10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the Heb. came city was besieged. into siege. 599. 1 Jer. 24.1. Ezek. 17.12. & 29. 1, 2. 4 Or, m Nebu- 27. • See Jer.52. 28. 3 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. Zedekiah's wicked reign. CHRIST 599. seven thousand, and craftsmen and BEFORE 17 ¶ And the king of Babylon с 599. Jer. 37.1. b1 Chr.3.15. 2 • So ch. 23. 34. 2 Chr. 36. 4. 52. 1. 18 d Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and 12 Chr. 36. he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. Jer. 37. 1. & And his mother's name was Ha-ch. 23.31. mutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 593. 19 f And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to 12 Chr. 36. all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zede-2 Chr. 86. kiah rebelled against the king of Ezek. 17.15. Babylon. AND it came to pass in the ninth 13 P And he carried out thence all n See ch. 25. the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all p ch. 20. 17. the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD 590. 4 And the city was broken up, & 52. 7, &c. and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went Jer. 39.4the way toward the plain. 14 And she carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and See Jer.52. all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and "all the 5 And the army of the Chaldees craftsmen and smiths: none remain-pursued after the king, and overtook ch. 25. 12. ed, save the poorest sort of the him in the plains of Jericho: and all people of the land. his army were scattered from him. u So 1 Sam. 13. 19, 22. Jer. 40. 7. y 2 Chr. 36. 10. Esth. 2. 6. Jer. 22. 24, &c. 5 Or, eunuchs. z See Jer.52. 28. 15 And he carried Jehoia- 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. 7 And they slew the sons of Ze-3 Heb. dekiah before his eyes, and sf put out 16 And all the men of might, even | the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him 1 Jer. 89.7. Ezek. 12.13. 9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, 1and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of Neb. 1.3. the guard, "brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. Jer. 52. 14. r1 Kings 7. 27. 1 Kings 7. 23. t Ex. 27. 3. 1 Kings 7. 45, 50. 4 Heb. the one sea. 47. r B 13 And Pthe pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. and the nobles slain. threescore men of the people of the 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. BEFORE CHRIST 588. © Lev. 26.33. Deut. 28.36, 64. d Jer. 40. 5. 22 And as for the people that ch. 23. 27. remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 8,9. 23 And when all the captains of Jer. 40. 7, the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. 2. 588. 2 Heb. of the kingdom. 25 But fit came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Jer. 41. 1, Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men 15 And the firepans, and the bowls, with him, and smote Gedaliah, that and such things as were of gold, in he died, and the Jews and the Chalgold, and of silver, in silver, the cap-dees that were with him at Mizpah. tain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, 'one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made 1 Kings 7. for the house of the LORD; "the brass of all these vessels was without weight. The kings of Edom. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1853. 2 Or, Akan, Gen. 36. 27. x Gen. 36. 31, &c. I. CHRONICLES, II. 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and 2 Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 43 ¶ Now these are the kings that cir. 1676. reigned in the land of Edom before any_king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. y Gen.36.37. 3 Or, Hadar, 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and Gen. 36. 89. the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 4 Or, Pau. Gen. 36. 39. cir. 1496. 1 Gen.36.40. 51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Tim5Or, Alvah. nah, duke ' Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1752, &c. • Or, Jacob. Gen.29.32. 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. CHAPTER II. 1 The sons of Israel. 3 The posterity of Judah by Tamar. 13 The children of Jesse. 18 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron. 21 Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir. 25 Jerahmeel's posterity. 34 Sheshan's posterity. 42 Another branch of Caleb's posterity. 50 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. TH HESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and & 30.5, &c. Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. & 35, 18, 22. & 40. 8, &c. b Gen. 38. 3. & 46. 12. 3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Num. 28.19. Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Gen. 28. 2.Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the d Gen. 38.7. firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew Gen. 38.29, him. Matt. 1. 8. 4 And Tamar his daughter in 30, The posterity of Caleb. law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah; 2 Zimri, 8 and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. h 7 And the sons of Carmi; 'Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 5 1 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, BEFORE CHRIST 1752, &c. f Gen. 46.12. Ruth 4. 18. 20r, Zabdi, 1 Kings Josh. 7.1. 4. 31. 8Or, Darda. h See ch.4.1. 40r,Achan. i Josh. 6. 18. & 7.1. 5 Or, Aram, Matt. 1.3,4. 6 Or, Caleb, ver. 18, 42. k Ruth 4.19, 20. Matt. 1. 4. 1 Num. 1.7. & 2. 3. cir. 1471. 7 Or, Salmon, 13 qm And Jesse begat his firstborn Ruth 4. 21. Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: Matt. 1. 4. cir. 1090. m 1 Sam. 16. 6. 8 Or, Shammah, 1 Sam. 16.9. Jerahmeel's posterity. I. CHRONICLES, III. The sons of David. BEFORE the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, gem, and Jothain, and Gesham, and and Ozem, and Ahijah. CHRIST 35. cir. 1471. 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And a See ver.34, "the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and ch. 11.41. Nathan begat Zabad, cir. 1471, &c. 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Re Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1471, &c. Josh.15.17. 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: d с 2 Sam. 3. 2. bJosh.15.56. leab, 2 Sam. 3. 3. 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 2 Sam. 35. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusach. 14. 4. lem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; 'Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of 'Ammiel: 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, |