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The Shunammite's land restored.

Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.

B.C.891 (?)

1 K.19.16, Elisha, ch.9.1.

p.p.Ps.105.16; Hag.1.11. Ge.41.27, Famine (1).

II KINGS, 8

20 And so it fell out unto him: sent me to thee, saying, Shall I
for the people trode upon him recover of this disease?
in the gate, and he died.

CHAPTER 8

10 And E-li'shà said unto him,

Jehoram's evil raj.

Go, say unto him, Thou mayest Ge.12.13, Deception.
certainly recover: howbeit the

The Shunammite's land restored. 7 LORD hath shewed me that he
Hazael kills his master, and suc- shall surely die.

ceeds him. 16 Jehoram's wicked
reign in Judah: 24 Ahaziah suc-
11 And he settled his counte-
ceeds him: 25 his wicked reign. nance stedfastly, until he was
THEN spake E-li'shȧ unto the ashamed: and the man of God
woman, whose son he had wept.

THEN

Ge.3.19, Deaths Foreto

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Ge.21.16, Weeping, ch.31 See Resurrections, ch.4.35. restored to life, saying, Arise, 12 And Haz'a-el said, Why See Lamentations (2),Jenž and go thou and thine house- weepeth my lord? And he an- Ezr.9.3, Solicitude (3). hold, and sojourn wheresoever swered, Because I know the p.p.ch.10.32; 12.17. thou canst sojourn: for the evil that thou wilt do unto the See Adversity, Le.26.16. LORD hath called for a famine; children of Isra-el: their strong Nu.11.25, Prophesying. and it shall also come upon the holds wilt thou set on fire, and p.p.ch.15.16. land seven years. their young men wilt thou slay Ge.37.24, Cruelty (2). 2 And the woman arose, and with the sword, and wilt dash did after the saying of the man their children, and rip up their of God: and she went with her women with child. household, and sojourned in the 13 And Haza-el said, But what, p.p.1 S.17.43. |land of the Phi-lis'tineş seven is thy servant a dog, that he De.23.18, Dogs. years. should do this great thing? And

Ge.29.18, Seven Years.

Ge.6.22, Obedience (2).

Ge.21.34, Philistia.

ch.4.12, Gehazi.

See Miracles (Index).

p.p.ch.4.35.

p.p.ch.4.8.

3 And it came to pass at the E-li'shȧ answered, The LORD Da.2.22, Revelations.
seven years' end, that the wom- hath shewed me that thou p.p.1 K.19.15.
an returned out of the land of shalt be king over Syr'i-a.
the Phi-lis'tineş: and she went 14 So he departed from E-li'-
forth to cry unto the king for shȧ, and came to his master;
her house and for her land. who said to him, What said
4 And the king talked with E-li'shȧ to thee? And he an-
Ge-ha'zi the servant of the man swered, He told me that thou
of God, saying, Tell me, I pray shouldest surely recover.
thee, all the great things that 15 And it came to pass on the
E-li'shȧ hath done.
morrow, that he took a thick

5 And it came to pass, as he cloth, and dipped it in water,
was telling the king how he and spread it on his face, so

had restored a dead body to life, that he died: and Hăz ́a-el Jud.3.21, Assassination.
that, behold, the woman, whose reigned in his stead.

[ram) (b).

son he had restored to life, cried 16 ¶And in the fifth year of ch.1.17, Jehoram (Jo-
to the king for her house and Jo'ram the son of A ́hab king of
for her land. And Ge-haʼzi said, Iş'ra-el, Je-hosh'a-phat being 1 K.15.24, Jehoshaphat,
My lord, O king, this is the wom- then king of Ju'dah, Je-ho'ram
[2 Chr.17.1.
2 Chr.21.1, Jehoram (a).
an, and this is her son, whom the son of Je-hosh'a-phat king
E-li'shȧ restored to life.
of Ju'dah began to reign.

6 And when the king asked 17 Thirty and two years old
the woman, she told him. So was he when he began to reign;
the king appointed unto her a and he reigned eight years in
[Ne.5.12. all that was her's, and all the 18 And he walked in the way Ex.23.2, Sinful Imitation.
fruits of the field since the day of the kings of Iş ́ra-el, as did

1 K.20.34, Restitution (2), certain officer, saying, Restore Je-ru'sâ-lēm.

2 S.8.6, Damascus.

De.33.1, Man of God.

1 K.19.15, Hazael, ch.9.14.

that she left the land, even un- the house of A'hăb: for the Ge.3.6, Temptresses.
til now.
daughter of à ́hab was his wife: Jud.16.4, Evil Women.
7 ¶ And E-li'shȧ came to Dã- and he did evil in the sight of Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2).
măs'cus; and Ben-ha'dăd the the LORD.

king of Syr ́i-ȧ was sick; and it 19 Yet the LORD would not Nu.14.18, Longsuffering(1).
was told him, saying, The man destroy Jū'dah for Da'vid his De.7.9, Divine Faithfulness.
of God is come hither.
servant's sake, as he promised 1 K.8.56, God's Promises.
8 And the king said unto Haz- him to give him alway a light,
a-el, Take a present in thine and to his children.

hand, and go, meet the man of 20 ¶In his days E'dom revolt-1 K.12.16, Revolts, ch.24.20. 1 S.9.9, Inquiring of God (2), God, and enquire of the LORD ed from under the hand of Jū'[ch.22.13. by him, saying, Shall I recover dah, and made a king over them- p.p.1 K.22.47. of this disease? selves.

9 So Hǎz'a-el went to meet 21 So Jo'ram went over to 2 Chr.21.1, Jehoram (Jo[ram) (a). Ge.24.53, Presents, Jb.42.11. him, and took a present with Za'ir, and all the chariots with Nu.7.13, Munificence, him, even of every good thing him: and he rose by night, and Ex.14.7, Chariots (1). [1 Chr.28.14. of Dâ-măs'cus, forty camels' smote the E'dom-ites which Ge.37.25, Caravans, Ezr.8.31. burden, and came and stood compassed him about, and the before him, and said, Thy son captains of the chariots: and Bĕn-hā ́dăd king of Syr'i-a hath the people fled into their tents. p.p.2 S.18.17.

Ahaziah's evil reign and death.

Jos.10.29, Libnah, ch.19.8.

2 S.7.12, Sleep (4).

Ahaziah (a), ch.9.16.

Athaliah, ch.11.1. 1 K.16.16, Omri.

Ex.23.2, Sinful Imitation.
Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2),

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22 Yet E'dom revolted from young man the prophet, went
under the hand of Ju'dah unto to Ra'moth-ğil'e-ăd.
this day. Then Lib'nah revolt- 5 And when he came, behold,
ed at the same time.
the captains of the host were

23 And the rest of the acts of sitting; and he said, I have an
Jo'ram, and all that he did, are errand to thee, O captain. And
they not written in the book of Jē'hū said, Unto which of all
the chronicles of the kings of us? And he said, To thee, O
Ju'dah?
captain.

Nu.31.48, Captains.

24 And Jo'ram slept with his 6 And he arose, and went into
fathers, and was buried with the house; and he poured the
his fathers in the city of Da-oil on his head, and said unto p.p.1 S.2.7; 2 Chr.22.7.
vid: and A-ha-zi'ah his son him, Thus saith the LORD God
reigned in his stead.
of Iş'ra-el, I have anointed thee p.p.v.3.
25 In the twelfth year of Jo'- king over the people of the
ram the son of à ́hab king of LORD, even over İş'ra-el.
Iş'ra-el did A-ha-zi'ah the son of 7 And thou shalt smite the
Je-hō'ram king of Jū'dah begin house of A ́hab thy master, that
to reign.

I may avenge the blood of my De.32.35, Divine Vengeance.
26 Two and twenty years old servants the prophets, and the
was A-ha-zi'ah when he began blood of all the servants of the p.p.1 K.18.4.
to reign; and he reigned one LORD, at the hand of Jěz ́e-běl.
year in Je-ru'sâ-lem. And his 8 For the whole house of
mother's name was Ath-a-li'ah, Ã ́hab shall perish: and I will Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.
the daughter of Ŏm'ri king of cut off from A'hab him that

İş'ra-el.

pisseth against the wall, and p.p.De.32.36.
27 And he walked in the way him that is shut up and left in
of the house of à ́hăb, and did İş'ra-el:

ch.13.2. evil in the sight of the LORD, 9 And I will make the house

Jud.2.11, In God's Sight,
Le.20.23, Evil Example.

[ch.13.2. as did the house of A ́hab: for of A'hab like the house of Jer-1 K.11.28, Jeroboam (1).
he was the son in law of the o-bō'am the son of Ne'băt, and
house of A'hǎb.
like the house of Ba'a-shȧ the 1 K.15.16, Baasha.
28 ¶And he went with Jo'ram son of A-hi'jah:

ch.1.17, Jehoram (Jo

[ram)(b). the son of A'hab to the war 10 And the dogs shall eat Jez'- De.23.18, Dogs.
against Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a e-běl in the portion of Jez're-el, 1 Ka6.31, Jezebel, v.30.
in Ra'moth-gil'e-ăd; and the and there shall be none to bury See Unburied, De.28.26.
Syr ́i-ans wounded Jo'ram. her. And he opened the door,

1 K.19.15, Hazael. De.4.43, Ramoth-gilead,

p.p.ch.9.15.

[ch.9.1.

2 S.15.23, Sympathy (2). Pr.17.17, Friendship (1).

B.C.884.

1 K.19.16, Elisha, ch.13.14. p.p.ch.2.3.

Ex.29.7, Anointing Oil. De.4.43, Ramoth-gilead, 1 K.19.16, Jehu, v.24.

[2 Chr.18.2.

1 K.17.19, Seclusion. Le.8.30, Anointing (2),

29 And king Jo'ram went back and fled.

to be healed in Jez're-el of the 11 Then Jē'hu came forth to

wounds which the Syr'i-anş had the servants of his lord: and

given him at Ra'mah, when he one said unto him, Is all well? Madness, Je.29.26.

fought against Haz'a-el king of wherefore came this mad fellow Ge.19.9, Fellow, Mt.12.24.
Syr ́i-å. And A-ha-zi'ah the son to thee? And he said unto

of Je-hō'ram king of Jū ́dah them, Ye know the man, and
went down to see Jo'ram the his communication.

CHAPTER 9

son of A ́hab in Jez're-el, be- 12 And they said, It is false;
cause he was sick.
tell us now. And he said, Thus
and thus spake he to me, say-
Jehu is anointed; 24 he kills Joraming, Thus saith the LORD, I
in the field of Naboth. 27 Ahaziah have anointed thee king over
is slain. 36 Jezebel eaten by dogs. Iş ́ra-el.

AND 'sha the prophet 13 Then they hated, and took p.p.Mt.21.7; Mk.11.7.
called one of the children every man his garment, and put

of the prophets, and said unto it under him on the top of the

him, Gird up thy loins, and take stairs, and blew with trumpets, Le.25.9, Trumpets (2), this box of oil in thine hand, saying, Je'hū is king.

and go to Ra'moth-ğil'e-ăd: 14 So Jē'hū the son of Jê-hōsh'

[ch.11.14.

[ram)(b), v.21.

1 K.19.15, Hazael, ch.10.32.

2 And when thou comest a-phăt the son of Nim'shi con- Ge.37.18, Conspiracy. thither, look out there Je'hu spired against Jo'ram. (Now Jo'- ch.1.17, Jehoram (Jothe son of Jê-hōsh ́a-phat the ram had kept Ra ́-moth-gil ́e-ăd, son of Nim'shi, and go in, and he and all Iş'ra-el, because of make him arise up from among Hăz ́a-el king of Syr ́ia. his brethren, and carry him to 15 But king Jo'ram was rean inner chamber; turned to be healed in Jěz ́re-el 3 Then take the box of oil, of the wounds which the Syr'i- p.p.ch.8.29. [ch.11.12. and pour it on his head, and ans had given him, when he say, Thus saith the LORD, I fought with Haza-el king of have anointed thee king over Syri-ȧ.) And Jē'hū said, If it Iş'ra-el. Then open the door, be your minds, then let none go and flee, and tarry not. forth nor escape out of the city 4 So the young man, even the to go to tell it in Jez're-el.

See God Exalts, Ge.45.8.

1 S.21.8, Haste.

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Jehu killeth Jehoram.

Ge.41.43, Chariots (2),

[Ac.8.29. ch.8.25, Ahaziah (a), v.23.

II KINGS, 10

Jezebel is slain.

16 So Jē'hū rode in a chariot, LORD; and I will requite thee and went to Jez're-el; for Jo'- in this plat, saith the LORD. Now Jud.1.7, Retribution (2), ram lay there. And A-ha-zi'ah therefore take and cast him inking of Ju'dah was come down to the plat of ground, accord[Est.7.10. to see Jo'ram. 17 And there stood a watch- 27 ¶ But when A-ha-zi'ah the ch.8.25, Ahaziah (a), ing to the word of the LORD. 1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure. Ge.11.5, Towers, 2 Chr.26.9. man on the tower in Jez're-el, king of Jū'dah saw this, he fled and he spied the company of by the way of the garden house. [2 Chr.22.2. Jē'hū as he came, and said, I And Je'hu followed after him, see a company. And Jo'ram and said, Smite him also in the said, Take an horseman, and chariot. And they did so at send to meet them, and let him the going up to Gûr, which is say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horse-Me-gid'dō, and died there. by Ib'le-ăm. And he fled to back to meet him, and said, 28 And his servants carried Thus saith the king, Is it peace? him in a chariot to Je-ru'sa-lem, De.10.6, Burials. And Je'hu said, What hast thou and buried him in his sepulchre Ge.23.6, Sepulchres, to do with peace? turn thee be- with his fathers in the city of hind me. And the watchman Da'vid.

2 S.18.25, Watchmen,

p.p.1 K.19.17.

[Ps.127.1. told, saying, The messenger 29 And in the eleventh year
came to them, but he cometh of Jo'ram the son of A'hab be-
not again.
19 Then he sent out a second Jū ́dah.
gan A-ha-zi'ah to reign over

ch.1.17, Jehoram (Jo

p.p.2 Chr.22.7.

p.p.1 K.21.1.

me.

was

[2 Chr.16.14.

R.V. Is it peace, thou Zimri,
Jud.5.28, Windows.
thy master's murderer?
See Assassination,1 K.16.10.
1 K.16.8, Elah.

on horseback, which came to 30 ¶ And when Jē'hū
them, and said, Thus saith the come to Jez're-el, Jěz ́e-běl heard 1 K.16.31, Jezebel, v.36.
king, Is it peace? And Je'hū of it; and she painted her face, Jud.16.4, Evil Women.
answered, What hast thou to do and tired her head, and looked Painting, Je.4.30.
with peace? turn thee behind out at a window.
20 And the watchman told, the gate, she said, Had Zim'ri
31 And as Jē'hu entered in at
saying, He came even unto them, peace, who slew his master?
and cometh not again: and the 32 And he lifted up his face
driving is like the driving of to the window, and said, Who is
Je hū the son of Nim'shi; for on my side? who? And there
he driveth furiously.
looked out to him two or three
said, Make eunuchs.

21 And Jo'ram

[2 Chr.23.15.

[ram) (b), v. 24. ready. And his chariot was 33 And he said, Throw her
made ready. And Jo'ram king down. So they threw her down: Le.10.2, Death Penalty (2),
of Iş'ra-el and A-ha-zi'ah king of and some of her blood was
Ju'dah went out, each in his sprinkled on the wall, and on
chariot, and they went out the horses: and he trode her Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.
against Jē'hu, and met him in under foot.

p.p.2 Chr.21.13.

Jud.16.4, Evil Women.
Ex.22.18, Witchcraft,

[ch.23.24. ch.8.25, Ahaziah (a), v.27. Jud. 16.19, Treachery.

1 K.19.16, Jehu, ch.10.1. Ge.27.3, Bows, ch.13.15. ch.1.17, Jehoram (b), Jud.3.21, Assassination.

p.p.1 K.21.29.

Burden, Is.13.1.

12 Chr.22.5.

De.19.10, Innocent Blood.

the portion of Na'both the Jěz- 34 And when he was come in,
he did eat and drink, and said, p.p.1 K.21.25.

re-el-ite.

See Honor Rulers, Ex.22.28.

22 And it came to pass, when Go, see now this cursed wom- Jud.16.4, Evil Women.
Jo'ram saw Je'hu, that he said, an, and bury her: for she is a
Is it peace, Je'hu? And he an- king's daughter.
swered, What peace, so long as 35 And they went to bury her:
the whoredoms of thy mother but they found no more of her
Jěz ́e-bel and her witchcrafts are than the skull, and the feet, and
so many?
23 And Jo'ram turned his 36 Wherefore they came again,
the palms of her hands.
hands, and fled, and said to and told him. And he said, This
A-ha-zi'ah, There is treachery, is the word of the LORD, which 1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure.
O A-ha-zi'ah.
24 And Jē'hū drew a bow with the Tish'bite, saying, In the por-
he spake by his servant E-lijah 1 K.17.1, Elijah.
his full strength, and smote Je- tion of Jez're-el shall dogs eat 1 K.16.31, Jezebel.
ho'ram between his arms, and the flesh of Jěz'e-běl:

the arrow went out at his heart, 37 And the carcase of Jez'e- See Fate of the Wicked,
and he sunk down in his chariot. běl shall be as dung upon the

[Ps.37.2.

25 Then said Je'hu to Bid'kär face of the field in the portion De.28.26, Unburied.
his captain, Take up, and cast of Jěz re-el; so that they shall Jb.27.23, Wicked Despised.
him in the portion of the field not say, This is Jěz ́e-běl.

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20 Surely I have seen yeter. AND Ahab had seventy sons 15.27.14, Seed of the W
day the blood of Na'both, and
the blood of his sons, saith the wrote letters, and sent to Sa- 2 S.11.14, Letters, ch.19.14.
in Sa-ma'ri-å. And Je'hui K.19.16, Jehu, v.29.

H

388

Ahab's seventy sons beheaded.

Ex.3.16, Elders.

Ex.14.7, Chariots (1).
De.17.16, Horses.
Nu.32.17, Fenced Cities.

p.p.Jn.18.36.

p.p.ch.9.24-27.

Le.26.36, Faint-hearted.

Ge.25.23, Subjection. p.p.1 K.20.4.

p.p.1 K.21.21; ch.11.1.

II KINGS, 10

Ahaziah's brethren slain.
maʼri-å, unto the rulers of Jez'-priests, until he left him none Nu.31.7, Extermination.
re-el, to the elders, and to them remaining.

that brought up A ́hab's chil- 12 ¶ And he arose and de-
dren, saying,

parted, and came to Sâ-ma'ri-ȧ. 1 K.16.24, Samaria (1).

2 Now as soon as this letter And as he was at the shearing
cometh to you, seeing your mas- house in the way,

ter's sons are with you, and 13 Jē'hū met with the breth- p.p.ch.8.29; 2 Chr.22.8.
there are with you chariots ren of A-ha-zi'ah king of Jū ́dah,

and horses, a fenced city also, and said, Who are ye? And they

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3 Look even out the best and of A-ha-zi'ah; and we go down ch.8.25, Ahaziah (a).
meetest of your master's sons, to salute the children of the
and set him on his father's king and the children of the
throne, and fight for your mas-queen.

ter's house.

14 And he said, Take them

4 But they were exceedingly alive. And they took them

afraid, and said, Behold, two alive, and slew them at the pit Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off. kings stood not before him: of the shearing house, even two

how then shall we stand?

and forty men; neither left he

5 And he that was over the any of them.

house, and he that was over the 15 ¶ And when he was de

city, the elders also, and the parted thence, he lighted on

bringers up of the children, Je-hon'a-dăb the son of Re'chab Jonadab, Je.35.6.

sent to Jehu, saying, We are coming to meet him: and he sa- p.p.1 Chr.2.55.

thy servants, and will do all luted him, and said to him, Is

that thou shalt bid us; we will thine heart right, as my heart is See Renewed Heart,De.5.29.
not make any king: do thou with thy heart? And Jê-hõn ́a- Ac.1.14, Unity (3).
that which is good in thine dab answered, It is. If it be,

eyes.

give me thine hand. And he Hand Taken, Mt.9.25. 6 Then he wrote a letter the gave him his hand; and he second time to them, saying, If took him up to him into the ye be mine, and if ye will heark-chariot.

en unto my voice, take ye the 16 And he said, Come with me, Ostentation, Mt.6.2. heads of the men your master's and see my zeal for the LORD. Zealousness, Ne.4.21. sons, and come to me to Jěz-So they made him ride in his p.p.1 K.19.10.

re-el by to morrow this time. chariot.

Now the king's sons, being sev- 17 And when he came to Sã

enty persons, were with the ma'ri'a, he slew all that re

great men of the city, which mained unto A ́hab in Sâ-ma'- Nu.31.7, Extermination. brought them up.

ri-å, till he had destroyed him,

7 And it came to pass, when according to the saying of the 1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure.
the letter came to them, that LORD, which he spake to E-li ́- p.p.1 K.21.21.
they took the king's sons, and jah.

slew seventy persons, and put 18 ¶ And Jehū gathered all Ge.40.16, Baskets, Mt.14.20. their heads in baskets, and sent the people together, and said him them to Jěz're-el. unto them, A ́hab served Ba'al a Nu.22.41, Baal, v.28. 8 And there came a messen- little; but Jē'hū shall serve him Ge.12.13, Deception, ger, and told him, saying, They much.

Ge.23.10, Gates (1).

p.p.ch.9.14-24.

1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure.
1 K.14.17, Fulfillment (3).
1 K.16.29, Ahab.

Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.

[Mt.26.74. have brought the heads of the 19 Now therefore call unto me p.p.1 K.18.19; 22.6. king's sons. And he said, Lay all the prophets of Ba'al, all his ye them in two heaps at the en- servants, and all his priests; let tering in of the gate until the none be wanting: for I have a morning. great sacrifice to do to Ba'al; 9 And it came to pass in the whosoever shall be wanting, he morning, that he went out, and shall not live. But Jē'hū did it stood, and said to all the peo-in subtilty, to the intent that he 1 S.21.13, Dissimulation, ple, Ye be righteous: behold, I might destroy the worshippers conspired against my master, of Ba'al.

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Nu.22.41, Baal. and slew him: but who slew all 20 And Jē'hū said, Proclaim a Ex.32.5, Proclamations, these? solemn assembly for Ba'al. And 10 Know now that there shall they proclaimed it. fall unto the earth nothing of 21 And Jē ́hu sent through all the word of the LORD, which Isra-el: and all the worshippers the LORD spake concerning the of Ba'al came, so that there was house of A'hab: for the LORD not a man left that came not. hath done that which he spake And they came into the house by his servant E-li'jah.

of Ba'al; and the house of Ba'al 1 S.5.2, Idol Temples, 11 So Jē'hū slew all that re- was full from one end to an

Jb.27.14, Seed of the Wicked. mained of the house of A ́hab other.

Jud.17.5, Idolatrous Priests, in Jez're-el, and all his great 22 And he said unto him that [ch.11.18. men, and his kinsfolks, and his was over the vestry, Bring forth

[2 Chr.36.7.

Jehu destroyeth all worshippers of Baal.

Is.52.11, Separation (4).
Mt.13.30, Separation (5).

II KINGS, 11

Joash saved from Athaliah's massacre.

vestments for all the worship- Jē'hū, and all that he did, and
pers of Ba'al. And he brought all his might, are they not writ-
them forth vestments.
ten in the book of the chronicles

23 And Jē ́hū went, and Je- of the kings of Iş'ra-el?
hon'a-dab the son of Re'chab, 35 And Jē'hū slept with his 1 K.19.16, Jehu, Ho.1.4.
into the house of Ba'al, and said fathers: and they buried him 2 S.7.12, Sleep (4).
unto the worshippers of Ba'al, in Sâ-ma'ri-ȧ. And Jê-hō ́a-hăz Jehoahaz (a), ch.13.1.
Search, and look that there be his son reigned in his stead.

here with you none of the serv- 36 And the time that Je'hu

ants of the LORD, but the wor- reigned over İş'ra-el in Sã-ma'- 1 K.16.24, Samaria (1).
shippers of Ba'al only.
ri-à was twenty and eight years.

24 And when they went in to
offer sacrifices and burnt offer-
ings, Je'hū appointed fourscore
men without, and said, If any
of the men whom I have brought
De.24.16, Personal Respon- letteth him go, his life shett
into your hands escape, he

p.p.1 K.20.39.

Pr.11.21, No Escape.

[sibility. for the life of him.

Nu.31.48, Captains.
Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.
Ps.37.2, Fate of the Wicked.

R.V. pillars Ex.32.20, Iconoclasm (2), [ch.11.18. 1K.15.12, Religious Reforms, [ch.11.18. p.p.Ezr.6.11; Da.2.5.

Nu.22.41, Baal, ch.21.3. p.p.1 K.18.40.

1 K.11.28, Jeroboam (1). 1 K.19.16, Jehu, v.35.

1 K.12.28, Golden Calves,
Ge.28.19, Beth-el, ch.17.28.
[ch.17.16.

Mk.14.6, Commendation.
Ex.19.5, Obedience (3).

p.p.ch.15.12.

See Law Despised.
Half-heartedness, ch.13.18.
[2 Chr.36.16.

Le.20.23, Evil Example.
p.p.1 K.12.29,30.
Ho.9.17, Israel Cut Off.
1 K.19.15, Hazael, ch.12.17.

Nu.32.1, Gilead, 1 Chr.5.9.

Nu.21.33, Bashan, Is.2.13.

CHAPTER 11.

Joash saved from Athaliah's mas- B.C.884.

sacre: 4 he is made king. 13 Atha-
liah slain. 17 Jehoiada restores

God's worship.

AND when Ath-a-li'ah the ch.8.26, Athaliah, v.16.

mother of A-ha-zi'ah saw Jud. 16.4, Evil Women, that her son was dead, she arose

[2 Chr.15.16.

25 And it came to pass, as soon and destroyed all the seed royal. Ge.4.8, Murder (2). as he had made an end of offer- 2 But Je-hosh ́e-bȧ, the daugh

ing the burnt offering, that Je-ter of king Jo'ram, sister of

hu said to the guard and to the A-ha-zi'ah, took Jō'ash the son Joash, v.21.
captains, Go in, and slay them; of A-ha-zi'ah, and stole him from

smote them with the edge of the were slain; and they hid him,
let none come forth. And they among the king's sons which De.6.24, Preservation.
sword; and the guard and the even him and his nurse, in the Ge.24.59, Nurses, 1 Th.2.7.
captains cast them out, and went bedchamber from Ath-a-li'ah, so
to the city of the house of Ba'al. that he was not slain.

26 And they brought forth the 3 And he was with her hid in
images out of the house of Ba'al, the house of the LORD six years.
and burned them.
27 And they brake down the the land.
And Ath-a-li'ah did reign over See Queens (Index).
image of Ba'al, and brake down 4 ¶ And the seventh year Jê- Jehoiada, v.17.
the house of Ba'al, and made it hoi'a-då sent and fetched the

a draught house unto this day. rulers over hundreds, with the
28 Thus Jē'hū destroyed Ba'al captains and the guard, and
out of Is'ra-el.
brought them to him into the

29 Howbeit from the sins of house of the LORD, and made a
Jĕr-o-bō'am the son of Ne'băt, covenant with them, and took Ge.21.27, Covenant (4).
who made Is'ra-el to sin, Jē'hū an oath of them in the house of Oaths (2), Ec.8.2.
departed not from after them, the LORD, and shewed them the

to wit, the golden calves that king's son.
were in Beth'-el, and that were 5 And he commanded them,
in Dăn.
saying, This is the thing that

30 And the LORD said unto ye shall do; A third part of you
Je'hu, Because thou hast done that enter in on the sabbath
well in executing that which is shall even be keepers of the
right in mine eyes, and hast watch of the king's house;
done unto the house of A'hab 6 And a third part shall be at
according to all that was in the gate of Sûr; and a third
mine heart, thy children of the part at the gate behind the
fourth generation shall sit on guard: so shall ye keep the
the throne of Iş'ra-el.
watch of the house, that it be

31 But Jē'hū took no heed to not broken down.
of Iş'ra-el with all his heart: for that go forth on the sabbath,
walk in the law of the LORD God 7 And two parts of all you
he departed not from the sins of even they shall keep the watch Watch, Ne.4.9.
Jĕr-o-bō'am, which made Iş ́ra-el of the house of the LORD about
to sin.
32 In those days the LORD 8 And ye shall compass the
the king.
Hăz ́a-el smote them in all the with his weapons in his hand:
began to cut Is'ra-el short: and king round about, every man
coasts of Is'ra-el;
33 From Jôr'dan eastward, all ranges, let him be slain: and
and he that cometh within the
the land of Gil'e-ăd, the Găd'- be ye with the king as he goeth
ites, and the Reuben-ites, and out and as he cometh in.
the Ma-năs'sites, from Ar'o-er, 9 And the captains over the Nu.31.48, Captains.
which is by the river Är'non, hundreds did according to all
p.p.2 Chr.23.8.
even Gil'e-ad and Ba'shăn.
34 Now the rest of the acts of priest commanded: and they
things that Je-hoi'a-då the
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