Allthe landwill be changedinto a plainfrom Gebato Rimmonsouthof Jerusalem;but Jerusalem will riseand remainon its sitefrom Benjamin'sGateas faras the placeof the FirstGateto the CornerGate,and from the Towerof Hananelto the king'swinepresses.
Then KingAsamadea proclamationto allJudah--nonewas exempt--and they carriedaway the stonesof Ramahand its timberwith whichBaashahad built.And KingAsabuiltwith them Gebaof Benjaminand Mizpah.
Then Jehoashkingof IsraelcapturedAmaziahkingof Judah,the sonof Jehoashthe sonof Ahaziah,at Beth-shemesh,and cameto Jerusalemand toredownthe wallof Jerusalemfrom the Gateof Ephraimto the CornerGate,400cubits.
Their villages[were] Etam,Ain,Rimmon,Tochenand Ashan,fivecities;
To the restof [the Levites], the sonsof Merari,[were given], from the tribeof Zebulun:Rimmonowith its pasturelands,Taborwith its pasturelands;
Then Joashkingof IsraelcapturedAmaziahkingof Judah,the sonof Joashthe sonof Jehoahaz,at Beth-shemesh,and broughthim to Jerusalemand toredownthe wallof Jerusalemfrom the Gateof Ephraimto the CornerGate,400cubits.
Moreover, Uzziahbuilttowersin Jerusalemat the CornerGateand at the ValleyGateand at the cornerbuttressand fortifiedthem.
and abovethe Gateof Ephraim,by the OldGate,by the FishGate,the Towerof Hananeland the Towerof the Hundred,as faras the SheepGate;and they stoppedat the Gateof the Guard.
Then Eliashibthe highpriestarosewith his brothersthe priestsand builtthe SheepGate;they consecratedit and hungits doors.They consecratedthe wall to the Towerof the Hundred[and] the Towerof Hananel.
They have gonethroughthe pass,[saying], "Gebawill be our lodgingplace."Ramahis terrified,and Gibeahof Saulhas fledaway.
Now it will comeabout that In the lastdaysThe mountainof the houseof the LORDWill be establishedas the chiefof the mountains,And will be raisedabovethe hills;And allthe nationswill streamto it.
Pashhurhad Jeremiahthe prophetbeatenand puthim in the stocksthat were at the upperBenjaminGate,whichwas by the houseof the LORD.
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Behold,I will restorethe fortunesof the tentsof JacobAnd havecompassionon his dwellingplaces;And the citywill be rebuilton its ruin,And the palacewill standon its rightfulplace.
While he was at the Gateof Benjamin,a captainof the guardwhose namewas Irijah,the sonof Shelemiahthe sonof Hananiahwas there;and he arrestedJeremiahthe prophet,saying,"You are goingoverto the Chaldeans!"
But Ebed-melechthe Ethiopian,a eunuch,while he was in the king'spalace,heardthat they had putJeremiahinto the cistern.Now the kingwas sittingin the Gateof Benjamin;
"In that dayI will raiseup the fallenboothof David,And wallup its breaches;I will also raiseup its ruinsAnd rebuildit as in the daysof old;
And it will comeabout in the lastdaysThat the mountainof the houseof the LORDWill be establishedas the chiefof the mountains.It will be raisedabovethe hills,And the peopleswill streamto it.
"In that dayI will makethe clansof Judahlike a firepotamong pieces of woodand a flamingtorchamong sheaves,so they will consumeon the righthandand on the leftallthe surroundingpeoples,while the inhabitantsof Jerusalemagaindwellon their own sitesin Jerusalem.
and saidto him, "Run,speakto that youngman,saying,Jerusalemwill be inhabitedwithoutwallsbecauseof the multitudeof menand cattlewithinit.
"Thussaysthe LORD,'I will returnto Zionand will dwellin the midstof Jerusalem.Then Jerusalemwill be calledthe Cityof Truth,and the mountainof the LORDof hosts[will be called] the HolyMountain.'
and Lebaothand Shilhimand Ainand Rimmon;in all,twenty-ninecitieswith their villages.
From the tribeof Benjamin,Gibeonwith its pasturelands,Gebawith its pasturelands,
The rest turnedand fledtoward the wildernessto the rockof Rimmon,but they caught5000of them on the highwaysand overtookthem at Gidomand killed2000of them.
But 600menturnedand fledtoward the wildernessto the rockof Rimmon,and they remainedat the rockof Rimmonfourmonths.
Then the wholecongregationsent[word] and spoketo the sonsof Benjaminwhowere at the rockof Rimmon,and proclaimedpeaceto them.
