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KINGS 4

ΚΕΦ. 11-20

ΚΑΙ Γοθολία ἡ μήτηρ ᾿Οχοζίου εἶδεν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπώλεσε πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα τῆς βασιλείας. 2 καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιωσαβεὲ θυγάτηρ τοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Ιωρὰμ ἀδελφὴ ᾿Οχοζίου τὸν ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸν ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῆς καὶ ἔκλεψεν αὐτὸν ἐκ μέσου τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν θανατουμένων, αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν τροφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ ταμείῳ τῶν κλινῶν, καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ προσώπου Γοθολίας καὶ οὐκ ἐθανατώθη. 3 καὶ ἦν μετ᾿ αὐτῆς κρυβόμενος ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἕξ ἔτη· καὶ Γοθολία βασιλεύουσα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. 4 καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς ἑκατοντάρχους τῶν Χορρὶ καὶ τῶν Ρασίμ, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν αὐτοὺς πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ διέθετο αὐτοῖς διαθήκην Κυρίου καὶ ὥρκωσεν αὐτοὺς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιωδαὲ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως 5 καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς λέγων· οὗτος ὁ λόγος, ὃν ποιήσετε· 6 τὸ τρίτον ἐξ ὑμῶν εἰσελθέτω τὸ σάββατον καὶ φυλάξατε φυλακὴν οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν τῷ πυλῶνι καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τῶν ὁδῶν καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῆς πύλης ὀπίσω τῶν παρατρεχόντων· καὶ φυλάξατε τὴν φυλακὴν τοῦ οἴκου. 7 καὶ δύο χεῖρες ἐν ὑμῖν, πᾶς ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος τὸ σάββατον, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὴν φυλακὴν οἴκου Κυρίου πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· 8 καὶ κυκλώσατε ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ, ἀνὴρ καὶ τὸ σκεῦος αὐτοῦ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς τὰς σαδηρὼθ ἀποθανεῖται. καὶ ἔσονται μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν τῷ ἐκπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι αὐτόν. 9 καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ ἑκατόνταρχοι πάντα, ὅσα ἐνετείλατο ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ συνετός, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀνὴρ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους τὸ σάββατον μετὰ τῶν ἐκπορευομένων τὸ σάββατον καὶ εἰσῆλθον πρὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ τὸν ἱερέα. 10 καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῖς ἑκατοντάρχοις τοὺς σειρομάστας καὶ τοὺς τρισσοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως Δαυὶδ τοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. 11 καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ παρατρέχοντες, ἀνὴρ καὶ τὸ σκεῦος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου τῆς δεξιᾶς ἕως τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου τῆς εὐωνύμου τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ. 12 καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν τὸ νεζὲρ καὶ τὸ μαρτύριον καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκρότησαν τῇ χειρὶ καὶ εἶπαν· ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς. 13 καὶ ἤκουσε Γοθολία τὴν φωνὴν τῶν τρεχόντων τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὸν λαὸν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου. 14 καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου κατὰ τὸ κρίμα, καὶ οἱ ᾠδοὶ καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς χαίρων καὶ σαλπίζων ἐν σάλπιγξι· καὶ διέρρηξε Γοθολία τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτῆς καὶ ἐβόησε· σύνδεσμος σύνδεσμος. 15 καὶ ἐνετείλατο ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῖς ἑκατοντάρχοις τοῖς ἐπισκόποις τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐξαγάγετε αὐτὴν ἔσωθεν τῶν σαδηρώθ· ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος ὀπίσω αὐτῆς θανάτῳ θανατωθήσεται ἐν ρομφαίᾳ· ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ ἱερεύς· καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. 16 καὶ ἐπέθηκαν αὐτῇ χεῖρας, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁδὸν εἰσόδου τῶν ἵππων οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ. 17 καὶ διέθετο ᾿Ιωδαὲ διαθήκην ἀνὰ μέσον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ εἶναι εἰς λαὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ λαοῦ. 18 καὶ εἰσῆλθε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς εἰς οἶκον τοῦ Βάαλ καὶ κατέσπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς εἰκόνας αὐτοῦ συνέτριψαν ἀγαθῶς καὶ τὸν Μαθὰν τὸν ἱερέα τοῦ Βάαλ ἀπέκτειναν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῶν θυσιαστηρίων, καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπισκόπους εἰς τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου. 19 καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς ἑκατοντάρχους καὶ τὸν Χορρὶ καὶ τὸν Ρασὶμ καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατήγαγον τὸν βασιλέα ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ εἰσῆλθον ὁδὸν πύλης τῶν παρατρεχόντων οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐκάθισαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ θρόνου τῶν βασιλέων. 20 καὶ ἐχάρη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἡσύχασε· καὶ τὴν Γοθολίαν ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως.

ΥΙΟΣ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ᾿Ιωὰς ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτόν. 2 ἐν ἔτει ἑβδόμῳ τῷ ᾿Ιοὺ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωὰς καὶ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Αβιὰ ἐκ τῆς Βηρσαβεέ. 3 καὶ ἐποίησεν ᾿Ιωὰς τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἃς ἐφώτισεν αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεύς· 4 πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐ μετεστάθησαν, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς. 5 καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωὰς πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς· πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τῶν ἁγίων τὸ εἰσοδιαζόμενον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ἀργύριον συντιμήσεως, ἀνὴρ ἀργύριον λαβὼν συντιμήσεως, πᾶν ἀργύριον, ὃ ἐὰν ἀναβῇ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνδρὸς ἐνεγκεῖν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, 6 λαβέτωσαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ τῆς πράσεως αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ κρατήσουσι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου εἰς πάντα, οὗ ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ἐκεῖ βεδέκ. 7 καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ εἰκοστῷ καὶ τρίτῳ ἔτει τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιωὰς οὐκ ἐκραταίωσαν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου. 8 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ιωὰς ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιωδαὲ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· τί ὅτι οὐκ ἐκραταιοῦτε τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου; καὶ νῦν μὴ λάβητε ἀργύριον ἀπὸ τῶν πράσεων ὑμῶν, ὅτι εἰς τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου δώσετε αὐτό. 9 καὶ συνεφώνησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς τοῦ μὴ λαβεῖν ἀργύριον παρὰ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τοῦ μὴ ἐνισχῦσαι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου. 10 καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς κιβωτὸν μίαν καὶ ἔτρησε τρώγλην ἐπὶ τῆς σανίδος αὐτῆς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν παρὰ ἀμμαζειβὶ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἀνδρὸς οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ ἔδωκαν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ φυλάσσοντες τὸν σταθμὸν πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. 11 καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς εἶδον ὅτι πολὺ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ, καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ γραμματεὺς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας καὶ ἔσφιγξαν καὶ ἠρίθμησαν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. 12 καὶ ἔδωκαν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἑτοιμασθὲν ἐπὶ χεῖρας ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἐπισκόπων οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξέδοσαν τοῖς τέκτοσι τῶν ξύλων καὶ τοῖς οἰκοδόμοις τοῖς ποιοῦσιν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου 13 καὶ τοῖς τειχισταῖς καὶ τοῖς λατόμοις τῶν λίθων τοῦ κτήσασθαι ξύλα καὶ λίθους λατομητοὺς τοῦ κατασχεῖν τὸ βεδὲκ οἴκου Κυρίου εἰς πάντα, ὅσα ἐξωδιάσθη ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ κραταιῶσαι· 14 πλὴν οὐ ποιηθήσονται οἴκῳ Κυρίου θύραι ἀργυραῖ, ἧλοι, φιάλαι καὶ σάλπιγγες, πᾶν σκεῦος χρυσοῦν καὶ σκεῦος ἀργυροῦν, ἐκ τοῦ ἀργυρίου τοῦ εἰσενεχθέντος ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, 15 ὅτι τοῖς ποιοῦσι τὰ ἔργα δώσουσιν αὐτό, καὶ ἐκραταίωσαν ἐν αὐτῷ τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου. 16 καὶ οὐκ ἐξελογίζοντο τοὺς ἄνδρας, οἷς ἐδίδουν τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ χεῖρας αὐτῶν δοῦναι τοῖς ποιοῦσι τὰ ἔργα, ὅτι ἐν πίστει αὐτῶν ποιοῦσιν. 17 ἀργύριον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ ἀργύριον περὶ πλημμελείας, ὅ,τι εἰσηνέχθη ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐγένετο. 18 Τότε ἀνέβη ᾿Αζαὴλ βασιλεὺς Συρίας καὶ ἐπολέμησεν ἐπὶ Γὲθ καὶ προκατελάβετο αὐτήν. καὶ ἔταξεν ᾿Αζαὴλ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 19 καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα πάντα τὰ ἅγια, ὅσα ἡγίασεν ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ καὶ ᾿Ιωρὰμ καὶ ᾿Οχοζίας οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ καὶ βασιλεῖς ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶν τὸ χρυσίον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν θησαυροῖς οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀπέστειλε τῷ ᾿Αζαὴλ βασιλεῖ Συρίας, καὶ ἀνέβη ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 20 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωὰς καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα πάντα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα; 21 καὶ ἀνέστησαν οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδησαν πάντα σύνδεσμον καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὸν ᾿Ιωὰς ἐν οἴκῳ Μαλλὼ τῷ ἐν Γααλὰ 22 καὶ ᾿Ιεζιχὰρ υἱὸς ᾿Ιεμουὰθ καὶ ᾿Ιεζεβοὺθ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Σωμὴρ οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ ἐπάταξαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπέθανε· καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αμεσσίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

ΕΝ ἔτει εἰκοστῷ καὶ τρίτῳ ἔτει τῷ ᾿Ιωὰς υἱῷ ᾿Οχοζίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωάχαζ υἱὸς ᾿Ιοὺ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἑπτακαίδεκα ἔτη. 2 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὀπίσω ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν. 3 καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ Κύριος ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Αζαὴλ βασιλέως Συρίας καὶ ἐν χειρὶ υἱοῦ ῎Αδερ υἱοῦ ᾿Αζαὴλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. 4 καὶ ἐδεήθη ᾿Ιωάχαζ τοῦ προσώπου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτοῦ Κύριος, ὅτι εἶδε τὴν θλῖψιν ᾿Ισραήλ, ὅτι ἔθλιψεν αὐτοὺς βασιλεὺς Συρίας. 5 καὶ ἔδωκεν Κύριος σωτηρίαν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὑποκάτωθεν χειρὸς Συρίας. καὶ ἐκάθισαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν καθὼς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης· 6 πλὴν οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν οἴκου ῾Ιεροβοάμ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐν αὐταῖς ἐπορεύθησαν, καί γε τὸ ἄλσος ἐστάθη ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. 7 ὅτι οὐχ ὑπελείφθη τῷ ᾿Ιωάχαζ λαός, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ πεντήκοντα ἱππεῖς καὶ δέκα ἅρματα καὶ δέκα χιλιάδες πεζῶν, ὅτι ἀπώλεσεν αὐτοὺς βασιλεὺς Συρίας, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτοὺς ὡς χοῦν εἰς καταπάτησιν. 8 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωάχαζ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησε καὶ αἱ δυναστεῖαι αὐτοῦ, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ; 9 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωάχαζ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 10 ᾿Εν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει τῷ ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸς ᾿Ιωάχαζ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη. 11 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐν αὐταῖς ἐπορεύθη. 12 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωὰς καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησε, καὶ αἱ δυναστεῖαι αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἐποίησε μετὰ ᾿Αμεσσίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ; 13 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωὰς μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ μετὰ τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ. 14 Καὶ ῾Ελισαιὲ ἠρρώστησε τὴν ἀρρωστίαν αὐτοῦ, δι᾿ ἣν ἀπέθανε. καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε· πάτερ πάτερ, ἅρμα ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἱππεὺς αὐτοῦ. 15 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ῾Ελισαιέ· λάβε τόξον καὶ βέλη. καὶ ἔλαβε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν τόξον καὶ βέλη. 16 καὶ εἶπε τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἐπιβίβασον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ τόξον· καὶ ἐπεβίβασεν ᾿Ιωὰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ῾Ελισαιὲ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως. 17 καὶ εἶπεν· ἄνοιξον τὴν θυρίδα κατ᾿ ἀνατολάς· καὶ ἤνοιξε. καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· τόξευσον· καὶ ἐτόξευσε. καὶ εἶπε· βέλος σωτηρίας τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ βέλος σωτηρίας ἐν Συρίᾳ, καὶ πατάξεις τὴν Συρίαν ἐν ᾿Αφὲκ ἕως συντελείας. 18 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ῾Ελισαιέ· λάβε τόξα· καὶ ἔλαβε. καὶ εἶπε τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραήλ· πάταξον εἰς τὴν γῆν· καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τρὶς καὶ ἔστη. 19 καὶ ἐλυπήθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ εἶπεν· εἰ ἐπάταξας πεντάκις ἢ ἑξάκις, τότε ἂν ἐπάταξας τὴν Συρίαν ἕως συντελείας· καὶ νῦν τρὶς πατάξεις τὴν Συρίαν. 20 καὶ ἀπέθανεν ῾Ελισαιέ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτόν. καὶ μονόζωνοι Μωὰβ ἦλθον ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐλθόντος τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ· 21 καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῶν θαπτόντων τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ ἰδοὺ εἶδον τὸν μονόζωνον καὶ ἔρριψαν τὸν ἄνδρα ἐν τῷ τάφῳ ῾Ελισαιέ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἥψατο τῶν ὀστέων ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ ἔζησε καὶ ἀνέστη ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ. 22 καὶ ᾿Αζαὴλ ἐξέθλιψε τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ᾿Ιωάχαζ. 23 καὶ ἠλέησε Κύριος αὐτούς, καὶ ᾠκτείρησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς διὰ τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ τὴν μετὰ ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ᾿Ισαὰκ καὶ ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε Κύριος διαφθεῖραι αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐκ ἀπέρριψεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. 24 καὶ ἀπέθανεν ᾿Αζαὴλ βασιλεὺς Συρίας, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸς ᾿Ιωάχαζ καὶ ἔλαβε τὰς πόλεις ἐκ χειρὸς υἱοῦ ῎Αδερ υἱοῦ ᾿Αζαήλ, ἃς ἔλαβεν ἐκ χειρὸς ᾿Ιωάχαζ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ· τρὶς ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωὰς καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ισραήλ.

ΕΝ ἔτει δευτέρῳ τῶ ᾿Ιωὰς υἱῷ ᾿Ιωάχαζ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αμεσσίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα. 2 υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ εἴκοσι καὶ ἐννέα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιωαδὶμ ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 3 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, πλὴν οὐχ ὡς Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν ᾿Ιωὰς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἐποίησε· 4 πλὴν τὰ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς. 5 καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε κατίσχυεν ἡ βασιλεία ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ τοὺς πατάξαντας τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· 6 καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν παταξάντων οὐκ ἐθανάτωσε, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν βιβλίῳ νόμων Μωυσῆ, ὡς ἐνετείλατο Κύριος λέγων· οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται πατέρες ὑπὲρ υἱῶν, καὶ υἱοὶ οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται ὑπὲρ πατέρων, ὅτι ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἕκαστος ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖται. 7 αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τὴν ᾿Εδὼμ ἐν Γαιμελὲ δέκα χιλιάδας καὶ συνέλαβε τὴν Πέτραν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Καθοὴλ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 8 τότε ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Αμεσσίας ἀγγέλους πρὸς ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸν ᾿Ιωάχαζ υἱοῦ ᾿Ιοὺ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ λέγων· δεῦρο ὀφθῶμεν προσώποις. 9 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Αμεσσίαν βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα λέγων· ὁ ἄκαν ὁ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τὴν κέδρον τὴν ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ λέγων· δὸς τὴν θυγατέρα σου τῷ υἱῷ μου εἰς γυναῖκα· καὶ διῆλθον τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ τὰ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ καὶ συνεπάτησαν τὴν ἄκανα. 10 τύπτων ἐπάταξας τὴν ᾿Ιδουμαίαν, καὶ ἐπῇρέ σε καρδία σου· ἐνδοξάσθητι καθήμενος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου, καὶ ἱνατί ἐρίζεις ἐν κακίᾳ σου; καὶ πεσῇ σὺ καὶ ᾿Ιούδας μετὰ σοῦ. 11 καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν ᾿Αμεσσίας. καὶ ἀνέβη ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ὤφθησαν προσώποις αὐτὸς καὶ ᾿Αμεσσίας βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα ἐν Βαιθσαμὺς τῇ τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα· 12 καὶ ἔπταισεν ᾿Ιούδας ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἔφυγεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ· 13 καὶ τὸν ᾿Αμεσσίαν υἱὸν ᾿Ιωὰς υἱοῦ ᾿Οχοζίου συνέλαβεν ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Βαιθσαμύς. καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ καθεῖλεν ἐν τῷ τείχει ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ ᾿Εφραὶμ ἕως πύλης τῆς γωνίας τετρακοσίους πήχεις· 14 καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ εὑρεθέντα ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ ἐν θησαυροῖς οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν συμμίξεων καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν. 15 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωάς, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ἐν δυναστείᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἃ ἐπολέμησε μετὰ ᾿Αμεσσίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ; 16 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωὰς μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ μετὰ τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 17 καὶ ἔζησεν ᾿Αμεσσίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸν ᾿Ιωάχαζ βασιλέα ᾿Ισραὴλ πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη. 18 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Αμεσσίου καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα; 19 καὶ συνεστράφησαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν σύστρεμμα ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔφυγεν εἰς Λαχίς· καὶ ἀπέστειλαν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εἰς Λαχὶς καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ. 20 καὶ ᾖραν αὐτὸν ἐφ᾿ ἵππων, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ. 21 καὶ ἔλαβε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ᾿Ιούδα τὸν ᾿Αζαρίαν —καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν— καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν αὐτὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Αμεσσίου. 22 αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Αἰλὼθ καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὴν τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ μετὰ τὸ κοιμηθῆναι τὸν βασιλέα μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. 23 ᾿Εν ἔτει πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τοῦ ᾿Αμεσσίου υἱῷ ᾿Ιωὰς βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰς ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἓν ἔτος. 24 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ. 25 αὐτὸς ἀπέστησε τὸ ὅριον ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ εἰσόδου Αἰμὰθ ἕως τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς ῎Αραβα κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου Θεοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ δούλου αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιωνᾶ υἱοῦ ᾿Αμαθὶ τοῦ προφήτου τοῦ ἐν Γεθχοφέρ. 26 ὅτι εἶδε Κύριος τὴν ταπείνωσιν ᾿Ισραὴλ πικρὰν σφόδρα καὶ ὀλιγοστοὺς συνεχομένους καὶ ἐσπανισμένους καὶ ἐγκαταλελειμμένους, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ. 27 καὶ οὐκ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐξαλεῖψαι τὸ σπέρμα ᾿Ισραὴλ ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔσωσεν αὐτοὺς διὰ χειρὸς ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ ᾿Ιωάς. 28 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησε, καὶ αἱ δυναστεῖαι αὐτοῦ, ὅσα ἐπολέμησε καὶ ὅσα ἐπέστρεψε τὴν Δαμασκὸν καὶ τὴν Αἰμὰθ τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ ἐν ᾿Ισραήλ, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ; 29 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ῾Ιεροβοὰμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ μετὰ βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

ΕΝ ἔτει εἰκοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ τῷ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αζαρίας υἱὸς ᾿Αμεσσίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα. 2 υἱὸς ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ πεντηκονταδύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ῾Ιεχελία ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 3 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ᾿Αμεσσίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· 4 πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς, 5 καὶ ἥψατο Κύριος τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἦν λελεπρωμένος ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν οἴκῳ ἀφφουσώθ, καὶ ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ τῷ οἴκῳ κρίνων τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς. 6 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Αζαρίου, καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα; 7 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Αζαρίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 8 ᾿Εν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ὀγδόῳ τῷ ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἑξάμηνον. 9 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, καθὰ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ. 10 καὶ συνεστράφησαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν Σελλοὺμ υἱὸς ᾿Ιαβὶς καὶ Κεβλαὰμ καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτόν, καὶ Σελλοὺμ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 11 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ζαχαρίου ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ. 12 ὁ λόγος Κυρίου, ὃν ἐλάλησε πρὸς ᾿Ιοὺ λέγων· υἱοὶ τέταρτοι καθήσονταί σοι ἐπὶ θρόνου ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. 13 Καὶ Σελλοὺμ υἱὸς ᾿Ιαβὶς ἐβασίλευσε· καὶ ἐν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἐνάτῳ ᾿Αζαρίᾳ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Σελλοὺμ μῆνα ἡμερῶν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. 14 καὶ ἀνέβη Μαναὴμ υἱὸς Γαδδὶ ἐκ Θαρσιλὰ καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν Σελλοὺμ υἱὸν ᾿Ιαβὶς ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν. 15 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Σελλοὺμ καὶ ἡ συστροφὴ αὐτοῦ, ἣν συνεστράφη, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ. 16 τότε ἐπάταξε Μαναὴμ τὴν Θερσὰ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς ἀπὸ Θερσά, ὅτι οὐκ ἤνοιξαν αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν καὶ τὰς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσας ἀνέρρηξεν. 17 ᾿Εν ἔτει τριακοστῷ καὶ ἐνάτῳ τῷ ᾿Αζαρίᾳ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Μαναὴμ υἱὸς Γαδδὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δέκα ἔτη. 18 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ. 19 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Φοὺλ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ Μαναὴμ ἔδωκε τῷ Φοὺλ χίλια τάλαντα ἀργυρίου εἶναι τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 20 καὶ ἐξήνεγκε Μαναὴμ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐπὶ πᾶν δυνατὸν ἰσχύϊ, δοῦναι τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων, πεντήκοντα σίκλους τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἑνί· καὶ ἀπέστρεψε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ οὐκ ἔστη ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ γῇ. 21 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Μαναὴμ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ; 22 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Μαναὴμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Φακεσίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 23 ᾿Εν ἔτει πεντηκοστῷ τοῦ ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Φακεσίας υἱὸς Μαναὴμ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ δύο ἔτη. 24 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ. 25 καὶ συνεστράφη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ρομελίου ὁ τριστάτης αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐναντίον οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ τοͺ ᾿Αργόβ καὶ μετὰ τοῦ ᾿Αρία, καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρες ἀπὸ τῶν τετρακοσίων· καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 26 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Φακεσίου καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἰδού εἰσι γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ. 27 ᾿Εν ἔτει πεντηκοστῷ καὶ δευτέρῳ τοῦ ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσε Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ρομελίου ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ εἴκοσιν ἔτη. 28 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου· οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ πασῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ. 29 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Φακεὲ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ ἦλθε Θαγλαθφελλασὰρ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν Αἲν καὶ τὴν ᾿Αβελβαιθαμααχὰ καὶ τὴν ᾿Ανιὼχ καὶ τὴν Κενὲζ καὶ τὴν ᾿Ασὼρ καὶ τὴν Γαλαὰδ καὶ τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, πᾶσαν γῆν Νεφθαλί, καὶ ἀπῴκισεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ᾿Ασσυρίους. 30 καὶ συνέστρεψε σύστρεμμα ῾Ωσηὲ υἱὸς ᾿Ηλὰ ἐπὶ Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ρομελίου καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσε καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔτει εἰκοστῷ ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱοῦ ᾿Αζαρίου. 31 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Φακεὲ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ. 32 ᾿Εν ἔτει δευτέρῳ Φακεὲ υἱοῦ Ρομελίου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς ᾿Αζαρίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα. 33 υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ῾Ιερουσὰ θυγάτηρ Σαδώκ. 34 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ᾿Αζαρίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· 35 πλὴν τὰ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἐξῇρεν, ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμία ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς. αὐτὸ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν πύλην οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ἐπάνω. 36 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωάθαμ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα; 37 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἤρξατο Κύριος ἐξαποστέλλειν ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ τὸν Ραασσὼν βασιλέα Συρίας, καὶ τὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ρομελίου. 38 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωάθαμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ῎Αχαζ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

ΕΝ ἔτει ἑπτακαιδεκάτῳ Φακεὲ υἱοῦ Ρομελίου ἐβασίλευσεν ῎Αχαζ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωάθαμ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα. 2 υἱὸς εἴκοσιν ἐτῶν ἦν ῎Αχαζ ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ πιστῶς, ὡς Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ 3 καὶ ἐπορεύθη, ἐν ὁδῷ βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ, καί γε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ διῆγεν ἐν πυρὶ κατὰ τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξῇρε Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, 4 καὶ ἐθυσίαζε καὶ ἐθυμία ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βουνῶν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους. 5 τότε ἀνέβη Ραασσὼν βασιλεὺς Συρίας καὶ Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ρομελίου βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπὶ ῎Αχαζ καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πολεμεῖν. 6 ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἐπέστρεψε Ραασσὼν βασιλεὺς Συρίας τὴν Αἰλὰθ τῇ Συρίᾳ καὶ ἐξέβαλε τοὺς ᾿Ιουδαίους ἐξ Αἰλὰθ καὶ ᾿Ιδουμαῖοι ἦλθον εἰς Αἰλὰθ καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 7 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ῎Αχαζ ἀγγέλους πρὸς Θαγλαθφελλασὰρ βασιλέα ᾿Ασσυρίων λέγων· δοῦλός σου καὶ υἱός σου ἐγώ, ἀνάβηθι καὶ σῶσόν με ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως Συρίας καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ. 8 καὶ ἔλαβεν ῎Αχαζ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν θησαυροῖς οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ οἴκου βασιλέως καὶ ἀπέστειλε τῷ βασιλεῖ δῶρα. 9 καὶ ἤκουσεν αὐτοῦ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων, καὶ ἀνέβη βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων εἰς Δαμασκὸν καὶ συνέλαβεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἀπῴκισεν αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν Ραασσὼν βασιλέα ἐθανάτωσε. 10 καὶ ἐπορεύθη βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ εἰς Δαμασκὸν εἰς ἀπαντὴν Θαγλαθφελλασὰρ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσυρίων εἰς Δαμασκόν. καὶ εἶδε τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν Δαμασκῶ, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ πρὸς Οὐρίαν τὸν ἱερέα τὸ ὁμοίωμα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τὸν ρυθμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν ποίησιν αὐτοῦ· 11 καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν Οὐρίας ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸ θυσιαστήριον κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ ἐκ Δαμασκοῦ. 12 καὶ εἶδεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἀνέβη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸ 13 καὶ ἐθυμίασε τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν θυσίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν σπονδὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ προσέχεε τὸ αἷμα τῶν εἰρηνικῶν τῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον 14 τὸ χαλκοῦν τὸ ἀπέναντι Κυρίου. καὶ προσήγαγε ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ μηρὸν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κατὰ βορρᾶν. 15 καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ τῷ Οὐρίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ λέγων· ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ μέγα πρόσφερε τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν τὴν πρωϊνὴν καὶ τὴν θυσίαν τὴν ἑσπερινήν, καὶ τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὴν θυσίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τὴν θυσίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν σπονδὴν αὐτῶν καὶ πᾶν αἷμα ὁλοκαυτώσεως καὶ πᾶν αἷμα θυσίας ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἐκχεεῖς· καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χαλκοῦν ἔσται μοι εἰς τὸ πρωΐ. 16 καὶ ἐποίησεν Οὐρίας ὁ ἱερεὺς κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ. 17 καὶ συνέκοψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ τὰ συγκλείσματα τῶν μεχωνὼθ καὶ μετῇρεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν τὸν λουτῆρα καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καθεῖλεν ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν τῶν χαλκῶν τῶν ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ βάσιν λιθίνην. 18 καὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τῆς καθέδρας ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ τὴν εἴσοδον τοῦ βασιλέως τὴν ἔξω ἐπέστρεψεν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἀπὸ προσώπου βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων. 19 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ῎Αχαζ, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα; 20 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ῎Αχαζ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Εζεκίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

ΕΝ ἔτει δωδεκάτῳ τοῦ ῎Αχαζ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσεν ῾Ωσηὲ υἱὸς ᾿Ηλὰ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐννέα ἔτη. 2 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, πλὴν οὐχ ὡς οἱ βασιλεῖς ᾿Ισραήλ, οἳ ἦσαν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ. 3 ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν ἀνέβη Σαλαμανασὰρ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ ῾Ωσηὲ δοῦλος καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτῷ μαναά. 4 καὶ εὗρε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐν τῷ ῾Ωσηὲ ἀδικίαν, ὅτι ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸς Σηγὼρ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου καὶ οὐκ ἤνεγκε μαναὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ, καὶ ἐπολιόρκησεν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν οἴκῳ φυλακῆς. 5 καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Σαμάρειαν, καὶ ἐπολιόρκησεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν τρία ἔτη. 6 ἐν ἔτει ἐνάτῳ ῾Ωσηὲ συνέλαβε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων τὴν Σαμάρειαν καὶ ἀπῴκισεν ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς ᾿Ασσυρίους καὶ κατῴκισεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ᾿Αλαὲ καὶ ἐν ᾿Αβὼρ ποταμοῖς Γωζάν, καὶ ὄρη Μήδων. 7 καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτι ἥμαρτον οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ αὐτῶν τῷ ἀναγαγόντι αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ὑποκάτωθεν χειρὸς Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν θεοὺς ἑτέρους 8 καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν τοῖς δικαιώμασι τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξῇρε Κύριος ἐκ προσώπου υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς ᾿Ισραήλ, ὅσοι ἐποίησαν, 9 καὶ ὅσοι ἠμφιέσαντο οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ λόγους οὐχ οὕτως κατὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἑαυτοῖς ὑψηλὰ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν ἀπὸ πύργου φυλασσόντων ἕως πόλεως ὀχυρᾶς 10 καὶ ἐστήλωσαν ἑαυτοῖς στήλας καὶ ἄλση ἐπὶ παντὶ βουνῷ ὑψηλῷ καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους 11 καὶ ἐθυμίασαν ἐκεῖ ἐν πᾶσιν ὑψηλοῖς καθὼς τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ ἀπῴκισε Κύριος ἐκ προσώπου αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐποίησαν κοινωνοὺς καὶ ἐχάραξαν τοῦ παροργίσαι τὸν Κύριον 12 καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τοῖς εἰδώλοις, οἷς εἶπε Κύριος αὐτοῖς· οὐ ποιήσετε τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο τῷ Κυρίῳ. 13 καὶ διεμαρτύρατο Κύριος ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοῦ, παντὸς ὁρῶντος λέγων· ἀποστράφητε ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν ὑμῶν τῶν πονηρῶν καὶ φυλάξατε τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά μου καὶ πάντα τὸν νόμον, ὃν ἐνετειλάμην τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν, ὅσα ἀπέστειλα αὐτοῖς ἐν χειρὶ τῶν δούλων μου τῶν προφητῶν. 14 καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν καὶ ἐσκλήρυναν τὸν νῶτον αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν νῶτον τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν 15 καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ, ὅσα διεμαρτύρατο αὐτοῖς, οὐκ ἐφύλαξαν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ματαίων καὶ ἐματαιώθησαν, καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν περικύκλῳ αὐτῶν, ὧν ἐνετείλατο Κύριος αὐτοῖς μὴ ποιῆσαι κατὰ ταῦτα. 16 ἐγκατέλιπον τὰς ἐντολὰς Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς χώνευμα δύο δαμάλεις καὶ ἐποίησαν ἄλση καὶ προσεκύνησαν πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τῷ Βάαλ 17 καὶ διῆγον τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν ἐν πυρὶ καὶ ἐμαντεύοντο μαντείας καὶ οἰωνίζοντο καὶ ἐπράθησαν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου παροργίσαι αὐτόν. 18 καὶ ἐθυμώθη Κύριος σφόδρα ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἀπέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφθη πλὴν φυλὴ ᾿Ιούδα μονωτάτη. 19 καί γε ᾿Ιούδας οὐκ ἐφύλαξε τὰς ἐντολὰς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασιν ᾿Ισραήλ, οἷς ἐποίησαν, 20 καὶ ἀπεώσαντο τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐθυμώθη Κύριος παντὶ σπέρματι ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐσάλευσεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ διαρπαζόντων αὐτούς, ἕως οὗ ἀπέρριψεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. 21 ὅτι πλὴν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπάνωθεν οἴκου Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν τὸν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱὸν Ναβάτ, καὶ ἐξέωσεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐξόπισθεν Κυρίου καὶ ἐξήμαρτεν αὐτοὺς ἁμαρτίαν μεγάλην. 22 καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν πάσῃ ἁμαρτίᾳ ῾Ιεροβοάμ, ᾗ ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς, 23 ἕως οὗ μετέστησε Κύριος τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ πάντων τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ ἀπῳκίσθη ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπάνωθεν τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ εἰς ᾿Ασσυρίους ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 24 Καὶ ἤγαγε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος τὸν ἐκ Χουθὰ ἀπὸ ᾿Αϊὰ καὶ ἀπὸ Αἰμὰθ καὶ Σεπφαρουαΐμ, καὶ κατῳκίσθησαν ἐν πόλεσι Σαμαρείας ἀντὶ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν τὴν Σαμάρειαν καὶ κατῴκισαν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῆς. 25 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς καθέδρας αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἀπέστειλε Κύριος ἐν αὐτοῖς τοὺς λέοντας, καὶ ἦσαν ἀποκτέννοντες ἐν αὐτοῖς. 26 καὶ εἶπαν τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσυρίων λέγοντες· τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ ἀπῴκισας καὶ ἀντεκάθισας ἐν πόλεσι Σαμαρείας, οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὸ κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς τοὺς λέοντας, καὶ ἰδού εἰσι θανατοῦντες αὐτούς, καθότι οὐκ οἴδασι τὸ κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς γῆς, 27 καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων λέγων· ἀπάγετε ἐκεῖθεν καὶ πορευέσθωσαν καὶ κατοικήτωσαν ἐκεῖ καὶ φωτιοῦσιν αὐτοὺς τὸ κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς γῆς. 28 καὶ ἤγαγον ἕνα τῶν ἱερέων, ὧν ἀπῴκισαν ἀπὸ Σαμαρείας, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἦν φωτίζων αὐτοὺς πῶς φοβηθῶσι τὸν Κύριον. 29 καὶ ἦσαν ποιοῦντες ἔθνη ἔθνη θεοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ ἔθηκαν ἐν οἴκῳ τῶν ὑψηλῶν, ὧν ἐποίησαν οἱ Σαμαρεῖται, ἔθνη ἔθνη ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν, ἐν αἷς κατῴκουν. 30 καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες Βαβυλῶνος ἐποίησαν τὴν Σωκχὼθ Βαινίθ, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες Χοὺθ ἐποίησαν τὴν Νηριγέλ, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες Αἰμὰθ ἐποίησαν τὴν ᾿Ασιμάθ, 31 καὶ οἱ Εὐαῖοι ἐποίησαν τὴν ᾿Εβλαζὲρ καὶ τὴν Θαρθάκ, καὶ οἱ Σεπφαρουαΐμ κατέκαιον τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν πυρὶ τῷ ᾿Αδραμέλεχ καὶ ᾿Ανημελέχ, θεοῖς Σεπφαρουαΐμ. 32 καὶ ἦσαν φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον καὶ κατῴκισαν τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν ὑψηλῶν, ἃ ἐποίησαν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, ἔθνος ἔθνος ἐν πόλει, ἐν ᾗ κατῴκουν ἐν αὐτῇ· καὶ ἦσαν φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ἐποίησαν ἐν οἴκῳ τῶν ὑψηλῶν. 33 καὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐφοβοῦντο καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν ἐλάτρευον κατὰ τὸ κρίμα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὅθεν ἀπῴκισαν αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖθεν. 34 ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης αὐτοὶ ἐποίουν κατὰ τὸ κρίμα αὐτῶν· αὐτοὶ φοβοῦνται καὶ αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσι κατὰ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν, ἣν ἐνετείλατο Κύριος τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ιακώβ, οὗ ἔθηκε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, 35 καὶ διέθετο Κύριος μετ᾿ αὐτῶν διαθήκην καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς λέγων· οὐ φοβηθήσεσθε θεοὺς ἑτέρους καὶ οὐ προσκυνήσετε αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐ λατρεύσετε αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐ θυσιάσετε αὐτοῖς, 36 ὅτι ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὃς ἀνήγαγεν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν ἰσχύϊ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ, αὐτὸν φοβηθήσεσθε καὶ αὐτῷ προσκυνήσετε, αὐτῷ θύσετε· 37 καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα καὶ τὸν νόμον καὶ τὰς ἐντολάς, ἃς ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν ποιεῖν, φυλάσσεσθε πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσεσθε θεοὺς ἑτέρους· 38 καὶ τὴν διαθήκην, ἣν διέθετο μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν, οὐκ ἐπιλήσεσθε καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσεσθε θεοὺς ἑτέρους, 39 ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν ὑμῶν φοβηθήσεσθε, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξελεῖται ὑμᾶς ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν· 40 καὶ οὐκ ἀκούσεσθε ἐπὶ τῷ κρίματι αὐτῶν, ὃ αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσι. 41 καὶ ἦσαν τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον καὶ τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὐ-τῶν ἦσαν δουλεύοντες, καί γε οἱ υἱοὶ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῶν, καθὰ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν, ποιοῦσιν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν ἔτει τρίτῳ τῷ ῾Ωσηὲ υἱῷ ᾿Ηλὰ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Εζεκίας υἱὸς ῎Αχαζ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα. 2 υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ εἴκοσι καὶ ἐννέα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ῎Αβου θυγάτηρ Ζαχαρίου. 3 καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησε Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. 4 αὐτὸς ἐξῇρε τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ συνέτριψε τὰς στήλας καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσε τὰ ἄλση καὶ τὸν ὄφιν τὸν χαλκοῦν, ὃν ἐποίησε Μωυσῆς, ὅτι ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων ἦσαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ θυμιῶντες αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Νεεσθάν. 5 ἐν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἤλπισε, καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγενήθη ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐν βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐν τοῖς γενομένοις ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ· 6 καὶ ἐκολλήθη τῷ Κυρίῳ, οὐκ ἀπέστη ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐφύλαξε τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, ὅσας ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῇ· 7 καὶ ἦν Κύριος μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίει, συνῆκε. καὶ ἠθέτησεν ἐν τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ οὐκ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτῷ. 8 αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους ἕως Γάζης καὶ ἕως ὁρίου αὐτῆς ἀπὸ πύργου φυλασσόντων καὶ ἕως πόλεως ὀχυρᾶς. 9 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ βασιλεῖ ᾿Εζεκίᾳ (αὐτὸς ἐνιαυτὸς ὁ ἕβδομος τῷ ῾Ωσηὲ υἱῷ ᾿Ηλὰ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ) ἀνέβη Σαλαμανασὰρ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐπὶ Σαμάρειαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκει ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν· 10 καὶ κατελάβετο αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τέλους τριῶν ἐτῶν ἐν ἔτει ἕκτῳ τῷ ᾿Εζεκίᾳ (αὐτὸς ἐνιαυτὸς ἔνατος τῷ ῾Ωσηὲ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραήλ), καὶ συνελήφθη Σαμάρεια. 11 καὶ ἀπῴκισε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων τὴν Σαμάρειαν εἰς ᾿Ασσυρίους καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ᾿Αλαὲ καὶ ἐν ᾿Αβὼρ ποταμῷ Γωζὰν καὶ ὄρη Μήδων, 12 ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὅτι οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ παρέβησαν τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ, πάντα ὅσα ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς ὁ δοῦλος Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν. 13 Καὶ τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Εζεκίου ἀνέβη Σενναχηρὶμ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδα τὰς ὀχυρὰς καὶ συνέλαβεν αὐτάς. 14 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Εζεκίας βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα ἀγγέλους πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ασσυρίων εἰς Λαχὶς λέγων· ἡμάρτηκα, ἀποστράφηθι ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ· ὃ ἐὰν ἐπιθῇς ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ, βαστάσω. καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐπὶ ᾿Εζεκίαν βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα τριακόσια τάλαντα ἀργυρίου καὶ τριάκοντα τάλαντα χρυσίου. 15 καὶ ἔδωκεν ᾿Εζεκίας πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ ἐν θησαυροῖς οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως. 16 ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ συνέκοψεν ᾿Εζεκίας τὰς θύρας ναοῦ καὶ τὰ ἐστηριγμένα, ἃ ἐχρύσωσεν ᾿Εζεκίας ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσυρίων. 17 καὶ ἀπέστειλε βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων τὸν Θαρθὰν καὶ τὸν Ραφὶς καὶ τὸν Ραψάκην ἐκ Λαχὶς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Εζεκίαν ἐν δυνάμει βαρείᾳ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ ὑδραγωγῷ τῆς κολυμβήθρας τῆς ἄνω, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τοῦ γναφέως. 18 καὶ ἐβόησαν πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν, καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν ῾Ελιακὶμ υἱὸς Χελκίου ὁ οἰκονόμος καὶ Σωμνὰς ὁ γραμματεὺς καὶ ᾿Ιωὰς ὁ υἱὸς Σαφὰτ ὁ ἀναμιμνῄσκων. 19 καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ραψάκης· εἴπατε δὴ πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν· τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ μέγας ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων· τί ἡ πεποίθησις αὕτη, ἣν πέποιθας; 20 εἶπας· πλὴν λόγοι χειλέων, βουλὴ καὶ δύναμις εἰς πόλεμον. νῦν οὖν τίνι πεποιθὼς ἠθέτησας ἐν ἐμοί; 21 νῦν ἰδοὺ πέποιθας σαυτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν ράβδον τὴν καλαμίνην τὴν τεθλασμένην ταύτην, ἐπ᾿ Αἴγυπτον; ὃς ἂν στηριχθῇ ἀνὴρ ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τρήσει αὐτήν· οὕτως Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου πᾶσι τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν. 22 καὶ ὅτι εἶπας πρός με· ἐπὶ Κύριον Θεὸν πεποίθαμεν· οὐχὶ αὐτὸς οὗτος, οὗ ἀπέστησεν ᾿Εζεκίας τὰ ὑψηλὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ καὶ τῇ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· ἐνώπιον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τούτου προσκυνήσετε ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ; 23 καὶ νῦν μίχθητε δὴ τῷ κυρίῳ μου βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσυρίων, καὶ δώσω σοι δισχιλίους ἵππους, εἰ δυνήσῃ δοῦναι σεαυτῷ ἐπιβάτας ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς. 24 καὶ πῶς ἀποστρέψεις τὸ πρόσωπον τοπάρχου ἑνὸς τῶν δούλων τοῦ κυρίου μου τῶν ἐλαχίστων; καὶ ἤλπισας σαυτῷ ἐπ᾿ Αἴγυπτον εἰς ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς. 25 καὶ νῦν μὴ ἄνευ Κυρίου ἀνέβημεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον τοῦ διαφθεῖραι αὐτόν; Κύριος εἶπε πρός με· ἀνάβηθι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ταύτην καὶ διάφθειρον αὐτήν. 26 καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελιακὶμ υἱὸς Χελκίου καὶ Σωμνὰς καὶ ᾿Ιωὰς πρὸς Ραψάκην· λάλησον δὴ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδάς σου Συριστί, ὅτι ἀκούομεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ οὐ λαλήσεις μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν ᾿Ιουδαϊστί, καὶ ἱνατί λαλεῖς ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους; 27 καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ραψάκης· μὴ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριόν σου καὶ πρὸς σὲ ἀπέστειλέ με ὁ κύριός μου λαλῆσαι τοὺς λόγους τούτους; οὐχὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους τοῦ φαγεῖν τὴν κόπρον αὐτῶν καὶ πιεῖν τὸ οὖρον αὐτῶν μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ἅμα; 28 καὶ ἔστη Ραψάκης καὶ ἐβόησε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ᾿Ιουδαϊστὶ καὶ ἐλάλησε καὶ εἶπεν· ἀκούσατε τοὺς λόγους τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων· 29 τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεύς· μὴ ἐπαιρέτω ὑμᾶς ᾿Εζεκίας λόγοις, ὅτι οὐ μὴ δύνηται ὑμᾶς ἐξελέσθαι ἐκ χειρός μου. 30 καὶ μὴ ἐλπιζέτω ὑμᾶς ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς Κύριον λέγων· ἐξαιρούμενος ἐξελεῖται Κύριος, οὐ μὴ παραδοθῇ ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἐν χειρὶ βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων. 31 μὴ ἀκούετε ᾿Εζεκίου· ὅτι τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων· ποιήσατε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εὐλογίαν καὶ ἐξέλθατε πρός με, καὶ πίεται ἀνὴρ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ τὴν συκῆν αὐτοῦ φάγεται καὶ πίεται ὕδωρ τοῦ λάκκου αὐτοῦ, 32 ἕως ἔλθω καὶ λάβω ὑμᾶς εἰς γῆν ὡς γῆ ὑμῶν, γῆ σίτου καὶ οἴνου καὶ ἄρτου καὶ ἀμπελώνων, γῆ ἐλαίας ἐλαίου καὶ μέλιτος, καὶ ζήσετε καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνητε. καὶ μὴ ἀκούετε ᾿Εζεκίου, ὅτι ἀπατᾷ ὑμᾶς λέγων· Κύριος ρήσεται ὑμᾶς. 33 μὴ ρυόμενοι ἐρρύσαντο οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων; 34 ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς Αἰμὰθ καὶ ᾿Αρφάδ; ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς Σεπφαουραΐμ, ᾿Ανὰ καὶ ᾿Αβά, ὅτι ἐξείλαντο Σαμάρειαν ἐκ χειρός μου; 35 τίς ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν γαιῶν, οἳ ἐξείλαντο τὰς γᾶς αὐτῶν ἐκ χειρός μου, ὅτι ἐξελεῖται Κύριος τὴν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐκ χειρός μου; 36 καὶ ἐκώφευσαν καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ λόγον, ὅτι ἐντολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως λέγων· οὐκ ἀποκριθήσεσθε αὐτῷ. 37 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ῾Ελιακὶμ υἱὸς Χελκίου ὁ οἰκονόμος καὶ Σωμνὰς ὁ γραμματεὺς καὶ ᾿Ιωὰς υἱὸς Σαφὰτ ὁ ἀναμιμνήσκων πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν, διερρηχότες τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτῷ τοὺς λόγους Ραψάκου.

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Εζεκίας, καὶ διέρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ περιεβάλετο σάκκον καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου. 2 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ῾Ελιακὶμ τὸν οἰκονόμον καὶ Σωμνὰν τὸν γραμματέα καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῶν ἱερέων περιβεβλημένους σάκκους πρὸς ῾Ησαΐαν τὸν προφήτην, υἱὸν ᾿Αμώς, 3 καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· τάδε λέγει ᾿Εζεκίας· ἡμέρα θλίψεως καὶ ἐλεγμοῦ καὶ παροργισμοῦ ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη· ὅτι ἦλθον υἱοὶ ἕως ὠδίνων, καὶ ἰσχὺς οὐκ ἔστι τῇ τικτούσῃ· 4 εἴ πως εἰσακούσεται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου πάντας τοὺς λόγους Ραψάκου, ὃν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ ὀνειδίζειν Θεὸν ζῶντα καὶ βασφημεῖν ἐν λόγοις, οἷς ἤκουσε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, καὶ λήψῃ προσευχὴν περὶ τοῦ λείμματος τοῦ εὑρισκομένου. 5 καὶ ἦλθον οἱ παῖδες τοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Εζεκίου πρὸς ῾Ησαΐαν, 6 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ῾Ησαΐας· τάδε ἐρεῖτε πρὸς τὸν κύριον ὑμῶν· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων, ὧν ἤκουσας, ὧν ἐβλασφήμησαν τὰ παιδάρια βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων· 7 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δίδωμι ἐν αὐτῷ πνεῦμα, καὶ ἀκούσεται ἀγγελίαν καὶ ἀποστραφήσεται εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταβαλῶ αὐτὸν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ. 8 Καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Ραψάκης, καὶ εὗρε τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Ασσυρίων πολεμοῦντα ἐπὶ Λοβνά, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ὅτι ἀπῇρεν ἐκ Λαχίς. 9 καὶ ἤκουσε περὶ Θαρακὰ βασιλέως Αἰθιόπων λέγων· ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθε πολεμεῖν μετὰ σοῦ. καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν λέγων· 10 μὴ ἐπαιρέτω σε ὁ Θεός σου, ἐφ᾿ ᾧ σὺ πέποιθας ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ λέγων· οὐ μὴ παραδοθῇ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων. 11 ἰδοὺ σὺ ἤκουσας πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν βασιλεῖς ᾿Ασσυρίων πάσαις ταῖς γαίαις τοῦ ἀναθεματίσαι αὐτάς, καὶ σὺ ρυσθήσῃ; 12 μὴ ἐξαιρούμενοι ἐξείλαντο αὐτοὺς οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, οὓς διέφθειραν οἱ πατέρες μου, τήν τε Γωζὰν καὶ τὴν Χαρρὰν καὶ τὴν Ραφὶς καὶ υἱοὺς ᾿Εδὲμ τοὺς ἐν Θαεσθέν; 13 ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰμὰθ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Αρφάδ; καὶ ποῦ ἐστι βασιλεὺς τῆς πόλεως Σεπφαρουαΐν ᾿Ανὰ καὶ ᾿Αβά; 14 καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Εζεκίας τὰ βιβλία ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτά· καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνέπτυξεν αὐτὰ ᾿Εζεκίας ἐναντίον Κυρίου 15 καὶ εἶπε· Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβίμ, σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς μόνος ἐν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς, σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. 16 κλῖνον, Κύριε, τὸ οὖς σου καὶ ἄκουσον· ἄνοιξον, Κύριε, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἰδὲ καὶ ἄκουσον τοὺς λόγους Σενναχηρίμ, οὓς ἀπέστειλεν ὀνειδίζειν Θεὸν ζῶντα. 17 ὅτι ἀληθείᾳ, Κύριε, ἠρήμωσαν βασιλεῖς ᾿Ασσυρίων τὰ ἔθνη 18 καὶ ἔδωκαν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πῦρ, ὅτι οὐ θεοί εἰσιν, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, ξύλα καὶ λίθοι, καὶ ἀπώλεσαν αὐτούς. 19 καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, σῶσον ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ γνώσονται πᾶσαι αἱ βασιλεῖαι τῆς γῆς, ὅτι σὺ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς μόνος. 20 Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ῾Ησαΐας υἱὸς ᾿Αμὼς πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν λέγων· τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἃ προσηύξω πρός με περὶ Σενναχηρὶμ βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων, ἤκουσα. 21 οὖτος ὁ λόγος, ὃν ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν· ἐξουδένωσέ σε καὶ ἐμυκτήρισέ σε παρθένος θυγάτηρ Σιών, ἐπὶ σοὶ κεφαλὴν αὐτῆς ἐκίνησε θυγάτηρ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 22 τίνα ὠνείδισας καὶ τίνα ἐβλασφήμησας; καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ὕψωσας φωνήν; καὶ ᾖρας εἰς ὕψος τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ. 23 ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων σου ὠνείδισας Κύριον καὶ εἶπας· ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἁρμάτων μου ἐγὼ ἀναβήσομαι εἰς ὕψος ὀρέων, μηροὺς τοῦ Λιβάνου, καὶ ἔκοψα τὸ μέγεθος τῆς κέδρου αὐτοῦ, τὰ ἐκλεκτὰ κυπαρίσσων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς μέσον δρυμοῦ καὶ Καρμήλου. 24 ἐγὼ ἔψυξα καὶ ἔπιον ὕδατα ἀλλότρια καὶ ἐξηρήμωσα τῷ ἴχνει τοῦ ποδός μου πάντας ποταμοὺς περιοχῆς. 25 ἔπλασα αὐτήν, συνήγαγον αὐτήν, καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ἐπάρσεις ἀποικεσιῶν μαχίμων, πόλεις ὀχυράς. 26 καὶ οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν αὐταῖς ἠσθένησαν τῇ χειρί, ἔπτηξαν καὶ κατῃσχύνθησαν, ἐγένοντο χόρτος ἀγροῦ ἢ χλωρὰ βοτάνη, χλόη δωμάτων καὶ πάτημα ἀπέναντι ἑστηκότος. 27 καὶ τὴν καθέδραν σου καὶ τὴν ἔξοδόν σου ἔγνων καὶ τὸν θυμόν σου ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ, 28 διὰ τὸ ὀργισθῆναί σε ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ τὸ στρῆνός σου ἀνέβη ἐν τοῖς ὠσί μου καὶ θήσω τὰ ἄγκιστρά μου ἐν τοῖς μυκτῆρσί σου καὶ χαλινὸν ἐν τοῖς χείλεσί σου καὶ ἀποστρέψω σε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ᾗ ἦλθες ἐν αὐτῇ. 29 καὶ τοῦτόν σοι τὸ σημεῖον· φάγε τοῦτον τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν αὐτόματα καὶ τῷ ἔτει τῷ δευτέρῳ τὰ ἀνατέλλοντα· καὶ ἔτει τῷ τρίτῳ σπορὰ καὶ ἄμητος καὶ φυτεία ἀμπελώνων, καὶ φάγεσθε τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῶν. 30 καὶ προσθήσει τὸν διασεσωσμένον οἴκου ᾿Ιούδα τὸ ὑπολειφθὲν ρίζαν κάτω καὶ ποιήσει καρπὸν ἄνω. 31 ὅτι ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐξελεύσεται κατάλειμμα καὶ ἀνασῳζόμενος ἐξ ὄρους Σιών· ὁ ζῆλος Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων ποιήσει τοῦτο. 32 οὐχ οὕτως; τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ασσυρίων· οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην καὶ οὐ τοξεύσει ἐκεῖ βέλος, καὶ οὐ προφθάσει αὐτὴν θυρεός, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκχέῃ πρὸς αὐτὴν πρόσχωμα· 33 τῇ ὁδῷ, ᾗ ἦλθεν, ἐν αὐτῇ ἀποστραφήσεται καὶ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται, λέγει Κύριος, 34 καὶ ὑπερασπιῶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης δι᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ διὰ Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν μου. 35 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἕως νυκτὸς καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἄγγελος Κυρίου καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ᾿Ασσυρίων ἑκατὸν ὀγδοηκονταπέντε χιλιάδας· καὶ ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωΐ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πάντες σώματα νεκρά. 36 καὶ ἀπῇρε καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἀπέστρεψε Σενναχηρὶμ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσυρίων καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν Νινευῆ. 37 καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ προσκυνοῦντος ἐν οἴκῳ Νεσερὰχ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ᾿Αδραμέλεχ καὶ Σαρασάρ, οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν ἐν μαχαίρᾳ, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσώθησαν εἰς γῆν ᾿Αραράθ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ασορδὰν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

ΕΝ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἠρρώστησεν ᾿Εζεκίας εἰς θάνατον. καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν ῾Ησαΐας υἱὸς ᾿Αμὼς ὁ προφήτης καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἔντειλαι τῷ οἴκῳ σου, ὅτι ἀποθνήσκεις σὺ καὶ οὐ ζήσῃ. 2 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς τὸν τοῖχον καὶ ηὔξατο πρὸς Κύριον λέγων· 3 Κύριε, μνήσθητι δὴ ὅσα περιεπάτησα ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ καρδίᾳ πλήρει καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἐποίησα. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ᾿Εζεκίας κλαυθμῷ μεγάλῳ. 4 καὶ ἦν ῾Ησαΐας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῇ μέσῃ, καὶ ρῆμα Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων· 5 ἐπίστρεψον καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν τὸν ἡγούμενον τοῦ λαοῦ μου· τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρός σου· ἤκουσα τῆς προσευχῆς σου, εἶδον τὰ δάκρυά σου· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαί σε, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναβήσῃ εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου· 6 καὶ προσθήσω ἐπὶ τὰς ἡμέρας σου πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων σώσω σε καὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην καὶ ὑπερασπιῶ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης δι᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ διὰ Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν μου. 7 καὶ εἶπε· λαβέτωσαν παλάθην σύκων καὶ ἐπιθέτωσαν ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλκος, καὶ ὑγιάσει. 8 καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς ῾Ησαΐαν· τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅτι ἰάσεταί με Κύριος καὶ ἀναβήσομαι εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ; 9 καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ησαΐας· τοῦτο τὸ σημεῖον παρὰ Κυρίου, ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος τὸν λόγον, ὃν ἐλάλησε· πορεύσεται ἡ σκιὰ δέκα βαθμούς, ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ δέκα βαθμούς. 10 καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας· κοῦφον τὴν σκιὰν κλῖναι δέκα βαθμούς· οὐχί, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπιστραφήτω ἡ σκιὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀναβαθμοῖς δέκα βαθμοὺς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω. 11 καὶ ἐβόησεν ῾Ησαΐας ὁ προφήτης πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἡ σκιὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀναβαθμοῖς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω δέκα βαθμούς. 12 ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλε Μαρωδὰχ Βαλαδὰν υἱὸς Βαλαδὰν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος βιβλία καὶ μαναὰ πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν, ὅτι ἤκουσεν ὅτι ἠρρώστησεν ᾿Εζεκίας. 13 καὶ ἐχάρη ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς ᾿Εζεκίας καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς ὅλον τὸν οἶκον τοῦ νεχωθά, τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, τὰ ἀρώματα καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τὸ ἀγαθόν, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τῶν σκευῶν καὶ ὅσα ηὑρέθη ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς αὐτοῦ· οὐκ ἦν λόγος, ὃν οὐκ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς ᾿Εζεκίας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ. 14 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ῾Ησαΐας ὁ προφήτης πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Εζεκίαν καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· τί ἐλάλησαν οἱ ἄνδρες οὗτοι καί πόθεν ἥκασι πρός σε; καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας· ἐκ γῆς πόρρωθεν ἥκασι πρός με, ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος. 15 καὶ εἶπε· τί εἶδον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου; καὶ εἶπε· πάντα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου εἶδον, οὐκ ἦν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου, ὃ οὐκ ἔδειξα αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου. 16 καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ησαΐας πρὸς ᾿Εζεκίαν· ἄκουσον λόγον Κυρίου· 17 ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται καὶ ληφθήσεται πάντα τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ σου καὶ ὅσα ἐθησαύρισαν οἱ πατέρες σου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης εἰς Βαβυλῶνα· καὶ οὐχ ὑπολειφθήσεται ρῆμα, ὃ εἶπε Κύριος· 18 καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου, οἳ ἐξελεύσονται ἐκ σοῦ, οὓς γεννήσεις λήψεται, καὶ ἔσονται εὐνοῦχοι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος. 19 καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας πρὸς ῾Ησαΐαν· ἀγαθὸς ὁ λόγος Κυρίου, ὃν ἐλάλησεν· ἔστω εἰρήνη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις μου. 20 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Εζεκίου καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅσα ἐποίησε, τὴν κρήνην καὶ τὸν ὑδραγωγὸν καὶ εἰσήγαγε τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα; 21 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Εζεκίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Μανασσῆς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

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