2 Chronicles 17 Cross References - ACV

¹ And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. ² And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. ³ And LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David, and did not seek for the Baalim, ⁴ but sought for the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. ⁵ Therefore LORD established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute, and he had riches and honor in abundance. ⁶ And his heart was lifted up in the ways of LORD. And furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah. ⁷ Also in the third year of his reign he sent his rulers, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; ⁸ and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. ⁹ And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of LORD with them. And they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people. ¹⁰ And the fear of LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹¹ And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats. ¹² And Jehoshaphat grew exceedingly great. And he built in Judah castles and cities of storage. ¹³ And he had many works in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses. Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; ¹⁵ and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; ¹⁶ and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; ¹⁸ and next to him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war. ¹⁹ These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

¹⁶ And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

²⁴ And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

⁴¹ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

¹⁰ Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of LORD concerning Israel.

¹ And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of LORD, and all Israel with him.

⁸ And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. And his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he grew exceedingly strong.

⁵ And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

²⁷ The king shall mourn, and the ruler shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled. I will do to them according to their way, and according to their deserts I will judge them. And they shall know that I am LORD.

⁸ and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah,

¹⁰ Finally my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

⁵ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

¹¹ And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine. ¹² And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

⁸ And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of LORD, that was before the porch of LORD.

² And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master saw that LORD was with him, and that LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

²¹ But LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

¹² And he said, I will certainly be with thee. And this shall be the sign to thee, that I have sent thee: When thou have brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

¹² Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shall speak.

⁵ There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

⁹ Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not frightened, neither be thou dismayed, for LORD thy God is with thee wherever thou go.

¹¹ And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and served the Baalim.

¹⁸ And when LORD raised up judges for them, then LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For LORD regretted because of their groaning because of those who oppressed them and vexed them.

¹² And the agent of LORD appeared to him, and said to him, LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

³³ And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

¹⁰ And David grew greater and greater, for LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel. And David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.

⁶ And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and went not fully after LORD as did David his father.

³ And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. And his heart was not perfect with LORD his God as the heart of David his father. ⁴ Nevertheless for David's sake LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

³ And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.

² Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do that which was right in the eyes of LORD his God, like David his father.

³ And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

² And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

¹⁸ Is not LORD your God with you? And has he not given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before LORD, and before his people.

² And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of LORD his God. ³ For he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, ⁴ and commanded Judah to seek LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. ⁵ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images. And the kingdom was quiet before him.

¹¹ And Asa cried to LORD his God, and said, LORD, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, O LORD our God. For we rely on thee, and in thy name we come against this multitude. O LORD, thou are our God. Let not man prevail against thee.

² And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. LORD is with you while ye are with him. And if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

⁸ And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of LORD, that was before the porch of LORD. ⁹ And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon, for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that 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 And they sacrificed to LORD in that day of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. ¹² And they entered into the covenant to seek LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul. ¹³ And that whoever would not seek LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

⁷ LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

¹¹ LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

¹ LORD, remember for David all his affliction, ² how he swore to LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³ Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed, ⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, ⁵ until I find out a place for LORD, a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁰ Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing. Speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us.

¹⁰ Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

²³ How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,

²³ Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

²² The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit. Grace is with you. Truly.

²⁸ Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

³⁰ And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.

³³ And he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the sons of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.

³³ After this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but again made from among all the people priests of the high places. Whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. ³⁴ And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

³¹ And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. ³² And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. ³³ And Ahab made the Asherah. And Ahab did yet more to provoke LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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. And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD.

¹⁹ Also Judah did not keep the commandments of LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

⁷ And I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me, but she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. ⁸ And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not, but she also went and played the harlot.

¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend, and come not ye to Gilgal, nor go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As LORD lives.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless.

¹² and solemnly declaring for you to walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

¹ Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you, and summon in the Lord Jesus, that just as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye may abound more.

² And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

¹³ And the man became great, and grew more and more until he became very great. ¹⁴ And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.

¹³ and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou have is multiplied, ¹⁴ then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget LORD thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

²⁷ But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

²⁵ And now, O LORD God, the word that thou have spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as thou have spoken. ²⁶ And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is God over Israel, and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.

²¹ And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

⁴ And as for thee, if thou will walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances, ⁵ then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

²⁵ And every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

²⁷ And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

¹⁵ And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

²⁷ And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

¹ Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance. And he joined affinity with Ahab.

²³ And many brought gifts to LORD to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah. So that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

²⁷ And Hezekiah had exceedingly much riches and honor. And he provided for him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels, ²⁸ also store-houses for the increase of grain and new wine and oil, and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds. ²⁹ Moreover he provided for him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance. For God had given him very much substance.

¹² So LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

²⁹ Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents to thee.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹¹ Vow, and pay to LORD your God. Let all who are round about him bring presents to him who ought to be feared.

¹ Unless LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless LORD guards the city, the watchman wake but in vain.

¹² If thy sons will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

¹¹ And having come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down, they worshiped him. And having opened their treasures, they brought to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

¹⁰ And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.

⁴⁷ Because thou served not LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things,

⁴³ And he walked in all the way of Asa his father. He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of LORD. However the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

³ For he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

¹⁷ But the high places were not taken away out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

³ Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set thy heart to seek God.

³³ However the high places were not taken away. Neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

¹ Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

³ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father. And in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images. ⁴ And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence, and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. ⁵ And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. ⁶ And so also in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about. ⁷ And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

²⁶ For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

²¹ For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²² For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.

¹ Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of LORD.

⁵ Yea, they shall sing of the ways of LORD, for great is the glory of LORD.

⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

¹⁰ said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of the Lord?

⁵ Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land where ye go in to possess it.

¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, and Israel thy law. They shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt offering upon thine altar.

³ Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

²² And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of LORD. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to LORD, the God of their fathers.

³ And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. There shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve LORD your God, and his people Israel.

⁷ Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law. And the people stood in their place. ⁸ And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly, and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

¹³ And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law. ¹⁴ And they found written in the law how that LORD had commanded by Moses that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,

³ And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of LORD their God a fourth part of the day, and another fourth part they confessed, and worshiped LORD their God.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD.

¹³ Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted to thee.

¹² I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly-words of truth.

²³ And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. They shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet. And thou shall know that I am LORD, and those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.

²³ And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

² And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching,

⁴³ But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for this. ⁴⁴ And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

¹ I indeed made the former treatise, O Theophilus, about all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

⁸ Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat set from the Levites and the priests, and from the heads of the fathers of Israel for the judgment of LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

¹ Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, ² the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, ³ the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, ⁴ the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, ⁵ the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest, ⁶ this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which LORD, the God of Israel, had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of LORD his God upon him.

⁷ For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth. For he is the messenger of LORD of hosts.

⁴ Hear, O Israel: LORD our God is one LORD. ⁵ And thou shall love LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. ⁶ And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart. ⁷ And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lie down, and when thou rise up. ⁸ And thou shall bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. ⁹ And thou shall write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

¹¹ when all Israel has come to appear before LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. ¹² Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law, ¹³ and that their sons who have not known may hear, and learn to fear LORD your God as long as ye live in the land where ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

⁷ Only be strong and very courageous to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may have good success wherever thou go. ⁸ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shall meditate on it day and night, that thou may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and then thou shall have good success.

⁷ Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law. And the people stood in their place.

²⁰ Seek to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.

¹ And it came to pass when Jesus finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death. ⁵ But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering. ⁶ And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition. ⁷ Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying, ⁸ This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. ⁹ And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

¹⁹ After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

¹⁷ And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And having opened the book, he found the place where it was written, ¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliverance those who have been broken, ¹⁹ to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

³⁹ Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.

⁴⁶ For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for that man wrote about me.

⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through all the cities he preached the good news until he came to Caesarea.

¹⁵ And after the reading of the law and the prophets the synagogue rulers sent to them, saying, Men, brothers, if there is among you a word of exhortation for the people, speak.

²¹ For Moses from generations past, has from city to city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues on every sabbath.

²³ And having appointed a day for him, more came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded, solemnly testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.

² Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God.

¹¹ If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

⁵ And they journeyed, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

¹⁴ The peoples have heard, they tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. ¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed, the mighty men of Moab. Trembling takes hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. ¹⁶ Terror and dread falls upon them. By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone, till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over whom thou have purchased.

²⁴ For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders. Neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou go up to appear before LORD thy God three times in the year.

⁹ And she said to the men, I know that LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us. And that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. ¹⁰ For we have heard how LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when ye came out of Egypt, and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. ¹¹ And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man because of you, for LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

¹⁴ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar. For the fear of LORD came upon them. And they despoiled all the cities. For there was much spoil in them.

⁹ For the eyes of LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. In this thou have done foolishly, for from henceforth thou shall have wars.

⁷ When a man's ways please LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

² And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground. And he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

⁴ Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master. And he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

¹⁴ besides that which the traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

⁵ Therefore LORD established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

²⁵ And LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

² that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the sons of Israel to dwell there. ³ And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. ⁴ And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. ⁵ Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars, ⁶ and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

⁵ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. ⁶ He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, ⁷ And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam, ⁸ and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, ⁹ and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, ¹⁰ and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

⁶ And he built fortified cities in Judah. For the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because LORD had given him rest. ⁷ For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought LORD our God. We have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

⁶ And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. And he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. ⁸ And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. And his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he grew exceedingly strong. ⁹ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

⁴ Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

²⁵ And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel. And over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah. ²⁶ And over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub. ²⁷ And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. And over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. ²⁸ And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite. And over the cellars of oil was Joash. ²⁹ And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. ³⁰ And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. ³¹ All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

¹⁰ And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle, also in the lowland and in the plain. And he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved husbandry. ¹¹ Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. ¹² The whole number of the heads of fathers, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred. ¹³ And under their hand was an army, three hundred seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. ¹⁵ And he made engines in Jerusalem, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad. For he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.

¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

² Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls,

¹⁸ and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month. And they declared their ancestry after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

¹ And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

³ And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men. And Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men who were mighty men of valor.

⁸ And Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were mighty men of valor.

¹³ And under their hand was an army, three hundred seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

² That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless ye LORD.

⁹ My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye LORD.

⁹ Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to LORD. And David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

¹⁷ I know also, my God, that thou try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy thy people, who are present here, offer willingly to thee.

³ Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning thou have the dew of thy youth.

³ so that according to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, willingly, ⁴ with much exhortation, begging of us the favor, even the fellowship of service for the sanctified. ⁵ And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

¹² For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.

²¹ Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. ²² From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

¹² And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

²³ And he dealt wisely, and dispersed all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. And he gave them provisions in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.

² And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

¹² And Jehoshaphat grew exceedingly great. And he built in Judah castles and cities of storage.