"But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away." And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. Solomons wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram. When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink. Do you not say, There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel. When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is this you, you troubler of Israel?" Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying, "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Israel shall be your name." It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah." He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. I will lay your flesh on the mountainsAnd fill the valleys with your refuse. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. He also overlaid the cherubim with gold. His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash at the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla. So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died. Ahab said, "By whom?" For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike." And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah." Then there was no harm in the pot. WebThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment. But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from the LORD had fallen on them. In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. So the people departed. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David's hand. Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?" Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze. Now. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." But Amaziah would not listen. So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali. She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord's servants." And someone said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah." But he went in and stood before his master. But Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death." Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us." "For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" And behold, the half was not told me. Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army. Then Abner replied, "Who are you who calls to the king?" They said, "It is a lie, tell us now." If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. "For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.'" Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies '" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form. And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work. "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." Then open the door and flee and do not wait." For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord. So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. Then Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time." You are not your own, And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews., And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!" He said, "Call her." Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward." Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones. Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael. He said to her, "Give me your son." And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying, "Now, when this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, as well as the chariots and horses and a fortified city and the weapons, select the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house." So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. When the messenger came and told him, saying, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons," he said, "Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning." But the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you." So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. And he urged him to take it, but he refused. And the men of the city told him, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 'Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. WebEcclesiastes 5:9. As the lad was running, he shot an arrow past him. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?" Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? And he answered, "I shall go." He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? And they said, "Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king." Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. Now when he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." To Him be honor and eternal dominion! When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." Then Rehoboam took as a wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, and she bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah and Zaham. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. Then he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God." "Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was for the priests. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah. The KJV does not get more original or authentic than this. So they stationed themselves against the city. So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him. So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor. David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. And they leaped about the altar which they made. When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Strike this people with blindness, I pray." And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine " And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you." Y For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. And he said, "Peacefully." Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? Then Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years. "Now then arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, depart." Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? For you are Saul." WebThe King James Bible - Offline content to use anytime without Internet access - Easy and quick navigation with no distraction - Share a verse with someone easily - Bookmark a verse to read later - Change Bible text size - Switch between day and night time reading modes We believe the Bible should the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, "Why is the city making such an uproar?" "As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever." The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle. Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.' Who says to a king, Worthless one,To nobles, Wicked ones; Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties. Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? "Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning. And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk." "It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be empty. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city And Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists. Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly. And the. When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes--now he was passing by on the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body. The remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land. "Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord. His attendant said, "What, will I set this before a hundred men?" And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to the LORD. Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. 'Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'" Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And all the people entered into the covenant. So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven. Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him. He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. And the one who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight." Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. AMP. Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan." Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers. Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, Has not the, Then Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there., So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the, Samuel said, Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; But the thing was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." "He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt. And the people were very weary. Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. And he said, "For you, O captain." "If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the LORD, that I may not die? As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?" Elisha died, and they buried him. Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean." For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. And they made his chariot ready. Jonathan then answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem, for he said, 'Please let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of the LORD here that we may inquire of him?" So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. Then He will speak to them in His angerAnd terrify them in His fury, saying, You shall break them with a rod of iron,You shall shatter them like earthenware.. So the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have destroyed it But now you shall strike Aram only three times." Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him. WebAnd unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him " Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today." And let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And he who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat; for the LORD has spoken it."' Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's hand. And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place. So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord through Samuel. Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. "Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him." The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him. smartass things to say to your teacher; the king is Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies '" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him." Now what is your petition? On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. "Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.' Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king."