33 Now the men did diligently B. C. 900. observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily w 2Ki. 10.15. catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ve, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up w into the chariot. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, ch.15.20. y Is.8.12. z 2Ki.2.3,5, &c. A Ahab is grieved. ND it came to pass after these things,that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give a me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better The cities which my father took a ch. 13. 17,18. vineyard than it; or, if it seem from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt inake streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then, said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant y with him, and sent him away. b Jer.27.2. e ch.13.24. 14 smiting d 2Sa. 14.2. 35 And a certain man of the sons z of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word a of the LORD, Smite b me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. f 2Ki.10.24. 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the 15 weigh. Voice of the LORD, behold, as soon 16 was not. as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he 5 2Sa.12.5-7. was departed from him, a lion ch Job 15.6. found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, 14 so that in smiting he wounded him. Mat.21.41 43. Lu. 19.22. ch.22.31-37. 38 So the prophet departed, and k ch.21.4. waited for the king by the way, and d disguised himself with ashes upon his face. a Sa.8.14. 1 be good in good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that b I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house c heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why d is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: He will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 39 And as the king passed by, he (CHAP. 21.) him, Dost thou now govern the cried unto the king: and he said, e Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: iff by any means he be missmg, then shall thy life be for his Life, or else thou shalt 15 pay a talent of silver. Nu.36.7. c Job 5.2. 40 And as thy servant was busy! here and there, he 16 was gone. d Ne.2.2. And the king of Israel said unto e Mi.2.1,2. tam, Sog shall thy judgment be; inyself h hast decided it. 1 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the King of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. f 2Sa. 11.14, 2 15. Es.3. 12,13. in the top Lev.24.15, 42 And he said unto him, Thus CHAPTER XXI. 16. i Lev.24.14. 8 Sof she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saving, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth 2 on high among the people: 10 And set two men, sous g of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme h God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone? him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had scut unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, k and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him and the men of Belial wit Naboth murdered. 1 KINGS, XXII. B. C. 897. nessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme 1 Ex.20.16. God and the king. Then m they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. Ps. 27.12. m 2Ki.9.26. Ec.4.1. Ac.7.57-59. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 T And it came to pass, when n Pr. 1.10-16. Jezebel heard that Naboth was 4.17. stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel o Ps.9.12. said to Ahab, Arise, taken posses-p ch.13.32. sion of the vineyard of Naboth the 2Ch.22.9. Jezreelite, which he refused to give q ch.22.38. thee for money: for Naboth is not Ps.7.16. alive, but dead. Mat.7.2. 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. r ch. 18. 17. $ ver.25. 2Ki. 17.17. Is.50.1. 52.3. Rom.7.14. Ex.20.5,6. 17 And o the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, t ch.14.10. 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which p is in Samaria behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 2Ki.9.8. v ch.15.29. w ch. 16.3,11. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, x2K1.9.36,37. saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast 3 or, ditch. thou killed, and also taken posses-y ver.20. sion? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Ing the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. ch. 16.30,31. 4 or, incited. Jos.23.12, 13. Ec.7.26. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast r thou found me, O mnine enemy? And he answered, I have found a Ge. 15. 16. thee: because thou hast sold s thy- 2Ki.21.11. self to work evil in the sight of the b Joel.2.12, LORD. e Is.66.2. 13. 21 Behold, It will bring evil upon e Jon.3.6-10. thee, and will take away thy pos-d Ex.10.3. terity, and will u cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam v the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha w the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel x also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the 3 wall of Jezreel. 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the] fowls of the air eat. 2.20.19. g 2K1.9.25. (CHAP. 22.) a 2Ch. 18.2, &c. b Deut.4.43. Jes.20.8. silent from taking it. c Pr. 1.10. 2Cor.6.14. d 2Ki.3.7. e Pr.3.6. Jer.21.2. f ch. 18. 19. 25 Buty there was none like untog Jer.5.31. Ahab, which did sell himself to h 2K1.3.11. work wickedness in the sight of i Ps.34.21. the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife 2 or, eunuch, 4 stirred up.z 3 floor. 26 And he did very abominably in! False prophets following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, a whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that b he rent his clothes, and put c sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying. 29 Seest thou how Ahabd hum bleth himself before me? Because he humbleth himself before me.! will not bring the evil in his days: but in g his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. CHAPTER XXII. Ahab, seduced by false prophets, v slin at Ramoth-gilead, AND they continued three year without war between Syria at Israel. 2 And a it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that R moth b in Gilead is ours, and we 1 still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle t Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshapha said to the king of Israel, Id am thou art, my people as thy people my horses as thy horses. 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto h king of Israel, Inquire, e I pray thre at the word of the LORD to-day 6 Then the king of Israel gathere the prophets f together, about to hundred men, and said unto the Shall I go against Ramoth-gilea battle, or shall I forbear? An they said, Go up; for the LORD deliver it into the hand of the k 7 And Jehoshaphat said. Iste not here a prophet of the Loga sides, that we might inquire of 8 And the king of Israel sail Jehoshaphat, There is yet one a (Micaiali the son of Luniah.) whom we may inquire of the Ice but I hate him; for he do prophesy good concerning m evil. And Jehoshaphat sau. not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called 2 officer, and said, Hasten Micaiah the son of Imlah 10 And the king of Israel and hoshaphat the king of Juda. each on his throne, having p their robes, in a 3 void place t entrance of the gate of Surr and all the prophets propte before them 11 And Zedekiah the son of Che-| naanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. B. C. 897. Eze. 13.6-9. Mi.3. 11. l Job 9.4. 24.13. 12 And k all the prophets prophe-m Is.30.10. sied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-n Nu.22.38. gilead, and prosper: l for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.m o Zec. 13.7. Mat.9.36. p Is.6.1-3. Dan.7.9,10. q Job 1.6. 4 Ps. 103.21. Job 12.16. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD Ereth, what n the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. 15 So he came to the king. or, deceive. And the king said unto him, Mi-r Ju.9.23. cah, shall we go against Ramothlead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel o scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? s Mat.26.68. Ahab is slain. 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote s Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go 5 into 6 an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, u and with water of affliction, until 1 come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, Ifv thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, w Hearken,O people, every one of you. 29 So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel r disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, 6 a chamber Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. in a cham ber, t Jer.38.6. u Acts 5.18. Deut. 16.3. De. 18.20, 22. 19 And he said, Hear thou there- 20 And the LORD said, Who shall And the LORD said unto him, Waerewith? And he said, I will forth, and I will be a lying spirit the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade A, and prevail also: go forth, and 80. 43. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And y they turned aside to fight against himi: and Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a certain man drew a bow 8 at a venture, and smote the king 7 or, when he was to dis-of Israel between the joints 9 of the guise him- harness: wherefore he said unto self. the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am 10 wounded. 23 Now, therefore, behold, the 12 bosom. 13 came. 35 And the battle 11 increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the 12 midst of the chariot. 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Everyz man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 So the king died, and 13 was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 And one washed the chariot in Jehoshaphat's good reign. 2 KINGS, I. B. C. 897. the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the a ch.21.19. word of the LORD which he spake.ab Am.3.15. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory b house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of chroni-e cles of the kings of Israel? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 41 And c Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mo c 2Ch.20.31, &c. d 2Ch. 17.3. ch.14.23. 15.14. 2Ki. 12.3. ƒ 2Ki.8.18. 2Ch. 19.2. 2Cor.6.14. g ch.14.24. 15.12. h Ge.25.23. 250.8.14, 2Ki.3.9. 8.20. ther's name was Azubah, the daugh- 13 or, had ten ships. ter of Shilhi. i 2Ch.20.35, &c. 43 And d he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: k ch.10.22. nevertheless the high places e were ch.9.26. not taken away; for the people of-m 2Ch.21.1. fered and burnt incense yet in the high places. n ver. 40. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace foch. 16.30, with the king of Israel. &c. 45 Now the rest of the acts of Je-p ch. 12.28-33. hoshaphat, and his might that heq Ju.2.11. showed, and how he warred, are T Ahaziah's wicked reign. they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 46 And the remnant of the g sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king hin Edom: a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat 13 made ships i of Tharshish k to go to Ophir for goid: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber./ 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships but Jehoshaphat would not. 50 T And m Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. began to reign over Israel in Sama 51 Ahaziah n the son of Ahab ria the seventeenth vear of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way o of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam p the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 53 For he served Baal, q and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. The Second Book of the KINGS, commonly called CHAPTER I. IKI.14.3. | B. C. 896. Elijah bringeth fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to appre- a ch.3.5. hend him. 2sam.8.2. THEN Moab rebelled a against b 1Sam.5.10. Israel after the death of Ahab. c ch.8.9,10.. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of b Ekron, whether I shall recover c of this disease. 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is t not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub d the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus saith the LORD, 1 Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 5 T And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus e saith the LORD, IS it not because there is not a God in Israel that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore f thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou down from art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, 2 What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these 8 And they answered him, Heg was an hairy man, and girt with a gir dle of leather about his loms. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And The went up to him: (and, behold. Death of Ahaziah. And 2 KINGS, II. h Nu. 16.35. he sat on the top of an hill.) 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said Dan.3.25. k ch.2.24. 3 bowed. l Is.66.2. Elijah taken up to heaven. Elijah went with b Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As c the LORD liveth, and as d thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 3 And the sons e of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. unto them, If I be a man of God, let m 1Sa.26.21.4 And Elijah said unto him, Eli Ps.72.14. fire come down from heaven, and 13 And he sent again a captain o ver.6. sha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the of the third fifty with his fifty. And 4 The second that were at Jericho came to Eli the third captain of fifty went up, and came and 3 fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, 1 pray thee, let my life, and the hfe of these fifty thy servants, be precious m in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came n fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. year that sha, and said unto him, Knowest rex, and the (CHAP. 2.) a Ge.5.24. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: beb 1Ki.19.21. not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the c Jer.4.2. king. d ver. 4,6. ch.4.30. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch o as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, (is it not because there is no e God in Israel to inquire of his word?) therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely 1 in sight, die. ch.4.1,38. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood 1 to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 8 And Elijah took his mantle, f and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and g they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when ver,5.7,15. they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let h a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 9.1. IKI.20.35. or, over 17 So he died, according to the word of the LORD, which Elijah had spoken. And 4 Jehoram reign- f 1Ki. 19.13, ed in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had nog 19. ver. 14. h Nu.27.20. 2 done hard 9 Elijah is taken up by a fiery chariot AND it came to pass, when the Ps. 104.4. LORD would take a up Elijah k ch.13.14. into heaven by a whirlwind, that 10 And he said, Thou hast 2 asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot i of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijahwent up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 T And Elisha saw it, and he cried k My father, my father! the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of |