II. Kines XV. 34.

not all his days from the_sins_of Jero-| B.C. about boam the_son_of Nebat, who made ~Is- 772. raél to_sin. ey
And Pul the_king_of Assyria came) Put, Kine against the land : and Menahem gave} °F ASS¥RIA. Pul a thousand talents_of silver, that 7. his hand might_be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
22 And Menahem exacted -the_ smoney _of Israél, even of all the_|s. silver. mighty_men_of xwealth, of each ‘man ji. ish. fifty shekels_of silver, to give to the_
King_of Assyria. So the king_of As- syria turned_back, and stayed not there in-the land. |
21 And the_rest_of the_acts_of Mena-| DEATH oF | hem, and all that he did, ave they not) MENAHEM. | written in the_book_of the chronicles of the_kings_of Israél ?
2 And Menahem slept’ with his fathers ; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. ST
2 In the fiftieth year of « Azariah| REIGN oF king_of Judah p Pekahiah the_son_of| PEXAHIAH Menahem began_to_reign overIsraélin| Qvtpy, Samaria, and reigned two_years. B.C. 761.
24 And he did that which was evil) y, or Uzziah. in the_sight_of / the Lorp: he departed | p. Pa not from the_sins_of Jeroboam the_ Grex 0 son_of Nebat, who made
> But pe Pekah the_son_of Remaliah, 759.
a skcaptain_of his, conspired against) ve. Pekah, him, and smote him in Samaria, in the_| OPen-eyed. tpalace_of the king’s house, with -Argob mpeg and *Arieh, and with him fifty ‘men_of} ofthree. the Gileadites: and he killed him, and_| ¢. tower. reigned in his room.
26 And the_rest_of the_acts_of Peka- hiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the_book_of the chroni- cles of the_kings_of Israél.
7 In the two and fiftieth year of| PrKan’s « Azariah king_of Judah Pekah the_| REIGNovER son_of Remaliah began_to_reign over, 'S*4=% Israél in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28 And he did that which was xevil in the_sight_of !the Lorn : he departed not from the_sins_of Jeroboam the_ son_of Nebat, who made -Israél to_sin.
2 In the_days_of Pekah king_of Is- 740. raél came ‘Tiglath-pileser king_of|29.1 Chr. 5. Assyria, and took -Ijon, and ~Abel-beth-} 26. 1sa-9.1 maachah, and -Janoah, and -Kedesh,| ,tislath- and -Hazor, and %Gilead, and xGalilee,| Lord_of the all the_land_of Naphtali, and carried_} Tigris. them_captive to Assyria.
30 And hHoshea the_son_of Elah 739. made_a_conspiracy against Pekah the_|p. Hoshea, son_of Remaliah, and smote him, and| Salvation. slew him, and reigned in his stead, in
the twentieth year of Jotham the_son_ of « Uzziah. 31 And the_rest_of the_acts_of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the_book_of the chronicles of the_kings_of Israel. 32 In the_second year_of Pekah the_| JoTHam’s son_of Remaliah king_of Israél began | REIGN ovER jJotham the_son_of Uzziah king_of| JUPA#-
Judzh to_reign. 8. 33 Vive and twenty years old was he ee
when he began_to_reign, and he reigned | j. Jotham,
sixteen years in Jerusalem. his| Jehovah is
mother’s name was JeJerusha, the_| ,2?yehh
daughter_of Zadok. Possession. 3 And he did that which was xright | 34. v. 3.
Il. Kines XV?35.
B.C.758.
a. or Aza- riah,
J. Jehovah.
ACTS AND DEATH OF JOTHAM.
36-38, 2 CHR. 27. 7-9. about 742.
37. Isa. vil. 1.
Possessor. J.G. Jeho-
yah his
Elohim.
n. nations.
Ss. SONS.
REZIN AND
e. or Edomites. AHAZSENDS TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA. 7-9. 2 CHR.
28. 16-21. 740.
9. Foretold, Amos 1. 5.
THE ALTAR
DAMASCUS. 30-16. 2 CHR. 2a, 2 2.
wu, Urijal
Light_of Jehovah. 7. likeness.
16
in the_sight_of ‘the Lorn: he did ac- cording_to all that his father « Uzziah had_done.
35 Howbeit the high_places were not removed: the people «sacrificed and 4burned_incense stillin the high_places. He built the higher -gate of the_house_ of J the Lorn.
36 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Jo- tham, and all that he did, ave thep not written in the_book_of the chronicles of the_kings_of Judah ?
37In xthose xdays ‘the Lorp began to send against Judah Rezin the_king_ of Syria, and -Pekah the_son_of Re- maliah.
38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was_buried with his fathers in the_ city_of David his father : and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead,
IN the seventeenth year of Pekah
the_son_of Remaliah « Ahaz the_ son_of Jotham king_of Judah began_ to_reign.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began_to_reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was xright in the_sight_of / the Lorp his =God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the_way_of the_ kings_of Israél, yea, and made his -son to_pass through the fire, according_to the_abominations_of the »=heathen, tuhom ! the Lorp cast_out from before the_s children_of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt_incense in the high_places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
> Then Rezin king_of Syria and Pekah son_of Remaliah king_of Israél came_ up to Jerusalem to xwar: and they be- acess Ahaz, but could not overcome
im.
6 At xthat xtime Rezin king_of Syria recovered -Elath to Syria, and drave «the Jews from Elath : and the eSyrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto xthis xday.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath- pileser king_of Assyria, saying, “E am thy servant and thy son: come_up, and ssave me out_of the_hand_of the_king_ of Syria, and out_of the_hand_of the_ king_of Israél, which +rise_up against me.”
8 And Ahaz took -the silver and xgold that was_found in the_house_of ‘the Lord, and in the_treasures_of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the_king_of Assyria.
® And the_king_of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the_king_of Assyria went_up against Damascus, and took it, and carried_the_people_of_it_captive to Kir, and slew -Rezin.
10 And xking Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king_of Assyria, and saw an *altar that was at Damas- cus: and xking Ahaz sent to « Urijah the priest -the_!fashion_of the altar, and -the_pattern_of it, according_to all the_workmanship thereof.
1 And Urijah the priest built an xaltar according_to all that xking Ahaz had_sent from Damascus: so Urijah
the priest made it against xking Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 And when the king was_come from Damascus, the king saw rthe altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered « thereon. i Bs,
18 And he ‘burnt his «-burnt_offer-|*; ing and his g -meat_offering, and poured his «drink offering, and sprinkled -the_ Binds his xpeace_offerings, upon the altar.
14 And he brought also the brazen Xaltar, which was before Jthe Lorp,| 1 from «the_forefront_of the house, from between the altar and the_house_of ‘the Lorp, and put it on the_north side_of the altar.
15 And xking Ahaz commanded -Uri- jah the priest, saying, “Upon the great xaltar ‘burn the morning « -burnt_offer- ing, and the evening /-meat_offering, and the king’s «+burnt-_sacrifice, and his g -meat_offering, with ~the_« burnt_ offering_of all the_people_of the land, and their ¢meat_offering, and their drink_offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the_blood_of the «burnt_offering, and all the_blood_of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall_be for me to in- quire by.
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, accord- ing_to all that xking Ahaz commanded.
i7 And xking Ahaz cut_off -the bor- ders_of the bases, and removed +the laver from off them; and took_down -the sea from off the brazen xoxen that were under it, and put it upon a pave- ment_of stones.
18 And -the ccoyert for the sabbath | that they had_built in the house, and the king’s -entry xwithout, turned he from the_house_of 4 the Lorp for the_ king_of Assyria.
12 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Ahaz which he did, ave they not written in the_book_of the chronicles of the_kings_ of Judah?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was_buried with his fathers in the_ city_of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
17 IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king_ of Judah began ’ Hoshea the_
son_of Elah to_reign in Samaria over
Israél nine years. 2 And he did that which was xevil
in the_sight_of ‘the Lorp, but not as} Sal
Hie “Rines de Israél that were before|%- im.
3 Against him came_up Shalmaneser king_of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him -presents.
4 And the_king_of Assyria found con- spiracy in Hoshea: for he had_sent messengers to So king_of Egypt, and brought no present to the_king_of As- aes as he had done year by year: therefore the_king_of Assyria shut_ him_up, and bound him in prison.
> Then the_king_of Assyria came_up throughout all the land, and went_up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the_ king_of Assyria took -Samaria, and carried «Israél away into Assyria, and
BC. 721.
8, sons. J. Jehovah.
n. nations.
i
JUDAH'S
Il. Krves XVII. 7.
laced them in xHalah and in Habor y the_river_of Gozan, and in the_ cities_of the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the_s children_of Tsraél had_sinned against /the Lorp their =God, which had_brought them up out_of the_land_of Egypt, from under the_hand_of Pharaoh king_of Egypt, and had_feared other gods,
8 And walked in the_statutes_of the n=heathen, whom ‘the Lorp cast_out from before the_schildren_of Israél, and of the_kings_of Israél, which they had_made.
% And the_schildren_of Israél did_ secretly those things that were not right against Jthe Lorp their =God, and they built them high_places in all their cities, from the_tower_of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 And they set_them_up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
1 And there they burnt_incense in all the high_places, as did the »=hea- then whom ‘the Lorp carried_away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke ! «the Lorp to_anger :
12 For they served ¢xidols, whereof ‘the Lorp had_said unto them, “Ye shall not do xthis *thing.”
13 Yet ‘the Lorp testified against Israél, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, “Turn ye from your xevil ways, and ‘keep My commandments and My sta- tutes, according_to all the law which I commanded your -fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the pro- phets.”
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the_neck_of their fathers, that did not believe in J the Lorp their =God.
15 And they rejected His -statutes, and His -covenant that He cmade with
*|their fathers, and His testimonies
which He testified against them; and they followed. xvanity, and became_ vain, and went_after the »=heathen that weve round_about them, concern- ing whom ‘the Lorp had _charged them, that they should not do like
em.
16 And they left -all the.command- ments_of /the Lorp their =God, and made them molten_images, even two calves, and made a grove, and wor- shipped all the_host_of ¢x-heaven, and served *Baal.
7 And they caused their -sons and their -daughters to_pass through the fire, and used divination and enchant- ments, and sold_themselves to do xevil in the_sight_of J the Lorp, to provoke_ Him_to_anger.
18 Therefore J the Lorp was very an- gry with Israél, and removed them out_of His sight: there was none left but the_tribe_of Judah only.
1 Also Judah kept not -the_com- mandments_of Jthe Lorp their =God. but walked in the-_statutes_of Israel which they made.
20 And ‘the Lorp rejected all the_