jo ash, Je ho ash  son  of Je ho a haz be came  king 
 over Is ra el  in Sa mar ia,  and  he  reigned six teen 
 years. 11  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight. He  did  not  turn  away  from  all  the  sins 
 that Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  had  caused Is ra el 
 to com mit,  but  he con tin ued  them. 12  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je ho ash’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments  and  the 
pow er  he  had  to  wage  war  against Ju dah’s 
 King Am a zi ah,  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal 
Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 13 Je ho ash rest ed  with 
 his fa thers,  and Jer o bo am  sat  on  his  throne. Je ho ash  was bur ied  in Sa mar ia  with  the  kings 
 of Is ra el. ELISHA’S DEATH
14  When Eli sha be came  sick  with  the ill ness 
 from  which  he  died,  King Je ho ash  of Is ra el 
 went  down  and  wept  over  him  and  said, “ My 
fa ther,  my fa ther,  the char i ots  and horse men 
 of Is ra el! ”
15 Eli sha re spond ed, “ Get  a  bow  and ar rows.” 
 So  he  got  a  bow  and ar rows.


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16  Then Eli sha  said 
 to  the  king  of Is ra el, “ Grasp  the  bow .”  So  the 
 king  grasped  it,  and Eli sha  put  his  hands  on 
 the  king’s  hands. 17 Eli sha  said, “ Open  the  east 
win dow .”  So  he  opened  it. Eli sha  said, “ Shoot!


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” 
 So  he  shot. Then Eli sha  said, “ The  L ord’ s ar-
row  of vic to ry ,  yes,  the ar row  of vic to ry  over 
 Aram. You  are  to  strike  down  the Ar a me ans 
 in  Aphek un til  you  have  put  an  end  to  them.”
18  Then Eli sha  said, “ Take  the ar rows! ”  So 
 he  took  them.


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Then Eli sha  said  to  the  king 
 of Is ra el, “ Strike  the  ground! ”  So  he  struck 
 the  ground  three  times  and  stopped. 19  The 
 man  of  God  was an gry  with  him  and  said, 
“ You  should  have  struck  the  ground  five  or 
 six  times. Then  you  would  have  struck  down 
 Aram un til  you  had  put  an  end  to  them,  but 
 now  you  will  strike  down  Aram  only  three 
 times.” 20  Then Eli sha  died  and  was bur ied. Now Mo ab ite raid ers  used  to  come  into  the 
 land  in  the  spring  of  the  year.


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21  Once,  as  the 
Is ra el ites  were bury ing  a  man, sud den ly  they 
 saw  a raid ing par ty ,  so  they  threw  the  man 
 into Eli sha’s  tomb. When  he  touched Eli sha’s 
 bones,  the  man re vived  and  stood  up! GOD’S MERCY ON ISRAEL
22  King Haz a el  of  Aram op pressed Is ra el 
through out  the  reign  of Je ho a haz, 23  but  the 
 L ord  was gra cious  to  them,  had com pas sion 
 on  them,  and  turned to ward  them be cause  of 
 his cov enant  with Abra ham,  Isaac,  and Ja cob. He  was  not will ing  to de stroy  them.


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Even  now 
 he  has  not ban ished  them  from  his pres ence. 24  King Haz a el  of  Aram  died,  and  his  son 
Ben-ha dad be came  king  in  his  place. 25  Then 
Je ho ash  son  of Je ho a haz  took  back  from Ben-
ha dad  son  of Haz a el  the cit ies  that Haz a el  had 
tak en  in  war  from Je ho ash’s fa ther Je ho a haz. Je ho ash de feat ed Ben-ha dad  three  times  and 
re cov ered  the cit ies  of Is ra el. a 12:21 Some Hb mss, LXX read Jozacar ; 2Ch 24:26 reads Zabad   b 13:5 Lit Israel dwelt in their tents as formerly   c 13:9 Lit Joash
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JUDAH’S KING AMAZIAH
14 
 In  the sec ond  year  of Is ra el’s  King Je ho-
ash a  son  of Je ho a haz, b Am a zi ah  son  of 
Jo ash be came  king  of Ju dah. 2  He  was twen-
ty-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 Je ho ad dan; c  she  was 
 from Je ru sa lem.


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He  did ev ery thing  his fa ther Jo ash  had  done. 4  Yet  the  high plac es  were  not tak en  away ,  and 
 the peo ple con tin ued sac ri fic ing  and burn ing 
in cense  on  the  high plac es. 5  As  soon  as  the king dom  was firm ly  in  his 
 grasp, Am a zi ah  killed  his ser vants  who  had 
 killed  his fa ther  the  king. 6 How ev er,  he  did 
 not  put  the chil dren  of  the killers  to  death,  as 
 it  is writ ten  in  the  book  of  the  law  of Mo ses 
 where  the  L ord com mand ed, “Fa thers  are 
 not  be  put  to  death be cause  of chil dren,  and 
chil dren  are  not  be  put  to  death be cause  of 
fa thers; in stead,  each  one  will  be  put  to  death 
 for  his  own  sin.”
7 Am a zi ah  killed  ten thou sand Edom ites  in 
 Salt V al ley . He  took  Sela  in bat tle  and  called  it 
Jok the el,  which  is  still  its  name to day .


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8 Am-
a zi ah  then  sent mes sen gers  to Je ho ash  son 
 of Je ho a haz,  son  of  Jehu,  king  of Is ra el,  and 
chal lenged  him: “ Come,  let’s  meet  face  to  face.”
9  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  once  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. 10  You  have 
in deed de feat ed  Edom,  and  you  have be come 
over con fi dent.


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d En joy  your glo ry  and  stay  at 
 home. Why  should  you  stir  up  such trou ble 
 that  you  fall  —   you  and Ju dah  with  you? ”
11  But Am a zi ah  would  not lis ten,  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. 12 Ju dah  was 
rout ed be fore Is ra el,  and  each  man  fled  to 
 his  own  tent. 13  King Je ho ash  of Is ra el cap-
tured Ju  dah’s  King Am a zi ah  son  of Jo ash, e 
 son  of Aha zi ah,  at Beth-she mesh. Then Je ho-
ash  went  to Je ru sa lem  and  broke  down  two 
hun dred  yards f  of Je ru sa lem’s  wall  from  the 
 Ephra im  Gate  to  the Cor ner  Gate. 14  He  took 
 all  the  gold  and sil ver,  all  the ar ti cles  found 
 in  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  in  the trea sur ies  of 
 the  king’s pal ace,  and  some hos tag es.


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Then 
 he re turned  to Sa mar ia. JEHOASH’S DEATH
15  The  rest  of  the  events  of Je ho ash’s  reign, 
 along  with  his ac com plish ments,  his  might, 
 and  how  he  waged  war  against  King Am a zi ah 
 of Ju dah,  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord 
 of Is ra el’s  Kings. 16 Je ho ash rest ed  with  his 
fa thers,  and  he  was bur ied  in Sa mar ia  with 
 the  kings  of Is ra el. His  son Jer o bo am be came 
 king  in  his  place. AMAZIAH’S DEATH
17 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. 18  The  rest  of  the 
 events  of Am a zi ah’s  reign  are writ ten  in  the 
His tor i cal Rec ord  of Ju dah’s  Kings. 19  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. 20  They car ried  him  back  on 
hors es,  and  he  was bur ied  in Je ru sa lem  with 
 his fa thers  in  the  city  of Da vid. 21  Then  all  the peo ple  of Ju dah  took Az a ri-
ah, g  who  was six teen  years  old,  and  made  him 
 king  in  place  of  his fa ther Am a zi ah. 22 Af ter 
Am a zi ah  the  king rest ed  with  his fa thers, Az-
a ri ah re built  Elath h  and re stored  it  to Ju dah. ISRAEL’S KING JEROBOAM
23  In  the fif teenth  year  of Ju dah’s  King Am-
a zi ah  son  of Jo ash, Jer o bo am  son  of Je ho-
ash be came  king  of Is ra el  in Sa mar ia,  and  he 
 reigned forty-one  years. 24  He  did  what  was 
 evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight.


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He  did  not  turn  away 
 from  all  the  sins Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  had 
 caused Is ra el  to com mit. 25  He re stored Is ra el’s bor der  from Lebo-ha-
math  as  far  as  the  Sea  of  the Ar a bah, ac cord ing 
 to  the  word  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  had 
spo ken  through  his ser vant,  the proph et Jo-
nah  son  of Am it tai  from Gath-hepher. 26  For 
 the  L ord  saw  that  the affliction  of Is ra el  was 
 very bit ter  for  both  slaves  and  free peo ple. i 
 There  was  no  one  to  help Is ra el. 27  The  L ord 
 had  not  said  he  would  blot  out  the  name  of 
Is ra el un der heav en,  so  he de liv ered  them  by 
 the  hand  of Jer o bo am  son  of Je ho ash. 28  The  rest  of  the  events  of Jer o bo am’s  reign  
—   along  with  all  his ac com plish ments,  the 
a 14:1 Lit Joash, also in vv . 23,27   b 14:1 Lit Joahaz   c 14:2 Alt Hb tradition, some Hb mss, Syr , Tg, Vg, 2Ch 25:1; other Hb mss, LXX 
read Jehoaddin   d 14:10 Lit and your heart has lifted you   e 14:13 Lit Jehoash   f 14:13 Lit 400 cubits   g 14:21 = Uzziah in  
2Ch 26:1   h 14:22 = Eloth in 2Ch 26:2   i 14:26 Hb obscure
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pow er  he  had  to  wage  war,  and  how  he re cov-
ered  for Is ra el Da mas cus  and Ha math,  which 
 had be longed  to Ju dah a —  are writ ten  in  the 
His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 29 Jer o bo-
am rest ed  with  his fa thers,  the  kings  of Is ra el.


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His  son Zech a ri ah be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AZARIAH
15 
 In  the twenty-seventh  year  of Is ra el’s 
 King Jer o bo am, Az a ri ah b  son  of Am a zi ah 
be came  king  of Ju dah. 2  He  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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3 Az a ri ah  did  what  was  right  in  the  L ord’ s  sight 
 just  as  his fa ther Am a zi ah  had  done.


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4  Yet  the 
 high plac es  were  not tak en  away;  the peo ple 
con tin ued sac ri fic ing  and burn ing in cense 
 on  the  high plac es. 5  The  L ord afflicted  the  king,  and  he  had  a 
se ri ous  skin dis ease un til  the  day  of  his  death. He  lived  in quar an tine, c  while Jo tham,  the 
 king’s  son,  was  over  the house hold gov ern ing 
 the peo ple  of  the  land. 6  The  rest  of  the  events  of Az a ri 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. 7 Az a ri ah rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied 
 with  his fa thers  in  the  city  of Da vid. His  son 
Jo tham be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL’S KING ZECHARIAH
8  In  the thirty-eighth  year  of Ju dah’s  King Az-
a ri ah, Zech a ri ah  son  of Jer o bo am  reigned 
 over Is ra el  in Sa mar ia  for  six  months. 9  He 
 did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  as  his 
fa thers  had  done.


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He  did  not  turn  away  from 
 the  sins Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat  had  caused 
Is ra el  to com mit. 10 Shal lum  son  of Ja besh con spired  against 
Zech a ri ah. He  struck  him  down pub lic ly , d  killed 
 him,  and be came  king  in  his  place. 11  As  for  the 
 rest  of  the  events  of Zech a ri ah’s  reign,  they 
 are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s 
 Kings. 12  The  word  of  the  L ord  that  he  spoke 
 to  Jehu  was, “ Four gen er a tions  of  your  sons 
 will  sit  on  the  throne  of Is ra el,”  and  it  was  so. ISRAEL’S KING SHALLUM
13  In  the thirty-ninth  year  of Ju dah’s  King Uz-
zi ah, e Shal lum  son  of Ja besh be came  king; 
 he  reigned  in Sa mar ia  a  full  month. 14  Then 
Men a hem  son  of  Gadi  came  up  from Tir zah 
 to Sa mar ia  and  struck  down Shal lum  son  of 
Ja besh  there. He  killed  him  and be came  king 
 in  his  place. 15  As  for  the  rest  of  the  events  of 
Shal lum’s  reign,  along  with  the con spir a cy 
 that  he  formed,  they  are writ ten  in  the His-
tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. ISRAEL ’S KING MENAHEM
16  At  that  time, start ing  from Tir zah, Men a hem 
at tacked Tiph sah,  all  who  were  in  it,  and  its 
ter ri to ry be cause  they  wouldn’t sur ren der. He 
 ripped  open  all  the preg nant wom en. 17  In  the thirty-ninth  year  of Ju dah’s  King 
Az a ri ah, Men a hem  son  of  Gadi be came  king 
 over Is ra el,  and  he  reigned  ten  years  in Sa-
mar ia. 18  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight.


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Through out  his  reign,  he  did  not  turn 
 away  from  the  sins Jer o bo am  son  of Ne bat 
 had  caused Is ra el  to com mit. 19  King  Pul f  of As syr ia in vad ed  the  land,  so 
Men a hem  gave  Pul seventy-five thou sand 
 pounds g  of sil ver  so  that  Pul  would sup port 
 him  to strength en  his  grasp  on  the king dom. 20  Then Men a hem ex act ed twen ty ounc es h 
 of sil ver  from  each  of  the prom i nent  men  of 
Is ra el  to  give  to  the  king  of As syr ia. So  the 
 king  of As syr ia with drew  and  did  not  stay 
 there  in  the  land. 21  The  rest  of  the  events  of Men a hem’s  reign, 
 along  with  all  his ac com plish ments,  are writ-
ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of Is ra el’s  Kings. 22 Men a hem rest ed  with  his fa thers,  and  his 
 son Pek a hi ah be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL ’S KING PEKAHIAH
23  In  the fif ti eth  year  of Ju dah’s  King Az a ri ah, 
Pek a hi ah  son  of Men a hem be came  king  over 
Is ra el  in Sa mar ia,  and  he  reigned  two  years. 24  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight  and 
 did  not  turn  away  from  the  sins Jer o bo am  son 
 of Ne bat  had  caused Is ra el  to com mit. 25  Then  his off  i cer, Pe kah  son  of Rem a li ah, 
con spired  against  him  and  struck  him  down 
 in Sa mar ia  at  the cit a del  of  the  king’s pal ace 
—  with Ar gob  and Ari eh. i  There  were fif ty 
Gil e ad ite  men  with Pe kah.


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He  killed Pek a hi ah 
 and be came  king  in  his  place. 26  As  for  the  rest  of  the  events  of Pek a hi ah’s 
 reign,  along  with  all  his ac com plish ments, 
 they  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of 
Is ra el’s  Kings. a 14:28 Lit recovered Damascus and for Judah in Israel ; Hb obscure   b 15:1 = Uzziah in 2Ch 26:3   c 15:5 Lit in a house of 
exemption from duty   d 15:10 Some LXX mss read down at Ibleam ; Hb uncertain   e 15:13 = Azariah, also in vv . 30,32,34    
f 15:19 = Tiglath-pileser   g 15:19 Lit 1,000 talents   h 15:20 Lit 50 shekels   i 15:25 Hb obscure
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ISRAEL’S KING PEKAH
27  In  the fifty-second  year  of Ju dah’s  King Az a-
ri ah, Pe kah  son  of Rem a li ah be came  king  over 
Is ra el  in Sa mar ia,  and  he  reigned twen ty  years. 28  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight.


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He 
 did  not  turn  away  from  the  sins Jer o bo am  son 
 of Ne bat  had  caused Is ra el  to com mit. 29  In  the  days  of  King Pe kah  of Is ra el,  King 
Tiglath-pileser  of As syr ia  came  and cap tured 
 Ijon, Abel-beth-ma a cah, Ja no ah, Ke desh, Ha zor, 
Gil e ad,  and Gal i lee  —   all  the  land  of Naph ta li  
—   and de port ed  the peo ple  to As syr ia. 30  Then Ho shea  son  of  Elah organized  a con-
spir a cy  against Pe kah  son  of Rem a li ah. He 
at tacked  him,  killed  him,  and be came  king 
 in  his  place  in  the twen ti eth  year  of Jo tham 
 son  of Uz zi ah.


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31  As  for  the  rest  of  the  events  of Pe kah’s 
 reign,  along  with  all  his ac com plish ments, 
 they  are writ ten  in  the His tor i cal Rec ord  of 
Is ra el’s  Kings. JUDAH’S KING JOTHAM
32  In  the sec ond  year  of Is ra el’s  King Pe kah  son 
 of Rem a li ah, Jo tham  son  of Uz zi ah be came  king 
 of Ju dah. 33  He  was twenty-five  years  old  when 
 he be came  king,  and  he  reigned six teen  years 
 in Je ru sa lem.


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34  He  did  what  was  right  in 
 the  L ord’ s  sight  just  as  his fa ther Uz zi ah  had 
 done. 35  Yet  the  high plac es  were  not tak en 
 away;  the peo ple con tin ued sac ri fic ing  and 
burn ing in cense  on  the  high plac es. Jo tham  built  the Up per  Gate  of  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple. 36  The  rest  of  the  events  of Jo tham’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. 37  In  those  days  the  L ord be gan 
send ing  Aram’s  King Re zin  and Pe kah  son  of 
Rem a li ah  against Ju dah. 38 Jo tham rest ed  with 
 his fa thers  and  was bur ied  with  his fa thers  in 
 the  city  of  his an ces tor Da vid. His  son  Ahaz 
be came  king  in  his  place. JUDAH’S KING AHAZ
16 
 In  the sev en teenth  year  of Pe kah  son  of 
Rem a li ah,  Ahaz  son  of Jo tham be came 
 king  of Ju dah. 2  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  sight  of  the  L ord  his  God  like  his 
an ces tor Da vid 3  but  walked  in  the  ways  of  the 
 kings  of Is ra el.


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He  even sac ri ficed  his  son  in 
 the  fire, a 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  Then  Aram’s  King Re zin  and Is ra el’s  King 
Pe kah  son  of Rem a li ah  came  to  wage  war 
 against Je ru sa lem. They be sieged  Ahaz  but 
 were  not  able  to con quer  him. 6  At  that  time 
 Aram’s  King Re zin re cov ered  Elath  for  Aram 
 and ex pelled  the Ju da hites  from  Elath. Then 
 the Ar a me ans  came  to  Elath,  and  they  still 
 live  there to day . 7  So  Ahaz  sent mes sen gers  to  King Tig lath-
pileser  of As syr ia, say ing, “ I  am  your ser vant 
 and  your  son. March  up  and  save  me  from  the 
 grasp  of  the  king  of  Aram  and  of  the  king  of 
Is ra el,  who  are ris ing  up  against  me.” 8  Ahaz 
 also  took  the sil ver  and  gold  found  in  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple  and  in  the trea sur ies  of  the  king’s pal-
ace  and  sent  them  to  the  king  of As syr ia  as  a 
 bribe. 9  So  the  king  of As syr ia lis tened  to  him 
 and  marched  up  to Da mas cus  and cap tured 
 it. He de port ed  its peo ple  to  Kir  but  put Re zin 
 to  death. AHAZ’S IDOLATRY
10  King  Ahaz  went  to Da mas cus  to  meet  King 
Tiglath-pileser  of As syr ia. When  he  saw  the 
al tar  that  was  in Da mas cus,  King  Ahaz  sent  a 
mod el  of  the al tar  and com plete  plans  for  its 
con struc tion  to  the  priest Uri ah. 11 Uri ah  built 
 the al tar ac cord ing  to  all  the in struc tions  King 
 Ahaz  sent  from Da mas cus. There fore,  by  the 
 time  King  Ahaz  came  back  from Da mas cus,  the 
 priest Uri ah  had com plet ed  it. 12  When  the  king 
 came  back  from Da mas cus,  he  saw  the al tar.


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Then  he ap proached  the al tar  and as cend ed  it. b 
13  He off  ered  his  burnt off  er ing  and  his  grain 
off  er ing,  poured  out  his  drink off  er ing,  and 
splattered  the  blood  of  his fel low ship off  er-
ings  on  the al tar. 14  He  took  the  bronze al tar 
 that  was be fore  the  L ord  in  front  of  the tem ple 
be tween  his al tar  and  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  and 
 put  it  on  the  north  side  of  his al tar. 15  Then  King  Ahaz com mand ed  the  priest 
Uri ah, “Off  er  on  the  great al tar  the morn ing 
 burnt off  er ing,  the eve ning  grain off  er ing, 
 and  the  king’s  burnt off  er ing  and  his  grain 
off  er ing. Also off  er  the  burnt off  er ing  of  all 
 the peo ple  of  the  land,  their  grain off  er ing, 
 and  their  drink off  er ings. Splatter  on  the al tar 
 all  the  blood  of  the  burnt off  er ing  and  all  the 
a 16:3 Lit even made his son pass through the fire   b 16:12 Or and offered on it:
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 blood  of sac ri fice. The  bronze al tar  will  be  for 
 me  to  seek guid ance.” a 16  The  priest Uri ah  did 
ev ery thing  King  Ahaz com mand ed. 17  Then  King  Ahaz  cut  off  the  frames  of  the 
wa ter  carts b  and re moved  the  bronze ba sin 
 from  each  of  them. He  took  the ba sin c  from 
 the  bronze  oxen  that  were un der  it  and  put  it 
 on  a  stone pave ment. 18  To sat is fy  the  king  of 
As syr ia,  he re moved  from  the  L ord’ s tem ple 
 the Sab bath can o py  they  had  built  in  the pal ace, 
 and  he  closed  the out er en trance  for  the  king. AHAZ’S DEATH
19  The  rest  of  the  events  of  Ahaz’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. 20  Ahaz 
rest ed  with  his fa thers  and  was bur ied  with 
 his fa thers  in  the  city  of Da vid,  and  his  son 
Hez e ki ah be came  king  in  his  place. ISRAEL’S KING HOSHEA
17 
 In  the  twelfth  year  of Ju dah’s  King  Ahaz, 
Ho shea  son  of  Elah be came  king  over 
Is ra el  in Sa mar ia,  and  he  reigned  nine  years. 2  He  did  what  was  evil  in  the  L ord’ s  sight,  but 
 not  like  the  kings  of Is ra el  who pre ced ed  him.


