Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

And he did that was right in the sight of the LORD: even in all things as did his father Uzziah, did he.

And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Twenty years old was he when he was made king: and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that was right in the eyes of the LORD his God, like David his father:

And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasure of the king's house, and sent it for a reward to the king of Assyria.

And king Ahaz went against Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, to Damascus. And when he saw a certain altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Uriah the priest the pattern of the altar and the fashion of all the workmanship thereof.

And when the king was come from Damascus and saw the altar, he went to it and offered thereon.

And the brazen altar that was before the LORD, he fetched from before the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the said altar.

And Ahaz laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his room.

And the king of Assyria found treason in Hoshea, because he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and sent no presents unto the king of Assyria, as he was yearly wont to do. Therefore the king of Assyria besieged him and put him in prison.

Wherefore the LORD was exceeding wroth with Israel and put them out of his sight, that there was left but the tribe of Judah only.

Twenty five years old was he, when he began to reign, and reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zachariah,

And the LORD was with him. And whatsoever he took in hand he did it wisely. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and served him not.

And the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, came Shalmaneser king of Assyria upon Samaria and besieged it.

And they took it at the end of three years, which was the sixth of Hezekiah: that is to say the ninth year of Hosea king of Israel, was Samaria won.

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and also in the treasure of the king's house.

And Rabshakeh went back again and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he had heard how that he was departed from Lachish.

And he heard tidings of Tirhakah king of the black Moors, how that he was come out to fight against him. And thereupon he departed and sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

And as he was in his devotion kneeling in the house of Nisroch his God, Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword. And they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

About that time Hezekiah was sick unto the death. And the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus sayeth the LORD: put thine household in an order, for thou shalt die and not live."

And Isaiah was scarce gone out into the middle of the city, but that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

The same season, Merodachbaladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and presents unto Hezekiah, for he heard how that Hezekiah was sick.

And Hezekiah hearkened unto them and showed them all that was in the spicery house, and his silver and gold and odours and precious ointments and his armory and all that was found in his treasure: there was nothing in his house or in all his realm, that he showed them not.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Hephzibah.

And Manasseh laid him to sleep with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, even in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

And then Shaphan the scribe went to the king and brought him word again, and said, "Thy servants poured out the silver that was found in the temple, and have delivered it unto the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD."

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabiters of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the Prophets and all the people both small and great. And he read in the ears of them all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the LORD.

He put down the horses that the kings of Israel had given to the son at the entering of the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain which was the ruler of the suburbs, and burnt the chariots of the sun with fire.

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the hill altar made by Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel sin - both the altar and also the hill - he brake down and burnt the hill and stamped it to powder, and burnt the grove.

For there was no passover held like that from the days of the judges that judged Israel, and throughout all the days of the kings of Israel and of Judah.

And in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any such.

Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from his fierce and great wrath wherewith he was angry against Judah upon all the provocations that Manasseh provoked him.

In his days, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went against the king of Assyria to the river of Euphrates. And king Josiah went against him, and was slain of him at Megiddo when he had seen him.

And Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh: howbeit, he taxed the land, to give the money at the commandment of Pharaoh and as every man was set at, so he required the silver and the gold of the people of the land, to give Pharaoh Neco.

Jehoiakim was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned an eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

And he did that was evil-favored in the sight of the LORD, like in all things as did his fathers.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

In his time came the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Jerusalem and the city was besieged.

Zedekiah was twenty one years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

And the ninth day of the fourth month of that year, there was so great hunger in the city, that there was no sustenance for the people of the land.

And thereto the city was broken up: wherefore all the men of arms fled by night, by a way through a gate, between two walls hard on the king's garden: the Chaldeans lying about the city. And the king went straight toward the desert.

And the seventh day of the fifth month which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan servant of the king of Babylon and chief Marshal, unto Jerusalem:

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD and the bottoms, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD the Chaldeans brake, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

with the two pillars and the sea of brass and the bottoms, which Solomon had made in the house of the LORD. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.

The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the head thereon was brass and three cubits long with a wreath and pomegranates round about upon the head, all of brass. And of the same fashion was the second pillar with a wreath.

And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And so Judah was carried away out of all their land.

Notwithstanding yet the thirty seventh year after Jehoiachin king of Judah was carried away, the twenty seventh day of the twelfth month, did Evilmerodach king of Babylon lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of the prison house,

And a continual portion was assigned him of the king, day by day as long as he lived.

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his days the land was divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.

And these are their generations: the eldest son of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam;

The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

These are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned among the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zereh of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

and after the death of Husham, Hadad the son of Bedad, which beat the Midianites in the fields of Moab, reigned in his room, and the name of his city was Avith.

And after the death of Baalhanan, Hadad reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him.

And Abigail bare Amasa the father of which Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead and was, when he took her, three score years old. And she bare him Segub.

And Jerahmeel had yet another wife named Atarah which was the mother of Onam.

And the wife of Abishur was called Abihail, which bare him Ahban and Molid.

The son of Appaim was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai.

And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha to whom he gave his daughter to wife, and she bare him Attai.

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Meshah his eldest son, which was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

The son of Shammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Bethzur.

Solomon's son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah: and Asa was his son, and Jehoshaphat his son:

whose son was Joram: and his son was Ahaziah, and Joash was son to him.

And his son was Amaziah, and his son was Azariah, and his son was Jotham.

And Ahaz was his son, and Hezekiah was son to him, and Manasseh was his son.

And Amon was his son, and Josiah was son to him.

The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, whose son was Zedekiah.

The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, whose son was Rephaiah, and his son Arnan, and his son was Obadiah, and his son was Shecaniah.

The son of Shecaniah was Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat and Hesa, six.

And Jabez was nobler than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bare him with sorrow."

Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.

whose son was Shallum, and the son of him was Mibsam, and his son was Mishma.

And the son of Mishma was Hammuel, and his son was Zaccur, and the son of him was Shimei.

And these now afore written by name went in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote the tents of them and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and there dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their sheep.

The sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: for he was the eldest. But because he defied his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and so he is not reckoned unto the birthright.

For unto Judah which was mighty among his brethren, was given the principality before him. But the birthright was given Joseph.

and his son Micah, and the son of him was Reaiah, and his son was Baal,

and Beerah was his son. Which Beerah, Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, carried away: for he was a great lord among the Reubenites.

And eastward he inhabited until the wilderness, even upon the river Euphrates, for their cattle was much in the land of Gilead.

And in Bashan, Joel was the chiefest and Shapham the next, then Janai and Shaphat.

Ahi was the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, the head of an ancient household among them.

for there fell many dead because the war was of God. And they dwelt there in their steads until the time that they were carried away.

The son of Gershom was Libni, and his son Jahath, and his son Zimmah,

and his son Tahath; and Uriel was his son, and Uzziah his son, and Shaul was his son.

The sons of Elkanah: Zophai whose son was Nahath,

These are they that waited with their children of the sons of Kohath: Heman a singer, which was the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

And his brother Asaph stood on his righthand, which was the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

But Aaron and his sons burnt upon the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of cense, and were appointed unto all that was to do in the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel in all points according as Moses the servant of God had commanded.

These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar, whose son was Phinehas, and his son Abishua,

And Machir gave to Huppim and Shuppim wives. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of another son was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters.

And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. The son of Ulam was Bedan.

The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, whose son was Bered, and Tahath his son, and his son Eleadah, and Tahath his son,