| 1:1 |
Now kingKing David was old and strickenadvanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes but he gatcould nonot heatget warm |
| 1:2 |
WhereforeTherefore his servants said untoto him Let therea young maiden be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her standwait beforeupon the king and cherishbe himhis nurse; and let her lie in thyyour bosom that my lord the king may getbe heatwarm |
| 1:3 |
So they sought for a fairbeautiful damselmaiden throughout all the bordersterritory of Israel and found AbishagAb′ishag the ShunammiteShu′nammite and brought her to the king |
| 1:4 |
AndThe themaiden damsel was very fairbeautiful; and she cherishedbecame the kingkings nurse and ministered to him; but the king knew her not |
| 1:5 |
ThenNow AdonijahAdoni′jah the son of Haggith exalted himself saying I will be king:; and he prepared himfor himself chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him |
| 1:6 |
AndHis his father had notnever displeased him at any time indispleased sayinghim by asking Why hasthave thouyou done sothus and heso He was also a very goodlyhandsome man; and he was born next after AbsalomAb′salom |
| 1:7 |
AndHe he conferred with JoabJo′ab the son of ZeruiahZeru′iah and with AbiatharAbi′athar the priest:; and they followingfollowed AdonijahAdoni′jah and helped him |
| 1:8 |
But Zadok the priest and BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada and Nathan the prophet and ShimeiShim′e i and ReiRe′i and theDavids mighty men that belonged to David were not with Adonijah Adoni′jah |
| 1:9 |
AndAdoni′jah Adonijahsacrificed slew sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stoneSerpents ofStone Zoheleth which is beside En rogel;ro′gel and he calledinvited all his brethrenbrothers the kings sons and all the menroyal officials of Judah the kings servants: |
| 1:10 |
but he did not invite Nathan the prophet andor BenaiahBenai′ah andor the mighty men andor Solomon his brother he called not |
| 1:11 |
Then Nathan spakesaid untoto BathBathshe′ba sheba the mother of Solomon sayingHave Hastyou thou not heard that AdonijahAdoni′jah the son of Haggith dothhas reignbecome king and David our lord knowethdoes not know it not |
| 1:12 |
Now therefore come let me I pray thee give theeyou counsel that thouyou mayestmay save thineyour own life and the life of thyyour son Solomon |
| 1:13 |
Go andin getat theeonce into untoKing king David and say untoto him DidstDid you not thou my lord Othe king swear untoto thyyour handmaidmaidservant saying Assuredly Solomon thyyour son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne whyWhy then dothis AdonijahAdoni′jah reignking |
| 1:14 |
BeholdThen while thouyou yetare talkeststill therespeaking with the king I also will come in after theeyou and confirm thyyour words |
| 1:15 |
AndSo BathBathshe′ba sheba went into unto the king into thehis chamber: andnow the king was very old; and AbishagAb′ishag the ShunammiteShu′nammite was ministering untoto the king |
| 1:16 |
AndBathshe′ba Bath sheba bowed and did obeisance untoto the king Andand the king said What wouldestdo thouyou desire |
| 1:17 |
AndShe she said untoto him My lord thouyou swarestswore byto Jehovahyour thymaidservant Godby untothe thyLord handmaidyour God saying Assuredly Solomon thyyour son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne |
| 1:18 |
And now behold AdonijahAdoni′jah reigneth;is andking thoualthough you my lord the king knowestdo not know it not: |
| 1:19 |
andHe hehas hathsacrificed slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance and hathhas calledinvited all the sons of the king andAbi′athar Abiathar the priest and JoabJo′ab the captaincommander of the hostarmy; but Solomon thyyour servant hath he has not calledinvited |
| 1:20 |
And thounow my lord the king the eyes of all Israel are upon theeyou thatto thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him |
| 1:21 |
Otherwise it will come to pass when my lord the king shallsleeps sleep with his fathers that I and my son Solomon shallwill be counted offenders |
| 1:22 |
AndWhile loshe whilewas shestill yetspeaking talked with the king Nathan the prophet came in |
| 1:23 |
And they told the king sayingHere Beholdis Nathan the prophet And when he wascame come in before the king he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground |
| 1:24 |
And Nathan said My lord Othe king hasthave thouyou said AdonijahAdoni′jah shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne |
| 1:25 |
For he ishas gone down this day and hathhas slainsacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance and hathhas calledinvited all the kings sons andJo′ab the captainscommander of the hostarmy and AbiatharAbi′athar the priest; and behold they are eating and drinking before him and saysaying Long live kingKing AdonijahAdoni′jah |
| 1:26 |
But me evenyour me thy servant and Zadok the priest and BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada and thyyour servant Solomon hath he has not calledinvited |
| 1:27 |
IsHas this thing donebeen brought about by my lord the king and thouyou hasthave not showedtold untoyour thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him |
| 1:28 |
Then kingKing David answered andCall saidBathshe′ba Call to me BathSo sheba And she came into the kings presence and stood before the king |
| 1:29 |
And the king swareswore andsaying said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives who hathhas redeemed my soul out of allevery adversity |
| 1:30 |
verily as I swareswore untoto theeyou by Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel saying Assuredly Solomon thyyour son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verilyeven so will I do this day |
| 1:31 |
Then BathBathshe′ba sheba bowed with her face to the earthground and did obeisance to the king and said LetMay my lord kingKing David live for ever |
| 1:32 |
AndKing king David said Call to me Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada AndSo they came before the king |
| 1:33 |
And the king said untoto them Take with you the servants of your lord and cause Solomon my son to ride uponon minemy own mule and bring him down to Gihon:; |
| 1:34 |
and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him there king over Israel; andthen blow ye the trumpet and say Long live kingKing Solomon |
| 1:35 |
ThenYou ye shall then come up after him and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be princeruler over Israel and over Judah |
| 1:36 |
And BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada answered the king andAmen saidMay Amen:the JehovahLord the God of my lord the king say so too |
| 1:37 |
As Jehovahthe hathLord has been with my lord the king even so bemay he be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord kingKing David |
| 1:38 |
So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada and the CherethitesCher′ethites and the PelethitesPel′ethites went down and caused Solomon to ride uponon kingKing Davids mule and brought him to Gihon |
| 1:39 |
AndThere Zadok the priest took the horn of oil outfrom of the Tenttent and anointed Solomon AndThen they blew the trumpet; and all the people said Long live kingKing Solomon |
| 1:40 |
And all the people camewent up after him andplaying theon people piped with pipes and rejoicedrejoicing with great joy so that the earth rentwas withsplit theby soundtheir of themnoise |
| 1:41 |
AndAdoni′jah Adonijah and all the guests thatwho were with him heard it as they hadfinished madefeasting an end of eating And when JoabJo′ab heard the sound of the trumpet he said WhereforeWhat isdoes this noiseuproar ofin the city beingmean in an uproar |
| 1:42 |
While he yetwas spakestill speaking behold Jonathan the son of AbiatharAbi′athar the priest came:; and AdonijahAdoni′jah said Come in; for thouyou artare a worthy man and bringestbring good tidingsnews |
| 1:43 |
And Jonathan answered andAdoni′jah saidNo tofor Adonijah Verily our lord kingKing David hathhas made Solomon king:; |
| 1:44 |
and the king hathhas sent with him Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada and the CherethitesCher′ethites and the PelethitesPel′ethites; and they have caused him to ride uponon the kings mule; |
| 1:45 |
and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king inat Gihon; and they arehave comegone up from thencethere rejoicing so that the city rangis againin an uproar This is the noise that yeyou have heard |
| 1:46 |
And also Solomon sittethsits onupon the royal throne of the kingdom |
| 1:47 |
AndMoreover moreover the kings servants came to blesscongratulate our lord kingKing David saying ThyYour God make the name of Solomon bettermore famous than thyyours name and make his throne greater than thyyour throne: andAnd the king bowed himself upon the bed |
| 1:48 |
And the king also thus said the king Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel who hathhas givengranted one of my offspring to sit on my throne this day minemy own eyes even seeing it |
| 1:49 |
AndThen all the guests of AdonijahAdoni′jah weretrembled afraid and rose up and each went everyhis manown his way |
| 1:50 |
And AdonijahAdoni′jah feared because of Solomon; and he arose and went and caught hold onof the horns of the altar |
| 1:51 |
And it was told Solomon saying Behold AdonijahAdoni′jah fearethfears kingKing Solomon; for lo he hathhas laid hold onof the horns of the altar saying Let kingKing Solomon swear untoto me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword |
| 1:52 |
And Solomon said If he shallprove showto himselfbe a worthy man therenot shallone notof ahis hairhairs ofshall him fall to the earth; but if wickedness beis found in him he shall die |
| 1:53 |
So kingKing Solomon sent and they brought him down from the altar And he came and did obeisance to kingKing Solomon; and Solomon said untoto him Go to thyyour house |
| 2:1 |
NowWhen theDavids daystime ofto Daviddie drew nighnear that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son saying |
| 2:2 |
I am goingabout to go the way of all the earth: beBe thou strong therefore and show thyselfyourself a man; |
| 2:3 |
and keep the charge of Jehovahthe thyLord your God towalking walk in his ways toand keepkeeping his statutes and his commandments and his ordinances and his testimonies accordingas toit that which is written in the law of Moses that thouyou mayestmay prosper in all that thouyou doestdo and whithersoeverwherever thouyou turnest thyselfturn; |
| 2:4 |
that Jehovahthe Lord may establish his word which he spakespoke concerning me saying If thyyour childrensons take heed to their way to walk before me in truthfaithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul there shall not fail theeyou said he a man on the throne of Israel |
| 2:5 |
Moreover thouyou knowestknow also what JoabJo′ab the son of ZeruiahZeru′iah did untoto me evenhow what he diddealt towith the two captainscommanders of the hostsarmies of Israel unto Abner the son of Ner and untoAma′sa Amasa the son of Jether whom he slewmurdered andavenging shedin thetime of peace blood ofwhich warhad been shed in peacewar and putputting theinnocent blood of war upon histhe girdle that was about hismy loins and inupon histhe shoessandals that were on hismy feet |
| 2:6 |
DoAct therefore according to thyyour wisdom andbut letdo not let his hoargray head go down to Sheol in peace |
| 2:7 |
But showdeal kindnessloyally untowith the sons of BarzillaiBarzil′lai the Gileadite and let them be ofamong those thatwho eat at thyyour table; for sowith such loyalty they camemet to me when I fled from AbsalomAb′salom thyyour brother |
| 2:8 |
And behold there is also with theeyou ShimeiShim′e i the son of Gera the BenjamiteBenjaminite offrom BahurimBahu′rim who cursed me with a grievous curse inon the day when I went to MahanaimMahana′im; but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan and I swareswore to him by Jehovahthe Lord saying I will not put theeyou to death with the sword |
| 2:9 |
Now therefore hold him not guiltless for thouyou artare a wise man; andyou thouwill wilt know what thouyou oughtestought to do untoto him and thouyou shaltshall bring his hoargray head down with blood to Sheol with blood |
| 2:10 |
AndThen David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David |
| 2:11 |
And the daystime that David reigned over Israel werewas forty years:; he reigned seven years reigned he in Hebron and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem |
| 2:12 |
AndSo Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established greatly |
| 2:13 |
Then AdonijahAdoni′jah the son of Haggith came to BathBathshe′ba sheba the mother of Solomon And she said ComestDo thouyou come peaceably AndHe he said Peaceably |
| 2:14 |
HeThen he said moreover I have somewhatsomething to say untoto theeyou AndShe she said Say on |
| 2:15 |
AndHe he said ThouYou knowestknow that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel setfully theirexpected faces on me thatto I should reign:; howbeithowever the kingdom ishas turned about and is become my brothers; for it was his from Jehovahthe Lord |
| 2:16 |
And now I askhave one petitionrequest to make of theeyou; denydo me not Andrefuse sheme She said untoto him Say on |
| 2:17 |
And he said SpeakPray Iask prayKing thee unto Solomon the king for —he will not sayrefuse theeyou—to nay that he give me AbishagAb′ishag the ShunammiteShu′nammite toas my wife |
| 2:18 |
AndBathshe′ba Bathsaid shebaVery said Wellwell; I will speak for theeyou untoto the king |
| 2:19 |
BathSo shebaBathshe′ba therefore went untoto kingKing Solomon to speak untoto him foron Adonijahbehalf of Adoni′jah And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himselfdown untoto her; andthen he sat down on his throne and causedhad a throneseat tobrought be set for the kings mother; and she sat on his right hand |
| 2:20 |
Then she said I askhave one small petitionrequest to make of theeyou; denydo not refuse me not And the king said untoto her AskMake onyour request my mother; for I will not denyrefuse theeyou |
| 2:21 |
AndShe she said Let AbishagAb′ishag the ShunammiteShu′nammite be given to AdonijahAdoni′jah thyyour brother toas his wife |
| 2:22 |
AndKing king Solomon answered and said unto his mother And why dostdo thouyou ask AbishagAb′ishag the ShunammiteShu′nammite for AdonijahAdoni′jah askAsk for him the kingdom also; for he is minemy elder brother; evenand foron himhis andside forare AbiatharAbi′athar the priest and forJo′ab Joab the son of ZeruiahZeru′iah |
| 2:23 |
Then kingKing Solomon swareswore by Jehovahthe Lord saying God do so to me and more also if Adonijahthis hathword does not spokencost thisAdoni′jah word against his own life |
| 2:24 |
Now therefore as Jehovahthe livethLord lives who hathhas established me and setplaced me on the throne of David my father and who hathhas made me a house as he promised surelyAdoni′jah Adonijah shall be put to death this day |
| 2:25 |
AndSo kingKing Solomon sent byBenai′ah Benaiah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada; and he fellstruck upon him sodown thatand he died |
| 2:26 |
And untoto AbiatharAbi′athar the priest said the king Getsaid theeGo to AnathothAn′athoth untoto thineyour own fieldsestate; for thouyou artdeserve worthy of death: butBut I will not at this time put theeyou to death because thouyou barestbore the ark of the Lord JehovahGod before David my father and because thouyou wastshared afflicted in all whereinthe affliction of my father was afflicted |
| 2:27 |
So Solomon thrustexpelled outAbi′athar Abiathar from being priest untoto Jehovahthe thatLord hethus mightfulfilling fulfil the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakehad spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh |
| 2:28 |
AndWhen the tidingsnews came to Joab; Jo′ab—for JoabJo′ab had turnedsupported afterAdoni′jah Adonijahalthough though he turnedhad not aftersupported AbsalomAb′salom—Jo′ab And Joab fled untoto the Tenttent of Jehovahthe Lord and caught hold onof the horns of the altar |
| 2:29 |
And when it was told kingKing Solomon JoabJo′ab ishas fled untoto the Tenttent of Jehovahthe Lord and behold he is bybeside the altar Then Solomon sent BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada saying Go fallstrike upon him down |
| 2:30 |
AndSo BenaiahBenai′ah came to the Tenttent of Jehovahthe Lord and said untoto him ThusThe saithking thecommands king Come forth AndBut he said Nay;No but I will die here AndThen BenaiahBenai′ah brought the king word again saying Thus said JoabJo′ab and thus he answered me |
| 2:31 |
AndThe the king saidreplied untoto him Do as he hathhas said andstrike fallhim upondown him and bury him; thatand thouthus mayest take away the blood which Joab shed without cause from me and from my fathers house the guilt for the blood which Jo′ab shed without cause |
| 2:32 |
AndThe JehovahLord will returnbring back his bloodbloody deeds upon his own head because hewithout fellthe uponknowledge twoof menmy morefather righteousDavid andhe betterattacked than he and slew them with the sword andtwo mymen fathermore Davidrighteous knewand itbetter notthan tohimself wit Abner the son of Ner captaincommander of the hostarmy of Israel and AmasaAma′sa the son of Jether captaincommander of the hostarmy of Judah |
| 2:33 |
So shall their blood returncome back upon the head of JoabJo′ab and upon the head of his seeddescendants for ever:; but untoto David and untoto his seeddescendants and untoto his house and untoto his throne there shall there be peace forfrom everthe fromLord Jehovahfor evermore |
| 2:34 |
Then BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada went up and fellstruck upon him down and slewkilled him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness |
| 2:35 |
AndThe the king put BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada in his room over the host;army andin Zadokplace theof priestJo′ab didand the king put Zadok the priest in the roomplace of AbiatharAbi′athar |
| 2:36 |
AndThen the king sent and calledsummoned forShim′e Shimeii and said untoto him Build theeyourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there and godo not go forth thencefrom there to any whitherplace whatever |
| 2:37 |
For on the day thouyou goestgo outforth and passestcross over the brook Kidron know thou for certain that thouyou shaltshall surely die:; thyyour blood shall be upon thineyour own head |
| 2:38 |
And ShimeiShim′e i said untoto the king TheWhat sayingyou say is good:; as my lord the king hathhas said so will thyyour servant do AndSo ShimeiShim′e i dwelt in Jerusalem many days |
| 2:39 |
AndBut it camehappened to pass at the end of three years that two of theShim′e servantsis ofslaves Shimei ran away untoto AchishA′chish son of MaacahMa′acah king of Gath And theywhen it was told ShimeiShim′e sayingi Behold thyyour servantsslaves are in Gath |
| 2:40 |
AndShim′e Shimeii arose and saddled hisan ass and went to Gath to AchishA′chish to seek his servantsslaves; andShim′e Shimeii went and brought his servantsslaves from Gath |
| 2:41 |
And itwhen Solomon was told Solomon that ShimeiShim′e i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and wasreturned come again |
| 2:42 |
And the king sent and calledsummoned forShim′e Shimeii and said untoto him Did I not adjuremake theeyou swear by Jehovahthe Lord and protestsolemnly untoadmonish theeyou saying Know for certain that on the day thouyou goestgo outforth and walkestgo abroadto any whitherplace thouwhatever shaltyou surelyshall die andAnd thouyou saidstsaid untoto me TheWhat sayingyou thatsay Iis havegood; heardI isobey good |
| 2:43 |
Why then hasthave thouyou not kept theyour oath ofto Jehovahthe Lord and the commandment thatwith which I have charged theeyou with |
| 2:44 |
The king also said moreover to ShimeiShim′e Thoui knowestYou allknow thein wickednessyour whichown thy heart isall privythe toevil that thouyou didstdid to David my father:; thereforeso Jehovahthe shallLord returnwill thybring wickednessback your evil upon thineyour own head |
| 2:45 |
But kingKing Solomon shall be blessed and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovahthe Lord for ever |
| 2:46 |
SoThen the king commanded BenaiahBenai′ah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada; and he went out and fellstruck upon him sodown thatand he died AndSo the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon |
| 3:1 |
And Solomon made affinitya marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; andhe took Pharaohs daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had madefinished an end of building his own house and the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the wall ofaround Jerusalem round about |
| 3:2 |
OnlyThe the people sacrificedwere insacrificing at the high places however because there was no house had yet been built for the name of Jehovahthe until those days Lord |
| 3:3 |
And Solomon loved Jehovahthe Lord walking in the statutes of David his father:; only he sacrificed and burnt incense inat the high places |
| 3:4 |
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place:; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar |
| 3:5 |
InAt Gibeon Jehovahthe Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said Ask what I shall give theeyou |
| 3:6 |
And Solomon said Thou hast showedshown untogreat and steadfast love to thy servant David my father greatbecause lovingkindness according as he walked before thee in truthfaithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart withtoward thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindnessand thatsteadfast thoulove and hast given him a son to sit on his throne as it is this day |
| 3:7 |
And now O JehovahLord my God thou hast made thy servant king insteadin place of David my father: andalthough I am but a little child; I knowdo not know how to go out or come in |
| 3:8 |
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people whichwhom thou hast chosen a great people that cannot be numbered noror counted for multitude |
| 3:9 |
Give thy servant therefore an understanding heartmind to judgegovern thy people that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judgegovern this thy great people |
| 3:10 |
AndIt the speech pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing |
| 3:11 |
And God said untoto him Because thouyou hasthave asked this thing and hasthave not asked for thyselfyourself long life neitheror hast asked riches foror thyself nor hast asked the life of thineyour enemies but hasthave asked for thyselfyourself understanding to discern justice;what is right |
| 3:12 |
behold I havenow donedo according to thyyour word: loBehold I havegive givenyou thee a wise and andiscerning understandingmind heart; so that therenone hathlike beenyou nonehas likebeen thee before theeyou neitherand afternone theelike you shall any arise likeafter untoyou thee |
| 3:13 |
And I havegive you also givenwhat theeyou thathave which thou hast not asked both riches and honor so that thereno shallother notking beshall anycompare amongwith theyou kings like unto thee all thyyour days |
| 3:14 |
And if thouyou wiltwill walk in my ways tokeeping keep my statutes and my commandments as thyyour father David didwalked walk then I will lengthen thyyour days |
| 3:15 |
And Solomon awoke; and behold it was a dream: andThen he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord and offered up burnt offerings and offered peace offerings and made a feast tofor all his servants |
| 3:16 |
Then there came two womenharlots thatcame wereto harlots unto the king and stood before him |
| 3:17 |
AndThe the one woman said Oh my lord Ithis woman and thisI woman dwell in onethe same house; and I wasgave deliveredbirth ofto a child withwhile hershe was in the house |
| 3:18 |
AndThen iton came to pass the third day after I was delivered that this woman wasalso deliveredgave alsobirth; and we were togetheralone; there was no strangerone else with us in the house saveonly we two were in the house |
| 3:19 |
And this womans childson died in the night because she lay uponon it |
| 3:20 |
And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while thyyour handmaidmaidservant slept and laid it in her bosom and laid her dead childson in my bosom |
| 3:21 |
AndWhen when I rose in the morning to givenurse my child suck behold it was dead; but when I had looked at it closely in the morning behold it was not mythe sonchild whomthat I didhad bearborne |
| 3:22 |
AndBut the other woman said Nay;No but the living child is mymine son and the dead child is thyyours sonThe Andfirst this said No; but the dead child is thyyours son and the living child is mymine son Thus they spakespoke before the king |
| 3:23 |
Then said the king said The one saithsays This is my son that livethis alive and thyyour son is the dead:; and the other saithsays NayNo; but thyyour son is the dead and my son is the living one |
| 3:24 |
And the king said FetchBring me a sword AndSo they brought a sword was brought before the king |
| 3:26 |
Then spake the woman whose theson livingwas childalive wassaid untoto the king forbecause her heart yearned overfor her son and she said Oh my lord give her the living child and inby no wisemeans slay it But the other said It shall be neither mine nor thineyours; divide it |
| 3:27 |
Then the king answered and said Give her the living child to the first woman and inby no wisemeans slay it:; she is theits mother thereof |
| 3:28 |
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judgedrendered; and they fearedstood in awe of the king: forbecause they sawperceived that the wisdom of God was in him to dorender justice |
| 4:1 |
AndKing king Solomon was king over all Israel |
| 4:2 |
Andand these were thehis princeshigh whom he hadofficials: AzariahAzari′ah the son of Zadok was the priest; |
| 4:3 |
ElihorephElihor′eph and AhijahAhi′jah the sons of Shisha scribeswere secretaries; JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the son of AhiludAhi′lud thewas recorder; |
| 4:4 |
andBenai′ah Benaiah the son of JehoiadaJehoi′ada was overin command of the hostarmy; and Zadok and AbiatharAbi′athar were priests; |
| 4:5 |
andAzari′ah Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chiefpriest minister and the kings friend; |
| 4:6 |
andAhi′shar Ahishar was overin charge of the householdpalace; and AdoniramAdoni′ram the son of Abda was overin thecharge menof subjectthe toforced taskworklabor |
| 4:7 |
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel who provided victualsfood for the king and his household:; each man had to make provision for aone month in the year |
| 4:8 |
AndThese thesewere are their names: Ben hur in the hill country of EphraimE′phraim; |
| 4:9 |
Ben deker in Makaz andSha inal′bim Shaalbim and Beth shemeshshe′mesh and ElonE′lonbeth beth hananha′nan; |
| 4:10 |
Ben hesed in ArubbothArub′both to him pertainedbelonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher; |
| 4:11 |
Ben abinadababin′adab in all theNaphath heightdor of Dor he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon toas his wife; |
| 4:12 |
BaanaBa′ana the son of AhiludAhi′lud in TaanachTa′anach andMegid′do Megiddo and all Beth sheanshe′an which is beside Zarethan beneathbelow Jezreel and from Beth sheanshe′an to AbelA′bel meholahmeho′lah as far as beyondthe Jokmeamother side of Jok′meam; |
| 4:13 |
Ben geber in Ramoth gilead tohe himhad pertained the townsvillages of JairJa′ir the son of ManassehManas′seh which are in Gilead; evenand tohe himhad pertained the region of Argob which is in Bashan threescoresixty great cities with walls and brazenbronze bars; |
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AhinadabAhin′adab the son of Iddo in MahanaimMahana′im; |
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AhimaazAhi′ma az in NaphtaliNaph′tali he alsohad tooktaken BasemathBas′emath the daughter of Solomon toas his wife; |
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BaanaBa′ana the son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth; |
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JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the son of ParuahParu′ah in IssacharIs′sachar; |
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ShimeiShim′e i the son of Ela in Benjamin; |
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Geber the son of Uri in the land of Gilead the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; andAnd hethere was theone only officer that was in the land of Judah |
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Judah and Israel were as many as the sand which is by the sea; inthey multitudeate eating and drinkingdrank and makingwere merryhappy |
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And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the RiverEuphra′tes untoto the land of the Philistines and untoto the border of Egypt:; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life |
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And Solomons provision for one day was thirty measurescors of fine flour and threescoresixty measurescors of meal |
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ten fat oxen and twenty oxenpasture outfed ofcattle the pastures and a hundred sheep besides harts and gazelles and roebucks and fatted fowl |
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For he had dominion over all the region onwest thisof side the RiverEuphra′tes from Tiphsah even to Gaza over all the kings onwest thisof side the River:Euphra′tes; and he had peace on all sides round about him |
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And Judah and Israel dwelt safelyin safety from Dan even to Beer sheba every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan even to Beer sheba all the days of Solomon |
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And Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen |
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And those officers providedsupplied victualsprovisions for kingKing Solomon and for all thatwho came untoto kingKing Solomons table everyeach manone in his month; they let nothing be lacking |
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Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought theyto unto the place where theit officerswas wererequired everyeach man according to his charge |
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And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceedingbeyond muchmeasure and largeness of heartmind evenlike as the sand that is on the seaseashore shore |
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Andso that Solomons wisdom excelledsurpassed the wisdom of all the childrenpeople of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt |
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For he was wiser than all other men; wiser than Ethan the EzrahiteEz′rahite and Heman and Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol:; and his fame was in all the nations round about |
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AndHe healso spakeuttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five |
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AndHe hespoke spake of trees from the cedar that is in Lebanon evento unto the hyssop that springethgrows out of the wall; he spakespoke also of beasts and of birds and of creepingreptiles things and of fishesfish |
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And theremen came offrom all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon and from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom |
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And Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants untoto Solomon; forwhen he had heard that they had anointed him king in theplace room of his father:; for Hiram wasalways everloved a lover of David |
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And Solomon sent word to Hiram saying |
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ThouYou knowestknow how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord his God forbecause of the warswarfare with which werehis aboutenemies surrounded him onuntil everythe sideLord until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet |
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But now Jehovahthe Lord my God hathhas given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evilmisfortune occurrence |
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And beholdso I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord my God as Jehovahthe spakeLord untosaid to David my father sayingYour Thy son whom I will set upon thyyour throne in thyyour roomplace he shall build the house for my name |
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Now therefore command thou that theycedars cutof meLebanon cedarbe treescut outfor of Lebanonme; and my servants shallwill bejoin withyour thy servants; and I will givepay theeyou hire for thyyour servants accordingsuch towages allas thatyou thouset; shalt say: for thouyou knowestknow that there is notno one among us anywho thatknows knoweth how to cut timber like unto the SidoniansSido′nians |
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AndWhen it came to pass when Hiram heard the words of Solomon that he rejoiced greatly and said Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord this day who hathhas given untoto David a wise son to be over this great people |
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And Hiram sent to Solomon saying I have heard the message which thouyou hasthave sent untoto me:; I willam ready to do all thyyou desire concerningin timberthe matter of cedar and concerningcypress timber of fir |
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My servants shall bring themit down fromto Lebanonthe untosea thefrom seaLebanon; and I will make themit into rafts to go by sea untoto the place thatyou thoudirect shaltand appointI me and will causehave them to be broken up there and thouyou shaltshall receive themit; and thouyou shaltshall accomplishmeet my desirewishes inby givingproviding food for my household |
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So Hiram gavesupplied Solomon timberwith ofall cedarthe and timber of fircedar accordingand tocypress allthat hishe desiredesired |
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Andwhile Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measurescors of wheat foras food tofor his household and twenty measuresthousand cors of purebeaten oil: thusSolomon gave Solomonthis to Hiram year by year |
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And Jehovahthe Lord gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and theythe two of them made a league togethertreaty |
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AndKing king Solomon raised a levy of forced labor out of all Israel; and the levy wasnumbered thirty thousand men |
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And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month byin coursesrelays; they would be a month they were in Lebanon and two months at home:; andAdoni′ram Adoniram was overin thecharge menof subjectthe tolevy taskwork |
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And Solomon also had threescoreseventy and ten thousand thatburden barebearers burdens and fourscoreeighty thousand thathewers wereof hewersstone in the mountains;hill country |
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besides Solomons three thousand three hundred chief officers thatwho were over the work three thousand and three hundred who barehad rulecharge overof the people thatwho wroughtcarried inon the work |
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AndAt the kingkings commandedcommand and they hewedquarried out great stones costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with wroughtdressed stonestones |
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AndSo Solomons builders and Hirams builders and the Gebalitesmen of Gebal did fashionthe themhewing and prepared the timber and the stonesstone to build the house |
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AndIn it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the childrenpeople of Israel werecame come out of the land of Egypt in the fourth year of Solomons reign over Israel in the month of Ziv which is the second month that he began to build the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
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AndThe the house which kingKing Solomon built for Jehovah the lengthLord thereof was threescoresixty cubits andlong the breadth thereof twenty cubits wide and the height thereof thirty cubits high |
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AndThe thevestibule porchin beforefront of the templenave of the house was twenty cubits waslong theequal length thereof according to the breadthwidth of the house; and ten cubits wasdeep thein breadthfront thereofof before the house |
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And he made for the house he made windows ofwith fixedrecessed latticeframes work |
| 6:5 |
AndHe also built a structure against the wall of the house herunning built stories round about against the walls of the house round about both of the templenave and of the oracleinner sanctuary; and he made side chambers roundall aboutaround |
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The nethermostlowest story was five cubits broad and the middle one was six cubits broad and the third was seven cubits broad; for onaround the outside of the house he made offsets inon the wall ofin theorder house round about that the supporting beams should not havebe holdinserted ininto the walls of the house |
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AndWhen the house when it was inbuilt buildingit was builtwith of stone madeprepared ready at the quarry; andso therethat was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the housetemple while it was inbeing building built |
| 6:8 |
The doorentrance for the middlelowest sidestory chambers was inon the rightsouth side of the house:; and theyone went up by winding stairs intoto the middle story and outfrom of the middle intostory to the third |
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So he built the house and finished it; and he coveredmade the ceiling of the house withof beams and planks of cedar |
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AndHe he built the storiesstructure against all the whole house each story five cubits high: and theyit restedwas onjoined to the house with timbertimbers of cedar |
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AndNow the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to Solomon saying |
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Concerning this house which thouyou artare building if thouyou wiltwill walk in my statutes and executeobey minemy ordinances and keep all my commandments toand walk in them; then I will I establish my word with theeyou which I spakespoke untoto David thyyour father |
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AndHe helined built the walls of the house withinon the inside with boards of cedar:; from the floor of the house untoto the wallsrafters of the ceiling he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fircypress |
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AndHe he built twenty cubits onof the hinderrear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor untoto the wallsrafters ofand the ceiling: he built themthis for it within foras an oracleinner evensanctuary foras the most holy place |
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AndThe the house that is the templenave beforein front of the oracleinner sanctuary was forty cubits long |
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AndThe there was cedar onwithin the house withinwas carved within knopsthe form of gourds and open flowers:; all was cedar; there was no stone was seen |
| 6:19 |
AndThe inner sanctuary he prepared an oracle in the midstinnermost part of the house within to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 6:20 |
AndThe withininner thesanctuary oracle was a space of twenty cubits inlong length and twenty cubits inwide breadth and twenty cubits in the height thereofhigh; and he overlaid it with pure gold: andHe healso coveredmade thean altar withof cedar |
| 6:21 |
SoAnd Solomon overlaid the inside of the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across beforein front of the oracle;inner sanctuary and he overlaid it with gold |
| 6:22 |
And he overlaid the whole house he overlaid with gold until all the house was finished: alsoAlso the whole altar that belonged to the oracleinner sanctuary he overlaid with gold |
| 6:23 |
AndIn in the oracleinner sanctuary he made two cherubim of oliveolivewood wood each ten cubits high |
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AndFive five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub:; it was ten cubits from the uttermosttip part of the one wing untoto the uttermosttip part of the other were ten cubits |
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AndThe the other cherub wasalso measured ten cubits:; both the cherubim werehad ofthe onesame measure and onethe same form |
| 6:26 |
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits and so was itthat of the other cherub |
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AndHe heput set the cherubim withinin the innerinnermost part of the house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretchedspread forthout so that thea wing of the one touched the one wall and thea wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their other wings touched oneeach anotherother in the midstmiddle of the house |
| 6:29 |
AndHe he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers withinin the inner and withoutouter rooms |
| 6:30 |
AndThe the floor of the house he overlaid with gold withinin the inner and withoutouter rooms |
| 6:31 |
AndFor for the entrance ofto the oracleinner sanctuary he made doors of oliveolivewood; wood: the lintel and doorthe postsdoorposts wereformed a fifthpentagon part of the wall |
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SoHe hecovered madethe two doors of oliveolivewood wood;with and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; andhe overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees |
| 6:33 |
So also he made he for the entrance ofto the templenave doordoorposts posts of oliveolivewood woodin outthe form of a fourthsquare part of the wall; |
| 6:34 |
and two doors of fircypress wood:; the two leaves of the one door were folding and the two leaves of the other door were folding |
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AndOn them he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fittedevenly applied upon the gravencarved work |
| 6:36 |
AndHe he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone and aone course of cedar beams |
| 6:37 |
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovahthe Lord was laid in the month of Ziv |
| 6:38 |
And in the eleventh year in the month of Bul which is the eighth month was the house was finished throughoutin all theits parts thereof and according to all theits fashionspecifications ofHe it So was he seven years in building it |
| 7:1 |
And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years and he finished all his entire house |
| 7:2 |
ForHe he built the houseHouse of the forestForest of Lebanon; theits length thereof was a hundred cubits and theits breadth thereof fifty cubits and theits height thereof thirty cubits and it was built upon fourthree rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams upon the pillars |
| 7:3 |
And it was covered with cedar above over the fortychambers and five beams that were upon the forty five pillars; fifteen in aeach row |
| 7:4 |
AndThere there were beamswindow frames in three rows and window wasopposite over against window in three rankstiers |
| 7:5 |
AndAll all the doorsdoorways and postswindows werehad made square withframes beams: and window was overopposite against window in three ranks tiers |
| 7:6 |
And he made the porchHall of pillarsPillars; theits length thereof was fifty cubits and theits breadth thereof thirty cubits; andthere was a porch beforein them;front andwith pillars and a thresholdcanopy before them |
| 7:7 |
And he made the porchHall of the throneThrone where he was to judgepronounce judgment even the porchHall of judgment:Judgment; and it was coveredfinished with cedar from floor to floor rafters |
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AndHis hisown house where he was to dwell in the other court withinback of the porchhall was of the like workworkmanship HeSolomon also made also a house like this hall for Pharaohs daughter whom Solomonhe had taken toin wife like unto this porchmarriage |
| 7:9 |
All these were made of costly stones even of hewn stone according to measure sawed with saws withinback and withoutfront even from the foundation untoto the coping and sofrom onthe court of the outsidehouse untoof the Lord to the great court |
| 7:10 |
AndThe the foundation was of costly stones evenhuge great stones stones of teneight cubits and stonesten of eight cubits |
| 7:11 |
And above were costly stones even hewn stone according to measuremeasurement and cedar wood |
| 7:12 |
AndThe the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone round about and a course of cedar beams; likeso ashad the inner court of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the porchvestibule of the house |
| 7:13 |
And kingKing Solomon sent and fetchedbrought Hiram outfrom of Tyre |
| 7:14 |
He was the son of a widow of the tribe of NaphtaliNaph′tali and his father was a man of Tyre a worker in brassbronze; and he was filledfull withof wisdom and understanding and skill tofor workmaking allany workswork in brassbronze AndHe he came to kingKing Solomon and wroughtdid all his work |
| 7:15 |
ForHe hecast fashioned the two pillars of brassbronze eighteenEighteen cubits highwas apiece:the height of one pillar and a line of twelve cubits compassedmeasured eitherits ofcircumference; themit aboutwas hollow and its thickness was four fingers; the second pillar was the same |
| 7:16 |
AndHe healso made two capitals of molten brassbronze to set upon the tops of the pillars:; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits |
| 7:17 |
ThereThen werehe made two nets of checker work andwith wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were upon the toptops of the pillars; sevena net for the one capital and sevena net for the other capital |
| 7:18 |
SoLikewise he made the pillarspomegranates; andin there were two rows round about upon the one network to cover the capitalscapital that werewas upon the top of the pillars:pillar; and sohe did hethe forsame with the other capital |
| 7:19 |
AndNow the capitals that were upon the toptops of the pillars in the porchvestibule were of lily work four cubits |
| 7:20 |
AndThe therecapitals were capitals above also upon the two pillars closeand byalso above the bellyrounded projection which was beside the network:; andthere the pomegranates were two hundred pomegranates in two rows round about; uponand so with the other capital |
| 7:21 |
AndHe he set up the pillars at the porchvestibule of the temple:; and he set up the right pillar on the south and called theits name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar on the north and called theits name thereofBo′az Boaz |
| 7:22 |
And upon the toptops of the pillars was lily work: soThus was the work of the pillars was finished |
| 7:23 |
AndThen he made the molten sea; ofit was round ten cubits from brim to brim round in compass and the height thereof was five cubits; high and a line of thirty cubits compassedmeasured itits roundcircumference about |
| 7:24 |
AndUnder underits the brim of it round about there were knopsgourds which did compass it for tenthirty cubits compassing the sea round about:; the knopsgourds were in two rows cast with it when it was cast |
| 7:25 |
It stood upon twelve oxen three lookingfacing toward the north and three lookingfacing toward the west and three lookingfacing toward the south and three lookingfacing toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above and all their hinder parts were inward |
| 7:26 |
AndIts itthickness was a handbreadth; thick: and theits brim thereof was wroughtmade like the brim of a cup like the flower of a lily:; it held two thousand baths |
| 7:27 |
AndHe healso made the ten basesstands of brassbronze; foureach cubitsstand was thefour lengthcubits oflong one base and four cubits thewide breadth thereof and three cubits thehigh height of it |
| 7:28 |
AndThis was the workconstruction of the bases was on this mannerstands: they had panels; and therethe panels were panelsset betweenin the ledges;frames |
| 7:29 |
and on the panels that were betweenset in the ledgesframes were lions oxen and cherubim; andUpon upon the ledgesframes thereboth was a pedestal above; and beneathbelow the lions and oxen there were wreaths of hangingbeveled work |
| 7:30 |
AndMoreover everyeach basestand had four brazenbronze wheels and axles of brassbronze; and at the four feetcorners thereofwere hadsupports undersetters:for beneatha the laver wereThe thesupports undersetterswere moltencast with wreaths at the side of each |
| 7:31 |
AndIts theopening mouthwas of it within thea capitalcrown andwhich aboveprojected wasupward aone cubit:; andits theopening mouth thereof was round afteras thea workpedestal ofis amade pedestal a cubit and a half; anddeep alsoAt uponits theopening mouththere of it were gravingscarvings; and theirits panels were foursquaresquare not round |
| 7:32 |
And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletreesaxles of the wheels were inof one piece with the base:stands; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubithalf |
| 7:33 |
AndThe thewheels workwere ofmade the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:; their axletreesaxles and their felloesrims and their spokes and their naveshubs were all moltencast |
| 7:34 |
AndThere there were four undersetterssupports at the four corners of each base:stand; the undersetterssupports thereof were of one piece with the basestands itself |
| 7:35 |
And inon the top of the basestand there was there a round compassband half a cubit high; and on the top of the basestand theits stays thereof and theits panels thereof were of theone samepiece with it |
| 7:36 |
And on the platessurfaces of theits stays thereof and on theits panels thereof he gravedcarved cherubim lions and palm trees according to the space of each with wreaths round about |
| 7:37 |
After this manner he made the ten bases:stands; all of them hadwere onecast castingalike oneof the same measure and onethe same form |
| 7:38 |
And he made ten lavers of brass:bronze; oneeach laver containedheld forty baths; andeach every laver wasmeasured four cubits; and uponthere everywas onea laver for each of the ten basesstands one laver |
| 7:39 |
And he set the basesstands five on the rightsouth side of the house and five on the leftnorth side of the house:; and he set the sea onat the rightsoutheast sidecorner of the house eastward toward the south |
| 7:40 |
And Hiram also made the laverspots and the shovels and the basins So Hiram madefinished an end of doing all the work that he wroughtdid for kingKing Solomon inon the house of Jehovahthe Lord: |
| 7:41 |
the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the toptops of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the toptops of the pillars; |
| 7:42 |
and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars; |
| 7:43 |
and the ten basesstands and the ten lavers onupon the basesstands; |
| 7:44 |
and the one sea and the twelve oxen underunderneath the sea; |
| 7:45 |
andNow the pots and the shovels and the basins: even all these vessels in the house of the Lord which Hiram made for kingKing Solomon in the house of Jehovah were of burnished brassbronze |
| 7:46 |
In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan |
| 7:47 |
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed because theythere were exceedingso many: of them; the weight of the brassbronze couldwas not be found out |
| 7:48 |
AndSo Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovahthe Lord: the golden altar and the golden table whereuponfor the showbreadbread was of gold;the Presence |
| 7:49 |
and the candlestickslampstands of pure gold five on the rightsouth side and five on the leftnorth before the oracleinner of pure goldsanctuary; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of gold; |
| 7:50 |
and the cups and the snuffers and the basins anddishes thefor spoonsincense and the firepans of pure gold; and the hingessockets bothof gold for the doors of the innerinnermost part of the house the most holy place and for the doors of the housenave to wit of the temple of gold |
| 7:51 |
Thus all the work that kingKing Solomon wroughtdid inon the house of Jehovahthe Lord was finished And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated even the silver and the gold and the vessels and putstored them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:1 |
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes the princesleaders of the fathers houses of the childrenpeople of Israel untobefore kingKing Solomon in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord out of the city of David which is Zion |
| 8:2 |
And all the men of Israel assembled themselvesto untoKing king Solomon at the feast in the month EthanimEth′anim which is the seventh month |
| 8:4 |
And they brought up the ark of Jehovahthe andLord the tent of meeting and all the holy vessels that were in the Tenttent; even these did the priests and the Levites bringbrought them up |
| 8:5 |
And kingKing Solomon and all the congregation of Israel thatwho werehad assembled untobefore him were with him before the ark sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted noror numbered for multitude |
| 8:6 |
AndThen the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovahthe untoLord to its place intoin the oracleinner sanctuary of the house toin the most holy place evenunderneath under the wings of the cherubim |
| 8:7 |
For the cherubim spread forthout their wings over the place of the ark andso that the cherubim coveredmade a covering above the ark and theits stavespoles thereof above |
| 8:8 |
And the stavespoles were so long that the ends of the stavespoles were seen from the holy place before the oracleinner sanctuary; but they werecould not be seen without:from outside; and there they are untothere to this day |
| 8:9 |
There was nothing in the ark saveexcept the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb whenwhere Jehovahthe Lord made a covenant with the childrenpeople of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt |
| 8:10 |
And it came to pass when the priests werecame come out of the holy place thata the cloud filled the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:11 |
so that the priests could not stand to minister bybecause reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovahthe Lord filled the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:12 |
Then spake Solomon Jehovahsaid hathThe Lord has set the sun in the heavens but has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness |
| 8:13 |
I have surely built thee aan exalted house of habitation a place for thee to dwell in for ever |
| 8:14 |
AndThen the king turnedfaced his face about and blessed all the assembly of Israel: andwhile all the assembly of Israel stood |
| 8:15 |
And he said Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel who spake with his mouthhand untohas Davidfulfilled thywhat fatherhe andpromised hath with his handmouth fulfilledto itDavid my father saying |
| 8:16 |
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt I chose no city outin of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel |
| 8:17 |
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 8:18 |
But Jehovahthe Lord said untoto David my father Whereas it was in thyyour heart to build a house for my name thouyou didstdid well that it was in thyyour heart:; |
| 8:19 |
nevertheless thouyou shaltshall not build the house; but thyyour son thatwho shall comebe forthborn outto ofyou thy loins he shall build the house for my name |
| 8:20 |
AndNow Jehovahthe hathLord establishedhas fulfilled his wordpromise thatwhich he spakemade; for I amhave risen up in the roomplace of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel as Jehovahthe Lord promised and I have built the house for the name of Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel |
| 8:21 |
And there I have Iprovided set a place for the ark whereinin which is the covenant of Jehovahthe Lord which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt |
| 8:22 |
AndThen Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovahthe Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven; |
| 8:23 |
and he said O JehovahLord the God of Israel there is no God like thee in heaven above or on earth beneath; whokeeping keepest covenant and lovingkindnessshowing withsteadfast love to thy servants thatwho walk before thee with all their heart; |
| 8:24 |
who hast kept with thy servant David my father thatwhat which thou didst promisedeclare to him:; yea thou spakestdidst speak with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thy hand ashast fulfilled it is this day |
| 8:25 |
Now therefore O JehovahLord the God of Israel keep with thy servant David my father thatwhat which thou hast promised him saying There shall notnever fail theeyou a man inbefore myme sight to sit onupon the throne of Israel if only thyyour childrensons take heed to their way to walk before me as thouyou hasthave walked before me |
| 8:26 |
Now therefore O God of Israel let thy word I pray thee be verifiedconfirmed which thou spakesthast untospoken to thy servant David my father |
| 8:27 |
But will God inindeed very deed dwell on the earth beholdBehold heaven and the highest heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house thatwhich I have buildedbuilt |
| 8:28 |
Yet have thouregard respectto unto the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication O JehovahLord my God hearkening to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayethprays before thee this day; |
| 8:29 |
that thinethy eyes may be open toward this house night and day even toward this house the place whereofof which thou hast said My name shall be there; tothat thou mayest hearken untoto the prayer which thy servant shalloffers pray toward this place |
| 8:30 |
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant and of thy people Israel when they shall pray toward this place:; yea hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest forgive |
| 8:31 |
If a man sinsins against his neighbor and anis oathmade beto laidtake uponan himoath toand causecomes him to swear and heswears comehis andoath swear before thine altar in this house; |
| 8:32 |
then hear thou in heaven and doact and judge thy servants condemning the wickedguilty toby bringbringing his wayconduct upon his own head and justifyingvindicating the righteous toby giverewarding him according to his righteousness |
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When thy people Israel are smittendefeated down before the enemy because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee and confessacknowledge thy name and pray and make supplication untoto thee in this house:; |
| 8:34 |
then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy people Israel and bring them again untoto the land which thou gavest untoto their fathers |
| 8:35 |
When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place and confessacknowledge thy name and turn from their sin when thou dost afflict them: |
| 8:36 |
then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel when thou teachestdost teach them the good way whereinin which they should walk; and sendgrant rain upon thy land which thou hast given to thy people foras an inheritance |
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If there beis famine in the land famine if there beis pestilence ifor thereblight beor blastingmildew or mildew locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiegebesieges them in theany land of their cities; whatsoeverwhatever plague whatsoeverwhatever sickness there beis; |
| 8:38 |
whatwhatever prayer andwhatever supplication soeveris be made by any man or by all thy people Israel whoeach shallknowing know every man the plagueaffliction of his own heart and spreadstretching forthout his hands toward this house:; |
| 8:39 |
then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place and forgive and doact and render untoto everyeach manwhose heart thou knowest according to all his ways whose heart thou knowest; for thou even thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men; |
| 8:40 |
that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest untoto our fathers |
| 8:41 |
MoreoverLikewise concerningwhen thea foreigner thatwho is not of thy people Israel whencomes hefrom shall come out of a far country for thy names sake |
| 8:42 |
for they shall hear of thy great name and of thy mighty hand and of thinethy outstretched arm; when he shallcomes come and prayprays toward this house; |
| 8:43 |
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place and do according to all thatfor which the foreigner callethcalls to thee for; in order that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name toand fear thee as dothdo thy people Israel and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name |
| 8:44 |
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy by whatsoeverwhatever way thou shalt send them and they pray untoto Jehovahthe Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen and toward the house which I have built for thy name; |
| 8:46 |
If they sin against thee —for there is no man thatwho sinnethdoes not sin—and thou beart angry with them and deliverdost give them to thean enemy so that they carryare themcarried away captive untoto the land of the enemy far off or near; |
| 8:47 |
yet if they shalllay bethinkit themselvesto heart in the land whitherto which they arehave been carried captive and turnrepent again and make supplication untoto thee in the land of themtheir thatcaptors carried them captive saying We have sinned and have doneacted perversely weand have dealt wickedly; |
| 8:48 |
if they returnrepent unto thee with all their heartmind and with all their soulheart in the land of their enemies who carried them captive and pray untoto thee toward their land which thou gavest untoto their fathers the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name:; |
| 8:49 |
then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place their prayer and their supplication and maintain their cause; |
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and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee and all their transgressions whereinwhich they have transgressedcommitted against thee; and givegrant them compassion beforein the sight of those who carried them captive that they may have compassion on them |
| 8:51 |
for they are thy people and thinethy inheritanceheritage which thou broughtestdidst forthbring out of Egypt from the midst of the iron furnace of iron; |
| 8:52 |
thatLet thinethy eyes may be open untoto the supplication of thy servant and untoto the supplication of thy people Israel togiving hearkenear untoto them whensoeverwhenever they crycall untoto thee |
| 8:53 |
For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth to be thinethy inheritanceheritage as thou spakestdidst bydeclare through Moses thy servant when thou broughtestdidst bring our fathers out of Egypt O Lord JehovahGod |
| 8:54 |
AndNow itas was so that when Solomon hadfinished madeoffering an end of praying all this prayer and supplication untoto Jehovahthe Lord he arose from before the altar of Jehovahthe fromLord kneelingwhere onhe hishad kneesknelt with his hands spreadoutstretched forth toward heaven; |
| 8:55 |
Andand he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice saying |
| 8:56 |
Blessed be Jehovahthe thatLord hathwho has given rest untoto his people Israel according to all that he promised:; there hath not failed one word has failed of all his good promise which he promiseduttered by Moses his servant |
| 8:57 |
JehovahThe Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers:; letmay himhe not leave us noror forsake us; |
| 8:58 |
that he may incline our hearts untoto him to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers |
| 8:59 |
AndLet let these my words of mine wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovahthe Lord be nighnear untoto Jehovahthe Lord our God day and night thatand may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel as everyeach day shall requirerequires; |
| 8:60 |
that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovahthe heLord is God; there is noneno elseother |
| 8:61 |
Let your heart therefore be perfectwholly withtrue Jehovahto the Lord our God towalking walk in his statutes and tokeeping keep his commandments as at this day |
| 8:62 |
AndThen the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:63 |
And Solomon offered foras the sacrifice of peace offerings whichto hethe offeredLord untotwenty Jehovah two and twenty thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep So the king and all the childrenpeople of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
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The same day did the king hallowconsecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovahthe Lord; for there he offered the burnt offering and the mealcereal offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings because the brazenbronze altar that was before Jehovahthe Lord was too littlesmall to receive the burnt offering and the mealcereal offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings |
| 8:65 |
So Solomon held the feast at that time and all Israel with him a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath untoto the brookBrook of Egypt before Jehovahthe Lord our God seven days and seven days even fourteen days |
| 8:66 |
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king and went untoto their tentshomes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovahthe Lord had showedshown untoto David his servant and to Israel his people |
| 9:1 |
AndWhen it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the kings house and all Solomonsthat desireSolomon whichdesired he was pleased to dobuild |
| 9:2 |
thatthe JehovahLord appeared to Solomon thea second time as he had appeared untoto him at Gibeon |
| 9:3 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto him I have heard thyyour prayer and thyyour supplication thatwhich thouyou hasthave made before me:; I have hallowedconsecrated this house which thouyou hasthave built toand put my name there for ever; andmy mine eyes and my heart shallwill be there perpetuallyfor all time |
| 9:4 |
And as for theeyou if thouyou wiltwill walk before me as David thyyour father walked inwith integrity of heart and in uprightness todoing do according to all that I have commanded theeyou and wiltkeeping keep my statutes and minemy ordinances; |
| 9:5 |
then I will establish theyour royal throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever according as I promised to David thyyour father saying There shall not fail theeyou a man upon the throne of Israel |
| 9:6 |
But if yeyou shall turn awayaside from following me yeyou or your children and do not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you but shall go and serve other gods and worship them; |
| 9:7 |
then I will I cut off Israel outfrom of the land which I have given them; and thisthe house which I have hallowedconsecrated for my name I will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shallwill bebecome a proverb and a byword among all peoples |
| 9:8 |
And though this house iswill sobecome higha yetheap shallof everyruins; oneeveryone thatpassing passeth by it will be astonished and shallwill hiss; and they shallwill say Why hathhas Jehovahthe Lord done thus untoto this land and to this house |
| 9:9 |
andThen they shallwill answersay Because they forsook Jehovahthe Lord their God who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshippedworshiped them and served them:; therefore haththe JehovahLord has brought all this evil upon them |
| 9:10 |
AndAt it came to pass at the end of twenty years whereinin which Solomon had built the two houses the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the kings house |
| 9:11 |
nowand Hiram the king of Tyre had furnishedsupplied Solomon with cedar trees and fircypress treestimber and with gold accordingas tomuch allas hishe desiredesired thatKing then king Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee |
| 9:12 |
AndBut when Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleaseddid not please him not |
| 9:13 |
AndTherefore he said What kind of cities are these which thouyou hasthave given me my brother AndSo hethey are called them the land of Cabul untoto this day |
| 9:14 |
And Hiram had sent to the king sixscoreone hundred and twenty talents of gold |
| 9:15 |
And this is the reasonaccount of the levyforced labor which kingKing Solomon raisedlevied to build the house of Jehovahthe Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and MegiddoMegid′do and Gezer |
| 9:16 |
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and takencaptured Gezer and burnt it with fire and had slain the Canaanites thatwho dwelt in the city and had given it foras adowry portionto unto his daughter Solomons wife; |
| 9:17 |
Andso Solomon builtrebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth horonhor′on the nether |
| 9:18 |
and BaalathBa′alath and Tamar in the wilderness in the land of Judah |
| 9:19 |
and all the store cities that Solomon had and the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen and thatwhatever which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion |
| 9:20 |
AsAll for all the people thatwho were left of the Amorites the Hittites the PerizzitesPer′izzites the Hivites and the JebusitesJeb′usites who were not of the childrenpeople of Israel;— |
| 9:21 |
their childrendescendants thatwho were left after them in the land whom the childrenpeople of Israel were notunable able utterly to destroy ofutterly—these them did Solomon raisemade a forced levy of bondservantsslaves untoand so they are to this day |
| 9:22 |
But of the childrenpeople of Israel did Solomon makemade no bondservantsslaves; but they were the mensoldiers ofthey warwere and his servantsofficials and his princescommanders and his captains andhis rulerschariot ofcommanders his chariots and of his horsemen |
| 9:23 |
These were the chief officers thatwho were over Solomons work: five hundred and fifty who barehad rulecharge overof the people thatwho wroughtcarried inon the work |
| 9:24 |
But Pharaohs daughter camewent up outfrom of the city of David untoto her own house which Solomon had built for her:; then did he buildbuilt the Millo |
| 9:25 |
AndThree three times in a year did Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built untoto Jehovahthe Lord burning incense therewithbefore upon the altarLord that was before Jehovah So he finished the house |
| 9:26 |
AndKing king Solomon madebuilt a navyfleet of ships inat EzionE′zion geberge′ber which is besidenear Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom |
| 9:27 |
And Hiram sent inwith the navyfleet his servants shipmenseamen thatwho hadwere knowledgefamiliar ofwith the sea together with the servants of Solomon; |
| 9:28 |
Andand they camewent to Ophir and fetchedbrought from thencethere gold to the amount of four hundred and twenty talents; and they brought it to kingKing Solomon |
| 10:1 |
AndNow when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovahthe Lord she came to provetest him with hard questions |
| 10:2 |
AndShe she came to Jerusalem with a very great trainretinue with camels thatbearing bare spices and very much gold and precious stones; and when she wascame come to Solomon she communedtold with him of all that was inon her heartmind |
| 10:3 |
And Solomon toldanswered her all her questions:; there was notnothing anythinghidden hid from the king which he toldcould not explain to her not |
| 10:4 |
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built |
| 10:5 |
and the food of his table and the sittingseating of his servantsofficials and the attendance of his ministersservants and their apparelclothing and his cupbearers and his ascentburnt byofferings which he wentoffered upat unto the house of Jehovah;the Lord there was no more spirit in her |
| 10:6 |
And she said to the king ItThe report was a true reportwhich that I heard in minemy own land of thineyour actsaffairs and of thyyour wisdom |
| 10:7 |
Howbeitbut I believeddid not believe the wordsreports until I came and minemy own eyes had seen it:; and behold the half was not told me; thyyour wisdom and prosperity exceedsurpass the famereport which I heard |
| 10:8 |
Happy are thyyour menwives happyHappy are these thyyour servants thatwho continually stand continually before theeyou and that hear thyyour wisdom |
| 10:9 |
Blessed be Jehovahthe thyLord your God who has delighted in theeyou toand set theeyou on the throne of Israel: becauseBecause Jehovahthe Lord loved Israel for ever thereforehe has made heyou thee king tothat doyou may execute justice and righteousness |
| 10:10 |
AndThen she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and ofa spices very great storequantity of spices and precious stones:; therenever again came nosuch morean such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to kingKing Solomon |
| 10:11 |
AndMoreover the navyfleet also of Hiram thatwhich brought gold from Ophir brought in from Ophir a very great plentyamount of almug treeswood and precious stones |
| 10:12 |
And the king made of the almug treeswood pillarssupports for the house of Jehovahthe Lord and for the kings house harpslyres also and psalteriesharps for the singers:; there came no such almug treeswood norhas werecome or been seen untoto this day |
| 10:13 |
And kingKing Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all herthat desireshe whatsoeverdesired whatever she asked besides thatwhat whichwas Solomongiven gave her by the bounty of hisKing royalSolomon bounty So she turned and went back to her own land shewith and her servants |
| 10:14 |
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and sixty six talents of gold |
| 10:15 |
besides that which came from the traders brought and from the traffic of the merchants and offrom all the kings of theArabia mingled people and offrom the governors of the countryland |
| 10:16 |
AndKing king Solomon made two hundred bucklerslarge shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went tointo oneeach bucklershield |
| 10:17 |
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three poundsminas of gold went tointo oneeach shield:; and the king put them in the houseHouse of the forestForest of Lebanon |
| 10:18 |
MoreoverThe the king also made a great ivory throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold |
| 10:19 |
ThereThe werethrone had six steps toand theat throne and the topback of the throne was rounda behind;calfs head and there were stays on eithereach side byof the placeseat ofwere thearm seatrests and two lions standing beside the staysarm rests |
| 10:20 |
Andwhile twelve lions stood there one on theeach oneend sideof anda step on the othersix uponsteps theThe sixlike steps:of thereit was notnever the like made in any kingdom |
| 10:21 |
AndAll allKing king Solomons drinking vessels were of gold and all the vessels of the houseHouse of the forestForest of LebanonLeb′anon were of pure gold:; none were of silver; it was nothingnot accountedconsidered ofas anything in the days of Solomon |
| 10:22 |
For the king had ata seafleet aof navyships of Tarshish at sea with the navyfleet of Hiram: onceOnce every three years came the navyfleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold and silver ivory and apes and peacocks |
| 10:23 |
SoThus kingKing Solomon exceededexcelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom |
| 10:24 |
And all the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put ininto his heartmind |
| 10:25 |
AndEvery theyone broughtof everythem manbrought his tributepresent vesselsarticles of silver and vessels of gold andgarments raimentmyrrh and armor and spices horses and mules aso ratemuch year by year |
| 10:26 |
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen:; and he had afourteen thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen thatwhom he bestowedstationed in the chariot cities and with the king atin Jerusalem |
| 10:27 |
And the king made silver toas becommon in Jerusalem as stonesstone and cedarshe made hecedar toas beplentiful as the sycomoresycamore treesof that are in the lowlandShephe′lah for abundance |
| 10:28 |
And theSolomons horsesimport whichof Solomonhorses hadwas werefrom broughtEgypt outand ofKu′e Egypt; and the kings merchantstraders received them infrom drovesKu′e each drove at a price |
| 10:29 |
AndA a chariot camecould upbe andimported wentfrom out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so forthrough the kings traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria did they bring them out by their means |
| 11:1 |
Now kingKing Solomon loved many foreign women: together with the daughter of Pharaoh womenand ofMoabite theAmmonite MoabitesE′domite AmmonitesSido′nian Edomitesand SidoniansHittite andwomen Hittites; |
| 11:2 |
offrom the nations concerning which Jehovahthe Lord had said untoto the childrenpeople of Israel YeYou shall not goenter amonginto marriage with them neither shall they comewith among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods:; Solomon claveclung untoto these in love |
| 11:3 |
AndHe he had seven hundred wives princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart |
| 11:4 |
For it came to pass when Solomon was old that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfectwholly withtrue Jehovahto the Lord his God as was the heart of David his father |
| 11:5 |
For Solomon went after AshtorethAsh′toreth the goddess of the SidoniansSido′nians and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites |
| 11:6 |
AndSo Solomon did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and wentdid not fullywholly afterfollow Jehovahthe Lord as did David his father had done |
| 11:7 |
Then did Solomon buildbuilt a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab in the mount that is before Jerusalem and for Molech the abomination of the childrenAmmonites on the mountain east of AmmonJerusalem |
| 11:8 |
And so he did he for all his foreign wives who burntburned incense and sacrificed untoto their gods |
| 11:9 |
And Jehovahthe Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart washad turned away from Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel who had appeared untoto him twice |
| 11:10 |
and had commanded him concerning this thing that he should not go after other gods:; but he keptdid not thatkeep whichwhat Jehovahthe Lord commanded |
| 11:11 |
WhereforeTherefore Jehovahthe Lord said untoto Solomon ForasmuchSince as this ishas donebeen ofyour theemind and thouyou hasthave not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded theeyou I will surely rendtear the kingdom from theeyou and will give it to thyyour servant |
| 11:12 |
NotwithstandingYet infor thythe dayssake of David your father I will not do it forin Davidyour thydays fathers sake: but I will rendtear it out of the hand of thyyour son |
| 11:13 |
HowbeitHowever I will not rendtear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thyyour son for the sake of David my servantsservant sake and for Jerusalemsthe sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen |
| 11:14 |
And Jehovahthe Lord raised up an adversary untoagainst Solomon Hadad the Edomite:E′domite; he was of the kingsroyal seedhouse in Edom |
| 11:15 |
For it came to pass when David was in Edom and JoabJo′ab the captaincommander of the hostarmy waswent gone up to bury the slain andhe hadslew smitten every male in Edom |
| 11:16 |
for JoabJo′ab and all Israel remained there six months until he had cut off every male in Edom; |
| 11:17 |
thatbut Hadad fled heto andEgypt together with certain EdomitesE′domites of his fathers servants with him to go into Egypt Hadad being yet a little child |
| 11:18 |
AndThey theyset arose out offrom MidianMid′ian and came to Paran; and they took men with them outfrom of Paran and they came to Egypt untoto Pharaoh king of Egypt who gave him a house and appointedassigned him victualsan allowance of food and gave him land |
| 11:19 |
And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh so that he gave him toin wifemarriage the sister of his own wife the sister of TahpenesTah′penes the queen |
| 11:20 |
And the sister of TahpenesTah′penes barebore him GenubathGenu′bath his son whom TahpenesTah′penes weaned in Pharaohs house; and GenubathGenu′bath was in Pharaohs house among the sons of Pharaoh |
| 11:21 |
AndBut when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that JoabJo′ab the captaincommander of the hostarmy was dead Hadad said to Pharaoh Let me depart that I may go to minemy own country |
| 11:22 |
ThenBut Pharaoh said untoto him ButWhat whathave hastyou thou lacked with me that beholdyou thouare seekestnow seeking to go to thineyour own country And he answeredsaid Nothing:to howbeithim onlyOnly let me departgo |
| 11:23 |
And God also raised up anotheras an adversary untoto him Rezon the son of EliadaEli′ada who had fled from his lordmaster HadadezerHadad e′zer king of Zobah |
| 11:24 |
And he gathered men untoabout him and became captainleader overof a troopmarauding whenband Davidafter slewthe themslaughter ofby Zobah:David; and they went to Damascus and dwelt thereinthere and reignedmade him king in Damascus |
| 11:25 |
AndHe he was an adversary toof Israel all the days of Solomon besidesdoing the mischief thatas Hadad did:; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Syria |
| 11:26 |
AndJerobo′am Jeroboam the son of Nebat an EphraimiteE′phraimite of ZeredahZer′edah a servant of Solomon whose mothers name was ZeruahZeru′ah a widow he also lifted up his hand against the king |
| 11:27 |
And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built the Millo and repairedclosed up the breach of the city of David his father |
| 11:28 |
AndThe the man JeroboamJerobo′am was avery mightyable manand ofwhen valor; and Solomon saw that the young man that he was industrious and he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph |
| 11:29 |
And it came to pass at that time when JeroboamJerobo′am went out of Jerusalem that the prophet AhijahAhi′jah the ShiloniteShi′lonite found him inon the way;road nowNow AhijahAhi′jah had clad himself with a new garment; and theythe two of them were alone in the fieldopen country |
| 11:30 |
AndThen AhijahAhi′jah laid hold of the new garment that was on him and renttore it ininto twelve pieces |
| 11:31 |
And he said to JeroboamJerobo′am Take theefor yourself ten pieces; for thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel Behold I willam rendabout to tear the kingdom outfrom of the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes to thee |
| 11:32 |
but he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant DavidsDavid sake and for Jerusalemsthe sake of Jerusalem the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel; |
| 11:33 |
because thathe theyhas have forsaken me and haveworshiped worshippedAsh′toreth Ashtoreth the goddess of the SidoniansSido′nians Chemosh the god of Moab and Milcom the god of the childrenAmmonites of Ammon; and theyhas have not walked in my ways todoing dowhat that which is right in minemy eyessight and tokeeping keep my statutes and minemy ordinances as did David his father did |
| 11:34 |
HowbeitNevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him princeruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servantsservant sake whom I chose who kept my commandments and my statutes; |
| 11:35 |
but I will take the kingdom out of his sons hand and will give it untoto theeyou even ten tribes |
| 11:36 |
AndYet untoto his son I will I give one tribe that David my servant may always have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem the city whichwhere I have chosen me to put my name there |
| 11:37 |
And I will take theeyou and thouyou shaltshall reign accordingover to all that thyyour soul desirethdesires and shaltyou shall be king over Israel |
| 11:38 |
And it shall be if thouyou wiltwill hearken untoto all that I command theeyou and wiltwill walk in my ways and do thatwhat which is right in minemy eyes toby keepkeeping my statutes and my commandments as David my servant did; that I will be with theeyou and will build theeyou a sure house as I built for David and I will give Israel untoto theeyou |
| 11:39 |
And I will for this afflict the seeddescendants of David but not for ever |
| 11:40 |
Solomon sought therefore to kill JeroboamJerobo′am; but JeroboamJerobo′am arose and fled into Egypt untoto Shishak king of Egypt and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon |
| 11:43 |
And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father:; and RehoboamRehobo′am his son reigned in his stead |
| 12:1 |
AndRehobo′am Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel werehad come to Shechem to make him king |
| 12:2 |
And it came to pass when JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat heard of it for he was yetstill in Egypt whither he had fled from theKing presence of king Solomon andthen JeroboamJerobo′am dweltreturned infrom Egypt |
| 12:3 |
andAnd they sent and called him; thatand JeroboamJerobo′am and all the assembly of Israel came and spakesaid untoto RehoboamRehobo′am saying |
| 12:4 |
ThyYour father made our yoke grievous:heavy nowNow therefore makelighten thou the grievoushard service of thyyour father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us lighter and we will serve theeyou |
| 12:5 |
AndHe he said untoto them Depart yet for three days then come again to me AndSo the people departedwent away |
| 12:6 |
AndThen kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am took counsel with the old men thatwho had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet livedalive saying WhatHow counseldo giveyou yeadvise me to return answer to this people |
| 12:7 |
And they spakesaid untoto him saying If thouyou wiltwill be a servant untoto this people thistoday day and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them when you answer them then they will be thyyour servants for ever |
| 12:8 |
But he forsook the counsel ofwhich the old men whichgave they had given him and took counsel with the young men thatwho werehad grown up with him thatand stood before him |
| 12:9 |
And he said untoto them What counseldo giveyou yeadvise that we may return answer to this people who have spokensaid to me sayingLighten Make the yoke that thyyour father did put upon us lighter |
| 12:10 |
And the young men thatwho werehad grown up with him spakesaid untoto him saying Thus shaltshall thouyou sayspeak untoto this people thatwho spakesaid untoto theeyou sayingYour Thy father made our yoke heavy but makedo thouyou lighten it lighterfor unto us; thus shaltshall thouyou speaksay untoto them My little finger is thicker than my fathers loins |
| 12:11 |
And now whereas my father didlaid ladeupon you with a heavy yoke I will add to your yoke: myMy father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions |
| 12:12 |
So JeroboamJerobo′am and all the people came to RehoboamRehobo′am the third day as the king badesaid saying Come to me again the third day |
| 12:13 |
And the king answered the people roughlyharshly and forsookforsaking the counsel ofwhich the old men which they had given him |
| 12:14 |
andhe spakespoke to them afteraccording to the counsel of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy but I will add to your yoke:; my father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions |
| 12:15 |
So the king hearkeneddid not untohearken to the people; for it was a thingturn of affairs brought about ofby Jehovahthe Lord that he might establishfulfil his word which Jehovahthe spakeLord spoke by AhijahAhi′jah the ShiloniteShi′lonite to JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat |
| 12:16 |
And when all Israel saw that the king hearkeneddid not untohearken to them the people answered the king saying What portion have we in David neitherWe have weno inheritance in the son of Jesse: toTo your tents O Israel: Look now see to thineyour own house David So Israel departed untoto their tents |
| 12:17 |
But asRehobo′am forreigned over the childrenpeople of Israel thatwho dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them |
| 12:18 |
Then kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am sent AdoramAdor′am who was taskmaster over the menforced subjectlabor to taskwork; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones And kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am made speedhaste to getmount him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem |
| 12:19 |
So Israel rebelledhas been in rebellion against the house of David untoto this day |
| 12:20 |
And it came to pass when all Israel heard that JeroboamJerobo′am washad returned that they sent and called him untoto the congregationassembly and made him king over all Israel: thereThere was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah only |
| 12:21 |
AndWhen whenRehobo′am Rehoboamcame was come to Jerusalem he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin a hundred and fourscoreeighty thousand chosen men that were warriors to fight against the house of Israel to bringrestore the kingdom again to RehoboamRehobo′am the son of Solomon |
| 12:22 |
But the word of God came untoto ShemaiahShemai′ah the man of God: saying |
| 12:23 |
SpeakSay untoto RehoboamRehobo′am the son of Solomon king of Judah and untoto all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people saying |
| 12:24 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe YeLord You shall not go up noror fight against your brethrenkinsmen the childrenpeople of Israel: returnReturn every man to his house;home for this thing is offrom me So they hearkened untoto the word of Jehovahthe andLord returned and went theirhome wayagain according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 12:25 |
Then JeroboamJerobo′am built Shechem in the hill country of EphraimE′phraim and dwelt thereinthere; and he went out from thencethere and built PenuelPenu′el |
| 12:26 |
And JeroboamJerobo′am said in his heart Now will the kingdom returnwill turn back to the house of David:; |
| 12:27 |
if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovahthe Lord at Jerusalem then will the heart of this people will turn again untoto their lord evento untoRehobo′am Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to RehoboamRehobo′am king of Judah |
| 12:28 |
WhereuponSo the king took counsel and made two calves of gold; andAnd he said untoto themthe Itpeople isYou toohave muchgone forup you to goJerusalem uplong toenough Jerusalem:Behold beholdyour thy gods O Israel whichwho brought theeyou up out of the land of Egypt |
| 12:29 |
And he set the one in BethBethel el and the other he put he in Dan |
| 12:30 |
And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worshipthe beforeone at Bethel and to the oneother evenas untofar as Dan |
| 12:31 |
AndHe healso made houses ofon high places and madeappointed priests from among all the people thatwho were not of the sonsLevites of Levi |
| 12:32 |
And JeroboamJerobo′am ordainedappointed a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like unto the feast that iswas in Judah and he wentoffered upsacrifices untoupon the altar; so he did he in BethBethel el sacrificing untoto the calves that he had made: andAnd he placed in BethBethel el the priests of the high places that he had made |
| 12:33 |
AndHe he went up untoto the altar which he had made in BethBethel el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month even in the month which he had devised of his own heart:; and he ordained a feast for the childrenpeople of Israel and went up untoto the altar to burn incense |
| 13:1 |
And behold there came a man of God came out of Judah by the word of Jehovahthe untoLord Bethto el:Bethel andJerobo′am Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense |
| 13:2 |
And hethe man cried against the altar by the word of Jehovahthe Lord and said O altar altar thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord: Behold a son shall be born untoto the house of David JosiahJosi′ah by name; and uponhe thee shall he sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places thatwho burn incense upon theeyou and mens bones shall theybe burnburned upon theeyou |
| 13:3 |
And he gave a sign the same day saying This is the sign whichthat Jehovahthe hathLord has spoken: Behold the altar shall be renttorn down and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out |
| 13:4 |
And it came to pass when the king heard the saying of the man of God which he cried against the altar inat BethBethel elJerobo′am thatstretched Jeroboamout put forth his hand from the altar saying Lay hold onof him And his hand which he putstretched forthout against him dried up so that he could not draw it back again to himhimself |
| 13:5 |
The altar also was renttorn down and the ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 13:6 |
And the king answered and said untoto the man of God Entreat now the favor of Jehovahthe thyLord your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored to me again And the man of God entreated Jehovahthe Lord; and the kings hand was restored to him again and became as it was before |
| 13:7 |
And the king said untoto the man of God Come home with me and refresh thyselfyourself and I will give theeyou a reward |
| 13:8 |
And the man of God said untoto the king If thouyou wilt give me half thyyour house I will not go in with theeyou neitherAnd I will Inot eat bread noror drink water in this place; |
| 13:9 |
for so was it chargedcommanded me by the word of Jehovahthe Lord saying ThouYou shaltshall neither eat no bread nor drink water neithernor return by the way that thouyou camestcame |
| 13:10 |
So he went another way and returneddid not return by the way that he came to Beth elBethel |
| 13:11 |
Now there dwelt an old prophet in BethBethel el;And and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in BethBethel; el: the words also which he had spoken untoto the king them also they told untoto their father |
| 13:12 |
And their father said untoto them WhatWhich way wentdid he Nowgo And his sons hadshowed seenhim whatthe way which the man of God wentwho that came from Judah had gone |
| 13:13 |
And he said untoto his sons Saddle me the ass for me So they saddled him the ass; for him and he rodemounted thereonit |
| 13:14 |
And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said untoto him ArtAre thouyou the man of God thatwho camestcame from Judah And he said I am |
| 13:15 |
Then he said untoto him Come home with me and eat bread |
| 13:16 |
And he said I may not return with theeyou noror go in with theeyou; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with theeyou in this place:; |
| 13:17 |
for it was said to me by the word of Jehovahthe ThouLord shaltYou shall neither eat no bread nor drink water there nor turnreturn again to go by the way that thouyou camestcame |
| 13:18 |
And he said untoto him I also am a prophet as thouyou art;are and an angel spakespoke untoto me by the word of Jehovahthe Lord saying Bring him back with theeyou into thyyour house that he may eat bread and drink water But he lied untoto him |
| 13:19 |
So he went back with him and didate eat bread in his house and drank water |
| 13:20 |
And it came to pass as they sat at the table that the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto the prophet thatwho had brought him back; |
| 13:21 |
and he cried untoto the man of God thatwho came from Judah saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe ForasmuchLord asBecause thouyou hasthave beendisobeyed disobedient unto the mouthword of Jehovahthe Lord and hasthave not kept the commandment which Jehovahthe thyLord your God commanded theeyou |
| 13:22 |
but camesthave come back and hasthave eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to theeyou Eat no bread and drink no water; thyyour body shall not come untoto the sepulchretomb of thyyour fathers |
| 13:23 |
And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk that he saddled for him the ass to wit for the prophet whom he had brought back |
| 13:24 |
And whenas he waswent goneaway a lion met him byon the wayroad and slewkilled him: andAnd his body was castthrown in the wayroad and the ass stood bybeside it; the lion also stood bybeside the body |
| 13:25 |
And behold men passed by and saw the body castthrown in the wayroad and the lion standing by the body; andAnd they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt |
| 13:26 |
And when the prophet thatwho had brought him back from the way heard thereofof it he said It is the man of God who wasdisobeyed disobedient unto the mouthword of Jehovah:the Lord; therefore Jehovahthe hathLord deliveredhas given him untoto the lion which hathhas torn him and slain him according to the word ofwhich Jehovahthe whichLord hespoke spaketo unto him |
| 13:27 |
And he spakesaid to his sons saying Saddle me the ass for me And they saddled it |
| 13:28 |
And he went and found his body castthrown in the wayroad and the ass and the lion standing bybeside the body: theThe lion had not eaten the body noror torn the ass |
| 13:29 |
And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it upon the ass and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him |
| 13:30 |
And he laid histhe body in his own grave; and they mourned over him saying Alas my brother |
| 13:31 |
And it came to pass after he had buried him that he spakesaid to his sons saying When I amdie dead then bury me in the sepulchregrave whereinin which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones |
| 13:32 |
For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovahthe Lord against the altar in BethBethel el and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of SamariaSamar′ia shall surely come to pass |
| 13:33 |
After this thing JeroboamJerobo′am returneddid not turn from his evil way but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; priestsany ofwho the high places: whosoever would he consecrated himto that there might be priests of the high places |
| 13:34 |
And this thing became sin untoto the house of JeroboamJerobo′am evenso as to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth |
| 14:1 |
At that time AbijahAbi′jah the son of JeroboamJerobo′am fell sick |
| 14:2 |
And JeroboamJerobo′am said to his wife Arise I pray thee and disguise thyselfyourself that thouit be not known tothat beyou are the wife of Jeroboam;Jerobo′am and getgo thee to Shiloh:; behold thereAhi′jah is Ahijah the prophet is there who spakesaid concerningof me that I should be king over this people |
| 14:3 |
AndTake take with theeyou ten loaves andsome cakes and a crusejar of honey and go to him:; he will tell theeyou what shall becomehappen ofto the child |
| 14:4 |
AndJerobo′ams Jeroboams wife did so; andshe arose and went to Shiloh and came to the house of AhijahAhi′jah Now AhijahAhi′jah could not see; for his eyes were setdim bybecause reason of his age |
| 14:5 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto AhijahAhi′jah Behold the wife of JeroboamJerobo′am comethis coming to inquire of theeyou concerning her son; for he is sick: thusThus and thus shaltshall thouyou say untoto her; forWhen it will be when she comethcame in that she willpretended feign herself to be another woman |
| 14:6 |
AndBut it was so when AhijahAhi′jah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door that he said Come in thou wife of JeroboamJerobo′am; why feignestdo thouyou thyselfpretend to be another forFor I am sentcharged to thee with heavy tidings for you |
| 14:7 |
Go tell JeroboamJerobo′am Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel: ForasmuchBecause as I exalted theeyou from among the people and made theeyou princeleader over my people Israel |
| 14:8 |
and renttore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it theeto you; and yet thouyou hasthave not been aslike my servant David who kept my commandments and who followed me with all his heart todoing doonly that only which was right in minemy eyes |
| 14:9 |
but hastyou have done evil above all that were before theeyou and hasthave gone and made theefor yourself other gods and molten images toprovoking provoke me to anger and hasthave cast me behind thyyour back:; |
| 14:10 |
therefore behold I will bring evil upon the house of JeroboamJerobo′am and will cut off from JeroboamJerobo′am every manmale childboth himbond that is shut up and himfree that is left at large in Israel and will utterly sweepconsume away the house of JeroboamJerobo′am as a man sweepethburns awayup dung tilluntil it beis all gone |
| 14:11 |
HimAny thatone diethbelonging ofto JeroboamJerobo′am who dies in the city shall the dogs shall eat; and himany thatone diethwho dies in the fieldopen shallcountry the birds of the heavensair shall eat:; for Jehovahthe hathLord has spoken it |
| 14:12 |
Arise thou therefore getgo thee to thyyour house: andWhen whenyour thy feet enter into the city the child shall die |
| 14:13 |
And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him; for he only of JeroboamJerobo′am shall come to the grave because in him there is found somesomething goodpleasing thingto towardthe JehovahLord the God of Israel in the house of JeroboamJerobo′am |
| 14:14 |
Moreover Jehovahthe Lord will raise him up for himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of JeroboamJerobo′am thattoday day:And buthenceforth what even now |
| 14:15 |
Forthe JehovahLord will smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers and will scatter them beyond the RiverEuphra′tes because they have made their AsherimAshe′rim provoking Jehovahthe Lord to anger |
| 14:16 |
And he will give Israel up because of the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am which he hath sinned and wherewithwhich he hath made Israel to sin |
| 14:17 |
AndThen JeroboamsJerobo′ams wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah: andAnd as she came to the threshold of the house the child died |
| 14:18 |
And all Israel buried him and mourned for him according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke by his servant AhijahAhi′jah the prophet |
| 14:19 |
AndNow the rest of the acts of JeroboamJerobo′am how he warred and how he reigned behold they are written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 14:20 |
And the daystime whichthat JeroboamJerobo′am reigned werewas twenty two and twenty years:; and he slept with his fathers and Nadab his son reigned in his stead |
| 14:21 |
AndNow RehoboamRehobo′am the son of Solomon reigned in Judah RehoboamRehobo′am was forty and one years old when he began to reign and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city which Jehovahthe Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there: andHis his mothers name was NaamahNa′amah the Ammonitess |
| 14:22 |
And Judah did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed abovemore than all that their fathers had done |
| 14:23 |
For they also built themfor themselves high places and pillars and AsherimAshe′rim on every high hill and under every green tree; |
| 14:24 |
and there were also sodomitesmale cult prostitutes in the land: theyThey did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovahthe Lord drove out before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 14:25 |
AndIn it came to pass in the fifth year of kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; |
| 14:26 |
and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the treasures of the kings house; he even took away all:everything andHe healso took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made; |
| 14:27 |
Andand kingKing RehoboamRehobo′am made in their stead shields of brassbronze and committed them to the hands of the captainsofficers of the guard who kept the door of the kings house |
| 14:28 |
And it was so that as oftoften as the king went into the house of Jehovahthe Lord the guard barebore them and brought them back intoto the guard chamberguardroom |
| 14:29 |
Now the rest of the acts of RehoboamRehobo′am and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 14:30 |
And there was war between RehoboamRehobo′am and JeroboamJerobo′am continually |
| 14:31 |
And RehoboamRehobo′am slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: andHis his mothers name was NaamahNa′amah the Ammonitess And AbijamAbi′jam his son reigned in his stead |
| 15:1 |
Now in the eighteenth year of kingKing JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat Abi′jam began Abijam to reign over Judah |
| 15:2 |
ThreeHe years reigned hefor three years in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was MaacahMa′acah the daughter of AbishalomAbish′alom |
| 15:3 |
And he walked in all the sins ofwhich his father whichdid he had done before him; and his heart was not perfectwholly withtrue Jehovahto the Lord his God as the heart of David his father |
| 15:4 |
Nevertheless for Davids sake didthe JehovahLord his God givegave him a lamp in Jerusalem tosetting set up his son after him and toestablishing establish Jerusalem; |
| 15:5 |
because David did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord and turneddid not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life saveexcept only in the matter of UriahUri′ah the Hittite |
| 15:6 |
Now there was war between RehoboamRehobo′am and JeroboamJerobo′am all the days of his life |
| 15:7 |
AndThe the rest of the acts of AbijamAbi′jam and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah And there was war between AbijamAbi′jam and JeroboamJerobo′am |
| 15:8 |
And AbijamAbi′jam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: andAnd Asa his son reigned in his stead |
| 15:9 |
AndIn in the twentieth year of JeroboamJerobo′am king of Israel Asa began Asa to reign over Judah |
| 15:10 |
Andand he reigned forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: andHis his mothers name was MaacahMa′acah the daughter of AbishalomAbish′alom |
| 15:11 |
And Asa did thatwhat which was right in the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord as did David his father had done |
| 15:12 |
AndHe he put away the sodomitesmale cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made |
| 15:13 |
AndHe also Maacahremoved Ma′acah his mother he removed from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image made for an AsherahAshe′rah; and Asa cut down her image and burntburned it at the brook Kidron |
| 15:14 |
But the high places were not taken away: neverthelessNevertheless the heart of Asa was perfectwholly withtrue Jehovahto the Lord all his days |
| 15:15 |
And he brought into the house of Jehovahthe Lord the thingsvotive thatgifts of his father had dedicated and thehis thingsown thatvotive himselfgifts had dedicated silver and gold and vessels |
| 15:16 |
And there was war between Asa and BaashaBa′asha king of Israel all their days |
| 15:17 |
AndBa′asha Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah that he might notpermit sufferno any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah |
| 15:18 |
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovahthe Lord and the treasures of the kings house and deliveredgave them into the handhands of his servants; and kingKing Asa sent them to Ben hadadha′dad the son of TabrimmonTabrim′mon the son of HezionHezi′on king of Syria thatwho dwelt atin Damascus saying |
| 15:19 |
ThereLet isthere be a league between me and theeyou as between my father and thyyour father: behold I haveam sentsending untoto theeyou a present of silver and gold; go break thyyour league with BaashaBa′asha king of Israel that he may departwithdraw from me |
| 15:20 |
And Ben hadadha′dad hearkened untoto kingKing Asa and sent the captainscommanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and smoteconquered Ijon and Dan andA′bel Abel beth maacahma′acah and all ChinnerothChin′neroth with all the land of NaphtaliNaph′tali |
| 15:21 |
And it came to pass when BaashaBa′asha heard thereofof thatit he leftstopped off building Ramah and he dwelt in Tirzah |
| 15:22 |
Then kingKing Asa made a proclamation untoto all Judah; none was exempted:exempt and they carried away the stones of Ramah and theits timber thereofwith wherewithwhich BaashaBa′asha had buildedbeen building; and kingwith them King Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah |
| 15:23 |
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet |
| 15:24 |
And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat his son reigned in his stead |
| 15:25 |
And Nadab the son of JeroboamJerobo′am began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years |
| 15:26 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and walked in the way of his father and in his sin wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 15:27 |
AndBa′asha Baasha the son of AhijahAhi′jah of the house of IssacharIs′sachar conspired against him; and BaashaBa′asha smotestruck him down at GibbethonGib′bethon which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to GibbethonGib′bethon |
| 15:28 |
EvenSo Ba′asha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him and reigned in his stead |
| 15:29 |
And it came to pass that as soon as he was king he smotekilled all the house of Jeroboam:Jerobo′am; he left not to Jeroboamthe anyhouse of Jerobo′am not one that breathed until he had destroyed him;it according untoto the sayingword of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke by his servant AhijahAhi′jah the ShiloniteShi′lonite; |
| 15:30 |
it was for the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am which he sinned and wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin and because of histhe provocationanger wherewithto which he provoked Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel to anger |
| 15:31 |
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 15:32 |
And there was war between Asa and BaashaBa′asha king of Israel all their days |
| 15:33 |
In the third year of Asa king of Judah beganBa′asha Baasha the son of AhijahAhi′jah began to reign over all Israel inat Tirzah and he reigned twenty and four years |
| 15:34 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and walked in the way of JeroboamJerobo′am and in his sin wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin |
| 16:1 |
And the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to Jehu the son of HananiHana′ni against BaashaBa′asha saying |
| 16:2 |
ForasmuchSince as I exalted theeyou out of the dust and made theeyou princeleader over my people Israel and thouyou hasthave walked in the way of JeroboamJerobo′am and hasthave made my people Israel to sin toprovoking provoke me to anger with their sins; |
| 16:3 |
behold I will utterly sweep away BaashaBa′asha and his house; and I will make thyyour house like the house of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat |
| 16:4 |
HimAny thatone diethbelonging ofto BaashaBa′asha who dies in the city shall the dogs shall eat; and himany thatone dieth of his who dies in the field shall the birds of the heavensair shall eat |
| 16:5 |
Now the rest of the acts of BaashaBa′asha and what he did and his might are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 16:6 |
And BaashaBa′asha slept with his fathers and was buried inat Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead |
| 16:7 |
AndMoreover moreoverthe word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of HananiHana′ni came the word of Jehovah against BaashaBa′asha and against his house both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovahthe toLord provokeprovoking him to anger with the work of his hands in being like the house of JeroboamJerobo′am and also because he smotedestroyed himit |
| 16:8 |
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of BaashaBa′asha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah and he reigned two years |
| 16:9 |
AndBut his servant Zimri captaincommander of half his chariots conspired against him NowWhen he was inat Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza who was over the household in Tirzah: |
| 16:10 |
and Zimri wentcame in and smotestruck him down and killed him in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his stead |
| 16:11 |
AndWhen it came to pass when he began to reign as soon as he sathad seated himself on his throne that he smotekilled all the house of Baasha:Ba′asha; he leftdid not leave him not a single manmale child neither of his kinsfolkskinsmen noror of his friends |
| 16:12 |
Thus did Zimri destroydestroyed all the house of BaashaBa′asha according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke against BaashaBa′asha by Jehu the prophet |
| 16:13 |
for all the sins of BaashaBa′asha and the sins of Elah his son which they sinned and wherewithwhich they made Israel to sin toprovoking provokethe JehovahLord the God of Israel to anger with their vanitiesidols |
| 16:14 |
Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 16:15 |
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reignreigned seven days in Tirzah Now the peopletroops were encamped against GibbethonGib′bethon which belonged to the Philistines |
| 16:16 |
Andand the peopletroops thatwho were encamped heard sayit said Zimri hathhas conspired and hathhe alsohas smittenkilled the king:; whereforetherefore all Israel made Omri the captaincommander of the hostarmy king over Israel that day in the camp |
| 16:17 |
AndSo Omri went up from GibbethonGib′bethon and all Israel with him and they besieged Tirzah |
| 16:18 |
And it came to pass when Zimri saw that the city was taken that he went into the castlecitadel of the kings house and burntburned the kings house over him with fire and died |
| 16:19 |
forbecause of his sins which he sinnedcommitted in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe inLord walking in the way of JeroboamJerobo′am and infor his sin which he didcommitted tomaking make Israel to sin |
| 16:20 |
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and histhe treasonconspiracy thatwhich he wroughtmade are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 16:21 |
Then were the people of Israel were divided into two parts:; half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath to make him king; and half followed Omri |
| 16:22 |
But the people thatwho followed Omri prevailedovercame against the people thatwho followed Tibni the son of Ginath:; so Tibni died and Omri reignedbecame king |
| 16:23 |
In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah Omri began Omri to reign over Israel and he reigned for twelve years:; six years he reigned he in Tirzah |
| 16:24 |
AndHe he bought the hill Samaria of Samar′ia from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he builtfortified on the hill and called the name of the city which he built Samar′ia after the name of Shemer the owner of the hill Samaria |
| 16:25 |
And Omri did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and dealtdid wickedlymore aboveevil than all thatwho were before him |
| 16:26 |
For he walked in all the way of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat and in histhe sins wherewithwhich he made Israel to sin toprovoking provokethe JehovahLord the God of Israel to anger withby their vanitiesidols |
| 16:27 |
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and histhe might that he showed are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 16:28 |
SoAnd Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in SamariaSamar′ia; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead |
| 16:29 |
AndIn in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia twenty and two years |
| 16:30 |
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe aboveLord more than all that were before him |
| 16:31 |
And it came to pass as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat that he took tofor wife JezebelJez′ebel the daughter of EthbaalEthba′al king of the SidoniansSido′nians and went and served BaalBa′al and worshippedworshiped him |
| 16:32 |
AndHe heerected reared up an altar for BaalBa′al in the house of BaalBa′al which he had built in SamariaSamar′ia |
| 16:33 |
And Ahab made thean Asherah;Ashe′rah and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel thatwho were before him |
| 16:34 |
In his days didHi′el Hielof theBethel Bethbuilt elite build Jericho:; he laid theits foundation thereofat with the losscost of AbiramAbi′ram his first born and set up theits gates thereofat with the losscost of his youngest son Segub according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke by Joshua the son of Nun |
| 17:1 |
AndNow ElijahEli′jah the Tishbite who was of theTishbe sojournersin of Gilead said untoto Ahab As Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel livethlives before whom I stand there shall not be neither dew nor rain these years butexcept accordingby to my word |
| 17:2 |
And the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto him saying |
| 17:3 |
GetDepart theefrom hencehere and turn thee eastward and hide thyselfyourself by the brook Cherith that is beforeeast of the Jordan |
| 17:4 |
AndYou it shall be that thou shalt drink offrom the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed theeyou there |
| 17:5 |
So he went and did according untoto the word of Jehovahthe Lord; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is beforeeast of the Jordan |
| 17:6 |
And the ravens brought him bread and fleshmeat in the morning and bread and fleshmeat in the evening; and he drank offrom the brook |
| 17:7 |
And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land |
| 17:8 |
AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto him saying |
| 17:9 |
Arise getgo thee to ZarephathZar′ephath which belongethbelongs to Sidon and dwell there: beholdBehold I have commanded a widow there to sustainfeed theeyou |
| 17:10 |
So he arose and went to ZarephathZar′ephath; and when he came to the gate of the city behold a widow was there gathering sticks:; and he called to her and said FetchBring me I pray thee a little water in a vessel that I may drink |
| 17:11 |
And as she was going to fetchbring it he called to her and said Bring me I pray thee a morsel of bread in thyyour hand |
| 17:12 |
And she said As Jehovahthe thyLord your God livethlives I have notnothing abaked cakeonly but a handful of meal in thea jar and a little oil in thea cruse:; and beholdnow I am gathering twoa couple of sticks that I may go in and dressprepare it for memyself and my son that we may eat it and die |
| 17:13 |
And ElijahEli′jah said untoto her Fear not; go and do as thouyou hasthave said; but first make me thereof a little cake firstof it and bring it forthto unto me and afterward make for theeyourself and foryour thy son |
| 17:14 |
For thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord the God of Israel The jar of meal shall not wastebe neitherspent shalland the cruse of oil shall not fail until the day that Jehovahthe sendethLord sends rain upon the earth |
| 17:15 |
And she went and did accordingas toEli′jah thesaid; saying of Elijah: and she and he and her househousehold didate eatfor many days |
| 17:16 |
The jar of meal wastedwas not spent neither did the cruse of oil fail according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakespoke by ElijahEli′jah |
| 17:17 |
AndAfter itthis came to pass after these things that the son of the woman the mistress of the house fellbecame sickill; and his sicknessillness was so soresevere that there was no breath left in him |
| 17:18 |
And she said untoto ElijahEli′jah What have Iyou toagainst dome with thee O thou man of God thouYou arthave come untoto me to bring my sin to remembrance and to slaycause the death of my son |
| 17:19 |
And he said untoto her Give me thyyour son And he took him outfrom of her bosom and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abodelodged and laid him upon his own bed |
| 17:20 |
And he cried untoto Jehovahthe andLord said O JehovahLord my God hast thou also brought evilcalamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn by slaying her son |
| 17:21 |
AndThen he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried untoto Jehovahthe andLord said O JehovahLord my God I pray thee let this childs soul come into him again |
| 17:22 |
And Jehovahthe Lord hearkened untoto the voice of ElijahEli′jah; and the soul of the child came into him again and he revived |
| 17:23 |
And ElijahEli′jah took the child and brought him down outfrom of the upper chamber into the house and delivered him untoto his mother; and ElijahEli′jah said See thyyour son livethlives |
| 17:24 |
And the woman said to ElijahEli′jah Now I know that thouyou artare a man of God and that the word of Jehovahthe Lord in thyyour mouth is truth |
| 18:1 |
AndAfter it came to pass after many days that the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to ElijahEli′jah in the third year saying Go show thyselfyourself untoto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth |
| 18:2 |
AndSo ElijahEli′jah went to show himself untoto Ahab AndNow the famine was soresevere in SamariaSamar′ia |
| 18:3 |
And Ahab called ObadiahObadi′ah who was over the household Now ObadiahObadi′ah fearedrevered Jehovahthe Lord greatly:; |
| 18:4 |
forand it was so when JezebelJez′ebel cut off the prophets of Jehovahthe thatLord ObadiahObadi′ah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fiftyfifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water |
| 18:5 |
And Ahab said untoto ObadiahObadi′ah Go through the land untoto all the fountainssprings of water and untoto all the brooks:valleys; peradventureperhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive thatand wenot lose notsome allof the beastsanimals |
| 18:6 |
So they divided the land between them to pass throughoutthrough it:; Ahab went in one waydirection by himself and ObadiahObadi′ah went in another waydirection by himself |
| 18:7 |
And as ObadiahObadi′ah was inon the way behold ElijahEli′jah met him:; and heObadi′ah knewrecognized him and fell on his face and said Is it thouyou my lord ElijahEli′jah |
| 18:8 |
And he answered him It is I: goGo tell thyyour lord Behold ElijahEli′jah is here |
| 18:9 |
And he said Wherein have I sinned that thouyou wouldestwould delivergive thyyour servant into the hand of Ahab to slaykill me |
| 18:10 |
As Jehovahthe thyLord your God livethlives there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord hathhas not sent to seek thee:you; and when they saidwould say He is not here he tookwould take an oath of the kingdom andor nation that they had not found theeyou not |
| 18:11 |
And now thouyou sayestsay Go tell thyyour lord Behold ElijahEli′jah is here |
| 18:12 |
And it will come to pass as soon as I amhave gone from theeyou that the Spirit of Jehovahthe Lord will carry theeyou whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find theeyou he will slaykill me: butalthough I thyyour servant fearhave Jehovahrevered the Lord from my youth |
| 18:13 |
WasHas it not been told my lord what I did when JezebelJez′ebel slewkilled the prophets of Jehovahthe Lord how I hid a hundred men of Jehovahsthe Lords prophets by fiftyfifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water |
| 18:14 |
And now thouyou sayestsay Go tell thyyour lord Behold ElijahEli′jah is here; and he will slaykill me |
| 18:15 |
And ElijahEli′jah said As Jehovahthe Lord of hosts livethlives before whom I stand I will surely show myself untoto him totoday day |
| 18:16 |
So ObadiahObadi′ah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah Eli′jah |
| 18:17 |
AndWhen it came to pass when Ahab saw ElijahEli′jah that Ahab said untoto him Is it thouyou thouyou troubler of Israel |
| 18:18 |
And he answered I have not troubled Israel; but thouyou have and thyyour fathers house inbecause thatyou ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovahthe Lord and thou hast followed the BaalimBa′als |
| 18:19 |
Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me allat IsraelMount unto mount Carmel and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty and the prophets of Ba′al and the Asherah four hundred thatprophets of Ashe′rah who eat at JezebelsJez′ebels table |
| 18:20 |
So Ahab sent untoto all the childrenpeople of Israel and gathered the prophets together untoat mountMount Carmel |
| 18:21 |
And ElijahEli′jah came near untoto all the people and said How long will you go ye limping betweenwith the two sidesdifferent ifopinions JehovahIf bethe Lord is God follow him; but if BaalBa′al then follow him And the people answereddid not answer him not a word |
| 18:22 |
Then Eli′jah said Elijahto unto the people I even I only am left a prophet of Jehovahthe Lord; but BaalsBa′als prophets are four hundred and fifty men |
| 18:23 |
Let themtwo thereforebulls givebe usgiven twoto bullocksus; and let them choose one bullockbull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood andbut put no fire underto it; and I will dressprepare the other bullockbull and lay it on the wood and put no fire underto it |
| 18:24 |
And you call ye on the name of your god and I will call on the name of Jehovahthe Lord; and the God thatwho answerethanswers by fire lethe himis be God And all the people answered and said It is well spoken |
| 18:25 |
AndThen ElijahEli′jah said untoto the prophets of BaalBa′al Choose youfor yourselves one bullockbull for yourselves and dressprepare it first; for yeyou are many; and call on the name of your god but put no fire underto it |
| 18:26 |
And they took the bullockbull which was given them and they dressedprepared it and called on the name of BaalBa′al from morning even until noon saying O BaalBa′al hearanswer us But there was no voice norand anyno thatone answered And they leapedlimped about the altar which wasthey had made |
| 18:27 |
And it came to pass at noon thatEli′jah Elijah mocked them andsaying said Cry aloud; for he is a god:; either he is musing or he ishas gone aside or he is on a journey or peradventureperhaps he sleepethis asleep and must be awakedawakened |
| 18:28 |
And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their mannercustom with knivesswords and lances tilluntil the blood gushed out upon them |
| 18:29 |
And itas was so when midday waspassed pastthey thatraved theyon prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening oblation; but there was neitherno voice; norno anyone toanswered answerno norone any that regardedheeded |
| 18:30 |
AndThen ElijahEli′jah said untoto all the people Come near untoto me; and all the people came near untoto him And he repaired the altar of Jehovahthe Lord that washad been thrown down; |
| 18:31 |
AndEli′jah Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob untoto whom the word of Jehovahthe Lord came saying Israel shall be thyyour name; |
| 18:32 |
Andand with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah;the andLord And he made a trench about the altar as great as would contain two measures of seed |
| 18:33 |
And he put the wood in order and cut the bullockbull in pieces and laid it on the wood And he said Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood |
| 18:34 |
And he said Do it thea second time; and they did it thea second time And he said Do it thea third time; and they did it thea third time |
| 18:35 |
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water |
| 18:36 |
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation thatEli′jah Elijah the prophet came near and said O JehovahLord the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Israel let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel and that I am thy servant and that I have done all these things at thy word |
| 18:37 |
HearAnswer me O JehovahLord hearanswer me that this people may know that thou JehovahO Lord art God and that thou hast turned their hearthearts back again |
| 18:38 |
Then the fire of Jehovahthe Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench |
| 18:39 |
And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces:; and they said JehovahThe Lord he is God; Jehovahthe Lord he is God |
| 18:40 |
And ElijahEli′jah said untoto them TakeSeize the prophets of BaalBa′al; let not one of them escape And they tookseized them; and ElijahEli′jah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slewkilled them there |
| 18:41 |
And ElijahEli′jah said untoto Ahab GetGo thee up eat and drink; for there is thea sound of abundancethe rushing of rain |
| 18:42 |
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink And ElijahEli′jah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees |
| 18:44 |
And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said Behold therea arisethlittle a cloud outlike ofa themans seahand asis smallrising asout aof mansthe handsea And he said Go up say untoto Ahab MakePrepare readyyour thy chariot and getgo thee down thatlest the rain stop theeyou not |
| 18:45 |
And it came to pass in a little while that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind and there was a great rain And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel: |
| 18:46 |
andAnd the hand of Jehovahthe Lord was on ElijahEli′jah; and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel |
| 19:1 |
And Ahab told JezebelJez′ebel all that ElijahEli′jah had done and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword |
| 19:2 |
Then JezebelJez′ebel sent a messenger untoto ElijahEli′jah saying So letmay the gods do to me and more also if I makedo not thymake your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time tomorrow |
| 19:3 |
AndThen when he sawwas thatafraid and he arose and went for his life and came to Beer sheba which belongethbelongs to Judah and left his servant there |
| 19:4 |
But he himself went a days journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniperbroom tree:; and he requestedasked for himself that he might die andsaying said It is enough; now O JehovahLord take away my life; for I am notno better than my fathers |
| 19:5 |
And he lay down and slept under a juniperbroom tree; and behold an angel touched him and said untoto him Arise and eat |
| 19:6 |
And he looked and behold there was at his head a cake bakenbaked on thehot coalsstones and a crusejar of water And he didate eat and drinkdrank and laidlay him down again |
| 19:7 |
And the angel of Jehovahthe Lord came again thea second time and touched him and said Arise and eat becauseelse the journey iswill be too great for theeyou |
| 19:8 |
And he arose and didate eat and drinkdrank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights untoto Horeb the mount of God |
| 19:9 |
And there he came thitherto unto a cave and lodged there; and behold the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to him and he said untoto him What doestare thouyou doing here ElijahEli′jah |
| 19:10 |
AndHe he said I have been very jealous for Jehovahthe Lord the God of hosts; for the childrenpeople of Israel have forsaken thy covenant thrown down thinethy altars and slain thy prophets with the sword:; and I even I only am left; and they seek my life to take it away |
| 19:11 |
And he said Go forth and stand upon the mount before Jehovahthe Lord And behold Jehovahthe Lord passed by and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and brakebroke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah;the Lord but Jehovahthe Lord was not in the wind:; and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovahthe Lord was not in the earthquake:; |
| 19:12 |
and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovahthe Lord was not in the fire:; and after the fire a still small voice |
| 19:13 |
And it was so when ElijahEli′jah heard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood inat the entrance of the cave And behold there came a voice untoto him and said What doestare thouyou doing here ElijahEli′jah |
| 19:14 |
AndHe he said I have been very jealous for Jehovahthe Lord the God of hosts; for the childrenpeople of Israel have forsaken thy covenant thrown down thinethy altars and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I even I only am left; and they seek my life to take it away |
| 19:15 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto him Go return on thyyour way to the wilderness of Damascus:; and when thouyou comestarrive thouyou shaltshall anoint HazaelHaz′ael to be king over Syria; |
| 19:16 |
and Jehu the son of Nimshi shaltyou thoushall anoint to be king over Israel; and ElishaEli′sha the son of Shaphat of AbelA′bel meholahmeho′lah shaltyou thoushall anoint to be prophet in thyyour roomplace |
| 19:17 |
And it shall come to pass that him thatwho escapethescapes from the sword of HazaelHaz′ael shall Jehu slay; and him thatwho escapethescapes from the sword of Jehu shall ElishaEli′sha slay |
| 19:18 |
Yet I will I leave me seven thousand in Israel all the knees whichthat have not bowed untoto BaalBa′al and every mouth whichthat hathhas not kissed him |
| 19:19 |
So he departed thencefrom there and found ElishaEli′sha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him and he was with the twelfth: andEli′jah Elijah passed overby unto him and cast his mantle upon him |
| 19:20 |
And he left the oxen and ran after ElijahEli′jah and said Let me I pray thee kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow theeyou And he said untoto him Go back again; for what have I done to theeyou |
| 19:21 |
And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and slew them and boiled their flesh with the instrumentsyokes of the oxen and gave untoit to the people and they didate eat Then he arose and went after ElijahEli′jah and ministered untoto him |
| 20:1 |
And Ben hadadha′dad the king of Syria gathered all his hostarmy together; and there were thirty and two kings were with him and horses and chariots:; and he went up and besieged SamariaSamar′ia and fought against it |
| 20:2 |
And he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel into the city and said untoto him Thus saithsays Ben hadadha′dad: |
| 20:3 |
ThyYour silver and thyyour gold isare mine; thyyour fairest wives also and thy children evenalso the goodliest are mine |
| 20:4 |
And the king of Israel answered andAs saidyou Itsay is according to thy saying my lord O king; I am thineyours and all that I have |
| 20:5 |
AndThe the messengers came again and said Thus speakethsays Ben hadadha′dad: saying I sent indeedto untoyou thee saying ThouDeliver shaltto deliver me thyyour silver and thyyour gold andyour thy wives and thyyour children; |
| 20:6 |
butnevertheless I will send my servants untoto theeyou totomorrow morrow about this time and they shall search thyyour house and the houses of thyyour servants; and itlay shallhands beon thatwhatever whatsoeverpleases isthem pleasant in thine eyes they shall put it in their hand and take it away |
| 20:7 |
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said Mark Inow pray you and see how this man seekethis mischief:seeking trouble; for he sent untoto me for my wives and for my children and for my silver and for my gold; and I denieddid not refuse him not |
| 20:8 |
And all the elders and all the people said untoto him HearkenDo thou not neitherheed or consent |
| 20:9 |
WhereforeSo he said untoto the messengers of Ben hadadha′dad Tell my lord the king All that thouyou didstfirst senddemanded forof toyour thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I maycannot not do And the messengers departed and brought him word again |
| 20:10 |
And Ben hadadha′dad sent untoto him and said The gods do so untoto me and more also if the dust of SamariaSamar′ia shall suffice for handfuls for all the people thatwho follow me |
| 20:11 |
And the king of Israel answered and said Tell him Let not him that girdethgirds on his armor boast himself as he that puttethputs it off |
| 20:12 |
AndWhen it came to pass when Ben hadadha′dad heard this message as he was drinking hewith and the kings in the pavilionsbooths that he said untoto his servantsmen SetTake yourselvesyour inpositions array And they settook themselvestheir inpositions array against the city |
| 20:13 |
And behold a prophet came near untoto Ahab king of Israel and said Thus saithsays Jehovahthe HastLord thouHave you seen all this great multitude beholdBehold I will delivergive it into thyyour hand this day; and thouyou shaltshall know that I am Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:14 |
And Ahab said By whom AndHe he said Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord By the youngservants men of the princesgovernors of the provincesdistricts Then he said Who shall begin the battle AndHe he answered ThouYou |
| 20:15 |
Then he mustered the youngservants men of the princesgovernors of the provincesdistricts and they were two hundred and thirty two:; and after them he mustered all the people even all the children of Israel being seven thousand |
| 20:16 |
And they went out at noon Butwhile Ben hadadha′dad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilionsbooths he and the kings the thirty and two kings thatwho helped him |
| 20:17 |
AndThe theservants young men of the princesgovernors of the provincesdistricts went out first; andAnd Ben hadadha′dad sent out scouts and they toldreported to him sayingMen There are mencoming come out from SamariaSamar′ia |
| 20:18 |
AndHe he said WhetherIf they arehave come out for peace take them alive; or whetherif they arehave come out for war take them alive |
| 20:19 |
So these went out of the city the youngservants men of the princesgovernors of the provincesdistricts and the army which followed them |
| 20:20 |
And theyeach slewkilled every one his man; and the Syrians fled and Israel pursued them: andbut Ben hadadha′dad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen |
| 20:21 |
And the king of Israel went out and smotecaptured the horses and chariots and slewkilled the Syrians with a great slaughter |
| 20:22 |
AndThen the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said untoto him GoCome strengthen thyselfyourself and markconsider andwell see what thouyou doesthave to do; for atin the returnspring of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee you |
| 20:23 |
And the servants of the king of Syria said untoto him Their godgods isare agods god of the hills; thereforeand so they were stronger than we:; but let us fight against them in the plain and surely we shall be stronger than they |
| 20:24 |
And do this thing: takeremove the kings awayeach everyfrom man out of his placepost and put captainscommanders in their roomplaces; |
| 20:25 |
and numbermuster thee an army like the army that thouyou hasthave lost horse for horse and chariot for chariot; andthen we will fight against them in the plain and surely we shall be stronger than they And he hearkened untoto their voice and did so |
| 20:26 |
AndIn it came to pass at the returnspring of the year that Ben hadadha′dad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel |
| 20:27 |
And the childrenpeople of Israel were mustered and were victualledprovisioned and went against them:; and the childrenpeople of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids;goats but the Syrians filled the country |
| 20:28 |
And a man of God came near and spakesaid untoto the king of Israel andThus saidsays Thusthe saithLord Jehovah Because the Syrians have said JehovahThe Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore I will Igive deliver all this great multitude into thyyour hand and yeyou shall know that I am Jehovahthe Lord |
| 20:29 |
And they encamped opposite one overanother against the other seven days AndThen soon it was that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the childrenpeople of Israel slewsmote of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmenfoot soldiers in one day |
| 20:30 |
ButAnd the rest fled to Aphek into the city of Aphek; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left And Ben hadadha′dad also fled and cameentered intoan theinner citychamber intoin anthe innercity chamber |
| 20:31 |
And his servants said untoto him Behold now we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings:; let us we pray thee put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads and go out to the king of Israel:; peradventureperhaps he will savespare thyyour life |
| 20:32 |
So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and camewent to the king of Israel and said ThyYour servant Ben hadadha′dad saithsays IPray pray thee let me live And he said IsDoes he yetstill alivelive heHe is my brother |
| 20:33 |
Now the men observedwere diligentlywatching for an omen and hastedthey toquickly catchtook whether it wereup hisfrom mind;him and they said ThyYes your brother Ben hadadha′dad Then he said Go yeand bring him Then Ben hadadha′dad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot |
| 20:34 |
And Ben hadadha′dad said untoto him The cities which my father took from thyyour father I will restore; and thouyou shaltmay makeestablish streetsbazaars for theeyourself in Damascus as my father madedid in SamariaSamar′ia And IAhab said AhabI will let theeyou go withon thisthese covenantterms So he made a covenant with him and let him go |
| 20:35 |
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said untoto his fellow byat the wordcommand of Jehovahthe SmiteLord Strike me I pray theeBut And the man refused to smitestrike him |
| 20:36 |
Then he said heto unto him Because thouyou hasthave not obeyed the voice of Jehovahthe Lord behold as soon as thouyou arthave departedgone from me a lion shall slaykill theeyou And as soon as he washad departed from him a lion foundmet him and slewkilled him |
| 20:37 |
Then he found another man and said SmiteStrike me I pray thee And the man smotestruck him smiting and wounding him |
| 20:38 |
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way anddisguising disguised himself with hisa headbandbandage over his eyes |
| 20:39 |
And as the king passed by he cried untoto the king; and he said ThyYour servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold a mansoldier turned aside and brought a man untoto me and said Keep this man:; if by any means he be missing thenyour life shall thy life be for his life or else thouyou shaltshall pay a talent of silver |
| 20:40 |
And as thyyour servant was busy here and there he was gone AndThe the king of Israel said untoto him So shall thyyour judgment be; thyselfyou hastyourself have decided it |
| 20:41 |
AndThen he hastedmade andhaste tookto take the headbandbandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discernedrecognized him thatas heone was of the prophets |
| 20:42 |
And he said untoto him Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord Because thouyou hasthave let go out of thyyour hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction therefore thyyour life shall go for his life and thyyour people for his people |
| 20:43 |
And the king of Israel went to his house heavyresentful and displeasedsullen and came to SamariaSamar′ia |
| 21:1 |
AndNow it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel hardbeside by the palace of Ahab king of SamariaSamar′ia |
| 21:2 |
And after this Ahab spakesaid untoto Naboth saying Give me thyyour vineyard that I may have it for a vegetable garden of herbs because it is near unto my house; and I will give theeyou for it a better vineyard thanfor it:; or if it seemseems good to theeyou I will give theeyou theits worthvalue of it in money |
| 21:3 |
AndBut Naboth said to Ahab JehovahThe Lord forbid it me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers unto thee |
| 21:4 |
And Ahab camewent into his house heavyvexed and displeasedsullen because of thewhat word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spokensaid to him; for he had said I will not give theeyou the inheritance of my fathers And he laidlay him down uponon his bed and turned away his face and would eat no breadfood |
| 21:5 |
But JezebelJez′ebel his wife came to him and said untoto him Why is thyyour spirit so sadvexed that thouyou eatesteat no breadfood |
| 21:6 |
And he said untoto her Because I spakespoke untoto Naboth the Jezreelite and said untoto him Give me thyyour vineyard for money; or else if it please theeyou I will give theeyou another vineyard for it:; and he answered I will not give theeyou my vineyard |
| 21:7 |
And JezebelJez′ebel his wife said untoto him DostDo thouyou now govern the kingdom of Israel ariseArise and eat bread and let thyyour heart be merry:cheerful; I will give theeyou the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite |
| 21:8 |
So she wrote letters in Ahabs name and sealed them with his seal and she sent the letters untoto the elders and to the nobles thatwho weredwelt with Naboth in his city and that dwelt with Naboth |
| 21:9 |
And she wrote in the letters saying Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people:; |
| 21:10 |
and set two men base fellows beforeopposite him and let them bearbring witnessa charge against him saying ThouYou didsthave cursecursed God and the king AndThen thentake carry him out and stone him to death |
| 21:11 |
And the men of his city even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city did as JezebelJez′ebel had sent untoword to them accordingAs as it was written in the letters which she had sent untoto them |
| 21:12 |
Theythey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people |
| 21:13 |
And the two men the base fellows came in and sat beforeopposite him:; and the base fellows barebrought witnessa againstcharge him even against Naboth in the presence of the people saying Naboth didcursed curse God and the king ThenSo they carriedtook him forthoutside out of the city and stoned him to death with stones |
| 21:14 |
Then they sent to JezebelJez′ebel saying Naboth ishas been stoned; andhe is dead |
| 21:15 |
AndAs itsoon cameas toJez′ebel pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth washad been stoned and was dead thatJez′ebel Jezebel said to Ahab Arise take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to give theeyou for money; for Naboth is not alive but dead |
| 21:16 |
And itas camesoon toas pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead that Ahab rosearose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it |
| 21:17 |
AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to ElijahEli′jah the Tishbite saying |
| 21:18 |
Arise go down to meet Ahab king of Israel who dwellethis in Samaria:Samar′ia; behold he is in the vineyard of Naboth whitherwhere he ishas gone down to take possession of it |
| 21:19 |
And thouyou shaltshall speaksay untoto him saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe HastLord thouHave you killed and also taken possession And thouyou shaltshall speaksay untoto him saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord: In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thyyour own blood even thine |
| 21:20 |
And Ahab said to ElijahEli′jah HastHave thouyou found me O minemy enemy AndHe he answered I have found theeyou because thouyou hasthave sold thyselfyourself to do thatwhat which is evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 21:21 |
Behold I will bring evil upon theeyou; andI will utterly sweep theeyou away and will cut off from Ahab every manmale childbond andor himfree that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:; |
| 21:22 |
and I will make thyyour house like the house of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat and like the house of BaashaBa′asha the son of AhijahAhi′jah for the provocationanger wherewithto thouwhich hastyou have provoked me toand angerbecause andyou hasthave made Israel to sin |
| 21:23 |
And of JezebelJez′ebel alsothe spakeLord Jehovahalso sayingsaid The dogs shall eat JezebelJez′ebel bywithin the rampartbounds of Jezreel |
| 21:24 |
HimAny thatone diethbelonging ofto Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and himany thatone diethof his who dies in the fieldopen shallcountry the birds of the heavensair shall eat |
| 21:25 |
ButThere there was none like unto Ahab who didsold sell himself to do thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord like Ahab whom JezebelJez′ebel his wife stirredincited up |
| 21:26 |
AndHe he did very abominably in followinggoing after idols accordingas to all that the Amorites didhad done whom Jehovahthe Lord cast out before the childrenpeople of Israel |
| 21:27 |
And it came to pass when Ahab heard those words that he rent his clothes and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went softlyabout dejectedly |
| 21:28 |
And the word of Jehovahthe Lord came to ElijahEli′jah the Tishbite saying |
| 21:29 |
SeestHave thouyou seen how Ahab humblethhas humbled himself before me becauseBecause he humblethhas humbled himself before me I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his sons daydays I will I bring the evil upon his house |
| 22:1 |
AndFor they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel continued without war |
| 22:2 |
AndBut it came to pass in the third year thatJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel |
| 22:3 |
And the king of Israel said untoto his servants KnowDo yeyou know that Ramoth gilead isbelongs oursto us and we arekeep stillquiet and do not take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria |
| 22:4 |
And he said untoto JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat WiltWill thouyou go with me to battle toat Ramoth gilead And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said to the king of Israel I am as thouyou artare my people as thyyour people my horses as thyyour horses |
| 22:5 |
And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said untoto the king of Israel Inquire first I pray thee for the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 22:6 |
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together about four hundred men and said untoto them Shall I go to battle against Ramoth gilead to battle or shall I forbear And they said Go up; for the Lord will delivergive it into the hand of the king |
| 22:7 |
But JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said Is there not here aanother prophet of Jehovahthe besidesLord thatof whom we may inquire of him |
| 22:8 |
And the king of Israel said untoto JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovahthe MicaiahLord Micai′ah the son of Imlah:; but I hate him; for he dothnever notprophesies prophesy good concerning me but evil And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat said Let not the king say so |
| 22:9 |
Then the king of Israel calledsummoned an officer and said FetchBring quickly MicaiahMicai′ah the son of Imlah |
| 22:10 |
Now the king of Israel and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the king of Judah were sitting each on histheir thronethrones arrayed in their robes inat anthe openthreshing placefloor at the entrance of the gate of SamariaSamar′ia; and all the prophets were prophesying before them |
| 22:11 |
And ZedekiahZedeki′ah the son of ChenaanahChena′anah made himfor himself horns of iron and said Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord With these shaltyou thoushall push the Syrians until they beare consumeddestroyed |
| 22:12 |
And all the prophets prophesied so sayingand said Go up to Ramoth gilead and prospertriumph; forthe JehovahLord will delivergive it into the hand of the king |
| 22:13 |
And the messenger thatwho went to callsummon MicaiahMicai′ah spakesaid untoto him saying Behold now the words of the prophets declarewith goodone untoaccord theare kingfavorable withto onethe mouth:king; let thyyour word I pray thee be like the word of one of them and speak thoufavorably good |
| 22:14 |
AndBut MicaiahMicai′ah said As Jehovahthe livethLord lives what Jehovahthe saithLord untosays to me that I will I speak |
| 22:15 |
And when he washad come to the king the king said untoto him MicaiahMicai′ah shall we go to Ramoth gilead to battle or shall we forbear And he answered him Go up and prospertriumph; andthe JehovahLord will delivergive it into the hand of the king |
| 22:16 |
AndBut the king said untoto him How many times shall I adjure theeyou that thouyou speak untoto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 22:17 |
And he said I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd:; and Jehovahthe Lord said These have no master; let themeach return every man to his househome in peace |
| 22:18 |
And the king of Israel said to JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat Did I not tell theeyou that he would not prophesy good concerning me but evil |
| 22:19 |
And MicaiahMicai′ah said Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovahthe Lord: I saw Jehovahthe Lord sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven standing bybeside him on his right hand and on his left; |
| 22:20 |
Andand Jehovahthe Lord said Who shallwill entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth gilead And one said onone thisthing manner; and another said onanother that manner |
| 22:21 |
AndThen therea spirit came forthforward a spirit and stood before Jehovahthe andLord saidsaying I will entice him |
| 22:22 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto him WherewithBy what means And he said I will go forth and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets And he said ThouYou shaltare to entice him and shaltyou prevailshall also:succeed; go forth and do so |
| 22:23 |
Now therefore behold Jehovahthe hathLord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thyyour prophets; andthe JehovahLord hathhas spoken evil concerning theeyou |
| 22:24 |
Then ZedekiahZedeki′ah the son of ChenaanahChena′anah came near and smotestruck MicaiahMicai′ah on the cheek and said WhichHow waydid went the Spirit of Jehovahthe Lord go from me to speak untoto theeyou |
| 22:25 |
And MicaiahMicai′ah said Behold thouyou shaltshall see on that day when thouyou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyselfyourself |
| 22:26 |
And the king of Israel said TakeSeize MicaiahMicai′ah and carrytake him back untoto Amon the governor of the city and to JoashJo′ash the kings son; |
| 22:27 |
and say Thus saithsays the king Put this fellow in the prison and feed him with breadscant fare of afflictionbread and with water of affliction until I come in peace |
| 22:28 |
And MicaiahMicai′ah said If thouyou return at all in peace Jehovahthe hathLord has not spoken by me And he said Hear ye peoples all ofyou youpeoples |
| 22:29 |
So the king of Israel and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth gilead |
| 22:30 |
And the king of Israel said untoto JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat I will disguise myself and go into the battle; but putyou thouwear onyour thy robes And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle |
| 22:31 |
Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots saying Fight with neither with small nor great savebut only with the king of Israel |
| 22:32 |
And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat that they said SurelyIt it is surely the king of Israel; andSo they turned aside to fight against him:; and JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat cried out |
| 22:33 |
And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel that they turned back from pursuing him |
| 22:34 |
AndBut a certain man drew his bow at a venture and smotestruck the king of Israel between the jointsscale ofarmor and the armor:breastplate; whereforetherefore he said untoto the driver of his chariot Turn thyabout hand and carry me out of the host;battle for I am sore wounded |
| 22:35 |
And the battle increasedgrew hot that day: and the king was stayedpropped up in his chariot againstfacing the Syrians anduntil died at evenevening he died; and the blood ran out of the wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot |
| 22:36 |
And thereabout wentsunset a cry throughoutwent thethrough host about the goingarmy down of the sun saying Every man to his city and every man to his country |
| 22:37 |
So the king died and was brought to SamariaSamar′ia; and they buried the king in SamariaSamar′ia |
| 22:38 |
And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria;Samar′ia and the dogs licked up his blood nowand the harlots washed themselves there;in it according untoto the word of Jehovahthe Lord which he spakehad spoken |
| 22:39 |
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Israel |
| 22:40 |
So Ahab slept with his fathers; and AhaziahAhazi′ah his son reigned in his stead |
| 22:41 |
AndJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel |
| 22:42 |
JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem AndHis his mothers name was AzubahAzu′bah the daughter of Shilhi |
| 22:43 |
AndHe he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turneddid not turn aside from it doing thatwhat which was right in the eyessight of Jehovah:the howbeitLord; yet the high places were not taken away; and the people still sacrificed and burntburned incense inon the high places |
| 22:44 |
AndJehosh′aphat Jehoshaphatalso made peace with the king of Israel |
| 22:45 |
Now the rest of the acts of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat and his might that he showed and how he warred are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Judah |
| 22:46 |
And the remnant of the sodomitesmale thatcult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa he putexterminated awayfrom out of the land |
| 22:47 |
AndThere there was no king in Edom:; a deputy was king |
| 22:48 |
JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold:; but they wentdid not; go for the ships were brokenwrecked at EzionE′zion geberge′ber |
| 22:49 |
Then saidAhazi′ah Ahaziah the son of Ahab untosaid Jehoshaphatto Jehosh′aphat Let my servants go with thyyour servants in the ships Butbut JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat wouldwas not willing |
| 22:50 |
And JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; Andand JehoramJeho′ram his son reigned in his stead |
| 22:51 |
AhaziahAhazi′ah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in SamariaSamar′ia in the seventeenth year of JehoshaphatJehosh′aphat king of Judah and he reigned two years over Israel |
| 22:52 |
AndHe he did thatwhat which was evil in the sight of Jehovahthe Lord and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of JeroboamJerobo′am the son of Nebat whereinwho he made Israel to sin |
| 22:53 |
AndHe he served BaalBa′al and worshippedworshiped him and provoked tothe angerLord Jehovah the God of Israel according to allanger in every way that his father had done |