Chapter 7
1; And Elisha said, Hear the Word of YAHWEH: So says YAHWEH, About this time tomorrow a measure of fine flour will be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2; And the third officer on whose hand the king leaned replied to the man of The Elohim, and said, Behold, if YAHWEH would make windows in the heavens, could this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.
3; And four men, lepers, were at the gate entrance. And they said to one another, Why should we sit here until we die?
4; If we say, We shall go into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. If we sit here, then we shall die. Therefore now, come and we will fall into the camp of Syria. If they keep us alive, we shall live. And if they kill us, then we die.
5; And they rose up in the twilight to go to the Syrian camp. And they came to the edge of the Syrian camp. And, behold, there was not a man there!
6; For YAHWEH had caused the Syrian army to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, and a sound of a great army. And they said to one another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites against us, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.
7; And they rose up and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys , and the camp as it was. And they fled for their life.
8; And these lepers came to the edge of the camp, and came into one tent, and ate and drank, and took up from there silver and gold and garments, and went and hid them. And they returned and went into another tent, and took from there, and went and hid them.
9; And they said to one another, We are not doing right this day. It is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent. And if we wait until the morning light, then punishment will find us. And now come and we will go and tell the house of the king.
10; And they came in and called to the gatekeeper of the city, and spoke for themselves, saying, We have come to the camp of Syria. And, behold, there is not a man there, nor voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
11; And he called the gatekeepers, and they told the house of the king inside.
12; And the king rose up by night and said to his servants, Let me show you now that which the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are famished, and they have gone out from the camp to hide in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, then we will catch them alive and we shall come into the city.
13; And one of his servants answered and said, Let men take now five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it. Behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have perished. And we will send and see.
14; And they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the Syrian army, saying, Go and see.
15; And they went after them to the Jordan. And, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels that the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
16; And the people went out and plundered the Syrian camp. And it happened, a measure of fine flour sold at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the Word of YAHWEH.
17; And the king appointed the third officer over the gate, he on whose hand he leaned. And the people trod him down in the gate, and he died, as the man of The Elohim spoke, which he spoke when the king came down to him.
18; And it happened according to the saying of the man of The Elohim to the king, saying, Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel; this shall be at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
19; And the third officer had answered the man of The Elohim, and said, And behold, if YAHWEH should make windows in the heavens, could it be according to this word? And he said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but you shall not eat from there.
20; And it happened to him in this way; yea, the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
Chapter 8
1; And Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had revived, saying, Rise up and go, you and your household. And stay where you can stay, for YAHWEH has called for a famine. And also, it shall come on the land seven years.
2; And the woman rose up and did according to the word of the man of The Elohim. And she and her household went and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3; And it happened at the end of seven years that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and went to cry to the king for her house, and for her field.
4; And the king was speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of The Elohim, saying, Please tell me all of the great things that Elisha has done.
5; And it happened as he was telling the king how he had revived the dead, then, behold, the woman whose son he had revived was crying to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, My master, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha revived.
6; And the king asked the woman, and she told him. And the king appointed to her a certain eunuch, saying, Give back all that she has, and all the increase of the field from the day she left the land even until now.
7; And Elisha came to Damascus. And Ben-Hadad the king of Syria was sick. And he was told, saying, The man of The Elohim has come here.
8; And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go to meet the man of The Elohim. And you shall seek YAHWEH by him, saying, Shall I revive from this sickness?
9; And Hazael went to meet him and took a present in his hand, even of every good thing from Damascus, a burden of forty camels. And he came in and stood before him, and said, Your son Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I revive from this sickness?
10; And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, surely, you shall live. But YAHWEH has shown me that surely, he shall die.
11; And he fixed his face; yea, he settled it until he was ashamed. And the man of The Elohim wept.
12; And Hazael said, Why is my master weeping? And he said, Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel. You will send their fortified places into fire and you will slay their young men with the sword. And you will dash their sucklings to pieces; and you will rip up their pregnant women.
13; And Hazael said, But what! Is your servant a dog that he should do this great thing? And Elisha said, YAHWEH has shown me that you will be king over Syria.
14; And he left Elisha and came to his master, and he said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And he said, He said to me, You shall surely recover.
15; And it happened on the next day, he took a plaited cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, and he died. And Hazael reigned in his place.
16; And in the fifth year of Jehoram the son of Ahab the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, reigned.
17; And he was a son of thirty two years when he began his reign. And he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18; And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for a daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did that which was evil in the eyes of YAHWEH.
19; And YAHWEH was not willing to destroy Judah, for His servant David's sake, as He had said to give him a lamp to his sons forever.
20; In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they caused a king to reign over them.
21; And Jehoram passed over to Zair, and all the chariots with him. And it happened, he rose up by night and struck Edom, who had encircled him, and the commanders of the chariots. And the people fled to their tents.
22; Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23; And the rest of the acts of Jehoram, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah?
24; And Jehoram lay with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his son Ahaziah began to reign in his place.
25; In the twelfth year of Jehoram the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, began to reign.
26; Ahaziah was a son of twenty two years when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri, the king of Israel.
27; And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the eyes of YAHWEH, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
28; And he went with Jehoram the son of Ahab to battle with Hazael the king of Syria in Ramoth-Gilead. And the Syrians struck Jehoram.
29; And Jehoram the king returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Syrians had struck him in Ramah, as he fought with Hazael the king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram the king of Judah had gone down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was sick.
Chapter 9
1; And Elisha the prophet called to one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, Gird up your loins and take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead.
2; And you shall go there, and you shall see there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And you shall go in and cause him to rise up from among his brothers. And you shall bring him to an inner room.
3; And take the vial of oil and pour on his head, and say, So says YAHWEH, I have anointed you as king to Israel. And you shall open the door and flee, and shall not wait.
4; And the young man went, the servant of the prophet, to Ramoth- Gilead.
5; And he came in; and, behold, the army commanders were sitting. And he said, I have a word to you, O commander. And Jehu said, To which of all of us? And he said, To you, O commander.
6; And he rose up and came into the house, and poured the oil on his head, and said to him, So says YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, I have anointed you as king to the people of YAHWEH, to Israel.
7; And you shall strike the house of your master Ahab, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets,
and the blood of all the servants of YAHWEH from the hand of Jezebel.
8; And all the house of Ahab shall perish. Yea, I have cut off to Ahab those who urinate against the wall, both bound and free in Israel.
9; And I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
10; And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel. And there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.
11; And Jehu went out to the servants of his master. And one said to him, is there peace? Why did this madman come to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his message.
12; And they said, A lie! Tell us now. And he said, This and this he said to me, saying, So says YAHWEH, I have anointed you king over Israel.
13; And they hurried, and each man took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and blew with the ram's horn, and said, Jehu reigns!
14; And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. And Joram was keeping watch at Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel before Hazael the king of Syria.
15; And King Jehoram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Syrians had smitten him as he fought with Hazael the king of Syria. And Jehu said, If it is in your minds, do not let one escapee leave the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
16; And Jehu rode and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah the king of Judah had gone down to see Joram.
17; And the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel. And he saw the troop of Jehu as he came. And he said, I see a troop. And Jehoram said, Take a rider, and send to meet them, and let him say, is there peace?
18; And the rider on the horse went to meet him, and said, So says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me. And the watchman spoke, saying, The messenger came to them, and he has not returned.
19; And he sent a second rider on a horse. And he came to them, and said, So says the king, is there to be peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.
20; And the watchman spoke, saying, He came to them, and he has not returned. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives madly.
21; And Jehoram said, Harness up! And his chariot was harnessed. And Jehoram the king of Israel and Ahaziah the king of Judah went out, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22; And it happened, when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?
23; And Jehoram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, O Ahaziah!
24; And Jehu filled his hand with a bow and struck Jehoram between his arms. And the arrow went out from his heart. And he sank down in his chariot.
25; And Jehu said to his third officer, Bidkar, Take up, throw him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For, remember, you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, and YAHWEH laid this burden on him:
26; Surely yesterday I have seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says YAHWEH. And I will repay you in this portion, says YAHWEH. Now, then, take him up, throw him into the portion of Naboth, according to the Word of YAHWEH.
27; And Ahaziah the king of Judah saw, and he fled the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and said, Strike him, him also, in the chariot, in the ascent to Gur, that is, Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.
28; And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his burying place, with his fathers in the city of David.
29; And in the eleventh year of Jehoram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
30; And Jehu came to Jezreel. And Jezebel had heard, and had painted her eyes and adorned her head, and looked down through the window.
31; And Jehu came to the gate. And she said, Was it peace to Zimri the slayer of his master?
32; And he lifted his face to the window, and said, Who is with me? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked down to him.
33; And he said, Throw her down! And they threw her down. And some of her blood was splashed on the wall, and on the horses. And he trampled her.
34; And he came in and ate and drank, and said, Now look after this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.
35; And they went to bury her, but did not find any of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
36; And they came back and told him. And he said, It is the Word of YAHWEH that He spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel, the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.
37; And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
Chapter 10
1; And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the supporters of Ahab, saying,
2; And now when this letter comes to you, and you have with you the sons of your master, and chariots and horses are with you, and a fortified city, and armor;
3; and you shall look out the best and the most upright of the sons of your master, and you shall set him on the throne of his father. And you shall fight for the house of your master.
4; And they were greatly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings have not stood before him, and how shall we stand?
5; And he who was over the house, and he over the city, and the elders, and the supporters, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and all that you say to us we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what is good in your eyes.
6; And he wrote a letter to them a second time, saying, If you are for me, and are listening to my voice, take the heads of the men, the sons of your master, and come to me about this time tomorrow, to Jezreel. And the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who reared them.
7; And it happened, when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and killed them, seventy
persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent to him in Jezreel.
8; And the messenger came and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Make them two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
9; And it happened in the morning, he went out and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous. Behold, I have conspired against my master, and have killed him. But who struck all these?
10; Then know that nothing of the Word of YAHWEH shall fall to the earth, that which YAHWEH spoke against the house of Ahab. For YAHWEH has done that which He spoke by the hand of His servant Elijah.
11; And Jehu killed all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and his great men, and his friends, and his priests, until he did not leave a survivor to him.
12; And he rose up and came in, and went to Samaria. He was at the shepherds' shearing house in the way.
13; And Jehu met the brothers of Ahaziah the king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are brothers of Ahaziah, and we are going down to ask the welfare of the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.
14; And he said, Capture them alive! And they captured them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, forty men. And he did not leave a man of them.
15; And he left there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he blessed him. And he said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab said, It is. If it is, give your hand. And he gave his hand, and he made him come up to him into the chariot.
16; And he said, Come with me and see my zeal for YAHWEH. And they made him ride in the chariot.
17; And he came to Samaria and killed all those left of Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the Word of YAHWEH that He spoke to Elijah.
18; And Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu shall serve him much.
19; And now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. Do not let a man be lacking, for I shall have a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who is lacking, he shall not live. And Jehu was acting with cunning in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
20; And Jehu said, consecrate an assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
21; And Jehu sent to all Israel, and all the servants of Baal came in. And there was not a man left who did not come in. And they came into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was full from mouth to mouth.
22; And he said to the one over the wardrobe, Bring out garments to all the servants of Baal. And he brought out the garments to them.
23; And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab went in to the house of Baal and said to the servants of Baal, Search and see that there are none of the servants of YAHWEH here with you; but only the servants of Baal.
24; And they came in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. And Jehu had set for himself eighty men on the outside. And he said, The man who lets any of the men escape whom I am bringing into your hands, his life for the life of him.
25; And it happened, when he finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the runners and the third
officers, Go in, strike them. Do not let any man come out. And they struck them by the edge of the sword. And the runners and the third officers threw them out. And they went into the city to the house of Baal,
26; and brought out the pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.
27; And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it an outhouse to this day.
28; And Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29; Only, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, Jehu did not turn from following them, the calves of gold at Bethel, and in Dan.
30; And YAHWEH said to Jehu, Because you have done well, to do what is right in my eyes, and you have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, the sons of the fourth generation shall sit for you on the throne of Israel.
31; And Jehu did not take heed to walk in the Torah of YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin.
32; In those days YAHWEH began to cut off in Israel, and Hazael struck them in all the border of Israel,
33; from the Jordan eastward, the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer by the Arnon River, even Gilead and Bashan.
34; And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?
35; And Jehu lay with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
36; And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty eight years, in Samaria.
Chapter 11
1; And Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. And when she saw that her son was dead, then she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.
2; But Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons who were put to death, him and his nurse, in the sleeping room. And they hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he was not killed.
3; And he was with her in the house of YAHWEH, hiding himself six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
4; And in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and called the rulers of the hundreds, with the Carites and the runners. And he brought them to him into the house of YAHWEH, and cut a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of YAHWEH. And he revealed the king's son to them.
5; And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do. A third of you shall go in on the Sabbath for keepers of the watch of the king's house.
6; A third shall be at the Sur Gate. A third shall be at the gate behind the runners. And you shall keep the watch of the house, alternately.
7; And two parts of you, all who go out on the Sabbath, they shall keep the watch of the house of YAHWEH about the king.
8; And you shall fully surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And he that comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And they shall be with the king as he goes in and comes out.
9; And the rulers of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men, going in on the Sabbath, with those going out on the Sabbath, and came in to Jehoiada the priest.
10; And the priest gave to the rulers of the hundreds King David's spears and the shields, that were in the house of YAHWEH.
11; And the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, beside the altar and beside the house, by the king all around.
12; And he brought out the son of the king, and put the crown on him, and the testimony. And they made him king, and anointed him, and clapped their hands, and said, Let the king live!
13; And Athaliah heard the sound of the runners of the people. And she came to the people, to the house of YAHWEH.
14; And she looked, and, behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom. And the rulers and the trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason!
15; And Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of the hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, Bring her out to the outside of the ranks; and he who comes after her put to death by the sword. For the priest had said, Do not let her be killed in the house of YAHWEH.
16; And they laid hands on her, and she entered the way of the horse gate to the house of the king, and was executed there.
17; And Jehoiada cut a covenant between YAHWEH and the king and the people to be for a people to YAHWEH, and between the king and the people.
18; And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and broke it down. They completely smashed its altars and its images. And they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest set guards over the house of YAHWEH.
19; And he took the commanders over the hundreds, and the Carites, and the runners, and all the people of the land. And they brought the king down from the house of YAHWEH, and came by the way of the Runners' Gate to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20; And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah by the sword in the king's house.
21; Joash was a son of seven years when he began to reign.
Chapter 12
1; Joash reigned in the seventh year of Jehu. And he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.
2; And Joash did that which was good in the eyes of YAHWEH all his days in which Jehoiada the priest guided him;
3; only, the high places were not destroyed; the people still sacrificed and offered incense in high places.
4; And Joash said to the priests, All the silver of the devoted things that is brought into the house of YAHWEH, the silver coming over, each man the silver of his valuation, all the silver that comes upon any man's heart to bring into the house of YAHWEH,
5; even the priests shall take to themselves, each man from his friend; and they shall repair the breach of the house, in all places where a breach may be found.
6; And it happened, in the twenty third year of King Joash, that the priests had not repaired the breach of the house.
7; And King Joash called to Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why have you not repaired the breach of the house? And now, do not receive any silver from your friends, but give it for the breach of the house.
8; And the priests consented not to receive silver from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house.
9; And Jehoiada the priest took a chest and cut a hole in its lid, and put it near the altar, on the right side, as one comes into the house of YAHWEH, and the priests who kept the door put in it all the silver brought into the house of YAHWEH.
10; And it happened, when they saw that the silver in the chest was plentiful, that a scribe of the king, and the high priest went up, and they bound it up, and counted the silver found in the house of YAHWEH.
11; And they weighed silver into the hands of those doing the work, those overseeing the house of YAHWEH; and they gave it, weighed it out, to the craftsmen in wood, and to the builders who were working on the house of YAHWEH,
12; and to the masons, and the stone cutters, and to buy wood and cut stone to strengthen the breach of the house of YAHWEH; and for all that went out on the house, to make it strong.
13; However, there were not made for the house of YAHWEH basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold or vessels of silver, of the silver brought into the house of YAHWEH;
14; for they gave it to those doing the work, and they made strong the house of YAHWEH with it.
15; And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the silver, to give to those doing the work, for they were dealing with faithfulness.
16; And the guilt offering silver and the sin offering silver was not brought into the house of YAHWEH, for it was the priests'.
17; Then Hazael the king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and captured it; and Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.
18; And Joash the king of Judah took all the dedicated things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own dedicated things, and all the gold found in the treasures of the house of YAHWEH, and of the house of the king, and sent to Hazael the king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.
19; And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah?
20; And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy and killed Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.
21; For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him; and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.