Matthew Cross References - Darby

¹ Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham. ² Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren; ³ and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram, ⁴ and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon, of her [that had been the wife] of Urias; ⁷ and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, ⁸ and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, ⁹ and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekias, ¹⁰ and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, ¹¹ and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon. ¹² And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel, ¹³ and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, ¹⁴ and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, ¹⁵ and Eliud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷ All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations. ¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly; ²⁰ but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to [thee] Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins. ²² Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord, through the prophet, saying, ²³ Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, `God with us.` ²⁴ But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of [the] Lord had enjoined him, and took to [him] his wife, ²⁵ and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

⁴ These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,

¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

¹ This is the book of Adam`s generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.

⁹ This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.

²² And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

⁵ And Noah did according to all that Jehovah had commanded him.

³ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

¹⁹ And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

²¹ But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return to thee at [this] time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.

² And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. ³ And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. ⁴ And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. ⁵ And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

² And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son], whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. ³ And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.

¹⁸ and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

²⁶ And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau`s heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

³ Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father. ⁴ And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves -- ⁵ because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

¹³ And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. ¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Reuben; for she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me. ³³ And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. ³⁵ And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, This time will I praise Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased to bear.

⁵ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah Rachel`s maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son. <sup>8</sup> And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali. <sup>9</sup> And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife. <sup>10</sup> And Zilpah Leah`s maidservant bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah Leah`s maidservant bore Jacob a second son. <sup>13</sup> And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher. <sup>14</sup> And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son`s mandrakes. ¹⁵ And she said to her, Is it [too] little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son`s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son`s mandrakes. ¹⁶ And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son`s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. ¹⁷ And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar. ¹⁹ And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son; ²⁰ and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

¹¹ And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.

¹⁶ And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing. ¹⁷ And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And it came to pass as her soul was departing -- for she died -- that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin. ¹⁹ And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.

⁶ And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

¹¹ And Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father`s house, until Shelah my son is grown; for he said, Lest he die also, as his brethren. And Tamar went and remained in her father`s house.

²⁴ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committed fornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned.

²⁴ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has committed fornication, and behold, she is also with child by fornication. And Judah said, Bring her forth, that she may be burned. ²⁵ When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these [belong] am I with child; and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, whose are this signet, and this lace, and this staff. ²⁶ And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She is more righteous than I, because I have not given her to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. ²⁷ And it came to pass at the time of her delivery, that behold, twins were in her womb.

²⁹ And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! on thee be the breach! And they called his name Pherez. ³⁰ And afterwards came out his brother, round whose hand was the scarlet thread; and they called his name Zerah.

³ And he said, I am ?God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. Jacob`s firstborn, Reuben. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Enoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰ -- And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman. ¹¹ -- And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹² -- And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pherez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pherez were Hezron and Hamul.

¹² -- And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pherez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pherez were Hezron and Hamul. ¹³ -- And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Job, and Shimron. ¹⁴ -- And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵ -- These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram; and his daughter, Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ -- And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ -- These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel Jacob`s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. <sup>20</sup> And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asnath bore to him, the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On. <sup>21</sup> -- And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. <sup>22</sup> -- These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. <sup>23</sup> And the sons of Dan: Hushim. <sup>24</sup> -- And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. <sup>25</sup> -- These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven. <sup>26</sup> All the souls that came with Jacob to Egypt, that had come out of his loins, besides Jacob`s sons` wives: all the souls were sixty-six. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob that came to Egypt were seventy.

⁸ Judah -- [as to] thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father`s children will bow down to thee. <sup>9</sup> Judah is a young lion; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stoopeth, he layeth himself down as a lion, And as a lioness: who will rouse him up? <sup>10</sup> The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples. <sup>11</sup> He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass`s colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes. ¹² The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth [are] white with milk.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; ³ Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ⁴ Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. ⁵ And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

² Hallow unto me every firstborn, whatever breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, of man and of cattle: it is mine.

²⁹ -- Thou shalt not delay the fulness of thy [threshing-floor] and the outflow of thy [winepress]. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

¹⁶ And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

¹⁹ And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above over it; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

²⁵ And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

²⁷ And he burnt on it fragrant incense; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

³² when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they drew near to the altar, they washed; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

²⁰ And if a man lie with a woman for copulation, and she is a bondwoman betrothed to a husband, but not at all ransomed, nor hath freedom been given to her, there shall be a chastisement: they shall not be put to death, for she was not free.

¹⁰ And a man that committeth adultery with a man`s wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour`s wife, -- the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death.

⁷ for Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

³ And [for] those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [there shall be] the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

¹² And he that presented his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

¹⁷ and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁴ The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward first according to their hosts, and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

⁶ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak to him in a dream.

²⁰ And the sons of Judah, after their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Pherez, the family of the Pharzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. ²¹ And the sons of Pherez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

²¹ then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father`s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father`s house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. ²² If a man be found lying with a man`s wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. <sup>23</sup> If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her, <sup>24</sup> then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour`s wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

¹ When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, it shall be if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house. ² And she shall depart out of his house, and go away, and may become another man`s wife. ³ And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die who took her as his wife; ⁴ her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for it is an abomination before Jehovah; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

³ And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.

⁸ Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah, and said, Ah Lord! let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, I pray thee, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. ⁹ And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman whilst she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.

⁴ And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.

¹⁶ And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; ¹⁷ where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!

²² So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley-harvest.

¹⁸ Now these are the generations of Pherez. Pherez begot Hezron, ¹⁹ and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab,

¹⁹ and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab, ²⁰ and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,

²⁰ and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon, ²¹ and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,

²¹ and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed, ²² and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

²² and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

¹ And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

¹¹ And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither. ¹² And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, and besides of a lovely countenance and beautiful appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. ¹³ And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

¹² Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Judah whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was old in the days of Saul, advanced [in years] among men.

⁵⁸ And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? And David said, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

³⁰ And Saul`s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother`s nakedness? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.

⁸ that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made [a covenant] with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?

¹² When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. ¹⁴ I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men; ¹⁵ but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before thee. ¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

³ and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?

²⁶ And the wife of Urijah heard that Urijah her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband. ²⁷ And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

²⁴ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon; and Jehovah loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah`s sake.

¹ Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,

³⁹ Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

¹¹ And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith is king, and David our lord does not know [it]? ¹² And now, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. ¹³ Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign? ¹⁴ Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words. ¹⁵ And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king. ¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? ¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid, [saying,] Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

²⁸ Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king`s presence, and stood before the king. ²⁹ And the king swore, and said, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress, ³⁰ even as I swore to thee by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. ³¹ And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

¹⁵ And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

²⁴ who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand, as at this day.

⁴³ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

² And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men`s bones shall be burned upon thee.

³¹ And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother`s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

⁵ because David did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Urijah the Hittite.

⁸ And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. ⁹ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah; ¹⁰ and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom. <sup>11</sup> And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father. <sup>12</sup> And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father had made. <sup>13</sup> And also Maachah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and burned it in the valley of Kidron. <sup>14</sup> But the high places were not removed; only, Asa`s heart was perfect with Jehovah all his days. ¹⁵ And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels. ¹⁶ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. ¹⁷ And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹⁸ And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king`s house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, ¹⁹ There is a league between me and thee, [as] between my father and thy father; behold, I send thee a present of silver and gold: go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. ²⁰ And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. ²¹ And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. ²² And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. ²³ And the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 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.

¹³ And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.

² And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. ³ And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do ye know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we keep quiet without taking it out of the hand of the king of Syria? ⁴ And he said to Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. ⁵ And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, this day of the word of Jehovah. ⁶ And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king`s hand. <sup>7</sup> But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we might inquire of him? <sup>8</sup> And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. <sup>9</sup> Then the king of Israel called a chamberlain, and said, Fetch quickly Micah the son of Imlah. <sup>10</sup> And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, in the open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. <sup>11</sup> And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and he said, Thus saith Jehovah: With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have exterminated them. <sup>12</sup> And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will give it into the king`s hand. ¹³ And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good. ¹⁴ And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what Jehovah shall say to me, that will I speak. ¹⁵ And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he said to him, Go up, and prosper; for Jehovah will give it into the hand of the king. ¹⁶ And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah? ¹⁷ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. ¹⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil? ¹⁹ And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left; ²⁰ and Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead? And one said after this manner, and another said after that manner. ²¹ And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. ²² And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice [him], and also succeed: go forth, and do so. ²³ And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee. ²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee? ²⁵ And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself. ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king`s son; <sup>27</sup> and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this [man] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. <sup>28</sup> And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you! <sup>29</sup> And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead. <sup>30</sup> And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. <sup>31</sup> And the king of Syria commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but with the king of Israel only. <sup>32</sup> And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely that is the king of Israel; and they turned against him to fight; and Jehoshaphat cried out. <sup>33</sup> And it came to pass that when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. <sup>34</sup> And a man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the fastenings and the corslet. And he said to his charioteer, Turn thy hand, and drive me out of the camp; for I am wounded. <sup>35</sup> And the battle increased that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and he died at even; and the blood of the wound ran out into the hollow of the chariot. <sup>36</sup> And there went the cry throughout the host at the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country! <sup>37</sup> And the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. <sup>38</sup> And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked his blood, where the harlots bathed: according to the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken. <sup>39</sup> And the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house that he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <sup>40</sup> And Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. <sup>41</sup> And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. <sup>42</sup> Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. ⁴³ And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places. ⁴⁴ And Jehoshaphat was at peace with the king of Israel. ⁴⁵ And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁴⁶ And the remainder of the sodomites, which were left in the days of his father Asa, he put away from out of the land. ⁴⁷ And there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned. ⁴⁸ Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. ⁴⁹ Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. ⁵⁰ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

¹ And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.

¹⁶ And he said, At this appointed time, when thy term is come, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid. ¹⁷ And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.

¹¹ And Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper. ¹² Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage. ¹³ And his servants drew near, and spoke to him and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bidden thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash and be clean? ¹⁴ Then he went down, and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

¹⁶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.

²¹ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

¹ In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. ² He was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. <sup>3</sup> And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. <sup>4</sup> Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. <sup>5</sup> And Jehovah smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king`s son was over the house, judging the people of the land. ⁶ And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁷ And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

³² In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.

¹ And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. ² He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah. <sup>3</sup> And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. <sup>4</sup> He removed the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and broke in pieces the serpent of brass that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. <sup>5</sup> He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] that were before him. <sup>6</sup> And he clave to Jehovah, and did not turn aside from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses. <sup>7</sup> And Jehovah was with him; he prospered whithersoever he went forth. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. <sup>8</sup> He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders, from the watchmen`s tower to the fortified city. ⁹ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. ¹⁰ And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. ¹¹ And the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes; ¹² because they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded; and they would not hear nor do it. ¹³ And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. ¹⁴ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: I will bear what thou layest upon me. And the king of Assyria laid upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king`s house. <sup>16</sup> At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the posts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave them to the king of Assyria. <sup>17</sup> And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller`s field. ¹⁸ And they called to the king. Then came forth to them Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler. ¹⁹ And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? ²⁰ Thou sayest -- but it is a word of the lips -- There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

²¹ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

²¹ and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them; ²² and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah. ²³ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. ²⁴ But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. ²⁵ And the rest of the acts of Amon, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁶ And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

²¹ And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant. ²² For there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; ²³ but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem. ²⁴ Moreover the necromancers and the soothsayers, and the teraphim and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah took away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkijah the priest had found in the house of Jehovah. ²⁵ And before him there had been no king like him that turned to Jehovah with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there his like. ²⁶ But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him. ²⁷ And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. ²⁸ And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁹ In his days Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; but [Nechoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. ³⁰ And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father`s stead. <sup>31</sup> Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³ Verily, at the commandment of Jehovah it came to pass against Judah, that they should be removed out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done; ⁴ and also [because of] the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.

¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained but the poorest sort of the people of the land.

¹¹ And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

²⁷ And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

³⁴ And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,

¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

² Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ³ The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah`s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

³ The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah`s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. ⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁵ The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

⁶ And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. ⁷ And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.

⁷ And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. ⁸ And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

⁸ And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹ And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰ And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹⁰ And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹ and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz,

¹¹ and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, ¹² and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;

¹² and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³ and Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴ Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

⁵ And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

¹⁰ And Solomon`s son was Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹ Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

¹¹ Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

¹¹ Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹² Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

¹² Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴ Amon his son, Josiah his son.

¹⁴ Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶ And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷ And the sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son,

¹⁷ And the sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son,

¹⁹ And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰ and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, [and] Jushab-hesed, five. ²¹ And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Isaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. ²² And the sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Jigeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³ And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴ And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

¹ The sons of Judah: Pherez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

¹ And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, inasmuch as he defiled his father`s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; but the genealogy is not registered according to the birthright, <sup>2</sup> for Judah prevailed among his brethren, and of him was the prince, but the birthright was Joseph`s),

⁶ And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel; and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

⁴¹ Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

⁴ And these are the names of the children which he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

⁵ and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.

³¹ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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

⁷ And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.

¹ And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. ² And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God; ³ and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs; ⁴ and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment. ⁵ And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. ⁶ And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest. ⁷ And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered. ⁸ And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour. ⁹ And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah. ¹⁰ And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah. ¹¹ And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. ¹² And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. ¹³ And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil. ¹⁴ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them. ¹⁵ They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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 that Asa his father had taken. ³ And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals; ⁴ but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. ⁵ And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance. ⁶ And he took courage in the ways of Jehovah; moreover, he removed the high places and Asherahs out of Judah. ⁷ And in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethaneel, and Micah, to teach in the cities of Judah; ⁸ and with them the Levites: Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. ⁹ And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of Jehovah with them; and they went about through all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people. ¹⁰ And the terror of Jehovah was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹¹ And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute-silver. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats. ¹² And Jehoshaphat waxed exceeding great; and he built in Judah castles and store-cities. ¹³ And he had much business in the cities of Judah; and men of war, strong and valiant, in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And these are the numbers 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 valour; ¹⁵ and next to him was Johanan 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 Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand, armed with bow and shield; ¹⁸ and next to him was Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war. ¹⁹ These were they that waited on the king, besides those that the king had put in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

¹ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

¹ And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. ² It was he that built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. ³ Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. <sup>4</sup> And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. <sup>5</sup> And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in the days that he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper. <sup>6</sup> And he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. <sup>7</sup> And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Maonites. <sup>8</sup> And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad to the entrance of Egypt; for he became exceeding strong. <sup>9</sup> And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the angle, and fortified them. <sup>10</sup> And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen [also] and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry. <sup>11</sup> And Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king`s captains. ¹² The whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred. ¹³ And under their hand was an army-host of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy. ¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and even slinging-stones. ¹⁵ And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by skilful men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he became strong. ¹⁶ But when he became strong his heart was lifted up to [his] downfall; and he transgressed against Jehovah his God, and went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah, eighty valiant men; ¹⁸ and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast transgressed; neither shall it be for thine honour from Jehovah Elohim. ¹⁹ And Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar. ²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; even he himself hasted to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him. ²¹ And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king`s house, judging the people of the land.

²¹ And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king`s house, judging the people of the land. ²² And the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz write. ²³ And Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the burial-ground of the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok. ² And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly. ³ It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. ⁴ And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. ⁵ And he fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. This the children of Ammon brought again to him also in the second year, and in the third. ⁶ And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God. ⁷ And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. ⁸ He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁹ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah, like David his father, ² but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made molten images for the Baals; ³ and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel. ⁴ And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. ⁵ Therefore Jehovah his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. ⁶ And Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers. ⁷ And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king`s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king. ⁸ And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took away also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. ⁹ But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah the God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he gave them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. ¹⁰ And now ye think to subjugate the children of Judah and Jerusalem as your bondmen and bondwomen. Are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against Jehovah your God? ¹¹ And now hear me, and send back the captives again, whom ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you. ¹² And certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Hezekiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, ¹³ and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; because, for our guilt before Jehovah, ye think to increase our sins and our trespasses: for our trespass is great, and fierce wrath is upon Israel. ¹⁴ Then the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. ¹⁵ And the men that have been expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, to their brethren. And they returned to Samaria. ¹⁶ At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him. ¹⁷ And again the Edomites came and smote Judah, and carried away captives. ¹⁸ And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the south of Judah, and took Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Socho and its dependent villages, and Timnah and its dependent villages, and Guimzo and its dependent villages; and they dwelt there. ¹⁹ For Jehovah humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah lawless, and transgressed much against Jehovah. ²⁰ And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him. ²¹ For Ahaz stripped the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave to the king of Assyria; but he was of no help to him. ²² And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. ²³ And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. ²⁴ And Ahaz gathered the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and closed the doors of the house of Jehovah, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. ²⁵ And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah the God of his fathers. ²⁶ And the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ²⁷ And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Hezekiah began to reign being twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother`s name was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah. <sup>2</sup> And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. <sup>3</sup> He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them. <sup>4</sup> And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them into the open place eastward; <sup>5</sup> and he said to them, Hear me, ye Levites: hallow yourselves now, and hallow the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary. <sup>6</sup> For our fathers have transgressed, and done evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and have turned their backs. <sup>7</sup> Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered up burnt-offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel. <sup>8</sup> Therefore the wrath of Jehovah has been upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to vexation, to desolation, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. <sup>9</sup> And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. <sup>10</sup> Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us. <sup>11</sup> My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before him, to do service unto him, and to be his ministers and incense-burners. <sup>12</sup> Then the Levites rose up, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalleleel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; <sup>13</sup> and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; <sup>14</sup> and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. <sup>15</sup> And they gathered their brethren, and hallowed themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah. <sup>16</sup> And the priests went into the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and carried forth all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah, into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it to carry it forth into the brook Kidron. <sup>17</sup> And they began on the first of the first month to hallow, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Jehovah; and they hallowed the house of Jehovah eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. <sup>18</sup> And they went in to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the table of the [bread] to be set in rows, and all its vessels; <sup>19</sup> and all the vessels that king Ahaz in his reign cast away in his transgression have we prepared and hallowed, and behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah. <sup>20</sup> And Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah. <sup>21</sup> And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] upon the altar of Jehovah. <sup>22</sup> And they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar; and they slaughtered the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar. <sup>23</sup> And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them. <sup>24</sup> And the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering. <sup>25</sup> And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king`s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah through his prophets. ²⁶ And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. ²⁷ And Hezekiah commanded to offer up the burnt-offering on the altar. And at the moment the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ²⁸ And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded, all [the time] until the burnt-offering was finished. ²⁹ And when they had ended offering the burnt-offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped. ³⁰ And king Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and bowed their heads and worshipped. ³¹ And Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to Jehovah, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart, burnt-offerings. ³² And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation brought, was seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

³³ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

¹ And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father`s stead, in Jerusalem. ² Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ³ And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ⁴ And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. ⁵ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God. ⁶ Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon. ⁷ And Nebuchadnezzar carried [part] of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. ⁸ And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

¹⁰ And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

²⁰ And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they became servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

¹ And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

² Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer up burnt-offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

² Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, who helped them.

¹ And these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

¹³ In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: -- ¹⁴ Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake; ¹⁵ And a spirit passed before my face -- the hair of my flesh stood up -- ¹⁶ It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

⁴ Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; ¹⁶ Then he openeth men`s ears, and sealeth their instruction, ¹⁷ That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.

⁸ Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way: ⁹ The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.

⁷ Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

¹¹ Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

²⁰ The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

³⁶ His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

¹⁹ In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

⁴ Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵ It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

⁷ Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; ⁸ And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

¹¹ Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

⁸ Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.

⁵ Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence; ⁶ in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

¹ And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but they were not able to fight against it. ² And it was told the house of David saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. Then his heart and the heart of his people shook, as the trees of the forest are shaken with the wind.

² And it was told the house of David saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. Then his heart and the heart of his people shook, as the trees of the forest are shaken with the wind. ³ And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller`s field; <sup>4</sup> and thou shalt say unto him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, and let not thy heart faint before these two ends of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. <sup>5</sup> Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying, <sup>6</sup> Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein -- the son of Tabeal; <sup>7</sup> thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass; <sup>8</sup> for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no [more a] people; <sup>9</sup> and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah`s son. If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established. ¹⁰ And Jehovah spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ¹¹ Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above. ¹² And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah. ¹³ And he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God?

¹³ And he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God? ¹⁴ Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel.

⁸ and he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow it and go further, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel! ⁹ Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces! ¹⁰ Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for ?God is with us.

⁶ For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty ?God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. ⁷ Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful;

¹ And in that day thou shalt say, Jehovah, I will praise thee; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou hast comforted me. ² Behold, ?God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.

² Behold, ?God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.

³ Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.

²¹ And when ye turn to the right hand or when ye turn to the left, thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it.

¹ And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. ² And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a strong force. And he stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller`s field. <sup>3</sup> Then came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler. <sup>4</sup> And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which thou trustest? <sup>5</sup> Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me? <sup>6</sup> Behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand, and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him. <sup>7</sup> And if thou say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? <sup>8</sup> And now engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. <sup>9</sup> How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master`s servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen! ¹⁰ And now am I come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. ¹¹ And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jewish [language] in the ears of the people that are upon the wall. ¹² And Rab-shakeh said, Is it to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you? ¹³ And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! ¹⁴ Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you. ¹⁵ Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will certainly deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. ¹⁶ Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me and come out to me; and eat every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern; ¹⁷ until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. ¹⁸ Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? ²⁰ Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? ²¹ And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king`s command was, saying, Answer him not. ²² And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler, came to Hezekiah, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.

⁸ But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend

²¹ Declare and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? [who] hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just ?God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. ²² Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] ?God, and there is none else.

² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.

⁷ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.

⁸ He was taken from oppression and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

² to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign; ³ it came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.

¹⁰ For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing. ¹¹ Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. ¹² Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah. ¹³ For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water. ¹⁴ Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born [slave]? Why is he become a spoil? ¹⁵ The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant. ¹⁶ Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head. ¹⁷ Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way? ¹⁸ And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River? ¹⁹ Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. ²⁰ For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot. ²¹ And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me? ²² For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah. ²³ How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways! ²⁴ -- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. ²⁵ Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, There is no hope; no, for I love strangers, and after them will I go. ²⁶ As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed -- they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets -- ²⁷ saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! ²⁸ Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.

²⁴ [As] I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence;

²⁸ Is this man Coniah a despised broken vase? a vessel wherein is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

⁵ Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. ⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.

²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

²² How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called: Jehovah our Righteousness.

¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called: Jehovah our Righteousness. ¹⁷ For thus saith Jehovah: There shall never fail to David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

²⁶ [then] will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not to take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them.

⁹ And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to him, with the rest of the people that were left.

⁹ And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

¹¹ And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass; and the king of Babylon carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. ¹² And in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem; ¹³ and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king`s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man`s] house he burned with fire. ¹⁴ And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the body-guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. ¹⁵ And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the poorest sort of the people, and the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

²⁸ This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand and twenty-three Jews; ²⁹ in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar [he carried away captive] from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons; ³⁰ in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand six hundred.

²⁵ And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you. ²⁶ And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances, and ye shall do them. ²⁸ And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹ And I will save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the corn and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

² And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and a part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.

²⁸ And it shall come to pass afterwards [that] I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

¹¹ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

¹ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

¹² And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, according as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people feared before Jehovah.

¹⁴ And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked at the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

² Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

²³ In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and rIding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

⁸ In that day will Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David as God, as the Angel of Jehovah before them.

² I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob`s brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, ³ and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.

¹ Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.

¹¹ and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon. ¹² And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly; ²⁰ but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to [thee] Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins.

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins. ²² Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord, through the prophet, saying, ²³ Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, `God with us.` ²⁴ But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of [the] Lord had enjoined him, and took to [him] his wife, ²⁵ and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

¹ Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying, ² Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.

¹³ Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to [thee] the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.

¹⁵ And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

¹⁹ But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

²² but having heard that `Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,` he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee, ²³ and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a Nazaraean.

¹⁶ And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:

¹⁷ Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

¹⁷ so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases.

²⁷ And as Jesus passed on thence, two blind [men] followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David.

² But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

¹⁷ that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

²¹ but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

³⁵ so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from [the] world`s foundation.

²² and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

⁴² saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David`s. ⁴³ He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying, ⁴⁴ The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet? ⁴⁵ If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?

¹⁷ They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

²² Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

⁵ And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not *ye*, for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, *I* am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

²⁰ for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

⁴ And they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.

¹⁰ And all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense. ¹¹ And an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the altar of incense. ¹² And Zacharias was troubled, seeing [him], and fear fell upon him. ¹³ But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

¹³ But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

¹⁹ And the angel answering, said to him, *I* am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

²⁵ Thus has [the] Lord done to me in [these] days in which he looked upon [me] to take away my reproach among men. ²⁶ But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which [the] name [was] Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin`s name [was] Mary.

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin`s name [was] Mary. ²⁸ And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, [thou] favoured one! the Lord [is] with thee: [blessed art *thou* amongst women]. ²⁹ But she, [seeing] [the angel], was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God; ³¹ and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

³¹ and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

³¹ and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

³¹ and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. ³² *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

³² *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father;

³² *He* shall be great, and shall be called Son of [the] Highest; and [the] Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father; ³³ and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end.

³³ and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for the ages, and of his kingdom there shall not be an end. ³⁴ But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man?

³⁴ But Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a man? ³⁵ And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

³⁵ And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

³⁵ And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God. ³⁶ And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

³⁶ And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren: ³⁷ for nothing shall be impossible with God. ³⁸ And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

⁶⁹ and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant; ⁷⁰ as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

⁴ and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David`s city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

⁴ and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David`s city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, ⁵ to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.

⁷ and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. ⁸ And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock. ⁹ And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

¹⁰ And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people; ¹¹ for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David`s city, who is Christ [the] Lord.

¹¹ for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David`s city, who is Christ [the] Lord.

¹¹ for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David`s city, who is Christ [the] Lord. ¹² And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger. ¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

²¹ And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

²⁵ And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and [the] Holy Spirit was upon him.

⁴⁸ And when they saw him they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Child, why hast thou dealt thus with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee distressed.

²³ And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,

²³ And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli, ²⁴ of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, ²⁵ of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai, ²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda, ²⁷ of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,

²⁷ of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri, ²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, ²⁹ of Joses, of Eliezer, of Joreim, of Matthat, of Levi, ³⁰ of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim, ³¹ of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, ³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,

³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson, ³³ of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,

³³ of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,

³³ of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda, ³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,

³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor, ³⁵ of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala, ³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech, ³⁷ of Methusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan, ³⁸ of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.

²² And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

²² for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

²⁹ On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

⁴¹ He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

⁵ His mother says to the servants, Whatever he may say to you, do. ⁶ Now there were standing there six stone water-vessels, according to the purification of the Jews, holding two or three measures each. ⁷ Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry [it] to the feast-master. And they carried [it].

²⁵ The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when *he* comes he will tell us all things.

⁴² Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?

⁴ they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing adultery. ⁵ Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?

³⁵ If he called *them* gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

³⁸ that the word of the prophet Esaias which he said might be fulfilled, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.

¹⁴ Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

²⁵ But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.

¹² When I was with them I kept them in thy name; those thou hast given me I have guarded, and not one of them has perished, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

⁹ that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, [As to] those whom thou hast given me, I have not lost one of them.

³⁶ For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken. ³⁷ And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

³⁰ Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

¹⁸ but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

²⁶ To you first God, having raised up his servant, has sent him, blessing you in turning each one [of you] from your wickedness.

¹² And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

³¹ Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.

⁸ And he gave to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

²² And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

²² And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will. ²³ Of this man`s seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²³ Of this man`s seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²⁷ for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him]. ²⁸ And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain. ²⁹ And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

³⁸ Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you, ³⁹ and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

⁹ And the Lord said by vision in [the] night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent;

³ concerning his Son (come of David`s seed according to flesh,

³ concerning his Son (come of David`s seed according to flesh, ⁴ marked out Son of God in power, according to [the] Spirit of holiness, by resurrection of [the] dead) Jesus Christ our Lord;

¹³ For [it was] not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of [the] world, but by righteousness of faith.

³ For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,

²⁹ Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren.

⁵ whose [are] the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

⁷ nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee. ⁸ That is, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed. ⁹ For this word [is] of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah. ¹⁰ And not only [that], but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father, ¹¹ [the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls), ¹² it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less: ¹³ according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

¹⁹ how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.

¹⁶ But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed: he does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed; which is Christ.

⁴ but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law, ⁵ that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.

²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it, ²⁶ in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word, ²⁷ that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.

²⁰ and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross -- by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens. ²¹ And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled ²² in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it, ²³ if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.

¹⁶ And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood with [me], and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all [those of] the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion`s mouth.

²² The Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Grace [be] with you.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.

¹⁴ For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.

²⁵ Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them. ²⁶ For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:

⁵ Wherefore coming into the world he says, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not; but thou hast prepared me a body.

⁷ By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which [is] according to faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

¹¹ By faith also Sarah herself received strength for [the] conception of seed, and [that] beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, [when] tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten [son], ¹⁸ as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh`s daughter; ²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have [the] temporary pleasure of sin; ²⁶ esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. ³¹ By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.

³¹ By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only. ²⁵ But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put [them] forth by another way?

²⁵ But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put [them] forth by another way? ²⁶ For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

⁷ But if we walk in the light as *he* is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹ My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous; ² and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

⁵ And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood, ⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him [be] the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.

⁵ out of [the] tribe of Juda, twelve thousand sealed; out of [the] tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; out of [the] tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;

¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, *thou* knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁷ for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

¹⁶ *I* Jesus have sent mine angel to testify these things to you in the assemblies. *I* am the root and offspring of David, the bright [and] morning star.