2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 1

2 Chronicles 1:1 And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and YHWH his God [is] with him, and maketh him exceedingly great.
1:2 And Solomon saith to all Israel, to heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, and to judges, and to every honourable one of all Israel, heads of the fathers,
1:3 and they go -- Solomon, and all the assembly with him -- to the high place that [is] in Gibeon, for there hath been God's tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of YHWH, made in the wilderness,
1:4 but the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;
1:5 and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the tabernacle of YHWH; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.
1:6 And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before YHWH, that [is] at the tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.
1:7 In that night hath God appeared to Solomon, and saith to him, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
1:8 And Solomon saith to God, `Thou hast done with David my father great kindness, and hast caused me to reign in his stead.
1:9 Now, O YHWH God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth;
2 Chronicles 1:10 now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?'
1:11 And God saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign --
1:12 the wisdom and the knowledge is given to thee, and riches and wealth and honour I give to thee, that there hath not been so to the kings who [are] before thee, and after thee it is not so.'
1:13 And Solomon cometh in [from] the high place that [is] in Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigneth over Israel,
1:14 and Solomon gathereth chariots and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.
1:15 And the king maketh the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he made as sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.
1:16 And the source of the horses that [are] to Solomon [is] from Egypt and from Keva; merchants of the king from Keva take at a price,
1:17 and they come up, and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Aram -- by their hand they bring out.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 2

2 Chronicles 2:1 And Solomon saith to build a house for the name of YHWH, and a house for his kingdom,
2:2 and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them -- three thousand and six hundred.
2:3 And Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, `When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in;
2:4 lo, I am building a house to the name of YHWH my God, to sanctify [it] to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of YHWH our God; to the age this [is] on Israel.
2:5 `And the house that I am building [is] great, for greater [is] our God than all gods;
2:6 and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who [am] I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?
2:7 `And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared;
2:8 and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants [are] with thy servants,
2:9 even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
2 Chronicles 2:10 `And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.'
2:11 And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: `In the love of YHWH to His people He hath given thee king over them.'
2:12 And Huram saith, `Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for YHWH, and a house for his kingdom.
2:13 `And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,
2:14 (son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.
2:15 `And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants,
2:16 and we -- we cut trees out of Lebanon, according to all thy need, and bring them in to thee -- floats by sea, to Joppa, and thou dost take them up to Jerusalem.'
2:17 And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;
2:18 and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 3

2 Chronicles 3:1 And Solomon beginneth to build the house of YHWH, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
3:2 and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3:3 And [in] these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length [in] cubits by the former measure [is] sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
3:4 As to the porch that [is] on the front, the length [is] by the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth it within with pure gold.
3:5 And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,
3:6 and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
3:7 and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls.
3:8 And he maketh the most holy house: its length [is] by the front of the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with good gold, to six hundred talents;
3:9 and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:10 And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth them with gold;
3:11 as to the wings of the cherubs, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
3:12 And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.
3:13 The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
3:14 And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.
3:15 And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads five cubits.
3:16 And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains.
3:17 And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 4

2 Chronicles 4:1 And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
4:2 And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about.
4:3 And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.
4:4 It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] upon them above, and all their hinder parts [are] within.
4:5 And its thickness [is] a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.
4:6 And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with.
4:7 And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.
4:8 And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.
4:9 And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.
2 Chronicles 4:10 And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.
4:11 And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God;
4:12 two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the heads of the pillars;
4:13 and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the front of the pillars.
4:14 And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases;
4:15 the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it,
4:16 and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of YHWH, of brass purified.
4:17 In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.
4:18 And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
4:19 And Solomon maketh all the vessels that [are for] the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them [is] bread of the presence;
2 Chronicles 4:20 and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;
4:21 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold -- it [is] the perfection of gold;
4:22 and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 5

2 Chronicles 5:1 And all the work that Solomon made for the house of YHWH is finished, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father, and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he hath put among the treasures of the house of God.
5:2 Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH from the city of David -- it [is] Zion.
5:3 And assembled unto the king are all the men of Israel in the feast -- it [is] the seventh month;
5:4 and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark,
5:5 and they bring up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the vessels of the sanctuary that [are] in the tent; brought them up have the priests, the Levites;
5:6 and king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are convened unto him before the ark are sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered from multitude.
5:7 And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of YHWH unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;
5:8 and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above;
5:9 and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen out of the ark on the front of the oracle, and they are not seen without; and it is there unto this day.
2 Chronicles 5:10 There is nothing in the ark but the two tables that Moses gave in Horeb, where YHWH covenanted with the sons of Israel, in their going out from Egypt.
5:11 And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the sanctuary -- for all the priests who are present have sanctified themselves, there is none to watch by courses,
5:12 and the Levites, the singers, to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons, and to their brethren, clothed in white linen, with cymbals, and with psalteries, and harps, are standing on the east of the altar, and with them priests, to a hundred and twenty, blowing with trumpets --
5:13 yea, it cometh to pass, as one [are] trumpeters and singers, to sound -- one voice -- to praise and to give thanks to YHWH, and at the lifting up of the sound with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with instruments of song, and at giving praise to YHWH, for good, for to the age [is] His kindness, that the house is filled with a cloud -- the house of YHWH,
5:14 and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of YHWH hath filled the house of God.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 6

2 Chronicles 6:1 Then said Solomon, `YHWH said -- to dwell in thick darkness,
6:2 and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'
6:3 And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,
6:4 and he saith, `Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled [it], saying:
6:5 `From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
6:6 and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
6:7 `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of YHWH God of Israel,
6:8 and YHWH saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,
6:9 but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.
2 Chronicles 6:10 `And YHWH doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as YHWH spake, and I build the house for the name of YHWH, God of Israel,
6:11 and I place there the ark, where [is] the covenant of YHWH that He made with the sons of Israel.'
6:12 And he standeth before the altar of YHWH, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, --
6:13 for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --
6:14 and saith, `O YHWH God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart;
6:15 who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it], as at this day.
6:16 `And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.
6:17 `And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,
6:18 (for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)
6:19 `And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O YHWH my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee,
2 Chronicles 6:20 for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place.
6:21 `And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven.
6:22 `If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --
6:23 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
6:24 `And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house --
6:25 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers.
6:26 `In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --
6:27 then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
6:28 `Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness;
6:29 any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house:
2 Chronicles 6:30 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men),
6:31 so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.
6:32 `And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house:
6:33 then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.
6:34 `When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name:
6:35 then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
6:36 `When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;
6:37 and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;
6:38 yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name:
6:39 then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.
2 Chronicles 6:40 `Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:
6:41 and now, rise, O YHWH God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O YHWH God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness,
6:42 O YHWH God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 7

2 Chronicles 7:1 And at Solomon's finishing to pray, then the fire hath come down from the heavens, and consumeth the burnt-offering and the sacrifices, and the honour of YHWH hath filled the house,
7:2 and the priests have not been able to go in unto the house of YHWH, because the honour of YHWH hath filled the house of YHWH.
7:3 And all the sons of Israel are looking on the descending of the fire, and the honour of YHWH on the house, and they bow -- faces to the earth -- on the pavement, and do obeisance, and give thanks to YHWH, for good, for to the age [is] His kindness.
7:4 And the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before YHWH,
7:5 and king Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of the herd, twenty and two thousand, and of the flock, a hundred and twenty thousand, and the king and all the people dedicate the house of God.
7:6 And the priests over their charges are standing, and the Levites with instruments of the song of YHWH -- that David the king made, to give thanks to YHWH, for to the age [is] His kindness, in David's praising by their hand -- and the priests are blowing trumpets over-against them, and all Israel are standing.
7:7 And Solomon sanctifieth the middle of the court that [is] before the house of YHWH, for he hath made there the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: for the altar of brass that Solomon made hath not been able to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat.
7:8 And solomon maketh the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him -- a very great assembly -- from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.
7:9 And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.
2 Chronicles 7:10 And on the twenty and third day of the seventh month he hath sent the people to their tents, rejoicing, and glad in heart, for the goodness that YHWH hath done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
7:11 And Solomon finisheth the house of YHWH, and the house of the king; and all that hath come on the heart of Solomon to do in the house of YHWH, and in his own house, he hath caused to prosper.
7:12 And YHWH appeareth unto Solomon by night, and saith to him, `I have heard thy prayer, and have fixed on this place to Me for a house of sacrifice.
7:13 If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people --
7:14 and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
7:15 `Now, Mine eyes are open, and Mine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place;
7:16 and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.
7:17 `And thou, if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and My statutes and My judgments dost keep --
7:18 then I have established the throne of thy kingdom, as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There is not cut off a man to thee -- a ruler in Israel;
7:19 and if ye turn back -- ye -- and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them -- then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,
2 Chronicles 7:20 and this house that I have sanctified for My name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a proverb, and for a byword, among all the peoples.
7:21 `And this house that hath been high, to every one passing by it, is an astonishment, and he hath said, Wherefore hath YHWH done thus to this land, and to this house?
7:22 and they have said, Because that they have forsaken YHWH, God of their fathers, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, and lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them, therefore He hath brought upon them all this evil.'

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 8

2 Chronicles 8:1 And it cometh to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon hath built the house of YHWH, and his own house.
8:2 As to the cities that Huram hath given to Solomon, Solomon hath built them, and there he causeth the sons of Israel to dwell.
8:3 And Solomon goeth to Hamath-Zobah, and layeth hold upon it;
8:4 and he buildeth Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he hath built in Hamath.
8:5 And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower -- cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar --
8:6 and Baalath, and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariot, and the cities of the horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
8:7 All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel --
8:8 of their sons who have been left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel consumed not -- doth Solomon lift up a tribute unto this day.
8:9 And none of the sons of Israel hath Solomon made servants for his work, but they [are] men of war, and heads of his captains, and heads of his charioteers, and of his horsemen;
2 Chronicles 8:10 and these [are] heads of the officers whom king Solomon hath, two hundred and fifty who are rulers among the people.
8:11 And the daughter of Pharaoh hath Solomon brought up from the city of David to the house that he built for her, for he said, `My wife doth not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for they are holy unto whom hath come the ark of YHWH.'
8:12 Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to YHWH on the altar of YHWH that he built before the porch,
8:13 even by the matter of a day in its day, to cause to ascend according to the command of Moses, on sabbaths, and on new moons, and on appointed seasons, three times in a year -- in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths.
8:14 And he establisheth, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister over-against the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at gate and gate, for so [is] the command of David the man of God.
8:15 And they have not turned aside [from] the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures.
8:16 And all the work of Solomon is prepared till the day of the foundation of the house of YHWH, and till its completion; perfect is the house of YHWH.
8:17 Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;
8:18 and Huram sendeth to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and bring in unto king Solomon.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 9

2 Chronicles 9:1 And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,
9:2 and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he hath not declared to her.
9:3 And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,
9:4 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of YHWH, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.
9:5 And she saith unto the king, `True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom,
9:6 and I have given no credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo, there hath not been declared to me the half of the abundance of thy wisdom -- thou hast added unto the report that I heard.
9:7 `O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.
9:8 Let YHWH thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for YHWH thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'
9:9 And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:10 And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.
9:11 And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of YHWH, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.
9:12 And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.
9:13 And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold,
9:14 apart from [what] the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon.
9:15 And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target;
9:16 and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
9:17 And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;
9:18 and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
9:19 and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side], and on that: it hath not been made so for any kingdom.
2 Chronicles 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold -- silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything;
9:21 for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
9:22 And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;
9:23 and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,
9:24 and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
9:25 And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.
9:26 And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.
9:27 And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that [are] in the low country, for abundance,
9:28 and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.
9:29 And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
2 Chronicles 9:30 And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,
9:31 and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 10

2 Chronicles 10:1 And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for [to] Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.
10:2 And it cometh to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat's -- who [is] in Egypt because he hath fled from the face of Solomon the king -- hearing, that Jeroboam turneth back out of Egypt;
10:3 and they send and call for him, and Jeroboam cometh in, and all Israel, and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,
10:4 `Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [somewhat] of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'
10:5 And he saith unto them, `Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go.
10:6 And king Rehoboam consulteth with the aged men who have been standing before Solomon his father in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'
10:7 And they speak unto him, saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'
10:8 And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,
10:9 and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people that have spoken unto me, saying, Make light [somewhat] of the yoke that thy father put upon us?'
2 Chronicles 10:10 And the lads who have grown up with him, speak with him, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make light [somewhat] of our yoke; thus dost thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;
10:11 and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I -- I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'
10:12 And Jeroboam cometh in, and all the people, unto Rehoboam on the third day, as the king spake, saying, `Return unto me on the third day.'
10:13 And the king answereth them sharply, and king Rehoboam forsaketh the counsel of the aged men,
10:14 and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'
10:15 And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of YHWH's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.
10:16 And all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back [to] the king, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house -- David,' and all Israel go to their tents.
10:17 As to the sons of Israel who are dwelling in the cities of Judah -- Rehoboam reigneth over them.
10:18 And king Rehoboam sendeth Hadoram, who [is] over the tribute, and the sons of Israel cast at him stones, and he dieth; and king Rehoboam hath strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem;
10:19 and Israel transgress against the house of David unto this day.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 11

2 Chronicles 11:1 And Rehoboam cometh in to Jerusalem, and assembleth the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.
11:2 And a word of YHWH is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
11:3 `Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
11:4 Thus said YHWH, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren, turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;' and they hear the words of YHWH, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.
11:5 And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,
11:6 yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,
11:7 and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,
11:8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
11:9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
2 Chronicles 11:10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.
11:11 And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,
11:12 and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.
11:13 And the priests, and the Levites, that [are] in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
11:14 for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to YHWH,
11:15 and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --
11:16 and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek YHWH, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, God of their father.
11:17 And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
11:18 And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and] Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.
11:19 And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
2 Chronicles 11:20 And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
11:21 And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
11:22 And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.
11:23 And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 12

2 Chronicles 12:1 And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.
12:2 And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, come up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem -- because they trespassed against YHWH --
12:3 with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt -- Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim --
12:4 and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that [are] to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem.
12:5 And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, `Thus said YHWH, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;'
12:6 and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, `Righteous [is] YHWH.'
12:7 And when YHWH seeth that they have been humbled, a word of YHWH hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, `They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;
12:8 but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'
12:9 And Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the house of the king -- the whole he hath taken -- and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made;
2 Chronicles 12:10 and king Rehoboam maketh in their stead shields of brass, and hath given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king;
12:11 and it cometh to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of YHWH, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.
12:12 And in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of YHWH, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things.
12:13 And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years [is] Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess,
12:14 and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek YHWH.
12:15 And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam [are] all the days;
12:16 and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 13

2 Chronicles 13:1 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam -- Abijah reigneth over Judah;
13:2 three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother [is] Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.
13:3 And Abijah directeth the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam hath set in array with him battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valour.
13:4 And Abijah riseth up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, and saith, `Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
13:5 Is it not for you to know that YHWH, God of Israel, hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age, to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt?
13:6 and rise up doth Jeroboam, son of Nebat, servant of Solomon son of David, and rebelleth against his lord!
13:7 `And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and hath not strengthened himself against them.
13:8 `And now, ye are saying to strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of YHWH in the hand of the sons of David, and ye [are] a numerous multitude, and with you calves of gold that Jeroboam hath made to you for gods.
13:9 `Have ye not cast out the priests of YHWH, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to you priests like the peoples of the lands? every one who hath come to fill his hand with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he hath been a priest to No-gods!
2 Chronicles 13:10 `As for us, YHWH [is] our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to YHWH, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,
13:11 and are making perfume to YHWH, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and perfume of spices, and the arrangement of bread [is] on the pure table, and the candlestick of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of YHWH our God, and ye -- ye have forsaken Him.
13:12 `And lo, with us -- at [our] head -- [is] God, and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you; O sons of Israel, do not fight with YHWH, God of your fathers, for ye do not prosper.'
13:13 And Jeroboam hath brought round the ambush to come in from behind them, and they are before Judah, and the ambush [is] behind them.
13:14 And Judah turneth, and lo, against them [is] the battle, before and behind, and they cry to YHWH, and the priests are blowing with trumpets,
13:15 and the men of Judah shout -- and it cometh to pass, at the shouting of the men of Judah, that God hath smitten Jeroboam, and all Israel, before Abijah and Judah.
13:16 And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God giveth them into their hand,
13:17 and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
13:18 And the sons of Israel are humbled at that time, and the sons of Judah are strong, for they have leant on YHWH, God of their fathers.
13:19 And Abijah pursueth after Jeroboam, and captureth from him cities, Beth-El and its small towns, and Jeshanah and its small towns, and Ephraim and its small towns.
2 Chronicles 13:20 And Jeroboam hath not retained power any more in the days of Abijah, and YHWH smiteth him, and he dieth.
13:21 And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,
13:22 and the rest of the matters of Abijah, and his ways, and his words, are written in the `Inquiry' of the prophet Iddo.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 14

2 Chronicles 14:1 And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years.
14:2 And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of YHWH his God,
14:3 and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
14:4 and saith to Judah to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;
14:5 and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
14:6 And he buildeth cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land hath quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because YHWH hath given rest to him.
14:7 And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought YHWH our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;' and they build and prosper.
14:8 And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these [are] mighty of valour.
14:9 And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,
2 Chronicles 14:10 and Asa goeth out before him, and they set battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
14:11 And Asa calleth unto YHWH his God, and saith, `YHWH! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O YHWH, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O YHWH, our God thou [art]; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man!
14:12 And YHWH smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,
14:13 and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there fall of the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before YHWH, and before His camp; and they bear away very much spoil,
14:14 and smite all the cities round about Gerar, for a fear of YHWH hath been upon them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil hath been in them;
14:15 and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 15

2 Chronicles 15:1 And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,
15:2 and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you -- in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;
15:3 and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
15:4 and it turneth back in its distress unto YHWH, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,
15:5 and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,
15:6 and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;
15:7 and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'
15:8 And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of YHWH that [is] before the porch of YHWH,
15:9 and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon -- for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that YHWH his God [is] with him.
2 Chronicles 15:10 And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
15:11 and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in -- oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,
15:12 and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
15:13 and every one who doth not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.
15:14 And they swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets,
15:15 and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and YHWH giveth rest to them round about.
15:16 And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:
15:17 yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.
15:18 And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
15:19 And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 16

2 Chronicles 16:1 In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa, come up hath Baasha king of Israel, against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, so as not to permit any going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.
16:2 And Asa bringeth out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of YHWH, and of the house of the king, and sendeth unto Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,
16:3 `A covenant [is] between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.'
16:4 And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath unto cities of Israel, and they smite Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Maim, and all the stores, cities of Naphtali.
16:5 And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;
16:6 and Asa the king hath taken all Judah, and they bear away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and he buildeth with them Geba and Mizpah.
16:7 And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on YHWH thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.
16:8 Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on YHWH He gave them into thy hand,
16:9 for YHWH -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong [for] a people whose heart [is] perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'
2 Chronicles 16:10 And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for [he is] in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth [some] of the people at that time.
16:11 And lo, the matters of Asa, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
16:12 And Asa is diseased -- in the thirty and ninth year of his reign -- in his feet, till his disease is excessive, and also in his disease he hath not sought YHWH, but among physicians.
16:13 And Asa lieth with his fathers, and dieth in the forty and first year of his reign,
16:14 and they bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 17

2 Chronicles 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel,
17:2 and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.
17:3 And YHWH is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,
17:4 for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.
17:5 And YHWH doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance,
17:6 and his heart is high in the ways of YHWH, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.
17:7 And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,
17:8 and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
17:9 And they teach in Judah, and with them [is] the Book of the Law of YHWH, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people.
2 Chronicles 17:10 And here is a fear of YHWH on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;
17:11 and of the Philistines they are bringing in to Jehoshaphat a present, and tribute silver; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock, rams seven thousand an seven hundred, and he-goats seven thousand and seven hundred.
17:12 And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store,
17:13 and he hath much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valour, [are] in Jerusalem.
17:14 And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valour, three hundred chiefs.
17:15 And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs.
17:16 And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to YHWH, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valour.
17:17 And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs.
17:18 And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host.
17:19 These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 18

2 Chronicles 18:1 And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,
18:2 and goeth down at the end of [certain] years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who [are] with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead.
18:3 And Ahab king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, `Dost thou go with me [to] Ramoth-Gilead?' And he saith to him, `As I -- so thou, and as thy people -- my people, even with thee in battle.'
18:4 And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of YHWH.'
18:5 And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give [it] into the hand of the king.'
18:6 And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of YHWH still, and we seek from him?'
18:7 And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Still -- one man to seek YHWH from him, and I -- I have hated him, for he is not prophesying concerning me of good, but all his days of evil, he [is] Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.'
18:8 And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'
18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, and they are sitting in a threshing-floor at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them.
2 Chronicles 18:10 And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said YHWH,
18:11 With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.' And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up [to] Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and YHWH hath given [it] into the hand of the king.'
18:12 And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, the words of the prophets -- one mouth -- [are] good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.'
18:13 And Micaiah saith `YHWH liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'
18:14 And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, `Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'
18:15 And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of YHWH?'
18:16 And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd, and YHWH saith, There are no masters to these, they turn back each to his house in peace.'
18:17 And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?'
18:18 And he saith, `Therefore, hear ye a word of YHWH: I have seen YHWH sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;
18:19 and YHWH saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus.
2 Chronicles 18:20 And go out doth the spirit, and stand before YHWH, and saith, I do entice him; and YHWH saith unto him, With what?
18:21 and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so.
18:22 And, now, lo, YHWH hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these thy prophets, and YHWH hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.'
18:23 And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where [is] this -- the way the Spirit of YHWH passed over from me to speak with thee?'
18:24 And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.'
18:25 And the king of Israel saith, `Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,
18:26 and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this [one] in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'
18:27 And Micaiah saith, `If thou dost certainly return in peace, YHWH hath not spoken by me;' and he saith, `Hear ye, O peoples, all of them!'
18:28 And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead;
18:29 and the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, `And thou, put on thy garments.' And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and they go into battle.
2 Chronicles 18:30 And the king of Aram hath commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath, saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, except with the king of Israel by himself.'
18:31 And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and YHWH hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,
18:32 yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him.
18:33 And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to the charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.'
18:34 And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 19

2 Chronicles 19:1 And Jehoshaphat king of Judah turneth back unto his house in peace to Jerusalem,
19:2 and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating YHWH, dost thou love? and for this against thee [is] wrath from before YHWH,
19:3 but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.'
19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto YHWH, God of their fathers.
19:5 And he establisheth judges in the land, in all the fenced cities of Judah, for every city,
19:6 and saith unto the judges, `See what ye are doing -- for not for man do ye judge, but for YHWH, who [is] with you in the matter of judgment;
19:7 and now, let fear of YHWH be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with YHWH our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'
19:8 And also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of YHWH, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem,
19:9 and he layeth a charge upon them, saying, `Thus do ye do in the fear of YHWH, in faithfulness, and with a perfect heart,
2 Chronicles 19:10 and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before YHWH, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty.
19:11 `And, lo, Amariah the head priest [is] over you for every matter of YHWH, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the house of Judah, [is] for every matter of the king, and officers the Levites [are] before you; be strong and do, and YHWH is with the good.'

1 Chronicles 15-29 - 2 Chronicles 20-36