| 1:1 |
Now King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes he could not get warm |
| 1:2 |
ThereforeSo his servants said to him Let a young maidenvirgin be sought for my lord the king and let her wait uponon the king and be his nurseattendant; let her lie in your bosom so that my lord the king may be warm |
| 1:3 |
So they soughtsearched for a beautiful maidengirl throughout all the territory of Israel and found Ab′ishagAbishag the Shu′nammiteShunammite and brought her to the king |
| 1:4 |
The maidengirl was very beautiful; andShe she became the kings nurseattendant and ministeredserved to him; but the king knewdid not know her notsexually |
| 1:5 |
Now Adoni′jahAdonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself saying I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him |
| 1:6 |
His father had never at any time displeased him by asking Why have you done thus and so He was also a very handsome man; and he was born next after Ab′salomAbsalom |
| 1:7 |
He conferred with Jo′abJoab the son of Zeru′iahZeruiah and with Abi′athar the priest; Abiathar and they followedsupported Adoni′jahAdonijah and helped him |
| 1:8 |
But Zadok the priest Zadok and Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada and Nathan the prophet Nathan and Shim′eShimei i and Re′iRei and Davids mightyown menwarriors weredid not side with Adoni′jahAdonijah |
| 1:9 |
Adoni′jahAdonijah sacrificed sheep oxen and fatlingsfatted cattle by the Serpentsstone StoneZoheleth which is beside En ro′gelrogel and he invited all his brothers the kings sons and all the royal officials of Judah |
| 1:10 |
but he did not invite Nathan the prophet Nathan or Benai′ahBenaiah or the mightywarriors men or Solomon his brother Solomon |
| 1:11 |
Then Nathan said to Bathshe′baBathsheba theSolomons mother of Solomon Have you not heard that Adoni′jahAdonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord David does not know it |
| 1:12 |
Now therefore come let me give you counseladvice so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon |
| 1:13 |
Go in at once to King David and say to him Did you not my lord the king swear to your maidservantservant saying: SolomonYour your son Solomon shall reignsucceed after me as king and he shall sit uponon my throne Why then is Adoni′jahAdonijah king |
| 1:14 |
Then while you are still there speaking with the king I also will come in after you and confirm your words |
| 1:15 |
So Bathshe′baBathsheba went to the king intoin his chamberroom nowThe the king was very old; andAbishag Ab′ishag the Shu′nammiteShunammite was ministeringattending to the king |
| 1:16 |
Bathshe′baBathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king and the king said What do you desirewish |
| 1:17 |
She said to him My lord you swore to your maidservantservant by the Lord your God saying: SolomonYour your son Solomon shall reignsucceed after me as king and he shall sit uponon my throne |
| 1:18 |
AndBut now beholdsuddenly Adoni′jahAdonijah ishas become king althoughthough you my lord the king do not know it |
| 1:19 |
He has sacrificed oxen fatlingsfatted cattle and sheep in abundance and has invited all the sonschildren of the king Abi′athar the priest Abiathar and Jo′abJoab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant Solomon he has not invited |
| 1:20 |
AndBut nowyou my lord the king —the eyes of all Israel are uponon you to 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 sleeps with his fathersancestors that I and my son Solomon and I will be counted offenders |
| 1:22 |
While she was still speaking with the king Nathan the prophet Nathan came in |
| 1:23 |
AndThe theyking was told the king Here is Nathan the prophet AndNathan whenWhen he came in before the king he boweddid beforeobeisance to the king with his face to the ground |
| 1:24 |
And Nathan said My lord the king have you said Adoni′jahAdonijah shall reignsucceed after me as king and he shall sit uponon my throne |
| 1:25 |
For today he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen fatlingsfatted cattle and sheep in abundance and has invited all the kings sonschildren Jo′abJoab the commander of the army and Abi′athar the priest; andAbiathar beholdwho they are now eating and drinking before him and saying Long live King Adoni′jahAdonijah |
| 1:26 |
But he did not invite me your servant and Zadok the priest Zadok and Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada and your servant Solomon he has not invited |
| 1:27 |
Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not toldlet your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him |
| 1:28 |
Then King David answered CallSummon Bathshe′baBathsheba to me So she came into the kings presence and stood before the king |
| 1:29 |
AndThe the king swore saying As the Lord lives who has redeemedsaved my soullife outfrom of every adversity |
| 1:30 |
as I swore to you by the Lord the God of Israel sayingYour son Solomon yourshall sonsucceed shallme reignas afterking me and he shall sit uponon my throne in my stead;place even so will I do this day |
| 1:31 |
Then Bathshe′baBathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and did obeisance to the king and said May my lord King David live for everforever |
| 1:32 |
King David said CallSummon to me Zadok the priest NathanZadok the prophet Nathan and Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada SoWhen they came before the king |
| 1:33 |
And the king said to them Take with you the servants of your lord and causehave Solomon my son toSolomon ride on my own mule and bring him down to Gihon; |
| 1:34 |
andThere let Zadok the priest Zadok and Nathan the prophet thereNathan anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and say Long live King Solomon |
| 1:35 |
You shall thengo come up afterfollowing him andLet hehim shallenter come and sit uponon my throne; for he shall be king in my steadplace; andfor I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah |
| 1:36 |
AndBenaiah Benai′ah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada answered the king Amen May the Lord the God of my lord the king say so ordain |
| 1:37 |
As the Lord has been with my lord the king even so may he be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David |
| 1:38 |
So Zadok the priest NathanZadok the prophet Nathan and Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada and the Cher′ethitesCherethites and the Pel′ethitesPelethites went down and causedhad Solomon to ride on King Davids mule and broughtled him to Gihon |
| 1:39 |
There Zadok the priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon Then they blew the trumpet; and all the people said Long live King Solomon |
| 1:40 |
And all the people went up afterfollowing him playing on pipes and rejoicing with great joy so that the earth wasquaked splitat by their noise |
| 1:41 |
Adoni′jahAdonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting AndWhen whenJoab Jo′ab heard the sound of the trumpet he said WhatWhy doesis thisthe uproarcity in thean cityuproar mean |
| 1:42 |
While he was still speaking behold Jonathan the son of Abi′athar the priest came;Abiathar andarrived Adoni′jahAdonijah said Come in for you are a worthy man and surely you bring good news |
| 1:43 |
Jonathan answered Adoni′jahAdonijah No for our lord King David has made Solomon king; |
| 1:44 |
and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest NathanZadok the prophet Nathan and Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada and the Cher′ethitesCherethites and the Pel′ethitesPelethites; and they havehad caused him to ride on the kings mule; |
| 1:45 |
and Zadok the priest Zadok and Nathan the prophet Nathan have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing so that the city is in an uproar This is the noise that you have heard |
| 1:46 |
Solomon now sits uponon the royal throne |
| 1:47 |
Moreover the kings servants came to congratulate our lord King David saying YourMay God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours and make his throne greater than your throne AndThe the king bowed himselfin uponworship on the bed |
| 1:48 |
Andand thewent kingon alsoto saidpray thus Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel who today has granted one of my offspring to sit on my throne thisand daypermitted myme ownto eyeswitness seeingit it |
| 1:49 |
Then all the guests of Adoni′jahAdonijah trembledgot andup rosetrembling and each went histheir own wayways |
| 1:50 |
AndAdonijah Adoni′jahfearing feared Solomon; andgot heup arose and went andto caughtgrasp hold of the horns of the altar |
| 1:51 |
AndSolomon it was toldinformed SolomonAdonijah Beholdis Adoni′jahafraid fearsof King Solomon; forsee lo he has laid hold of the horns of the altar saying Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slaykill his servant with the sword |
| 1:52 |
AndSo Solomon saidresponded If he proveproves to be a worthy man not one of his hairs shall fall to the earthground; but if wickedness is found in him he shall die |
| 1:53 |
SoThen King Solomon sent andto theyhave him brought him down from the altar AndHe he came andto diddo obeisance to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him Go to your househome |
| 2:1 |
When Davids time to die drew near he charged Solomon his son Solomon saying: |
| 2:2 |
I am about to go the way of all the earth Be strong andbe showcourageous yourself a man |
| 2:3 |
and keep the charge of the Lord your God walking in his ways and keeping his statutes his commandments his ordinances and his testimonies as it is written in the law of Moses so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; |
| 2:4 |
thatThen the Lord maywill establish his word whichthat he spoke concerning me: saying If your sonsheirs take heed to their way to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul there shall not fail you a mansuccessor on the throne of Israel |
| 2:5 |
Moreover you know also what Jo′abJoab the son of Zeru′iahZeruiah did to me how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel Abner the son of Ner and Ama′saAmasa the son of Jether whom he murdered avengingretaliating in time of peace for blood whichthat had been shed in war and putting innocentthe blood uponof war on the girdlebelt aboutaround myhis loinswaist and uponon the sandals on myhis feet |
| 2:7 |
ButDeal deal loyally however with the sons of Barzil′laiBarzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Ab′salom your brother Absalom |
| 2:8 |
AndThere there is also with you Shim′eShimei i the son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahu′rimBahurim who cursed me with a grievousterrible curse on the day when I went to Mahana′imMahanaim; but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan I swore to him by the Lord saying I will not put you to death with the sword |
| 2:9 |
NowTherefore thereforedo not hold him not guiltless for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him and you shallmust bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol |
| 2:10 |
Then David slept with his fathersancestors and was buried in the city of David |
| 2:11 |
AndThe the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty three years in Jerusalem |
| 2:12 |
So Solomon sat uponon the throne of David his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established |
| 2:13 |
Then Adoni′jahAdonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathshe′baBathsheba theSolomons mother ofShe Solomonasked And she said Do you come peaceably He said Peaceably |
| 2:14 |
Then he said May I have somethinga toword saywith to you She said SayGo on |
| 2:15 |
He said You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel fully expected me to reign; however the kingdom has turned about and become my brothers for it was his from the Lord |
| 2:16 |
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me She said to him SayGo on |
| 2:17 |
AndHe he said PrayPlease ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Ab′ishagAbishag the Shu′nammiteShunammite as my wife |
| 2:18 |
Bathshe′baBathsheba said Very well; I will speak for you to the king on your behalf |
| 2:19 |
So Bathshe′baBathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adoni′jahAdonijah AndThe the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne and had a seatthrone brought for the kings mother; and she sat on his right |
| 2:21 |
She said Let Ab′ishagAbishag the Shu′nammiteShunammite be given to Adoni′jah your brother Adonijah as his wife |
| 2:22 |
King Solomon answered his mother And why do you ask Ab′ishagAbishag the Shu′nammiteShunammite for Adoni′jahAdonijah Ask for him the kingdom also;as forwell For he is my elder brother; andask onnot hisonly sidefor arehim Abi′atharbut also for the priest Abiathar and Jo′abfor theJoab son of Zeru′iahZeruiah |
| 2:23 |
Then King Solomon swore by the Lord sayingSo may God do so to me and more also iffor Adonijah has devised this wordscheme doesat notthe costrisk Adoni′jahof his life |
| 2:24 |
Now therefore as the Lord lives who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father David and who has made me a house as he promised Adoni′jahtoday Adonijah shall be put to death this day |
| 2:25 |
So King Solomon sent Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada; and he struck him down and he died |
| 2:26 |
AndThe king said to Abi′athar the priest theAbiathar king said Go to An′athothAnathoth to your estate; for you deserve death But I will not at this time put you to death because you borecarried the ark of the Lord God before David my father David and because you shared in all the afflictionhardships of my father endured |
| 2:27 |
So Solomon expelledbanished Abi′atharAbiathar from being priest to the Lord thus fulfilling the word of the Lord whichthat he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh |
| 2:28 |
When the news came to Jo′abJoab—for Jo′abJoab had supported Adoni′jahAdonijah althoughthough he had not supported Ab′salomAbsalom—Jo′abJoab fled to the tent of the Lord and caughtgrasped hold of the horns of the altar |
| 2:29 |
AndWhen when it was told King Solomon Jo′abJoab has fled to the tent of the Lord and beholdnow he is beside the altar Solomon sent Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada saying Go strike him down |
| 2:30 |
So Benai′ahBenaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him The king commands Come forthout But he said No I will die here Then Benai′ahBenaiah brought the king word again saying Thus said Jo′abJoab and thus he answered me |
| 2:31 |
The king replied to him Do as he has said strike him down and bury him; and thus take away from me and from my fathers house the guilt for the blood whichthat Jo′abJoab shed without cause |
| 2:32 |
The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds uponon his own head because without the knowledge of my father David he attacked and slewkilled with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself Abner the son of Ner commander of the army of Israel and Ama′saAmasa the son of Jether commander of the army of Judah |
| 2:33 |
So shall their blood come back uponon the head of Jo′abJoab and uponon the head of his descendants for everforever; but to David and to his descendants and to his house and to his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forforevermore evermore |
| 2:34 |
Then Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him; and he was buried inat his own house innear the wilderness |
| 2:35 |
The king put Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada over the army in his place of Jo′ab and the king put Zadok the priest Zadok in the place of Abi′atharAbiathar |
| 2:36 |
Then the king sent and summoned Shim′eShimei i and said to him Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwelllive there and do not go forthout from there to any place whatever |
| 2:37 |
For on the day you go forthout and cross the brookWadi Kidron know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be uponon your own head |
| 2:38 |
And Shim′eShimei i said to the king WhatThe yousentence say is goodfair; as my lord the king has said so will your servant do So Shim′eShimei ilived dwelt in Jerusalem many days |
| 2:39 |
But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shim′eShimeis is slaves ran away to A′chishKing Achish son of Ma′acahMaacah king of Gath AndWhen when it was told Shim′eShimei iYour Behold your slaves are in Gath |
| 2:40 |
Shim′eShimei i arose and saddled ana assdonkey and went to Achish in Gath to A′chishsearch tofor seek his slaves; Shim′eShimei i went and brought his slaves from Gath |
| 2:41 |
AndWhen when Solomon was told that Shim′eShimei i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned |
| 2:42 |
the king sent and summoned Shim′eShimei i and said to him Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly admonishadjure you saying Know for certain that on the day you go forthout and go to any place whatever you shall die And you said to me WhatThe yousentence say is goodfair; I obeyaccept |
| 2:44 |
The king also said to Shim′eShimei i You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father David; so the Lord will bring back your evil uponon your own head |
| 2:45 |
But King Solomon shall be blessed and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forforever ever |
| 2:46 |
Then the king commanded Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada; and he went out and struck him down and he died So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon |
| 3:3 |
Solomon loved the Lord walking in the statutes of David his father David; only he sacrificed and burntoffered incense at the high places |
| 3:4 |
AndThe the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there for that was the greatprincipal high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings uponon that altar |
| 3:5 |
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said Ask what I shallshould give you |
| 3:6 |
And Solomon said ThouYou hasthave shown great and steadfast love to thyyour servant David my father David because he walked before theeyou in faithfulness in righteousness and in uprightness of heart toward theeyou; and thouyou hasthave kept for him this great and steadfast love and hasthave given him a son to sit on his throne thistoday day |
| 3:7 |
And now O Lord my God thouyou hasthave made thyyour servant king in place of David my father David although I am butonly a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in |
| 3:8 |
And thyyour servant is in the midst of thythe people whom thouyou hasthave chosen a great people thatso numerous they cannot be numbered or counted for multitude |
| 3:9 |
Give thyyour servant therefore an understanding mind to govern thyyour people thatable Ito may discern between good and evil; for who iscan able to govern this thyyour great people |
| 3:11 |
And God said to him Because you have asked this and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or for the life of your enemies but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right |
| 3:12 |
behold I now do according to your word BeholdIndeed I give you a wise and discerning mind; sono thatone none like you has been before you and noneno one like you shall arise after you |
| 3:13 |
I give you also what you have not asked both riches and honor soall thatyour life; no other king shall compare with you all your days |
| 3:14 |
AndIf if you will walk in my ways keeping my statutes and my commandments as your father David walked then I will lengthen your dayslife |
| 3:15 |
AndThen Solomon awoke; andit beholdhad itbeen was a dream ThenHe he came to Jerusalem andwhere he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord andHe offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings of well being and madeprovided a feast for all his servants |
| 3:16 |
ThenLater two harlotswomen who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him |
| 3:17 |
The one woman said OhPlease my lord this woman and I dwelllive in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house |
| 3:18 |
Then on the third day after I wasgave deliveredbirth this woman also gave birth; andWe we were alonetogether; there was no one else with us in the house only wethe two of us were in the house |
| 3:19 |
AndThen this womans son died in the night because she lay on ithim |
| 3:20 |
AndShe shegot aroseup atin midnightthe middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservantservant slept andShe laid ithim inat her bosombreast and laid her dead son inat my bosombreast |
| 3:21 |
When I rose in the morning to nurse my childson beholdI itsaw that he was dead; but when I looked at ithim closely in the morning beholdclearly it was not the childson that I had borne |
| 3:22 |
But the other woman said No the living childson is mine and the dead childson is yours The first said No the dead childson is yours and the living childson is mine ThusSo they spokeargued before the king |
| 3:23 |
Then the king said The one says This is my son that is alive and your son is dead; andwhile the other says No;Not butso yourYour son is dead and my son is the living one |
| 3:24 |
AndSo the king said Bring me a sword Soand they brought a sword was brought before the king |
| 3:25 |
AndThe the king said Divide the living childboy in two; andthen give half to the one and half to the other |
| 3:26 |
ThenBut the woman whose son was alive said to the king —because hercompassion heart yearned for her son Ohburned within her—Please my lord give her the living childboy; andcertainly bydo nonot meanskill slayhim itThe But the other said It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it |
| 3:27 |
Then the king answeredresponded: and said Give the livingfirst childwoman to the firstliving womanboy; anddo bynot nokill meanshim slayShe it; she is itshis mother |
| 3:28 |
AndAll all Israel heard of the judgment whichthat the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to renderexecute justice |
| 4:2 |
and these were his high officials: Azari′ahAzariah the son of Zadok was the priest; |
| 4:3 |
Elihor′ephElihoreph and Ahi′jahAhijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat the son of Ahi′ludAhilud was recorder; |
| 4:4 |
Benai′ahBenaiah the son of Jehoi′adaJehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abi′atharAbiathar were priests; |
| 4:5 |
Azari′ahAzariah the son of Nathan was over the officersofficials; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and kings friend; |
| 4:6 |
Ahi′sharAhishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoni′ramAdoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor |
| 4:7 |
Solomon had twelve officersofficials over all Israel who provided food for the king and his household; each manone had to make provision for one month in the year |
| 4:8 |
These were their names: Ben hur in the hill country of E′phraimEphraim; |
| 4:9 |
Ben deker in Makaz ShaShaalbim al′bim Beth she′meshshemesh and E′lonbethElon ha′nanbeth hanan; |
| 4:10 |
Ben hesed in Arub′bothArubboth to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher; |
| 4:11 |
Ben abin′adababinadab in all Naphath dor he had Taphath theSolomons daughter of Solomon as his wife; |
| 4:12 |
Ba′anaBaana the son of Ahi′ludAhilud in Ta′anachTaanach Megid′doMegiddo and all Beth she′anshean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel and from Beth she′anshean to A′belAbel meho′lahmeholah as far as the other side of Jok′meamJokmeam; |
| 4:13 |
Ben geber in Ramoth gilead he had the villages of Ja′irJair the son of Manas′sehManasseh which are in Gilead and he had the region of Argob which is in Bashan sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars; |
| 4:14 |
Ahin′adabAhinadab the son of Iddo in Mahana′imMahanaim; |
| 4:15 |
Ahi′maAhimaaz az in Naph′taliNaphtali he had taken Bas′emathBasemath theSolomons daughter of Solomon as his wife; |
| 4:16 |
Ba′anaBaana the son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth; |
| 4:17 |
Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat the son of Paru′ahParuah in Is′sacharIssachar; |
| 4:18 |
Shim′eShimei i the son of Ela in Benjamin; |
| 4:19 |
Geber the son of Uri in the land of Gilead the country of King Sihon king of the Amorites and of King Og king of Bashan And there was one officerofficial in the land of Judah |
| 4:20 |
Judah and Israel were as manynumerous as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy |
| 4:21 |
Solomon ruledwas sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphra′tesEuphrates to the land of the Philistines andeven to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life |
| 4:22 |
Solomons provision for one day was thirty cors of finechoice flour and sixty cors of meal |
| 4:23 |
ten fat oxen and twenty pasture fed cattle aone hundred sheep besides hartsdeer gazelles roebucks and fatted fowl |
| 4:24 |
For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphra′tesEuphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza over all the kings west of the Euphra′tesEuphrates; and he had peace on all sides round about him |
| 4:25 |
AndDuring Solomons lifetime Judah and Israel dweltlived in safety from Dan even to Beer sheba everyall manof them under histheir vinevines and under his fig treetrees all the days of Solomon |
| 4:27 |
AndThose thoseofficials officers supplied provisions for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomons table each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking |
| 4:28 |
BarleyThey also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required each according to his charge |
| 4:29 |
And God gave Solomon wisdomvery andgreat understandingwisdom beyonddiscernment measure and largenessbreadth of mindunderstanding likeas vast as the sand on the seashore |
| 4:31 |
ForHe he was wiser than allanyone otherelse men wiser than Ethan the Ez′rahiteEzrahite and Heman Calcol and Darda thechildren sons of Mahol; and his fame wasspread inthroughout all the surrounding nations round about |
| 4:32 |
He alsocomposed uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs werenumbered a thousand and five |
| 4:33 |
He spokewould speak of trees from the cedar that is in the Lebanon to the hyssop that grows outin of the wall; he spokewould alsospeak of beastsanimals and of birds and of reptiles and of fish |
| 4:34 |
AndPeople men came from all peoplesthe nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; andthey came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom |
| 5:1 |
Now King Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram had always lovedbeen a friend to David |
| 5:2 |
And Solomon sent word to Hiram saying |
| 5:3 |
You know that David my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet |
| 5:5 |
AndSo so I purposeintend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God as the Lord said to David my father David Your son whom I will set uponon your throne in your place shall build the house for my name |
| 5:6 |
NowTherefore therefore command that cedars offrom the Lebanon be cut for me; andMy my servants will join your servants and I will paygive you forwhatever yourwages servantsyou suchset wagesfor asyour you setservants; for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sido′niansSidonians |
| 5:7 |
When Hiram heard the words of Solomon he rejoiced greatly and said Blessed be the Lord thistoday day who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people |
| 5:8 |
And Hiram sent word to Solomon saying I have heard the message whichthat you have sent to me; I amwill readyfulfill to do all youyour desireneeds in the matter of cedar and cypress timber |
| 5:9 |
My servants shall bring it down to the sea from the Lebanon; and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you directindicate and I will have them broken up there andfor you shallto receivetake it;away andAnd you shall meet my wishesneeds by providing food for my household |
| 5:10 |
So Hiram supplied SolomonSolomons withevery allneed thefor timber of cedar and cypress that he desired |
| 5:11 |
while Solomon in turn gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household and twenty thousand cors of beatenfine oil Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year |
| 5:12 |
AndSo the Lord gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him; andThere there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and the two of them made a treaty |
| 5:13 |
King Solomon raisedconscripted a levy of forced labor out of all Israel; and the levy numbered thirty thousand men |
| 5:14 |
AndHe he sent them to the Lebanon ten thousand a month in relaysshifts; they would be a month in the Lebanon and two months at home; Adoni′ramAdoniram was in charge of the levyforced labor |
| 5:15 |
Solomon also had seventy thousand burdenlaborers bearers and eighty thousand hewersstonecutters of stone in the hill country |
| 5:16 |
besides Solomons three thousand three hundred chiefsupervisors officers who were over the work whohaving had charge of the people who carrieddid on the work |
| 5:18 |
So Solomons builders and Hirams builders and the menGebalites of Gebal did the hewingstonecutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house |
| 6:1 |
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the peopleIsraelites of Israel came 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 he began to build the house of the Lord |
| 6:2 |
The house whichthat King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high |
| 6:3 |
The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits longwide equalacross to the width of the house andIts depth was ten cubits deep in front of the house |
| 6:4 |
AndFor the house he made for the house windows with recessed frames |
| 6:5 |
He also built a structure against the wall of the house running roundaround the walls of the house both the nave and the inner sanctuary; and he made side chambers all around |
| 6:6 |
The lowest story was five cubits broadwide the middle one was six cubits broadwide and the third was seven cubits broadwide; for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house |
| 6:7 |
WhenThe the house was built it was with stone preparedfinished at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axeax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built |
| 6:8 |
The entrance for the lowestmiddle story was on the south side of the house;: and one went up by winding stairs to the middle story and from the middle story to the third |
| 6:9 |
So he built the house and finished it; and he maderoofed the ceiling of the house ofwith beams and planks of cedar |
| 6:12 |
Concerning this house whichthat you are building if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments andby walkwalking in them then I will establish my wordpromise with you which I spokemade to David your father David |
| 6:13 |
And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel |
| 6:18 |
The cedar within the house washad carvedcarvings in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar no stone was seen |
| 6:20 |
The interior of the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long twenty cubits wide and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold He also madeoverlaid anthe altar ofwith cedar |
| 6:21 |
And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold andthen he drew chains of gold across in front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid it with gold |
| 6:22 |
AndNext he overlaid the whole house with gold untilin allorder that the whole house wasmight finishedbe Alsoperfect; even the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold |
| 6:27 |
He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; and the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touchedwas touching the one wall and a wing of the other cherub touchedwas touching the other wall; their other wings touchedtoward each other in the middlecenter of the house were touching wing to wing |
| 6:28 |
AndHe healso overlaid the cherubim with gold |
| 6:29 |
He carved all the walls of the house roundall around about with carved figuresengravings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers in the inner and outer rooms |
| 6:31 |
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts formedwere afive pentagonsided |
| 6:32 |
He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim palm trees and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold and spread gold uponon the cherubim and uponon the palm trees |
| 6:33 |
So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood infour thesided formeach of a square |
| 6:35 |
OnHe them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; andoverlaying he overlaid them with gold evenly applied upon the carved work |
| 6:36 |
He built the inner court with three courses of hewndressed stone andto one course of cedar beams |
| 6:38 |
AndIn in the eleventh year in the month of Bul which is the eighth month the house was finished in all its parts and according to all its specifications He was seven years in building it |
| 7:2 |
He built the House of the Forest of the Lebanon; itsone length was a hundred cubits andlong its breadth fifty cubits wide and its height thirty cubits andhigh it was built uponon threefour rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams uponon the pillars |
| 7:3 |
AndIt it was coveredroofed with cedar aboveon the chambers that were upon the forty five pillarsrafters fifteen in each row which were on the pillars |
| 7:4 |
There were window frames in the three rows andfacing windoweach oppositeother window in the three tiersrows |
| 7:5 |
All the doorways and windowsdoorposts had squarefour sided frames andopposite windowfacing waseach oppositeother window in the three tiersrows |
| 7:6 |
AndHe he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits long and its breadth thirty cubits; therewide There was a porch in front with pillars and a canopy beforein front of them |
| 7:7 |
AndHe he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment even the Hall of Judgment;Justice itcovered was finished with cedar from floor to raftersfloor |
| 7:8 |
His own house where he waswould toreside dwell in the other court back of the hall was of likethe workmanshipsame construction Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaohs daughter whom he had taken in marriage |
| 7:9 |
All these were made of costly stones hewncut according to measure sawed with saws back and front even from the foundation to the coping and from theoutside court of the house of the Lord to the great court |
| 7:11 |
AndThere above were costly stones hewnabove accordingcut to measurementmeasure and cedarcedarwood |
| 7:12 |
The great court had three courses of hewndressed stone roundto aboutone andlayer a course of cedar beams all around; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and the vestibule of the house |
| 7:13 |
AndNow King Solomon sentinvited and broughtreceived Hiram from Tyre |
| 7:14 |
He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naph′taliNaphtali andwhose his father was a man of Tyre ahad workerbeen an artisan in bronze; and he was full of wisdomskill understandingintelligence and skillknowledge forin makingworking any work in bronze He came to King Solomon and did all his work |
| 7:15 |
He cast two pillars of bronze Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar and a linecord of twelve cubits measuredwould itsencircle circumference; it was hollow and its thickness was four fingers; the second pillar was the same |
| 7:16 |
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set uponon 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 |
ThenThere hewere made two nets of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals uponon the tops of the pillars; aseven net for the one capital and aseven net for the other capital |
| 7:18 |
LikewiseHe he made pomegranates;the incolumns with two rows roundaround abouteach uponlatticework the one network to cover the capitalcapitals that waswere uponabove the top of the pillarpomegranates; and he did the same with the other capital |
| 7:19 |
Now the capitals that were uponon the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily work four cubits high |
| 7:20 |
The capitals were uponon the two pillars and also above the rounded projection whichthat was beside the networklatticework; there were two hundred pomegranates in two rows roundall aboutaround; and so with the other capital |
| 7:21 |
He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the south and called itsit name Jachin; and he set up the pillar on the north and called itsit nameBoaz Bo′az |
| 7:22 |
AndOn upon the tops of the pillars was lily work Thus the work of the pillars was finished |
| 7:23 |
Then he made the molten sea; it was round ten cubits from brim to brim and five cubits high andA a line of thirty cubits measuredwould itsencircle circumferenceit completely |
| 7:24 |
Under its brim were gourdspanels forall thirtyaround it each of ten cubits compassingsurrounding the sea round about; thethere gourds were in two rows castof withpanels itcast when it was cast |
| 7:25 |
It stood uponon twelve oxen three facing north three facing west three facing south and three facing east; the sea was set uponon them andThe allhindquarters theirof hindereach parts were inwardtoward the inside |
| 7:26 |
Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand baths |
| 7:28 |
This was the construction of the stands: they had panelsborders; and the panelsborders were setwithin in the frames; |
| 7:29 |
and on the panelsborders that were set in the frames were lions oxen and cherubim UponOn the frames both above and below the lions and oxen there were wreaths of beveled work |
| 7:30 |
MoreoverEach each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze; and at the four corners were supports for a laverbasin The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each |
| 7:31 |
Its opening was within athe crown whichwhose projectedheight upwardwas one cubit; its opening was round as a pedestal is made; it was a cubit and a half deepwide At its opening there were carvings; and its panelsborders were squarefour sided not round |
| 7:32 |
AndThe the four wheels were underneath the panelsborders; the axles of the wheels were ofin one piece with the stands; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half |
| 7:35 |
AndOn on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panelsborders were of one piece with it |
| 7:36 |
AndOn on the surfaces of its stays and on its panelsborders he carved cherubim lions and palm trees accordingwhere toeach thehad space of each with wreaths roundall aboutaround |
| 7:37 |
AfterIn this mannerway he made the ten stands; all of them were cast alike ofwith the same measuresize and the same form |
| 7:38 |
AndHe he made ten laversbasins of bronze; each laverbasin held forty baths each laverbasin measured four cubits; and there was a laverbasin for each of the ten stands |
| 7:39 |
AndHe he set five of the stands five on the south side of the house and five on the north side of the house; and he set the sea aton the southeast corner of the house |
| 7:41 |
the two pillars the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars and the two networkslatticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; |
| 7:42 |
and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networkslatticeworks two rows of pomegranates for each networklatticework to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were uponon the pillars; |
| 7:43 |
the ten stands and the ten laversbasins uponon the stands; |
| 7:44 |
and the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath the sea |
| 7:45 |
NowThe the pots the shovels and the basins all these vessels inthat theHiram housemade offor theKing LordSolomon whichfor Hiramthe madehouse forof Kingthe SolomonLord were of burnished bronze |
| 7:47 |
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not found outdetermined |
| 7:49 |
the lampstands of pure gold five on the south side and five on the north beforein front of the inner sanctuary; the flowers the lamps and the tongs of gold; |
| 7:50 |
the cups snuffers basins dishes for incense and firepans of pure gold; and the sockets of gold for the doors of the innermost part of the house the most holy place and for the doors of the nave of the temple of gold |
| 7:51 |
Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished And Solomon brought in the things whichthat David his father David had dedicated the silver the gold and the vessels and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord |
| 8:1 |
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes the leaders of the fathersancestral houses of the peopleIsraelites of Israel before King Solomon in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David which is Zion |
| 8:2 |
AndAll all the menpeople of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feastfestival in the month Eth′animEthanim which is the seventh month |
| 8:3 |
And all the elders of Israel came and the priests tookcarried up the ark |
| 8:4 |
AndSo they brought up the ark of the Lord the tent of meeting and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up |
| 8:5 |
And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled before him were with him before the ark sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered |
| 8:8 |
AndThe the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place beforein front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside; and they are there to this day |
| 8:9 |
There was nothing in the ark except the two tablestablets of stone whichthat Moses puthad placed there at Horeb where the Lord made a covenant with the peopleIsraelites of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt |
| 8:12 |
Then Solomon said The Lord has set the sun in the heavens but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness |
| 8:13 |
I have built theeyou an exalted house a place for theeyou to dwell in for everforever |
| 8:14 |
Then the king facedturned aboutaround and blessed all the assembly of Israel while all the assembly of Israel stood |
| 8:15 |
AndHe he said Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father David saying |
| 8:16 |
Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt I chosehave nonot chosen a city infrom allany of 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 |
NowMy itfather wasDavid inhad theit heartin ofmind David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel |
| 8:18 |
But the Lord said to David my father WhereasDavid itYou wasdid inwell yourto heartconsider tobuilding build a house for my name you did well that it was in your heart; |
| 8:20 |
Now the Lord has fulfilledupheld histhe promise whichthat he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father andDavid; I sit on the throne of Israel as the Lord promised and I have built the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel |
| 8:21 |
AndThere there I have provided a place for the ark in which is the covenant of the Lord whichthat he made with our fathersancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt |
| 8:22 |
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forthout his hands towardto heaven; |
| 8:23 |
andHe said O Lord God of Israel there is no God like theeyou in heaven above or on earth beneath keeping covenant and showing steadfast love tofor thyyour servants who walk before theeyou with all their heart; |
| 8:24 |
whothe hastcovenant that you kept withfor thyyour servant David my father whatDavid thouas didstyou declaredeclared to him; yeayou thoupromised didst speak with thyyour mouth and withhave thythis handday hast fulfilled itwith thisyour dayhand |
| 8:25 |
NowTherefore therefore O Lord God of Israel keep withfor thyyour servant David my father whatDavid thouthat hastwhich you promised him saying There shall never fail you a mansuccessor before me to sit uponon the throne of Israel if only your sonschildren takelook heed to their way to walk before me as you have walked before me |
| 8:26 |
NowTherefore therefore O God of Israel let thyyour word be confirmed which thouyou hastpromised spoken to thyyour servant David my father David |
| 8:27 |
But will God indeed dwell on the earth BeholdEven heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee;you how much less this house whichthat I have built |
| 8:28 |
YetRegard haveyour regardservants to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplicationplea O Lord my God hearkeningheeding to the cry and to the prayer whichthat thyyour servant prays beforeto theeyou this daytoday; |
| 8:29 |
that thyyour eyes may be open night and day toward this house the place of which thouyou hast said My name shall be there that thouyou mayestmay hearkenheed to the prayer whichthat thyyour servant offersprays toward this place |
| 8:30 |
AndHear hearken thou to the supplicationplea of thyyour servant and of thyyour people Israel when they pray toward this place; yeaO hear thou in heaven thyyour dwelling place; heed and when thou hearest forgive |
| 8:31 |
If asomeone man sins against hisa neighbor and is madegiven to take an oath to swear and comes and swears his oath before thineyour altar in this house |
| 8:32 |
then hear thou in heaven and act and judge thyyour servants condemning the guilty by bringing histheir conduct uponon histheir own head and vindicating the righteous by rewarding himthem according to histheir righteousness |
| 8:33 |
When thyyour people Israel having sinned against you are defeated before thean enemy becausebut they have sinned against thee if they turn again to theeyou andconfess acknowledgeyour thy name and pray and makeplead supplicationwith toyou thee in this house; |
| 8:34 |
then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thyyour people Israel and bring them again to the land whichthat thouyou gavestgave to their fathersancestors |
| 8:35 |
When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against theeyou ifand then they pray toward this place andconfess acknowledgeyour thy name and turn from their sin whenbecause thouyou dostpunish afflict them |
| 8:36 |
then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thyyour servants thyyour people Israel when thouyou dost teach them the good way in which they should walk; and grant rain uponon thyyour land which thouyou hasthave given to thyyour people as an inheritance |
| 8:37 |
If there is famine in the land if there is pestilenceplague or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in any of their cities; whatever plague whatever sickness there is; |
| 8:38 |
whatever prayer whatever supplicationplea there is madefrom by any manindividual or byfrom all thyyour people Israel eachall knowing the afflictionafflictions of histheir own hearthearts andso stretchingthat they stretch out histheir hands toward this house; |
| 8:39 |
then hear thou in heaven thyyour dwelling place and forgive and act and render to eachall whose hearthearts thouyou knowest know—according to all histheir ways for thou thou only knowestyou theknow heartswhat ofis allin theevery childrenhuman ofheart— men; |
| 8:40 |
so that they may fear theeyou all the days that they live in the land whichthat thouyou gavestgave to our fathersancestors |
| 8:41 |
Likewise when a foreigner who is not of thyyour people Israel comes from a fardistant countryland forbecause thyof namesyour sakename |
| 8:42 |
—for they shall hear of thyyour great name andyour thy mighty hand and ofyour thy outstretched arm —when hea foreigner comes and prays toward this house |
| 8:43 |
then hear thou in heaven thyyour dwelling place and do according to all forthat which the foreigner calls to thee;you inso order that all the peoples of the earth may know thyyour name and fear theeyou as do thyyour people Israel and so that they may know that your name has been invoked on this house whichthat I have built is called by thy name |
| 8:44 |
If thyyour people go out to battle against their enemy by whatever way thouyou shaltshall send them and they pray to the Lord toward the city whichthat thouyou hasthave chosen and the house whichthat I have built for thyyour name |
| 8:45 |
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplicationplea and maintain their cause |
| 8:46 |
If they sin against theeyou—for there is no manone who does not sin—and thouyou artare angry with them and dost give them to an enemy so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy far off or near; |
| 8:47 |
yet if they laycome it to hearttheir senses in the land to which they have been carriedtaken captive and repent and makeplead supplicationwith toyou thee in the land of their captors saying We have sinned and have acteddone perverselywrong; andwe have acted wickedly; |
| 8:48 |
if they repent with all their mindheart and withsoul all their heart in the land of their enemies who carriedtook them captive and pray to theeyou toward their land which thouyou gavestgave to their fathersancestors the city whichthat thouyou hasthave chosen and the house whichthat I have built for thyyour name; |
| 8:49 |
then hear thou in heaven thyyour dwelling place their prayer and their supplicationplea and maintain their cause |
| 8:50 |
and forgive thyyour people who have sinned against theeyou and all their transgressions whichthat they have committed against theeyou; and grant them compassion in the sight of thosetheir whocaptors carriedso them captive that they may have compassion on them |
| 8:51 |
for they are thyyour people and thy heritage which thouyou didstbrought bring out of Egypt from the midst of the iron furnacesmelter |
| 8:52 |
Let thyyour eyes be open to the supplicationplea of thyyour servant and to the supplicationplea of thyyour people Israel givinglistening ear to them whenever they call to theeyou |
| 8:53 |
For thouyou didsthave separateseparated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be thyyour heritage just as thouyou didstpromised declare through Moses thyyour servant when thouyou didstbrought bring our fathersancestors out of Egypt O Lord God |
| 8:54 |
Now aswhen Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplicationthis plea to the Lord he arose from beforefacing the altar of the Lord where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven; |
| 8:55 |
and he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice saying : |
| 8:56 |
Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel according to all that he promised; not one word has failed of all his good promise which he utteredspoke bythrough Moses his servant Moses |
| 8:57 |
The Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathersancestors; may he not leave us or forsakeabandon us; |
| 8:58 |
thatbut he may incline our hearts to him to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments his statutes and his ordinances which he commanded our fathersancestors |
| 8:59 |
Let these words of mine wherewithwith which I havepleaded made supplication before the Lord be near to the Lord our God day and night and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel as each day requires; |
| 8:60 |
so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other |
| 8:61 |
LetTherefore yourdevote heartyourselves thereforecompletely be wholly true to the Lord our God walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments as at this day |
| 8:63 |
Solomon offered as peacesacrifices offeringsof well being to the Lord twenty two thousand oxen and aone hundred and twenty thousand sheep So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord |
| 8:64 |
The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was beforein front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the burnt offeringofferings and the cerealgrain offeringofferings and the fat pieces of the peacesacrifices offeringsof well being because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offeringofferings and the cerealgrain offeringofferings and the fat pieces of the peacesacrifices offeringsof well being |
| 8:65 |
So Solomon held the feastfestival at that time and all Israel with him —a great assembly people from theLebo entrancehamath of Hamath to the BrookWadi of Egypt —before the Lord our God seven days |
| 8:66 |
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king and went to their homestents joyful and gladin ofgood heartspirits forbecause of all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant David and to Israel his people Israel |
| 9:3 |
AndThe the Lord said to him I have heard your prayer and your supplicationplea which you have made before me; I have consecrated this house whichthat you have built and put my name there for everforever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time |
| 9:4 |
AndAs as for you if you will walk before me as David your father walked with integrity of heart and uprightness doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my ordinances |
| 9:5 |
then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forforever ever as I promised David your father David saying There shall not fail you a mansuccessor uponon the throne of Israel |
| 9:6 |
ButIf if you turn aside from following me you or your children and do not keep my commandments and my statutes whichthat I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them |
| 9:7 |
then I will cut Israel off Israel from the land whichthat I have given them; and the house whichthat I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel will become a proverb and a bywordtaunt among all peoples |
| 9:8 |
AndThis this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss; and they will say Why has the Lord done thussuch a thing to this land and to this house |
| 9:9 |
Then they will say Because they forsookhave forsaken the Lord their God who brought their fathersancestors out of the land of Egypt and laidembraced hold on other gods andworshiping worshiped them and servedserving them; therefore the Lord has brought all this evildisaster upon them |
| 9:11 |
andKing Hiram king of Tyre hadhaving supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold as much as he desired King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee |
| 9:12 |
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities whichthat Solomon had given him they did not please him |
| 9:13 |
Therefore he said What kind of cities are these whichthat you have given me my brother So they are called the land of Cabul to this day |
| 9:14 |
But Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold |
| 9:15 |
AndThis this is the account of the forced labor whichthat King Solomon leviedconscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor andMegiddo Megid′do and Gezer |
| 9:16 |
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burntburned it withdown fire and had slainkilled the Canaanites who dweltlived in the city and had given it as dowry to his daughter Solomons wife; |
| 9:17 |
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth hor′onhoron |
| 9:18 |
andBaalath Ba′alath and Tamar in the wilderness inwithin the land of Judah |
| 9:19 |
andas allwell theas storeall citiesof thatSolomons Solomonstorage hadcities and the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemencavalry and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion |
| 9:20 |
All the people who were left of the Amorites the Hittites the Per′izzitesPerizzites the Hivites and the Jeb′usitesJebusites who were not of the people of Israel— |
| 9:21 |
their descendants who were still left after them in the land whom the peopleIsraelites of Israel were unable to destroy utterlycompletely—these Solomon madeconscripted afor forcedslave levylabor of slaves and so they are to this day |
| 9:22 |
But of the peopleIsraelites of Israel Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers they were his officials his commanders his captains hisand chariotthe commanders andof his horsemenchariotry and cavalry |
| 9:23 |
These were the chief officers who were over Solomons work: five hundred and fifty who had charge of the people who carried on the work |
| 9:24 |
But Pharaohs daughter went up from the city of David to her own house whichthat Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo |
| 9:25 |
Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peacesacrifices offeringsof uponwell being on the altar whichthat he built tofor the Lord burningoffering incense before the Lord So he finishedcompleted the house |
| 9:26 |
King Solomon built a fleet of ships at E′zionEzion ge′bergeber which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom |
| 9:27 |
And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet hissailors servants seamen who were familiar with the sea together with the servants of Solomon; |
| 9:28 |
andThey they went to Ophir and broughtimported from there gold to the amount of four hundred and twenty talents; andof gold which they broughtdelivered it to King Solomon |
| 10:1 |
NowWhen when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerningfame due to the name of the Lord she came to test him with hard questions |
| 10:3 |
And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king whichthat he could not explain to her |
| 10:4 |
AndWhen when the queen of Sheba had seenobserved all the wisdom of Solomon the house that he had built |
| 10:5 |
the food of his table the seating of his officials and the attendance of his servants their clothing his cupbearersvalets and his burnt offerings whichthat he offered at the house of the Lord there was no more spirit in her |
| 10:6 |
AndSo she said to the king The report was true whichthat I heard in my own land of your affairsaccomplishments and of your wisdom |
| 10:7 |
but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; andNot beholdeven the half washad notbeen told me; your wisdom and prosperity far surpass the report whichthat I had heard |
| 10:8 |
Happy are your wives Happy are these your servants who continually standattend before you and hear your wisdom |
| 10:9 |
Blessed be the Lord your God who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel Because the Lord loved Israel forforever ever he has made you king thatto you may execute justice and righteousness |
| 10:10 |
Then she gave the king aone hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones; never again camedid suchspices ancome abundancein ofsuch spicesquantity as thesethat which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon |
| 10:11 |
Moreover the fleet of Hiram which broughtcarried gold from Ophir brought from Ophir a very great amountquantity of almug wood and precious stones |
| 10:12 |
AndFrom the kingalmug madewood of the almugking woodmade supports for the house of the Lord and for the kings house lyres also and harps for the singers; no such almug wood has come or been seen to this day |
| 10:13 |
AndMeanwhile King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba allevery desire that she desiredexpressed whateveras shewell askedas besides what washe givengave her byout theof bountySolomons ofroyal Kingbounty SolomonThen So she turnedreturned and went back to her own land with her servants |
| 10:14 |
NowThe the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold |
| 10:15 |
besides that which came from the traders and from the trafficbusiness of the merchants and from all the kings of Arabia and from the governors of the land |
| 10:16 |
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each large shield |
| 10:17 |
AndHe he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon |
| 10:19 |
The throne had six steps andThe attop the back of the throne was arounded calfsin headthe back and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests |
| 10:20 |
while twelve lions stoodwere therestanding one on each end of a step on the six steps TheNothing like of it was neverever made in any kingdom |
| 10:21 |
All King Solomons drinking vessels were of gold and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Leb′anonLebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver —it was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon |
| 10:24 |
AndThe the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put into his mind |
| 10:25 |
Every one of them brought hisa present articlesobjects of silver and gold garments myrrhweaponry spices horses and mules so much year by year |
| 10:26 |
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemenhorses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemenhorses whomwhich he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem |
| 10:27 |
AndThe the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stonestones and he made cedarcedars as plentifulnumerous as the sycamoresycamores of the Shephe′lahShephelah |
| 10:28 |
And Solomons import of horses was from Egypt and Ku′eKue and the kings traders received them from Ku′eKue at a price |
| 10:29 |
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for aone hundred and fifty; and so through the kings traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of SyriaAram |
| 11:1 |
Now King Solomon loved many foreign women: along with the daughter of Pharaoh: and Moabite Ammonite E′domiteEdomite Sido′nianSidonian and Hittite women |
| 11:2 |
from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the peopleIsraelites of Israel You shall not enter into marriage with them neither shall they with you; for surely they will turnsurely awayincline your heart afterto follow their gods; Solomon clung to these in love |
| 11:3 |
HeAmong hadhis wives were seven hundred wives princesses and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart |
| 11:4 |
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God as was the heart of David his father David |
| 11:5 |
For Solomon wentfollowed afterAstarte Ash′toreth the goddess of the Sido′niansSidonians and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites |
| 11:6 |
So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not whollycompletely follow the Lord as David his father David had done |
| 11:8 |
AndHe sodid hethe didsame for all his foreign wives who burnedoffered incense and sacrificed to their gods |
| 11:9 |
AndThen the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord the God of Israel who had appeared to him twice |
| 11:10 |
and had commanded him concerning this thingmatter that he should not gofollow after other gods; but he did not keepobserve what the Lord commanded |
| 11:11 |
Therefore the Lord said to Solomon Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes whichthat I have commanded you I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant |
| 11:12 |
Yet for the sake of David your father David I will not do it in your dayslifetime; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son |
| 11:13 |
However I will not however tear away all the entire kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of David my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen |
| 11:14 |
AndThen the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon Hadad the E′domiteEdomite; he was of the royal house in Edom |
| 11:15 |
For when David was in Edom and Jo′abJoab the commander of the army went up to bury the slaindead he slewkilled every male in Edom |
| 11:16 |
for Jo′abJoab and all Israel remained there six months until he had cuteliminated off every male in Edom; |
| 11:17 |
but Hadad fled to Egypt together with certainsome E′domitesEdomites who were servants of his fathersfather servantsHe Hadadwas beinga yetyoung aboy littleat childthat time |
| 11:18 |
They set out from Mid′ianMidian and came to Paran; andthey took menpeople with them from Paran and came to Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt who gave him a house and assigned him an allowance of food and gave him land |
| 11:19 |
And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh so that he gave him inhis marriagesister thein sisterlaw offor hisa own wife the sister of Tah′penesQueen theTahpenes queen |
| 11:20 |
AndThe the sister of Tah′penesTahpenes boregave birth by him Genu′bathto his son Genubath whom Tah′penesTahpenes weaned in Pharaohs house; andGenubath Genu′bath was in Pharaohs house among the sonschildren of Pharaoh |
| 11:21 |
ButWhen when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathersancestors and that Jo′abJoab the commander of the army was dead Hadad said to Pharaoh Let me depart that I may go to my own country |
| 11:22 |
But Pharaoh said to him What havedo you lackedlack with me that you are now seekingseek to go to your own country And he said toNo himdo Only let me go |
| 11:23 |
God also raised up asanother an adversary toagainst himSolomon Rezon the son of Eli′adaEliada who had fled from his master HadadKing e′zerHadadezer king of Zobah |
| 11:24 |
AndHe he gathered menfollowers aboutaround him and became leader of a marauding band after the slaughter by David; and they went to Damascus andsettled dwelt there and made him king in Damascus |
| 11:25 |
He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon doingmaking mischieftrouble as Hadad did; and he abhorreddespised Israel and reigned over SyriaAram |
| 11:26 |
Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat an E′phraimiteEphraimite of Zer′edahZeredah a servant of Solomon whose mothers name was Zeru′ahZeruah a widow alsorebelled lifted up his hand against the king |
| 11:27 |
AndThe thisfollowing was the reason why he liftedrebelled up his hand against the king Solomon built the Millo and closed up the breachgap in the wall of the city of David his father David |
| 11:28 |
The man Jerobo′amJeroboam was very able and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph |
| 11:29 |
AndAbout at that time when Jerobo′amJeroboam wentwas outleaving of Jerusalem the prophet Ahi′jahAhijah the Shi′loniteShilonite found him on the road NowAhijah Ahi′jah had cladclothed himself with a new garment; andThe the two of them were alone in the open country |
| 11:30 |
Thenwhen Ahi′jahAhijah laid hold of the new garment thathe was onwearing him and tore it into twelve pieces |
| 11:31 |
AndHe hethen said to Jerobo′amJeroboam: Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the Lord the God of Israel BeholdSee I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes |
| 11:32 |
butOne hetribe shallwill haveremain onehis tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem the city whichthat I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel |
| 11:33 |
This is because he has forsaken me and worshiped Ash′torethAstarte the goddess of the Sido′niansSidonians Chemosh the god of Moab and Milcom the god of the Ammonites and has not walked in my ways doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances as David his father David did |
| 11:34 |
Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom outaway offrom hishim hand; but I will make him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant David whom I chose and who keptdid keep my commandments and my statutes; |
| 11:35 |
but I will take the kingdom outaway offrom his sonsson hand and will give it to you—that is the ten tribes |
| 11:36 |
Yet to his son I will give one tribe so that David my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem the city where I have chosen to put my name |
| 11:37 |
And I will take you and you shall reign over all that your soul desires; and you shall be king over Israel |
| 11:38 |
AndIf if you will hearkenlisten to all that I command you and will walk in my ways and do what is right in my eyessight by keeping my statutes and my commandments as David my servant did I will be with you and will build you aan sureenduring house as I built for David and I will give Israel to you |
| 11:39 |
AndFor this reason I will forpunish this afflict the descendants of David but not forforever ever |
| 11:40 |
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jerobo′amJeroboam; but Jerobo′amJeroboam arosepromptly and fled intoto Egypt to King Shishak king of Egypt and wasremained in Egypt until the death of Solomon |
| 11:41 |
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and all that he did andas well as his wisdom are they not written in the bookBook of the actsActs of Solomon |
| 11:42 |
AndThe the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years |
| 11:43 |
And Solomon slept with his fathersancestors and was buried in the city of David his father David; and Rehobo′am his son reignedRehoboam insucceeded his steadhim |
| 12:1 |
Rehobo′amRehoboam went to Shechem for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king |
| 12:2 |
AndWhen whenJeroboam Jerobo′am the son of Nebat heard of it for he was still in Egypt whitherwhere he had fled from King Solomon then Jerobo′amJeroboam returned from Egypt |
| 12:3 |
And they sent and called him; and Jerobo′amJeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehobo′amRehoboam |
| 12:4 |
Your father made our yoke heavy Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke uponthat he placed on us and we will serve you |
| 12:5 |
He said to them DepartGo away for three days then come again to me So the people went away |
| 12:6 |
Then King Rehobo′amRehoboam took counsel with the oldolder men who had stoodattended before Solomon his father Solomon while he was yetstill alive saying How do you advise me to answer this people |
| 12:7 |
AndThey theyanswered said to him If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them and speak good words to them when you answer them then they will be your servants forforever ever |
| 12:8 |
But he forsookdisregarded the counseladvice whichthat the oldolder men gave him and tookconsulted counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stoodnow beforeattended him |
| 12:9 |
AndHe he said to them What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me Lighten the yoke that your father put uponon us |
| 12:10 |
AndThe the young men who had grown up with him said to him Thus shall you speakshould say to this people who saidspoke to you Your father made our yoke heavy but do you must lighten it for us; thus shall you should say to them My little finger is thicker than my fathers loins |
| 12:11 |
AndNow now whereas my father laid uponon you a heavy yoke I will add to your yoke My father chastiseddisciplined you with whips but I will chastisediscipline you with scorpions |
| 12:12 |
So Jerobo′amJeroboam and all the people came to Rehobo′amRehoboam the third day as the king had said Come to me again the third day |
| 12:13 |
AndThe the king answered the people harshly andHe forsakingdisregarded the counseladvice whichthat the oldolder men had given him |
| 12:14 |
heand spoke to them according to the counseladvice of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy but I will add to your yoke; my father chastiseddisciplined you with whips but I will chastisediscipline you with scorpions |
| 12:15 |
So the king did not hearkenlisten to the people; forbecause it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfilfulfill his word which the Lord spokehad spoken by Ahi′jahAhijah the Shi′loniteShilonite to Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat |
| 12:16 |
AndWhen when all Israel saw that the king didwould not hearkenlisten to them the people answered the king What portionshare havedo we have in David We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse To your tents O Israel Look now to your own house O David So Israel departedwent away to their tents |
| 12:17 |
But Rehobo′amRehoboam reigned over the peopleIsraelites ofwho Israelwere wholiving dwelt in the citiestowns of Judah |
| 12:18 |
ThenWhen King Rehobo′amRehoboam sent Ador′amAdoram who was taskmaster over the forced labor and all Israel stoned him to death with stones And King Rehobo′amRehoboam madethen hastehurriedly tomounted mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem |
| 12:20 |
AndWhen when all Israel heard that Jerobo′amJeroboam had returned they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel There was noneno thatone who followed the house of David butexcept the tribe of Judah onlyalone |
| 12:21 |
When Rehobo′amRehoboam came to Jerusalem he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin aone hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriorstroops to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehobo′amRehoboam the son of Solomon |
| 12:22 |
But the word of God came to Shemai′ahShemaiah the man of God: |
| 12:23 |
Say to Rehobo′amKing theRehoboam son of SolomonJudah kingson of JudahSolomon and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people |
| 12:24 |
Thus says the Lord You shall not go up or fight against your kinsmenkindred the people of Israel ReturnLet everyeveryone mango to his home for this thing is from me So they hearkenedheeded to the word of the Lord and went home again according to the word of the Lord |
| 12:25 |
Then Jerobo′amJeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of E′phraimEphraim and dweltresided there; and he went out from there and built Penu′elPenuel |
| 12:26 |
AndThen Jerobo′amJeroboam said into hishimself heart Now the kingdom willmay turnwell backrevert to the house of David; |
| 12:27 |
ifIf this people continues to go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem then the heart of this people will turn again to their lordmaster toKing Rehobo′amRehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehobo′amKing kingRehoboam of Judah |
| 12:28 |
So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold AndHe he said to the people You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough BeholdHere are your gods O Israel who brought you up out of the land of Egypt |
| 12:29 |
AndHe he set one in Bethel and the other he put in Dan |
| 12:30 |
And this thing became a sin for the people went to worship before the one at Bethel and tobefore the other as far as Dan |
| 12:31 |
He also made houses on high places and appointed priests from among all the people who were not of the Levites |
| 12:32 |
AndJeroboam Jerobo′am appointed a feastfestival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feastfestival that was in Judah and he offered sacrifices uponon the altar; so he did in Bethel sacrificing to the calves that he had made And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made |
| 12:33 |
He went up to the altar whichthat he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month in the month whichthat he alone had devised of his own heart; and he ordainedappointed a feastfestival for the people of Israel and he went up to the altar to burnoffer incense |
| 13:1 |
AndWhile beholdJeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel Jerobo′am was standing by the altar to burn incense |
| 13:2 |
Andand theproclaimed man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said O altar altar thus says the Lord: BeholdA a son shall be born to the house of David Josi′ahJosiah by name; and he shall sacrifice uponon you the priests of the high places who burnoffer incense uponon you and menshuman bones shall be burned uponon you |
| 13:3 |
AndHe he gave a sign the same day saying This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: BeholdThe the altar shall be torn down and the ashes that are uponon it shall be poured out |
| 13:4 |
AndWhen when the king heard thewhat saying of the man of God whichcried heout cried against the altar at Bethel Jerobo′amJeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar saying LaySeize hold of him AndBut histhe hand whichthat he stretched out against him driedwithered up so that he could not draw it back to himself |
| 13:5 |
The altar also was torn down and the ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign whichthat the man of God had given by the word of the Lord |
| 13:6 |
AndThe the king said to the man of God Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me so that my hand may be restored to me AndSo the man of God entreated the Lord; and the kings hand was restored to him and became as it was before |
| 13:7 |
AndThen the king said to the man of God Come home with me and refreshdine yourself and I will give you a rewardgift |
| 13:8 |
AndBut the man of God said to the king If you give me half your housekingdom I will not go in with you; Andnor I will notI eat breadfood or drink water in this place; |
| 13:9 |
forFor sothus I was it commanded me by the word of the Lord: saying You shall neithernot eat breadfood noror drink water noror return by the way that you came |
| 13:10 |
So he went another way and did not return by the way that he camehad come to Bethel |
| 13:11 |
Now there dweltlived an old prophet in Bethel AndOne of his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words also whichthat he had spoken to the king they told to their father |
| 13:12 |
AndTheir their father said to them Which way did he go And his sons showed him the way whichthat the man of God who came from Judah had gone |
| 13:13 |
AndThen he said to his sons Saddle thea assdonkey for me So they saddled thea assdonkey for him and he mounted it |
| 13:14 |
AndHe he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; andtree heHe said to him Are you the man of God who came from Judah AndHe heanswered said I am |
| 13:15 |
Then he said to him Come home with me and eat breadsome food |
| 13:16 |
AndBut he said I maycannot not return with you or go in with you; neithernor will I eat breadfood noror drink water with you in this place; |
| 13:17 |
for it was said to me by the word of the Lord: You shall neithernot eat breadfood noror drink water there noror return by the way that you came |
| 13:18 |
AndThen hethe other said to him I also am a prophet as you are and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: saying Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat breadfood and drink water But he liedwas todeceiving him |
| 13:19 |
SoThen hethe man of God went back with him and ate breadfood and drank water in his house and drank water |
| 13:20 |
AndAs as they satwere sitting at the table the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back; |
| 13:21 |
and he criedproclaimed to the man of God who came from Judah Thus says the Lord: Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the commandment whichthat the Lord your God commanded you |
| 13:22 |
but have come back and have eaten breadfood and drunk water in the place of which he said to you Eat no breadfood and drink no water; your body shall not come to theyour ancestral tomb of your fathers |
| 13:23 |
AndAfter afterthe heman of God had eaten breadfood and had drunk hethey saddled thefor asshim fora donkey belonging to the prophet whomwho he had brought him back |
| 13:24 |
AndThen as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him AndHis his body was thrown in the road and the assdonkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body |
| 13:25 |
AndPeople behold men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road andwith the lion standing by the body And they came and told it in the citytown where the old prophet dweltlived |
| 13:26 |
AndWhen when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it he said It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion which has torn him and slainkilled him according to the word whichthat the Lord spoke to him |
| 13:27 |
AndThen he said to his sons Saddle thea assdonkey for me AndSo they saddled itone |
| 13:28 |
Andand he went and found histhe body thrown in the road andwith the assdonkey and the lion standing beside the body The lion had not eaten the body or tornattacked the assdonkey |
| 13:29 |
AndThe the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it uponon the assdonkey and brought it back to the city to mourn and to bury him |
| 13:30 |
AndHe he laid the body in his own grave; and they mourned over him saying Alas my brother |
| 13:31 |
AndAfter after he had buried him he said to his sons When I die bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones |
| 13:32 |
For the saying whichthat he criedproclaimed by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places whichthat are in the cities of Samar′iaSamaria shall surely come to pass |
| 13:33 |
AfterEven after this thingevent Jerobo′amJeroboam did not turn from his evil way but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who wouldwanted he consecrated to be priests ofhe consecrated for the high places |
| 13:34 |
AndThis thismatter thing became sin to the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth |
| 14:1 |
At that time Abi′jahAbijah the son of Jerobo′amJeroboam fell sick |
| 14:2 |
AndJeroboam Jerobo′am said to his wife AriseGo and disguise yourself so that it bewill not be known that you are the wife of Jerobo′amJeroboam and go to Shiloh; beholdfor Ahi′jah the prophet Ahijah is there who said of me that I should be king over this people |
| 14:4 |
Jerobo′amsJeroboams wife did so; she aroseset out and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahi′jahAhijah Now Ahi′jahAhijah could not see for his eyes were dim because of his age |
| 14:5 |
AndBut the Lord said to Ahi′jahAhijah BeholdThe the wife of Jerobo′amJeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick Thus and thus you shall you say to her When she came she pretended to be another woman |
| 14:6 |
But when Ahi′jahAhijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door he said Come in wife of Jerobo′amJeroboam; why do you pretend to be another For I am charged with heavy tidings for you |
| 14:7 |
Go tell Jerobo′amJeroboam Thus says the Lord the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel |
| 14:8 |
and tore the kingdom away from the house of David andto gavegive it to you; and yet you have not been like my servant David who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart doing only that which was right in my eyessight |
| 14:9 |
but you have done evil above all thatthose who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and moltencast images provoking me to anger and have castthrust me behind your back; |
| 14:10 |
therefore behold I will bring evil upon the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam andI will cut off from Jerobo′amJeroboam every male both bond and free in Israel and will utterly consume the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam just as aone man burns up dung until it is all gone |
| 14:11 |
AnyAnyone one belonging to Jerobo′amJeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and anyanyone one who dies in the open country the birds of the air shall eat; for the Lord has spoken it |
| 14:12 |
AriseTherefore thereforeset out go to your house When your feet enter the city the child shall die |
| 14:13 |
AndAll all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him; for he onlyalone of Jerobo′amJeroboams family shall come to the grave because in him there is found something pleasing to the Lord the God of Israel in the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam |
| 14:14 |
Moreover the Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam today Andeven henceforthright now |
| 14:15 |
theThe Lord will smitestrike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water; andhe will root up Israel out of this good land whichthat he gave to their fathersancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphra′tesEuphrates because they have made their Ashe′rimsacred poles provoking the Lord to anger |
| 14:16 |
AndHe he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jerobo′amJeroboam which he sinned and which he madecaused Israel to sincommit |
| 14:17 |
Then Jerobo′amsJeroboams wife arosegot up and departedwent away and she came to Tirzah AndAs as she came to the threshold of the house the child died |
| 14:18 |
AndAll all Israel buried him and mourned for him according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servant Ahi′jah the prophet Ahijah |
| 14:19 |
Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo′amJeroboam how he warred and how he reigned behold they are written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 14:20 |
AndThe the time that Jerobo′amJeroboam reigned was twenty two years; andthen he slept with his fathersancestors and Nadab his son reignedNadab insucceeded his steadhim |
| 14:21 |
Now Rehobo′amRehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah Rehobo′amRehoboam was forty one years old when he began to reign and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city whichthat the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there His mothers name was Na′amahNaamah the AmmonitessAmmonite |
| 14:22 |
And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins whichthat they committed more than all that their fathersancestors had done |
| 14:23 |
For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Ashe′rimsacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree; |
| 14:24 |
and there were also male culttemple prostitutes in the land They didcommitted according to all the abominations of the nations whichthat the Lord drove out before the people of Israel |
| 14:25 |
In the fifth year of King Rehobo′amRehoboam King Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; |
| 14:26 |
he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the kings house; he took away everything He also took away all the shields of gold whichthat Solomon had made; |
| 14:27 |
andso King Rehobo′amRehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze instead and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard who kept the door of the kings house |
| 14:28 |
AndAs as often as the king went into the house of the Lord the guard borecarried them and brought them back to the guardroom |
| 14:29 |
Now the rest of the acts of Rehobo′amRehoboam and all that he did are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Judah |
| 14:30 |
AndThere there was war between Rehobo′amRehoboam and Jerobo′amJeroboam continually |
| 14:31 |
AndRehoboam Rehobo′am slept with his fathersancestors and was buried with his fathersancestors in the city of David His mothers name was Na′amahNaamah the AmmonitessAmmonite AndHis Abi′jam his son reignedAbijam insucceeded his steadhim |
| 15:1 |
Now in the eighteenth year of King Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat Abi′jamAbijam began to reign over Judah |
| 15:2 |
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem His mothers name was Ma′acahMaacah the daughter of Abish′alomAbishalom |
| 15:3 |
AndHe hecommitted walked in all the sins whichthat his father did before him; and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God aslike the heart of David his father David |
| 15:5 |
because David did what was right in the eyessight of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life except in the matter of Uri′ahUriah the Hittite |
| 15:6 |
NowThe therewar wasbegun war between Rehobo′amRehoboam and Jerobo′amJeroboam continued all the days of his life |
| 15:7 |
The rest of the acts of Abi′jamAbijam and all that he did are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Judah AndThere there was war between Abi′jamAbijam and Jerobo′amJeroboam |
| 15:8 |
AndAbijam Abi′jam slept with his fathers;ancestors and they buried him in the city of David AndThen Asa his son reignedAsa insucceeded his steadhim |
| 15:9 |
In the twentieth year of Jerobo′amKing kingJeroboam of Israel Asa began to reign over Judah; |
| 15:10 |
and he reigned forty one years in Jerusalem His mothers name was Ma′acahMaacah the daughter of Abish′alomAbishalom |
| 15:11 |
And Asa did what was right in the eyessight of the Lord as David his father David had done |
| 15:12 |
He put away the male culttemple prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathersancestors had made |
| 15:13 |
He also removed Ma′acah his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image made for Ashe′rahAsherah; and Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brookWadi Kidron |
| 15:14 |
But the high places were not taken away Nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days |
| 15:15 |
AndHe he brought into the house of the Lord the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts —silver and gold and vesselsutensils |
| 15:16 |
AndThere there was war between Asa and Ba′ashaKing kingBaasha of Israel all their days |
| 15:17 |
Ba′ashaKing kingBaasha of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah thatto heprevent mightanyone permitfrom nogoing one to go out or comecoming in to King 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 the Lord and the treasures of the kings house and gave them into the hands of his servants; and King Asa sent them to King Ben ha′dadhadad the son of Tabrim′monTabrimmon the son of Hezi′onHezion king of SyriaAram who dweltresided in Damascus saying |
| 15:19 |
Let there be aan leaguealliance between me and you aslike that between my father and your father: behold I am sending to you a present of silver and gold; go break your leaguealliance with Ba′ashaKing kingBaasha of Israel so that he may withdraw from me |
| 15:20 |
And Ben ha′dadhadad hearkenedlistened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel andHe conquered Ijon Dan A′belAbel beth ma′acahmaacah and all Chin′nerothChinneroth with all the land of Naph′taliNaphtali |
| 15:21 |
AndWhen whenBaasha Ba′asha heard of it he stopped building Ramah and helived dwelt in Tirzah |
| 15:22 |
Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah none was exempt: and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Ba′ashaBaasha had been building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah |
| 15:23 |
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa all his mightpower and all that he did and the cities whichthat he built are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Judah But in his old age he was diseased in his feet |
| 15:24 |
AndThen Asa slept with his fathersancestors and was buried with his fathersancestors in the city of David his father David; and Jehosh′aphat his son reignedJehoshaphat insucceeded his steadhim |
| 15:25 |
Nadab the son of Jerobo′amJeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of King Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years |
| 15:26 |
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord andwalking walked in the way of his fatherancestor and in histhe sin whichthat he madecaused Israel to sincommit |
| 15:27 |
Ba′ashaBaasha the son of Ahi′jahAhijah of the house of Is′sacharIssachar conspired against him; and Ba′ashaBaasha struck him down at Gib′bethonGibbethon which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gib′bethonGibbethon |
| 15:28 |
So Ba′ashaBaasha killed himNadab in the third year of King Asa king of Judah and reignedsucceeded inhim his stead |
| 15:29 |
AndAs as soon as he was king he killed all the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam; he left to the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam not one that breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the Lord whichthat he spoke by his servant Ahi′jahAhijah the Shi′lonite;Shilonite— |
| 15:30 |
itbecause wasof for the sins of Jerobo′amJeroboam whichthat he sinnedcommitted and whichthat he madecaused Israel to sincommit and because of the anger to which he provoked the Lord the God of Israel |
| 15:31 |
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 15:32 |
AndThere there was war between Asa and Ba′ashaKing kingBaasha of Israel all their days |
| 15:33 |
In the third year of King Asa king of Judah Ba′ashaBaasha the son of Ahi′jahAhijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah; and he reigned twenty four years |
| 15:34 |
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord andwalking walked in the way of Jerobo′amJeroboam and in histhe sin whichthat he madecaused Israel to sincommit |
| 16:1 |
AndThe the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hana′niHanani against Ba′ashaBaasha saying |
| 16:2 |
Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel and you have walked in the way of Jerobo′amJeroboam and have madecaused my people Israel to sin provoking me to anger with their sins |
| 16:3 |
beholdtherefore I will utterlyconsume sweepBaasha away Ba′asha and his house and I will make your house like the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat |
| 16:4 |
AnyAnyone one belonging to Ba′ashaBaasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and anyanyone one of his who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat |
| 16:5 |
Now the rest of the acts of Ba′ashaBaasha and what he did and his mightpower are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 16:6 |
AndBaasha Ba′asha slept with his fathersancestors and was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son reignedElah insucceeded hishim stead |
| 16:7 |
Moreover the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hana′niHanani against Ba′ashaBaasha and his house both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord provoking him to anger with the work of his hands in being like the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam and also because he destroyed it |
| 16:8 |
In the twenty sixth year of King Asa king of Judah Elah the son of Ba′ashaBaasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah; and he reigned two years |
| 16:9 |
But his servant Zimri commander of half his chariots conspired against him When he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza who was overin charge of the householdpalace inat Tirzah |
| 16:10 |
Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him in the twenty seventh year of King Asa king of Judah and reignedsucceeded in his steadhim |
| 16:11 |
When he began to reign as soon as he had seated himself on his throne he killed all the house of Ba′ashaBaasha; he did not leave him a single male of his kinsmenkindred or his friends |
| 16:12 |
Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Ba′ashaBaasha according to the word of the Lord which he spoke against Ba′ashaBaasha by Jehu the prophet Jehu— |
| 16:13 |
forbecause of all the sins of Ba′ashaBaasha and the sins of Elah his son whichElah that they sinnedcommitted and whichthat they madecaused Israel to sincommit provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols |
| 16:14 |
Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 16:15 |
In the twenty seventh year of King Asa king of Judah Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah Now the troops were encamped against Gib′bethonGibbethon which belonged to the Philistines |
| 16:17 |
So Omri went up from Gib′bethonGibbethon and all Israel with him and they besieged Tirzah |
| 16:18 |
AndWhen when Zimri saw that the city was taken he went into the citadel of the kings house; andhe burned down the kings house over himhimself with fire and died— |
| 16:19 |
because of histhe sins whichthat he committed doing evil in the sight of the Lord walking in the way of Jerobo′amJeroboam and for histhe sin whichthat he committed makingcausing Israel to sin |
| 16:20 |
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and the conspiracy whichthat he made are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 16:21 |
Then 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 who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died and Omri became king |
| 16:23 |
In the thirty first year of King Asa king of Judah Omri began to reign over Israel; and he reigned for twelve years; six yearsof hethem reigned in Tirzah |
| 16:24 |
He bought the hill of Samar′iaSamaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city whichthat he built Samar′iaSamaria after the name of Shemer the owner of the hill |
| 16:25 |
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; andhe did more evil than all who were before him |
| 16:26 |
For he walked in all the way of Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat and in the sins whichthat he madecaused Israel to sincommit provoking the Lord the God of Israel to anger by their idols |
| 16:27 |
Now the rest of the acts of Omri whichthat he did and the mightpower that he showed are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 16:28 |
And Omri slept with his fathersancestors and was buried in Samar′iaSamaria; and Ahab his son reignedAhab insucceeded his steadhim |
| 16:29 |
In the thirty eighth year of King Asa king of Judah Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samar′iaSamaria twenty two years |
| 16:30 |
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all thatwho were before him |
| 16:31 |
And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat he took foras his wife Jez′ebelJezebel the daughter of Ethba′alKing kingEthbaal of the Sido′niansSidonians and went and served Ba′alBaal and worshiped him |
| 16:32 |
He erected an altar for Ba′alBaal in the house of Ba′alBaal which he built in Samar′iaSamaria |
| 16:33 |
And Ahab also made ana Ashe′rahsacred pole Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the Lord the God of Israel tothan angerhad than all the kings of Israel who were before him |
| 16:34 |
In his days Hi′elHiel of Bethel built Jericho; he laid its foundation at the cost of Abi′ramAbiram his firstfirstborn born and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun |
| 17:1 |
Now Eli′jahElijah the Tishbite of Tishbe in Gilead said to Ahab As the Lord the God of Israel lives before whom I stand there shall be neither dew nor rain these years except by my word |
| 17:2 |
AndThe the word of the Lord came to him saying |
| 17:3 |
DepartGo from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brookWadi Cherith thatwhich is east of the Jordan |
| 17:4 |
You shall drink from the brookwadi and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there |
| 17:5 |
So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dweltlived by the brookWadi Cherith thatwhich is east of the Jordan |
| 17:6 |
AndThe the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brookwadi |
| 17:7 |
AndBut after a while the brookwadi dried up because there was no rain in the land |
| 17:8 |
Then the word of the Lord came to him saying |
| 17:9 |
AriseGo gonow to Zar′ephathZarephath which belongs to Sidon and dwelllive there; Beholdfor I have commanded a widow there to feed you |
| 17:10 |
So he aroseset out and went to Zar′ephath;Zarephath andWhen when he came to the gate of the citytown behold a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said Bring me a little water in a vessel so that I may drink |
| 17:11 |
AndAs as she was going to bring it he called to her and said Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand |
| 17:12 |
AndBut she said As the Lord your God lives I have nothing baked only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a crusejug; and now I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go inhome and prepare it for myself and my son that we may eat it and die |
| 17:13 |
AndElijah Eli′jah said to her FearDo not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me and afterwardafterwards make something for yourself and your son |
| 17:14 |
For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal shallwill not be spentemptied and the crusejug of oil shallwill not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain uponon the earth |
| 17:15 |
AndShe she went and did as Eli′jahElijah said; andso that she andas well as he and her household ate for many days |
| 17:16 |
The jar of meal was not spentemptied neither did the crusejug of oil fail according to the word of the Lord whichthat he spoke by Eli′jahElijah |
| 17:17 |
After this the son of the woman the mistress of the house became ill; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him |
| 17:18 |
AndShe shethen said to Eli′jahElijah What have you against me O man of God You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son |
| 17:19 |
AndBut he said to her Give me your son AndHe he took him from her bosom and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodgedwas lodging and laid him uponon his own bed |
| 17:20 |
AndHe he cried out to the Lord O Lord my God hasthave thouyou brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojournam staying by slayingkilling her son |
| 17:21 |
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried out to the Lord O Lord my God let this childs soullife come into him again |
| 17:22 |
AndThe the Lord hearkenedlistened to the voice of Eli′jahElijah; and the soullife of the child came into him again and he revived |
| 17:23 |
AndElijah Eli′jah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and deliveredgave him to his mother; andthen Eli′jahElijah said See your son livesis alive |
| 17:24 |
AndSo the woman said to Eli′jahElijah Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth |
| 18:1 |
After many days the word of the Lord came to Eli′jahElijah in the third year of the drought saying Go showpresent yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain uponon the earth |
| 18:2 |
So Eli′jahElijah went to showpresent himself to Ahab NowThe the famine was severe in Samar′iaSamaria |
| 18:3 |
And Ahab calledsummoned Obadi′ahObadiah who was overin charge of the householdpalace Now Obadi′ahObadiah revered the Lord greatly; |
| 18:4 |
and when Jez′ebelJezebel cutwas killing off the prophets of the Lord Obadi′ahObadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them byfifty fiftiesto in a cave and fedprovided them with bread and water |
| 18:5 |
AndThen Ahab said to Obadi′ahObadiah Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleyswadis; perhaps we may find grass andto savekeep the horses and mules alive and not lose some of the animals |
| 18:6 |
So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went in one direction by himself and Obadi′ahObadiah went in another direction by himself |
| 18:7 |
AndAs asObadiah Obadi′ah was on the way beholdElijah Eli′jah met him; andObadiah Obadi′ah recognized him and fell on his face and said Is it you my lord Eli′jahElijah |
| 18:8 |
AndHe he answered him It is I Go tell your lord Beholdthat Eli′jahElijah is here |
| 18:9 |
And he said WhereinHow have I sinned that you would givehand your servant intoover theto hand of Ahab to kill me |
| 18:10 |
As the Lord your God lives there is no nation or kingdom whitherto which my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they would say He is not here he would takerequire an oath of the kingdom or nation that they had not found you |
| 18:11 |
AndBut now you say Go tell your lord Beholdthat Eli′jahElijah is here |
| 18:12 |
AndAs as soon as I have gone from you the Spiritspirit of the Lord will carry you whither I know not where; and so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you he will kill me although I your servant have revered the Lord from my youth |
| 18:13 |
Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jez′ebelJezebel killed the prophets of the Lord how I hid a hundred men of the Lords prophets byfifty fiftiesto in a cave and fedprovided them with bread and water |
| 18:14 |
AndYet now you say Go tell your lord Beholdthat Eli′jahElijah is here; and he will surely kill me |
| 18:15 |
AndElijah Eli′jah said As the Lord of hosts lives before whom I stand I will surely show myself to him today |
| 18:16 |
So Obadi′ahObadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Eli′jahElijah |
| 18:17 |
When Ahab saw Eli′jahElijah Ahab said to him Is it you you troubler of Israel |
| 18:18 |
AndHe he answered I have not troubled Israel; but you have and your fathers house because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and followed the Ba′alsBaals |
| 18:19 |
Now therefore sendhave and gather all Israel toassemble for me at Mount Carmel andwith the four hundred and fifty prophets of Ba′alBaal and the four hundred prophets of Ashe′rahAsherah who eat at Jez′ebelsJezebels table |
| 18:20 |
So Ahab sent to all the peopleIsraelites of Israel and gatheredassembled the prophets together at Mount Carmel |
| 18:21 |
AndElijah Eli′jahthen came near to all the people and said How long will you go limping with two different opinions If the Lord is God follow him; but if Ba′alBaal then follow him AndThe the people did not answer him a word |
| 18:22 |
Then Eli′jahElijah said to the people I even I only am left a prophet of the Lord; but Ba′alsBaals prophets arenumber four hundred and fifty men |
| 18:23 |
Let two bulls be given to us; and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood but put no fire to it; and I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood andbut put no fire to it |
| 18:24 |
AndThen you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the Godgod who answers by fire he is indeed God AndAll all the people answered ItWell is well spoken |
| 18:25 |
Then Eli′jahElijah said to the prophets of Ba′alBaal Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first for you are many; andthen call on the name of your god but put no fire to it |
| 18:26 |
AndSo they took the bull whichthat was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Ba′alBaal from morning until noon sayingcrying O Ba′alBaal answer us But there was no voice and no oneanswer answeredThey And they limped about the altar whichthat they had made |
| 18:27 |
AndAt at noon Eli′jahElijah mocked them saying Cry aloud forSurely he is a god; either he is musingmeditating or he has gonewandered asideaway or he is on a journey or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened |
| 18:28 |
AndThen they cried aloud and cutas themselveswas after their custom they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out uponover them |
| 18:29 |
AndAs as midday passed they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation but there was no voice; no oneanswer answeredand no one heededresponse |
| 18:30 |
Then Eli′jahElijah said to all the people Come nearcloser to me; and all the people came nearcloser to him AndFirst he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down; |
| 18:31 |
Eli′jahElijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord came saying Israel shall be your name; |
| 18:32 |
and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord AndThen he made a trench aboutaround the altar aslarge greatenough asto would contain two measures of seed |
| 18:33 |
AndNext he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood AndHe he said Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood |
| 18:34 |
AndThen he said Do it a second time; and they did it a second time AndAgain he said Do it a third time; and they did it a third time |
| 18:35 |
Andso that the water ran roundall aboutaround the altar and filled the trench also with water |
| 18:36 |
AndAt at the time of the offering of the oblation Eli′jah the prophet Elijah came near and said O Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Israel let it be known this day that thouyou artare God in Israel and that I am thyyour servant and that I have done all these things at thyyour wordbidding |
| 18:37 |
Answer me O Lord answer me so that this people may know that thouyou O Lord artare God and that thouyou hasthave turned their hearts back |
| 18:38 |
Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust and even licked up the water that was in the trench |
| 18:39 |
AndWhen when all the people saw it they fell on their faces; and they said The Lord heindeed is God; the Lord heindeed is God |
| 18:40 |
AndElijah Eli′jah said to them Seize the prophets of Ba′alBaal; letdo not let one of them escape AndThen they seized them; and Eli′jahElijah brought them down to the brookWadi Kishon and killed them there |
| 18:41 |
AndElijah Eli′jah said to Ahab Go up eat and drink; for there is a sound of the rushing of rain |
| 18:42 |
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink AndElijah Eli′jah went up to the top of Carmel; andthere he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees |
| 18:43 |
AndHe he said to his servant Go up now look toward the sea AndHe he went up and looked and said There is nothing AndThen he said Go again seven times |
| 18:44 |
AndAt at the seventh time he said BeholdLook a little cloud likeno bigger than a manspersons hand is rising out of the sea AndThen he said Go up say to Ahab PrepareHarness your chariot and go down lestbefore the rain stopstops you |
| 18:45 |
AndIn in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind; and there was a greatheavy rain And Ahab rode off and went to Jezreel |
| 18:46 |
AndBut the hand of the Lord was on Eli′jahElijah; and he girded up his loins and ran beforein front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel |
| 19:1 |
Ahab told Jez′ebelJezebel all that Eli′jahElijah had done and how he had slainkilled all the prophets with the sword |
| 19:2 |
Then Jez′ebelJezebel sent a messenger to Eli′jahElijah saying So may the gods do to me and more also if I do not make your life aslike the life of one of them by this time tomorrow |
| 19:3 |
Then he was afraid; and he arosegot up and wentfled for his life and came to Beer sheba which belongs to Judah; andhe left his servant there |
| 19:4 |
But he himself went a days journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree; andHe he asked that he might die: saying It is enough; now O Lord take away my life; for I am no better than my fathersancestors |
| 19:5 |
AndThen he lay down and slept under athe broom tree; and beholdfell asleep Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him AriseGet up and eat |
| 19:6 |
AndHe he looked and behold there was at his head was a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water AndHe he ate and drank and lay down again |
| 19:7 |
AndThe the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said AriseGet up and eat elseotherwise the journey will be too greatmuch for you |
| 19:8 |
AndHe hegot aroseup and ate and drank; andthen he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God |
| 19:9 |
AndAt therethat place he came to a cave and lodgedspent the night there; andThen behold the word of the Lord came to him andsaying he said to him What are you doing here Eli′jahElijah |
| 19:10 |
He saidanswered I have been very jealouszealous for the Lord the God of hosts; for the peopleIsraelites of Israel have forsaken thyyour covenant thrown down thyyour altars and slainkilled thyyour prophets with the sword; and I evenalone I only am left; and they seekare seeking my life to take it away |
| 19:11 |
AndHe he said Go forthout and stand uponon the mountmountain before the Lord Andfor behold the Lord passedis about to pass by andNow there was a great andwind so strong windthat rentit thewas splitting mountains and brokebreaking rocks in pieces the rocks before the Lord but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake but the Lord was not in the earthquake; |
| 19:12 |
and after the earthquake a fire but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a stillsound smallof voicesheer silence |
| 19:13 |
AndWhen whenElijah Eli′jah heard it he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave AndThen behold there came a voice to him andthat said What are you doing here Eli′jahElijah |
| 19:14 |
He saidanswered I have been very jealouszealous for the Lord the God of hosts; for the peopleIsraelites of Israel have forsaken thyyour covenant thrown down thyyour altars and slainkilled thyyour prophets with the sword; and I evenalone I only am left; and they seekare seeking my life to take it away |
| 19:15 |
AndThen the Lord said to him Go return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive you shall anoint Haz′aelHazael toas be king over Syria;Aram |
| 19:16 |
andAlso you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi youas shall anoint to be king over Israel; and Eli′shayou theshall anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of A′belAbel meho′lahmeholah youas shall anoint to be prophet in your place |
| 19:17 |
AndWhoever him who escapes from the sword of Haz′aelHazael Jehu shall Jehu slaykill; and himwhoever who escapes from the sword of Jehu Elisha shall Eli′shakill slay |
| 19:18 |
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel all the knees that have not bowed to Ba′alBaal and every mouth that has not kissed him |
| 19:19 |
So he departedset out from there and found Eli′shaElisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing withThere were twelve yoke of oxen beforeahead of him and he was with the twelfth Eli′jahElijah passed by him and castthrew his mantle uponover him |
| 19:20 |
AndHe he left the oxen and ran after Eli′jahElijah and said Let me kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow you AndThen heElijah said to him Go back again; for what have I done to you |
| 19:21 |
AndHe he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and slewslaughtered them; andusing boiledthe theirequipment fleshfrom with the yokesoxen ofhe theboiled oxentheir flesh and gave it to the people and they ate Then he aroseset out and wentfollowed afterElijah Eli′jah and ministeredbecame tohis himservant |
| 20:1 |
King Ben ha′dadhadad the king of SyriaAram gathered all his army together; thirty two kings were with him andalong with horses and chariots; andHe hemarched wentagainst upSamaria andlaid besiegedsiege Samar′iato it and foughtattacked against it |
| 20:2 |
AndThen he sent messengers into the city to King Ahab king of Israel and said to him: Thus says Ben ha′dadhadad: |
| 20:3 |
Your silver and your gold are mine; your fairest wives and children also are mine |
| 20:4 |
AndThe the king of Israel answered As you say my lord O king I am yours and all that I have |
| 20:5 |
The messengers came again and said: Thus says Ben ha′dadhadad: I sent to you saying Deliver to me your silver and your gold your wives and your children; |
| 20:7 |
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said MarkLook now andSee see how this man is seeking trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and for my silver and my gold; and I did not refuse him |
| 20:8 |
AndThen all the elders and all the people said to him Do not heedlisten or consent |
| 20:9 |
So he said to the messengers of Ben ha′dadhadad Tell my lord the king: All that you first demanded of your servant I will do; but this thing I cannot do AndThe the messengers departedleft and brought him word again |
| 20:10 |
Ben ha′dadhadad sent to him and said The gods do so to me and more also if the dust of Samar′iaSamaria shallwill sufficeprovide fora handfulshandful for alleach of the people who follow me |
| 20:11 |
AndThe the king of Israel answered Tell him: LetOne notwho himputs that girds on his armor boastshould himselfnot asbrag helike thatone putswho takes it off |
| 20:12 |
When Ben ha′dadhadad heard this message—now as he washad been drinking with the kings in the booths —he said to his men Take your positions And they took their positions against the city |
| 20:13 |
AndThen behold a certain prophet came nearup to King Ahab king of Israel and said Thus says the Lord Have you seen all this great multitude BeholdLook I will give it into your hand this daytoday; and you shall know that I am the Lord |
| 20:14 |
And Ahab said By whom He said Thus says the Lord By the servantsyoung ofmen thewho governorsserve of the districtsdistrict governors Then he said Who shall begin the battle He answered You |
| 20:15 |
Then he mustered the servantsyoung ofmen thewho governorsserve of the districtsdistrict andgovernors they were two hundred and thirty two; and after them he mustered all the people of Israel seven thousand |
| 20:16 |
AndThey they went out at noon while Ben ha′dadhadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths he and the thirty two kings whoallied helpedwith him |
| 20:17 |
The servantsyoung ofmen thewho governorsserve of the districtsdistrict governors went out first And Ben ha′dadhadad had sent out scouts and they reported to him Men arehave comingcome out from Samar′iaSamaria |
| 20:18 |
He said If they have come out for peace take them alive; or if they have come out for war take them alive |
| 20:19 |
SoBut these wenthad already come out of the city: the servantsyoung ofmen thewho governorsserve of the districtsdistrict governors and the army whichthat followed them |
| 20:20 |
AndEach each killed his man; the SyriansArameans fled and Israel pursued them but King Ben ha′dadhadad king of SyriaAram escaped on a horse with horsementhe cavalry |
| 20:21 |
AndThe the king of Israel went out andattacked captured the horses and chariots and killeddefeated the SyriansArameans with a great slaughter |
| 20:22 |
Then the prophet cameapproached near to the king of Israel and said to him Come strengthen yourself and consider well what you have to do; for in the spring the king of SyriaAram will come up against you |
| 20:23 |
AndThe the servants of the king of SyriaAram said to him Their gods are gods of the hills and 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 |
AndAlso do this: remove the kings each from his post and put commanders in theirplace placesof them; |
| 20:25 |
and muster an army like the army that you have lost horse for horse and chariot for chariot; then we will fight against them in the plain and surely we shall be stronger than they AndHe heheeded hearkened to their voice and did so |
| 20:26 |
In the spring Ben ha′dadhadad mustered the SyriansArameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel |
| 20:27 |
AndAfter the peopleIsraelites ofhad Israelbeen were mustered and were provisioned andthey went againstout to engage them; the people of Israel encamped beforeopposite them like two little flocks of goats butwhile the SyriansArameans filled the country |
| 20:28 |
AndA a man of God cameapproached near and said to the king of Israel Thus says the Lord: Because the SyriansArameans have said The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand and you shall know that I am the Lord |
| 20:29 |
AndThey they encamped opposite one another seven days Then on the seventh day the battle was joinedbegan; and the peopleIsraelites ofkilled Israelone smote of the Syrians a hundred thousand Aramean foot soldiers in one day |
| 20:30 |
AndThe the rest fled into the city of Aphek; and the wall fell uponon twenty seven thousand men that were left Ben ha′dadhadad also fled and entered anthe innercity chamberto inhide the city |
| 20:31 |
AndHis his servants said to him BeholdLook now we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us put sackcloth onaround our loinswaists and ropes uponon our heads and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life |
| 20:32 |
So they girdedtied sackcloth onaround their loinswaists and put ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel and said Your servant Ben ha′dadhadad says PrayPlease let me live And he said DoesIs he still livealive He is my brother |
| 20:33 |
Now the men were watching for an omen; and they quickly took it up from him and said Yes Ben hadad is your brother Ben ha′dad Then he said Go and bring him ThenSo Ben ha′dadhadad came forthout to him; and he causedhad him to come up into the chariot |
| 20:34 |
And Ben ha′dadhadad said to him TheI citieswill whichrestore the towns that my father took from your father I will restore; and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samar′iaSamaria AndThe Ahabking saidof Israel responded I will let you go on thesethose terms So he made a covenanttreaty with him and let him go |
| 20:35 |
AndAt the command of the Lord a certain manmember of thea sonscompany of the prophets said to hisanother fellow at the command of the Lord Strike me I pray But the man refused to strike him |
| 20:36 |
Then he said to him Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord behold as soon as you have goneleft from me a lion shallwill kill you And aswhen soon as he had departedleft from him a lion met him and killed him |
| 20:37 |
Then he found another man and said Strike me ISo pray And the man struckhit him smitingstriking and wounding him |
| 20:38 |
SoThen the prophet departed and waited for the king byalong the wayroad disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes |
| 20:39 |
AndAs as the king passed by he cried to the king and said Your servant went out into the midstthick of the battle; andthen behold a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said KeepGuard this man; if by any means he beis missing your life shall be given for his life or else you shall pay a talent of silver |
| 20:40 |
AndWhile as your servant was busy here and there he was gone The king of Israel said to him So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it |
| 20:41 |
Then he madequickly hastetook to take the bandage away from his eyes; andThe the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets |
| 20:42 |
AndThen he said to him Thus says the Lord Because you have let go out of your hand the man go whom I had devoted to destruction therefore your life shall gobe for his life and your people for his people |
| 20:43 |
AndThe the king of Israel wentset toout histoward househome resentful and sullen and came to Samar′iaSamaria |
| 21:1 |
NowLater the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab king of Samar′iaSamaria |
| 21:2 |
And after this Ahab said to Naboth Give me your vineyard so that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is near my house; and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or if it seems good to you I will give you its value in money |
| 21:3 |
But Naboth said to Ahab The Lord forbid that I should give you themy ancestral inheritance of my fathers |
| 21:4 |
And Ahab went intohome hisresentful house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said I will not give you the inheritance of my fathersancestral Andinheritance heHe lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would not eat no food |
| 21:5 |
ButHis Jez′ebelwife hisJezebel wife came to him and said to him Why isare youryou spirit so vexeddepressed that you eatwill nonot foodeat |
| 21:6 |
AndHe he said to her Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him Give me your vineyard for money; or else if ityou pleaseprefer you I will give you another vineyard for it; andbut he answered I will not give you my vineyard |
| 21:7 |
AndHis Jez′ebelwife hisJezebel wife said to him Do you now govern Israel AriseGet andup eat breadsome food and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you 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 to the elders and the nobles who dweltlived with Naboth in his city |
| 21:9 |
AndShe she wrote in the letters Proclaim a fast and setseat Naboth onat highthe amonghead of the peopleassembly; |
| 21:10 |
andseat set two basescoundrels fellows opposite him and lethave them bring a charge against him saying You have cursed God and the king Then take him out and stone him to death |
| 21:11 |
AndThe the men of his city the elders and the nobles who dweltlived in his city did as Jez′ebelJezebel had sent word to them AsJust as it was written in the letters whichthat she had sent to them |
| 21:12 |
they proclaimed a fast and setseated Naboth onat highthe amonghead of the peopleassembly |
| 21:13 |
AndThe the two basescoundrels fellows came in and sat opposite him; and the basescoundrels fellows brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people saying Naboth cursed God and the king So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones |
| 21:14 |
Then they sent to Jez′ebelJezebel saying Naboth has been stoned; he is dead |
| 21:15 |
As soon as Jez′ebelJezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead Jez′ebelJezebel said to Ahab AriseGo take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive but dead |
| 21:16 |
AndAs as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead Ahab aroseset out to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it |
| 21:17 |
Then the word of the Lord came to Eli′jahElijah the Tishbite saying: |
| 21:18 |
AriseGo go down to meet King Ahab king of Israel who isrules in Samar′iaSamaria; behold he is now in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone to take possession |
| 21:19 |
AndYou you shall say to him Thus says the Lord: Have you killed and also taken possession AndYou you shall say to him Thus says the Lord: In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs will also lick up your own blood |
| 21:20 |
Ahab said to Eli′jahElijah Have you found me O my enemy He answered I have found you becauseBecause you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord |
| 21:21 |
Behold I will bring evildisaster uponon you; I will utterlyconsume sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every male bond or free in Israel; |
| 21:22 |
and I will make your house like the house of Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat and like the house of Ba′ashaBaasha the son of Ahi′jahAhijah forbecause the anger to which you have provoked me andto becauseanger youand have madecaused Israel to sin |
| 21:23 |
AndAlso ofconcerning Jez′ebelJezebel the Lord also said The dogs shall eat Jez′ebelJezebel within the bounds of Jezreel |
| 21:24 |
AnyAnyone one belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and anyanyone one of his who dies in the open country the birds of the air shall eat |
| 21:25 |
ThereIndeed there was noneno one like Ahab who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord likeurged Ahabon whomby Jez′ebel his wife incitedJezebel |
| 21:26 |
He didacted verymost abominably in going after idols as the Amorites had done whom the Lord castdrove out before the people of IsraelIsraelites |
| 21:27 |
AndWhen when Ahab heard those words he renttore his clothes and put sackcloth uponover his bare flesh; andhe fasted and lay in the sackcloth and went about dejectedly |
| 21:28 |
AndThen the word of the Lord came to Eli′jahElijah the Tishbite: saying |
| 21:29 |
Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me Because he has humbled himself before me I will not bring the evildisaster in his days; but in his sons days I will bring the evildisaster uponon his house |
| 22:1 |
For three years SyriaAram and Israel continued without war |
| 22:2 |
But in the third year Jehosh′aphatKing theJehoshaphat king of Judah came down to the king of Israel |
| 22:3 |
AndThe the king of Israel said to his servants Do you know that Ramoth gilead belongs to us andyet we keepare quietdoing andnothing doto not take it out of the hand of the king of SyriaAram |
| 22:4 |
AndHe he said to Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth gilead AndJehoshaphat Jehosh′aphatreplied said to the king of Israel I am as you are; my people asare your people my horses asare your horses |
| 22:5 |
AndBut Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel Inquire first for the word of the Lord |
| 22:6 |
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together about four hundred menof them and said to them Shall I go to battle against Ramoth gilead or shall I forbearrefrain AndThey they said Go up; for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king |
| 22:7 |
But Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat said Is there notno hereother another prophet of the Lord here of whom we may inquire |
| 22:8 |
AndThe the king of Israel said to Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat There is yetstill one manother by whom we may inquire of the Lord Micai′ahMicaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him for he never prophesies goodanything concerningfavorable about me but evilonly Anddisaster Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat said Let not the king not say sosuch a thing |
| 22:9 |
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said Bring quickly Micai′ahMicaiah the son of Imlah |
| 22:10 |
Now the king of Israel and Jehosh′aphatKing theJehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones arrayed in their robes at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samar′iaSamaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them |
| 22:11 |
AndZedekiah Zedeki′ah the son of Chena′anahChenaanah made for himself horns of iron and he said Thus says the Lord: With these you shall pushgore the SyriansArameans until they are destroyed |
| 22:12 |
AndAll all the prophets prophesiedwere soprophesying the same and saidsaying Go up to Ramoth gilead and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king |
| 22:13 |
AndThe the messenger who wenthad gone to summon Micai′ahMicaiah said to him BeholdLook the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them and speak favorably |
| 22:14 |
But Micai′ahMicaiah said As the Lord lives whatwhatever the Lord says to me that I will speak |
| 22:15 |
AndWhen when he had come to the king the king said to him Micai′ahMicaiah shall we go to Ramoth gilead to battle or shall we forbearrefrain AndHe he answered him Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king |
| 22:16 |
But the king said to him How many times shallmust I adjuremake you thatswear youto speaktell to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord |
| 22:17 |
AndThen heMicaiah said I saw all Israel scattered uponon the mountains aslike sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said These have no master; let each returnone togo his home in peace |
| 22:18 |
AndThe the king of Israel said to Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy goodanything concerningfavorable about me but evilonly disaster |
| 22:19 |
AndThen Micai′ahMicaiah said Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne andwith all the host of heaven standing beside him onto histhe right hand and onto histhe left; of him |
| 22:20 |
andAnd the Lord said Who will entice Ahab so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth gilead AndThen one said one thing and another said another |
| 22:21 |
Thenuntil a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord saying I will entice him |
| 22:22 |
AndHow the Lord saidasked to him ByHe whatreplied means And he said I will go forthout and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets AndThen hethe Lord said You are to entice him and you shall succeed; go forthout and do soit |
| 22:23 |
NowSo thereforeyou beholdsee the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has spokendecreed evildisaster concerningfor you |
| 22:24 |
Then Zedeki′ahZedekiah the son of Chena′anahChenaanah came nearup andto struckMicaiah Micai′ahslapped him on the cheek and said HowWhich way did the Spiritspirit of the Lord gopass from me to speak to you |
| 22:25 |
AndMicaiah Micai′ahreplied saidYou Beholdwill youfind shallout see on that day when you go intoin to hide in an inner chamber to hide yourself |
| 22:26 |
AndThe the king of Israel saidthen Seizeordered Micai′ahTake Micaiah and takereturn him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Jo′ashJoash the kings son; |
| 22:27 |
and say Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison and feed him withon scantreduced farerations of bread and water until I come in peace |
| 22:28 |
AndMicaiah Micai′ah said If you return in peace the Lord has not spoken by me And he said Hear you peoples all of you peoples |
| 22:29 |
So the king of Israel and Jehosh′aphatKing theJehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth gilead |
| 22:30 |
AndThe the king of Israel said to Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat I will disguise myself and go into battle but you wear your robes AndSo the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle |
| 22:31 |
Now the king of SyriaAram had commanded the thirty two captains of his chariots Fight with neitherno one small noror great but only with the king of Israel |
| 22:32 |
AndWhen when the captains of the chariots saw Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat they said It is surely the king of Israel So they turned to fight against him; and Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat cried out |
| 22:33 |
AndWhen when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel they turned back from pursuing him |
| 22:34 |
But a certain man drew his bow atand aunknowingly venture and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate; thereforeso he said to the driver of his chariot Turn aboutaround and carry me out of the battle for I am wounded |
| 22:35 |
AndThe the battle grew hot that day and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the SyriansArameans until at evening he died; and the blood offrom the wound had flowed into the bottom of the chariot |
| 22:36 |
AndThen about sunset a cryshout went through the army Every man to his city and every man to his country |
| 22:37 |
So the king died and was brought to Samar′iaSamaria; and they buried the king in Samar′iaSamaria |
| 22:38 |
AndThey they washed the chariot by the pool of Samar′iaSamaria; and the dogs licked up his blood and the harlotsprostitutes washed themselves in it according to the word of the Lord whichthat he had spoken |
| 22:39 |
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house whichthat he built and all the cities that he built are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Israel |
| 22:40 |
So Ahab slept with his fathersancestors; and Ahazi′ah his son reignedAhaziah insucceeded his steadhim |
| 22:41 |
Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of King Ahab king of Israel |
| 22:42 |
Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat was thirty five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty five years in Jerusalem His mothers name was Azu′bahAzubah the daughter of Shilhi |
| 22:43 |
He walked in all the way of Asa his father Asa; he did not turn aside from it doing what was right in the sight of the Lord; yet the high places were not taken away and the people still sacrificed and burnedoffered incense on the high places |
| 22:44 |
Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel |
| 22:45 |
Now the rest of the acts of Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat and his mightpower that he showed and how he warredwaged war are they not written in the Book of the ChroniclesAnnals of the Kings of Judah |
| 22:46 |
AndThe the remnant of the male culttemple prostitutes who remainedwere still in the land in the days of his father Asa he exterminated from the land |
| 22:48 |
Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold; but they did not go for the ships were wrecked at E′zionEzion ge′bergeber |
| 22:49 |
Then Ahazi′ahAhaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat Let my servants go with your servants in the ships but Jehosh′aphatJehoshaphat was not willing |
| 22:50 |
AndJehoshaphat Jehosh′aphat slept with his fathersancestors and was buried with his fathersancestors in the city of David his father David; and Jeho′ram his son reignedJehoram insucceeded his steadhim |
| 22:51 |
Ahazi′ahAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samar′iaSamaria in the seventeenth year of Jehosh′aphatKing kingJehoshaphat of Judah; and he reigned two years over Israel |
| 22:52 |
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jerobo′amJeroboam the son of Nebat who madecaused Israel to sin |
| 22:53 |
He served Ba′alBaal and worshiped him; andhe provoked the Lord the God of Israel to anger injust everyas way that his father had done |