6310. I KINGS XX
1, 2, 10 And Benhadah the king of Syria...sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel ... and said ... So shall the gods do to me, and so shall they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that are behind my feet.
28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is God of the mountains, and not God of the valleys, therefore I have delivered all this great multitude into thine hand,...
29, 30 ... And the sons of Israel smote the Syrians ... And Benhadah fled, ...
31 And his servants said unto him,... Let us, I pray, put sackcloths on our loins, and cords in our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will leave thy soul alive.
33, 34 ... Then Benhadah came out to him;... and he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee; but the man refused.
37 ... And he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding.
38 Then the prophet departed,... but he disguised himself, with ashes upon his eyes.
I KINGS XXI
1 And ... Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard ...
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard ...
3 And Jaboth said to Ahab, From Jehovah be it far from me, that I give thee the inheritance of my fathers.
4 And Ahab... was displeased because of the word which Naboth... had spoken to him;...
7, 8, 9 And Isebel his wife... sent letters in Ahab's name,... to the elders ... that were in his city ... saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth in the first place ...
10 And set two men,... over against him, who shall bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst bless God and the king; that ye may carry him out and stone him, and he die.
11, 12 So the men of the city ...proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth in the first place ...
13 Then came two men,... and...witnessed against him,... saying, Naboth did bless God and the king. Therefore they carried him forth ... and stoned him ...
17, 18 And the word of Jehovah came to Elias the Tishbite, saying, Arise, go down to meet Ahab...
20 And Ahab said to Elias, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee,...
24 Him of Ahab that dieth in the city, the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field, shall the birds of the heavens eat.
25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, in that Isebel his wife stirred him up.
26 And he made himself very abominable in following after idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah drove out before the sons of Israel.
I KINGS XXII
6 And the king of Israel gathered together the prophets, about four hundred men, and said unto them, shall I go against Ramoth of Gilead ... And they said, Go up,...
8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of Jehovah:...
10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat,.. . before the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 And Zedekjah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and he said, Thus saith Jehovah, By these shalt thou push the Syrians until thou hast consumed them.
12 And all the prophets prophesied so,...
14, 19 But Micaiah ... said, Hear thou therefore the word of Jehovah; I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by him, on his right hand and on his left.
20 And Jehovah said, Who shall persuade Ahab that he go up and fall at Ramoth of Gilead? ...
21, 22 Then there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will persuade him ... I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said,... Go forth, and do so.
23 Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets,...
29 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth of Gilead.
34, 37 And a man ... smote the king of Israel ... And the king died, ...
39 Now the rest of the words of Ahab, ... are they not written upon the book of the words of days belonging to the king of Israel?
40 So Ahab lay with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41 But Jehoshaphat ... reigned over Judah ...
43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
45 Now the rest of the words of Jehoshaphat,... are they not written upon the book of the words of days?...
50 And Jehoshaphat lay with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers ... and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 And Ahasiah the son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria ...
52 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, for he walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
53 For he served Baal, and bowed himself down to him.
II KINGS I
2 And Ahasiah fell down through a balustrade...; therefore he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go take counsel of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover
3 But the angel of Jehovah spake unto Elias the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers ... and speak unto them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to take counsel of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
5 Therefore the messengers turned back unto him, and he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
6 And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us ...
7 Then he said unto them, What manner of man
8 And they said unto him, A hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elias the Tishbite.
9 So the king sent unto him a captain of fifty ... And he said unto him, Man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10 But Elias answered ... If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
11, 12 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty and his fifty; ... And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
II KINGS II
3 And the sons of the prophets that were in Bethel came forth to Elisha and said unto him, Knowest thou that to day Jehovah will take away thy lord? ... And he said, Yea, I know it;...
5 And the sons of the prophets that were in Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that to day Jehovah will take away thy lord? ... And he answered, Yea, I know it;...
6 And Elias said unto him,... Jehovah hath sent me to Jordan ...
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood afar off: And they two stood by Jordan.
8 And Elias took his mantle,... and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither,...
11 And it came to pass, as they went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire which came between them; and Elias went up in a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha ... saw him no more. Therefore he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.
13, 14 And he took the mantle of Elias... and stood by the bank of Jordan... and he smote the waters,... and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.
15 And the sons of the prophets ... saw him; therefore they said, The spirit of Elias doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Lo, now, there be with thy servants fifty sons of valor; let them go, I pray, and seek thy lord; peradventure the spirit of Jehovah hath taken him, up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold now ... the waters are evil,...
21, 22 And he ... cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters;... So the waters were healed even unto this day,... (Explained [Arc. Coel.] n. 9325.)
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel, and...small boys... mocked him,...
24 And he ... cursed them in the name of Jehovah. So there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare of them, forty and two boys.
II KINGS III
1 Now Jehoram ... became king over Israel in Samaria ...
2 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, but not like his father and like his mother; for he put away the statue of Baal that his father had made.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not from any.
9 And the king of Israel went and the king of Judah and the king of Edom;... a way of seven days; and there was no water for the camp ...
11 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord1... ? And one of the servants... said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured waters upon the hands of Elias.
1 Here Schmidius, departing from his usual custom, has "Lord" instead of "Jehovah."
14, 15 And Elisha said,... Bring me now a player on the psaltery. And it came to pass when the player played, that the hand of Jehovah began to be upon him;
16 And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of pits.
20 And it came to pass, early in the morning, when the mincha was wont to go up, that, behold, waters came by the way of Edom, and the land was filled with waters.
II KINGS IV
1, 2 Now .. . a certain woman ... cried unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; ... and a creditor cometh to take unto him my two boys to be bondmen... Thine handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.
3, 4 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels;... and pour out upon all these vessels,...
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full ... the oil stayed.
7 So she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil slid pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
8 And there was a day when Elisha passed to Shunem; and there was a great woman, who detained him to eat bread ...
11, 12, 13 And there was a day when he came thither,... And he said to Gehazi his lad, Call this Shunammite.... Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast dealt with us with all reverence; what is to be done for thee? ...
14 ... And Gehazi said, And she hath no son,...
16 And he said, About this set time,... thou shalt embrace a son ...
17 And the woman conceived and bare a son ...
18, 19 And the child grew up ... And he said unto his father, My head, my head ...
20 And he took him up and brought him to his mother. And while he sat on her knees ... he died.
25 So she went and came unto the man of God ...
29, 31 And he said to Gehazi,... Take my staff in thine hand, and go; if thou meet a man, bless him not; and if a man bless thee, answer him not; but thou shalt lay my staff upon the faces of the child.
31 And Gehazi... laid the staff upon the faces of the child; but there was neither voice nor attention:...
32, 35 And when Elisha was come into the house,... he stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed even seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
37 So she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground,...
38 And Elisha... said unto his lad, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39, 40 And one ... found a vine of the field, and gathered thereof gourds of the field ... and shred them into the pot ... And as they were eating of the pottage, they cried out ... There is death in the pot ...
41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot;... And there was no evil in the pot.
42 And there came a man ...and brought the man of God bread... even twenty leaves ... And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? And he said,...Thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave remainders.
44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left remainders.
II KINGS V
1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, ... was a leper.
2 And the Syrians...had taken out of the land of Israel, a little maid, ...
3 And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria;...
9 So Naaman came ... and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan ...
14 Therefore he went down, and dipped himself in Jordan seven times, ... and his flesh was restored ...
15 And he returned to the man of God,... ; and said,... Take, I pray thee, a blessing from-with thy servant.
16, 19 But he said, By the living Jehovah before whom I stand, if I will receive ... Go in peace. And when he had departed ...
20 Gehazi, the lad of Elisha ... said,... By the living Jehovah, if I run not after him, and take somewhat from-with him.
23 And Naaman... bound two talents of silver in two bags,... and laid them upon two of his lads...
24 And ...he took them from their hand,
25 Then he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence art thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went neither here nor there.
26 ... And he said unto him,... Is it time to receive silver...?
27 Therefore, let the leprosy of Naaman cleave unto thee and unto thy seed for ever. So he went out from before him, a leper like as snow.
II KINGS VI
1, 2, 4 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, ... Let us go, now, unto Jordan,... and make us a place for us there,... So he went with them ...
5 And as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: ...
6 Then the man of God ... cut clown a stick, and cast it in thither, and the iron did swim.
8 And the king of Syria warred against Israel,...
12, 13 And one of his servants said,... Elisha... telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber... Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots,... and compassed the city about.
15 And when the minister of the man of God rose in the morning,... behold, an host encompassed the city ... And his lad said unto him, Alas, my lord! how shall we do?
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, O Jehovah, open, I pray, his eyes that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the lad, and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this nation, I pray, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness...
19 And Elisha, said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, for I will bring thee to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
24, 25 And it came to pass after this, that the king of Syria ... besieged Samaria. And there was a great famine in Samaria:...
31 And he said, God do so to me and so may he add, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32 But Elisha sat in his house,...
II KINGS VII
1 Then Elisha said,... Thus saith Jehovah, Tomorrow about this time, a sea2 of fine flour for a shekel, and two seas of barley for a shekel ...
2 Confer n. 6133 note.
16 Then the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Syrians; and a sea of fine flour came for a sheliel, and two seas of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
II KINGS VIII
7, 8... And Benhadah the king of Syria was sick;... Therefore the king said unto Hazael,... Go, meet the man of God, and take counsel of Jehovah from him, saying, Shall I live
9, 10, 11 So Hazael went to meet him,... And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Living, shalt thou live? for Jehovah hath shewed me that dying, he shall die.... And the man of God wept.
12 Then said Hazael, Why weepeth my lord? And he said, Because I know the evil thou wilt db unto the sons of Israel;... their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their infants and rip up their women with child.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great word? And Elisha said, Jehovah hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram ... king of Israel,... reigned Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife. Thus he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
23 And the rest of the words of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written upon the book of the words of days which belongeth to the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram lay with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for he was a kinsman of the house of Ahab.
II KINGS IX
1, 2 Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take the vial of this oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth of Gilead; and... look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat ...
3 Then take the vial of oil and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel....
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
11, 12 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord, and one said unto him, Is it peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and his intention ... He said... unto me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the floor of the stairs, and they bleno the trumpets, and said, Jehu is king.
22 And it came to pass, when Jehoram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, even to the whoredoms of thy mother Isebel and her many witchcrafts?
24 And Jehu ... smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out from his heart,...
II KINGS X
18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu shall serve him more.
19 Now therefore call unto me all the people of Baal, and all that serve him, and all his priests;... But Jehu wrought by deceit,...
25 And it was so, when they had finished making the whole burnt sacrifice, that Jehu said to the guards ... Go in, smite them; let none go forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword;...
26 And they brought out the statues of the house of Baal, and burned them.
27 So they destroyed the statue of Baal; and they destroyed the house of Baal, and put it in privies even unto this day.
28 Thus Jehu caused Raal to perish out of Israel.
29, 31 But as the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not front after them, from, the calves of sold that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan;... nor departed from, the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
34 And as to the rest of the words of Jehu,... are they not written in the book of the words of days which belongeth to the kings of Israel?
35 And Jehu lay with his fathers:... and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
II KINGS XI
1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.
2, 3 But Jehosheba, the... sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,...And he was hid with her...six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.
4, 12 But in the seventh year Jehoiada ... brought forth the king's son, and put upon him the down, and the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him;...
13, 15 And Athaliah... came to the people into the temple of Jehovah ... And behold, the king stood by a pillar ...
15, 16 But Jehoiada the priest commanded ... Take her out beyond the ranges ... And they slew her ...
18 Then all the people of the land came into the house of Baal, and destroyed it; and his altars and his images, brake they thoroughly; and Mattan the priest of Baal they slew before the altars.
II KINGS XII
1 Jehoash ... reigned forty years in Jerusalem;...
2 And Jehoash did that which was good in the eyes of Jehovah all his days, wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 But the high places ceased not; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the silver of the things that are sanctified that is brought to the house of Jehovah ...
5 Let the priests take it,... and let them strengthen the breach of the house, ...
6 But... the priests strengthened not the breach of the house.
7 Then king Jehoash... said unto them, Why strengthen ye not the breaches of the house?...
9 And Jehoiada took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it...; and the priests ... put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah.
11, 12 And they put the silver unto the hands of them that did the work, and they laid it out... to buy timbers and stones of cutting to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah,...
19 As to the rest of the words of Joash,... are they not written upon the book of the words of days which belongeth to the kings of Judah?
II KINGS XIII
1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash ... king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu reigned over Israel ...
2 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, for he walked after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not from any.
3 Therefore... he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, ...
4 But Jehoahaz besought the faces of Jehovah,...
5 Therefore Jehovah gave Israel a savior,... and the sons of Israel dwelt in their tents as yesterday and the third day.
6 Nevertheless they turned not back from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin; he walked in all of them; and also the grace remained standing in Samaria.
8 Now as to the rest of the words of Jehoahaz,... are they not written upon the book of the words of days which belongeth to the kings of Israel?
9 And Jehoahaz lay with his fathers;... and Joash his son reigned ...
11 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he departed not from, all the sins of Jeraboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he walked in all of them.
12 And as to the rest of the words of Joash,... are they not written upon the book of the words of days which belongeth to the kings of Israel?
13 And Joash lay with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne;...
14 And when Elisha fell sick of the disease whereof he died, Joash king of Israel came down unto him, and wept before his faces, and said, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof.
15 Then Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows...
17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. Then he said, The arrow of the salvation of Jehovah, and the arrow of salvation against the Syrians; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. Then he said to the king of Israel, Smite the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
19 Therefore the man of God was wroth with him, and said, It should have been smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed them; and now thou shall smite the Syrians three times.
20 And Elisah died, and they buried him...
21 And it was so, that some were burying a man, when, behold, they saw a band of men; so they cast the man into the grave of Elisha; and when the man fell, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
II KINGS XIV
1 In the second year of Joash... king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash was made king of Judah.
3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah,...
4 Howbeit the high places ceased not; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah,... and brake down the wall of Jerusalem ...
14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and the sons of the pledges, and returned to Samaria.
15 As to the rest of the words of Jehoash ... are they not written upon the book of the words of days...?
18 And as to the rest of the words of Amaziah, are they not written upon the book of the words of days...?
23 In the fifteenth year of Amasiah ... Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel reigned in Samaria,...
24 And he did evil in, the eyes of Jehovah; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
II KINGS XV
1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah was made king of Judah.
3 And he did that which was good in the Byes of Jehovah; according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
4 Save that the high places ceased not; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
7 And Asariah lay with his fathers; and they buried him, with his fathers ... and Jotham his son reigned ...
9 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jereboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
10, 13 And Shallum... slew him,... and he reigned in. Samaria a month of days.
15 And as to the rest of the words of Shallum,... behold, they are written upon the book of the words of days which belongeth to the kings of Israel.
16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah,...; because they opened not, therefore he smote it, and ripped up all the women therein that were with child.
17 In the thirtieth and ninth ear of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem was made king over Israel ...
18 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehorah; he departed not all his days from upon the sins of Jereboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
21 And as to the rest of the words of Menahem,... are they not written upon the book of the words of days ... ?
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem was made king over Israel ...
24 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he departed not from the sins of Jereboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
25 But Pekah... a captain of his,... killed him, and reigned in his stead.
26 And as to the rest of the words of Pekahiah,... behold, they are written upon the book of the words of days that belongeth to the kings of Israel.
27 And in the fiftieth and second year of Aeariah king of Judah, Pekah ... was made king over Israel ...
28 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he departed not from the sins of Jereboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah ... slew him, and reigned in his stead, ...
32 In the second year of Pekah... reigned Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah.
34 And he did that which was good in the eyes of Jehovah: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35 Save that the high places ceased not; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in, the high places....
36 And as to the rest of the words of Jotham,... are they not written upon the book of the words of days...?
38 And Jotham lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
II KINGS XVI
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah ... Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah, was made king.
2 ... But he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, Judah, as did David his father.
3 For he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; he made also his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, which Jehovah drove out before the sons of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green, tree.
5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah ... king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to war,... but could not take it. (Isaiah 7:1 to 5.)
7 And Ahaz sent messengers to ... the king of Assyria, saying,... Come up, and deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria,...
10 Then king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet the king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was in Damascus; and king Ahas sent to Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar, and the form of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11 So Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest, against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar, and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
13 And he burnt his whole burnt offering and his offering, and poured his drink offering; and he sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, by the altar.
14 But the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, did he move away from-with the faces of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the side of the altar northward.
15 And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the whole burnt offering of the morning, and the mincha of the evening, and the king's whole burnt offering, and his mincha, and the whole burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their mincha, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the whole burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me for contemplation.
16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 And king Ahaz ... took down the sea from upon the brazen oxen, that were under it. And he put it upon a pavement of stones.
18 And the covering of the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's outer entrance, he turned around into the house of Jehovah, for the king of Assyria.
19 And as to the rest of the words of Ahaz which he did, are they not written upon the book of the words of days that belongeth to the kings of Judah?
20 And Ahaz lay with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
II KINGS XVII
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea... reigned in Samaria ...
2 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and made them dwell in Halah and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in the cities of Media.
7 And it was so, because the sons of Israel sinned against Jehovah their God, which brought them. up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the nations, which Jehovah drove out before the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel which they had made.
9 And the sons of Israel hid the words that were not right, against Jehovah 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 then up statues and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree.
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations which Jehovah made to move away before them; and did evil words to provoke Jehovah to anger:
12 And they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this word.
13 And Jehovah testified against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of all the prophets, of every manner of seer, saying, Turn, ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and for which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.
14 Notwithstanding they did not obey, but hardened their necks, as the neck of their fathers that believed not in Jehovah their God.
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and the testimonies thereof, which testified against them; and they followed after vanity, and became vain; and after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah commanded them, that they should not do like them.
16 And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them a molten image, even two calves; they made also a grove, and bowed down themselves to all the host of the heavens, and served Baal.
17 Yea, they made their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and divined divinations and interpreted signs, so that they sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him, to anger.
18 Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them from before his face; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.
19 When Judah also kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, and walked in the statutes of Israel which they made,
20 Then Jehovah turned away from all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them away from his faces.3
3 In the margin of this verse, Swedenborg wrote "Obs."
21 For Israel rended itself from-with the house of David, and made a king, even Jereboam the son of Nebat; but Jereboam snatched Israel away, from after Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin;
22 So that the sons of Israel walked in al the sins of Jereboam which he did; they departed not from any;
23 Until Jehovah removed Israel from before his faces,... and made Israel to move away from upon their land into Assyria, even unto this day.
24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon,... and made them to dwell in the cities of Samaria ...
26 And they spake to the king of Assyria saying, The nations which thou hast ... made to dwell in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land; therefore, he hath sent lions among them,...
27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; ...
28 So one of the priests ... taught them how they should fear Jehovah.
29 Howbeit every nation made their own gods, and set them within the house of the high places which the Samaritans had made, even every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
30 And the men of Babel made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashina.
31 And the Avites made Nibhan and Tartak; but the Sepharvites burnt their sons in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.4
4 In his Schmidius' Bible, Swedenborg emphasized verses 29-31 by making small vertical double strokes in the margin.
32 They likewise feared Jehovah; and they made unto them the lowest of themselves priests of the high places;...
33 They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the custom, of the nations, whence they carried them.
34 Even unto this day they do according to the former customs, neither fearing Jehovah, nor doing ... according to the commandment which Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
35 With whom Jehovah made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.
41 So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their sons, and their seas' sons: as did their fathers, so do they even unto this day.
II KINGS XVIII
1 And it was in the third year of Hoshea ... king of Israel, ... Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah was made king.
4 He removed the high places, and brake the statues, and cut down the grove; he also brake in. pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for even to those days, the sons of Israel did hum incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria,...
12 Because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, with all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded; ...
17 And the king of Assyria sent ... the chief of the butlers ... to king Hezekiah ...
19, 21 Then said unto them the chief of the butlers... Now, behold, thou trustest thee upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt,...
26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto the chief of the butlers, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in Syrian; for we understand it; and speak not to us in Jewish in the ears of the people that are upon the wall.
27 And the chief of the butlers said unto them, Hath my lord sent me to thy lord,... and not to the men that sit upon the wall? ...
28 Then the chief of the butlers stood and cried with a loud voice in Jewish, and spake, and said, ...
29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he could not deliver you out of mine hand.
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Delivering, Jehovah will deliver us ...
31 Obey not Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make with me a blessing, and come out unto me,...
32 Until I come and receive you into a land like your own land,... a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live and not die. Therefore obey not Hesekiah, if he rouse you up, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
33 Recovering, have the gods of the nations recovered a man, his land, out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? Have they delivered Sarnaria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they of all the gods of the lands, that have recovered their land out of my hand? ...
37 Then came Eliakim... to Hezekiah, and told him the words of the chief of the butlers.
II KINGS XIX
1 And ... when king Hezekiah heard it, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
2 And he sent ... to Isaiah the prophet ...
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of anguish, and of rebuke, and affront; for sons are come to the mouth of the womb, but there is not strength for the birth.
8, 9... The king of Assyria... sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers destroyed? Gozen,... and the sons of Eden who are in Thelasar?
15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, Jehovah God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubs, thou art God, even thou alone, in all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16 Now, therefore, Jehovah our God, save thou us, I pray thee, out of his hand, ...
II KINGS XIX
The Prophecy of Isaiah
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee, she hath mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged her head at thee.5
5 See n. 6311 note.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 By the hand of thy messengers thou hast made Adonai a reproach, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots I ascended to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and there I will cut down the height of his cedars, the choice of his firs, and will go through to the lodging of his last border, the wood of his ploughed land.
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and will dry up with the palm of my steps all the rivers of Egypt.6
6 See n. 6314 note.
25 Hast thou not heard from afar, that which I have done? from the days of old that which I have formed? now have I brought it forth, that it may be for the laying waste of fenced cities into waste heaps.
26 But their inhabitants are short in hand, they are dismayed and ashamed; they are become herbage of the field, and a plant of grass; hay of the roofs, and a blight before the standing harvest.
27 And now I know thine abiding, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and that thou hast moved thyself against me.
28 Because thou hast moved thyself against me, and thy proud confidence is come up into mine ears, I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Thou shalt eat this year that which cometh up of itself, and in the second year its further increase; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall add root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of the mount of Zion, they that are escaped; the zeal of Jehovah Zabaoth shall do this.
32 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow hither, nor come before it with shield; nor shall a wall rise up against it.
33 By the way that he came, he shall return, that he come not to this city; the saying of Jehovah.
34 For I will protect this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
35 And it came to pass in that night, that the angel of Jehovah went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose in the morning, behold, all these were dead corpses.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria ... returned, and dwelt in Nineveh.
37 And there it came to pass, as he was bowing down himself in the house of Nisroch his god, that ... his sons smote him with the sword:
The Prophecy of Isaiah
In this prophecy, in the proximate sense, it is the king of Assyria who is meantBhe who7 was then leading an army against Hezekiah, king of the tribe of Judah. In the8 more universal sense, it is that enemy who will lay siege to Jerusalem and mount Zion, namely, the Roman Syrians. In the most universal sense, the enemy is the devil, who makes war against the faith of the sons of God Messiah, and weakens it. This was the king of Babylon; hence, Babylon is the Roman school. Thus the last times are now foretold by prophecy, the times namely, when these enemies are to be scattered and will perish, as did the Assyrian army and its king Sennacherib.
7 [Crossed off:] led Israel into captivity.
8 [Crossed off:] more interior.
