Hezekiah’s Life Extended 1 Inthose days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says theLord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.’ ” 2 Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to […]
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II Kings 21
Manasseh Reigns in Judah 1 Manassehwastwelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s namewasHephzibah. 2 And he did evil in the sight of theLord,according to the abominations of the nations whom theLordhad cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high placeswhich Hezekiah […]
II Kings 22
Josiah Reigns in Judah 1 Josiahwaseight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s namewasJedidah the daughter of Adaiah ofBozkath. 2 And he didwhatwasright in the sight of theLord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; hedid not turn aside to the right hand or […]
II Kings 23
Josiah Restores True Worship 1 Nowthe king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him. 2 The king went up to the house of theLordwith all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. […]
II Kings 24
Judah Overrun by Enemies 1 Inhis days Nebuchadnezzar king ofBabylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassalforthree years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And theLordsent against himraidingbands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it,according to the […]
II Kings 25
The Fall and Captivity of Judah 1 Now it came to passin the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenthdayof the month,thatNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 2 So the city […]
I Kings 1
Adonijah Presumes to Be King 1 Now King David wasold, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and let her […]
I Kings 2
David’s Instructions to Solomon 1 Nowthe days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: 2 “I go the way of all the earth;be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. 3 And keep the charge of theLordyour God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, […]
I Kings 3
Solomon Requests Wisdom 1 NowSolomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought herto the City of David until he had finished building hisown house, andthe house of theLord, andthe wall all around Jerusalem. 2 Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house […]
I Kings 4
Solomon’s Administration 1 So King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And thesewerehis officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok andAbiathar, the priests; 5 Azariah the son of […]