1Kings 1 1. Now king <4428> David <1732> was old <2204> [and] stricken <0935> in years <3117>; and they covered <3680> him with clothes <0899>, but he gat no <3808> heat <3179>. 2 Wherefore his servants <5650> said <0559> unto him, Let there be sought <1245> for my lord <0113> the king <4428> a young <5291> virgin <1330>: and let her stand <5975> before <6440> the king <4428>, and let her cherish <5532> him, and let her lie <7901> in thy bosom <2436>, that my lord <0113> the king <4428> may get heat <2552>. 3 So they sought <1245> for a fair <3303> damsel <5291> throughout all <3605> the coasts <1366> of Israel <3478>, and found <4672> Abishag <49> a Shunammite <7767>, and brought <0935> her to the king <4428>. 4 And the damsel <5291> [was] very <3966> fair <3303>, and cherished <5532> the king <4428>, and ministered <8334> to him: but the king <4428> knew <3045> her not. 5. Then Adonijah <0138> the son <1121> of Haggith <2294> exalted <5375> himself, saying <0559>, I will be king <4427>: and he prepared <6213> him chariots <7393> and horsemen <6571>, and fifty <2572> men <0376> to run <7323> before <6440> him. 6 And his father <1> had not displeased <6087> him at any time <3117> in saying <0559>, Why <4069> hast thou done <6213> so <3602>? and he also <1571> [was a] very <3966> goodly <2896> [man]; and [his mother] bare him after <0310> Absalom <53>. 7 And he conferred with Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, and with Abiathar <54> the priest <3548>: and they following <0310> Adonijah <0138> helped <5826> [him]. 8 But Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>, and Shimei <8096>, and Rei <7472>, and the mighty <1368> men which <0834> [belonged] to David <1732>, were not with Adonijah <0138>. 9 And Adonijah <0138> slew <2076> sheep <6629> and oxen <1241> and fat <4806> cattle <4806> by the stone <68> of Zoheleth, which <0834> [is] by Enrogel <5883>, and called <7121> all <3605> his brethren <0251> the king's <4428> sons <1121>, and all <3605> the men <0582> of Judah <3063> the king's <4428> servants <5650>: 10 But Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>, and Benaiah <1141>, and the mighty <1368> men, and Solomon <8010> his brother <0251>, he called <7121> not. 11. Wherefore Nathan <5416> spake <0559> unto Bathsheba <1339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <8010>, saying <0559>, Hast thou not heard <8085> that Adonijah <0138> the son <1121> of Haggith <2294> doth reign <4427>, and David <1732> our lord <0113> knoweth <3045> [it] not? 12 Now <6258> therefore come <3212>, let me, I pray <4994> thee, give thee counsel <6098>, that thou mayest save <4422> thine own life <5315>, and the life <5315> of thy son <1121> Solomon <8010>. 13 Go <3212> and get <0935> thee in unto king <4428> David <1732>, and say <0559> unto him, Didst not thou, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>, swear <7650> unto thine handmaid <0519>, saying <0559>, Assuredly <3588> Solomon <8010> thy son <1121> shall reign <4427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <3427> upon my throne <3678>? why <4069> then doth Adonijah <0138> reign <4427>? 14 Behold <2009>, while thou yet <5750> talkest <1696> there <8033> with the king <4428>, I also will come <0935> in after <0310> thee, and confirm <4390> thy words <1697>. 15 And Bathsheba <1339> went <0935> in unto the king <4428> into the chamber <2315>: and the king <4428> was very <3966> old <2204>; and Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767> ministered <8334> unto the king <4428>. 16 And Bathsheba <1339> bowed <6915>, and did obeisance <7812> unto the king <4428>. And the king <4428> said <0559>, What <4100> wouldest thou? 17 And she said <0559> unto him, My lord <0113>, thou swarest <7650> by the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> unto thine handmaid <0519>, [saying], Assuredly <3588> Solomon <8010> thy son <1121> shall reign <4427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <3427> upon my throne <3678>. 18 And now <6258>, behold <2009>, Adonijah <0138> reigneth <4427>; and now, my lord <0113> the king <4428>, thou knowest <3045> [it] not: 19 And he hath slain <2076> oxen <7794> and fat <4806> cattle <4806> and sheep <6629> in abundance <7230>, and hath called <7121> all <3605> the sons <1121> of the king <4428>, and Abiathar <54> the priest <3548>, and Joab <3097> the captain <8269> of the host <6635>: but Solomon <8010> thy servant <5650> hath he not called <7121>. 20 And thou, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>, the eyes <5869> of all <3605> Israel <3478> [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell <5046> them who <4310> shall sit <3427> on <5921> the throne <3678> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> after <0310> him. 21 Otherwise it shall come <1961> to pass, when my lord <0113> the king <4428> shall sleep <7901> with his fathers <1>, that I and my son <1121> Solomon <8010> shall be counted offenders <2400>. 22 And, lo <2009>, while she yet <5750> talked <1696> with the king <4428>, Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030> also came <0935> in. 23 And they told <5046> the king <4428>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009> Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>. And when he was come <0935> in before <6440> the king <4428>, he bowed <7812> himself before <6440> the king <4428> with his face <0639> to the ground <0776>. 24 And Nathan <5416> said <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, hast thou said <0559>, Adonijah <0138> shall reign <4427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <3427> upon my throne <3678>? 25 For he is gone <3381> down <3381> this day <3117>, and hath slain <2076> oxen <7794> and fat <4806> cattle <4806> and sheep <6629> in abundance <7230>, and hath called <7121> all <3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121>, and the captains <8269> of the host <6635>, and Abiathar <54> the priest <3548>; and, behold <2009>, they eat <0398> and drink <8354> before <6440> him, and say <0559>, God save <2421> king <4428> Adonijah. 26 But me, [even] me thy servant <5650>, and Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and thy servant <5650> Solomon <8010>, hath he not called <7121>. 27 Is this <2088> thing <1697> done by my lord <0113> the king <4428>, and thou hast not shewed <3045> [it] unto thy servant <5650>, who <4310> should sit <3427> on the throne <3678> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> after <0310> him? 28 Then king <4428> David <1732> answered <6030> and said <0559>, Call <7121> me Bathsheba <1339>. And she came <0935> into the king's <4428> presence <6440>, and stood <5975> before <6440> the king <4428>. 29 And the king <4428> sware <7650>, and said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, that hath redeemed <6299> my soul <5315> out of all <3605> distress <6869>, 30 Even <3588> as I sware <7650> unto thee by the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Assuredly <3588> Solomon <8010> thy son <1121> shall reign <4427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <3427> upon my throne <3678> in my stead <8478>; even <3588> so <3651> will I certainly do <6213> this <2088> day <3117>. 31 Then Bathsheba <1339> bowed <6915> with [her] face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and did reverence <7812> to the king <4428>, and said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> king <4428> David <1732> live <2421> for ever <5769>. 32. And king <4428> David <1732> said <0559>, Call <7121> me Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>. And they came <0935> before <6440> the king <4428>. 33 The king <4428> also said <0559> unto them, Take <3947> with you the servants <5650> of your lord <0113>, and cause Solomon <8010> my son <1121> to ride <7392> upon mine own mule <6506>, and bring <3381> him down <3381> to Gihon <1521>: 34 And let Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> and Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030> anoint <4886> him there <8033> king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>: and blow <8628> ye with the trumpet <7782>, and say <0559>, God save <2421> king <4428> Solomon <8010>. 35 Then ye shall come <5927> up after <0310> him, that he may come <0935> and sit <3427> upon my throne <3678>; for he shall be king <4427> in my stead <8478>: and I have appointed <6680> him to be ruler <5057> over <5921> Israel <3478> and over <5921> Judah <3063>. 36 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111> answered <6030> the king <4428>, and said <0559>, Amen <0543>: the LORD <3068> God <0430> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> say <0559> so <3651> [too]. 37 As the LORD <3068> hath been <1961> with my lord <0113> the king <4428>, even so <3651> be he with Solomon <8010>, and make his throne <3678> greater than the throne <3678> of my lord <0113> king <4428> David <1732>. 38 So Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and the Cherethites <3746>, and the Pelethites <6432>, went <3381> down <3381>, and caused Solomon <8010> to ride <7392> upon king <4428> David's <1732> mule <6506>, and brought <3212> him to Gihon <1521>. 39 And Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> took <3947> an horn <7161> of oil <8081> out of the tabernacle <0168>, and anointed <4886> Solomon <8010>. And they blew <8628> the trumpet <7782>; and all <3605> the people <5971> said <0559>, God save <2421> king <4428> Solomon <8010>. 40 And all <3605> the people <5971> came <5927> up after <0310> him, and the people <5971> piped <2490> with pipes <2485>, and rejoiced <8056> with great <1419> joy <8057>, so that the earth <0776> rent <1234> with the sound <6963> of them. 41. And Adonijah <0138> and all <3605> the guests <7121> that [were] with him heard <8085> [it] as they had made an end <3615> of eating <0398>. And when Joab <3097> heard <8085> the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>, he said <0559>, Wherefore <4069> [is this] noise <6963> of the city <7151> being in an uproar <1993>? 42 And while he yet <5750> spake <1696>, behold <2009>, Jonathan <3129> the son <1121> of Abiathar <54> the priest <3548> came <0935>: and Adonijah <0138> said <0559> unto him, Come <0935> in; for thou [art] a valiant <2428> man <0376>, and bringest <1319> good <2896> tidings <1319>. 43 And Jonathan <3129> answered <6030> and said <0559> to Adonijah <0138>, Verily <61> our lord <0113> king <4427> David <1732> hath made Solomon <8010> king <4427>. 44 And the king <4428> hath sent <7971> with him Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and the Cherethites <3774>, and the Pelethites <6432>, and they have caused him to ride <7392> upon the king's <4428> mule <6506>: 45 And Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> and Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030> have anointed <4886> him king <4428> in Gihon <1521>: and they are come <5927> up from thence <8033> rejoicing <8056>, so that the city <7151> rang <1949> again. This <1931> [is] the noise <6963> that ye have heard <8085>. 46 And also <1571> Solomon <8010> sitteth <3427> on <5921> the throne <3678> of the kingdom <4410>. 47 And moreover <1571> the king's <4428> servants <5650> came <0935> to bless <1288> our lord <0113> king <4428> David <1732>, saying <0559>, God <0430> make the name <8034> of Solomon <8010> better <3190> than thy name <8034>, and make his throne <3678> greater than thy throne <3678>. And the king <4428> bowed <7812> himself upon the bed <4904>. 48 And also <1571> thus <3602> said <0559> the king <4428>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, which <0834> hath given <5414> [one] to sit <3427> on <5921> my throne <3678> this day <3117>, mine eyes <5869> even seeing <7200> [it]. 49 And all <3605> the guests <7121> that [were] with Adonijah <0138> were afraid <2729>, and rose <6965> up, and went <3212> every man <0376> his way <1870>. 50 And Adonijah <0138> feared <3372> because <6440> of Solomon <8010>, and arose <6965>, and went <3212>, and caught <2388> hold <2388> on the horns <7161> of the altar <4196>. 51 And it was told <5046> Solomon <8010>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, Adonijah <0138> feareth <3372> king <4428> Solomon <8010>: for, lo <2009>, he hath caught <0270> hold <0270> on the horns <7161> of the altar <4196>, saying <0559>, Let king <4428> Solomon <8010> swear <7650> unto me to day that he will not slay <4191> his servant <5650> with the sword <2719>. 52 And Solomon <8010> said <0559>, If <0518> he will shew himself a worthy <2428> man <1121>, there shall not an hair <8185> of him fall <5307> to the earth <0776>: but if <0518> wickedness <7451> shall be found <4672> in him, he shall die <4191>. 53 So king <4428> Solomon <8010> sent <7971>, and they brought <3381> him down <3381> from the altar <4196>. And he came <7126> and bowed <7812> himself to king <4428> Solomon <8010>: and Solomon <8010> said <0559> unto him, Go <3212> to thine house <1004>. 1Kings 2 1. Now the days <3117> of David <1732> drew nigh <7126> that he should die <4191>; and he charged <6680> Solomon <8010> his son <1121>, saying <0559>, 2 I go <1980> the way <1870> of all <3605> the earth <0776>: be thou strong <2388> therefore, and shew thyself a man <0376>; 3 And keep <8104> the charge <4931> of the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, to walk <3212> in his ways <1870>, to keep <8104> his statutes <2708>, and his commandments <4687>, and his judgments <4941>, and his testimonies <5715>, as it is written <3789> in the law <8451> of Moses <4872>, that thou mayest prosper <7919> in all <3605> that thou doest <6213>, and whithersoever thou turnest <6437> thyself: 4 That the LORD <3068> may continue <6965> his word <1697> which <0834> he spake <1696> concerning <5921> me, saying <0559>, If <0518> thy children <1121> take heed <8104> to their way <1870>, to walk <3212> before <6440> me in truth <0571> with all <3605> their heart <3824> and with all <3605> their soul <5315>, there shall not fail <3772> thee (said he) a man <0376> on <5921> the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>. 5 Moreover <1571> thou knowest <3045> also <1571> what Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> did <6213> to me, [and] what <0834> he did <6213> to the two <8147> captains <8269> of the hosts <6635> of Israel <3478>, unto Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, and unto Amasa <6021> the son <1121> of Jether <3500>, whom he slew <2026>, and shed <7760> the blood <1818> of war <4421> in peace <7965>, and put <5414> the blood <1818> of war <4421> upon his girdle <2290> that [was] about his loins <4975>, and in his shoes <5275> that [were] on his feet <7272>. 6 Do <6213> therefore according to thy wisdom <2451>, and let not his hoar <7872> head go <3381> down <3381> to the grave <7585> in peace <7965>. 7 But shew <6213> kindness <2617> unto the sons <1121> of Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569>, and let them be of those that eat <0398> at thy table <7979>: for so <3651> they came <0935> to me when I fled <1272> because <6440> of Absalom <53> thy brother <0251>. 8 And, behold <2009>, [thou hast] with thee Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Gera <1617>, a Benjamite <1145> of Bahurim <0980>, which <1931> cursed <7043> me with a grievous <4834> curse <7045> in the day <3117> when I went <3212> to Mahanaim <4266>: but he came <3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> me at Jordan <3383>, and I sware <7650> to him by the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, I will not put thee to death <4191> with the sword <2719>. 9 Now <6258> therefore hold him not guiltless <5352>: for thou [art] a wise <2450> man <0376>, and knowest <3045> what thou oughtest to do <6213> unto him; but his hoar <7872> head bring <3381> thou down <3381> to the grave <7585> with blood <1818>. 10 So David <1732> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> in the city <5892> of David <1732>. 11 And the days <3117> that David <1732> reigned <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> [were] forty <0705> years <8141>: seven <7651> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Hebron <2275>, and thirty <7970> and three <7969> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Jerusalem <3389>. 12. Then sat <3427> Solomon <8010> upon the throne <3678> of David <1732> his father <1>; and his kingdom <4438> was established <3559> greatly <3966>. 13 And Adonijah <0138> the son <1121> of Haggith <2294> came <0935> to Bathsheba <1339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <8010>. And she said <0559>, Comest <0935> thou peaceably <7965>? And he said <0559>, Peaceably <7965>. 14 He said <0559> moreover, I have somewhat to say <1697> unto thee. And she said <0559>, Say <1696> on. 15 And he said <0559>, Thou knowest <3045> that the kingdom <4410> was mine, and [that] all <3605> Israel <3478> set <7760> their faces <6440> on <5921> me, that I should reign <4427>: howbeit the kingdom <4410> is turned <5437> about <5437>, and is become <1961> my brother's <0251>: for it was his from the LORD <3068>. 16 And now <6258> I ask <7592> one <0259> petition <7596> of thee, deny <7725> me not. And she said <0559> unto him, Say <1696> on. 17 And he said <0559>, Speak <0559>, I pray <4994> thee, unto Solomon <8010> the king <4428>, (for he will not say <0559> thee nay,) that he give <5414> me Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767> to wife <0802>. 18 And Bathsheba <1339> said <0559>, Well <2896>; I will speak <1696> for thee unto the king <4428>. 19 Bathsheba <1339> therefore went <0935> unto king <4428> Solomon <8010>, to speak <1696> unto him for Adonijah <0138>. And the king <4428> rose <6965> up to meet <7125> her, and bowed <7812> himself unto her, and sat <3427> down on <5921> his throne <3678>, and caused a seat <3678> to be set <7760> for the king's <4428> mother <0517>; and she sat <3427> on his right <3225> hand. 20 Then she said <0559>, I desire <7592> one <0259> small <6996> petition <7596> of thee; [I pray thee], say <0559> me not nay <6440>. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto her, Ask <7592> on, my mother <0517>: for I will not say <0559> thee nay. 21 And she said <0559>, Let Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767> be given <5414> to Adonijah <0138> thy brother <0251> to wife <0802>. 22 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> answered <6030> and said <0559> unto his mother <0517>, And why <4100> dost thou ask <7592> Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767> for Adonijah <0138>? ask <7592> for him the kingdom <4410> also; for he [is] mine elder <1419> brother <0251>; even for him, and for Abiathar <54> the priest <3548>, and for Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>. 23 Then king <4428> Solomon <8010> sware <7650> by the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, God <0430> do <6213> so to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, if <3588> Adonijah <0138> have not spoken <1696> this <2088> word <1697> against his own life <5315>. 24 Now <6258> therefore, [as] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, which <0834> hath established <3559> me, and set <3427> me on <5921> the throne <3678> of David <1732> my father <1>, and who <0834> hath made <6213> me an house <1004>, as he promised <1696>, Adonijah <0138> shall be put to death <4191> this day <3117>. 25 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> sent <7971> by the hand <3027> of Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>; and he fell <6293> upon him that he died <4191>. 26. And unto Abiathar <54> the priest <3548> said <0559> the king <4428>, Get <3212> thee to Anathoth <6068>, unto thine own fields <7704>; for thou [art] worthy <0376> of death <4194>: but I will not at this <2088> time <3117> put thee to death <4191>, because <3588> thou barest <5375> the ark <0727> of the Lord <0136> GOD <3069> before <6440> David <1732> my father <1>, and because <3588> thou hast been afflicted <6031> in all <3605> wherein <0834> my father <1> was afflicted <6031>. 27 So Solomon <8010> thrust <1644> out Abiathar <54> from being <1961> priest <3548> unto the LORD <3068>; that he might fulfil <4390> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> concerning <5921> the house <1004> of Eli <5941> in Shiloh <7887>. 28 Then tidings <8052> came <0935> to Joab <3097>: for Joab <3097> had turned <5186> after <0310> Adonijah <0138>, though he turned <5186> not after <0310> Absalom <53>. And Joab <3097> fled <5127> unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <3068>, and caught <2388> hold <2388> on the horns <7161> of the altar <4196>. 29 And it was told <5046> king <4428> Solomon <8010> that Joab <3097> was fled <5127> unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <3068>; and, behold <2009>, [he is] by the altar <4196>. Then Solomon <8010> sent <7971> Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, saying <0559>, Go <3212>, fall <6293> upon him. 30 And Benaiah <1141> came <0935> to the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <3068>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the king <4428>, Come <3318> forth <3318>. And he said <0559>, Nay <3808>; but I will die <4191> here <6311>. And Benaiah <1141> brought <7725> the king <4428> word <1697> again <7725>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> said <1696> Joab <3097>, and thus <3541> he answered <6030> me. 31 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Do <6213> as he hath said <1696>, and fall <6293> upon him, and bury <6912> him; that thou mayest take <5493> away <5493> the innocent <2600> blood <1818>, which <0834> Joab <3097> shed <8210>, from me, and from the house <1004> of my father <1>. 32 And the LORD <3068> shall return <7725> his blood <1818> upon his own head <7218>, who <4310> fell <6293> upon two <8147> men <0582> more righteous <6662> and better <2896> than he, and slew <2026> them with the sword <2719>, my father <1> David <1732> not knowing <3045> [thereof, to wit], Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, captain <8269> of the host <6635> of Israel <3478>, and Amasa <6021> the son <1121> of Jether <3500>, captain <8269> of the host <6635> of Judah <3063>. 33 Their blood <1818> shall therefore return <7725> upon the head <7218> of Joab <3097>, and upon the head <7218> of his seed <2233> for ever <5769>: but upon David <1732>, and upon his seed <2233>, and upon his house <1004>, and upon his throne <3678>, shall there be peace <7965> for ever <5769> from the LORD <3068>. 34 So Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111> went <5927> up, and fell <6293> upon him, and slew <4191> him: and he was buried <6912> in his own house <1004> in the wilderness <4057>. 35. And the king <4428> put <5414> Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111> in his room <8478> over <5921> the host <6635>: and Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> did the king <4428> put <5414> in the room <8478> of Abiathar <54>. 36 And the king <4428> sent <7971> and called <7121> for Shimei <8096>, and said <0559> unto him, Build <1129> thee an house <1004> in Jerusalem <3389>, and dwell <3427> there <8033>, and go <3318> not forth <3318> thence <8033> any whither <0575>. 37 For it shall be, [that] on the day <3117> thou goest <3318> out, and passest <5674> over <5674> the brook <5158> Kidron <6939>, thou shalt know <3045> for certain <3045> that thou shalt surely die <4191>: thy blood <1818> shall be upon thine own head <7218>. 38 And Shimei <8096> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, The saying <1697> [is] good <2896>: as my lord <0113> the king <4428> hath said <1696>, so <3651> will thy servant <5650> do <6213>. And Shimei <8096> dwelt <3427> in Jerusalem <3389> many <7227> days <3117>. 39 And it came <1961> to pass at the end <7093> of three <7969> years <8141>, that two <8147> of the servants <5650> of Shimei <8096> ran <1272> away unto Achish <0397> son <1121> of Maachah <4601> king <4428> of Gath <1661>. And they told <5046> Shimei <8096>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, thy servants <5650> [be] in Gath <1661>. 40 And Shimei <8096> arose <6965>, and saddled <2280> his ass <2543>, and went <3212> to Gath <1661> to Achish <0397> to seek <1245> his servants <5650>: and Shimei <8096> went <3212>, and brought <0935> his servants <5650> from Gath <1661>. 41 And it was told <5046> Solomon <8010> that Shimei <8096> had gone <1980> from Jerusalem <3389> to Gath <1661>, and was come <7725> again <7725>. 42 And the king <4428> sent <7971> and called <7121> for Shimei <8096>, and said <0559> unto him, Did I not make thee to swear <7650> by the LORD <3068>, and protested <5749> unto thee, saying <0559>, Know <3045> for a certain <3045>, on the day <3117> thou goest <3318> out, and walkest <1980> abroad any whither <0575>, that thou shalt surely die <4191>? and thou saidst <0559> unto me, The word <1697> [that] I have heard <8085> [is] good <2896>. 43 Why <4100> then hast thou not kept <8104> the oath <7621> of the LORD <3068>, and the commandment <4687> that I have charged <6680> thee with? 44 The king <4428> said <0559> moreover to Shimei <8096>, Thou knowest <3045> all <3605> the wickedness <7451> which <0834> thine heart <3824> is privy <3045> to, that thou didst <6213> to David <1732> my father <1>: therefore the LORD <3068> shall return <7725> thy wickedness <7451> upon thine own head <7218>; 45 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> [shall be] blessed <1288>, and the throne <3678> of David <1732> shall be established <3559> before <6440> the LORD <3068> for ever. 46 So the king <4428> commanded <6680> Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>; which went <3318> out, and fell <6293> upon him, that he died <4191>. And the kingdom <4467> was established <3559> in the hand <3027> of Solomon <8010>. 1Kings 3 1. And Solomon <8010> made affinity <2859> with Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, and took <3947> Pharaoh's <6547> daughter <1323>, and brought <0935> her into <0413> the city <5892> of David <1732>, until <5704> he had made an end <3615> of building <1129> his own house <1004>, and the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389> round <5439> about. 2 Only <7535> the people <5971> sacrificed <2076> in high <1116> places, because <3588> there was no <3808> house <1004> built <1129> unto the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, until <5704> those <1992> days <3117>. 3 And Solomon <8010> loved <0157> the LORD <3068>, walking <3212> in the statutes <2708> of David <1732> his father <1>: only <7535> he sacrificed <2076> and burnt <6999> incense <6999> in high <1116> places. 4 And the king <4428> went <3212> to Gibeon <1391> to sacrifice <2076> there <8033>; for that [was] the great <1419> high <1116> place: a thousand <0505> burnt <5930> offerings did Solomon <8010> offer <5927> upon that altar <4196>. 5. In Gibeon <1391> the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> to Solomon <8010> in a dream <2472> by night <3915>: and God <0430> said <0559>, Ask <7592> what <4100> I shall give <5414> thee. 6 And Solomon <8010> said <0559>, Thou hast shewed <6213> unto thy servant <5650> David <1732> my father <1> great <1419> mercy <2617>, according as he walked <1980> before <6440> thee in truth <0571>, and in righteousness <6666>, and in uprightness <3483> of heart <3824> with thee; and thou hast kept <8104> for him this <2088> great <1419> kindness <2617>, that thou hast given <5414> him a son <1121> to sit <3427> on <5921> his throne <3678>, as [it is] this <2088> day <3117>. 7 And now <6258>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>, thou hast made thy servant <5650> king <4427> instead <8478> of David <1732> my father <1>: and I [am but] a little <6996> child <5288>: I know <3045> not [how] to go <3318> out or come <0935> in. 8 And thy servant <5650> [is] in the midst <8432> of thy people <5971> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, a great <7227> people <5971>, that cannot <3808> be numbered <4487> nor counted <5608> for multitude <7230>. 9 Give <5414> therefore thy servant <5650> an understanding <8085> heart <3820> to judge <8199> thy people <5971>, that I may discern <0995> between <0996> good <2896> and bad <7451>: for who <4310> is able <3201> to judge <8199> this <2088> thy so great <3515> a people <5971>? 10 And the speech <1697> pleased the Lord <0136>, that Solomon <8010> had asked <7592> this <2088> thing <1697>. 11 And God <0430> said <0559> unto him, Because <3282> thou hast asked <7592> this <2088> thing <1697>, and hast not asked <7592> for thyself long <7221> life <3117>; neither <3808> hast asked <7592> riches <6239> for thyself, nor <3808> hast asked <7592> the life <5315> of thine enemies <0341>; but hast asked <7592> for thyself understanding <0995> to discern <8085> judgment <4941>; 12 Behold <2009>, I have done <6213> according to thy words <1697>: lo <2009>, I have given <5414> thee a wise <2450> and an understanding <0995> heart <3820>; so that there was none <3808> like <3644> thee before <6440> thee, neither after <0310> thee shall any arise <6965> like <3644> unto thee. 13 And I have also <1571> given <5414> thee that which <0834> thou hast not asked <7592>, both <1571> riches <6239>, and honour <3519>: so that there shall not be any <0376> among the kings <4428> like <3644> unto thee all <3605> thy days <3117>. 14 And if <0518> thou wilt walk <3212> in my ways <1870>, to keep <8104> my statutes <2706> and my commandments <4687>, as thy father <1> David <1732> did walk <1980>, then I will lengthen <0748> thy days <3117>. 15 And Solomon <8010> awoke <3364>; and, behold <2009>, [it was] a dream <2472>. And he came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and stood <5975> before <6440> the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068>, and offered <5927> up burnt <5930> offerings, and offered <6213> peace <8002> offerings, and made <6213> a feast <4960> to all <3605> his servants <5650>. 16. Then <0227> came <0935> there two <8147> women <0802>, [that were] harlots <2181>, unto the king <4428>, and stood <5975> before <6440> him. 17 And the one <0259> woman <0802> said <0559>, O my lord <0113>, I and this <2063> woman <0802> dwell <3427> in one <0259> house <1004>; and I was delivered <3205> of a child <3205> with her in the house <1004>. 18 And it came <1961> to pass the third <7992> day <3117> after that I was delivered <3205>, that this <2063> woman <0802> was delivered <3205> also <1571>: and we [were] together <3162>; [there was] no <0369> stranger <2114> with us in the house <1004>, save <2108> we two <8147> in the house <1004>. 19 And this <2063> woman's <0802> child <1121> died <4191> in the night <3915>; because <0834> she overlaid <7901> it. 20 And she arose <6965> at midnight, and took <3947> my son <1121> from beside <0681> me, while thine handmaid <0519> slept <3463>, and laid <7901> it in her bosom <2436>, and laid <7901> her dead <4191> child <1121> in my bosom <2436>. 21 And when I rose <6965> in the morning <1242> to give my child <1121> suck <3243>, behold <2009>, it was dead <4191>: but when I had considered <0995> it in the morning <1242>, behold <2009>, it was not my son <1121>, which <0834> I did bear <3205>. 22 And the other <0312> woman <0802> said <0559>, Nay <3808>; but the living <2416> [is] my son <1121>, and the dead <4191> [is] thy son <1121>. And this <2063> said <0559>, No <3808>; but the dead <4191> [is] thy son <1121>, and the living <2416> [is] my son <1121>. Thus they spake <1696> before <6440> the king <4428>. 23 Then said <0559> the king <4428>, The one <2063> saith <0559>, This <2063> [is] my son <1121> that liveth <2416>, and thy son <1121> [is] the dead <4191>: and the other <2063> saith <0559>, Nay <3808>; but thy son <1121> [is] the dead <4191>, and my son <1121> [is] the living <2416>. 24 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Bring <3947> me a sword <2719>. And they brought <0935> a sword <2719> before <6440> the king <4428>. 25 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Divide <1504> the living <2416> child <3206> in two <8147>, and give <5414> half <2677> to the one <0259>, and half <2677> to the other <0259>. 26 Then spake <0559> the woman <0802> whose <0834> the living <2416> child <1121> [was] unto the king <4428>, for her bowels <7358> yearned <3648> upon her son <1121>, and she said <0559>, O my lord <0113>, give <5414> her the living <2416> child <3205>, and in no <0408> wise slay <4191> it. But the other <2063> said <0559>, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide <1504> [it]. 27 Then the king <4428> answered <6030> and said <0559>, Give <5414> her the living <2416> child <3205>, and in no <3808> wise slay <4191> it: she [is] the mother <0517> thereof. 28 And all <3605> Israel <3478> heard <8085> of the judgment <4941> which <0834> the king <4428> had judged <8199>; and they feared <3372> the king <4428>: for they saw <7200> that the wisdom <2451> of God <0430> [was] in him, to do <6213> judgment <4941>. 1Kings 4 1. So king <4428> Solomon <8010> was king <4428> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478>. 2 And these <0428> [were] the princes <8269> which <0834> he had; Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, 3 Elihoreph <0456> and Ahiah <0281>, the sons <1121> of Shisha <7894>, scribes <5608>; Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Ahilud <0286>, the recorder <2142>. 4 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111> [was] over <5921> the host <6635>: and Zadok <6659> and Abiathar <54> [were] the priests <3548>: 5 And Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of Nathan <5416> [was] over <5921> the officers <5324>: and Zabud the son <1121> of Nathan <5416> [was] principal <3548> officer <5324>, [and] the king's <4428> friend <7463>: 6 And Ahishar <0301> [was] over <5921> the household <1004>: and Adoniram <0141> the son <1121> of Abda <5653> [was] over <5921> the tribute <4522>. 7 And Solomon <8010> had twelve officers <5324> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478>, which provided victuals <3557> for the king <4428> and his household <1004>: each <0259> man his month <2320> in a year <8141> made provision <3557>. 8 And these <0428> [are] their names <8034>: The son <1133> of Hur <2354>, in mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>: 9 The son <1128> of Dekar <1857>, in Makaz <4739>, and in Shaalbim <8169>, and Bethshemesh <1053>, and Elonbethhanan <0358>: 10 The son <1136> of Hesed <2618>, in Aruboth <0700>; to him [pertained] Sochoh <7755>, and all <3605> the land <0776> of Hepher <2660>: 11 The son <1125> of Abinadab <41>, in all <3605> the region <5299> of Dor <1756>; which had Taphath <2955> the daughter <1323> of Solomon <8010> to wife <0802>: 12 Baana <1195> the son <1121> of Ahilud <0286>; [to him pertained] Taanach <8590> and Megiddo <4023>, and all <3605> Bethshean <1052>, which [is] by Zartanah beneath <8478> Jezreel <3157>, from Bethshean <1052> to Abelmeholah <65>, [even] unto [the place that is] beyond <5676> Jokneam <3362>: 13 The son <1127> of Geber <1398>, in Ramothgilead <7433>; to him [pertained] the towns <2333> of Jair <2971> the son <1121> of Manasseh <4519>, which <0834> [are] in Gilead <1568>; to him [also pertained] the region <2256> of Argob <0709>, which <0834> [is] in Bashan <1316>, threescore <8346> great <1419> cities <5892> with walls <2346> and brasen <5178> bars <1280>: 14 Ahinadab <0292> the son <1121> of Iddo <5714> [had] Mahanaim <4266>: 15 Ahimaaz <0290> [was] in Naphtali <5321>; he also <1571> took <3947> Basmath <1315> the daughter <1323> of Solomon <8010> to wife <0802>: 16 Baanah <1195> the son <1121> of Hushai <2365> [was] in Asher <0836> and in Aloth <1175>: 17 Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Paruah <6515>, in Issachar <3485>: 18 Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Elah <0425>, in Benjamin <1144>: 19 Geber <1398> the son <1121> of Uri <0221> [was] in the country <0776> of Gilead <1568>, [in] the country <0776> of Sihon <5511> king <4428> of the Amorites <0567>, and of Og <5747> king <4428> of Bashan <1316>; and [he was] the only <0259> officer <5333> which <0834> [was] in the land <0776>. 20. Judah <3063> and Israel <3478> [were] many <7227>, as the sand <2344> which <0834> [is] by the sea <3220> in multitude <7230>, eating <0398> and drinking <8354>, and making merry <8056>. 21 And Solomon <8010> reigned <4910> over all <3605> kingdoms <4467> from the river <5104> unto the land <0776> of the Philistines <6430>, and unto the border <1366> of Egypt <4714>: they brought <5066> presents <4503>, and served <5647> Solomon <8010> all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>. 22 And Solomon's <8010> provision <3899> for one <0259> day <3117> was thirty <7970> measures <3734> of fine flour <5560>, and threescore <8346> measures <3734> of meal <7058>, 23 Ten <6235> fat <1277> oxen <1241>, and twenty <6242> oxen <1241> out of the pastures <7471>, and an hundred <3967> sheep <6629>, beside <0905> harts <0354>, and roebucks <6643>, and fallowdeer <3180>, and fatted <75> fowl <1257>. 24 For he had dominion <7287> over all <3605> [the region] on this side <5676> the river <5104>, from Tiphsah <8607> even to Azzah <5804>, over all <3605> the kings <4428> on this side <5676> the river <5104>: and he had <1961> peace <7965> on all <3605> sides <5676> round <5439> about him. 25 And Judah <3063> and Israel <3478> dwelt <3427> safely <0983>, every man <0376> under <8478> his vine <1612> and under <8478> his fig <8384> tree, from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba <0884>, all <3605> the days <3117> of Solomon <8010>. 26 And Solomon <8010> had forty <0705> thousand <0505> stalls <0723> of horses <5483> for his chariots <4817>, and twelve thousand <0505> horsemen <6571>. 27 And those <0428> officers <5324> provided victual <3557> for king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and for all <3605> that came <7131> unto king <4428> Solomon's <8010> table <7979>, every man <0376> in his month <2320>: they lacked <5737> nothing. 28 Barley <8184> also and straw <8401> for the horses <5483> and dromedaries <7409> brought <0935> they unto the place <4725> where [the officers] were, every man <0376> according to his charge <4941>. 29. And God <0430> gave <5414> Solomon <8010> wisdom <2451> and understanding <8394> exceeding <3966> much <7235>, and largeness <7341> of heart <3820>, even as the sand <2344> that [is] on <5921> the sea <3220> shore <8193>. 30 And Solomon's <8010> wisdom <2451> excelled <7227> the wisdom <2451> of all <3605> the children <1121> of the east <6924> country, and all <3605> the wisdom <2451> of Egypt <4714>. 31 For he was wiser <2449> than all <3605> men <0120>; than Ethan <0387> the Ezrahite <0250>, and Heman <1968>, and Chalcol <3633>, and Darda <1862>, the sons <1121> of Mahol <4235>: and his fame <8034> was in all <3605> nations <1471> round <5439> about. 32 And he spake <1696> three <7969> thousand <0505> proverbs <4912>: and his songs <7892> were a thousand <0505> and five <2568>. 33 And he spake <1696> of trees <6086>, from the cedar <0730> tree <6086> that [is] in Lebanon <3844> even unto the hyssop <0231> that springeth <3318> out of the wall <7023>: he spake <1696> also of beasts <0929>, and of fowl <5775>, and of creeping <7431> things, and of fishes <1709>. 34 And there came <0935> of all <3605> people <5971> to hear <8085> the wisdom <2451> of Solomon <8010>, from all <3605> kings <4428> of the earth <0776>, which <0834> had heard <8085> of his wisdom <2451>. 1Kings 5 1. And Hiram <2438> king <4428> of Tyre <6865> sent <7971> his servants <5650> unto Solomon <8010>; for he had <1961> heard <8085> that they had <1961> anointed <4886> him king <4428> in the room <8478> of his father <1>: for Hiram <2438> was ever a lover <0157> of David <1732>. 2 And Solomon <8010> sent <7971> to Hiram <2438>, saying <0559>, 3 Thou knowest <3045> how that David <1732> my father <1> could <3201> not build <1129> an house <1004> unto the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> his God <0430> for the wars <4421> which <0834> were about <5437> him on every <5437> side, until <5704> the LORD <3068> put <5414> them under <8478> the soles <3709> of his feet <7272>. 4 But now <6258> the LORD <3068> my God <0430> hath given me rest <5117> on every <5437> side <5439>, [so that there is] neither <0369> adversary <7854> nor <0369> evil <7451> occurrent <6294>. 5 And, behold <2005>, I purpose <0559> to build <1129> an house <1004> unto the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> my God <0430>, as the LORD <3068> spake <1696> unto David <1732> my father <1>, saying <0559>, Thy son <1121>, whom <0834> I will set <5414> upon thy throne <3678> in thy room <8478>, he shall build <1129> an house <1004> unto my name <8034>. 6 Now <6258> therefore command <6680> thou that they hew <3772> me cedar <0730> trees out of Lebanon <3844>; and my servants <5650> shall be with thy servants <5650>: and unto thee will I give <5414> hire <7939> for thy servants <5650> according to all <3605> that thou shalt appoint <0559>: for thou knowest <3045> that [there is] not among us any <0376> that can skill <3045> to hew <3772> timber <6086> like unto the Sidonians <6722>. 7 And it came <1961> to pass, when Hiram <2438> heard <8085> the words <1697> of Solomon <8010>, that he rejoiced <8055> greatly <3966>, and said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068> this day <3117>, which <0834> hath given <5414> unto David <1732> a wise <2450> son <1121> over <5921> this <2088> great <7227> people <5971>. 8 And Hiram <2438> sent <7971> to Solomon <8010>, saying <0559>, I have considered <8085> the things which <0834> thou sentest <7971> to me for: [and] I will do <6213> all <3605> thy desire <2656> concerning timber <6086> of cedar <0730>, and concerning timber <6086> of fir <1265>. 9 My servants <5650> shall bring <3381> [them] down <3381> from Lebanon <3844> unto the sea <3220>: and I will convey <7760> them by sea <3220> in floats <1702> unto the place <4725> that thou shalt appoint <7971> me, and will cause them to be discharged <5310> there <8033>, and thou shalt receive <5375> [them]: and thou shalt accomplish <6213> my desire <2656>, in giving <5414> food <3899> for my household <1004>. 10. So Hiram <2438> gave <5414> Solomon <8010> cedar <0730> trees <6086> and fir <1265> trees <6086> [according to] all <3605> his desire <2656>. 11 And Solomon <8010> gave <5414> Hiram <2438> twenty <6242> thousand <0505> measures <3734> of wheat <2406> [for] food <4361> to his household <1004>, and twenty <6242> measures <3734> of pure <3795> oil <8081>: thus <3541> gave <5414> Solomon <8010> to Hiram <2438> year <8141> by year <8141>. 12 And the LORD <3068> gave <5414> Solomon <8010> wisdom <2451>, as he promised <1696> him: and there was peace <7965> between <0996> Hiram <2438> and Solomon <8010>; and they two <8147> made <3772> a league <1285> together. 13 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> raised <5927> a levy <4522> out of all <3605> Israel <3478>; and the levy <4522> was thirty <7970> thousand <0505> men <0376>. 14 And he sent <7971> them to Lebanon <3844>, ten <6235> thousand <0505> a month <2320> by courses <2487>: a month <2320> they were in Lebanon <3844>, [and] two <8147> months <2320> at home <1004>: and Adoniram <0141> [was] over <5921> the levy <4522>. 15 And Solomon <8010> had <1961> threescore <7657> and ten thousand <0505> that bare <5375> burdens <5449>, and fourscore <8084> thousand <0505> hewers <2672> in the mountains <2022>; 16 Beside <0905> the chief <8269> of Solomon's <8010> officers <5324> which <0834> [were] over <5921> the work <4399>, three <7969> thousand <0505> and three <7969> hundred <3967>, which ruled <7287> over the people <5971> that wrought <6213> in the work <4399>. 17 And the king <4428> commanded <6680>, and they brought <5265> great <1419> stones <68>, costly <3368> stones <68>, [and] hewed <1496> stones <68>, to lay the foundation <3245> of the house <1004>. 18 And Solomon's <8010> builders <1129> and Hiram's <2438> builders <1129> did hew <6458> [them], and the stonesquarers <1382>: so they prepared <3559> timber <6086> and stones <68> to build <1129> the house <1004>. 1Kings 6 1. And it came <1961> to pass in the four <0702> hundred <3967> and eightieth <8084> year <8141> after the children <1121> of Israel <3478> were come <3318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of Solomon's <8010> reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>, in the month <2320> Zif <2099>, which <1931> [is] the second <8145> month <2320>, that he began to build <1129> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>. 2 And the house <1004> which <0834> king <4428> Solomon <8010> built <1129> for the LORD <3068>, the length <0753> thereof [was] threescore <8346> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <7341> thereof twenty <6242> [cubits], and the height <6967> thereof thirty <7970> cubits <0520>. 3 And the porch <0197> before the temple <1964> of the house <1004>, twenty <6242> cubits <0520> [was] the length <0753> thereof, according to the breadth <7341> of the house <1004>; [and] ten <6235> cubits <0520> [was] the breadth <7341> thereof before the house <1004>. 4 And for the house <1004> he made <6213> windows <2474> of narrow <0331> lights <8261>. 5 And against <5921> the wall <7023> of the house <1004> he built <1129> chambers <3326> round <5439> about, [against] the walls <7023> of the house <1004> round <5439> about, [both] of the temple <1964> and of the oracle <1687>: and he made <6213> chambers <6763> round <5439> about: 6 The nethermost <8481> chamber <3326> [was] five <2568> cubits <0520> broad <7341>, and the middle <8484> [was] six <8337> cubits <0520> broad <7341>, and the third <7992> [was] seven <7651> cubits <0520> broad <7341>: for without <2351> [in the wall] of the house <1004> he made <5414> narrowed <4052> rests round <5439> about, that [the beams] should not be fastened <0270> in the walls <7023> of the house <1004>. 7 And the house <1004>, when it was in building <1129>, was built <1129> of stone <68> made ready <8003> before <4551> it was brought <4551> thither: so that there was neither <3808> hammer <4717> nor axe <1631> [nor] any <3605> tool <3627> of iron <1270> heard <8085> in the house <1004>, while it was in building <1129>. 8 The door <6907> for the middle <8484> chamber <6763> [was] in the right <3233> side <3802> of the house <1004>: and they went <5927> up with winding <3583> stairs <3883> into <5921> the middle <8484> [chamber], and out of the middle <8484> into <0413> the third <7992>. 9 So he built <1129> the house <1004>, and finished <3615> it; and covered <5603> the house <1004> with beams <1356> and boards <7713> of cedar <0730>. 10 And [then] he built <1129> chambers <3326> against <5921> all <3605> the house <1004>, five <2568> cubits <0520> high <6967>: and they rested <0270> on the house <1004> [with] timber <6086> of cedar <0730>. 11. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to Solomon <8010>, saying <0559>, 12 [Concerning] this <2088> house <1004> which <0834> thou art in building <1129>, if <0518> thou wilt walk <3212> in my statutes <2708>, and execute <6213> my judgments <4941>, and keep <8104> all <3605> my commandments <4687> to walk <3212> in them; then will I perform <6965> my word <1697> with thee, which <0834> I spake <1696> unto David <1732> thy father <1>: 13 And I will dwell <7931> among <8432> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and will not forsake <5800> my people <5971> Israel <3478>. 14 So Solomon <8010> built <1129> the house <1004>, and finished <3615> it. 15. And he built <1129> the walls <7023> of the house <1004> within <1004> with boards <6763> of cedar <0730>, both the floor <7172> of the house <1004>, and the walls <7023> of the cieling <5604>: [and] he covered <6823> [them] on the inside <1004> with wood <6086>, and covered <6823> the floor <7172> of the house <1004> with planks <6763> of fir <1265>. 16 And he built <1129> twenty <6242> cubits <0520> on the sides <3411> of the house <1004>, both the floor <7172> and the walls <7023> with boards <6763> of cedar <0730>: he even built <1129> [them] for it within <1004>, [even] for the oracle <1687>, [even] for the most <6944> holy <6944> [place]. 17 And the house <1004>, that [is], the temple <1964> before <3942> it, was forty <0705> cubits <0520> [long]. 18 And the cedar <0730> of the house <1004> within <6441> [was] carved <4734> with knops <6497> and open <6358> flowers <6731>: all <3605> [was] cedar <0730>; there was no <0369> stone <68> seen <7200>. 19 And the oracle <1687> he prepared <3559> in the house <1004> within <6441>, to set <5414> there <8033> the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068>. 20 And the oracle <1687> in the forepart <6440> [was] twenty <6242> cubits <0520> in length <0753>, and twenty <6242> cubits <0520> in breadth <7341>, and twenty <6242> cubits <0520> in the height <6967> thereof: and he overlaid <6823> it with pure <5462> gold <2091>; and [so] covered <6823> the altar <4196> [which was of] cedar <0730>. 21 So Solomon <8010> overlaid <6823> the house <1004> within <6441> with pure <5462> gold <2091>: and he made a partition <5674> by the chains <7569> of gold <2091> before <6440> the oracle <1687>; and he overlaid <6823> it with gold <2091>. 22 And the whole <3605> house <1004> he overlaid <6823> with gold <2091>, until <5704> he had <1961> finished <8552> all <3605> the house <1004>: also the whole <3605> altar <4196> that [was] by the oracle <1687> he overlaid <6823> with gold <2091>. 23 And within the oracle <1687> he made <6213> two <8147> cherubims <3742> [of] olive <8081> tree <6086>, [each] ten <6235> cubits <0520> high <6967>. 24 And five <2568> cubits <0520> [was] the one <0259> wing <3671> of the cherub <3742>, and five <2568> cubits <0520> the other <8145> wing <3671> of the cherub <3742>: from the uttermost <7098> part of the one wing <3671> unto the uttermost <7098> part of the other <3671> [were] ten <6235> cubits <0520>. 25 And the other <8145> cherub <3742> [was] ten <6235> cubits <0520>: both <8147> the cherubims <3742> [were] of one <0259> measure <4060> and one <0259> size <7095>. 26 The height <6967> of the one <0259> cherub <3742> [was] ten <6235> cubits <0520>, and so <3651> [was it] of the other <8145> cherub <3742>. 27 And he set <5414> the cherubims <3742> within <8432> the inner <6442> house <1004>: and they stretched <6566> forth the wings <3671> of the cherubims <3742>, so that the wing <3671> of the one <0259> touched <5060> the [one] wall <7023>, and the wing <3671> of the other <8145> cherub <3742> touched <5060> the other <8145> wall <7023>; and their wings <3671> touched <5060> one <3671> another <3671> in the midst <8432> of the house <1004>. 28 And he overlaid <6823> the cherubims <3742> with gold <2091>. 29 And he carved <7049> all <3605> the walls <7023> of the house <1004> round <4524> about <4524> with carved <6603> figures <4734> of cherubims <3742> and palm <8561> trees and open <6358> flowers <6731>, within <6441> and without <2435>. 30 And the floor <7172> of the house <1004> he overlaid <6823> with gold <2091>, within <6441> and without <2435>. 31 And for the entering <6607> of the oracle <1687> he made <6213> doors <1817> [of] olive <8081> tree <6086>: the lintel <0352> [and] side posts <4201> [were] a fifth <2549> part [of the wall]. 32 The two <8147> doors <1817> also [were of] olive <8081> tree <6086>; and he carved <7049> upon them carvings <4734> of cherubims <3742> and palm <8561> trees and open <6358> flowers <6731>, and overlaid <6823> [them] with gold <2091>, and spread <7286> gold <2091> upon the cherubims <3742>, and upon the palm <8561> trees. 33 So <3651> also made <6213> he for the door <6907> of the temple <1964> posts <4201> [of] olive <8081> tree <6086>, a fourth <7243> part [of the wall]. 34 And the two <8147> doors <1817> [were of] fir <1265> tree <6086>: the two <8147> leaves <6763> of the one <0259> door <1817> [were] folding <1550>, and the two <8147> leaves <7050> of the other <8145> door <1817> [were] folding <1550>. 35 And he carved <7049> [thereon] cherubims <3742> and palm <8561> trees and open <6358> flowers <6731>: and covered <6823> [them] with gold <2091> fitted <3474> upon the carved <2707> work. 36 And he built <1129> the inner <6442> court <2691> with three <7969> rows <2905> of hewed <1496> stone <1496>, and a row <2905> of cedar <0730> beams <3773>. 37 In the fourth <7243> year <8141> was the foundation <3245> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> laid, in the month <3391> Zif <2099>: 38 And in the eleventh year <8141>, in the month <3391> Bul <0945>, which <1931> [is] the eighth <8066> month <2320>, was the house <1004> finished <3615> throughout all <3605> the parts <1697> thereof, and according <5921> to all <3605> the fashion <4941> of it. So was he seven <7651> years <8141> in building <1129> it. 1Kings 7 1. But Solomon <8010> was building <1129> his own house <1004> thirteen years <8141>, and he finished <3615> all <3605> his house <1004>. 2 He built <1129> also the house <1004> of the forest <3293> of Lebanon <3844>; the length <0753> thereof [was] an hundred <3967> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <7341> thereof fifty <2572> cubits <0520>, and the height <6967> thereof thirty <7970> cubits <0520>, upon four <0702> rows <2905> of cedar <0730> pillars <5982>, with cedar <0730> beams <3773> upon the pillars <5982>. 3 And [it was] covered <5603> with cedar <0730> above <4605> upon the beams <6763>, that [lay] on forty <0705> five <2568> pillars <5982>, fifteen <6240> [in] a row <2905>. 4 And [there were] windows <8261> [in] three <7969> rows <2905>, and light <4237> [was] against <0413> light <4237> [in] three <7969> ranks <6471>. 5 And all <3605> the doors <6607> and posts <4201> [were] square <7251>, with the windows <8260>: and light <4237> [was] against light <0216> [in] three <7969> ranks <6471>. 6 And he made <6213> a porch <0197> of pillars <5982>; the length <0753> thereof [was] fifty <2572> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <7341> thereof thirty <7970> cubits <0520>: and the porch <0197> [was] before them: and the [other] pillars <5982> and the thick beam <5646> [were] before them. 7 Then he made <6213> a porch <0197> for the throne <3678> where he might judge <8199>, [even] the porch <0197> of judgment <4941>: and [it was] covered <5603> with cedar <0730> from one side of the floor <7172> to the other. 8 And his house <1004> where he dwelt <3427> [had] another <0312> court <2691> within <1004> the porch <0197>, [which] was of the like work <4649>. Solomon <8010> made <6213> also an house <1004> for Pharaoh's <6547> daughter <1323>, whom <0834> he had <1961> taken <3947> [to wife], like unto this <2088> porch <0197>. 9 All <3605> these <0428> [were of] costly <3368> stones <68>, according to the measures <4060> of hewed <1496> stones <1496>, sawed <1641> with saws <4050>, within <1004> and without <2351>, even from the foundation <4527> unto the coping <2947>, and [so] on <5704> the outside <2351> toward <5704> the great <1419> court <2691>. 10 And the foundation <3245> [was of] costly <3368> stones <68>, even great <1419> stones <68>, stones <68> of ten <6235> cubits <0520>, and stones <68> of eight <8083> cubits <0520>. 11 And above <4605> [were] costly <3368> stones <68>, after the measures <4060> of hewed <1496> stones <1496>, and cedars <0730>. 12 And the great <1419> court <2691> round <5439> about [was] with three <7969> rows <2905> of hewed <1496> stones <1496>, and a row <2905> of cedar <0730> beams <3773>, both for the inner <6442> court <2691> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and for the porch <0197> of the house <1004>. 13. And king <4428> Solomon <8010> sent <7971> and fetched <3947> Hiram <2438> out of Tyre <6865>. 14 He [was] a widow's <0490> son <1121> of the tribe <4294> of Naphtali <5321>, and his father <1> [was] a man <0376> of Tyre <6876>, a worker <2790> in brass <5178>: and he was filled <4390> with wisdom <2451>, and understanding <8394>, and cunning <1847> to work <6213> all <3605> works <4399> in brass <5178>. And he came <0935> to king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and wrought <6213> all <3605> his work <4399>. 15 For he cast <6696> two <8147> pillars <5982> of brass <5178>, of eighteen cubits <0520> high <6967> apiece <0259>: and a line <2339> of twelve cubits <0520> did compass <5437> either <8145> of them about <5437>. 16 And he made <6213> two <8147> chapiters <3805> [of] molten <3332> brass <5178>, to set <5414> upon the tops <7218> of the pillars <5982>: the height <6967> of the one <0259> chapiter <3805> [was] five <2568> cubits <0520>, and the height <6967> of the other <8145> chapiter <3805> [was] five <2568> cubits <0520>: 17 [And] nets <7638> of checker <7639> work <4639>, and wreaths <1434> of chain <8333> work <4639>, for the chapiters <3805> which <0834> [were] upon the top <7218> of the pillars <5982>; seven <7651> for the one <0259> chapiter <3805>, and seven <7651> for the other <8145> chapiter <3805>. 18 And he made <6213> the pillars <5982>, and two <8147> rows <2905> round <5439> about upon the one <0259> network <7639>, to cover <3680> the chapiters <3805> that [were] upon the top <7218>, with pomegranates <7416>: and so <3651> did <6213> he for the other <8145> chapiter <3805>. 19 And the chapiters <3805> that [were] upon the top <7218> of the pillars <5982> [were] of lily <7799> work <4639> in the porch <0197>, four <0702> cubits <0520>. 20 And the chapiters <3805> upon the two <8147> pillars <5982> [had pomegranates] also <1571> above <4605>, over <5980> against <5980> the belly <0990> which <0834> [was] by the network <7639>: and the pomegranates <7416> [were] two hundred <3967> in rows <2905> round <5439> about upon the other <8145> chapiter <3805>. 21 And he set <6965> up the pillars <5982> in the porch <0197> of the temple <1964>: and he set <6965> up the right <3225> pillar <5982>, and called <7121> the name <8034> thereof Jachin <3199>: and he set <6965> up the left <8042> pillar <5982>, and called <7121> the name <8034> thereof Boaz <1162>. 22 And upon the top <7218> of the pillars <5982> [was] lily <7799> work <4639>: so was the work <4399> of the pillars <5982> finished <8552>. 23 And he made <6213> a molten <3332> sea <3220>, ten <6235> cubits <0520> from the one brim <8193> to the other: [it was] round <5696> all about, and his height <6967> [was] five <2568> cubits <0520>: and a line <6957> of thirty <7970> cubits <0520> did compass <5437> it round <5439> about. 24 And under <8478> the brim <8193> of it round <5439> about [there were] knops <6497> compassing <5437> it, ten <6235> in a cubit <0520>, compassing <5362> the sea <3220> round <5439> about: the knops <6497> [were] cast <3333> in two <8147> rows <2905>, when it was cast <3333>. 25 It stood <5975> upon twelve oxen <1241>, three <7969> looking <6437> toward the north <6828>, and three <7969> looking <6437> toward the west <3220>, and three <7969> looking <6437> toward the south <5045>, and three <7969> looking <6437> toward the east <4217>: and the sea <3220> [was set] above <4605> upon them, and all <3605> their hinder <0268> parts [were] inward <1004>. 26 And it [was] an hand <2947> breadth <2947> thick <5672>, and the brim <8193> thereof was wrought <4639> like the brim <8193> of a cup <3563>, with flowers <6525> of lilies <7799>: it contained <3557> two thousand <0505> baths <1324>. 27 And he made <6213> ten <6235> bases <4350> of brass <5178>; four <0702> cubits <0520> [was] the length <0753> of one <0259> base <4350>, and four <0702> cubits <0520> the breadth <7341> thereof, and three <7969> cubits <0520> the height <6967> of it. 28 And the work <4639> of the bases <4350> [was] on this <2088> [manner]: they had borders <4526>, and the borders <4526> [were] between <0996> the ledges <7948>: 29 And on <5921> the borders <4526> that [were] between <0996> the ledges <7948> [were] lions <0738>, oxen <1241>, and cherubims <3742>: and upon the ledges <7948> [there was] a base <3653> above <4605>: and beneath <8478> the lions <0738> and oxen <1241> [were] certain additions <3914> made <6213> of thin <4174> work <4639>. 30 And every <0259> base <4350> had four <0702> brasen <5178> wheels <0212>, and plates <5633> of brass <5178>: and the four <0702> corners <6471> thereof had undersetters <3802>: under <8478> the laver <3595> [were] undersetters <3802> molten <3332>, at the side <5676> of every <0376> addition <3914>. 31 And the mouth <6310> of it within <1004> the chapiter <3805> and above <4605> [was] a cubit <0520>: but the mouth <6310> thereof [was] round <5696> [after] the work <4639> of the base <3653>, a cubit <0520> and an half <2677>: and also <1571> upon the mouth <6310> of it [were] gravings with their borders <4526>, foursquare <7251>, not round <5696>. 32 And under <8478> the borders <4526> [were] four <0702> wheels <0212>; and the axletrees <3027> of the wheels <0212> [were joined] to the base <4350>: and the height <6967> of a wheel <0212> [was] a cubit <0520> and half <2677> a cubit <0520>. 33 And the work <4639> of the wheels <0212> [was] like the work <4639> of a chariot <4818> wheel <0212>: their axletrees <3027>, and their naves <1354>, and their felloes <2839>, and their spokes <2840>, [were] all <3605> molten <3332>. 34 And [there were] four <0702> undersetters <3802> to the four <0702> corners <6438> of one <0259> base <4350>: [and] the undersetters <3802> [were] of the very base <4350> itself. 35 And in the top <7218> of the base <4350> [was there] a round <5696> compass <5439> of half <2677> a cubit <0520> high <6967>: and on <5921> the top <7218> of the base <4350> the ledges <3027> thereof and the borders <4526> thereof [were] of the same. 36 For on <5921> the plates <3871> of the ledges <3027> thereof, and on <5921> the borders <4526> thereof, he graved <6605> cherubims <3742>, lions <0738>, and palm <8561> trees, according to the proportion <4626> of every <0376> one <0376>, and additions <3914> round <5439> about. 37 After this <2063> [manner] he made <6213> the ten <6235> bases <4350>: all <3605> of them had one <0259> casting <4165>, one <0259> measure <4060>, [and] one <0259> size <7095>. 38 Then made <6213> he ten <6235> lavers <3595> of brass <5178>: one <0259> laver <3595> contained <3557> forty <0705> baths <1324>: [and] every <0259> laver <3595> was four <0702> cubits <0520>: [and] upon every one <0259> of the ten <6235> bases <4350> one <0259> laver <3595>. 39 And he put <5414> five <2568> bases <4350> on <5921> the right <3225> side <3802> of the house <1004>, and five <2568> on <5921> the left <8040> side <3802> of the house <1004>: and he set <5414> the sea <3220> on the right <3233> side <3802> of the house <1004> eastward <6924> over <4136> against <4136> the south <5045>. 40 And Hiram <2438> made <6213> the lavers <3595>, and the shovels <3257>, and the basons <4219>. So Hiram <2438> made <6213> an end <3615> of doing <6213> all <3605> the work <4399> that he made <6213> king <4428> Solomon <8010> for the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>: 41 The two <8147> pillars <5982>, and the [two <8147>] bowls <1543> of the chapiters <3805> that [were] on <5921> the top <7218> of the two <8147> pillars <5982>; and the two <8147> networks <7639>, to cover <3680> the two <8147> bowls <1543> of the chapiters <3805> which <0834> [were] upon the top <7218> of the pillars <5982>; 42 And four <0702> hundred <3967> pomegranates <7416> for the two <8147> networks <7639>, [even] two <8147> rows <2905> of pomegranates <7416> for one <0259> network <7639>, to cover <3680> the two <8147> bowls <1543> of the chapiters <3805> that [were] upon the pillars <5982>; 43 And the ten <6235> bases <4350>, and ten <6235> lavers <3595> on <5921> the bases <4350>; 44 And one <0259> sea <3220>, and twelve oxen <1241> under <8478> the sea <3220>; 45 And the pots <5518>, and the shovels <3257>, and the basons <4219>: and all <3605> these <0428> vessels <3627>, which <0834> Hiram <2438> made <6213> to king <4428> Solomon <8010> for the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, [were of] bright <4803> brass <5178>. 46 In the plain <3603> of Jordan <3383> did the king <4428> cast <3332> them, in the clay <4568> ground <0127> between <0996> Succoth <5523> and Zarthan. 47 And Solomon <8010> left <3240> all <3605> the vessels <3627> [unweighed], because they were exceeding <3966> many <7230>: neither <3808> was the weight <4948> of the brass <5178> found <2713> out. 48. And Solomon <8010> made <6213> all <3605> the vessels <3627> that [pertained] unto the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>: the altar <4196> of gold <2091>, and the table <7979> of gold <2091>, whereupon the shewbread [was], 49 And the candlesticks <4501> of pure <5462> gold <2091>, five <2568> on the right <3225> [side], and five <2568> on the left <8040>, before <6440> the oracle <1687>, with the flowers <6525>, and the lamps <5216>, and the tongs <4457> [of] gold <2091>, 50 And the bowls <5592>, and the snuffers <4212>, and the basons <4219>, and the spoons <3709>, and the censers <4289> [of] pure <5462> gold <2091>; and the hinges <6596> [of] gold <2091>, [both] for the doors <1817> of the inner <6442> house <1004>, the most <6944> holy <6944> [place, and] for the doors <1817> of the house <1004>, [to wit], of the temple <1964>. 51 So was ended <7999> all <3605> the work <4399> that king <4428> Solomon <8010> made <6213> for the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>. And Solomon <8010> brought <0935> in the things which David <1732> his father <1> had dedicated <6944>; [even <0853>] the silver <3701>, and the gold <2091>, and the vessels <3627>, did he put <5414> among the treasures <0214> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>. 1Kings 8 1. Then <0227> Solomon <8010> assembled <6950> the elders <2205> of Israel <3478>, and all <3605> the heads <7218> of the tribes <4294>, the chief <5387> of the fathers <1> of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, unto king <4428> Solomon <8010> in Jerusalem <3389>, that they might bring <5927> up the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> out of the city <5892> of David <1732>, which <1958> [is] Zion <6726>. 2 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478> assembled <6950> themselves unto king <4428> Solomon <8010> at the feast <2282> in the month <3391> Ethanim <0388>, which <1931> [is] the seventh <7637> month <2320>. 3 And all <3605> the elders <2205> of Israel <3478> came <0935>, and the priests <3548> took <5375> up the ark <0727>. 4 And they brought <5927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>, and the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <4150>, and all <3605> the holy <6944> vessels <3627> that [were] in the tabernacle <0168>, even those did the priests <3548> and the Levites <3881> bring <5927> up. 5 And king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and all <3605> the congregation <5712> of Israel <3478>, that were assembled <3259> unto him, [were] with him before <6440> the ark <0727>, sacrificing <2076> sheep <6629> and oxen <1241>, that could not be told <5608> nor <3808> numbered <4487> for multitude <7230>. 6 And the priests <3548> brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> unto his place <4725>, into <0413> the oracle <1687> of the house <1004>, to the most <6944> holy <6944> [place, even] under the wings <3671> of the cherubims <3742>. 7 For the cherubims <3742> spread <6566> forth [their] two wings <3671> over <0413> the place <4725> of the ark <0727>, and the cherubims <3742> covered <5526> the ark <0727> and the staves <0905> thereof above <4605>. 8 And they drew <0748> out the staves <0905>, that the ends <7218> of the staves <0905> were seen <7200> out in the holy <6944> [place] before the oracle <1687>, and they were not seen <7200> without <2351>: and there <8033> they are unto this <2088> day <3117>. 9 [There was] nothing <0369> in the ark <0727> save <7535> the two <8147> tables <3871> of stone <68>, which <0834> Moses <4872> put <3240> there <8033> at Horeb <2722>, when <0834> the LORD <3068> made <3772> [a covenant] with the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, when they came <3318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>. 10 And it came <1961> to pass, when the priests <3548> were come <3318> out of the holy <6944> [place], that the cloud <6051> filled <4390> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, 11 So that the priests <3548> could <3201> not stand <5975> to minister <8334> because <6440> of the cloud <6051>: for the glory <3519> of the LORD <3068> had filled <4390> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>. 12. Then <0227> spake <0559> Solomon <8010>, The LORD <3068> said <0559> that he would dwell <7931> in the thick darkness <6205>. 13 I have surely <0403> built <1129> thee an house <1004> to dwell <2073> in, a settled <4349> place for thee to abide <3427> in for ever <5769>. 14 And the king <4428> turned <5437> his face <6440> about, and blessed <1288> all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478>: (and all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478> stood <5975>;) 15 And he said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, which <0834> spake <1696> with his mouth <6310> unto David <1732> my father <1>, and hath with his hand <3027> fulfilled <4390> [it], saying <0559>, 16 Since <4480> the day <3117> that I brought <3318> forth <3318> my people <5971> Israel <3478> out of Egypt <4714>, I chose <0977> no <3808> city <5892> out of all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> to build <1129> an house <1004>, that my name <8034> might be therein <8033>; but I chose <0977> David <1732> to be over <5921> my people <5971> Israel <3478>. 17 And it was in the heart <3824> of David <1732> my father <1> to build <1129> an house <1004> for the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>. 18 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto David <1732> my father <1>, Whereas it was in thine heart <3824> to build <1129> an house <1004> unto my name <8034>, thou didst well <3190> that it was in thine heart <3824>. 19 Nevertheless <7535> thou shalt not build <1129> the house <1004>; but thy son <1121> that shall come <3318> forth <3318> out of thy loins <2504>, he shall build <1129> the house <1004> unto my name <8034>. 20 And the LORD <3068> hath performed <6965> his word <1697> that he spake <1696>, and I am risen <6965> up in the room <8478> of David <1732> my father <1>, and sit <3427> on <5921> the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>, as the LORD <3068> promised <1696>, and have built <1129> an house <1004> for the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>. 21 And I have set <7760> there <8033> a place <4725> for the ark <0727>, wherein [is] the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he made <3772> with our fathers <1>, when he brought <3318> them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>. 22. And Solomon <8010> stood <5975> before <6440> the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> in the presence <5048> of all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478>, and spread <6566> forth his hands <3027> toward heaven <8064>: 23 And he said <0559>, LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, [there is] no <0369> God <0430> like <3644> thee, in heaven <8064> above <4605>, or on <5921> earth <0776> beneath <8478>, who keepest <8104> covenant <1285> and mercy <2617> with thy servants <5650> that walk <1980> before <6440> thee with all <3605> their heart <3824>: 24 Who <0834> hast kept <8104> with thy servant <5650> David <1732> my father <1> that thou promisedst <1696> him: thou spakest <1696> also with thy mouth <6310>, and hast fulfilled <4390> [it] with thine hand <3027>, as [it is] this <2088> day <3117>. 25 Therefore now <6258>, LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, keep <8104> with thy servant <5650> David <1732> my father <1> that thou promisedst <1696> him, saying <0559>, There shall not fail <3772> thee a man <0376> in my sight <6440> to sit <3427> on <5921> the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>; so <7535> that thy children <1121> take heed <8104> to their way <1870>, that they walk <3212> before <6440> me as thou hast walked <1980> before <6440> me. 26 And now <6258>, O God <0430> of Israel <3478>, let thy word <1697>, I pray <4994> thee, be verified <0539>, which <0834> thou spakest <1696> unto thy servant <5650> David <1732> my father <1>. 27 But will God <0430> indeed <0552> dwell <3427> on <5921> the earth <0776>? behold <2009>, the heaven <8064> and heaven <8064> of heavens <8064> cannot <3808> contain <3557> thee; how <0637> much <0637> less this <2088> house <1004> that I have builded <1129>? 28 Yet have thou respect <6437> unto the prayer <8605> of thy servant <5650>, and to his supplication <8467>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>, to hearken <8085> unto the cry <7440> and to the prayer <8605>, which <0834> thy servant <5650> prayeth <6419> before <6440> thee to day <3117>: 29 That thine eyes <5869> may be open <6605> toward <0413> this <2088> house <1004> night <3915> and day <3117>, [even] toward <0413> the place <4725> of which <0834> thou hast said <0559>, My name <8034> shall be there <8033>: that thou mayest hearken <8085> unto the prayer <8605> which <0834> thy servant <5650> shall make toward <0413> this <2088> place <4725>. 30 And hearken <8085> thou to the supplication <8467> of thy servant <5650>, and of thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, when <0834> they shall pray <6419> toward <0413> this <2088> place <4725>: and hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> thy dwelling <3427> place <4725>: and when thou hearest <8085>, forgive <5545>. 31 If any man <0376> trespass <2398> against his neighbour <7453>, and an oath <0423> be laid <5375> upon him to cause him to swear <0422>, and the oath <0423> come <0935> before <6440> thine altar <4196> in this <2088> house <1004>: 32 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064>, and do <6213>, and judge <8199> thy servants <5650>, condemning <7561> the wicked <7563>, to bring <5414> his way <1870> upon his head <7218>; and justifying <6663> the righteous <6662>, to give <5414> him according to his righteousness <6666>. 33 When thy people <5971> Israel <3478> be smitten <5062> down before <6440> the enemy <0341>, because <0834> they have sinned <2398> against thee, and shall turn <7725> again <7725> to thee, and confess <3034> thy name <8034>, and pray <6419>, and make supplication <2603> unto thee in this <2088> house <1004>: 34 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064>, and forgive <5545> the sin <2403> of thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, and bring <7725> them again <7725> unto the land <0127> which <0834> thou gavest <5414> unto their fathers <1>. 35 When heaven <8064> is shut <6113> up, and there is no <3808> rain <4306>, because <3588> they have sinned <2398> against thee; if they pray <6419> toward <0413> this <2088> place <4725>, and confess <3034> thy name <8034>, and turn <7725> from their sin <2403>, when <3588> thou afflictest <6031> them: 36 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064>, and forgive <5545> the sin <2403> of thy servants <5650>, and of thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, that thou teach <3384> them the good <2896> way <1870> wherein <0834> they should walk <3212>, and give <5414> rain <4306> upon thy land <0776>, which <0834> thou hast given <5414> to thy people <5971> for an inheritance <5159>. 37 If <3588> there be in the land <0776> famine <7458>, if <3588> there be pestilence <1698>, blasting <7711>, mildew <3420>, locust <0697>, [or] if <3588> there be caterpiller <2625>; if <3588> their enemy <0341> besiege <6887> them in the land <0776> of their cities <8179>; whatsoever <3605> plague <5061>, whatsoever <3605> sickness <4245> [there be]; 38 What <3605> prayer <8605> and supplication <8467> soever <0834> be [made] by any <3605> man <0120>, [or] by all <3605> thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, which <0834> shall know <3045> every man <0376> the plague <5061> of his own heart <3824>, and spread <6566> forth his hands <3027> toward <0413> this <2088> house <1004>: 39 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> thy dwelling <3427> place <4349>, and forgive <5545>, and do <6213>, and give <5414> to every man <0376> according <3605> to his ways <1870>, whose <0834> heart <3824> thou knowest <3045>; (for thou, [even] thou only <0905>, knowest <3045> the hearts <3824> of all <3605> the children <1121> of men <0120>;) 40 That they may fear <3372> thee all <3605> the days <3117> that they live <2416> in the land <0127> which <0834> thou gavest <5414> unto our fathers <1>. 41 Moreover <1571> concerning <0413> a stranger <5237>, that [is] not of thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, but cometh <0935> out of a far <7350> country <0776> for thy name's <8034> sake <4616>; 42 (For they shall hear <8085> of thy great <1419> name <8034>, and of thy strong <2389> hand <3027>, and of thy stretched <5186> out arm <2220>;) when he shall come <0935> and pray <6419> toward <0413> this <2088> house <1004>; 43 Hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> thy dwelling <3427> place <4349>, and do <6213> according to all <3605> that the stranger <5237> calleth <7121> to thee for: that all <3605> people <5971> of the earth <0776> may know <3045> thy name <8034>, to fear <3372> thee, as [do] thy people <5971> Israel <3478>; and that they may know <3045> that this <2088> house <1004>, which <0834> I have builded <1129>, is called <7121> by thy name <8034>. 44 If <3588> thy people <5971> go <3318> out to battle <4421> against <5921> their enemy <0341>, whithersoever thou shalt send <7971> them, and shall pray <6419> unto the LORD <3068> toward <1870> the city <5892> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, and [toward] the house <1004> that I have built <1129> for thy name <8034>: 45 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> their prayer <8605> and their supplication <8467>, and maintain <6213> their cause <4941>. 46 If <3588> they sin <2398> against thee, (for [there is] no <0369> man <0120> that sinneth <2398> not,) and thou be angry <0599> with them, and deliver <5414> them to the enemy <0341>, so that they carry <7617> them away <7617> captives <7617> unto the land <0776> of the enemy <0341>, far <7350> or <0176> near <7138>; 47 [Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land <0776> whither they were carried <7617> captives <7617>, and repent <7725>, and make supplication <2603> unto thee in the land <0776> of them that carried <7617> them captives <7617>, saying <0559>, We have sinned <2398>, and have done perversely <5753>, we have committed <7561> wickedness <7561>; 48 And [so] return <7725> unto thee with all <3605> their heart <3824>, and with all <3605> their soul <5315>, in the land <0776> of their enemies <0341>, which <0834> led them away <7617> captive <7617>, and pray <6419> unto thee toward <1870> their land <0776>, which <0834> thou gavest <5414> unto their fathers <1>, the city <5892> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, and the house <1004> which <0834> I have built <1129> for thy name <8034>: 49 Then hear <8085> thou their prayer <8605> and their supplication <8467> in heaven <8064> thy dwelling <3427> place <4349>, and maintain <6213> their cause <4941>, 50 And forgive <5545> thy people <5971> that have sinned <2398> against thee, and all <3605> their transgressions <6588> wherein <0834> they have transgressed <6586> against thee, and give <5414> them compassion <7356> before <6440> them who carried <7617> them captive <7617>, that they may have compassion <7355> on them: 51 For they [be] thy people <5971>, and thine inheritance <5159>, which <0834> thou broughtest <3318> forth <3318> out of Egypt <4714>, from the midst <8432> of the furnace <3564> of iron <1270>: 52 That thine eyes <5869> may be open <6605> unto the supplication <8467> of thy servant <5650>, and unto the supplication <8467> of thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, to hearken <8085> unto them in all <3605> that they call <7121> for unto thee. 53 For thou didst <6213> separate <0914> them from among all <3605> the people <5971> of the earth <0776>, [to be] thine inheritance <5159>, as thou spakest <1696> by the hand <3027> of Moses <4872> thy servant <5650>, when thou broughtest <3318> our fathers <1> out of Egypt <4714>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>. 54. And it was [so], that when Solomon <8010> had made an end <3615> of praying <6419> all <3605> this <2063> prayer <8605> and supplication <8467> unto the LORD <3068>, he arose <6965> from before <6440> the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068>, from kneeling <3766> on <5921> his knees <1290> with his hands <3027> spread <6566> up to heaven <8064>. 55 And he stood <5975>, and blessed <1288> all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478> with a loud <1419> voice <6963>, saying <0559>, 56 Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068>, that hath given <5414> rest <4496> unto his people <5971> Israel <3478>, according to all <3605> that he promised <1696>: there hath not failed <5307> one <0259> word <1697> of all <3605> his good <2896> promise <1697>, which <0834> he promised <1696> by the hand <3027> of Moses <4872> his servant <5650>. 57 The LORD <3068> our God <0430> be with us, as he was with our fathers <1>: let him not leave <5800> us, nor <0408> forsake <5203> us: 58 That he may incline <5186> our hearts <3824> unto him, to walk <3212> in all <3605> his ways <1870>, and to keep <8104> his commandments <4687>, and his statutes <2706>, and his judgments <4941>, which <0834> he commanded <6680> our fathers <1>. 59 And let these <0428> my words <1697>, wherewith <0834> I have made supplication <2603> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, be nigh <7126> unto the LORD <3068> our God <0430> day <3119> and night <3915>, that he maintain <6213> the cause <4941> of his servant <5650>, and the cause <4941> of his people <5971> Israel <3478> at all times <3117>, as the matter <1697> shall require <3117>: 60 That all <3605> the people <5971> of the earth <0776> may know <3045> that the LORD <3068> [is] God <0430>, [and that there is] none <0369> else <5750>. 61 Let your heart <3824> therefore be perfect <8003> with the LORD <3068> our God <0430>, to walk <3212> in his statutes <2706>, and to keep <8104> his commandments <4687>, as at this <2088> day <3117>. 62. And the king <4428>, and all <3605> Israel <3478> with him, offered <2076> sacrifice <2077> before <6440> the LORD <3068>. 63 And Solomon <8010> offered <2076> a sacrifice <2077> of peace <8002> offerings, which <0834> he offered <2076> unto the LORD <3068>, two <8147> and twenty <6242> thousand <0505> oxen <1241>, and an hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> thousand <0505> sheep <6629>. So the king <4428> and all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> dedicated <2596> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>. 64 The same <1931> day <3117> did the king <4428> hallow <6942> the middle <8432> of the court <2691> that [was] before <6440> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>: for there <8033> he offered <6213> burnt <5930> offerings, and meat offerings <4503>, and the fat <2459> of the peace <8002> offerings: because <3588> the brasen <5178> altar <4196> that [was] before <6440> the LORD <3068> [was] too little <6996> to receive <3557> the burnt <5930> offerings, and meat offerings <4503>, and the fat <2459> of the peace <8002> offerings. 65 And at that time <6256> Solomon <8010> held <6213> a feast <2282>, and all <3605> Israel <3478> with him, a great <1419> congregation <6951>, from the entering <0935> in of Hamath <2574> unto the river <5158> of Egypt <4714>, before <6440> the LORD <3068> our God <0430>, seven <7651> days <3117> and seven <7651> days <3117>, [even] fourteen days <3117>. 66 On the eighth <8066> day <3117> he sent <7971> the people <5971> away: and they blessed <1288> the king <4428>, and went <3212> unto their tents <0168> joyful <8056> and glad <2896> of heart <3824> for all <3605> the goodness <2896> that the LORD <3068> had done <6213> for David <1732> his servant <5650>, and for Israel <3478> his people <5971>. 1Kings 9 1. And it came <1961> to pass, when Solomon <8010> had finished <3615> the building <1129> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the king's <4428> house <1004>, and all <3605> Solomon's <8010> desire <2837> which <0834> he was pleased <2654> to do <6213>, 2 That the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> to Solomon <8010> the second <8145> time, as he had appeared <7200> unto him at Gibeon <1391>. 3 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, I have heard <8085> thy prayer <8605> and thy supplication <8467>, that thou hast made before <6440> me: I have hallowed <6942> this <2088> house <1004>, which <0834> thou hast built <1129>, to put <7760> my name <8034> there <8033> for ever <5769>; and mine eyes <5869> and mine heart <3824> shall be there <8033> perpetually. 4 And if <0518> thou wilt walk <3212> before <6440> me, as David <1732> thy father <1> walked <1980>, in integrity <8537> of heart <3824>, and in uprightness <3476>, to do <6213> according to all <3605> that I have commanded <6680> thee, [and] wilt keep <8104> my statutes <2706> and my judgments <4941>: 5 Then I will establish <6965> the throne <3678> of thy kingdom <4467> upon Israel <3478> for ever <5769>, as I promised <1696> to David <1732> thy father <1>, saying <0559>, There shall not fail <3772> thee a man <0376> upon the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>. 6 [But] if <0518> ye shall at all turn <7725> from following <0310> me, ye or your children <1121>, and will not keep <8104> my commandments <4687> [and] my statutes <2708> which <0834> I have set <5414> before <6440> you, but go <1980> and serve <5647> other <0312> gods <0430>, and worship <7812> them: 7 Then will I cut <3772> off Israel <3478> out of the land <0127> which <0834> I have given <5414> them; and this house <1004>, which <0834> I have hallowed <6942> for my name <8034>, will I cast <7971> out of my sight <6440>; and Israel <3478> shall be a proverb <4912> and a byword <8148> among all <3605> people <5971>: 8 And at this <2088> house <1004>, [which] is high <5945>, every <3605> one that passeth <5674> by it shall be astonished <8074>, and shall hiss <8319>; and they shall say <0559>, Why hath the LORD <3068> done <6213> thus <3602> unto this land <0776>, and to this house <1004>? 9 And they shall answer <0559>, Because they forsook <5800> the LORD <3068> their God <0430>, who <0834> brought <3318> forth <3318> their fathers <1> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>, and have taken <2388> hold <2388> upon other <0312> gods <0430>, and have worshipped <7812> them, and served <5647> them: therefore hath the LORD <3068> brought <0935> upon them all <3605> this <2063> evil <7451>. 10. And it came <1961> to pass at the end <7097> of twenty <6242> years <8141>, when Solomon <8010> had built <1129> the two <8147> houses <1004>, the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the king's <4428> house <1004>, 11 ([Now] Hiram <2438> the king <4428> of Tyre <6865> had furnished <5375> Solomon <8010> with cedar <0730> trees <6086> and fir <1265> trees <6086>, and with gold <2091>, according to all <3605> his desire <2656>,) that then <0227> king <4428> Solomon <8010> gave <5414> Hiram <2438> twenty <6242> cities <5892> in the land <0776> of Galilee <1551>. 12 And Hiram <2438> came <3318> out from Tyre <6865> to see <7200> the cities <5892> which <0834> Solomon <8010> had given <5414> him; and they pleased him not. 13 And he said <0559>, What <4100> cities <5892> [are] these <0428> which <0834> thou hast given <5414> me, my brother <0251>? And he called <7121> them the land <0776> of Cabul <3521> unto this <2088> day <3117>. 14 And Hiram <2438> sent <7971> to the king <4428> sixscore talents <3603> of gold <2091>. 15. And this <2088> [is] the reason <1697> of the levy <4522> which <0834> king <4428> Solomon <8010> raised <5927>; for to build <1129> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and his own house <1004>, and Millo <4407>, and the wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389>, and Hazor <2674>, and Megiddo <4023>, and Gezer <1507>. 16 [For] Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714> had gone <5927> up, and taken <3920> Gezer <1507>, and burnt <8313> it with fire <0784>, and slain <2026> the Canaanites <3669> that dwelt <3427> in the city <5892>, and given <5414> it [for] a present <7964> unto his daughter <1323>, Solomon's <8010> wife <0802>. 17 And Solomon <8010> built <1129> Gezer <1507>, and Bethhoron <1032> the nether <8481>, 18 And Baalath <1191>, and Tadmor <8412> in the wilderness <4057>, in the land <0776>, 19 And all <3605> the cities <5892> of store <4543> that Solomon <8010> had <1961>, and cities <5892> for his chariots <7393>, and cities <5892> for his horsemen <6571>, and that which <0834> Solomon <8010> desired <2836> to build <1129> in Jerusalem <3389>, and in Lebanon <3844>, and in all <3605> the land <0776> of his dominion <4475>. 20 [And] all <3605> the people <5971> [that were] left <3498> of the Amorites <0567>, Hittites <2850>, Perizzites <6522>, Hivites <2340>, and Jebusites <2983>, which <0834> [were] not of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, 21 Their children <1121> that were left <3498> after <0310> them in the land <0776>, whom the children <1121> of Israel <3478> also were not able <3201> utterly to destroy <2763>, upon those did Solomon <8010> levy <5927> a tribute <4522> of bondservice <5647> unto this <2088> day <3117>. 22 But of the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did Solomon <8010> make <5414> no <3808> bondmen <5650>: but they [were] men <0582> of war <4421>, and his servants <5650>, and his princes <8269>, and his captains <7991>, and rulers <8269> of his chariots <7393>, and his horsemen <6571>. 23 These <0428> [were] the chief <8269> of the officers <5324> that [were] over <5921> Solomon's <8010> work <4399>, five <2568> hundred <3967> and fifty <2572>, which bare <7287> rule <7287> over the people <5971> that wrought <6213> in the work <4399>. 24 But Pharaoh's <6547> daughter <1323> came <5927> up out of the city <5892> of David <1732> unto her house <1004> which <0834> [Solomon] had built <1129> for her: then <0227> did he build <1129> Millo <4407>. 25 And three <7969> times <6471> in a year <8141> did Solomon <8010> offer <5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace <8002> offerings upon the altar <4196> which <0834> he built <1129> unto the LORD <3068>, and he burnt <6999> incense <6999> upon the altar <4196> that [was] before <6440> the LORD <3068>. So he finished <7999> the house <1004>. 26 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> made <6213> a navy <0590> of ships in Eziongeber <6100>, which <0834> [is] beside <0854> Eloth <0359>, on <5921> the shore <8193> of the Red <5488> sea <3220>, in the land <0776> of Edom <0123>. 27 And Hiram <2438> sent <7971> in the navy <0590> his servants <5650>, shipmen that had knowledge <3045> of the sea <3220>, with the servants <5650> of Solomon <8010>. 28 And they came <0935> to Ophir <0211>, and fetched <3947> from thence <8033> gold <2091>, four <0702> hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> talents <3603>, and brought <0935> [it] to king <4428> Solomon <8010>. 1Kings 10 1. And when the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> heard <8085> of the fame <8088> of Solomon <8010> concerning the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, she came <0935> to prove <5254> him with hard <2420> questions <2420>. 2 And she came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389> with a very <3966> great <3515> train <2428>, with camels <1581> that bare <5375> spices <1314>, and very <3966> much <7227> gold <2091>, and precious <3368> stones <68>: and when she was come <0935> to Solomon <8010>, she communed <1696> with him of all <3605> that was in her heart <3824>. 3 And Solomon <8010> told <5046> her all <3605> her questions <1697>: there was not [any] thing <1697> hid <5956> from the king <4428>, which <0834> he told <5046> her not. 4 And when the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> had seen <7200> all <3605> Solomon's <8010> wisdom <2451>, and the house <1004> that he had built <1129>, 5 And the meat <3978> of his table <7979>, and the sitting <4186> of his servants <5650>, and the attendance <4612> of his ministers <8334>, and their apparel <4403>, and his cupbearers <4945>, and his ascent <5930> by which <0834> he went <5927> up unto the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>; there was no <3808> more <5750> spirit <7307> in her. 6 And she said <0559> to the king <4428>, It was a true <0571> report <1697> that I heard <8085> in mine own land <0776> of thy acts <1697> and of thy wisdom <2451>. 7 Howbeit I believed <0539> not the words <1697>, until <5704> I came <0935>, and mine eyes <5869> had seen <7200> [it]: and, behold <2009>, the half <2677> was not told <5046> me: thy wisdom <2451> and prosperity <2896> exceedeth <3254> the fame <8052> which <0834> I heard <8085>. 8 Happy <0835> [are] thy men <0582>, happy <0835> [are] these <0428> thy servants <5650>, which stand <5975> continually <8548> before <6440> thee, [and] that hear <8085> thy wisdom <2451>. 9 Blessed <1288> be the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, which <0834> delighted <2654> in thee, to set <5414> thee on <5921> the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>: because the LORD <3068> loved <0160> Israel <3478> for ever <5769>, therefore made <7760> he thee king <4428>, to do <6213> judgment <4941> and justice <6666>. 10 And she gave <5414> the king <4428> an hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> talents <3603> of gold <2091>, and of spices <1314> very <3966> great <7235> store, and precious <3368> stones <68>: there came <0935> no <3808> more <5750> such <1931> abundance <7230> of spices <1314> as these <1931> which <0834> the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> gave <5414> to king <4428> Solomon <8010>. 11 And the navy <0590> also <1571> of Hiram <2438>, that brought <5375> gold <2091> from Ophir <0211>, brought <0935> in from Ophir <0211> great <3966> plenty <7235> of almug <0484> trees <6086>, and precious <3368> stones <68>. 12 And the king <4428> made <6213> of the almug <0484> trees <6086> pillars <4552> for the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and for the king's <4428> house <1004>, harps <3658> also and psalteries <5035> for singers <7891>: there came <0935> no <3808> such <3651> almug <0484> trees <6086>, nor <3808> were seen <7200> unto this <2088> day <3117>. 13 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> gave <5414> unto the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> all <3605> her desire <2656>, whatsoever <0834> she asked <7592>, beside <0905> [that] which <0834> Solomon <8010> gave <5414> her of his royal <4428> bounty. So she turned <6437> and went <3212> to her own <0249> country <0776>, she and her servants <5650>. 14. Now the weight <4948> of gold <2091> that came <0935> to Solomon <8010> in one <0259> year <8141> was six <8337> hundred <3967> threescore <8346> and six <8337> talents <3603> of gold <2091>, 15 Beside <0905> [that he had] of the merchantmen <8446>, and of the traffick <4536> of the spice <7402> merchants <7402>, and of all <3605> the kings <4428> of Arabia <6152>, and of the governors <6346> of the country <0776>. 16 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> made <6213> two hundred <3967> targets <6793> [of] beaten <7820> gold <2091>: six <8337> hundred <3967> [shekels] of gold <2091> went <5927> to one <0259> target <6793>. 17 And [he made] three <7969> hundred <3967> shields <4043> [of] beaten <7820> gold <2091>; three <7969> pound <4488> of gold <2091> went <5927> to one <0259> shield <4043>: and the king <4428> put <5414> them in the house <1004> of the forest <3293> of Lebanon <3844>. 18 Moreover the king <4428> made <6213> a great <1419> throne <3678> of ivory <8127>, and overlaid <6823> it with the best <6338> gold <2091>. 19 The throne <3678> had six <8337> steps <4609>, and the top <7218> of the throne <3678> [was] round <5696> behind <0310>: and [there were] stays <3027> on either side on <0413> the place <4725> of the seat <7675>, and two <8147> lions <0738> stood <5975> beside <0681> the stays <3027>. 20 And twelve lions <0738> stood <5975> there <8033> on the one <2088> side and on the other <2088> upon the six <8337> steps <4609>: there was not the like <3651> made <6213> in any <3605> kingdom <4467>. 21 And all <3605> king <4428> Solomon's <8010> drinking <4945> vessels <3627> [were of] gold <2091>, and all <3605> the vessels <3627> of the house <1004> of the forest <3293> of Lebanon <3844> [were of] pure <5462> gold <2091>; none <0369> [were of] silver <3701>: it was nothing accounted <2803> of in the days <3117> of Solomon <8010>. 22 For the king <4428> had at sea <3220> a navy <0590> of Tharshish <8659> with the navy <0590> of Hiram <2438>: once <0259> in three <7969> years <8141> came <0935> the navy <0590> of Tharshish <8659>, bringing <5375> gold <2091>, and silver <3701>, ivory <8143>, and apes <6971>, and peacocks <8500>. 23 So king <4428> Solomon <8010> exceeded <1431> all <3605> the kings <4428> of the earth <0776> for riches <6239> and for wisdom <2451>. 24 And all <3605> the earth <0776> sought <1245> to Solomon <8010>, to hear <8085> his wisdom <2451>, which <0834> God <0430> had put <5414> in his heart <3820>. 25 And they brought <0935> every man <0376> his present <4503>, vessels <3627> of silver <3701>, and vessels <3627> of gold <2091>, and garments <8008>, and armour <5402>, and spices <1314>, horses <5483>, and mules <6505>, a rate <1697> year <8141> by year <8141>. 26 And Solomon <8010> gathered <0622> together chariots <7393> and horsemen <6571>: and he had a thousand <0505> and four <0702> hundred <3967> chariots <7393>, and twelve thousand <0505> horsemen <6571>, whom he bestowed <3240> in the cities <5892> for chariots <7393>, and with the king <4428> at Jerusalem <3389>. 27 And the king <4428> made <5414> silver <3701> [to be] in Jerusalem <3389> as stones <68>, and cedars <0730> made <5414> he [to be] as the sycomore <8256> trees that [are] in the vale <8219>, for abundance <7230>. 28 And Solomon <8010> had horses <5483> brought <4161> out of Egypt <4714>, and linen <4723> yarn <4723>: the king's <4428> merchants <5503> received <3947> the linen <4723> yarn <4723> at a price <4242>. 29 And a chariot <4818> came <5927> up and went <3318> out of Egypt <4714> for six <8337> hundred <3967> [shekels] of silver <3701>, and an horse <5483> for an hundred <3967> and fifty <2572>: and so for all <3605> the kings <4428> of the Hittites <2850>, and for the kings <4428> of Syria <0758>, did they bring <3318> [them] out by their means <3027>. 1Kings 11 1. But king <4428> Solomon <8010> loved <0157> many <7227> strange <5237> women <0802>, together with the daughter <1323> of Pharaoh <6547>, women of the Moabites <4125>, Ammonites <5984>, Edomites <0130>, Zidonians <6722>, [and] Hittites <2850>; 2 Of the nations <1471> [concerning] which <0834> the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, Ye shall not go <0935> in to them, neither <3808> shall they come <0935> in unto you: [for] surely <0403> they will turn <5186> away your heart <3824> after <0310> their gods <0430>: Solomon <8010> clave <1692> unto these <1992> in love <0160>. 3 And he had <1961> seven <7651> hundred <3967> wives <0802>, princesses <8282>, and three <7969> hundred <3967> concubines <6370>: and his wives <0802> turned <5186> away his heart <3820>. 4 For it came <1961> to pass, when <6256> Solomon <8010> was old <2209>, [that] his wives <0802> turned <5186> away his heart <3824> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>: and his heart <3824> was not perfect <8003> with the LORD <3068> his God <0430>, as [was] the heart <3824> of David <1732> his father <1>. 5 For Solomon <8010> went <3212> after <0310> Ashtoreth <6252> the goddess <0430> of the Zidonians <6722>, and after <0310> Milcom <4445> the abomination <8251> of the Ammonites <5984>. 6 And Solomon <8010> did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and went not fully <4390> after <0310> the LORD <3068>, as [did] David <1732> his father <1>. 7 Then did Solomon <8010> build <1129> an high <1116> place for Chemosh <3645>, the abomination <8251> of Moab <4124>, in the hill <2022> that [is] before Jerusalem <3389>, and for Molech <4432>, the abomination <8251> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>. 8 And likewise <3651> did <6213> he for all <3605> his strange <5237> wives <0802>, which burnt <6999> incense <6999> and sacrificed <2076> unto their gods <0430>. 9. And the LORD <3068> was angry <0599> with Solomon <8010>, because <3588> his heart <3824> was turned <5186> from the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, which had appeared <7200> unto him twice <6471>, 10 And had commanded <6680> him concerning <5921> this <2088> thing <1697>, that he should not go <3212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>: but he kept <8104> not that which <0834> the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>. 11 Wherefore <4100> the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Solomon <8010>, Forasmuch as this <2063> is done of thee, and thou hast not kept <8104> my covenant <1285> and my statutes <2708>, which <0834> I have commanded <6680> thee, I will surely rend <7167> the kingdom <4467> from thee, and will give <5414> it to thy servant <5650>. 12 Notwithstanding <0389> in thy days <3117> I will not do <6213> it for David <1732> thy father's <1> sake <4616>: [but] I will rend <7167> it out of the hand <3027> of thy son <1121>. 13 Howbeit <7535> I will not rend <7167> away all <3605> the kingdom <4467>; [but] will give <5414> one <0259> tribe <7626> to thy son <1121> for David <1732> my servant's <5650> sake <4616>, and for Jerusalem's <3389> sake <4616> which <0834> I have chosen <0977>. 14. And the LORD <3068> stirred <6965> up an adversary <7854> unto Solomon <8010>, Hadad <1908> the Edomite <0130>: he [was] of the king's <4428> seed <2233> in Edom <0123>. 15 For it came <1961> to pass, when David <1732> was in Edom <0123>, and Joab <3097> the captain <8269> of the host <6635> was gone <5927> up to bury <6912> the slain <2491>, after he had smitten <5221> every <3605> male <2145> in Edom <0123>; 16 (For six <8337> months <2320> did Joab <3097> remain <3427> there <8033> with all <3605> Israel <3478>, until <5704> he had cut <3772> off every <3605> male <2145> in Edom <0123>:) 17 That Hadad <1908> fled <1272>, he and certain <0582> Edomites of his father's <1> servants <5650> with him, to go <0935> into Egypt <4714>; Hadad <1908> [being] yet a little <6996> child <5288>. 18 And they arose <6965> out of Midian <4080>, and came <0935> to Paran <6290>: and they took <3947> men <0582> with them out of Paran <6290>, and they came <0935> to Egypt <4714>, unto Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>; which gave <5414> him an house <1004>, and appointed <0559> him victuals <3899>, and gave <5414> him land <0776>. 19 And Hadad <1908> found <4672> great <3966> favour <2580> in the sight <5869> of Pharaoh <6547>, so that he gave <5414> him to wife <0802> the sister <0269> of his own wife <0802>, the sister <0269> of Tahpenes <8472> the queen <1377>. 20 And the sister <0269> of Tahpenes <8472> bare <3205> him Genubath <1592> his son <1121>, whom Tahpenes <8472> weaned <1580> in Pharaoh's <6547> house <1004>: and Genubath <1592> was in Pharaoh's <6547> household <1004> among <8432> the sons <1121> of Pharaoh <6547>. 21 And when Hadad <1908> heard <8085> in Egypt <4714> that David <1732> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and that Joab <3097> the captain <8269> of the host <6635> was dead <4191>, Hadad <1908> said <0559> to Pharaoh <6547>, Let me depart <7971>, that I may go <3212> to mine own country <0776>. 22 Then Pharaoh <6547> said <0559> unto him, But what <4100> hast thou lacked <2638> with me, that, behold <2009>, thou seekest <1245> to go <3212> to thine own country <0776>? And he answered <0559>, Nothing <3808>: howbeit let me go <7971> in any wise. 23 And God <0430> stirred <6965> him up [another] adversary <7854>, Rezon <7331> the son <1121> of Eliadah <0450>, which <0834> fled <1272> from his lord <0113> Hadadezer <1909> king <4428> of Zobah <6678>: 24 And he gathered <6908> men <0582> unto him, and became <1961> captain <8269> over a band <1416>, when David <1732> slew <2026> them [of Zobah <6678>]: and they went <3212> to Damascus <1834>, and dwelt <3427> therein, and reigned <4427> in Damascus <1834>. 25 And he was an adversary <7854> to Israel <3478> all <3605> the days <3117> of Solomon <8010>, beside <0854> the mischief <7451> that Hadad <1908> [did]: and he abhorred <6973> Israel <3478>, and reigned <4427> over <5921> Syria <0758>. 26. And Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, an Ephrathite <0673> of Zereda, Solomon's <8010> servant <5650>, whose mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Zeruah, a widow <0490> woman <0802>, even he lifted <7311> up [his] hand <3027> against the king <4428>. 27 And this <2088> [was] the cause <1697> that he lifted <7311> up [his] hand <3027> against the king <4428>: Solomon <8010> built <1129> Millo <4407>, [and] repaired <5462> the breaches <6556> of the city <5892> of David <1732> his father <1>. 28 And the man <0376> Jeroboam <3379> [was] a mighty <1368> man of valour <2428>: and Solomon <8010> seeing <7200> the young <5288> man that he was industrious, he made him ruler <6485> over all <3605> the charge <5447> of the house <1004> of Joseph <3130>. 29 And it came <1961> to pass at that time <6256> when Jeroboam <3379> went <3318> out of Jerusalem <3389>, that the prophet <5030> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <7888> found <4672> him in the way <1870>; and he had clad <3680> himself <1931> with a new <2319> garment <8008>; and they two <8147> [were] alone <0905> in the field <7704>: 30 And Ahijah <0281> caught <8610> the new <2319> garment <8008> that [was] on <5921> him, and rent <7167> it [in] twelve pieces <7168>: 31 And he said <0559> to Jeroboam <3379>, Take <3947> thee ten <6235> pieces <7168>: for thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, Behold <2005>, I will rend <7167> the kingdom <4467> out of the hand <3027> of Solomon <8010>, and will give <5414> ten <6235> tribes <7626> to thee: 32 (But he shall have <1961> one <0259> tribe <7626> for my servant <5650> David's <1732> sake <4616>, and for Jerusalem's <3389> sake <4616>, the city <5892> which <0834> I have chosen <0977> out of all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>:) 33 Because that they have forsaken <5800> me, and have worshipped <7812> Ashtoreth <6252> the goddess <0430> of the Zidonians <6722>, Chemosh <3645> the god <0430> of the Moabites <4124>, and Milcom <4445> the god <0430> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and have not walked <1980> in my ways <1870>, to do <6213> [that which is] right <3477> in mine eyes <5869>, and [to keep] my statutes <2708> and my judgments <4941>, as [did] David <1732> his father <1>. 34 Howbeit I will not take <3947> the whole kingdom <4467> out of his hand <3027>: but I will make him prince <5387> all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416> for David my servant's <5650> sake <4616>, whom <0834> I chose <0977>, because <0834> he kept <8104> my commandments <4687> and my statutes <2708>: 35 But I will take <3947> the kingdom <4410> out of his son's <1121> hand <3027>, and will give <5414> it unto thee, [even] ten <6235> tribes <7626>. 36 And unto his son <1121> will I give <5414> one <0259> tribe <7626>, that David <1732> my servant <5650> may have a light <5216> alway before <6440> me in Jerusalem <3389>, the city <5892> which <0834> I have chosen <0977> me to put <7760> my name <8034> there <8033>. 37 And I will take <3947> thee, and thou shalt reign <4427> according to all <3605> that thy soul <5315> desireth <8378>, and shalt be king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>. 38 And it shall be, if <0518> thou wilt hearken <8085> unto all <3605> that I command <6680> thee, and wilt walk <1980> in my ways <1870>, and do <6213> [that is] right <3477> in my sight <5869>, to keep <8104> my statutes <2708> and my commandments <4687>, as David <1732> my servant <5650> did <6213>; that I will be with thee, and build <1129> thee a sure <0539> house <1004>, as I built <1129> for David <1732>, and will give <5414> Israel <3478> unto thee. 39 And I will for this <2063> afflict <6031> the seed <2233> of David <1732>, but not for ever. 40 Solomon <8010> sought <1245> therefore to kill <4191> Jeroboam <3379>. And Jeroboam <3379> arose <6965>, and fled <1272> into Egypt <4714>, unto Shishak <7895> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, and was in Egypt <4714> until <5704> the death <4194> of Solomon <8010>. 41. And the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Solomon <8010>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, and his wisdom <2451>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the acts <1697> of Solomon <8010>? 42 And the time <3117> that Solomon <8010> reigned <4427> in Jerusalem <3389> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478> [was] forty <0705> years <8141>. 43 And Solomon <8010> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> in the city <5892> of David <1732> his father <1>: and Rehoboam <7346> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 1Kings 12 1. And Rehoboam <7346> went <3212> to Shechem <7927>: for all <3605> Israel <3478> were come <0935> to Shechem <7927> to make him king <4427>. 2 And it came <1961> to pass, when Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, who <1931> was yet <5750> in Egypt <4714>, heard <8085> [of it], (for he was fled <1272> from the presence <6440> of king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and Jeroboam <3379> dwelt <3427> in Egypt <4714>;) 3 That they sent <7971> and called <7121> him. And Jeroboam <3379> and all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478> came <0935>, and spake <1696> unto Rehoboam <7346>, saying <0559>, 4 Thy father <1> made our yoke <5923> grievous <7185>: now <6258> therefore make thou the grievous <7186> service <5656> of thy father <1>, and his heavy <3515> yoke <5923> which <0834> he put <5414> upon us, lighter <7043>, and we will serve <5647> thee. 5 And he said <0559> unto them, Depart <3212> yet <5750> [for] three <7969> days <3117>, then come <7725> again <7725> to me. And the people <5971> departed <3212>. 6 And king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> consulted <3289> with the old <2205> men, that stood <5975> before Solomon <8010> his father <1> while he yet lived <2416>, and said <0559>, How <0349> do ye advise <3289> that I may answer <1697> this <2088> people <5971>? 7 And they spake <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, If <0518> thou wilt be a servant <5650> unto this <2088> people <5971> this <2088> day <3117>, and wilt serve <5647> them, and answer <6030> them, and speak <1696> good <2896> words <1697> to them, then they will be thy servants <5650> for ever. 8 But he forsook <5800> the counsel <6098> of the old <2205> men, which <0834> they had given <3289> him, and consulted <3289> with the young <3206> men that were grown <1431> up with him, [and] which <0834> stood <5975> before <6440> him: 9 And he said <0559> unto them, What <4100> counsel <3289> give ye that we may answer <1697> this <2088> people <5971>, who <0834> have spoken <1696> to me, saying <0559>, Make the yoke <5923> which <0834> thy father <1> did put <5414> upon us lighter <7043>? 10 And the young <3206> men that were grown <1431> up with him spake <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> shalt thou speak <0559> unto this <2088> people <5971> that spake <1696> unto thee, saying <0559>, Thy father <1> made our yoke <5923> heavy <3513>, but make thou [it] lighter <7043> unto us; thus <3541> shalt thou say <0559> unto them, My little <6996> [finger] shall be thicker <5666> than my father's <1> loins <4975>. 11 And now <6258> whereas my father <1> did lade <6006> you with a heavy <3515> yoke <5923>, I will add <3254> to your yoke <5923>: my father <1> hath chastised <3256> you with whips <7752>, but I will chastise <3256> you with scorpions <6137>. 12 So Jeroboam <3379> and all <3605> the people <5971> came <0935> to Rehoboam <7346> the third <7992> day <3117>, as the king <4428> had appointed <1696>, saying <0559>, Come <7725> to me again <7725> the third <7992> day <3117>. 13 And the king <4428> answered <6030> the people <5971> roughly <7186>, and forsook <5800> the old <2205> men's counsel <6098> that they gave <3289> him; 14 And spake <1696> to them after the counsel <6098> of the young <3206> men, saying <0559>, My father <1> made your yoke <5923> heavy <3513>, and I will add <3254> to your yoke <5923>: my father <1> [also] chastised <3256> you with whips <7752>, but I will chastise <3256> you with scorpions <6137>. 15 Wherefore <4100> the king <4428> hearkened <8085> not unto the people <5971>; for the cause <5438> was from the LORD <3068>, that he might perform <6965> his saying <1697>, which <0834> the LORD <3068> spake <1696> by Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <7888> unto Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>. 16. So when all <3605> Israel <3478> saw <7200> that the king <4428> hearkened <8085> not unto them, the people <5971> answered <1697> the king <4428>, saying <0559>, What <4100> portion <2506> have we in David <1732>? neither <3808> [have we] inheritance <5159> in the son <1121> of Jesse <3448>: to your tents <0168>, O Israel <3478>: now <6258> see <7200> to thine own house <1004>, David <1732>. So Israel <3478> departed <3212> unto their tents <0168>. 17 But [as for] the children <1121> of Israel <3478> which dwelt <3427> in the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>, Rehoboam <7346> reigned <4427> over <5921> them. 18 Then king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> sent <7971> Adoram <0151>, who <0834> [was] over <5921> the tribute <4522>; and all <3605> Israel <3478> stoned <7275> him with stones <68>, that he died <4191>. Therefore king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> made speed <0553> to get <5927> him up to his chariot <4818>, to flee <5127> to Jerusalem <3389>. 19 So Israel <3478> rebelled <6586> against the house <1004> of David <1732> unto this <2088> day <3117>. 20 And it came <1961> to pass, when all <3605> Israel <3478> heard <8085> that Jeroboam <3379> was come <7725> again <7725>, that they sent <7971> and called <7121> him unto the congregation <5712>, and made him king <4427> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478>: there was none <3808> that followed <0310> the house <1004> of David <1732>, but the tribe <7626> of Judah <3063> only <0905>. 21 And when Rehoboam <7346> was come <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, he assembled <6950> all <3605> the house <1004> of Judah <3063>, with the tribe <7626> of Benjamin <1144>, an hundred <3967> and fourscore <8084> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men, which were warriors, to fight <3898> against <5973> the house <1004> of Israel <3478>, to bring <7725> the kingdom <4410> again <7725> to Rehoboam <7346> the son <1121> of Solomon <8010>. 22 But the word <1697> of God <0430> came <1961> unto Shemaiah <8098> the man <0376> of God <0430>, saying <0559>, 23 Speak <0559> unto Rehoboam <7346>, the son <1121> of Solomon <8010>, king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and unto all <3605> the house <1004> of Judah <3063> and Benjamin <1144>, and to the remnant <3499> of the people <5971>, saying <0559>, 24 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Ye shall not go <5927> up, nor <3808> fight <3898> against <5973> your brethren <0251> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>: return <7725> every man <0376> to his house <1004>; for this <2088> thing <1697> is from me. They hearkened <8085> therefore to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, and returned <7725> to depart <3212>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>. 25. Then Jeroboam <3379> built <1129> Shechem <7927> in mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, and dwelt <3427> therein; and went <3318> out from thence <8033>, and built <1129> Penuel <6439>. 26 And Jeroboam <3379> said <0559> in his heart <3820>, Now <6258> shall the kingdom <4467> return <7725> to the house <1004> of David <1732>: 27 If <0518> this <2088> people <5971> go <5927> up to do <6213> sacrifice <2077> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> at Jerusalem <3389>, then shall the heart <3820> of this <2088> people <5971> turn <7725> again <7725> unto their lord <3068>, [even] unto Rehoboam <7346> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and they shall kill <2026> me, and go again <7725> to Rehoboam <7346> king <4428> of Judah <3063>. 28 Whereupon the king <4428> took counsel <3289>, and made <6213> two <8147> calves <5695> [of] gold <2091>, and said <0559> unto them, It is too much <7227> for you to go <5927> up to Jerusalem <3389>: behold <2009> thy gods <0430>, O Israel <3478>, which <0834> brought <5927> thee up out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>. 29 And he set <7760> the one <0259> in Bethel <1008>, and the other <0259> put <5414> he in Dan <1835>. 30 And this <2088> thing <1697> became <1961> a sin <2403>: for the people <5971> went <3212> [to worship] before <6440> the one <0259>, [even] unto Dan <1835>. 31 And he made <6213> an house <1004> of high <1116> places, and made <6213> priests <3548> of the lowest <7098> of the people <5971>, which <0834> were not of the sons <1121> of Levi <3878>. 32 And Jeroboam <3379> ordained <6213> a feast <2282> in the eighth <8066> month <2320>, on the fifteenth <6240> day <3117> of the month <2320>, like unto the feast <2282> that [is] in Judah <3063>, and he offered <5927> upon the altar <4196>. So <3651> did <6213> he in Bethel <1008>, sacrificing <2076> unto the calves <5695> that he had made <6213>: and he placed <5975> in Bethel <1008> the priests <3548> of the high <1116> places which <0834> he had made <6213>. 33 So he offered <5927> upon the altar <4196> which <0834> he had made <6213> in Bethel <1008> the fifteenth <6240> day <3117> of the eighth <8066> month <2320>, [even] in the month <2320> which <0834> he had devised <0908> of his own heart <3820>; and ordained <6213> a feast <2282> unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>: and he offered <5927> upon the altar <4196>, and burnt <6999> incense <6999>. 1Kings 13 1. And, behold <2009>, there came <0935> a man <0376> of God <0430> out of Judah <3063> by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> unto Bethel <1008>: and Jeroboam <3379> stood <5975> by the altar <4196> to burn <6999> incense <6999>. 2 And he cried <7121> against <5921> the altar <4196> in the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, O altar <4196>, altar <4196>, thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold <2009>, a child <1121> shall be born <3205> unto the house <1004> of David <1732>, Josiah <2977> by name <8034>; and upon thee shall he offer <2076> the priests <3548> of the high <1116> places that burn <6999> incense <6999> upon thee, and men's <0120> bones <6106> shall be burnt <8313> upon thee. 3 And he gave <5414> a sign <4159> the same <1931> day <3117>, saying <0559>, This <2088> [is] the sign <4159> which <0834> the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696>; Behold <2009>, the altar <4196> shall be rent <7167>, and the ashes <1880> that [are] upon it shall be poured <8210> out. 4 And it came <1961> to pass, when king <4428> Jeroboam <3379> heard <8085> the saying <1697> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, which <0834> had cried <7121> against <5921> the altar <4196> in Bethel <1008>, that he put <7971> forth <7971> his hand <3027> from the altar <4196>, saying <0559>, Lay hold <8610> on him. And his hand <3027>, which <0834> he put <7971> forth <7971> against <5921> him, dried <3001> up, so that he could <3201> not pull <7725> it in again <7725> to him. 5 The altar <4196> also was rent <7167>, and the ashes <1880> poured <8210> out from the altar <4196>, according to the sign <4159> which <0834> the man <0376> of God <0430> had given <5414> by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>. 6 And the king <4428> answered <6030> and said <0559> unto the man <0376> of God <0430>, Intreat <2470> now <4994> the face <6440> of the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, and pray <6419> for me, that my hand <3027> may be restored <7725> me again <7725>. And the man <0376> of God <0430> besought <2470> the LORD <3068>, and the king's <4428> hand <3027> was restored <7725> him again <7725>, and became <1961> as [it was] before <7223>. 7 And the king <4428> said <1696> unto the man <0376> of God <0430>, Come <0935> home <1004> with me, and refresh <5582> thyself, and I will give <5414> thee a reward <4991>. 8 And the man <0376> of God <0430> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, If <0518> thou wilt give <5414> me half <2677> thine house <1004>, I will not go <0935> in with thee, neither <3808> will I eat <0398> bread <3899> nor <3808> drink <8354> water <4325> in this <2088> place <4725>: 9 For so <3651> was it charged <6680> me by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Eat <0398> no <3808> bread <3899>, nor <3808> drink <8354> water <4325>, nor <3808> turn <7725> again <7725> by the same way <1870> that thou camest <1980>. 10 So he went <3212> another <0312> way <1870>, and returned <7725> not by the way <1870> that he came <0935> to Bethel <1008>. 11. Now there dwelt <3427> an old <2205> prophet <5030> in Bethel <1008>; and his sons <1121> came <0935> and told <5608> him all <3605> the works <4639> that the man <0376> of God <0430> had done <6213> that day <3117> in Bethel <1008>: the words <1697> which <0834> he had spoken <1696> unto the king <4428>, them they told <5608> also to their father <1>. 12 And their father <1> said <1696> unto them, What way <1870> went <1980> he? For his sons <1121> had seen <7200> what <0834> way <1870> the man <0376> of God <0430> went <1980>, which <0834> came <0935> from Judah <3063>. 13 And he said <0559> unto his sons <1121>, Saddle <2280> me the ass <2543>. So they saddled <2280> him the ass <2543>: and he rode <7392> thereon <5921>, 14 And went <3212> after <0310> the man <0376> of God <0430>, and found <4672> him sitting <3427> under <8478> an oak <0424>: and he said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou the man <0376> of God <0430> that camest <0935> from Judah <3063>? And he said <0559>, I [am]. 15 Then he said <0559> unto him, Come <3212> home <1004> with me, and eat <0398> bread <3899>. 16 And he said <0559>, I may <3201> not return <7725> with thee, nor go <0935> in with thee: neither <3808> will I eat <0398> bread <3899> nor <3808> drink <8354> water <4325> with thee in this <2088> place <4725>: 17 For it was said <1697> to me by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, Thou shalt eat <0398> no <3808> bread <3899> nor <3808> drink <8354> water <4325> there <8033>, nor <3808> turn <7725> again <7725> to go <3212> by the way <1870> that thou camest <1980>. 18 He said <0559> unto him, I [am] a prophet <5030> also <1571> as thou [art]; and an angel <4397> spake <1696> unto me by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Bring <7725> him back <7725> with thee into <0413> thine house <1004>, that he may eat <0398> bread <3899> and drink <8354> water <4325>. [But] he lied <3584> unto him. 19 So he went <7725> back <7725> with him, and did eat <0398> bread <3899> in his house <1004>, and drank <8354> water <4325>. 20 And it came <1961> to pass, as they sat <3427> at <0413> the table <7979>, that the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto the prophet <5030> that brought <7725> him back <7725>: 21 And he cried <7121> unto the man <0376> of God <0430> that came <0935> from Judah <3063>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed <4784> the mouth <6310> of the LORD <3068>, and hast not kept <8104> the commandment <4687> which <0834> the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> commanded <6680> thee, 22 But camest <7725> back <7725>, and hast eaten <0398> bread <3899> and drunk <8354> water <4325> in the place <4725>, of the which <0834> [the LORD] did say <1696> to thee, Eat <0398> no <0408> bread <3899>, and drink <8354> no <0408> water <4325>; thy carcase <5038> shall not come <0935> unto the sepulchre <6913> of thy fathers <1>. 23. And it came <1961> to pass, after <0310> he had eaten <0398> bread <3899>, and after <0310> he had drunk <8354>, that he saddled <2280> for him the ass <2543>, [to wit], for the prophet <5030> whom <0834> he had <1961> brought <7725> back <7725>. 24 And when he was gone <3212>, a lion <0738> met <4672> him by the way <1870>, and slew <4191> him: and his carcase <5038> was cast <7993> in the way <1870>, and the ass <2543> stood <5975> by it, the lion <0738> also stood <5975> by the carcase <5038>. 25 And, behold <2009>, men <0582> passed <5674> by, and saw <7200> the carcase <5038> cast <7993> in the way <1870>, and the lion <0738> standing <5975> by the carcase <5038>: and they came <0935> and told <1696> [it] in the city <5892> where <0834> the old <2205> prophet <5030> dwelt <3427>. 26 And when the prophet <5030> that brought <7725> him back <7725> from the way <1870> heard <8085> [thereof], he said <0559>, It [is] the man <0376> of God <0430>, who <0834> was disobedient <4784> unto the word <6310> of the LORD <3068>: therefore the LORD <3068> hath delivered <5414> him unto the lion <0738>, which hath torn <7665> him, and slain <4191> him, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> unto him. 27 And he spake <1696> to his sons <1121>, saying <0559>, Saddle <2280> me the ass <2543>. And they saddled <2280> [him]. 28 And he went <3212> and found <4672> his carcase <5038> cast <7993> in the way <1870>, and the ass <2543> and the lion <0738> standing <5975> by the carcase <5038>: the lion <0738> had not eaten <0398> the carcase <5038>, nor <3808> torn <7665> the ass <2543>. 29 And the prophet <5030> took <5375> up the carcase <5038> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, and laid <3241> it upon the ass <2543>, and brought <7725> it back <7725>: and the old <2205> prophet <5030> came <0935> to the city <5892>, to mourn <5594> and to bury <6912> him. 30 And he laid <3241> his carcase <5038> in his own grave <6913>; and they mourned <5594> over <5921> him, [saying], Alas <1945>, my brother <0251>! 31 And it came <1961> to pass, after <0310> he had buried <6912> him, that he spake <0559> to his sons <1121>, saying <0559>, When I am dead <4191>, then bury <6912> me in the sepulchre <6913> wherein <0834> the man <0376> of God <0430> [is] buried <6912>; lay <3241> my bones <6106> beside <0681> his bones <6106>: 32 For the saying <1697> which <0834> he cried <7121> by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> against <5921> the altar <4196> in Bethel <1008>, and against <5921> all <3605> the houses <1004> of the high <1116> places which <0834> [are] in the cities <5892> of Samaria <8111>, shall surely <3588> come <1961> to pass. 33 After <0310> this <2088> thing <1697> Jeroboam <3379> returned <7725> not from his evil <7451> way <1870>, but made <6213> again <7725> of the lowest <7098> of the people <5971> priests <3548> of the high <1116> places: whosoever would <2655>, he consecrated him, and he became <1961> [one] of the priests <3548> of the high <1116> places. 34 And this <2088> thing <1697> became <1961> sin <2403> unto the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>, even to cut <3582> [it] off, and to destroy <8045> [it] from off the face <6440> of the earth <0127>. 1Kings 14 1. At that time <6256> Abijah <29> the son <1121> of Jeroboam <3379> fell sick <2470>. 2 And Jeroboam <3379> said <0559> to his wife <0802>, Arise <6965>, I pray <4994> thee, and disguise <8138> thyself, that thou be not known <3045> to be the wife <0802> of Jeroboam <3379>; and get <1980> thee to Shiloh <7887>: behold <2009>, there <8033> [is] Ahijah <0281> the prophet <5030>, which <1931> told <1696> me that [I should be] king <4428> over <5921> this <2088> people <5971>. 3 And take <3947> with thee ten <6235> loaves <3899>, and cracknels <5350>, and a cruse <1228> of honey <1706>, and go <0935> to him: he shall tell <5046> thee what <4100> shall become <1961> of the child <5288>. 4 And Jeroboam's <3379> wife <0802> did <6213> so <3651>, and arose <6965>, and went <3212> to Shiloh <7887>, and came <0935> to the house <1004> of Ahijah <0281>. But Ahijah <0281> could <3201> not see <7200>; for his eyes <5869> were set <6965> by reason of his age <7869>. 5 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Ahijah <0281>, Behold <2009>, the wife <0802> of Jeroboam <3379> cometh <0935> to ask <1875> a thing <1697> of thee for her son <1121>; for he [is] sick <2470>: thus <2090> and thus <2088> shalt thou say <1696> unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh <0935> in, that she shall feign <5234> herself [to be] another <5234> [woman]. 6 And it was [so], when Ahijah <0281> heard <8085> the sound <6963> of her feet <7272>, as she came <0935> in at the door <6607>, that he said <0559>, Come <0935> in, thou wife <0802> of Jeroboam <3379>; why <4100> feignest <5234> thou thyself [to be] another <5234>? for I [am] sent <7971> to thee [with] heavy <7186> [tidings]. 7. Go <3212>, tell <0559> Jeroboam <3379>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, Forasmuch as I exalted <7311> thee from among <8432> the people <5971>, and made <5414> thee prince <5057> over <5921> my people <5971> Israel <3478>, 8 And rent <7167> the kingdom <4467> away from the house <1004> of David <1732>, and gave <5414> it thee: and [yet] thou hast not been <1961> as my servant <5650> David <1732>, who <0834> kept <8104> my commandments <4687>, and who <0834> followed me with all <3605> his heart <3824>, to do <6213> [that] only <7535> [which <1931> was] right <3477> in mine eyes <5869>; 9 But hast done <6213> evil <7489> above all <3605> that were before <6440> thee: for thou hast gone <3212> and made <6213> thee other <0312> gods <0430>, and molten <4541> images, to provoke me to anger <3707>, and hast cast <7993> me behind <0310> thy back <1458>: 10 Therefore, behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> evil <7451> upon the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>, and will cut <3772> off from Jeroboam <3379> him that pisseth <8366> against the wall <7023>, [and] him that is shut <6113> up and left <5800> in Israel <3478>, and will take <1197> away the remnant <0310> of the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>, as a man taketh <1197> away dung <1557>, till <5704> it be all <8552> gone. 11 Him that dieth <4191> of Jeroboam <3379> in the city <5892> shall the dogs <3611> eat <0398>; and him that dieth <4191> in the field <7704> shall the fowls <5775> of the air <8064> eat <0398>: for the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696> [it]. 12 Arise <6965> thou therefore, get <3212> thee to thine own house <1004>: [and] when thy feet <7272> enter <0935> into the city <5892>, the child <3206> shall die <4191>. 13 And all <3605> Israel <3478> shall mourn <5594> for him, and bury <6912> him: for he only <0905> of Jeroboam <3379> shall come <0935> to the grave <6913>, because <3282> in him there is found <4672> [some] good <2896> thing <1697> toward <0413> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> in the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>. 14 Moreover the LORD <3068> shall raise <6965> him up a king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>, who <0834> shall cut <3772> off the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379> that day <3117>: but what <4100>? even <1571> now <6258>. 15 For the LORD <3068> shall smite <5221> Israel <3478>, as a reed <7070> is shaken <5110> in the water <4325>, and he shall root <5428> up Israel <3478> out of this <2063> good <2896> land <0127>, which <0834> he gave <5414> to their fathers <1>, and shall scatter <2219> them beyond <5676> the river <5104>, because <0834> they have made <6213> their groves <0842>, provoking the LORD <3068> to anger <3707>. 16 And he shall give <5414> Israel <3478> up because <1558> of the sins <2403> of Jeroboam <3379>, who <0834> did sin <2398>, and who <0834> made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>. 17 And Jeroboam's <3379> wife <0802> arose <6965>, and departed <3212>, and came <0935> to Tirzah <8656>: [and] when she came <0935> to the threshold <5592> of the door <1004>, the child <5288> died <4191>; 18 And they buried <6912> him; and all <3605> Israel <3478> mourned <5594> for him, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> by the hand <3027> of his servant <5650> Ahijah <0281> the prophet <5030>. 19 And the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Jeroboam <3379>, how <0834> he warred <3898>, and how <0834> he reigned <4427>, behold <2009>, they [are] written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>. 20 And the days <3117> which <0834> Jeroboam <3379> reigned <4427> [were] two <8147> and twenty <6242> years <8141>: and he slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and Nadab <5070> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 21. And Rehoboam <7346> the son <1121> of Solomon <8010> reigned <4427> in Judah <3063>. Rehoboam <7346> [was] forty <0705> and one <0259> years <8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>, and he reigned <4427> seventeen <7651> years <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>, the city <5892> which <0834> the LORD <3068> did choose <0977> out of all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, to put <7760> his name <8034> there <8033>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Naamah <5279> an Ammonitess <5984>. 22 And Judah <3063> did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and they provoked him to jealousy <7065> with their sins <2403> which <0834> they had committed <2398>, above all <3605> that their fathers <1> had done <6213>. 23 For they also <1571> built <1129> them high <1364> places, and images <4676>, and groves <0842>, on <5921> every <3605> high <1364> hill <1389>, and under <8478> every <3605> green <7488> tree <6086>. 24 And there were also <1571> sodomites <6945> in the land <0776>: [and] they did <6213> according to all <3605> the abominations <8441> of the nations <1471> which <0834> the LORD <3068> cast <3403> out before <6440> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>. 25 And it came <1961> to pass in the fifth <2549> year <8141> of king <4428> Rehoboam <7346>, [that] Shishak <7895> king <4428> of Egypt <4714> came <5927> up against <5921> Jerusalem <3389>: 26 And he took <3947> away the treasures <0214> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the treasures <0214> of the king's <4428> house <1004>; he even took <3947> away all <3605>: and he took <3947> away all <3605> the shields <4043> of gold <2091> which <0834> Solomon <8010> had made <6213>. 27 And king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> made <6213> in their stead <8478> brasen <5178> shields <4043>, and committed <6485> [them] unto the hands <3027> of the chief <8269> of the guard <7323>, which kept <8104> the door <6607> of the king's <4428> house <1004>. 28 And it was [so], when <1767> the king <4428> went <0935> into the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, that the guard <7323> bare <5375> them, and brought <7725> them back <7725> into <0413> the guard <7323> chamber <8372>. 29 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Rehoboam <7346>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>? 30 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Rehoboam <7346> and Jeroboam <3379> all <3605> [their] days <3117>. 31 And Rehoboam <7346> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of David <1732>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Naamah <5279> an Ammonitess <5984>. And Abijam <38> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 1Kings 15 1. Now in the eighteenth year <8141> of king <4428> Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028> reigned <4427> Abijam <38> over <5921> Judah <3063>. 2 Three <7969> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Jerusalem <3389>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Maachah <4601>, the daughter <1323> of Abishalom <53>. 3 And he walked <3212> in all <3605> the sins <2403> of his father <1>, which <0834> he had done <6213> before <6440> him: and his heart <3824> was not perfect <8003> with the LORD <3068> his God <0430>, as the heart <3824> of David <1732> his father <1>. 4 Nevertheless <3588> for David's <1732> sake <4616> did the LORD <3068> his God <0430> give <5414> him a lamp <5216> in Jerusalem <3389>, to set <6965> up his son <1121> after <0310> him, and to establish <5975> Jerusalem <3389>: 5 Because <0834> David <1732> did <6213> [that which was] right <3477> in the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and turned <5493> not aside from any <3605> [thing] that he commanded <6680> him all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>, save only <7535> in the matter <1697> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>. 6 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Rehoboam <7346> and Jeroboam <3379> all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>. 7 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Abijam <38>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>? And there was war <4421> between <0996> Abijam <38> and Jeroboam <3379>. 8 And Abijam <38> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>; and they buried <6912> him in the city <5892> of David <1732>: and Asa <0609> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 9. And in the twentieth <6242> year <8141> of Jeroboam <3379> king <4428> of Israel <3478> reigned <4427> Asa <0609> over <5921> Judah <3063>. 10 And forty <0705> and one <0259> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Jerusalem <3389>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Maachah <4601>, the daughter <1323> of Abishalom <53>. 11 And Asa <0609> did <6213> [that which was] right <3477> in the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>, as [did] David <1732> his father <1>. 12 And he took <5674> away the sodomites <6945> out of the land <0776>, and removed <5493> all <3605> the idols <1544> that his fathers <1> had made <6213>. 13 And also <1571> Maachah <4601> his mother <0517>, even her he removed <5493> from [being] queen <1377>, because <0834> she had made <6213> an idol <4656> in a grove <0842>; and Asa <0609> destroyed <3772> her idol <4656>, and burnt <8313> [it] by the brook <5158> Kidron <6939>. 14 But the high <1116> places were not removed <5493>: nevertheless <7535> Asa's <0609> heart <3824> was perfect <8003> with the LORD <3068> all <3605> his days <3117>. 15 And he brought <0935> in the things which his father <1> had dedicated <6944>, and the things which himself had dedicated <6944>, into the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, silver <3701>, and gold <2091>, and vessels <3627>. 16 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Asa <0609> and Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478> all <3605> their days <3117>. 17 And Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478> went <5927> up against <5921> Judah <3063>, and built <1129> Ramah <7414>, that he might not suffer <5414> any to go <3318> out or come <0935> in to Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063>. 18 Then Asa <0609> took <3947> all <3605> the silver <3701> and the gold <2091> [that were] left <3498> in the treasures <0214> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the treasures <0214> of the king's <4428> house <1004>, and delivered <5414> them into the hand <3027> of his servants <5650>: and king <4428> Asa <0609> sent <7971> them to Benhadad <1131>, the son <1121> of Tabrimon <2886>, the son <1121> of Hezion <2383>, king <4428> of Syria <0758>, that dwelt <3427> at Damascus <1834>, saying <0559>, 19 [There is] a league <1285> between <0996> me and thee, [and] between <0996> my father <1> and thy father <1>: behold <2009>, I have sent <7971> unto thee a present <7810> of silver <3701> and gold <2091>; come <3212> and break <6565> thy league <1285> with Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, that he may depart <5927> from me. 20 So Benhadad <1131> hearkened <8085> unto king <4428> Asa <0609>, and sent <7971> the captains <8269> of the hosts <2428> which <0834> he had against <5921> the cities <5892> of Israel <3478>, and smote <5221> Ijon <5859>, and Dan <1835>, and Abelbethmaachah <62>, and all <3605> Cinneroth <3672>, with all <3605> the land <0776> of Naphtali <5321>. 21 And it came <1961> to pass, when Baasha <1201> heard <8085> [thereof], that he left <2308> off building <1129> of Ramah <7414>, and dwelt <3427> in Tirzah <8656>. 22 Then king <4428> Asa <0609> made <6213> a proclamation <8085> throughout all <3605> Judah <3063>; none <0369> [was] exempted <5355>: and they took <5375> away the stones <68> of Ramah <7414>, and the timber <6086> thereof, wherewith <0834> Baasha <1201> had builded <1129>; and king <4428> Asa <0609> built <1129> with them Geba <1387> of Benjamin <1144>, and Mizpah <4709>. 23 The rest <3499> of all <3605> the acts <1697> of Asa <0609>, and all <3605> his might <1369>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, and the cities <5892> which <0834> he built <1129>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>? Nevertheless <7535> in the time <6256> of his old <2209> age he was diseased <2470> in his feet <7272>. 24 And Asa <0609> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of David <1732> his father <1>: and Jehoshaphat <3092> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 25. And Nadab <5070> the son <1121> of Jeroboam <3379> began to reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> in the second <8147> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and reigned <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> two <8147> years <8141>. 26 And he did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and walked <3212> in the way <1870> of his father <1>, and in his sin <2403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>. 27 And Baasha <1201> the son <1121> of Ahijah <0281>, of the house <1004> of Issachar <3485>, conspired <7194> against <5921> him; and Baasha <1201> smote <5221> him at Gibbethon <1405>, which <0834> [belonged] to the Philistines <6430>; for Nadab <5070> and all <3605> Israel <3478> laid siege <6696> to Gibbethon <1405>. 28 Even in the third <7969> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> did Baasha <1201> slay <4191> him, and reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 29 And it came <1961> to pass, when he reigned <4427>, [that] he smote <5221> all <3605> the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>; he left <7604> not to Jeroboam <3379> any <3605> that breathed <5397>, until <5704> he had destroyed <8045> him, according unto the saying <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> by his servant <5650> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <7888>: 30 Because <5921> of the sins <2403> of Jeroboam <3379> which <0834> he sinned <2398>, and which <0834> he made Israel <3478> sin <2398>, by his provocation <3708> wherewith <0834> he provoked the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> to anger <3707>. 31 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Nadab <5070>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>? 32 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Asa <0609> and Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478> all <3605> their days <3117>. 33 In the third <7969> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Baasha <1201> the son <1121> of Ahijah <0281> to reign <4427> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478> in Tirzah <8656>, twenty <6242> and four <0702> years <8141>. 34 And he did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and walked <3212> in the way <1870> of Jeroboam <3379>, and in his sin <2403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>. 1Kings 16 1. Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to Jehu <3058> the son <1121> of Hanani <2607> against <5921> Baasha <1201>, saying <0559>, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted <7311> thee out of the dust <6083>, and made <5414> thee prince <5057> over <5921> my people <5971> Israel <3478>; and thou hast walked <3212> in the way <1870> of Jeroboam <3379>, and hast made my people <5971> Israel <3478> to sin <2398>, to provoke me to anger <3707> with their sins <2403>; 3 Behold <2005>, I will take <1197> away the posterity <0310> of Baasha <1201>, and the posterity <0310> of his house <1004>; and will make <5414> thy house <1004> like the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>. 4 Him that dieth <4191> of Baasha <1201> in the city <5892> shall the dogs <3611> eat <0398>; and him that dieth <4191> of his in the fields <7704> shall the fowls <5775> of the air <8064> eat <0398>. 5 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Baasha <1201>, and what <0834> he did <6213>, and his might <1369>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>? 6 So Baasha <1201> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> in Tirzah <8656>: and Elah <0425> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 7 And also <1571> by the hand <3027> of the prophet <5030> Jehu <3058> the son <1121> of Hanani <2607> came <1961> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> against <0413> Baasha <1201>, and against <0413> his house <1004>, even for all <3605> the evil <7451> that he did <6213> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, in provoking him to anger <3707> with the work <4639> of his hands <3027>, in being <1961> like the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>; and because <0834> he killed <5221> him. 8 In the twenty <6242> and sixth <8337> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Elah <0425> the son <1121> of Baasha <1201> to reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> in Tirzah <8656>, two years <8141>. 9 And his servant <5650> Zimri <2174>, captain <8269> of half <4276> [his] chariots <7393>, conspired <7194> against <5921> him, as he was in Tirzah <8656>, drinking <8354> himself drunk <7910> in the house <1004> of Arza <0777> steward <5921> of [his] house <1004> in Tirzah <8656>. 10 And Zimri <2174> went <0935> in and smote <5221> him, and killed <4191> him, in the twenty <6242> and seventh <7651> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 11 And it came <1961> to pass, when he began to reign <4427>, as soon as he sat <3427> on <5921> his throne <3678>, [that] he slew <5221> all <3605> the house <1004> of Baasha <1201>: he left <7604> him not one that pisseth <8366> against a wall <7023>, neither of his kinsfolks <1350>, nor of his friends <7453>. 12 Thus did Zimri <2174> destroy <8045> all <3605> the house <1004> of Baasha <1201>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> against <0413> Baasha <1201> by Jehu <3058> the prophet <5030>, 13 For all <3605> the sins <2403> of Baasha <1201>, and the sins <2403> of Elah <0425> his son <1121>, by which <0834> they sinned <2398>, and by which <0834> they made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>, in provoking the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> to anger <3707> with their vanities <1892>. 14 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Elah <0425>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>? 15. In the twenty <6242> and seventh <7651> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> did Zimri <2174> reign <4427> seven <7651> days <3117> in Tirzah <8656>. And the people <5971> [were] encamped <2583> against <5921> Gibbethon <1405>, which <0834> [belonged] to the Philistines <6430>. 16 And the people <5971> [that were] encamped <2583> heard <8085> say <0559>, Zimri <2174> hath conspired <7194>, and hath also <1571> slain <5221> the king <4428>: wherefore all <3605> Israel <3478> made Omri <6018>, the captain <8269> of the host <6635>, king <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> that day <3117> in the camp <4264>. 17 And Omri <6018> went <5927> up from Gibbethon <1405>, and all <3605> Israel <3478> with him, and they besieged <6696> Tirzah <8656>. 18 And it came <1961> to pass, when Zimri <2174> saw <7200> that the city <5892> was taken <3920>, that he went <0935> into <0413> the palace <0759> of the king's <4428> house <1004>, and burnt <8313> the king's <4428> house <1004> over <5921> him with fire <0784>, and died <4191>, 19 For his sins <2403> which <0834> he sinned <2398> in doing <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, in walking <3212> in the way <1870> of Jeroboam <3379>, and in his sin <2403> which <0834> he did <6213>, to make Israel <3478> to sin <2398>. 20 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Zimri <2174>, and his treason <7195> that he wrought <7194>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>? 21 Then <0227> were the people <5971> of Israel <3478> divided <2505> into two <2677> parts <2677>: half <2677> of the people <5971> followed Tibni <8402> the son <1121> of Ginath <1527>, to make him king <4427>; and half <2677> followed <0310> Omri <6018>. 22 But the people <5971> that followed <0310> Omri <6018> prevailed <2388> against the people <5971> that followed <0310> Tibni <8402> the son <1121> of Ginath <1527>: so Tibni <8402> died <4191>, and Omri <6018> reigned <4427>. 23 In the thirty <7970> and first <0259> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Omri <6018> to reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>, twelve years <8141>: six <8337> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Tirzah <8656>. 24 And he bought <7069> the hill <2022> Samaria <8111> of Shemer <8106> for two talents <3603> of silver <3701>, and built <1129> on <0853> the hill <2022>, and called <7121> the name <8034> of the city <5892> which <0834> he built <1129>, after <5921> the name <8034> of Shemer <8106>, owner <0113> of the hill <2022>, Samaria <8111>. 25 But Omri <6018> wrought <6213> evil <7451> in the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and did worse <7489> than all <3605> that [were] before <6440> him. 26 For he walked <3212> in all <3605> the way <1870> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, and in his sin <2403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>, to provoke the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> to anger <3707> with their vanities <1892>. 27 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Omri <6018> which <0834> he did <6213>, and his might <1369> that he shewed <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>? 28 So Omri <6018> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> in Samaria <8111>: and Ahab <0256> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 29. And in the thirty <7970> and eighth <8083> year <8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Ahab <0256> the son <1121> of Omri <6018> to reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>: and Ahab <0256> the son <1121> of Omri <6018> reigned <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> in Samaria <8111> twenty <6242> and two <8147> years <8141>. 30 And Ahab <0256> the son <1121> of Omri <6018> did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068> above all <3605> that [were] before <6440> him. 31 And it came <1961> to pass, as if it had been a light <7043> thing for him to walk <3212> in the sins <2403> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, that he took <3947> to wife <0802> Jezebel <0348> the daughter <1323> of Ethbaal <0856> king <4428> of the Zidonians <6722>, and went <3212> and served <5647> Baal <1168>, and worshipped <7812> him. 32 And he reared <6965> up an altar <4196> for Baal <1168> in the house <1004> of Baal <1168>, which <0834> he had built <1129> in Samaria <8111>. 33 And Ahab <0256> made <6213> a grove <0842>; and Ahab <0256> did <6213> more <3254> to provoke the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> to anger <3707> than all <3605> the kings <4428> of Israel <3478> that were before <6440> him. 34 In his days <3117> did Hiel <2419> the Bethelite <1017> build <1129> Jericho <3405>: he laid the foundation <3245> thereof in Abiram <48> his firstborn <1060>, and set <5324> up the gates <1817> thereof in his youngest <6810> [son] Segub <7687>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> by Joshua <3091> the son <1121> of Nun <5126>. 1Kings 17 1. And Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <8664>, [who was] of the inhabitants <8453> of Gilead <1568>, said <0559> unto Ahab <0256>, [As] the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> liveth <2416>, before <6440> whom <0834> I stand <5975>, there shall not be dew <2919> nor rain <4306> these <0428> years <8141>, but according <6310> to my word <1697>. 2 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto him, saying <0559>, 3 Get <3212> thee hence <2088>, and turn <6437> thee eastward <6924>, and hide <5641> thyself by the brook <5158> Cherith <3747>, that [is] before Jordan <3383>. 4 And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink <8354> of the brook <5158>; and I have commanded <6680> the ravens <6158> to feed <3557> thee there <8033>. 5 So he went <3212> and did <6213> according unto the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>: for he went <3212> and dwelt <3427> by the brook <5158> Cherith <3747>, that [is] before Jordan <3383>. 6 And the ravens <6158> brought <0935> him bread <3899> and flesh <1320> in the morning <1242>, and bread <3899> and flesh <1320> in the evening <6153>; and he drank of the brook <5158>. 7 And it came <1961> to pass after <7093> a while <3117>, that the brook <5158> dried <3001> up, because <3588> there had <1961> been <1961> no <3808> rain <1653> in the land <0776>. 8. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto him, saying <0559>, 9 Arise <6965>, get <3212> thee to Zarephath <6886>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Zidon <6721>, and dwell <3427> there <8033>: behold <2009>, I have commanded <6680> a widow <0490> woman <0802> there <8033> to sustain <3557> thee. 10 So he arose <6965> and went <3212> to Zarephath <6886>. And when he came <0935> to the gate <6607> of the city <5892>, behold <2009>, the widow <0490> woman <0802> [was] there <8033> gathering <7197> of sticks <6086>: and he called <7121> to her, and said <0559>, Fetch <3947> me, I pray <4994> thee, a little <4592> water <4325> in a vessel <3627>, that I may drink <8354>. 11 And as she was going <3212> to fetch <3947> [it], he called <7121> to her, and said <0559>, Bring <3947> me, I pray <4994> thee, a morsel <6595> of bread <3899> in thine hand <3027>. 12 And she said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> liveth <2416>, I have <3426> not a cake <4580>, but an handful of meal <7058> in a barrel <3537>, and a little <4592> oil <8081> in a cruse <6835>: and, behold <2005>, I [am] gathering <7197> two <8147> sticks <6086>, that I may go <0935> in and dress <6213> it for me and my son <1121>, that we may eat <0398> it, and die <4191>. 13 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto her, Fear <3372> not; go <0935> [and] do <6213> as thou hast said <0559>: but make <6213> me thereof <8033> a little <6996> cake <5692> first <7223>, and bring <3318> [it] unto me, and after <0314> make <6213> for thee and for thy son <1121>. 14 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, The barrel <3537> of meal <7058> shall not waste <3615>, neither <3808> shall the cruse <6835> of oil <8081> fail <2637>, until <5704> the day <3117> [that] the LORD <3068> sendeth <5414> rain <1653> upon the earth <0127>. 15 And she went <3212> and did <6213> according to the saying <1697> of Elijah <0452>: and she, and he, and her house <1004>, did <6213> eat <0398> [many] days <3117>. 16 [And] the barrel <3537> of meal <7058> wasted <3615> not, neither <3808> did the cruse <6835> of oil <8081> fail <2638>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> by Elijah <0452>. 17. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> these <0428> things <1697>, [that] the son <1121> of the woman <0802>, the mistress <1172> of the house <1004>, fell sick <2470>; and his sickness <2483> was so <3966> sore <2389>, that there was no <3808> breath <5397> left <3498> in him. 18 And she said <0559> unto Elijah <0452>, What <4100> have I to do with thee, O thou man <0376> of God <0430>? art thou come <0935> unto me to call <2142> my sin <5771> to remembrance <2142>, and to slay <4191> my son <1121>? 19 And he said <0559> unto her, Give <5414> me thy son <1121>. And he took <3947> him out of her bosom <2436>, and carried <5927> him up into <0413> a loft <5944>, where he abode <3427>, and laid <7901> him upon his own bed <4296>. 20 And he cried <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>, hast thou also brought evil <7489> upon the widow <0490> with whom <0834> I sojourn <1481>, by slaying <4191> her son <1121>? 21 And he stretched <4058> himself upon the child <3206> three <7969> times <6471>, and cried <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>, I pray <4994> thee, let this <2088> child's <3206> soul <5315> come <7725> into <5921> him again <7725>. 22 And the LORD <3068> heard <8085> the voice <6963> of Elijah <0452>; and the soul <5315> of the child <3206> came <7725> into <5921> him again <7725>, and he revived <2421>. 23 And Elijah <0452> took <3947> the child <3206>, and brought <3381> him down <3381> out of the chamber <5944> into the house <1004>, and delivered <5414> him unto his mother <0517>: and Elijah <0452> said <0559>, See <7200>, thy son <1121> liveth <2416>. 24 And the woman <0802> said <0559> to Elijah <0452>, Now <6258> by this <2088> I know <3045> that thou [art] a man <0376> of God <0430>, [and] that the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> in thy mouth <6310> [is] truth <0571>. 1Kings 18 1. And it came <1961> to pass [after] many <7227> days <3117>, that the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to Elijah <0452> in the third <7992> year <8141>, saying <0559>, Go <3212>, shew <7200> thyself unto Ahab <0256>; and I will send <5414> rain <4306> upon the earth <0127>. 2 And Elijah <0452> went <3212> to shew <7200> himself unto Ahab <0256>. And [there was] a sore <2389> famine <7458> in Samaria <8111>. 3 And Ahab <0256> called <7121> Obadiah <5662>, which <0834> [was] the governor <5921> of [his] house <1004>. (Now Obadiah <5662> feared <3373> the LORD <3068> greatly <3966>: 4 For it was [so], when Jezebel <0348> cut <3772> off the prophets <5030> of the LORD <3068>, that Obadiah <5662> took <3947> an hundred <3967> prophets <5030>, and hid <2244> them by fifty <2572> in a cave <4631>, and fed <3557> them with bread <3899> and water <4325>.) 5 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> unto Obadiah <5662>, Go <3212> into the land <0776>, unto all <3605> fountains <4599> of water <4325>, and unto all brooks <5158>: peradventure <0194> we may find <4672> grass <2682> to save <2421> the horses <5483> and mules <6505> alive <2421>, that we lose <3772> not all <3605> the beasts <0929>. 6 So they divided <2505> the land <0776> between them to pass <5674> throughout it: Ahab <0256> went <1980> one <0259> way <1870> by himself, and Obadiah <5662> went <1980> another <0259> way <1870> by himself. 7 And as Obadiah <5662> was in the way <1870>, behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> met <7125> him: and he knew <5234> him, and fell <5307> on <5921> his face <6440>, and said <0559>, [Art] thou that my lord <0113> Elijah <0452>? 8 And he answered <0559> him, I [am]: go <3212>, tell <0559> thy lord <0113>, Behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> [is here]. 9 And he said <0559>, What <4100> have I sinned <2398>, that thou wouldest deliver <5414> thy servant <5650> into the hand <3027> of Ahab <0256>, to slay <4191> me? 10 [As] the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> liveth <2416>, there is no <0518> nation <1471> or kingdom <4467>, whither my lord <0113> hath not sent <7971> to seek <1245> thee: and when they said <0559>, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath <7650> of the kingdom <4467> and nation <1471>, that they found <4672> thee not. 11 And now <6258> thou sayest <0559>, Go <3212>, tell <0559> thy lord <3068>, Behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> [is here]. 12 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [as soon as] I am gone <3212> from thee, that the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> shall carry <5375> thee whither I know <3045> not; and [so] when I come <0935> and tell <5046> Ahab <0256>, and he cannot <3808> find <4672> thee, he shall slay <2026> me: but I thy servant <5650> fear <3372> the LORD <3068> from my youth <5271>. 13 Was it not told <5046> my lord <0113> what I did <6213> when Jezebel <0348> slew <2026> the prophets <5030> of the LORD <3068>, how I hid <2244> an hundred <3967> men <0376> of the LORD'S <3068> prophets <5030> by fifty <2572> in a cave <4631>, and fed <3557> them with bread <3899> and water <4325>? 14 And now <6258> thou sayest <0559>, Go <3212>, tell <0559> thy lord <0113>, Behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> [is here]: and he shall slay <2026> me. 15 And Elijah <0452> said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> liveth <2416>, before <6440> whom <0834> I stand <5975>, I will surely <3588> shew <7200> myself unto him to day <3117>. 16 So Obadiah <5662> went <3212> to meet <7125> Ahab <0256>, and told <5046> him: and Ahab <0256> went <3212> to meet <7125> Elijah <0452>. 17. And it came <1961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> saw <7200> Elijah <0452>, that Ahab <0256> said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou he that troubleth <5916> Israel <3478>? 18 And he answered <0559>, I have not troubled <5916> Israel <3478>; but thou, and thy father's <1> house <1004>, in that ye have forsaken <5800> the commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068>, and thou hast followed Baalim <1168>. 19 Now <6258> therefore send <7971>, [and] gather <6908> to me all <3605> Israel <3478> unto mount <2022> Carmel <3760>, and the prophets <5030> of Baal <1168> four <0702> hundred <3967> and fifty <2572>, and the prophets <5030> of the groves <0842> four <0702> hundred <3967>, which eat <0398> at Jezebel's <0348> table <7979>. 20 So Ahab <0256> sent <7971> unto all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and gathered <6908> the prophets <5030> together unto mount <2022> Carmel <3760>. 21. And Elijah <0452> came <5066> unto all <3605> the people <5971>, and said <0559>, How <5704> long <5704> halt <6452> ye between <5921> two <8147> opinions <5587>? if <0518> the LORD <3068> [be] God <0430>, follow him: but if <0518> Baal <1168>, [then] follow him. And the people <5971> answered <6030> him not a word <1697>. 22 Then said <0559> Elijah <0452> unto the people <5971>, I, [even] I only <0905>, remain <3498> a prophet <5030> of the LORD <3068>; but Baal's <1168> prophets <5030> [are] four <0702> hundred <3967> and fifty <2572> men <0376>. 23 Let them therefore give <5414> us two <8147> bullocks <6499>; and let them choose <0977> one <0259> bullock <6499> for themselves <1992>, and cut <5408> it in pieces, and lay <7760> [it] on <5921> wood <6086>, and put <7760> no <3808> fire <0784> [under]: and I will dress <6213> the other <0259> bullock <6499>, and lay <7760> [it] on <5921> wood <6086>, and put <7760> no <3808> fire <0784> [under]: 24 And call <7121> ye on the name <8034> of your gods <0430>, and I will call <7121> on the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>: and the God <0430> that answereth <6030> by fire <0784>, let him be God <0430>. And all <3605> the people <5971> answered <6030> and said <0559>, It is well <2896> spoken <1697>. 25 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto the prophets <5030> of Baal <1168>, Choose <0977> you one <0259> bullock <6499> for yourselves, and dress <6213> [it] first <7223>; for ye [are] many <7227>; and call <7121> on the name <8034> of your gods <0430>, but put <7760> no <3808> fire <0784> [under]. 26 And they took <3947> the bullock <6499> which was given <5414> them, and they dressed <6213> [it], and called <7121> on the name <8034> of Baal <1168> from morning <1242> even until <5704> noon <6672>, saying <0559>, O Baal <1168>, hear <6030> us. But [there was] no <0369> voice <6963>, nor <0369> any that answered <6030>. And they leaped <6452> upon the altar <4196> which <0834> was made <6213>. 27 And it came <1961> to pass at noon <6672>, that Elijah <0452> mocked <2048> them, and said <0559>, Cry <7121> aloud: for he [is] a god <0430>; either <3588> he is talking <7879>, or he is pursuing <7873>, or he is in a journey <1870>, [or] peradventure <0194> he sleepeth <3463>, and must be awaked <3364>. 28 And they cried <7121> aloud, and cut <1413> themselves after their manner <4941> with knives <2719> and lancets <7420>, till <5704> the blood <1818> gushed <8210> out upon them. 29 And it came <1961> to pass, when midday <6672> was past <5674>, and they prophesied <5012> until <5704> the [time] of the offering <5927> of the [evening] sacrifice <4503>, that [there was] neither <0369> voice <6963>, nor <0369> any to answer <6030>, nor <0369> any that regarded <7182>. 30 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto all <3605> the people <5971>, Come <5066> near <5066> unto me. And all <3605> the people <5971> came <5066> near <5066> unto him. And he repaired <7495> the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> [that was] broken <2040> down. 31 And Elijah <0452> took <3947> twelve stones <68>, according to the number <4557> of the tribes <7626> of the sons <1121> of Jacob <3290>, unto whom <0834> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961>, saying <0559>, Israel <3478> shall be thy name <8034>: 32 And with the stones <68> he built <1129> an altar <4196> in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>: and he made <6213> a trench <8585> about <5439> the altar <4196>, as great <1004> as would contain <1004> two measures <5429> of seed <2233>. 33 And he put <6186> the wood <6086> in order <6186>, and cut <5408> the bullock <6499> in pieces, and laid <7760> [him] on <5921> the wood <6086>, and said <0559>, Fill <4390> four <0702> barrels <3537> with water <4325>, and pour <3332> [it] on <5921> the burnt <5930> sacrifice, and on <5921> the wood <6086>. 34 And he said <0559>, Do [it] the second <8138> time. And they did [it] the second <8138> time. And he said <0559>, Do [it] the third <8027> time. And they did [it] the third <8027> time. 35 And the water <4325> ran <7323> round <5439> about the altar <4196>; and he filled <4390> the trench <8565> also <1571> with water <4325>. 36 And it came <1961> to pass at [the time of] the offering <5927> of the [evening] sacrifice <4503>, that Elijah <0452> the prophet <5030> came <5066> near <5066>, and said <0559>, LORD <3068> God <0430> of Abraham <85>, Isaac <3327>, and of Israel <3478>, let it be known <3045> this <2088> day <3117> that thou [art] God <0430> in Israel <3478>, and [that] I [am] thy servant <5650>, and [that] I have done <6213> all <3605> these <0428> things <1697> at thy word <1697>. 37 Hear <6030> me, O LORD <3068>, hear <6030> me, that this <2088> people <5971> may know <3045> that thou [art] the LORD <3068> God <0430>, and [that] thou hast turned <5437> their heart <3820> back <0322> again <0322>. 38 Then the fire <0784> of the LORD <3068> fell <5307>, and consumed <0398> the burnt <5930> sacrifice, and the wood <6086>, and the stones <68>, and the dust <6083>, and licked <3897> up the water <4325> that [was] in the trench <8565>. 39 And when all <3605> the people <5971> saw <7200> [it], they fell <5307> on <5921> their faces <6440>: and they said <0559>, The LORD <3068>, he [is] the God <0430>; the LORD <3068>, he [is] the God <0430>. 40 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto them, Take <8610> the prophets <5030> of Baal <1168>; let not one <0376> of them escape <4422>. And they took <8610> them: and Elijah <0452> brought <3381> them down <3281> to the brook <5158> Kishon <7028>, and slew <7819> them there <8033>. 41. And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto Ahab <0256>, Get <5927> thee up, eat <0398> and drink <8354>; for [there is] a sound <6963> of abundance <1995> of rain <1653>. 42 So Ahab <0256> went <5927> up to eat <0398> and to drink <8354>. And Elijah <0452> went <5927> up to the top <7218> of Carmel <3760>; and he cast <1457> himself down <1457> upon the earth <0776>, and put <7760> his face <6440> between <0996> his knees <1290>, 43 And said <0559> to his servant <5288>, Go <5927> up now <4994>, look <5027> toward <1870> the sea <3220>. And he went <5927> up, and looked <5027>, and said <0559>, [There is] nothing. And he said <0559>, Go <7725> again <7725> seven <7651> times <6471>. 44 And it came <1961> to pass at the seventh <7637> time, that he said <0559>, Behold <2009>, there ariseth <5927> a little <6996> cloud <5645> out of the sea <3220>, like a man's <0376> hand <3709>. And he said <0559>, Go <5927> up, say <0559> unto Ahab <0256>, Prepare <0631> [thy chariot], and get <3381> thee down <3381>, that the rain <1653> stop <6113> thee not. 45 And it came <1961> to pass in the mean while <3541>, that the heaven <8064> was black <6937> with clouds <5645> and wind <7307>, and there was a great <1419> rain <1653>. And Ahab <0256> rode <7392>, and went <3212> to Jezreel <3157>. 46 And the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> was on <0413> Elijah <0452>; and he girded <8151> up his loins <4975>, and ran <7323> before <6440> Ahab <0256> to the entrance <0935> of Jezreel <3157>. 1Kings 19 1. And Ahab <0256> told <5046> Jezebel <0348> all <3605> that Elijah <0452> had done <6213>, and withal how <0834> he had slain <2026> all <3605> the prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>. 2 Then Jezebel <0348> sent <7971> a messenger <4397> unto Elijah <0452>, saying <0559>, So <3541> let the gods <0430> do <6213> [to me], and more <3254> also <3541>, if I make <7760> not thy life <5315> as the life <5315> of one <0259> of them by to morrow <4279> about this time <6256>. 3 And when he saw <7200> [that], he arose <6965>, and went <3212> for his life <5315>, and came <0935> to Beersheba <0884>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Judah <3063>, and left <3240> his servant <5288> there <8033>. 4 But he himself <1931> went <1980> a day's <3117> journey <1870> into the wilderness <4057>, and came <0935> and sat <3427> down under <8478> a juniper <7574> tree: and he requested <7592> for himself <5315> that he might die <4191>; and said <0559>, It is enough <7227>; now <6258>, O LORD <3068>, take <3947> away my life <5315>; for I [am] not better <2896> than my fathers <1>. 5 And as he lay <7901> and slept <3462> under <8478> a juniper <7574> tree, behold <2009>, then an angel <4397> touched <5060> him, and said <0559> unto him, Arise <6965> [and] eat <0398>. 6 And he looked <5027>, and, behold <2009>, [there was] a cake <5692> baken on the coals <7529>, and a cruse <6835> of water <4325> at his head <4763>. And he did eat <0398> and drink <8354>, and laid <7901> him down <7901> again <7725>. 7 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> came <7725> again <7725> the second <8145> time, and touched <5060> him, and said <0559>, Arise <6965> [and] eat <0398>; because <3588> the journey <1870> [is] too great <7227> for thee. 8 And he arose <6965>, and did eat <0398> and drink <8354>, and went <3212> in the strength <3581> of that meat <0396> forty <0705> days <3117> and forty <0705> nights <3915> unto Horeb <2722> the mount <2022> of God <0430>. 9. And he came <0935> thither <8033> unto a cave <4631>, and lodged <3885> there <8033>; and, behold <2009>, the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> [came] to him, and he said <0559> unto him, What <4100> doest thou here <6311>, Elijah <0452>? 10 And he said <0559>, I have been very jealous <7065> for the LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635>: for the children <1121> of Israel <3478> have forsaken <5800> thy covenant <1285>, thrown <2040> down <2040> thine altars <4196>, and slain <2026> thy prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>; and I, [even] I only <0905>, am left <3498>; and they seek <1245> my life <5315>, to take <3947> it away. 11 And he said <0559>, Go <3318> forth <3318>, and stand <5975> upon the mount <2022> before <6440> the LORD <3068>. And, behold <2009>, the LORD <3068> passed <5674> by, and a great <1419> and strong <2389> wind <7307> rent <6561> the mountains <2022>, and brake <7665> in pieces the rocks <5553> before <6440> the LORD <3068>; [but] the LORD <3068> [was] not in the wind <7307>: and after <0310> the wind <7307> an earthquake <7494>; [but] the LORD <3068> [was] not in the earthquake <7494>: 12 And after <0310> the earthquake <7494> a fire <0784>; [but] the LORD <3068> [was] not in the fire <0784>: and after <0310> the fire <0784> a still <1827> small <1851> voice <6963>. 13 And it was [so], when Elijah <0452> heard <8085> [it], that he wrapped <3874> his face <6440> in his mantle <0155>, and went <3318> out, and stood <5975> in the entering <6607> in of the cave <4631>. And, behold <2009>, [there came <0935>] a voice <6963> unto him, and said <0559>, What <4100> doest thou here <6311>, Elijah <0452>? 14 And he said <0559>, I have been very jealous <7065> for the LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635>: because <3588> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> have forsaken <5800> thy covenant <1285>, thrown <2040> down <2040> thine altars <4196>, and slain <2026> thy prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>; and I, [even] I only <0905>, am left <3498>; and they seek <1245> my life <5315>, to take <3947> it away. 15 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Go <3212>, return <7725> on thy way <1870> to the wilderness <4057> of Damascus <1834>: and when thou comest <0935>, anoint <4886> Hazael <2371> [to be] king <4428> over <5921> Syria <0758>: 16 And Jehu <3058> the son <1121> of Nimshi <5250> shalt thou anoint <4886> [to be] king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>: and Elisha <0477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202> of Abelmeholah <65> shalt thou anoint <4886> [to be] prophet <5030> in thy room <8478>. 17 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] him that escapeth <4422> the sword <2719> of Hazael <2371> shall Jehu <3058> slay <4191>: and him that escapeth <4422> from the sword <2719> of Jehu <3058> shall Elisha <0477> slay <4191>. 18 Yet I have left <7604> [me] seven <7651> thousand <0505> in Israel <3478>, all <3605> the knees <1290> which <0834> have not bowed <3766> unto Baal <1168>, and every <3605> mouth <6310> which <0834> hath not kissed <5401> him. 19. So he departed <3212> thence <8033>, and found <4672> Elisha <0477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202>, who <1931> [was] plowing <2790> [with] twelve yoke <6776> [of oxen] before <6440> him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah <0452> passed <5674> by him, and cast <7993> his mantle <0155> upon him. 20 And he left <5800> the oxen <1241>, and ran <7323> after <0310> Elijah <0452>, and said <0559>, Let me, I pray <4994> thee, kiss <5401> my father <1> and my mother <0517>, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said <0559> unto him, Go <3212> back <7725> again <7725>: for what <4100> have I done <6213> to thee? 21 And he returned <7725> back <7725> from him, and took <3947> a yoke <6776> of oxen <1241>, and slew <2076> them, and boiled <1310> their flesh <1320> with the instruments <3627> of the oxen <1241>, and gave <5414> unto the people <5971>, and they did eat <0398>. Then he arose <6965>, and went <3212> after <0310> Elijah <0452>, and ministered <8334> unto him. 1Kings 20 1. And Benhadad <1131> the king <4428> of Syria <0758> gathered <6908> all <3605> his host <2428> together: and [there were] thirty <7970> and two <8147> kings <4428> with him, and horses <5483>, and chariots <7393>: and he went <5927> up and besieged <6696> Samaria <8111>, and warred <3898> against it. 2 And he sent <7971> messengers <4397> to Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478> into the city <5892>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> Benhadad <1131>, 3 Thy silver <3701> and thy gold <2091> [is] mine; thy wives <0802> also and thy children <1121>, [even] the goodliest <2896>, [are] mine. 4 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> answered <6030> and said <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, according to thy saying <1697>, I [am] thine, and all <3605> that I have. 5 And the messengers <4397> came <7725> again <7725>, and said <0559>, Thus <3541> speaketh <0559> Benhadad <1131>, saying <0559>, Although <3588> I have sent <7971> unto thee, saying <0559>, Thou shalt deliver <5414> me thy silver <3701>, and thy gold <2091>, and thy wives <0802>, and thy children <1121>; 6 Yet <3588> I will send <7971> my servants <5650> unto thee to morrow <4279> about this time <6256>, and they shall search <2664> thine house <1004>, and the houses <1004> of thy servants <5650>; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever <3605> is pleasant <4261> in thine eyes <5869>, they shall put <7760> [it] in their hand <3027>, and take <3947> [it] away. 7 Then the king <4428> of Israel <3478> called <7121> all <3605> the elders <2205> of the land <0776>, and said <0559>, Mark <3045>, I pray <4994> you, and see <7200> how <3588> this <2088> [man] seeketh <1245> mischief <7451>: for he sent <7971> unto me for my wives <0802>, and for my children <1121>, and for my silver <3701>, and for my gold <2091>; and I denied <4513> him not. 8 And all <3605> the elders <2205> and all <3605> the people <5971> said <0559> unto him, Hearken <8085> not [unto him], nor <3808> consent <14>. 9 Wherefore he said <0559> unto the messengers <4397> of Benhadad <1131>, Tell <0559> my lord <0113> the king <4428>, All <3605> that thou didst send <7971> for to thy servant <5650> at the first <7223> I will do <6213>: but this <2088> thing <1697> I may <3201> not do <6213>. And the messengers <4397> departed <3212>, and brought <7725> him word <1697> again <7725>. 10 And Benhadad <1131> sent <7971> unto him, and said <0559>, The gods <0430> do <6213> so <3541> unto me, and more <3254> also <3541>, if the dust <6083> of Samaria <8111> shall suffice <5606> for handfuls <8168> for all <3605> the people <5971> that follow <7272> me. 11 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> answered <6030> and said <0559>, Tell <1696> [him], Let not him that girdeth <2296> on [his harness] boast <1984> himself as he that putteth <6605> it off. 12. And it came <1961> to pass, when [Benhadad] heard <8085> this <2088> message <1697>, as he [was] drinking <8354>, he and the kings <4428> in the pavilions <5521>, that he said <0559> unto his servants <5650>, Set <7760> [yourselves in array]. And they set <7760> [themselves in array] against <5921> the city <5892>. 13 And, behold <2009>, there came <5066> a prophet <5030> unto Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Hast thou seen <7200> all <3605> this <2088> great <1419> multitude <1995>? behold <2005>, I will deliver <5414> it into thine hand <3027> this <2088> day <3117>; and thou shalt know <3045> that I [am] the LORD <3068>. 14 And Ahab <0256> said <0559>, By whom <4310>? And he said <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, [Even] by the young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of the provinces <4082>. Then he said <0559>, Who <4310> shall order <0631> the battle <4421>? And he answered <0559>, Thou. 15 Then he numbered <6485> the young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of the provinces <4082>, and they were two <8147> hundred <3967> and thirty <7970> two <8147>: and after <0310> them he numbered <6485> all <3605> the people <5971>, [even] all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, [being] seven <7651> thousand <0505>. 16 And they went <3318> out at noon <6672>. But Benhadad <1130> [was] drinking <8354> himself drunk <7910> in the pavilions <5521>, he and the kings <4428>, the thirty <7970> and two <8147> kings <4428> that helped <5826> him. 17 And the young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of the provinces <4082> went <3318> out first <7223>; and Benhadad <1130> sent <7971> out, and they told <5046> him, saying <0559>, There are men <0582> come <3318> out of Samaria <8111>. 18 And he said <0559>, Whether <0518> they be come <3318> out for peace <7965>, take <8610> them alive <2416>; or whether <0518> they be come <3318> out for war <4421>, take <8610> them alive <2416>. 19 So these <0428> young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of the provinces <4082> came <3318> out of the city <5892>, and the army <2428> which <0834> followed <0310> them. 20 And they slew <5221> every <0376> one <0376> his man <0376>: and the Syrians <0758> fled <5127>; and Israel <3478> pursued <7291> them: and Benhadad <1130> the king <4428> of Syria <0758> escaped <4422> on <5921> an horse <5483> with the horsemen <6571>. 21 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> went <3318> out, and smote <5221> the horses <5483> and chariots <7393>, and slew <5221> the Syrians <0758> with a great <1419> slaughter <4347>. 22. And the prophet <5030> came <5066> to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, and said <0559> unto him, Go <3212>, strengthen <2388> thyself, and mark <3045>, and see <7200> what thou doest <6213>: for at the return <8666> of the year <8141> the king <4428> of Syria <0758> will come <5927> up against <5921> thee. 23 And the servants <5650> of the king <4428> of Syria <0758> said <0559> unto him, Their gods <0430> [are] gods <0430> of the hills <2022>; therefore they were stronger <2388> than we; but let us fight <3898> against them in the plain <4334>, and surely <0518> we shall be stronger <2388> than they. 24 And do <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>, Take <5493> the kings <4428> away, every <0376> man <0376> out of his place <4725>, and put <7760> captains <6346> in their rooms <8478>: 25 And number <4487> thee an army <2428>, like the army <2428> that thou hast lost <5307>, horse <5483> for horse <5483>, and chariot <7393> for chariot <7393>: and we will fight <3898> against them in the plain <4334>, [and] surely <0518> we shall be stronger <2388> than they. And he hearkened <8085> unto their voice <6963>, and did <6213> so <3651>. 26 And it came <1961> to pass at the return <8666> of the year <8141>, that Benhadad <1130> numbered <6485> the Syrians <0758>, and went <5927> up to Aphek <0663>, to fight <4421> against <5973> Israel <3478>. 27 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> were numbered <6485>, and were all present <3557>, and went <3212> against <7125> them: and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> pitched <2583> before <5048> them like two <8147> little <2835> flocks <2835> of kids <5795>; but the Syrians <0758> filled <4390> the country <0776>. 28 And there came <5066> a man <0376> of God <0430>, and spake <0559> unto the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, and said, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Because the Syrians <0758> have said <0559>, The LORD <3068> [is] God <0430> of the hills <2022>, but he [is] not God <0430> of the valleys <6010>, therefore will I deliver <5414> all <3605> this <2088> great <1419> multitude into thine hand <3027>, and ye shall know <3045> that I [am] the LORD <3068>. 29 And they pitched <2583> one <0259> over <5227> against <5227> the other <0428> seven <7651> days <3117>. And [so] it was, that in the seventh <7637> day <3117> the battle <4421> was joined <7126>: and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> slew <5221> of the Syrians <0758> an hundred <3967> thousand <0505> footmen <7273> in one <0259> day <3117>. 30 But the rest <3498> fled <5127> to Aphek <0663>, into <0413> the city <5892>; and [there] a wall <2346> fell <5307> upon twenty <6242> and seven <7651> thousand <0505> of the men <0376> [that were] left <3498>. And Benhadad <1130> fled <5127>, and came <0935> into <0413> the city <5892>, into <0413> an inner <2315> chamber <2315>. 31. And his servants <5650> said <0559> unto him, Behold <2009> now <4994>, we have heard <8085> that the kings <4428> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478> [are] merciful <2617> kings <4428>: let us, I pray <4994> thee, put <7760> sackcloth <8242> on our loins <4975>, and ropes <2256> upon our heads <7218>, and go <3318> out to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>: peradventure <0194> he will save <2421> thy life <5315>. 32 So they girded <2296> sackcloth <8242> on their loins <4975>, and [put] ropes <2256> on their heads <7218>, and came <0935> to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, and said <0559>, Thy servant <5650> Benhadad <1130> saith <0559>, I pray <4994> thee, let me live <2421>. And he said <0559>, [Is] he yet <3588> alive <2416>? he [is] my brother <0251>. 33 Now the men <0582> did diligently <5172> observe <5172> whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily <4116> catch <2480> [it]: and they said <0559>, Thy brother <0251> Benhadad <1130>. Then he said <0559>, Go <0935> ye, bring <3947> him. Then Benhadad <1130> came <3318> forth <3318> to him; and he caused him to come <5927> up into <5921> the chariot <4818>. 34 And [Benhadad] said <0559> unto him, The cities <5892>, which <0834> my father <1> took <3947> from thy father <1>, I will restore <7725>; and thou shalt make <7760> streets <2351> for thee in Damascus <1834>, as my father <1> made <7760> in Samaria <8111>. Then [said Ahab], I will send <7971> thee away with this covenant <1285>. So he made <3772> a covenant <1285> with him, and sent <7971> him away. 35 And a certain <0259> man <0376> of the sons <1121> of the prophets <5030> said <0559> unto his neighbour <7453> in the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, Smite <5221> me, I pray <4994> thee. And the man <0376> refused <3985> to smite <5221> him. 36 Then said <0559> he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed <8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD <3068>, behold <2009>, as soon as thou art departed <1980> from me, a lion <0738> shall slay <5221> thee. And as soon as he was departed <3212> from him, a lion <0738> found <4672> him, and slew <5221> him. 37 Then he found <4672> another <0312> man <0376>, and said <0559>, Smite <5221> me, I pray <4994> thee. And the man <0376> smote <5221> him, so that in smiting <5221> he wounded <6481> [him]. 38 So the prophet <5030> departed <3212>, and waited <5975> for the king <4428> by the way <1870>, and disguised <2664> himself with ashes <0665> upon his face <5869>. 39 And as the king <4428> passed <5674> by, he cried <6817> unto the king <4428>: and he said <0559>, Thy servant <5650> went <3318> out into the midst <7130> of the battle <4421>; and, behold <2009>, a man <0376> turned <5493> aside, and brought <0935> a man <0376> unto me, and said <0559>, Keep <8104> this <2088> man <0376>: if <0518> by any means he be missing <6485>, then shall thy life <5315> be for his life <5315>, or <0176> else thou shalt pay <8254> a talent <3603> of silver <3701>. 40 And as thy servant <5650> was busy <6213> here <2008> and there <2008>, he was gone <0369>. And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto him, So <3651> [shall] thy judgment <4941> [be]; thyself hast decided <2782> [it]. 41 And he hasted <4116>, and took the ashes <0665> away <5493> from his face <5869>; and the king <4428> of Israel <3478> discerned <5234> him that he [was] of the prophets <5030>. 42 And he said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Because <3282> thou hast let go <7971> out of [thy] hand <3027> a man <0376> whom I appointed <2764> to utter destruction <2764>, therefore thy life <5315> shall go <1961> for his life <5315>, and thy people <5971> for his people <5971>. 43 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> went <3212> to his house <1004> heavy <5620> and displeased <2198>, and came <0935> to Samaria <8111>. 1Kings 21 1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> these <0428> things <1697>, [that] Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158> had <1961> a vineyard <3754>, which <0834> [was] in Jezreel <3157>, hard <0681> by the palace <1964> of Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Samaria <8111>. 2 And Ahab <0256> spake <1696> unto Naboth <5022>, saying <0559>, Give <5414> me thy vineyard <3754>, that I may have <1961> it for a garden <1588> of herbs <3419>, because <3588> it [is] near <7138> unto my house <1004>: and I will give <5414> thee for it a better <2896> vineyard <3754> than it; [or <0176>], if <0518> it seem good <2896> to thee, I will give <5414> thee the worth <4242> of it in money <3701>. 3 And Naboth <5022> said <0559> to Ahab <0256>, The LORD <3068> forbid <2486> it me, that I should give <5414> the inheritance <5159> of my fathers <1> unto thee. 4 And Ahab <0256> came <0935> into <0413> his house <1004> heavy <5620> and displeased <2198> because <5921> of the word <1697> which <0834> Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158> had spoken <1696> to him: for he had said <0559>, I will not give <5414> thee the inheritance <5159> of my fathers <1>. And he laid <7901> him down <7901> upon his bed <4296>, and turned <5437> away his face <6440>, and would eat <0398> no <3808> bread <3899>. 5. But Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> came <0935> to him, and said <1696> unto him, Why <4100> is thy spirit <7307> so sad <5620>, that thou eatest <0398> no <0369> bread <3899>? 6 And he said <1696> unto her, Because <3588> I spake <1696> unto Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158>, and said <0559> unto him, Give <5414> me thy vineyard <3754> for money <3701>; or else, if <0518> it please <2655> thee, I will give <5414> thee [another] vineyard <3754> for it: and he answered <0559>, I will not give <5414> thee my vineyard <3754>. 7 And Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> said <0559> unto him, Dost thou now <6258> govern <6213> the kingdom <4410> of Israel <3478>? arise <6965>, [and] eat <0398> bread <3899>, and let thine heart <3820> be merry <3190>: I will give <5414> thee the vineyard <3754> of Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158>. 8 So she wrote <3789> letters <5612> in Ahab's <0256> name <8034>, and sealed <2856> [them] with his seal <2368>, and sent <7971> the letters <5612> unto the elders <2205> and to the nobles <2715> that [were] in his city <5892>, dwelling <3427> with Naboth <5022>. 9 And she wrote <3789> in the letters <5612>, saying <0559>, Proclaim <7121> a fast <6685>, and set <3427> Naboth <5022> on high <7218> among the people <5971>: 10 And set <3427> two <8147> men <0582>, sons <1121> of Belial <1100>, before <5048> him, to bear <5749> witness <5749> against him, saying <0559>, Thou didst blaspheme <1288> God <0430> and the king <4428>. And [then] carry <3318> him out, and stone <5619> him, that he may die <4191>. 11 And the men <0582> of his city <5892>, [even] the elders <2205> and the nobles <2715> who <0834> were the inhabitants <3427> in his city <5892>, did <6213> as Jezebel <0348> had sent <7971> unto them, [and] as it [was] written <3789> in the letters <5612> which <0834> she had sent <7971> unto them. 12 They proclaimed <7121> a fast <6685>, and set <3427> Naboth <5022> on high <7218> among the people <5971>. 13 And there came <0935> in two <8147> men <0582>, children <1121> of Belial <1100>, and sat <3427> before <5048> him: and the men <0582> of Belial <1100> witnessed <5749> against him, [even] against Naboth <5022>, in the presence <5048> of the people <5971>, saying <0559>, Naboth <5022> did blaspheme <1288> God <0430> and the king <4428>. Then they carried <3318> him forth <3318> out of the city <5892>, and stoned <5619> him with stones <68>, that he died <4191>. 14 Then they sent <7971> to Jezebel <0348>, saying <0559>, Naboth <5022> is stoned <5619>, and is dead <4191>. 15 And it came <1961> to pass, when Jezebel <0348> heard <8085> that Naboth <5022> was stoned <5619>, and was dead <4191>, that Jezebel <0348> said <0559> to Ahab <0256>, Arise <6965>, take <3423> possession <3423> of the vineyard <3754> of Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158>, which <0834> he refused <3985> to give <5414> thee for money <3701>: for Naboth <5022> is not alive <2416>, but dead <4191>. 16 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> Ahab <0256> heard <8085> that Naboth <5022> was dead <4191>, that Ahab <0256> rose <6965> up to go <3381> down <3381> to the vineyard <3754> of Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158>, to take <3423> possession <3423> of it. 17. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <8664>, saying <0559>, 18 Arise <6965>, go <3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, which <0834> [is] in Samaria <8111>: behold <2009>, [he is] in the vineyard <3754> of Naboth <5022>, whither he is gone <3381> down <3381> to possess <3423> it. 19 And thou shalt speak <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Hast thou killed <7523>, and also <1571> taken possession <3423>? And thou shalt speak <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, In the place <4725> where <0834> dogs <3611> licked <3952> the blood <1818> of Naboth <5022> shall dogs <3611> lick <3952> thy blood <1818>, even <1571> thine <0859>. 20 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> to Elijah <0452>, Hast thou found <4672> me, O mine enemy <0341>? And he answered <0559>, I have found <4672> [thee]: because <3588> thou hast sold <4376> thyself to work <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>. 21 Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> evil <7451> upon thee, and will take <1197> away thy posterity <0310>, and will cut <3772> off from Ahab <0256> him that pisseth <8366> against the wall <7023>, and him that is shut <6113> up and left <5800> in Israel <3478>, 22 And will make <5414> thine house <1004> like the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, and like the house <1004> of Baasha <1201> the son <1121> of Ahijah <0281>, for the provocation <3708> wherewith <0834> thou hast provoked [me] to anger <3707>, and made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>. 23 And of Jezebel <0348> also <1571> spake <1696> the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, The dogs <3611> shall eat <0398> Jezebel <0348> by the wall <2426> of Jezreel <3157>. 24 Him that dieth <4191> of Ahab <0256> in the city <5892> the dogs <3611> shall eat <0398>; and him that dieth <4191> in the field <7704> shall the fowls <5775> of the air <8064> eat <0398>. 25 But there was none <3808> like unto Ahab <0256>, which <0834> did sell <4376> himself to work <6213> wickedness <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, whom <0834> Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> stirred <5496> up. 26 And he did very <3966> abominably <8581> in following idols <1544>, according to all <3605> [things] as did <6213> the Amorites <0567>, whom <0834> the LORD <3068> cast <3423> out before <6440> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>. 27 And it came <1961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> heard <8085> those <0428> words <1697>, that he rent <7167> his clothes <0899>, and put <7760> sackcloth <8242> upon his flesh <1320>, and fasted <6684>, and lay <7901> in sackcloth <8242>, and went <1980> softly <0328>. 28 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <8664>, saying <0559>, 29 Seest <7200> thou how <3588> Ahab <0256> humbleth <3665> himself before <6440> me? because <3588> he humbleth <3665> himself before <6440> me, I will not bring <0935> the evil <7451> in his days <3117>: [but] in his son's <1121> days <3117> will I bring <0935> the evil <7451> upon his house <1004>. 1Kings 22 1. And they continued <3427> three <7969> years <8141> without war <4421> between <0996> Syria <0758> and Israel <3478>. 2 And it came <1961> to pass in the third <7992> year <8141>, that Jehoshaphat <3092> the king <4428> of Judah <3063> came <3381> down <3381> to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>. 3 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto his servants <5650>, Know <3045> ye that Ramoth <7216> in Gilead <1568> [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take <3947> it not out of the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of Syria <0758>? 4 And he said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, Wilt thou go <3212> with me to battle <4421> to Ramothgilead <7433>? And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559> to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, I [am] as thou [art], my people <5971> as thy people <5971>, my horses <5483> as thy horses <5483>. 5 And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559> unto the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, Enquire <1875>, I pray <4994> thee, at the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> to day <3117>. 6 Then the king <4428> of Israel <3478> gathered <6908> the prophets <5030> together, about four <0702> hundred <3967> men <0376>, and said <0559> unto them, Shall I go <3212> against <5921> Ramothgilead <7433> to battle <4421>, or shall I forbear <2308>? And they said <0559>, Go <5927> up; for the Lord <0136> shall deliver <5414> [it] into the hand <3027> of the king <4428>. 7 And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559>, [Is there] not here <6311> a prophet <5030> of the LORD <3068> besides <5750>, that we might enquire <1875> of him? 8 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, [There is] yet <3588> one <0259> man <0376>, Micaiah <4321> the son <1121> of Imlah <3229>, by whom we may enquire <1875> of the LORD <3068>: but I hate <8130> him; for he doth not prophesy <5012> good <2896> concerning <5921> me, but evil <7451>. And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559>, Let not the king <4428> say <0559> so <3651>. 9 Then the king <4428> of Israel <3478> called <7121> an officer <5631>, and said <0559>, Hasten <4116> [hither] Micaiah <4321> the son <1121> of Imlah <3229>. 10 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> and Jehoshaphat <3092> the king <4428> of Judah <3063> sat <3427> each <0376> on <5921> his throne <3678>, having put <3847> on their robes <0899>, in a void <1637> place <4725> in the entrance <6607> of the gate <8179> of Samaria <8111>; and all <3605> the prophets <5030> prophesied <5012> before <6440> them. 11 And Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of Chenaanah <3668> made <6213> him horns <7161> of iron <1270>: and he said <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, With these <0428> shalt thou push <5055> the Syrians <0758>, until <5704> thou have consumed <3615> them. 12 And all <3605> the prophets <5030> prophesied <5012> so, saying <0559>, Go <5927> up to Ramothgilead <7433>, and prosper <6743>: for the LORD <3068> shall deliver <5414> [it] into the king's <4428> hand <3027>. 13 And the messenger <4397> that was gone <1980> to call <7121> Micaiah <4321> spake <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, Behold <2009> now <4994>, the words <1697> of the prophets <5030> [declare] good <2896> unto the king <4428> with one <0259> mouth <6310>: let thy word <1697>, I pray <4994> thee, be like the word <1697> of one <0259> of them, and speak <1696> [that which is] good <2896>. 14 And Micaiah <4321> said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, what the LORD <3068> saith <0559> unto me, that will I speak <1696>. 15. So he came <0935> to the king <4428>. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Micaiah <4321>, shall we go <3212> against <0413> Ramothgilead <7433> to battle <4421>, or shall we forbear <2308>? And he answered <0559> him, Go <5927>, and prosper <6743>: for the LORD <3068> shall deliver <5414> [it] into the hand <3027> of the king <4428>. 16 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, How <5704> many times <6471> shall I adjure <7650> thee that thou tell <1696> me nothing <3808> but [that which is] true <0571> in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>? 17 And he said <0559>, I saw <7200> all <3605> Israel <3478> scattered <6327> upon the hills <2022>, as sheep <6629> that have not a shepherd <7462>: and the LORD <3068> said <0559>, These <0428> have no <3808> master <0113>: let them return <7725> every man <0376> to his house <1004> in peace <7965>. 18 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, Did I not tell <0559> thee that he would prophesy <5012> no <3808> good <2896> concerning <5921> me, but evil <7451>? 19 And he said <0559>, Hear <8085> thou therefore <3651> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>: I saw <7200> the LORD <3068> sitting <3427> on <5921> his throne <3678>, and all <3605> the host of heaven <8064> standing <5975> by him on his right <3225> hand and on his left <8040>. 20 And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Who <4310> shall persuade <6601> Ahab <0256>, that he may go <5927> up and fall <5307> at Ramothgilead <7433>? And one said <0559> on this <3541> manner <3541>, and another <2088> said <0559> on that manner <3541>. 21 And there <8033> came <3318> forth <3318> a spirit <7307>, and stood <5975> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, I will persuade <6601> him. 22 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Wherewith <4100>? And he said <0559>, I will go <3318> forth <3318>, and I will be a lying <8267> spirit <7307> in the mouth <6310> of all <3605> his prophets <5030>. And he said <0559>, Thou shalt persuade <6601> [him], and prevail <3201> also <1571>: go <3318> forth <3318>, and do <6213> so <3651>. 23 Now <6258> therefore, behold <2009>, the LORD <3068> hath put <5414> a lying <8267> spirit <7307> in the mouth <6310> of all <3605> these <0428> thy prophets <5030>, and the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696> evil <7451> concerning <5921> thee. 24 But Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of Chenaanah <3668> went <5674> near <5066>, and smote <5221> Micaiah <4321> on <5921> the cheek <3895>, and said <0559>, Which way <2088> went <5674> the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> from me to speak <1696> unto thee? 25 And Micaiah <4321> said <0559>, Behold <2009>, thou shalt see <7200> in that day <3117>, when <0834> thou shalt go <0935> into an inner <2315> chamber <2315> to hide <2247> thyself. 26 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <0559>, Take <3947> Micaiah <4321>, and carry <7725> him back <7725> unto Amon <0526> the governor <8269> of the city <5892>, and to Joash <3101> the king's <4428> son <1121>; 27 And say <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the king <4428>, Put <7760> this <2088> [fellow] in the prison, and feed <0398> him with bread <3899> of affliction <3905> and with water <4325> of affliction <3905>, until <5704> I come <0935> in peace <7965>. 28 And Micaiah <4321> said <0559>, If <0518> thou return <7725> at all in peace <7965>, the LORD <3068> hath not spoken <1696> by me. And he said <0559>, Hearken <8085>, O people <5971>, every <3605> one of you. 29. So the king <4428> of Israel <3478> and Jehoshaphat <3092> the king <4428> of Judah <3063> went <5927> up to Ramothgilead <7433>. 30 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, I will disguise <2664> myself, and enter <0935> into the battle <4421>; but put <3847> thou on thy robes <0899>. And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> disguised <2664> himself, and went <0935> into the battle <4421>. 31 But the king <4428> of Syria <0758> commanded <6680> his thirty <7970> and two <8147> captains <8269> that had rule over his chariots <7393>, saying <0559>, Fight <3898> neither <3808> with small <6996> nor great <1419>, save only <0905> with the king <4428> of Israel <3478>. 32 And it came <1961> to pass, when the captains <8269> of the chariots <7393> saw <7200> Jehoshaphat <3092>, that they said <0559>, Surely <0389> it [is] the king <4428> of Israel <3478>. And they turned <5493> aside to fight <3898> against <5921> him: and Jehoshaphat <3092> cried <2199> out. 33 And it came <1961> to pass, when the captains <8269> of the chariots <7393> perceived <7200> that it [was] not the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, that they turned <7725> back <7725> from pursuing <0310> him. 34 And a [certain] man <0376> drew <4900> a bow <7198> at a venture <8537>, and smote <5221> the king <4428> of Israel <3478> between <0996> the joints <1694> of the harness <8302>: wherefore he said <0559> unto the driver <7395> of his chariot <7395>, Turn <2015> thine hand <3027>, and carry <3318> me out of the host <4264>; for I am wounded <2470>. 35 And the battle <4421> increased <5927> that day <3117>: and the king <4428> was stayed <5975> up in his chariot <4818> against <5227> the Syrians <0758>, and died <4191> at even <6153>: and the blood <1818> ran <3332> out of the wound <4347> into <0413> the midst <2436> of the chariot <7393>. 36 And there went <5674> a proclamation <7440> throughout the host <4264> about the going <0935> down of the sun <8121>, saying <0559>, Every man <0376> to his city <5892>, and every man <0376> to his own country <0776>. 37 So the king <4428> died <4191>, and was brought <0935> to Samaria <8111>; and they buried <6912> the king <4428> in Samaria <8111>. 38 And [one] washed <7857> the chariot <7393> in the pool <1295> of Samaria <8111>; and the dogs <3611> licked <3952> up his blood <1818>; and they washed <7364> his armour <2185>; according unto the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> which <0834> he spake <1696>. 39 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Ahab <0256>, and all <3605> that he did <6213>, and the ivory <8127> house <1004> which <0834> he made <1129>, and all <3605> the cities <5892> that he built <1129>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>? 40 So Ahab <0256> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>; and Ahaziah <0274> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 41. And Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Asa <0609> began to reign <4427> over <5921> Judah <3063> in the fourth <0702> year <8141> of Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478>. 42 Jehoshaphat <3092> [was] thirty <7970> and five <2568> years <8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>; and he reigned <4427> twenty <6242> and five <2568> years <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Azubah <5806> the daughter <1323> of Shilhi <7977>. 43 And he walked <3212> in all <3605> the ways <1870> of Asa <0609> his father <1>; he turned <5493> not aside from it, doing <6213> [that which was] right <3477> in the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>: nevertheless <0389> the high <1116> places were not taken <5493> away <5493>; [for] the people <5971> offered <2076> and burnt <6999> incense <6999> yet <3588> in the high <1116> places. 44 And Jehoshaphat <3092> made peace <7999> with the king <4428> of Israel <3478>. 45 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Jehoshaphat <3092>, and his might <1369> that he shewed <6213>, and how <0834> he warred <3898>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>? 46 And the remnant <3499> of the sodomites <6945>, which remained <7604> in the days <3117> of his father <1> Asa <0609>, he took <1197> out of the land <0776>. 47 [There was] then no <0369> king <4428> in Edom <0123>: a deputy <5324> [was] king <4428>. 48 Jehoshaphat <3092> made <6235> ships <0591> of Tharshish <8659> to go <3212> to Ophir <0211> for gold <2091>: but they went <1980> not; for the ships <0591> were broken <7665> at Eziongeber <6100>. 49 Then <0227> said <0559> Ahaziah <0274> the son <1121> of Ahab <0256> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, Let my servants <5650> go <3212> with thy servants <5650> in the ships <0591>. But Jehoshaphat <3092> would <14> not. 50 And Jehoshaphat <3092> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912> with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of David <1732> his father <1>: and Jehoram <3088> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>. 51 Ahaziah <0274> the son <1121> of Ahab <0256> began to reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> in Samaria <8111> the seventeenth <7651> year <8141> of Jehoshaphat <3092> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and reigned <4427> two years <8141> over <5921> Israel <3478>. 52 And he did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and walked <3212> in the way <1870> of his father <1>, and in the way <1870> of his mother <0517>, and in the way <1870> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, who <0834> made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>: 53 For he served <5647> Baal <1168>, and worshipped <7812> him, and provoked to anger <3707> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, according to all <3605> that his father <1> had done <6213>. ~~~~~~