II Kings Chapter 15
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darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
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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.
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And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
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Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria, six months.
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And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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This was the word of Jehovah which he spoke to Jehu saying, Thy sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel unto the fourth [generation]. And so it came to pass.
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Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
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And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and its territory from Tirzah, because they did not open [to him]; and he smote [it]: all the women in it that were with child he ripped up.
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In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, for ten years, in Samaria.
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And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not, all his days, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand.
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And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, of all those who were wealthy, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
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And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
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In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for two years.
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And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for twenty years.
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And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him and slew him; and he reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
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He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
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And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
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Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
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And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Anno vigesimo septimo Ieroboam regis Israel regnavit Azarias filius Amasiæ regis Iuda.
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Sedecim annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Iechelia de Ierusalem.
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Fecitque quod erat placitum coram Domino, iuxta omnia quæ fecit Amasias pater eius.
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Verumtamen excelsa non est demolitus: adhuc populus sacrificabat, et adolebat incensum in excelsis.
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Percussit autem Dominus regem, et fuit leprosus usque in diem mortis suæ, et habitabat in domo libera seorsum: Ioatham vero filius regis gubernabat palatium, et iudicabit populum terræ.
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Reliqua autem sermonum Azariæ, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro verborum dierum regum Iuda?
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Et dormivit Azarias cum patribus suis: sepelieruntque eum cum maioribus suis in civitate David, et regnavit Ioatham filius eius pro eo.
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Anno trigesimo octavo Azariæ regis Iuda, regnavit Zacharias filius Ieroboam super Israel in Samaria sex mensibus:
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et fecit quod malum est coram Domino, sicut fecerant patres eius: non recessit a peccatis Ieroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel.
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Coniuravit autem contra eum Sellum filius Iabes: percussitque eum palam, et interfecit, regnavitque pro eo.
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Reliqua autem verborum Zachariæ, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
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Iste est sermo Domini, quem locutus est ad Iehu, dicens: Filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israel. Factumque est ita.
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Sellum filius Iabes regnavit trigesimo novo anno Azariæ regis Iuda: regnavit autem uno mense in Samaria.
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Et ascendit Manahem filius Gadi de Thersa: venitque in Samariam, et percussit Sellum filium Iabes in Samaria, et interfecit eum, regnavitque pro eo.
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Reliqua autem verborum Sellum, et coniuratio eius, per quam tetendit insidias, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
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Tunc percussit Manahem Thapsam, et omnes qui erant in ea, et terminos eius de Thersa. noluerant enim aperire ei: et interfecit omnes prægnantes eius, et scidit eas.
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Anno trigesimo nono Azariæ regis Iuda regnavit Manahem filius Gadi super Israel decem annis in Samaria.
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Fecitque quod erat malum coram Domino: non recessit a peccatis Ieroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel cunctis diebus eius.
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Veniebat Phul rex Assyriorum in terram, et dabat Manahem Phul mille talenta argenti, ut esset ei in auxilium, et firmaret regnum eius.
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Indixitque Manahem argentum super Israel cunctis potentibus et divitibus, ut daret regi Assyriorum quinquaginta siclos argenti per singulos: reversusque est rex Assyriorum, et non est moratus in terra.
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Reliqua autem sermonum Manahem, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
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Et dormivit Manahem cum patribus suis: regnavitque Phaceia filius eius pro eo.
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Anno quinquagesimo Azariæ regis Iuda, regnavit Phaceia filius Manahem super Israel in Samaria biennio:
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et fecit quod erat malum coram Domino: non recessit a peccatis Ieroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel.
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Coniuravit autem adversus eum Phacee filius Romeliæ, dux eius, et percussit eum in Samaria in turre domus regiæ iuxta Argob, et iuxta Arie, et cum eo quinquaginta viros de filiis Galaaditarum, et interfecit eum, regnavitque pro eo.
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Reliqua autem sermonum Phaceia, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
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Anno quinquagesimo secundo Azariæ regis Iuda regnavit Phacee filius Romeliæ super Israel in Samaria viginti annis.
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Et fecit quod erat malum coram Domino: non recessit a peccatis Ieroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel.
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In diebus Phacee regis Israel venit Theglathphalasar rex Assur, et cepit Aion, et Abel Domum, Maacha et Ianoe, et Cedes, et Asor, et Galaad, et Galilæam, et universam Terram Nephthali: et transtulit eos in Assyrios.
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Coniuravit autem, et tetendit insidias Osee filius Ela contra Phacee filium Romeliæ, et percussit eum, et interfecit: regnavitque pro eo vigesimo anno Ioatham filii Oziæ.
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Reliqua autem sermonum Phacee, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
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Anno secundo Phacee, filii Romeliæ regis Israel, regnavit Ioatham filius Oziæ regis Iuda.
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Viginti quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et sedecim annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Ierusa, filia Sadoc.
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Fecitque quod erat placitum coram Domino: iuxta omnia, quæ fecerat Ozias pater suus, operatus est.
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Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit: adhuc populus immolabat, et adolebat incensum in excelsis: ipse ædificavit portam domus Domini sublimissimam.
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Reliqua autem sermonum Ioatham, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro verborum dierum regum Iuda?
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In diebus illis cœpit Dominus mittere in Iudam Rasin regem Syriæ, et Phacee filium Romeliæ.
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Et dormivit Ioatham cum patribus suis, sepultusque est cum eis in Civitate David patris sui, et regnavit Achaz filius eius pro eo.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah,
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a son of sixteen years was he in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Jecholiah of Jerusalem,
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and he doth that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did,
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only, the high places have not turned aside--yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
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And Jehovah smiteth the king, and he is a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelleth in a separate house, and Jotham son of the king <FI>is<Fi> over the house, judging the people of the land.
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And the rest of the matters of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And Azariah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead.
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In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah reigned hath Zechariah son of Jeroboam over Israel, in Samaria, six months,
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and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did his fathers, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin.
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And Shallum son of Jabesh conspireth against him, and smiteth him before the people, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead.
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And the rest of the matters of Zechariah, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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It <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Jehu, saying, `Sons of the fourth <FI>generation<Fi> do sit for thee on the throne of Israel;' and it is so.
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Shallum son of Jabesh hath reigned in the thirty and ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigneth a month of days in Samaria;
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and go up doth Menahem son of Gadi from Tirzah and cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead.
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And the rest of the matters of Shallum, and his conspiracy that he made, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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Then doth Menahem smite Tiphsah, and all who <FI>are<Fi> in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it opened not <FI>to him<Fi> , and he smiteth <FI>it<Fi> , all its pregnant women he hath ripped up.
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In the thirty and ninth year of Azariah king of Judah reigned hath Menahem son of Gadi over Israel--ten years in Samaria.
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And he doth the evil in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath turned not aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin, all his days.
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Pul king of Asshur hath come against the land, and Menahem giveth to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.
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And Menahem bringeth out the silver <FI>from<Fi> Israel, <FI>from<Fi> all the mighty men of wealth, to give to the king of Asshur, fifty shekels of silver for each one, and the king of Asshur turneth back and hath not stayed there in the land.
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And the rest of the matters of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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And Menahem lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Pekahiah his son in his stead.
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In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah hath Pekahiah son of Menahem reigned over Israel, in Samaria--two years,
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and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin.
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And Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, doth conspire against him, and smiteth him in Samaria, in the high place of the house of the king with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the sons of the Gileadites, and he putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead.
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And the rest of the matters of Pekahiah, and all that he did, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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In the fifty and second year of Azariah king of Judah, reigned hath Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, in Samaria--twenty years,
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and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin.
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In the days of Pekah king of Israel hath Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur come, and taketh Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and removeth them to Asshur.
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And make a conspiracy doth Hoshea son of Elah against Pekah son of Remaliah, and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
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And the rest of the matters of Pekah, and all that he did, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel reigned hath Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah.
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A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Jerusha daughter of Zadok,
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and he doth that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did he hath done.
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Only, the high places have not turned aside--yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places; he hath built the high gate of the house of Jehovah.
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And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.
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And Jotham lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David his father, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).