CHAP. XXXIII.

Sennacherib's blasphemy. Death of Hezekiah. Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper in Jerusalem? water-course of Gihon, and brought it straight 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over down to the west side of the city of David. And yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, say-Hezekiah prospered in all his works. ing, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of 31 T Howbeit, in the business of the ambassathe hand of the king of Assyria? dors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto

12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his him to inquire of the wonder that was done in high places, and his altars, and commanded Ju- the land, God left him, to try him, that he might dah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship be- know all that was in his heart. fore one altar, and burn incense upon it?

32 T Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have his goodness, behold, they are written in the done unto all the people of other lands? were vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, the gods of the nations of those lands any ways and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel able to deliver their lands out of my hand? 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, an 1 14 Who was there among all the gods of those they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that of the sons of David: and all Judah and the incould deliver his people out of my hand, that your habitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? death: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, CHAP. XXXIII. nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet be

II. CHRONICLES.

Death of Manassch. The book of the law found. idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they altars that he had built in the mount of the house returned to Jerusalem.

of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them 10 And they put it in the band of the workmen out of the city. that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and and they gave it to the workmen that wrought sacrificed thereon peace-offerings and thank- in the house of the LORD, to repair and mend offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the the house: LORD God of Israel.

11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they 17 Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only, and to floor the houses which the kings of Ju18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and dah had destroyed. his prayer unto his God, and the words of the 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, God of Israel, behold, they are written in the the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechabook of the kings of Israel. riah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohath

19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of ites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, him, and all hissin, and his trespass, and the places all that could skill of instruments of music. wherein he built high places, and set up groves and 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. 20 1 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

and were overseers of all that wrought the work
in any manner of service: and of the Levites
there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 ¶ And when they brought out the money
that was brought into the house of the LORD,
Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan
the scribe, I have found the book of the law in
the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered
the book to Shaphan.

21 ¶ Amon was two and twenty years old when
he began to reign, and reigned two years in the LORD given by Moses.
Jerusalem.

22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

25 T But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. CHAP. XXXIV.

Josiah destroyeth idolatry.

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

19 And it came to pass when the king had heard

JOSIAH was eight years old when he began the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,

21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel, and in Judah, concerning 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while the words of the book that is found: for great is he was yet young, he began to seek after the God the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had ap pointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife 4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, presence; and the images, that were on high above keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jeruthem, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved salem in the college:) and they spake to her to images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, that effect. and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

7 And when he had broken down the altars and thegroves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

23 ¶ And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, upon this place, and shall not be quenched. when he had purged the land, and the house, he 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the the words which thou hast heard; LORD his God. 27 Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high humble thyself before God when thou heardest priest, they delivered the money that was brought his words against this place, and against the ininto the house of God, which the Levites that habitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Ma-me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before nasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD,

1

Jehoiakim is carried to Babylon.

EZRA.

Jerusalem wholly destroyed. salem, and condemned the land in a hundred ta-house of the LORD which he had hallowed in lents of silver and a talent of gold. Jerusalem.

4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his bro- 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to ther king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned them by his messengers, rising up betimes and his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoa-sending; because he had compassion on his peohaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. ple, and on his dwelling-place:

5

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

& Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and
his abominations which he did, and that which
was found in him, behold, they are written in
the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 ¶ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Per. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight sia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Permouth of the LORD. sia, that he made a proclamation throughout all

13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchad- his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, nezzar, who had made him swear by God: but 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. heaven given me; and he hath charged me to 14 ¶ Moreover, all the chief of the priests, and build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Juthe people, transgressed very much after all the dah. Who is there among you of all his people? abominations of the heathen; and polluted the The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. ¶ EZRA.

CHAP. I.

The proclamation of Cyrus. NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made! a proclaniation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

nezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and
had put them in the house of his gods;
8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth
by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and num.
bered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah
9 And this is the number of them: thirty char-
gers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine
and twenty knives,

10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five 3 Who is there among you of all his people? thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshhis God be with him, and let him go up to Jeru-bazzar bring up with them of the captivity that salem, which is in Judah, and build the house were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where

he sojourneth, let the men of his place help hime with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD which Nebuchad

CHAP. II.

Number that returned from Babylon.

NOW these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.

4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

The number of those

CHAP. III.

who returned from Babylon 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hun- Hagabah, the children of Akkub, dred and twelve.

46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shal

7 'The children of Elam, a thousand two hun-mai, the children of Hanan, dred fifty and four.

8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.

9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and

two.

11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,

49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,

50 The children of Asnah, the children of Me. hunim, the children of Nephusim,

51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Me

13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred six-hida, the children of Harsha, ty and six.

53 The children of Barkos, the children of Si

14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty sera, the children of Thamah, and six.

15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.

55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twen-Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the ty and three. children of Ami.

20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solo21 The children of Beth-leliem, a hundred twen-mon's servants, were three hundred ninety and ty and three.

22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.

24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and

two.

28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six.

31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

36 T The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

39 The children of Harim, a thousand and se

venteen.

40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

41 T The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.

two.

59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

61 ¶ And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai: which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. 64 T The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven and there were among them two hundred singing-men and singing-women. 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds cf silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

42 The children of the porters: the children 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all IsHatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred rael in their cities. thirty and nine.

43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha,

CHAP. III.
Foundation of the temple laid.
ND when the seventh month was come, and

the children of Hasupha, the children of Tab-A the children of Israel were in the cities, the

baoth,

44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, people gathered themselves together as one man the children of Padon, to Jerusalem.