Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 1:2
The LORD spoke to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah,
Jeremiah 1:4
Ezekiel 1:3
There in Babylonia beside the Chebar River, I heard the LORD speak to me, and I felt his power.
Joel 1:1
This is the LORD's message to Joel son of Pethuel.
Jonah 1:1
One day the LORD spoke to Jonah son of Amittai.
Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month of the second year that Darius was emperor of Persia, the LORD gave this message to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo.
John 10:35
We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given.
2 Peter 1:21
For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God.
Hosea
Romans 9:25
This is what he says in the book of Hosea: "The people who were not mine I will call 'My People.' The nation that I did not love I will call 'My Beloved.'
Osee
Isaiah 1:1
This book contains the messages about Judah and Jerusalem which God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
Micah 1:1
During the time that Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, the LORD gave this message to Micah, who was from the town of Moresheth. The LORD revealed to Micah all these things about Samaria and Jerusalem.
Uzziah
2 Kings 14:16-29
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Jehoash died and was buried in the royal tombs in Samaria, and his son Jeroboam II succeeded him as king.
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King Amaziah of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
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Everything else that Amaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
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There was a plot in Jerusalem to assassinate Amaziah, so he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him.
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His body was carried back to Jerusalem on a horse and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City.
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The people of Judah then crowned his sixteen-year-old son Uzziah as king.
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Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.
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In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash as king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he ruled in Samaria for forty-one years.
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He sinned against the LORD, following the wicked example of his predecessor King Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into sin.
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He reconquered all the territory that had belonged to Israel, from Hamath Pass in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. This was what the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through his servant the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath Hepher.
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The LORD saw the terrible suffering of the Israelites; there was no one at all to help them.
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But it was not the LORD's purpose to destroy Israel completely and forever, so he rescued them through King Jeroboam II.
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Everything else that Jeroboam II did, his brave battles, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Israel, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
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Jeroboam died and was buried in the royal tombs, and his son Zechariah succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel, Uzziah son of Amaziah became king of Judah
2 Kings 15:2
at the age of sixteen, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah
2 Kings 16:1-20
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In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah
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at the age of twenty, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not follow the good example of his ancestor King David; instead, he did what was not pleasing to the LORD his God
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and followed the example of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering to idols, imitating the disgusting practice of the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced.
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At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.
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King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel attacked Jerusalem and besieged it, but could not defeat Ahaz.
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(At the same time the king of Edom regained control of the city of Elath and drove out the Judeans who lived there. The Edomites settled in Elath and still live there.)
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Ahaz sent men to Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, with this message: "I am your devoted servant. Come and rescue me from the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me."
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Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple and the palace treasury, and sent it as a present to the emperor.
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Tiglath Pileser, in answer to Ahaz' plea, marched out with his army against Damascus, captured it, killed King Rezin, and took the people to Kir as prisoners.
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When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Emperor Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar there and sent back to Uriah the priest an exact model of it, down to the smallest details.
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So Uriah built an altar just like it and finished it before Ahaz returned.
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On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished,
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so he burned animal sacrifices and grain offerings on it and poured a wine offering and the blood of a fellowship offering on it.
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The bronze altar dedicated to the LORD was between the new altar and the Temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar.
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Then he ordered Uriah: "Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination."
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Uriah did as the king commanded.
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King Ahaz took apart the bronze carts used in the Temple and removed the basins that were on them. He also took the bronze tank from the backs of the twelve bronze bulls and placed it on a stone foundation.
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And in order to please the Assyrian emperor, Ahaz also removed from the Temple the platform for the royal throne and closed up the king's private entrance to the Temple.
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Everything else that King Ahaz did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
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Ahaz died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 18:1-37
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In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah as king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah
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at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.
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He destroyed the pagan places of worship, broke the stone pillars, and cut down the images of the goddess Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made, which was called Nehushtan. Up to that time the people of Israel had burned incense in its honor.
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Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; Judah never had another king like him, either before or after his time.
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He was faithful to the LORD and never disobeyed him, but carefully kept all the commands that the LORD had given Moses.
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So the LORD was with him, and he was successful in everything he did. He rebelled against the emperor of Assyria and refused to submit to him.
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He defeated the Philistines and raided their settlements, from the smallest village to the largest city, including Gaza and its surrounding territory.
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In the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign---which was the seventh year of King Hoshea's reign over Israel---Emperor Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and besieged Samaria.
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In the third year of the siege Samaria fell; this was the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign and the ninth year of Hoshea's reign.
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The Assyrian emperor took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan, and some in the cities of Media.
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Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the LORD their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them and disobeyed all the laws given by Moses, the servant of the LORD. They would not listen and they would not obey.
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In the fourteenth year of the reign of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, attacked the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them.
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Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, who was in Lachish: "I have done wrong; please stop your attack, and I will pay whatever you demand." The emperor's answer was that Hezekiah should send him ten tons of silver and one ton of gold.
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Hezekiah sent him all the silver in the Temple and in the palace treasury;
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he also stripped the gold from the temple doors and the gold with which he himself had covered the doorposts, and he sent it all to Sennacherib.
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The Assyrian emperor sent a large army from Lachish to attack Hezekiah at Jerusalem; it was commanded by his three highest officials. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they occupied the road where the cloth makers work by the ditch that brings water from the upper pool.
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Then they sent for King Hezekiah, and three of his officials went out to meet them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace; Shebna, the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, who was in charge of the records.
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One of the Assyrian officials told them that the emperor wanted to know what made King Hezekiah so confident.
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He demanded, "Do you think that words can take the place of military skill and might? Who do you think will help you rebel against Assyria?
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You are expecting Egypt to help you, but that would be like using a reed as a walking stick---it would break and jab your hand. That is what the king of Egypt is like when anyone relies on him."
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The Assyrian official went on, "Or will you tell me that you are relying on the LORD your God? It was the LORD's shrines and altars that Hezekiah destroyed, when he told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar in Jerusalem.
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I will make a bargain with you in the name of the emperor. I will give you two thousand horses if you can find that many men to ride them!
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You are no match for even the lowest ranking Assyrian official, and yet you expect the Egyptians to send you chariots and cavalry!
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Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the LORD's help? The LORD himself told me to attack it and destroy it."
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Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah told the official, "Speak Aramaic to us, sir. We understand it. Don't speak Hebrew; all the people on the wall are listening."
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He replied, "Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will."
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Then the official stood up and shouted in Hebrew, "Listen to what the emperor of Assyria is telling you!
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He warns you not to let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah can't save you.
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And don't let him persuade you to rely on the LORD. Don't think that the LORD will save you and that he will stop our Assyrian army from capturing your city.
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Don't listen to Hezekiah. The emperor of Assyria commands you to come out of the city and surrender. You will all be allowed to eat grapes from your own vines and figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells---
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until the emperor resettles you in a country much like your own, where there are vineyards to give wine and there is grain for making bread; it is a land of olives, olive oil, and honey. If you do what he commands, you will not die, but live. Don't let Hezekiah fool you into thinking that the LORD will rescue you.
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Did the gods of any other nations save their countries from the emperor of Assyria?
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Where are they now, the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did anyone save Samaria?
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When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the LORD can save Jerusalem?"
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The people kept quiet, just as King Hezekiah had told them to; they did not say a word.
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Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah tore their clothes in grief, and went and reported to the king what the Assyrian official had said.
2 Chronicles 26:1-32
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All the people of Judah chose Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son Uzziah to succeed his father as king.
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(It was after the death of Amaziah that Uzziah recaptured Elath and rebuilt the city.)
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Uzziah became king at the age of sixteen, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
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Following the example of his father, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.
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As long as Zechariah, his religious adviser, was living, he served the LORD faithfully, and God blessed him.
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Uzziah went to war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of the cities of Gath, Jamnia, and Ashdod, and built fortified cities near Ashdod and in the rest of Philistia.
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God helped him defeat the Philistines, the Arabs living at Gurbaal, and the Meunites.
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The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and he became so powerful that his fame spread even to Egypt.
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Uzziah strengthened the fortifications of Jerusalem by building towers at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and where the wall turned.
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He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land.
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He had a large army ready for battle. Its records were kept by his secretaries Jeiel and Maaseiah under the supervision of Hananiah, a member of the king's staff.
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The army was commanded by 2,600 officers.
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Under them were 307,500 soldiers able to fight effectively for the king against his enemies.
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Uzziah supplied the army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and arrows, and stones for slinging.
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In Jerusalem his inventors made equipment for shooting arrows and for throwing large stones from the towers and corners of the city wall. His fame spread everywhere, and he became very powerful because of the help he received from God.
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But when King Uzziah became strong, he grew arrogant, and that led to his downfall. He defied the LORD his God by going into the Temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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Azariah the priest, accompanied by eighty strong and courageous priests, followed the king
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to resist him. They said, "Uzziah! You have no right to burn incense to the LORD. Only the priests who are descended from Aaron have been consecrated to do this. Leave this holy place. You have offended the LORD God, and you no longer have his blessing."
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Uzziah was standing there in the Temple beside the incense altar and was holding an incense burner. He became angry with the priests, and immediately a dreaded skin disease broke out on his forehead.
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Azariah and the other priests stared at the king's forehead in horror and then forced him to leave the Temple. He hurried to get out, because the LORD had punished him.
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For the rest of his life King Uzziah was ritually unclean because of his disease. Unable to enter the Temple again, he lived in his own house, relieved of all duties, while his son Jotham governed the country.
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The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz recorded all the other things that King Uzziah did during his reign.
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Uzziah died and was buried in the royal burial ground, but because of his disease he was not buried in the royal tombs. His son Jotham succeeded him as king.