1. CHAP. XXIV. 8 Jehoiachin's evil reign. 10 Jerusalem is taken. save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15. And he carried away Jehoiachin to N his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and the king's mother, and the Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim be- king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty came his servant three years: then he turn-of the land: those carried he into captivity ed and rebelled against him. from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2. And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 3. Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4. And also for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,) which the LORD would not pardon. 5. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7. And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken, from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 8. ¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign: and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. 10. ¶ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12. And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. 16. And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand; all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17. And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18. Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiachin had done. 20. For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 1. CHAP. XXV. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, and his eyes put out. ND it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3. And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4. And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night, by the way of the gate, between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about :) and the king went the way toward the plain. 5. And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army were scattered from him. 6. So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. 7. And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. 14. And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men 8. And in the fifth month, on the seventh of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all day of the month, (which is the nineteenth the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, || year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby lon,) came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 9. And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 11. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, carry away. the 12. But the captain of the guard left of poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen. 13. And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14. And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass, wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15. And the fire-pans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16. The two pillars, one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 17. The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work. 18. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 19. And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and three score men of the people of the land that were found in the city: "A 20. And Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 21. And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Kiblah, in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. 22. And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 23. And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24. And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 25. But it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. 26. And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. 27. ¶ And it came to pass, in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison, 28. And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29. And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30. And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. The FIRST Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAP. 1. Adam's line to Ncah. DAM, Sheth, Enosh, 2. Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3. Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5. T The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6. And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, I and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8. The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 10. And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be mighty upon the earth. 11. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12. And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,)and Caphthorim. 13. And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 14. The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15. And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 34. And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel. 35. The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 36. The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 37. The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38. And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. 39. And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homan and Timna was Lotan's sister. 40. The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 41. The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42. The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, 16. And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and Aran. and the Hamathite. 17. ¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 18. And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 19. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, (because in his days the earth was divided,) and his brother's name was Joktan. 20. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21. Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22. And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 23. And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 24. ¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25. Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26. Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27. Abram, the same is Abraham. 28. The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 29. These are their generations: The first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30. Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 31. Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32. ¶ Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 43. Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44. And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45. And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46. And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, (which smote Midian in the field of Moab,) reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 47. And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48. And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49. And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50. And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51. Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52. Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 53.Duke Kenaz,dukeTeman,duke Mibzar, 54. Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. 1. CHAP. II. The sons of Israel. HESE are the sons of Israel; Reu 33. And the sons of Mician: Ephah, and ben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Is Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. sachar, and Zebulun, 2. Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3. The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. 4. And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5. The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 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 thing accursed. 8. And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9. The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahumeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10. And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11. And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12. And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse. 13. And Jesse begat his first-bornEliab, and Abinadab the second,and Shimma the third, 14. Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15. Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16. Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17. And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. 18. ¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19. And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20. And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 21. And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22. And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23. And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and the towns thereof, even threescore cities: all these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24. And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. 25. ¶ And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26. Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27. And the sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28. And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29. And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30. And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appain: but Seled died without children. 31. And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32. And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33. And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34. ¶ Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters: and Shesban had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35. And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, and she bare him Attai. 36. And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37. And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38. And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39. And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40. And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41. And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42. ¶ Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his first-born, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron. 43. And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44. And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam; and Rekem begat Shammai. 45. And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46. And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47. And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48. Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49. She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. 50. These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 51. Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52. And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. 53. And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54. The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth,the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55. And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. 1. NOW CHAP. III. 1 The sons of David: 10 His line to Zedekiah. OW these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2. The third, Absalom,the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; 3. The fifth, Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah his wife. 4. These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 5. And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: 6. Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7. And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8. And Elishama, and 'Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9. These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 10. ¶ And Solomon's son was Rehoboam; Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11. Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12. Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13. Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14. Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15. And the sons of Josiah were, 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, 18. Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 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, Jushab-hesed, five. 21. And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: 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 Igeal, 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 were Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. 1. CHAP. IV The posterity of Jabez, and his prayer. THE sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, THE and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2. And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3. And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4. And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5. T And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6. And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7. And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8. And Coz begat Anub,and Zobebah,and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10. And Jabez called on the God of Is rael, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless |