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^(C1)When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and eliminated all the royal ^(F1)children.

But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, ^(C1)took Joash the son of Ahaziah and abducted him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.

So he was kept hidden with her in the house of the LORD for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

^(C1)Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent orders and brought the captains of hundreds of ^(C2)the Carites and of the ^(F1)guards, and brought them to himself at the house of the LORD. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

And he commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that you shall do: ^(C1)a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep watch over the king's house

(a third also shall be at the gate Sur, and a third at the gate behind the ^(F1)guards), ^(F2)shall keep watch over the house ^(F3)for defense.

"And two parts of you, all who go out on the Sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the LORD for the king.

"Then you shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And ^(C1)you are to be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in."

So the captains of hundreds ^(C1)acted in accordance with everything that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the Sabbath, along with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.

Then ^(C1)the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD.

The ^(F1)guards stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king.

Then he brought the king's son out, and ^(C1)put the crown on him and gave him ^(C2)the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "^(C3)Long live the king!"

^(C1)When Athaliah heard the noise of the guards and of the people, she came to the people at the house of the LORD.

And she looked, and behold, the king was standing ^(C1)by the pillar according to the custom, with the captains and the ^(F1)trumpeters beside the king; and ^(C2)all the people of the land were joyful and were blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah ^(C3)tore her clothes and cried out, "^(C4)Conspiracy! Conspiracy!"

And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever follows her, put to death with the sword!" For the priest said, "She is not to be put to death at the house of the LORD."

So they ^(F1)seized her, and when ^(F2)they brought her to the horses' entrance of the king's house, she was ^(C1)put to death there.

Then ^(C1)Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would be the LORD'S people, and ^(C2)between the king and the people.

And all the people of the land came to ^(C1)the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly smashed ^(C2)his altars and his images in pieces, and they ^(C3)killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Then the priest appointed sentries over the house of the LORD.

And he took the captains of hundreds and the ^(C1)Carites, and the ^(F1)guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came by way of ^(C2)the gate of the ^(F1)guards to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

So ^(C1)all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was ^(F1)peaceful. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

^(F1)(C1)Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

In the seventh year of Jehu, ^(F1)(C1)Jehoash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all his days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Only ^(C1)the high places did not end; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Then Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the sacred offerings ^(C1)which is brought into the house of the LORD, in current money, both ^(C2)the money of each man's assessment and all the money ^(F1)which anyone's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD,

the priests are to take it for themselves, each from his ^(F1)acquaintance; and they shall repair ^(F2)damage to the house wherever ^(F2)any damage is found."

But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, ^(C1)the priests had not repaired any damage to the house.

So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, "Why do you not repair damage to the house? Now then, you are not to take any more money from your ^(F1)acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house."

The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they ^(F1)repair damage to the house.

Instead, ^(C1)Jehoiada the priest ^(F1)took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

When they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, ^(C1)the king's scribe and the high priest went up and tied it up in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

And they handed the money which was assessed over to those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they ^(F1)paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD;

and ^(C1)to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and for everything that ^(F1)was laid out for the house to repair it.

However ^(C1)there were not made for the house of the LORD ^(C2)silver cups, shears, bowls, trumpets, any receptacles of gold, or receptacles of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the LORD;

for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

Moreover, ^(C1)they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, because they acted faithfully.

The ^(C1)money from the guilt offerings and ^(C2)the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; ^(C3)it belonged to the priests.

Then ^(C1)Hazael the king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and ^(C2)Hazael ^(F1)was intent on going up against Jerusalem.

So ^(C1)Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred offerings that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had consecrated, and ^(C2)his own sacred offerings, and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he withdrew from Jerusalem.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Joash and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

And ^(C1)his servants rose up and formed a conspiracy; and they ^(C2)struck and killed Joash at ^(C3)the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla.

For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of ^(C1)Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son ^(C2)Amaziah became king in his place.

In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria, and he reigned for seventeen years.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^(C1)into which he misled Israel; he did not turn from them.

^(C1)So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He continually handed them over to ^(C2)Hazael king of Aram, and to ^(C3)Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael.

Then ^(C1)Jehoahaz appeased the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for ^(C2)He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

And the LORD gave Israel a ^(F1)(C1)savior, so that they ^(F2)escaped from under the hand of the Arameans; and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as previously.

Nevertheless they did not abandon the sins of the house of Jeroboam, ^(C1)into which he misled Israel; rather, they walked in ^(F1)them; and ^(C2)the ^(F2)Asherah also remained standing in Samaria.

For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the ^(F1)army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and ^(C1)made them like the dust at threshing.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

And Jehoahaz ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and his son Joash became king in his place.

In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, ^(F1)Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for sixteen years.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel; rather, he walked in ^(F1)them.

^(C1)Now as for the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

So Joash ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

When Elisha ^(F1)became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over ^(F2)him and said, "^(C1)My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"

And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he ^(F1)took a bow and arrows.

Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Lay your hand on the bow." And he laid his hand on it, then Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

And he said, "Open the window toward the east," and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!" So he shot. And he said, "The LORD'S arrow of victory, and the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will ^(F1)defeat the Arameans at ^(C1)Aphek until you have put an end to them."

Then he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground," and he struck it three times and ^(F1)stopped.

Then ^(C1)the man of God became angry at him and said, "You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you put an end to it. But now you shall strike Aram ^(C2)only three times."

And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now ^(C1)the marauding bands of the Moabites would invade the land ^(F1)in the spring of the year.

And as they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they threw the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man ^(F1)touched the bones of Elisha he ^(C1)revived and stood up on his feet.

Now ^(C1)Hazael king of Aram had oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

But the ^(C1)LORD was gracious to them and ^(C2)had compassion on them and turned to them because of ^(C3)His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and He was unwilling to eliminate them or cast them away from His presence until now.

When Hazael king of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad became king in his place.

Then ^(C1)Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz again took from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of his father Jehoahaz. ^(C2)Three times Joash ^(F1)defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.

^(C1)In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, ^(C2)Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his father David; he acted in accordance with everything that his father Joash had done.

Only ^(C1)the high places were not eliminated; ^(C2)the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he ^(F1)(C1)killed his servants who had ^(F1)killed the king, his father.

But he did not put the sons of ^(F1)the murderers to death, in ^(F2)obedience to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "^(C1)The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but ^(C2)each shall be put to death for his own sin."

He ^(F1)killed ten thousand of the Edomites in ^(C1)the Valley of Salt, and took ^(C2)Sela by war, and named it ^(C3)Joktheel, as it is to this day.

^(C1)Then Amaziah sent messengers to ^(F1)Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "^(C2)Come, let's face each other in combat."

But Jehoash king of Israel sent messengers to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "^(C1)The thorn bush that was in Lebanon sent word to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son ^(F1)in marriage.' But a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.

"^(C1)You have indeed ^(F1)defeated Edom, and ^(C2)your heart ^(F2)is elated. Enjoy the glory and stay home; for why should you get involved in trouble so that you would fall, you and Judah with you?"

But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and they faced each other, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at ^(C1)Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

And Judah was defeated by Israel, and ^(C1)they fled, every man to his tent.

Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from ^(C1)the Gate of Ephraim to ^(C2)the Corner Gate, ^(F1)four hundred cubits.

And ^(C1)he took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages as well, and returned to Samaria.

^(C1)Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoash that he did, and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

So Jehoash ^(F1)lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and his son Jeroboam became king in his place.

^(C1)Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

They formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to ^(C1)Lachish; but they sent men to Lachish after him and they killed him there.

Then they carried him on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

And all the people of Judah took ^(F1)Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

^(C1)He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king ^(F1)lay down with his fathers.

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned for forty-one years.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not abandon all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

^(C1)He restored the border of Israel from ^(C2)the entrance of Hamath as far as ^(C3)the Sea of the Arabah, in accordance with the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke ^(F1)through His servant ^(C4)Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from ^(C5)Gath-hepher.

For the ^(C1)LORD saw the misery of Israel, which was very bitter; for ^(C2)there was neither ^(F1)bond nor free spared, nor was there any helper for Israel.

Yet the ^(C1)LORD did not say that He would wipe out the name of Israel from under heaven, but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel ^(C1)Damascus and ^(C2)Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

And Jeroboam ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah became king in his place.

^(C1)In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.

He was ^(C1)sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was ^(F1)Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done.

Only ^(C1)the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

^(C1)And the LORD afflicted the king, so that he had leprosy to the day of his death. And he ^(C2)lived in a separate house, ^(F1)while Jotham the king's son was in charge of the household, judging the people of the land.

Now as for 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?

And Azariah ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jotham became king in his place.

^(C1)In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done; he did not desist from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and ^(C1)struck him in the presence of the people and ^(F1)killed him, and reigned in his place.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

This is ^(C1)the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." And so it was.

Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the ^(C1)thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for ^(F1)one month in ^(C2)Samaria.

Then Menahem the son of Gadi went up from ^(C1)Tirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy which he formed, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open up to him; so he attacked it and ripped up ^(C1)all its women who were pregnant.

In the ^(C1)thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned for ten years in Samaria.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD; for all his days he did not desist from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

^(C1)Pul, the king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a ^(F1)thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to ^(C2)strengthen the ^(F2)kingdom ^(F3)under his rule.

Then Menahem collected the money from Israel, from all the ^(F1)mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned and did not stay there in the land.

Now as for 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?

And Menahem ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah became king in his place.

In ^(C1)the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned for two years.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not desist from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in ^(C1)the castle of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and everything that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

In ^(C1)the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, ^(C2)Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for twenty years.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not desist from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, ^(F1)(C1)Tiglath-pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and ^(C2)he led ^(F2)their populations into exile to Assyria.

And Hoshea the son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death, and he became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

Now as for 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.

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of ^(F1)Uzziah king of Judah became king.

^(C1)He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

^(C1)He did what was right in the sight of the LORD; he acted in accordance with everything that his father Uzziah had done.

Only ^(C1)the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ^(C2)He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Jotham which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

In those days ^(C1)the LORD began to send Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

And Jotham ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David; and his son Ahaz became king in his place.