2 Kings
2 Kings 14
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2 Kings 14 — Scripture text (King James Version)
In the second year of son of king of reigned the son of king of . He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in . And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of . And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his father: he did according to all things as his father did. Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense the high places. And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in of , wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be to death for the children, nor the children be to death for the fathers; but every man shall be to death for his own sin. He slew of in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took by war, and called the name of it unto this day. Then sent messengers to , the son of son of , king of , saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. And the king of sent to king of , saying, The thistle that was in sent to the cedar that was in , saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in , and trode down the thistle. Thou hast indeed smitten , and thine heart hath lifted thee up: of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and with thee? But would not hear. Therefore king of went up; and he and king of looked one another in the face at -shemesh, which belongeth to . And was to the worse before ; and they fled every man to their tents. And king of took king of , the son of the son of , at -shemesh, and came to , and brake down the wall of from the gate of unto the corner gate, four hundred . And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to . Now the rest of the acts of which he did, and his might, and how he fought with king of , are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And slept with his fathers, and was buried in with the kings of ; and his son reigned in his stead. And the son of king of lived after the death of son of king of fifteen years. And the rest of the acts of , are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? Now they made a conspiracy against him in : and he fled to ; but they sent after him to , and slew him there. And they brought him horses: and he was buried at with his fathers in the city of . And all the people of took , which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father . He built , and restored it to , after that the king slept with his fathers. In the fifteenth year of the son of king of the son of king of began to reign in , and reigned forty and one years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of the son of , who made to sin. He restored the coast of from the entering of unto the sea of the plain, according to of the LORD God of , which he spake by the hand of his servant , the son of , the prophet, which was of -hepher. For the LORD saw the affliction of , that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for . And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of the son of . Now the rest of the acts of , and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered , and , which belonged to , for , are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And slept with his fathers, even with the kings of ; and his son reigned in his stead.