Proverbs 28:2 When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it— But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out.

28:2 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it— But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out.
新标点和合本 - 邦国因有罪过，君王就多更换；因有聪明知识的人，国必长存。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 地上因有罪过，君王就多更换；因聪明和有见识的人，国必长存。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 地上因有罪过，君王就多更换；因聪明和有见识的人，国必长存。
当代译本 - 国中有罪，君王常换；国有哲士，长治久安。
圣经新译本 - 国家因有过犯，领袖就经常更换；依赖聪明知识俱备的人，国家才可以长存。
中文标准译本 - 国中因有过犯，就有许多首领争权；但靠着有悟性、有知识的人，国就得以长存。
现代标点和合本 - 邦国因有罪过，君王就多更换。因有聪明、知识的人，国必长存。
和合本（拼音版） - 邦国因有罪过，君王就多更换。因有聪明知识的人，国必长存。
New International Version - When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.
New International Reader's Version - A country has many rulers when its people don’t obey. But an understanding ruler knows how to keep order.
English Standard Version - When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.
New Living Translation - When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.
Christian Standard Bible - When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.
New American Standard Bible - Due to a wrongdoing of a land its leaders are many, But by a person of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.
New King James Version - Because of the transgression of a land, many are its princes; But by a man of understanding and knowledge Right will be prolonged.
Amplified Bible - When a land does wrong, it has many princes, But when the ruler is a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability endures.
American Standard Version - For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
King James Version - For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
New English Translation - When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.
World English Bible - In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
新標點和合本 - 邦國因有罪過，君王就多更換；因有聰明知識的人，國必長存。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 地上因有罪過，君王就多更換；因聰明和有見識的人，國必長存。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 地上因有罪過，君王就多更換；因聰明和有見識的人，國必長存。
當代譯本 - 國中有罪，君王常換；國有哲士，長治久安。
聖經新譯本 - 國家因有過犯，領袖就經常更換；依賴聰明知識俱備的人，國家才可以長存。
呂振中譯本 - 邦國因有罪過、人君就多更換；因有明達和知識的人、國必長久存立。
中文標準譯本 - 國中因有過犯，就有許多首領爭權；但靠著有悟性、有知識的人，國就得以長存。
現代標點和合本 - 邦國因有罪過，君王就多更換。因有聰明、知識的人，國必長存。
文理和合譯本 - 國有罪惡、則主迭更、人有明哲、則邦恆存、
文理委辦譯本 - 國亂則主迭更、民良則邦永治。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 邦亂則多主迭更、有一明哲具知識者、可長治國、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Cuando hay rebelión en el país, los caudillos se multiplican; cuando el gobernante es entendido, se mantiene el orden.
현대인의 성경 - 나라 안에 죄가 있으면 정권이 자주 교체되어도 총명하고 지식 있는 지도자가 있으면 나라가 오랫동안 안정을 유지한다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда в стране беззаконие, у нее много правителей , а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
Восточный перевод - Когда в стране беззаконие, у неё много правителей, а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда в стране беззаконие, у неё много правителей, а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда в стране беззаконие, у неё много правителей, а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Quand la révolte règne dans un pays, les chefs se multiplient , mais, avec un homme intelligent et qui a du savoir, l’ordre règne.
リビングバイブル - 国民が平気で悪いことをするようになると、政府は簡単に倒れますが、良識と分別のある指導者がいれば、国は安全です。
Nova Versão Internacional - Os pecados de uma nação fazem mudar sempre os seus governantes, mas a ordem se mantém com um líder sábio e sensato.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ein Volk sich in Schuld verstrickt, dann spielen viele sich als Herrscher auf. Aber durch einen vernünftigen und einsichtsvollen Mann an der Spitze herrschen Recht und Ordnung.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi đất nước loạn lạc, sẽ có nhiều quan chức. Nhưng nhờ một người hiểu biết và sáng suốt, nước bền vững dài lâu.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อประเทศชาติเกิดกบฏ ก็มีเจ้าขุนมูลนายหลายคน แต่ผู้ที่มีความรู้ความเข้าใจจะรักษาความสงบเรียบร้อยไว้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ประเทศชาติที่มีการกบฏมักจะมีผู้นำมากหลาย แต่ความมั่นคงจะยืนหยัดอยู่ได้หากมีผู้นำที่มีความรู้และการหยั่งรู้

交叉引用

2 Chronicles 32:20 - King Hezekiah, joined by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, responded by praying, calling up to heaven. God answered by sending an angel who wiped out everyone in the Assyrian camp, both warriors and officers. Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace, tail between his legs. When he went into the temple of his god, his own sons killed him.
2 Chronicles 32:22 - God saved Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem from Sennacherib king of Assyria and everyone else. And he continued to take good care of them. People streamed into Jerusalem bringing offerings for the worship of God and expensive presents to Hezekiah king of Judah. All the surrounding nations were impressed—Hezekiah’s stock soared. * * *
2 Chronicles 32:24 - Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. He prayed to God and was given a reassuring sign.
2 Chronicles 32:25 - But the sign, instead of making Hezekiah grateful, made him arrogant. This made God angry, and his anger spilled over on Judah and Jerusalem. But then Hezekiah, and Jerusalem with him, repented of his arrogance, and God withdrew his anger while Hezekiah lived.
2 Kings 15:8 - In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria. He lasted only six months. He lived a bad life before God, no different from his ancestors. He continued in the line of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:10 - Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, assassinated him in public view, and took over as king.
2 Kings 15:11 - The rest of the life and times of Zechariah is written plainly in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. That completed the word of God that was given to Jehu, namely, “For four generations your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” Zechariah was the fourth.
2 Kings 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah. He was king in Samaria for only a month.
2 Kings 15:14 - Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh and killed him. He then became king.
2 Kings 15:15 - The rest of the life and times of Shallum and the account of the conspiracy are written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:16 - Using Tirzah as his base, Menahem opened his reign by smashing Tiphsah, devastating both the town and its suburbs because they didn’t welcome him with open arms. He savagely ripped open all the pregnant women.
2 Kings 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He ruled from Samaria for ten years. As far as God was concerned he lived an evil life. Sin for sin, he repeated the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:19 - Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country.
2 Kings 15:21 - The rest of the life and times of Menahem, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Menahem died and joined his ancestors. His son Pekahiah became the next king.
2 Kings 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for two years. In God’s eyes he lived an evil life. He stuck to the old sin tracks of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:25 - And then his military aide Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him—killed him in cold blood while he was in his private quarters in the royal palace in Samaria. He also killed Argob and Arieh. Fifty Gadites were in on the conspiracy with him. After the murder he became the next king.
2 Kings 15:26 - The rest of the life and times of Pekahiah, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for twenty years. In God’s view he lived an evil life; he didn’t deviate so much as a hair’s breadth from the path laid down by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:29 - During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee—the whole country of Naphtali—and took everyone captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 15:30 - But then Hoshea son of Elah mounted a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took over as king. This was in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
2 Kings 15:31 - The rest of the life and times of Pekah, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:8 - In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began his rule. He was king in Tirzah only two years. One day when he was at the house of Arza the palace manager, drinking himself drunk, Zimri, captain of half his chariot-force, conspired against him. Zimri slipped in, knocked Elah to the ground, and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Zimri then became the king.
1 Kings 16:11 - Zimri had no sooner become king than he killed everyone connected with Baasha, got rid of them all like so many stray dogs—relatives and friends alike. Zimri totally wiped out the family of Baasha, just as God’s word delivered by the prophet Jehu had said—wages for the sins of Baasha and his son Elah; not only for their sins but for dragging Israel into their sins and making the God of Israel angry with their stupid idols.
1 Kings 16:14 - The rest of Elah’s life, what he said and did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:15 - Zimri was king in Tirzah for all of seven days during the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Asa king of Judah. The Israelite army was on maneuvers near the Philistine town of Gibbethon at the time. When they got the report, “Zimri has conspired against the king and killed him,” right there in the camp they made Omri, commander of the army, king. Omri and the army immediately left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah. When Zimri saw that he was surrounded and as good as dead, he entered the palace citadel, set the place on fire, and died. It was a fit end for his sins, for living a flagrantly evil life before God, walking in the footsteps of Jeroboam, sinning and then dragging Israel into his sins.
1 Kings 16:20 - As for the rest of Zimri’s life, along with his infamous conspiracy, it’s all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:21 - After that the people of Israel were split right down the middle: Half favored Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half wanted Omri. Eventually the Omri side proved stronger than the Tibni side. Tibni ended up dead and Omri king.
1 Kings 16:23 - Omri took over as king of Israel in the thirty-first year of the reign of Asa king of Judah. He ruled for twelve years, the first six in Tirzah. He then bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver. He developed the hill and named the city that he built Samaria, after its original owner Shemer.
1 Kings 16:25 - But as far as God was concerned, Omri lived an evil life—set new records in evil. He walked in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who not only sinned but dragged Israel into his sins, making God angry—such an empty-headed, empty-hearted life!
1 Kings 16:27 - The rest of Omri’s life, the mark he made on his times, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Omri died and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab was the next king after him.
1 Kings 16:29 - Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri was king over Israel for twenty-two years. He ruled from Samaria. Ahab son of Omri did even more open evil before God than anyone yet—a new champion in evil! It wasn’t enough for him to copy the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat; no, he went all out, first by marrying Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then by serving and worshiping the god Baal. He built a temple for Baal in Samaria, and then furnished it with an altar for Baal. Worse, he went on and built a shrine to the sacred whore Asherah. He made the God of Israel angrier than all the previous kings of Israel put together.
Isaiah 3:1 - The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, is emptying Jerusalem and Judah Of all the basic necessities, plain bread and water to begin with. He’s withdrawing police and protection, judges and courts, pastors and teachers, captains and generals, doctors and nurses, and, yes, even the repairmen and jacks-of-all-trades. He says, “I’ll put little kids in charge of the city. Schoolboys and schoolgirls will order everyone around. People will be at each other’s throats, stabbing one another in the back: Neighbor against neighbor, young against old, the no-account against the well-respected. One brother will grab another and say, ‘You look like you’ve got a head on your shoulders. Do something! Get us out of this mess.’ And he’ll say, ‘Me? Not me! I don’t have a clue. Don’t put me in charge of anything.’
Daniel 4:27 - “So, king, take my advice: Make a clean break with your sins and start living for others. Quit your wicked life and look after the needs of the down-and-out. Then you will continue to have a good life.”
2 Chronicles 36:1 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He was king in Jerusalem for a mere three months. The king of Egypt dethroned him and forced the country to pay him nearly four tons of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:4 - Neco king of Egypt then made Eliakim, Jehoahaz’s brother, king of Judah and Jerusalem, but changed his name to Jehoiakim; then he took Jehoahaz back with him to Egypt.
2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to rule; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem. In God’s opinion he was an evil king.
2 Chronicles 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made war against him, and bound him in bronze chains, intending to take him prisoner to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took things from The Temple of God to Babylon and put them in his royal palace.
2 Chronicles 36:8 - The rest of the history of Jehoiakim, the outrageous sacrilege he committed and what happened to him as a consequence, is all written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Jehoiachin his son became the next king.
2 Chronicles 36:9 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. But he ruled for only three months and ten days in Jerusalem. In God’s opinion he was an evil king. In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him brought to Babylon along with the valuables remaining in The Temple of God. Then he made his uncle Zedekiah a puppet king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:11 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he started out as king. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. As far as God was concerned, he was just one more evil king; there wasn’t a trace of contrition in him when the prophet Jeremiah preached God’s word to him. Then he compounded his troubles by rebelling against King Nebuchadnezzar, who earlier had made him swear in God’s name that he would be loyal. He became set in his own stubborn ways—he never gave God a thought; repentance never entered his mind.
1 Kings 15:25 - Nadab son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa’s rule in Judah. He was king of Israel two years. He was openly evil before God—he followed in the footsteps of his father who both sinned and made Israel sin.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it— But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out.
新标点和合本 - 邦国因有罪过，君王就多更换；因有聪明知识的人，国必长存。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 地上因有罪过，君王就多更换；因聪明和有见识的人，国必长存。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 地上因有罪过，君王就多更换；因聪明和有见识的人，国必长存。
当代译本 - 国中有罪，君王常换；国有哲士，长治久安。
圣经新译本 - 国家因有过犯，领袖就经常更换；依赖聪明知识俱备的人，国家才可以长存。
中文标准译本 - 国中因有过犯，就有许多首领争权；但靠着有悟性、有知识的人，国就得以长存。
现代标点和合本 - 邦国因有罪过，君王就多更换。因有聪明、知识的人，国必长存。
和合本（拼音版） - 邦国因有罪过，君王就多更换。因有聪明知识的人，国必长存。
New International Version - When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.
New International Reader's Version - A country has many rulers when its people don’t obey. But an understanding ruler knows how to keep order.
English Standard Version - When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.
New Living Translation - When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.
Christian Standard Bible - When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.
New American Standard Bible - Due to a wrongdoing of a land its leaders are many, But by a person of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.
New King James Version - Because of the transgression of a land, many are its princes; But by a man of understanding and knowledge Right will be prolonged.
Amplified Bible - When a land does wrong, it has many princes, But when the ruler is a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability endures.
American Standard Version - For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
King James Version - For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
New English Translation - When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.
World English Bible - In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
新標點和合本 - 邦國因有罪過，君王就多更換；因有聰明知識的人，國必長存。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 地上因有罪過，君王就多更換；因聰明和有見識的人，國必長存。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 地上因有罪過，君王就多更換；因聰明和有見識的人，國必長存。
當代譯本 - 國中有罪，君王常換；國有哲士，長治久安。
聖經新譯本 - 國家因有過犯，領袖就經常更換；依賴聰明知識俱備的人，國家才可以長存。
呂振中譯本 - 邦國因有罪過、人君就多更換；因有明達和知識的人、國必長久存立。
中文標準譯本 - 國中因有過犯，就有許多首領爭權；但靠著有悟性、有知識的人，國就得以長存。
現代標點和合本 - 邦國因有罪過，君王就多更換。因有聰明、知識的人，國必長存。
文理和合譯本 - 國有罪惡、則主迭更、人有明哲、則邦恆存、
文理委辦譯本 - 國亂則主迭更、民良則邦永治。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 邦亂則多主迭更、有一明哲具知識者、可長治國、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Cuando hay rebelión en el país, los caudillos se multiplican; cuando el gobernante es entendido, se mantiene el orden.
현대인의 성경 - 나라 안에 죄가 있으면 정권이 자주 교체되어도 총명하고 지식 있는 지도자가 있으면 나라가 오랫동안 안정을 유지한다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда в стране беззаконие, у нее много правителей , а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
Восточный перевод - Когда в стране беззаконие, у неё много правителей, а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда в стране беззаконие, у неё много правителей, а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда в стране беззаконие, у неё много правителей, а при разумном правителе – стабильность.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Quand la révolte règne dans un pays, les chefs se multiplient , mais, avec un homme intelligent et qui a du savoir, l’ordre règne.
リビングバイブル - 国民が平気で悪いことをするようになると、政府は簡単に倒れますが、良識と分別のある指導者がいれば、国は安全です。
Nova Versão Internacional - Os pecados de uma nação fazem mudar sempre os seus governantes, mas a ordem se mantém com um líder sábio e sensato.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ein Volk sich in Schuld verstrickt, dann spielen viele sich als Herrscher auf. Aber durch einen vernünftigen und einsichtsvollen Mann an der Spitze herrschen Recht und Ordnung.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi đất nước loạn lạc, sẽ có nhiều quan chức. Nhưng nhờ một người hiểu biết và sáng suốt, nước bền vững dài lâu.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อประเทศชาติเกิดกบฏ ก็มีเจ้าขุนมูลนายหลายคน แต่ผู้ที่มีความรู้ความเข้าใจจะรักษาความสงบเรียบร้อยไว้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ประเทศชาติที่มีการกบฏมักจะมีผู้นำมากหลาย แต่ความมั่นคงจะยืนหยัดอยู่ได้หากมีผู้นำที่มีความรู้และการหยั่งรู้

2 Chronicles 32:20 - King Hezekiah, joined by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, responded by praying, calling up to heaven. God answered by sending an angel who wiped out everyone in the Assyrian camp, both warriors and officers. Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace, tail between his legs. When he went into the temple of his god, his own sons killed him.
2 Chronicles 32:22 - God saved Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem from Sennacherib king of Assyria and everyone else. And he continued to take good care of them. People streamed into Jerusalem bringing offerings for the worship of God and expensive presents to Hezekiah king of Judah. All the surrounding nations were impressed—Hezekiah’s stock soared. * * *
2 Chronicles 32:24 - Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. He prayed to God and was given a reassuring sign.
2 Chronicles 32:25 - But the sign, instead of making Hezekiah grateful, made him arrogant. This made God angry, and his anger spilled over on Judah and Jerusalem. But then Hezekiah, and Jerusalem with him, repented of his arrogance, and God withdrew his anger while Hezekiah lived.
2 Kings 15:8 - In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria. He lasted only six months. He lived a bad life before God, no different from his ancestors. He continued in the line of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:10 - Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, assassinated him in public view, and took over as king.
2 Kings 15:11 - The rest of the life and times of Zechariah is written plainly in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. That completed the word of God that was given to Jehu, namely, “For four generations your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” Zechariah was the fourth.
2 Kings 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah. He was king in Samaria for only a month.
2 Kings 15:14 - Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh and killed him. He then became king.
2 Kings 15:15 - The rest of the life and times of Shallum and the account of the conspiracy are written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:16 - Using Tirzah as his base, Menahem opened his reign by smashing Tiphsah, devastating both the town and its suburbs because they didn’t welcome him with open arms. He savagely ripped open all the pregnant women.
2 Kings 15:17 - In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He ruled from Samaria for ten years. As far as God was concerned he lived an evil life. Sin for sin, he repeated the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:19 - Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the country. But Menahem made a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven tons of silver. He raised the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the king of Assyria. That satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country.
2 Kings 15:21 - The rest of the life and times of Menahem, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Menahem died and joined his ancestors. His son Pekahiah became the next king.
2 Kings 15:23 - In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for two years. In God’s eyes he lived an evil life. He stuck to the old sin tracks of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:25 - And then his military aide Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him—killed him in cold blood while he was in his private quarters in the royal palace in Samaria. He also killed Argob and Arieh. Fifty Gadites were in on the conspiracy with him. After the murder he became the next king.
2 Kings 15:26 - The rest of the life and times of Pekahiah, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 15:27 - In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for twenty years. In God’s view he lived an evil life; he didn’t deviate so much as a hair’s breadth from the path laid down by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.
2 Kings 15:29 - During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria invaded the country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee—the whole country of Naphtali—and took everyone captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 15:30 - But then Hoshea son of Elah mounted a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took over as king. This was in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
2 Kings 15:31 - The rest of the life and times of Pekah, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:8 - In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began his rule. He was king in Tirzah only two years. One day when he was at the house of Arza the palace manager, drinking himself drunk, Zimri, captain of half his chariot-force, conspired against him. Zimri slipped in, knocked Elah to the ground, and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Zimri then became the king.
1 Kings 16:11 - Zimri had no sooner become king than he killed everyone connected with Baasha, got rid of them all like so many stray dogs—relatives and friends alike. Zimri totally wiped out the family of Baasha, just as God’s word delivered by the prophet Jehu had said—wages for the sins of Baasha and his son Elah; not only for their sins but for dragging Israel into their sins and making the God of Israel angry with their stupid idols.
1 Kings 16:14 - The rest of Elah’s life, what he said and did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:15 - Zimri was king in Tirzah for all of seven days during the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Asa king of Judah. The Israelite army was on maneuvers near the Philistine town of Gibbethon at the time. When they got the report, “Zimri has conspired against the king and killed him,” right there in the camp they made Omri, commander of the army, king. Omri and the army immediately left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah. When Zimri saw that he was surrounded and as good as dead, he entered the palace citadel, set the place on fire, and died. It was a fit end for his sins, for living a flagrantly evil life before God, walking in the footsteps of Jeroboam, sinning and then dragging Israel into his sins.
1 Kings 16:20 - As for the rest of Zimri’s life, along with his infamous conspiracy, it’s all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
1 Kings 16:21 - After that the people of Israel were split right down the middle: Half favored Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half wanted Omri. Eventually the Omri side proved stronger than the Tibni side. Tibni ended up dead and Omri king.
1 Kings 16:23 - Omri took over as king of Israel in the thirty-first year of the reign of Asa king of Judah. He ruled for twelve years, the first six in Tirzah. He then bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver. He developed the hill and named the city that he built Samaria, after its original owner Shemer.
1 Kings 16:25 - But as far as God was concerned, Omri lived an evil life—set new records in evil. He walked in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who not only sinned but dragged Israel into his sins, making God angry—such an empty-headed, empty-hearted life!
1 Kings 16:27 - The rest of Omri’s life, the mark he made on his times, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Omri died and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab was the next king after him.
1 Kings 16:29 - Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri was king over Israel for twenty-two years. He ruled from Samaria. Ahab son of Omri did even more open evil before God than anyone yet—a new champion in evil! It wasn’t enough for him to copy the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat; no, he went all out, first by marrying Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then by serving and worshiping the god Baal. He built a temple for Baal in Samaria, and then furnished it with an altar for Baal. Worse, he went on and built a shrine to the sacred whore Asherah. He made the God of Israel angrier than all the previous kings of Israel put together.
Isaiah 3:1 - The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, is emptying Jerusalem and Judah Of all the basic necessities, plain bread and water to begin with. He’s withdrawing police and protection, judges and courts, pastors and teachers, captains and generals, doctors and nurses, and, yes, even the repairmen and jacks-of-all-trades. He says, “I’ll put little kids in charge of the city. Schoolboys and schoolgirls will order everyone around. People will be at each other’s throats, stabbing one another in the back: Neighbor against neighbor, young against old, the no-account against the well-respected. One brother will grab another and say, ‘You look like you’ve got a head on your shoulders. Do something! Get us out of this mess.’ And he’ll say, ‘Me? Not me! I don’t have a clue. Don’t put me in charge of anything.’
Daniel 4:27 - “So, king, take my advice: Make a clean break with your sins and start living for others. Quit your wicked life and look after the needs of the down-and-out. Then you will continue to have a good life.”
2 Chronicles 36:1 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He was king in Jerusalem for a mere three months. The king of Egypt dethroned him and forced the country to pay him nearly four tons of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:4 - Neco king of Egypt then made Eliakim, Jehoahaz’s brother, king of Judah and Jerusalem, but changed his name to Jehoiakim; then he took Jehoahaz back with him to Egypt.
2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to rule; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem. In God’s opinion he was an evil king.
2 Chronicles 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made war against him, and bound him in bronze chains, intending to take him prisoner to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took things from The Temple of God to Babylon and put them in his royal palace.
2 Chronicles 36:8 - The rest of the history of Jehoiakim, the outrageous sacrilege he committed and what happened to him as a consequence, is all written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Jehoiachin his son became the next king.
2 Chronicles 36:9 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. But he ruled for only three months and ten days in Jerusalem. In God’s opinion he was an evil king. In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him brought to Babylon along with the valuables remaining in The Temple of God. Then he made his uncle Zedekiah a puppet king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:11 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he started out as king. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. As far as God was concerned, he was just one more evil king; there wasn’t a trace of contrition in him when the prophet Jeremiah preached God’s word to him. Then he compounded his troubles by rebelling against King Nebuchadnezzar, who earlier had made him swear in God’s name that he would be loyal. He became set in his own stubborn ways—he never gave God a thought; repentance never entered his mind.
1 Kings 15:25 - Nadab son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa’s rule in Judah. He was king of Israel two years. He was openly evil before God—he followed in the footsteps of his father who both sinned and made Israel sin.