m 1 Kings 14. 25, 26. 1 Kings 10. 16. 17. ch. 9. 15, 16. 9 mSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had a made. 10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and 2 Sam. 8. 18. committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guardchamber. 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would Or, and yet not destroy him altogether: land in Judah also in Judah things went well. there were good things: See Gen. 18. 24. & 1 Kings 14. 13. ch. 19. 3. P1 Kings 14. 21 9 ch. 6. 6. 1 Or, fixed. ch. 9. 29. & 13. 22. 13¶ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for P Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 14 And he did evil, because he I prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not writ↑ Heb.words. ten in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, rand of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 1 Kings 14. 30. Before CHRIST 958. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there See ch. 11. was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 20. 957. together. 3 And Abijah set the battle in Heb. bound array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. 4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in Josh. 18. 22. mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13, 16. 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel dgave 42 Sam. 7. 12, the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath f rebelled against his lord. Num. 18. 19. f 1 Kings 11. 26. & 12. 20. 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Judg. 9. 4. Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam hmade you for gods. 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 1 Kings 12. 28. & 14. 9. ich. 11.14, 15. Ex. 29. 35. his hand: See Ex. 29. 1. Lev. 8. 2. 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 11 And they burn unto the Ich. 24. LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and also set they in order upon the m Lev. 24. 6. and overcometh him. Before 957. II. CHRONICLES. Asa destroyeth idolatry. pure table; and the candlestickthers, and they buried him CHRIST Abijah slept with his fa- | Before CHRIST of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we in the city of David: and Asa keep the charge of the LORD his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. n Ex. 27. 20, 21. Lev. 24. 2, 3. • Num. 10. & P Acts 5. 39. ch. 14. 12. our God; but ye have forsaken him. 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. children of Israel, Pfight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God asmote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah pre1 Chr. B. 20. Vailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. Ps. 22. 5. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and "he died. 21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. CHAPTER XIV. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the timages, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 1 Kings 15.8. &c. about 951. See 1 Kings 15. 14. Ex. 34. 12. ↑ Heb. statues. d 1 Kings 11.7. sun images. 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the Heb kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. 9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethio- ch. 16. & pian with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Ma- Josh. 18. 44. reshah. 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. Asa's solemn Before II. CHRONICLES. CHRIST Ethiopians before Asa, and be fore Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. cl. 13. 15. 1 Gen. 10. 19. & 20. 1. ↑ Heb. broken. TM Gen. 35. & ch. 17. 10. Num. 24. 2. Judg. 3. 10. cl. 20. 14. & 24. 20. ↑ Heb. before Asa. covenant with God. Before 941. ↑ Heb. abominations. 12 So the LORD smote the age, and put away the tabominable idols out of all the land of CHRIST Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and re- ch. 13, 19. newed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto 'Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and James 4.8. Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. ⚫ ver. 4, 15. 1 Chr. 28. 9. ch. 33. 12. 13. Jer. 29. 13. Matt. 7. 7. & ch. 24. 20. • Hos. 3. 4 f Lev. 10. 11. Deut. 429. Judg. 5. 6. i Matt. 24. 7. ↑ Heb. beaten in pieces. 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers Ich. 1L 16. with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 m And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of "thet spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. should be put to death, wheth-Deut. 13. 5. er small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him ver. 2. with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. 16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an fidol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, Heb and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 8 And when Asa heard these 19 And there was no more war words, and the prophecy of unto the five and thirtieth year Oded the prophet, he took cour-of the reign of Asa. mother. 1 Kings 15. 2. 10. horror. tch. 14. 3, 5. 1 Kings 15. 14, &c. the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, a Baasha the ten tribes king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. over which Asa was * 1 Kings 15. t Heb. Darmesek. ↑ Heb. which were his. 1 Kings 16.1. ch. 19. 2. dla. 31. 1. Jer. 17. &. 941. ch. 14. S. fch. 12. 3. ↑ Heb. in 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7¶And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, & Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim ta huge host, with very many chariots and horseabundance. men? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. Job 34, 21. Prov. 5. 21. & 15. 3. Jer. 16. 17. & 32. 19. Zech. 4. 10. 1 Or. strongly to hold with them, &c. h1 Sam. 13. 13. i1 Kings 15. 32. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth ithou shalt have wars. Jehoshaphat's good reign. CHRIST 941. 10 Then Asa was wroth with Before the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing.ch. 18. 26. And Asa toppressed some of the people the same time. 11 And, behold, the acts of 11 Kings 15. Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 20. 2. Matt. 14. 8. ↑ Heb. crushed. 23. 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Jer. 17. §. LORD, but to the physicians. 13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and Kings 15. fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made Pa very great burning for him. CHAPTER XVII. 1 Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigneth well, and prospereth. 7 He sendeth Levites with the princes to teach Judah. 10 His enemies being terrified by God, some of them bring him presents and tribute. 12 His greatness, captains, and armies. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had ch. 15. 8. taken. 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father 10r. of his David, and sought not unto Baalim; 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. 5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah & brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance. Jehoshaphat's greatness. II. CHRONICLES. Jehoshaphat and Ahab even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, | put in the fenced cities through. CHRIST and to Zechariah, and to Ne- out all Judah. Before 912. 6 ch. 15. 3. ch. 35, 3 Neh. 8. 7. i Gen. 35. 5. ↑ Heb. was. k 2 Sam. 8. 2. thaneel, and to Michaiah, to Jehona CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, Before CHRIST 912. 897. and Shemiramoth, and derobi Naw Josoup at abundance, cha's. OW Jehoshaphat riches jah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; b2 Kings 8. 18. &c. ↑ Heb. at the end of years. and joined affinity with Ahab. 9 h And they taught in Judah, 10 And the fear of the LORD 11 Also some of the Philistines * brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built 1 Or, palaces. in Judah castles, and cities of store. ↑ Heb. 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And next to him was Jehoat his hand. hanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. 16 And next him was Amasiah I Judg. 5.2, 9. the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. ver. 2. |