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Today's Bible Reading :: 2 Kings 12 - 14 (ESV)

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2 Kings 12

(2Ch 24:1–14 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash[fn] began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:2 - And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:3 - Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.

Jehoash Repairs the Temple

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:4 - Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the LORD, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money that a man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:5 - let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:6 - But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:8 - So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the LORD, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:13 - But there were not made for the house of the LORD basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:14 - for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the LORD with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:15 - And they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:16 - The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.

The Death of Joash

(2Ch 24:23–27 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:19 - Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:20 - His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21 - It was Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
ESV Footnotes
Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in 11:2; also verses 2, 4, 6, 7, 18

2 Kings 13

Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:2 - He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:5 - (Therefore the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians, and the people of Israel lived in their homes as formerly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:6 - Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin, but walked[fn] in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:8 - Now 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.

Jehoash Reigns in Israel

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 - In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash[fn] the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:11 - He also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:12 - Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, and the 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

The Death of Elisha

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:14 - Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:15 - And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow,” and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - And he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. And he said, “The LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:18 - And he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them.” And he struck three times and stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:20 - So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:22 - Now Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:24 - When Hazael king of Syria died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
ESV Footnotes
Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate; Hebrew he walked
Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Jehoahaz) as in verses 9, 12–14; also verse 25

2 Kings 14

Amaziah Reigns in Judah

(2Ch 25:1—26:2 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:1 - In the second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:4 - But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:5 - And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6 - But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:8 - Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash[fn] the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, “A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:10 - You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:11 - But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:12 - And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits,[fn] from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14 - And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15 - Now 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:17 - Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:18 - Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19 - And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - And they brought him on horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21 - And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:24 - And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - But the LORD had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
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ESV Footnotes
Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Jehoahaz) as in 13:9, 12–14; also verses 9, 11–16
A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
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