2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20

2 Chronicles 20:1 And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.
20:2 And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, `Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they [are] in Hazezon-Tamar -- it [is] En-Gedi.'
20:3 And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to YHWH, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;
20:4 and Judah is gathered to inquire of YHWH; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek YHWH.
20:5 And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of YHWH, at the front of the new court,
20:6 and saith, `O YHWH, God of our fathers, art not Thou -- God in the heavens? yea, Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and there is none with Thee to station himself.
20:7 `Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,
20:8 and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,
20:9 If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name [is] in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.
2 Chronicles 20:10 `And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,
20:11 and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.
20:12 `O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.'
20:13 And all Judah are standing before YHWH, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.
20:14 And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of YHWH been, in the midst of the assembly,
20:15 and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said YHWH to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you [is] the battle, but for God.
20:16 To-morrow, go ye down against them, lo, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
20:17 Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of YHWH with you, O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them, and YHWH [is] with you.'
20:18 And Jehoshaphat boweth -- face to the earth -- and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before YHWH, to bow themselves to YHWH.
20:19 And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korhites, rise to give praise to YHWH, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high.
2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, `Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in YHWH your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.'
20:21 And he taketh counsel with the people, and appointeth singers to YHWH, and those giving praise to the honour of holiness, in the going out before the armed [men], and saying, `Give ye thanks to YHWH, for to the age [is] His kindness.'
20:22 And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, YHWH hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,
20:23 and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy.
20:24 And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower, to the wilderness, and they look unto the multitude, and lo, they [are] carcases fallen to the earth, and there is none escaped,
20:25 and Jehoshaphat cometh in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundance, both goods and carcases, and desirable vessels, and they take spoil to themselves without prohibition, and they are three days seizing the spoil, for it [is] abundant.
20:26 And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed YHWH: therefore they have called the name of that place, `Valley of Blessing,' unto this day.
20:27 And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for YHWH hath made them rejoice over their enemies.
20:28 And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of YHWH.
20:29 And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that YHWH hath fought with the enemies of Israel,
2 Chronicles 20:30 and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about.
20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah, a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
20:32 And he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of YHWH.
20:33 Only, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
20:34 And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, lo, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel.
20:35 And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in [so] doing),
20:36 and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,
20:37 and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, `For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, YHWH hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go unto Tarshish.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 21

2 Chronicles 21:1 And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead.
21:2 And he hath brethren, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these [are] sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel,
21:3 and their father giveth to them many gifts of silver and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah, and the kingdom he hath given to Jehoram, for He [is] the first-born.
21:4 And Jehoram riseth up over the kingdom of his father, and strengtheneth himself, and slayeth all his brethren with the sword, and also -- of the heads of Israel.
21:5 A son of thirty and two years [is] Jehoram in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
21:6 and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab hath been to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH,
21:7 and YHWH hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons -- all the days.
21:8 In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and cause a king to reign over them;
21:9 and Jehoram passeth over with his heads, and all the chariots with him, and it cometh to pass, he hath risen by night and smiteth the Edomites who are coming round against him, and the princes of the chariots,
2 Chronicles 21:10 and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah unto this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time from under his hand, because he hath forsaken YHWH, God of his fathers,
21:11 also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.
21:12 And there cometh in unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet, saying, `Thus said YHWH, God of David thy father, Because that thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
21:13 and thou dost walk in the way of the kings of Israel, and dost cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom like the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also thy brethren, the house of thy father, who are better than thyself, thou hast slain;
21:14 lo, YHWH is smiting -- a great smiting -- among thy people, and among thy sons, and among thy wives, and among all thy goods --
21:15 and thou, with many sicknesses, with disease of thy bowels, till thy bowels come out, by the sickness, day by day.'
21:16 And YHWH waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who [are] beside the Cushim,
21:17 and they come up into Judah, and rend it, and take captive all the substance that is found at the house of the king, and also his sons, and his wives, and there hath not been left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.
21:18 And after all this hath YHWH plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing,
21:19 and it cometh to pass, from days to days, and at the time of the going out of the end of two years, his bowels have gone out with his sickness, and he dieth of sore diseases, and his people have not made for him a burning like the burning of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 21:20 A son of thirty and two [years] was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he goeth without desire, and they bury him in the city of David, and not in the graves of the kings.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 22

2 Chronicles 22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem cause Ahaziah his youngest son to reign in his stead, (for all the elder had the troop slain that came in with the Arabians to the camp,) and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigneth.
22:2 A son of twenty and two years [is] Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri;
22:3 he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly.
22:4 And he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH, like the house of Ahab, for they have been his counsellors, after the death of his father, for destruction to him.
22:5 Also, in their counsel he hath walked, and goeth with Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel to battle against Hazael king of Aram, in Ramoth-Gilead, and they of Ramah smite Joram;
22:6 and he turneth back to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds with which they had smitten him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Jehoram son of Ahab, in Jezreel, for he [is] sick;
22:7 and from God hath been the destruction of Ahaziah, to come unto Joram: and in his coming he hath gone out with Jehoram unto Jehu son of Nimshi, whom YHWH anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
22:8 And it cometh to pass, in Jehu's executing judgment with the house of Ahab, that he findeth the heads of Judah and sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministers of Ahaziah, and slayeth them.
22:9 And he seeketh Ahaziah, and they capture him, (and he is hiding himself in Samaria), and bring him in unto Jehu, and put him to death, and bury him, for they said, `He [is] son of Jehoshaphat, who sought YHWH with all his heart;' and there is none to the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 22:10 And Athaliah mother of Ahaziah hath seen that her son is dead, and she riseth and destroyeth the whole seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah.
22:11 And Jehoshabeath daughter of the king taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him from the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, and putteth him and his nurse into the inner part of the bed-chambers, and Jehoshabeath daughter of king Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she hath been sister of Ahaziah, hideth him from the face of Athaliah, and she hath not put him to death.
22:12 And he is with them in the house of God hiding himself six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 23

2 Chronicles 23:1 And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada strengthened himself, and taketh the heads of the hundreds, even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him into covenant.
23:2 And they go round about in Judah, and gather the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and heads of the fathers of Israel, and come in unto Jerusalem,
23:3 and all the assembly make a covenant in the house of God with the king, and he saith to them, `Lo, the son of the king doth reign, as YHWH spake concerning the sons of David.
23:4 `This [is] the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, [are] for gatekeepers of the thresholds,
23:5 and the third [are] at the house of the king, and the third at the gate of the foundation, and all the people [are] in the courts of the house of YHWH.
23:6 `And none doth enter the house of YHWH except the priests, and those ministering of the Levites (they go in for they [are] holy), and all the people keep the watch of YHWH:
23:7 and the Levites have compassed the king round about, each with his weapon in his hand, and he who hath gone in unto the house is put to death; and be ye with the king in his coming in and in his going out.'
23:8 And the Levites and all Judah do according to all that Jehoiada the priest hath commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest hath not let away the courses.
23:9 And Jehoiada the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears, and the shields, and the bucklers that [are] king David's, that [are] in the house of God;
2 Chronicles 23:10 and he stationeth the whole of the people, and each his dart in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, at the altar, and at the house, by the king, round about.
23:11 And they bring out the son of the king, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and cause him to reign; and Jehoiada and his sons anoint him, and say, `Let the king live!'
23:12 And Athaliah heareth the voice of the people who are running, and who are praising the king, and she cometh in unto the people in the house of YHWH,
23:13 and seeth, and lo, the king is standing by his pillar in the entrance, and the heads, and the trumpets [are] by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and shouting with trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song, and the teachers, to praise, and Athaliah rendeth her garments, and saith, `Conspiracy, conspiracy.'
23:14 And Jehoiada the priest bringeth out the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Take her out from within the rows, and he who hath gone after her is put to death by the sword;' for the priest said, `Put her not to death [in] the house of YHWH.'
23:15 And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.
23:16 And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to YHWH;
23:17 and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.
23:18 And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of YHWH into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of YHWH, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of YHWH, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;
23:19 and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of YHWH, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.
2 Chronicles 23:20 And he taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the honourable ones, and the rulers among the people, and all the people of the land, and bringeth down the king from the house of YHWH, and they come in through the high gate to the house of the king, and cause the king to sit on the throne of the kingdom.
23:21 And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city hath been quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 24

2 Chronicles 24:1 A son of seven years [is] Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.
24:2 And Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of YHWH all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
24:3 And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
24:4 And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of YHWH,
24:5 and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, `Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.
24:6 And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, `Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of YHWH, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
24:7 for sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, all the holy things of the house of YHWH they have prepared for Baalim.'
24:8 And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of YHWH without,
24:9 and give an intimation in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to YHWH the tribute of Moses, servant of God, [laid] on Israel in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 24:10 And all the heads, and all the people rejoice, and they bring in, and cast into the chest, unto completion.
24:11 And it cometh to pass, at the time one bringeth in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money [is] abundant, that a scribe of the king hath come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they empty the chest, and take it up and turn it back unto its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather money in abundance.
24:12 And the king and Jehoiada give it unto the doers of the work of the service of the house of YHWH, and they are hiring hewers and artificers to renew the house of YHWH, and also -- to artificers in iron and brass to strengthen the house of YHWH.
24:13 And those doing the business work, and there goeth up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God, by its proper measure, and strengthen it.
24:14 And at their completing [it], they have brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the money, and they make it vessels for the house of YHWH, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of YHWH continually, all the days of Jehoiada.
24:15 And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth -- a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death,
24:16 and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house.
24:17 And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,
24:18 and they forsake the house of YHWH, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.
24:19 And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto YHWH, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;
2 Chronicles 24:20 and the Spirit of God hath clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he standeth over-against the people, and saith to them, `Thus said God, Why are ye transgressing the commands of YHWH, and prosper not? because ye have forsaken YHWH -- He doth forsake you.'
24:21 And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of YHWH,
24:22 and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `YHWH doth see, and require.'
24:23 And it cometh to pass, at the turn of the year, come up hath the force of Aram against him, and they come in unto Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and all their spoil they have sent to the king of Damascus,
24:24 for with few men have the force of Aram come in, and YHWH hath given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken YHWH, God of their fathers; and with Joash they have executed judgments.
24:25 And in their going from him -- for they left him with many diseases -- his servants themselves have conspired against him, for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dieth; and they bury him in the city of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings.
24:26 And these [are] those conspiring against him, Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
24:27 As to his sons, and the greatness of the burden upon him, and the foundation of the house of God, lo, they are written on the `Inquiry' of the book of the Kings; and reign doth Amaziah his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 25

2 Chronicles 25:1 A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,
25:2 and he doth that which is right in the eyes of YHWH -- only, not with a perfect heart.
25:3 And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,
25:4 and their sons he hath not put to death, but [did] as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom YHWH commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'
25:5 And Amaziah gathereth Judah, and appointeth them, according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands, and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspecteth them from a son of twenty years and upward, and findeth them three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and target.
25:6 And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;
25:7 and a man of God hath come in unto him, saying, `O king, the host of Israel doth not go with thee; for YHWH is not with Israel -- all the sons of Ephraim;
25:8 but if thou art going -- do [it], be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'
25:9 And Amaziah saith to the man of God, `And what -- to do for the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel?' And the man of God saith, `YHWH hath more to give to thee than this.'
2 Chronicles 25:10 And Amaziah separateth them -- for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place, and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah, and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger.
25:11 And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.
25:12 And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.
25:13 And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey.
25:14 And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume.
25:15 And the anger of YHWH burneth against Amaziah, and He sendeth unto him a prophet, and he saith unto him, `Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand?'
25:16 And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'
25:17 And Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel, and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
25:18 `Come, we look one another in the face.' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that [is] in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.
25:19 Thou hast said, Lo, I have smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast; now, abide in thy house, why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'
2 Chronicles 25:20 And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it [is] in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;
25:21 and go up doth Joash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah's,
25:22 and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee -- each to his tents.
25:23 And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh, and bringeth him in to Jerusalem, and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits,
25:24 and [taketh] all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.
25:25 And Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, liveth after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years;
25:26 and the rest of the matters of Amaziah, the first and the last, lo, are they not written on the books of the kings of Judah and Israel?
25:27 And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after YHWH -- they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,
25:28 and lift him up on the horses, and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 26

2 Chronicles 26:1 And all the people of Judah take Uzziah (and he [is] a son of sixteen years), and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah.
26:2 He hath built Eloth, and restoreth it to Judah after the king's lying with his fathers.
26:3 A son of sixteen years [is] Uzziah in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
26:4 And he doth that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Amaziah his father did,
26:5 and he is as one seeking God in the days of Zechariah who hath understanding in visions of God: and in the days of his seeking YHWH, God hath caused him to prosper.
26:6 And he goeth forth, and fighteth with the Philistines, and breaketh down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and buildeth cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
26:7 And God helpeth him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim.
26:8 And the Ammonites give a present to Uzziah, and his name goeth unto the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened himself greatly.
26:9 And Uzziah buildeth towers in Jerusalem, by the gate of the corner, and by the gate of the valley, and by the angle, and strengtheneth them;
2 Chronicles 26:10 and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.
26:11 And Uzziah hath a force, making war, going forth to the host, by troops, in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Masseiah the officer, by the hand of Hananiah [one] of the heads of the king.
26:12 The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour [is] two thousand and six hundred;
26:13 and by their hand [is] the force of the host, three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred warriors, with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy.
26:14 And Uzziah prepareth for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, even to stones of the slings.
26:15 And he maketh in Jerusalem inventions -- a device of an inventor -- to be on the towers, and on the corners, to shoot with arrows and with great stones, and his name goeth out unto a distance, for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong.
26:16 And at his being strong his heart hath been high unto destruction, and he trespasseth against YHWH his God, and goeth in unto the temple of YHWH to make perfume upon the altar of perfume.
26:17 And Azariah the priest goeth in after him, and with him priests of YHWH eighty, sons of valour,
26:18 and they stand up against Uzziah the king, and say to him, `Not for thee, O Uzziah, to make perfume to YHWH, but for priests, sons of Aaron, who are sanctified to make perfume; go forth from the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and [it is] not to thee for honour from YHWH God.'
26:19 And Uzziah is wroth, and in his hand [is] a censer to make perfume, and in his being wroth with the priests -- the leprosy hath risen in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of YHWH, from beside the altar of perfume.
2 Chronicles 26:20 And Azariah the head priest looketh unto him, and all the priests, and lo, he [is] leprous in his forehead, and they hasten him thence, and also he himself hath hastened to go out, for YHWH hath plagued him.
26:21 And Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death, and inhabiteth a separate house -- a leper, for he hath been cut off from the house of YHWH, and Jotham his son [is] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
26:22 And the rest of the matters of Uzziah, the first and the last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet written;
26:23 and Uzziah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the field of the burying-place that the kings have, for they said, `He [is] a leper;' and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 27

2 Chronicles 27:1 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
27:2 And he doth that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of YHWH; and again are the people doing corruptly.
27:3 He hath built the upper gate of the house of YHWH, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
27:4 and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.
27:5 And he hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him both in the second year, and in the third.
27:6 And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before YHWH his God.
27:7 And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
27:8 A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
27:9 and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 28

2 Chronicles 28:1 A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, as David his father,
28:2 and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim,
28:3 and himself hath made perfume in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burneth his sons with fire according to the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,
28:4 and sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.
28:5 And YHWH his God giveth him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they smite him, and take captive from him a great captivity, and bring [them] in to Damascus, and also into the hand of the king of Israel he hath been given, and he smiteth him -- a great smiting.
28:6 And Pekah son of Remaliah slayeth in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day (the whole [are] sons of valour), because of their forsaking YHWH, God of their fathers.
28:7 And Zichri, a mighty one of Ephraim, slayeth Maaseiah son of the king, and Azrikam leader of the house, and Elkanah second to the king.
28:8 And the sons of Israel take captive of their brethren, two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, and also much spoil they have seized from them, and they bring in the spoil to Samaria.
28:9 And there hath been there a prophet of YHWH (Oded [is] his name), and he goeth out before the host that hath come in to Samaria, and saith to them, `Lo, in the fury of YHWH God of your fathers against Judah, He hath given them into your hand, and ye slay among them in rage -- unto the heavens it hath come;
2 Chronicles 28:10 and now, sons of Judah and Jerusalem ye are saying to subdue for men-servants and for maid-servants to you; but are there not with you causes of guilt before YHWH your God?
28:11 and now, hear me, and send back the captives whom ye have taken captive of your brethren, for the heat of the anger of YHWH [is] upon you.'
28:12 And certain of the heads of the sons of Ephraim (Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai), rise up against those coming in from the host,
28:13 and say to them, `Ye do not bring in the captives hither, for, to guilt against YHWH on us, ye are saying to add unto our sin and unto our guilt? for abundant [is] the guilt we have, and the fierceness of anger on Israel.'
28:14 And the armed men leave the captives and the prey before the heads and all the assembly;
28:15 and the men who have been expressed by name rise and take hold on the captives, and all their naked ones they have clothed from the spoil, yea, they clothe them, and shoe them, and cause them to eat and drink, and anoint them, and lead them on asses, even every feeble one, and bring them in to Jericho, the city of palms, near their brethren, and turn back to Samaria.
28:16 At that time hath king Ahaz sent unto the king of Asshur to give help to him;
28:17 and again the Edomites have come, and smite in Judah, and take captive a captivity.
28:18 And the Philistines have rushed against the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and capture Beth-Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho and its villages, and Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages, and dwell there,
28:19 for YHWH hath humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made free with Judah, even to commit a trespass against YHWH.
2 Chronicles 28:20 And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,
28:21 though Ahaz hath taken a portion [out] of the house of YHWH, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and giveth to the king of Asshur, yet it is no help to him.
28:22 And in the time of his distress -- he addeth to trespass against YHWH, (this king Ahaz),
28:23 and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, `Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,' and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel.
28:24 And Ahaz gathereth the vessels of the house of God, and cutteth in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shutteth the doors of the house of YHWH, and maketh to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem.
28:25 And in every city and city of Judah he hath made high places to make perfume to other gods, and provoketh YHWH, God of his fathers.
28:26 And the rest of his matters, and all his ways, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
28:27 And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city, in Jerusalem, but have not brought him in to the graves of the kings of Israel, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 29

2 Chronicles 29:1 Hezekiah hath reigned -- a son of twenty and five years, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;
29:2 and he doth that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father did.
29:3 He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of YHWH, and strengtheneth them,
29:4 and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.
29:5 And he saith to them, `Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,
29:6 for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of YHWH our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of YHWH, and give the neck.
29:7 `Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,
29:8 and the wrath of YHWH is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.
29:9 And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this.
2 Chronicles 29:10 `Now -- with my heart -- to make a covenant before YHWH, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.
29:11 My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath YHWH fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'
29:12 And the Levites rise -- Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;
29:13 and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;
29:14 and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel --
29:15 and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of YHWH, to cleanse the house of YHWH,
29:16 and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of YHWH to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of YHWH to the court of the house of YHWH, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the brook Kidron without.
29:17 And they begin on the first of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of YHWH, and they sanctify the house of YHWH in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.
29:18 And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, `We have cleansed all the house of YHWH, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,
29:19 and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign -- in his trespass -- we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they [are] before the altar of YHWH.'
2 Chronicles 29:20 And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of YHWH;
29:21 and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of YHWH.
29:22 And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;
29:23 and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;
29:24 and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for `For all Israel,' said the king, `[is] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.'
29:25 And he appointeth the Levites in the house of YHWH with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of YHWH [is] the command, by the hand of His prophets;
29:26 and the Levites stand with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
29:27 And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began -- began the song of YHWH, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.
29:28 And all the assembly are doing obeisance, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] till the completion of the burnt-offering.
29:29 And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.
2 Chronicles 29:30 And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to YHWH in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.
29:31 And Hezekiah answereth and saith, `Now ye have filled your hand to YHWH, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of YHWH;' and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one -- burnt-offerings.
29:32 And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to YHWH [are] all these.
29:33 And the sanctified things [are] oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.
29:34 Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
29:35 And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of YHWH is established,
29:36 and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 30

2 Chronicles 30:1 And Hezekiah sendeth unto all Israel and Judah, and also letters he hath written unto Ephraim and Manasseh, to come in to the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, to make a passover to YHWH, God of Israel.
30:2 And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month,
30:3 for they have not been able to make it at that time, for the priests have not sanctified themselves sufficiently, and the people have not been gathered to Jerusalem.
30:4 And the thing is right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of all the assembly,
30:5 and they establish the thing, to cause to pass over an intimation into all Israel, from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, to come in to make a passover to YHWH, God of Israel, in Jerusalem, for not for a long time had they done as it is written.
30:6 And the runners go with letters from the hand of the king and his heads, into all Israel and Judah, even according to the command of the king, saying, `O sons of Israel, turn back unto YHWH, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He doth turn back unto the escaped part that is left of you from the hand of the kings of Asshur;
30:7 and do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against YHWH, God of their fathers, and He giveth them to desolation, as ye do see.
30:8 `Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to YHWH, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve YHWH your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;
30:9 for in your turning back unto YHWH, your brethren and your sons have mercies before their captors, even to return to this land, for gracious and merciful [is] YHWH your God, and He doth not turn aside the face from you, if ye turn back unto Him.'
2 Chronicles 30:10 And the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them,
30:11 only, certain from Asher, and Manasseh, and from Zebulun, have been humbled, and come in to Jerusalem.
30:12 Also, in Judah hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of YHWH;
30:13 and much people are gathered to Jerusalem, to make the feast of unleavened things in the second month -- a mighty assembly for multitude.
30:14 And they arise and turn aside the altars that [are] in Jerusalem, and all the perfume altars they have turned aside, and cast [them] to the brook Kidron;
30:15 and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the second month, and the priests and the Levites have been ashamed, and sanctify themselves, and bring in burnt-offerings to the house of YHWH.
30:16 And they stand on their station according to their ordinance; according to the law of Moses the man of God the priests are sprinkling the blood out of the hand of the Levites,
30:17 for many [are] in the assembly who have not sanctified themselves, and the Levites [are] over the slaughtering of the passover-offerings for every one not clean, to sanctify [him] to YHWH:
30:18 for a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, have not been cleansed, but have eaten the passover otherwise than it is written; but Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, `YHWH, who [is] good, doth receive atonement for every one
30:19 who hath prepared his heart to seek God -- YHWH, God of his fathers -- yet not according to the cleansing of the sanctuary;'
2 Chronicles 30:20 and YHWH hearkeneth unto Hezekiah, and healeth the people.
30:21 And the sons of Israel, those found in Jerusalem, make the feast of unleavened things seven days with great joy; and giving praise to YHWH day by day are the Levites and the priests, with instruments of praise before YHWH.
30:22 And Hezekiah speaketh unto the heart of all the Levites, those giving good understanding concerning YHWH, and they eat the appointed thing seven days; sacrificing sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to YHWH, God of their fathers.
30:23 And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days [with] joy;
30:24 for Hezekiah king of Judah hath presented to the assembly a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep; and the heads have presented to the assembly bullocks a thousand, and sheep ten thousand; and priests sanctify themselves in abundance.
30:25 And all the assembly of Judah rejoice, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the assembly, those coming in from Israel, and the sojourners, those coming in from the land of Israel, and those dwelling in Judah,
30:26 and there is great joy in Jerusalem; for from the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there is not like this in Jerusalem,
30:27 and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 31

2 Chronicles 31:1 And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.
31:2 And Hezekiah appointeth the courses of the priests, and of the Levites, by their courses, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of YHWH.
31:3 And a portion of the king, from his substance, [is] for burnt-offerings, for burnt-offerings of the morning, and of the evening, and the burnt-offerings of sabbaths, and of new moons, and of appointed seasons, as it is written in the law of YHWH.
31:4 And he saith to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests, and of the Levites, so that they are strengthened in the law of YHWH;
31:5 and at the spreading forth of the thing have the sons of Israel multiplied the first-fruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field, and the tithe of the whole in abundance they have brought in.
31:6 And the sons of Israel and Judah, those dwelling in cities of Judah, they also a tithe of herd and flock, and a tithe of the holy things that are sanctified to YHWH their God, have brought in, and they give -- heaps, heaps;
31:7 in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished.
31:8 And Hezekiah and the heads come in and see the heaps, and bless YHWH and His people Israel,
31:9 and Hezekiah inquireth at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps,
2 Chronicles 31:10 and Azariah the head priest, of the house of Zadok, speaketh unto him, and saith, `From the beginning of the bringing of the heave-offering to the house of YHWH, [there is] to eat, and to be satisfied, and to leave abundantly, for YHWH hath blessed His people, and that left [is] this store.'
31:11 And Hezekiah saith to prepare chambers in the house of YHWH, and they prepare,
31:12 and they bring in the heave-offering, and the tithe, and the holy things faithfully; and over them is a leader, Conaniah the Levite, and Shimei his brother [is] second;
31:13 and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [are] inspectors under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah leader of the house of God.
31:14 And Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, [is] over the willing-offerings of God, to give the heave-offering of YHWH, and the most holy things.
31:15 And by his hand [are] Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brethren in courses, as the great so the small,
31:16 apart from their genealogy, to males from a son of three years and upward, to every one who hath gone in to the house of YHWH, by the matter of a day in its day, for their service in their charges, according to their courses;
31:17 and the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites, from a son of twenty years and upward, in their charges, in their courses;
31:18 and to the genealogy among all their infants, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters to all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctify themselves in holiness.
31:19 And to sons of Aaron, the priests, in the fields of the suburb of their cities, in every city and city, [are] men who have been defined by name, to give portions to every male among the priests, and to every one who reckoned himself by genealogy among the Levites.
2 Chronicles 31:20 And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before YHWH his God;
31:21 and in every work that he hath begun for the service of the house of God, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his God, with all his heart he hath wrought and prospered.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 32

2 Chronicles 32:1 After these things and this truth, come hath Sennacherib king of Asshur, yea, he cometh in to Judah, and encampeth against the cities of the bulwarks, and saith to rend them unto himself.
32:2 And Hezekiah seeth that Sennacherib hath come, and his face [is] to the battle against Jerusalem,
32:3 and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that [are] at the outside of the city -- and they help him,
32:4 and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, `Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?'
32:5 And he strengtheneth himself, and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken, and causeth [it] to ascend unto the towers, and at the outside of the wall another, and strengtheneth Millo, [in] the city of David, and maketh darts in abundance, and shields.
32:6 And he putteth heads of war over the people, and gathereth them unto him, unto the broad place of a gate of the city, and speaketh unto their heart, saying,
32:7 `Be strong and courageous, be not afraid, nor be cast down from the face of the king of Asshur, and from the face of all the multitude that [is] with him, for with us [are] more than with him.
32:8 With him [is] an arm of flesh, and with us [is] YHWH our God, to help us, and to fight our battles;' and the people are supported by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
32:9 After this hath Sennacherib king of Asshur sent his servants to Jerusalem -- and he [is] by Lachish, and all his power with him -- against Hezekiah king of Judah, and against all Judah, who [are] in Jerusalem, saying,
2 Chronicles 32:10 `Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur, On what are ye trusting and abiding in the bulwark, in Jerusalem?
32:11 `Is not Hezekiah persuading you, to give you up to die by famine, and by thirst, saying, YHWH our God doth deliver us from the hand of the king of Asshur?
32:12 Hath not Hezekiah himself turned aside His high places, and His altars, and speaketh to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar ye bow yourselves, and on it ye make perfume?
32:13 `Do ye not know what I have done -- I and my fathers -- to all peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand?
32:14 Who among all the gods of these nations whom my fathers have devoted to destruction [is] he who hath been able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God is able to deliver you out of my hand?
32:15 `And, now, let not Hezekiah lift you up, nor persuade you thus, nor give credence to him, for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers: also, surely your God doth not deliver you from my hand!'
32:16 And again have his servants spoken against YHWH God, and against Hezekiah His servant,
32:17 and letters he hath written to give reproach to YHWH, God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, `As the gods of the nations of the lands that have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah doth not deliver His people from my hand.'
32:18 And they call with a great voice [in] Jewish, against the people of Jerusalem who [are] on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them, that they may capture the city,
32:19 and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.
2 Chronicles 32:20 And Hezekiah the king prayeth, and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, concerning this, and they cry to the heavens,
32:21 and YHWH sendeth a messenger, and cutteth off every mighty one of valour -- both leader and head -- in the camp of the king of Asshur, and he turneth back with shame of face to his land, and entereth the house of his god, and those coming out of his bowels have caused him to fall there by the sword.
32:22 And YHWH saveth Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Asshur, and from the hand of all, and He leadeth them round about;
32:23 and many are bringing in an offering to YHWH, to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, and he is lifted up before the eyes of all the nations after this.
32:24 In those days hath Hezekiah been sick even unto death, and he prayeth unto YHWH, and He speaketh to him, and a wonder hath appointed for him;
32:25 and Hezekiah hath not returned according to the deed [done] unto him, for his heart hath been lofty, and there is wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem;
32:26 and Hezekiah is humbled for the loftiness of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the wrath of YHWH hath not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
32:27 And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much, and treasures he hath made to himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all [kinds] of desirable vessels,
32:28 and storehouses for the increase of corn, and new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and herds for stalls;
32:29 and cities he hath made for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God hath given to him very much substance.
2 Chronicles 32:30 And Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work;
32:31 and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,
32:32 And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and his kind acts, lo, they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
32:33 And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the uppermost of the graves of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have done honour to him at his death, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 33

2 Chronicles 33:1 A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
33:2 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH, like the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,
33:3 and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.
33:4 And he hath built altars in the house of YHWH of which YHWH had said, `In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'
33:5 And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of YHWH.
33:6 And he hath caused his sons to pass over through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and observed clouds and used enchantments and witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and a wizard; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH, to provoke him to anger.
33:7 And he placeth the graven image of the idol that he made in the house of God, of which God said unto David, and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name to the age,
33:8 and I add not to turn aside the foot of Israel from off the ground that I appointed to your fathers, only, if they watch to do all that I have commanded them -- to all the law, and the statutes, and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.'
33:9 And Manasseh maketh Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, to do evil above the nations that YHWH destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:10 And YHWH speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,
33:11 and YHWH bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon.
33:12 And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of YHWH his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,
33:13 and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that YHWH -- He [is] God.
33:14 And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.
33:15 And he turneth aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of YHWH, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of YHWH and in Jerusalem, and casteth [them] to the outside of the city.
33:16 And he buildeth the altar of YHWH, and sacrificeth upon it sacrifices of peace-offerings and thank-offering, and saith to Judah to serve YHWH, God of Israel;
33:17 but still the people are sacrificing in high places, only -- to YHWH their God.
33:18 And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the matters of the seers, those speaking unto him in the name of YHWH, God of Israel, lo, they are [on the book of] the matters of the kings of Israel;
33:19 and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.
2 Chronicles 33:20 And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in his own house, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead.
33:21 A son of twenty and two years [is] Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
33:22 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH, as did Manasseh his father, and to all the graven images that Manasseh his father had made hath Amon sacrificed, and serveth them,
33:23 and hath not been humbled before YHWH, like the humbling of Manasseh his father, for Amon himself hath multiplied guilt.
33:24 And his servants conspire against him, and put him to death in his own house,
33:25 and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 34

2 Chronicles 34:1 A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
34:2 and he doth that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, and walketh in the ways of David his father, and hath not turned aside -- right or left.
34:3 And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.
34:4 And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that [are] on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,
34:5 and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,
34:6 and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.
34:7 And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
34:8 And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of YHWH his God.
34:9 And they come in unto Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought in to the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 34:10 and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of YHWH, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of YHWH, to repair and to strengthen the house;
34:11 and they give [it] to artificers, and to builders, to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams to the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.
34:12 And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song,
34:13 and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of every one doing work for service and service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
34:14 And in their bringing out the money that is brought in to the house of YHWH, hath Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of YHWH by the hand of Moses,
34:15 and Hilkiah answereth and saith unto Shaphan the scribe, `A book of the law I have found in the house of YHWH;' and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan,
34:16 and Shaphan bringeth in the book unto the king, and bringeth the king back word again, saying, `All that hath been given into the hand of thy servants they are doing,
34:17 and they pour out the money that is found in the house of YHWH, and give it into the hand of those appointed, and into the hands of those doing the work.'
34:18 And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth in it before the king.
34:19 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,
2 Chronicles 34:20 and the king commandeth Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,
34:21 `Go, seek YHWH for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great [is] the fury of YHWH that is poured on us, because that our fathers kept not the word of YHWH, to do according to all that is written on this book.'
34:22 And Hilkiah goeth, and they of the king, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second, and they speak unto her thus.
34:23 And she saith to them, `Thus said YHWH, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me,
34:24 Thus said YHWH, Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the book that they read before the king of Judah;
34:25 because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched.
34:26 `And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of YHWH, thus do ye say unto him: Thus said YHWH God of Israel, whose words thou hast heard:
34:27 Because thy heart [is] tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard -- the affirmation of YHWH.
34:28 Lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy graves in peace, and thine eyes do not look on all the evil that I am bringing upon this place, and upon its inhabitants;' and they bring the king back word.
34:29 And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 34:30 and the king goeth up to the house of YHWH, and every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even unto small, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of YHWH.
34:31 And the king standeth on his station, and maketh the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this book.
34:32 And he presenteth every one who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
34:33 And Josiah turneth aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causeth every one who is found in Israel to serve, to serve YHWH their God; all his days they turned not aside from after YHWH, God of their fathers.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 35

2 Chronicles 35:1 And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to YHWH, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,
35:2 and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of YHWH,
35:3 and saith to the Levites -- who are teaching all Israel -- who are sanctified to YHWH, `Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David king of Israel built; it is not to you a burden on the shoulder. `Now, serve YHWH your God, and His people Israel,
35:4 and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son,
35:5 and stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites,
35:6 and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Moses.'
35:7 And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these [are] from the substance of the king.
35:8 And his heads, for a willing-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites, have lifted up; Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders in the house of God, to the priests have given for passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred, and oxen three hundred;
35:9 and Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred.
2 Chronicles 35:10 And the service is prepared, and the priests stand on their station, and the Levites on their courses, according to the command of the king,
35:11 and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;
35:12 and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to YHWH, as it is written in the book of Moses -- and so to the oxen.
35:13 And they cook the passover with fire, according to the ordinance, and the sanctified things they have cooked in pots, and in kettles, and in pans -- for all the sons of the people.
35:14 And afterward they have prepared for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests, sons of Aaron, [are] in the offering up of the burnt-offering and of the fat till night; and the Levites have prepared for themselves, and for the priests, sons of Aaron.
35:15 And the singers, sons of Asaph, [are] on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers [are] at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them.
35:16 And all the service of YHWH is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of YHWH, according to the command of king Josiah.
35:17 And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.
35:18 And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.
2 Chronicles 35:20 After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;
35:21 and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who [is] with me, and He doth not destroy thee.'
35:22 And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;
35:23 and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, `Remove me, for I have become very sick.'
35:24 And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,
35:25 and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.
35:26 And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of YHWH,
35:27 even his matters, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 36

2 Chronicles 36:1 And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
36:2 A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
36:3 and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold;
36:4 and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt.
36:5 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH his God;
36:6 against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon.
36:7 And of the vessels of the house of YHWH hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon.
36:8 And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he hath done, and that which is found against him, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and reign doth Jehoiachin his son in his stead.
36:9 A son of eight years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH;
2 Chronicles 36:10 and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of YHWH, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem.
36:11 A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
36:12 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH his God, he hath not been humbled before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of YHWH;
36:13 and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto YHWH, God of Israel.
36:14 Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of YHWH that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem.
36:15 And YHWH, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,
36:16 and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of YHWH against His people -- till there is no healing.
36:17 And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand.
36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the king and of his princes -- the whole he hath brought in to Babylon.
36:19 And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.
2 Chronicles 36:20 And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia,
36:21 to fulfil the word of YHWH in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years.
36:22 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of YHWH in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath YHWH waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
36:23 `Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath YHWH, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah; who is among you of all His people? YHWH his God [is] with him, and he doth go up.'

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