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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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1Kings 1

1. Now king <04428> David <01732> was old <02204> [and] stricken <0935> in years <03117>; and they covered <03680> him with clothes <0899>, but he gat no <03808> heat <03179>.

2 Wherefore his servants <05650> said <0559> unto him, Let there be sought <01245> for my lord <0113> the king <04428> a young <05291> virgin <01330>: and let her stand <05975> before <06440> the king <04428>, and let her cherish <05532> him, and let her lie <07901> in thy bosom <02436>, that my lord <0113> the king <04428> may get heat <02552>.

3 So they sought <01245> for a fair <03303> damsel <05291> throughout all <03605> the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>, and found <04672> Abishag <049> a Shunammite <07767>, and brought <0935> her to the king <04428>.

4 And the damsel <05291> [was] very <03966> fair <03303>, and cherished <05532> the king <04428>, and ministered <08334> to him: but the king <04428> knew <03045> her not.

5. Then Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of Haggith <02294> exalted <05375> himself, saying <0559>, I will be king <04427>: and he prepared <06213> him chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>, and fifty <02572> men <0376> to run <07323> before <06440> him.

6 And his father <01> had not displeased <06087> him at any time <03117> in saying <0559>, Why <04069> hast thou done <06213> so <03602>? and he also <01571> [was a] very <03966> goodly <02896> [man]; and [his mother] bare him after <0310> Absalom <053>.

7 And he conferred with Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, and with Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>: and they following <0310> Adonijah <0138> helped <05826> [him].

8 But Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, and Shimei <08096>, and Rei <07472>, and the mighty <01368> men which <0834> [belonged] to David <01732>, were not with Adonijah <0138>.

9 And Adonijah <0138> slew <02076> sheep <06629> and oxen <01241> and fat <04806> cattle <04806> by the stone <068> of Zoheleth, which <0834> [is] by Enrogel <05883>, and called <07121> all <03605> his brethren <0251> the king's <04428> sons <01121>, and all <03605> the men <0582> of Judah <03063> the king's <04428> servants <05650>:

10 But Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, and Benaiah <01141>, and the mighty <01368> men, and Solomon <08010> his brother <0251>, he called <07121> not.

11. Wherefore Nathan <05416> spake <0559> unto Bathsheba <01339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <08010>, saying <0559>, Hast thou not heard <08085> that Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of Haggith <02294> doth reign <04427>, and David <01732> our lord <0113> knoweth <03045> [it] not?

12 Now <06258> therefore come <03212>, let me, I pray <04994> thee, give thee counsel <06098>, that thou mayest save <04422> thine own life <05315>, and the life <05315> of thy son <01121> Solomon <08010>.

13 Go <03212> and get <0935> thee in unto king <04428> David <01732>, and say <0559> unto him, Didst not thou, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>, swear <07650> unto thine handmaid <0519>, saying <0559>, Assuredly <03588> Solomon <08010> thy son <01121> shall reign <04427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> upon my throne <03678>? why <04069> then doth Adonijah <0138> reign <04427>?

14 Behold <02009>, while thou yet <05750> talkest <01696> there <08033> with the king <04428>, I also will come <0935> in after <0310> thee, and confirm <04390> thy words <01697>.

15 And Bathsheba <01339> went <0935> in unto the king <04428> into the chamber <02315>: and the king <04428> was very <03966> old <02204>; and Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> ministered <08334> unto the king <04428>.

16 And Bathsheba <01339> bowed <06915>, and did obeisance <07812> unto the king <04428>. And the king <04428> said <0559>, What <04100> wouldest thou?

17 And she said <0559> unto him, My lord <0113>, thou swarest <07650> by the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> unto thine handmaid <0519>, [saying], Assuredly <03588> Solomon <08010> thy son <01121> shall reign <04427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> upon my throne <03678>.

18 And now <06258>, behold <02009>, Adonijah <0138> reigneth <04427>; and now, my lord <0113> the king <04428>, thou knowest <03045> [it] not:

19 And he hath slain <02076> oxen <07794> and fat <04806> cattle <04806> and sheep <06629> in abundance <07230>, and hath called <07121> all <03605> the sons <01121> of the king <04428>, and Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>, and Joab <03097> the captain <08269> of the host <06635>: but Solomon <08010> thy servant <05650> hath he not called <07121>.

20 And thou, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>, the eyes <05869> of all <03605> Israel <03478> [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell <05046> them who <04310> shall sit <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> after <0310> him.

21 Otherwise it shall come <01961> to pass, when my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall sleep <07901> with his fathers <01>, that I and my son <01121> Solomon <08010> shall be counted offenders <02400>.

22 And, lo <02009>, while she yet <05750> talked <01696> with the king <04428>, Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> also came <0935> in.

23 And they told <05046> the king <04428>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009> Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>. And when he was come <0935> in before <06440> the king <04428>, he bowed <07812> himself before <06440> the king <04428> with his face <0639> to the ground <0776>.

24 And Nathan <05416> said <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, hast thou said <0559>, Adonijah <0138> shall reign <04427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> upon my throne <03678>?

25 For he is gone <03381> down <03381> this day <03117>, and hath slain <02076> oxen <07794> and fat <04806> cattle <04806> and sheep <06629> in abundance <07230>, and hath called <07121> all <03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121>, and the captains <08269> of the host <06635>, and Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>; and, behold <02009>, they eat <0398> and drink <08354> before <06440> him, and say <0559>, God save <02421> king <04428> Adonijah.

26 But me, [even] me thy servant <05650>, and Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, and thy servant <05650> Solomon <08010>, hath he not called <07121>.

27 Is this <02088> thing <01697> done by my lord <0113> the king <04428>, and thou hast not shewed <03045> [it] unto thy servant <05650>, who <04310> should sit <03427> on the throne <03678> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> after <0310> him?

28 Then king <04428> David <01732> answered <06030> and said <0559>, Call <07121> me Bathsheba <01339>. And she came <0935> into the king's <04428> presence <06440>, and stood <05975> before <06440> the king <04428>.

29 And the king <04428> sware <07650>, and said <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, that hath redeemed <06299> my soul <05315> out of all <03605> distress <06869>,

30 Even <03588> as I sware <07650> unto thee by the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Assuredly <03588> Solomon <08010> thy son <01121> shall reign <04427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <03427> upon my throne <03678> in my stead <08478>; even <03588> so <03651> will I certainly do <06213> this <02088> day <03117>.

31 Then Bathsheba <01339> bowed <06915> with [her] face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and did reverence <07812> to the king <04428>, and said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732> live <02421> for ever <05769>.

32. And king <04428> David <01732> said <0559>, Call <07121> me Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>. And they came <0935> before <06440> the king <04428>.

33 The king <04428> also said <0559> unto them, Take <03947> with you the servants <05650> of your lord <0113>, and cause Solomon <08010> my son <01121> to ride <07392> upon mine own mule <06506>, and bring <03381> him down <03381> to Gihon <01521>:

34 And let Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> anoint <04886> him there <08033> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>: and blow <08628> ye with the trumpet <07782>, and say <0559>, God save <02421> king <04428> Solomon <08010>.

35 Then ye shall come <05927> up after <0310> him, that he may come <0935> and sit <03427> upon my throne <03678>; for he shall be king <04427> in my stead <08478>: and I have appointed <06680> him to be ruler <05057> over <05921> Israel <03478> and over <05921> Judah <03063>.

36 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111> answered <06030> the king <04428>, and said <0559>, Amen <0543>: the LORD <03068> God <0430> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> say <0559> so <03651> [too].

37 As the LORD <03068> hath been <01961> with my lord <0113> the king <04428>, even so <03651> be he with Solomon <08010>, and make his throne <03678> greater than the throne <03678> of my lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732>.

38 So Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, and the Cherethites <03746>, and the Pelethites <06432>, went <03381> down <03381>, and caused Solomon <08010> to ride <07392> upon king <04428> David's <01732> mule <06506>, and brought <03212> him to Gihon <01521>.

39 And Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> took <03947> an horn <07161> of oil <08081> out of the tabernacle <0168>, and anointed <04886> Solomon <08010>. And they blew <08628> the trumpet <07782>; and all <03605> the people <05971> said <0559>, God save <02421> king <04428> Solomon <08010>.

40 And all <03605> the people <05971> came <05927> up after <0310> him, and the people <05971> piped <02490> with pipes <02485>, and rejoiced <08056> with great <01419> joy <08057>, so that the earth <0776> rent <01234> with the sound <06963> of them.

41. And Adonijah <0138> and all <03605> the guests <07121> that [were] with him heard <08085> [it] as they had made an end <03615> of eating <0398>. And when Joab <03097> heard <08085> the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, he said <0559>, Wherefore <04069> [is this] noise <06963> of the city <07151> being in an uproar <01993>?

42 And while he yet <05750> spake <01696>, behold <02009>, Jonathan <03129> the son <01121> of Abiathar <054> the priest <03548> came <0935>: and Adonijah <0138> said <0559> unto him, Come <0935> in; for thou [art] a valiant <02428> man <0376>, and bringest <01319> good <02896> tidings <01319>.

43 And Jonathan <03129> answered <06030> and said <0559> to Adonijah <0138>, Verily <061> our lord <0113> king <04427> David <01732> hath made Solomon <08010> king <04427>.

44 And the king <04428> hath sent <07971> with him Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>, and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, and the Cherethites <03774>, and the Pelethites <06432>, and they have caused him to ride <07392> upon the king's <04428> mule <06506>:

45 And Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> have anointed <04886> him king <04428> in Gihon <01521>: and they are come <05927> up from thence <08033> rejoicing <08056>, so that the city <07151> rang <01949> again. This <01931> [is] the noise <06963> that ye have heard <08085>.

46 And also <01571> Solomon <08010> sitteth <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678> of the kingdom <04410>.

47 And moreover <01571> the king's <04428> servants <05650> came <0935> to bless <01288> our lord <0113> king <04428> David <01732>, saying <0559>, God <0430> make the name <08034> of Solomon <08010> better <03190> than thy name <08034>, and make his throne <03678> greater than thy throne <03678>. And the king <04428> bowed <07812> himself upon the bed <04904>.

48 And also <01571> thus <03602> said <0559> the king <04428>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, which <0834> hath given <05414> [one] to sit <03427> on <05921> my throne <03678> this day <03117>, mine eyes <05869> even seeing <07200> [it].

49 And all <03605> the guests <07121> that [were] with Adonijah <0138> were afraid <02729>, and rose <06965> up, and went <03212> every man <0376> his way <01870>.

50 And Adonijah <0138> feared <03372> because <06440> of Solomon <08010>, and arose <06965>, and went <03212>, and caught <02388> hold <02388> on the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>.

51 And it was told <05046> Solomon <08010>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, Adonijah <0138> feareth <03372> king <04428> Solomon <08010>: for, lo <02009>, he hath caught <0270> hold <0270> on the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>, saying <0559>, Let king <04428> Solomon <08010> swear <07650> unto me to day that he will not slay <04191> his servant <05650> with the sword <02719>.

52 And Solomon <08010> said <0559>, If <0518> he will shew himself a worthy <02428> man <01121>, there shall not an hair <08185> of him fall <05307> to the earth <0776>: but if <0518> wickedness <07451> shall be found <04672> in him, he shall die <04191>.

53 So king <04428> Solomon <08010> sent <07971>, and they brought <03381> him down <03381> from the altar <04196>. And he came <07126> and bowed <07812> himself to king <04428> Solomon <08010>: and Solomon <08010> said <0559> unto him, Go <03212> to thine house <01004>.

1Kings 2

1. Now the days <03117> of David <01732> drew nigh <07126> that he should die <04191>; and he charged <06680> Solomon <08010> his son <01121>, saying <0559>,

2 I go <01980> the way <01870> of all <03605> the earth <0776>: be thou strong <02388> therefore, and shew thyself a man <0376>;

3 And keep <08104> the charge <04931> of the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, to walk <03212> in his ways <01870>, to keep <08104> his statutes <02708>, and his commandments <04687>, and his judgments <04941>, and his testimonies <05715>, as it is written <03789> in the law <08451> of Moses <04872>, that thou mayest prosper <07919> in all <03605> that thou doest <06213>, and whithersoever thou turnest <06437> thyself:

4 That the LORD <03068> may continue <06965> his word <01697> which <0834> he spake <01696> concerning <05921> me, saying <0559>, If <0518> thy children <01121> take heed <08104> to their way <01870>, to walk <03212> before <06440> me in truth <0571> with all <03605> their heart <03824> and with all <03605> their soul <05315>, there shall not fail <03772> thee (said he) a man <0376> on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>.

5 Moreover <01571> thou knowest <03045> also <01571> what Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> did <06213> to me, [and] what <0834> he did <06213> to the two <08147> captains <08269> of the hosts <06635> of Israel <03478>, unto Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, and unto Amasa <06021> the son <01121> of Jether <03500>, whom he slew <02026>, and shed <07760> the blood <01818> of war <04421> in peace <07965>, and put <05414> the blood <01818> of war <04421> upon his girdle <02290> that [was] about his loins <04975>, and in his shoes <05275> that [were] on his feet <07272>.

6 Do <06213> therefore according to thy wisdom <02451>, and let not his hoar <07872> head go <03381> down <03381> to the grave <07585> in peace <07965>.

7 But shew <06213> kindness <02617> unto the sons <01121> of Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569>, and let them be of those that eat <0398> at thy table <07979>: for so <03651> they came <0935> to me when I fled <01272> because <06440> of Absalom <053> thy brother <0251>.

8 And, behold <02009>, [thou hast] with thee Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>, a Benjamite <01145> of Bahurim <0980>, which <01931> cursed <07043> me with a grievous <04834> curse <07045> in the day <03117> when I went <03212> to Mahanaim <04266>: but he came <03381> down <03381> to meet <07125> me at Jordan <03383>, and I sware <07650> to him by the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, I will not put thee to death <04191> with the sword <02719>.

9 Now <06258> therefore hold him not guiltless <05352>: for thou [art] a wise <02450> man <0376>, and knowest <03045> what thou oughtest to do <06213> unto him; but his hoar <07872> head bring <03381> thou down <03381> to the grave <07585> with blood <01818>.

10 So David <01732> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> in the city <05892> of David <01732>.

11 And the days <03117> that David <01732> reigned <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> [were] forty <0705> years <08141>: seven <07651> years <08141> reigned <04427> he in Hebron <02275>, and thirty <07970> and three <07969> years <08141> reigned <04427> he in Jerusalem <03389>.

12. Then sat <03427> Solomon <08010> upon the throne <03678> of David <01732> his father <01>; and his kingdom <04438> was established <03559> greatly <03966>.

13 And Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of Haggith <02294> came <0935> to Bathsheba <01339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <08010>. And she said <0559>, Comest <0935> thou peaceably <07965>? And he said <0559>, Peaceably <07965>.

14 He said <0559> moreover, I have somewhat to say <01697> unto thee. And she said <0559>, Say <01696> on.

15 And he said <0559>, Thou knowest <03045> that the kingdom <04410> was mine, and [that] all <03605> Israel <03478> set <07760> their faces <06440> on <05921> me, that I should reign <04427>: howbeit the kingdom <04410> is turned <05437> about <05437>, and is become <01961> my brother's <0251>: for it was his from the LORD <03068>.

16 And now <06258> I ask <07592> one <0259> petition <07596> of thee, deny <07725> me not. And she said <0559> unto him, Say <01696> on.

17 And he said <0559>, Speak <0559>, I pray <04994> thee, unto Solomon <08010> the king <04428>, (for he will not say <0559> thee nay,) that he give <05414> me Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> to wife <0802>.

18 And Bathsheba <01339> said <0559>, Well <02896>; I will speak <01696> for thee unto the king <04428>.

19 Bathsheba <01339> therefore went <0935> unto king <04428> Solomon <08010>, to speak <01696> unto him for Adonijah <0138>. And the king <04428> rose <06965> up to meet <07125> her, and bowed <07812> himself unto her, and sat <03427> down on <05921> his throne <03678>, and caused a seat <03678> to be set <07760> for the king's <04428> mother <0517>; and she sat <03427> on his right <03225> hand.

20 Then she said <0559>, I desire <07592> one <0259> small <06996> petition <07596> of thee; [I pray thee], say <0559> me not nay <06440>. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto her, Ask <07592> on, my mother <0517>: for I will not say <0559> thee nay.

21 And she said <0559>, Let Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> be given <05414> to Adonijah <0138> thy brother <0251> to wife <0802>.

22 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> answered <06030> and said <0559> unto his mother <0517>, And why <04100> dost thou ask <07592> Abishag <049> the Shunammite <07767> for Adonijah <0138>? ask <07592> for him the kingdom <04410> also; for he [is] mine elder <01419> brother <0251>; even for him, and for Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>, and for Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>.

23 Then king <04428> Solomon <08010> sware <07650> by the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, God <0430> do <06213> so to me, and more <03254> also <03541>, if <03588> Adonijah <0138> have not spoken <01696> this <02088> word <01697> against his own life <05315>.

24 Now <06258> therefore, [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, which <0834> hath established <03559> me, and set <03427> me on <05921> the throne <03678> of David <01732> my father <01>, and who <0834> hath made <06213> me an house <01004>, as he promised <01696>, Adonijah <0138> shall be put to death <04191> this day <03117>.

25 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> sent <07971> by the hand <03027> of Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>; and he fell <06293> upon him that he died <04191>.

26. And unto Abiathar <054> the priest <03548> said <0559> the king <04428>, Get <03212> thee to Anathoth <06068>, unto thine own fields <07704>; for thou [art] worthy <0376> of death <04194>: but I will not at this <02088> time <03117> put thee to death <04191>, because <03588> thou barest <05375> the ark <0727> of the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> before <06440> David <01732> my father <01>, and because <03588> thou hast been afflicted <06031> in all <03605> wherein <0834> my father <01> was afflicted <06031>.

27 So Solomon <08010> thrust <01644> out Abiathar <054> from being <01961> priest <03548> unto the LORD <03068>; that he might fulfil <04390> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> concerning <05921> the house <01004> of Eli <05941> in Shiloh <07887>.

28 Then tidings <08052> came <0935> to Joab <03097>: for Joab <03097> had turned <05186> after <0310> Adonijah <0138>, though he turned <05186> not after <0310> Absalom <053>. And Joab <03097> fled <05127> unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <03068>, and caught <02388> hold <02388> on the horns <07161> of the altar <04196>.

29 And it was told <05046> king <04428> Solomon <08010> that Joab <03097> was fled <05127> unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <03068>; and, behold <02009>, [he is] by the altar <04196>. Then Solomon <08010> sent <07971> Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, saying <0559>, Go <03212>, fall <06293> upon him.

30 And Benaiah <01141> came <0935> to the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the king <04428>, Come <03318> forth <03318>. And he said <0559>, Nay <03808>; but I will die <04191> here <06311>. And Benaiah <01141> brought <07725> the king <04428> word <01697> again <07725>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> said <01696> Joab <03097>, and thus <03541> he answered <06030> me.

31 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Do <06213> as he hath said <01696>, and fall <06293> upon him, and bury <06912> him; that thou mayest take <05493> away <05493> the innocent <02600> blood <01818>, which <0834> Joab <03097> shed <08210>, from me, and from the house <01004> of my father <01>.

32 And the LORD <03068> shall return <07725> his blood <01818> upon his own head <07218>, who <04310> fell <06293> upon two <08147> men <0582> more righteous <06662> and better <02896> than he, and slew <02026> them with the sword <02719>, my father <01> David <01732> not knowing <03045> [thereof, to wit], Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Israel <03478>, and Amasa <06021> the son <01121> of Jether <03500>, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Judah <03063>.

33 Their blood <01818> shall therefore return <07725> upon the head <07218> of Joab <03097>, and upon the head <07218> of his seed <02233> for ever <05769>: but upon David <01732>, and upon his seed <02233>, and upon his house <01004>, and upon his throne <03678>, shall there be peace <07965> for ever <05769> from the LORD <03068>.

34 So Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111> went <05927> up, and fell <06293> upon him, and slew <04191> him: and he was buried <06912> in his own house <01004> in the wilderness <04057>.

35. And the king <04428> put <05414> Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111> in his room <08478> over <05921> the host <06635>: and Zadok <06659> the priest <03548> did the king <04428> put <05414> in the room <08478> of Abiathar <054>.

36 And the king <04428> sent <07971> and called <07121> for Shimei <08096>, and said <0559> unto him, Build <01129> thee an house <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>, and dwell <03427> there <08033>, and go <03318> not forth <03318> thence <08033> any whither <0575>.

37 For it shall be, [that] on the day <03117> thou goest <03318> out, and passest <05674> over <05674> the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>, thou shalt know <03045> for certain <03045> that thou shalt surely die <04191>: thy blood <01818> shall be upon thine own head <07218>.

38 And Shimei <08096> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, The saying <01697> [is] good <02896>: as my lord <0113> the king <04428> hath said <01696>, so <03651> will thy servant <05650> do <06213>. And Shimei <08096> dwelt <03427> in Jerusalem <03389> many <07227> days <03117>.

39 And it came <01961> to pass at the end <07093> of three <07969> years <08141>, that two <08147> of the servants <05650> of Shimei <08096> ran <01272> away unto Achish <0397> son <01121> of Maachah <04601> king <04428> of Gath <01661>. And they told <05046> Shimei <08096>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, thy servants <05650> [be] in Gath <01661>.

40 And Shimei <08096> arose <06965>, and saddled <02280> his ass <02543>, and went <03212> to Gath <01661> to Achish <0397> to seek <01245> his servants <05650>: and Shimei <08096> went <03212>, and brought <0935> his servants <05650> from Gath <01661>.

41 And it was told <05046> Solomon <08010> that Shimei <08096> had gone <01980> from Jerusalem <03389> to Gath <01661>, and was come <07725> again <07725>.

42 And the king <04428> sent <07971> and called <07121> for Shimei <08096>, and said <0559> unto him, Did I not make thee to swear <07650> by the LORD <03068>, and protested <05749> unto thee, saying <0559>, Know <03045> for a certain <03045>, on the day <03117> thou goest <03318> out, and walkest <01980> abroad any whither <0575>, that thou shalt surely die <04191>? and thou saidst <0559> unto me, The word <01697> [that] I have heard <08085> [is] good <02896>.

43 Why <04100> then hast thou not kept <08104> the oath <07621> of the LORD <03068>, and the commandment <04687> that I have charged <06680> thee with?

44 The king <04428> said <0559> moreover to Shimei <08096>, Thou knowest <03045> all <03605> the wickedness <07451> which <0834> thine heart <03824> is privy <03045> to, that thou didst <06213> to David <01732> my father <01>: therefore the LORD <03068> shall return <07725> thy wickedness <07451> upon thine own head <07218>;

45 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> [shall be] blessed <01288>, and the throne <03678> of David <01732> shall be established <03559> before <06440> the LORD <03068> for ever.

46 So the king <04428> commanded <06680> Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>; which went <03318> out, and fell <06293> upon him, that he died <04191>. And the kingdom <04467> was established <03559> in the hand <03027> of Solomon <08010>.

1Kings 3

1. And Solomon <08010> made affinity <02859> with Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, and took <03947> Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <01323>, and brought <0935> her into <0413> the city <05892> of David <01732>, until <05704> he had made an end <03615> of building <01129> his own house <01004>, and the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> round <05439> about.

2 Only <07535> the people <05971> sacrificed <02076> in high <01116> places, because <03588> there was no <03808> house <01004> built <01129> unto the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, until <05704> those <01992> days <03117>.

3 And Solomon <08010> loved <0157> the LORD <03068>, walking <03212> in the statutes <02708> of David <01732> his father <01>: only <07535> he sacrificed <02076> and burnt <06999> incense <06999> in high <01116> places.

4 And the king <04428> went <03212> to Gibeon <01391> to sacrifice <02076> there <08033>; for that [was] the great <01419> high <01116> place: a thousand <0505> burnt <05930> offerings did Solomon <08010> offer <05927> upon that altar <04196>.

5. In Gibeon <01391> the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> to Solomon <08010> in a dream <02472> by night <03915>: and God <0430> said <0559>, Ask <07592> what <04100> I shall give <05414> thee.

6 And Solomon <08010> said <0559>, Thou hast shewed <06213> unto thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01> great <01419> mercy <02617>, according as he walked <01980> before <06440> thee in truth <0571>, and in righteousness <06666>, and in uprightness <03483> of heart <03824> with thee; and thou hast kept <08104> for him this <02088> great <01419> kindness <02617>, that thou hast given <05414> him a son <01121> to sit <03427> on <05921> his throne <03678>, as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>.

7 And now <06258>, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, thou hast made thy servant <05650> king <04427> instead <08478> of David <01732> my father <01>: and I [am but] a little <06996> child <05288>: I know <03045> not [how] to go <03318> out or come <0935> in.

8 And thy servant <05650> [is] in the midst <08432> of thy people <05971> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, a great <07227> people <05971>, that cannot <03808> be numbered <04487> nor counted <05608> for multitude <07230>.

9 Give <05414> therefore thy servant <05650> an understanding <08085> heart <03820> to judge <08199> thy people <05971>, that I may discern <0995> between <0996> good <02896> and bad <07451>: for who <04310> is able <03201> to judge <08199> this <02088> thy so great <03515> a people <05971>?

10 And the speech <01697> pleased the Lord <0136>, that Solomon <08010> had asked <07592> this <02088> thing <01697>.

11 And God <0430> said <0559> unto him, Because <03282> thou hast asked <07592> this <02088> thing <01697>, and hast not asked <07592> for thyself long <07221> life <03117>; neither <03808> hast asked <07592> riches <06239> for thyself, nor <03808> hast asked <07592> the life <05315> of thine enemies <0341>; but hast asked <07592> for thyself understanding <0995> to discern <08085> judgment <04941>;

12 Behold <02009>, I have done <06213> according to thy words <01697>: lo <02009>, I have given <05414> thee a wise <02450> and an understanding <0995> heart <03820>; so that there was none <03808> like <03644> thee before <06440> thee, neither after <0310> thee shall any arise <06965> like <03644> unto thee.

13 And I have also <01571> given <05414> thee that which <0834> thou hast not asked <07592>, both <01571> riches <06239>, and honour <03519>: so that there shall not be any <0376> among the kings <04428> like <03644> unto thee all <03605> thy days <03117>.

14 And if <0518> thou wilt walk <03212> in my ways <01870>, to keep <08104> my statutes <02706> and my commandments <04687>, as thy father <01> David <01732> did walk <01980>, then I will lengthen <0748> thy days <03117>.

15 And Solomon <08010> awoke <03364>; and, behold <02009>, [it was] a dream <02472>. And he came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, and stood <05975> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>, and offered <05927> up burnt <05930> offerings, and offered <06213> peace <08002> offerings, and made <06213> a feast <04960> to all <03605> his servants <05650>.

16. Then <0227> came <0935> there two <08147> women <0802>, [that were] harlots <02181>, unto the king <04428>, and stood <05975> before <06440> him.

17 And the one <0259> woman <0802> said <0559>, O my lord <0113>, I and this <02063> woman <0802> dwell <03427> in one <0259> house <01004>; and I was delivered <03205> of a child <03205> with her in the house <01004>.

18 And it came <01961> to pass the third <07992> day <03117> after that I was delivered <03205>, that this <02063> woman <0802> was delivered <03205> also <01571>: and we [were] together <03162>; [there was] no <0369> stranger <02114> with us in the house <01004>, save <02108> we two <08147> in the house <01004>.

19 And this <02063> woman's <0802> child <01121> died <04191> in the night <03915>; because <0834> she overlaid <07901> it.

20 And she arose <06965> at midnight, and took <03947> my son <01121> from beside <0681> me, while thine handmaid <0519> slept <03463>, and laid <07901> it in her bosom <02436>, and laid <07901> her dead <04191> child <01121> in my bosom <02436>.

21 And when I rose <06965> in the morning <01242> to give my child <01121> suck <03243>, behold <02009>, it was dead <04191>: but when I had considered <0995> it in the morning <01242>, behold <02009>, it was not my son <01121>, which <0834> I did bear <03205>.

22 And the other <0312> woman <0802> said <0559>, Nay <03808>; but the living <02416> [is] my son <01121>, and the dead <04191> [is] thy son <01121>. And this <02063> said <0559>, No <03808>; but the dead <04191> [is] thy son <01121>, and the living <02416> [is] my son <01121>. Thus they spake <01696> before <06440> the king <04428>.

23 Then said <0559> the king <04428>, The one <02063> saith <0559>, This <02063> [is] my son <01121> that liveth <02416>, and thy son <01121> [is] the dead <04191>: and the other <02063> saith <0559>, Nay <03808>; but thy son <01121> [is] the dead <04191>, and my son <01121> [is] the living <02416>.

24 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Bring <03947> me a sword <02719>. And they brought <0935> a sword <02719> before <06440> the king <04428>.

25 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Divide <01504> the living <02416> child <03206> in two <08147>, and give <05414> half <02677> to the one <0259>, and half <02677> to the other <0259>.

26 Then spake <0559> the woman <0802> whose <0834> the living <02416> child <01121> [was] unto the king <04428>, for her bowels <07358> yearned <03648> upon her son <01121>, and she said <0559>, O my lord <0113>, give <05414> her the living <02416> child <03205>, and in no <0408> wise slay <04191> it. But the other <02063> said <0559>, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide <01504> [it].

27 Then the king <04428> answered <06030> and said <0559>, Give <05414> her the living <02416> child <03205>, and in no <03808> wise slay <04191> it: she [is] the mother <0517> thereof.

28 And all <03605> Israel <03478> heard <08085> of the judgment <04941> which <0834> the king <04428> had judged <08199>; and they feared <03372> the king <04428>: for they saw <07200> that the wisdom <02451> of God <0430> [was] in him, to do <06213> judgment <04941>.

1Kings 4

1. So king <04428> Solomon <08010> was king <04428> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>.

2 And these <0428> [were] the princes <08269> which <0834> he had; Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>,

3 Elihoreph <0456> and Ahiah <0281>, the sons <01121> of Shisha <07894>, scribes <05608>; Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286>, the recorder <02142>.

4 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111> [was] over <05921> the host <06635>: and Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> [were] the priests <03548>:

5 And Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Nathan <05416> [was] over <05921> the officers <05324>: and Zabud the son <01121> of Nathan <05416> [was] principal <03548> officer <05324>, [and] the king's <04428> friend <07463>:

6 And Ahishar <0301> [was] over <05921> the household <01004>: and Adoniram <0141> the son <01121> of Abda <05653> [was] over <05921> the tribute <04522>.

7 And Solomon <08010> had twelve officers <05324> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>, which provided victuals <03557> for the king <04428> and his household <01004>: each <0259> man his month <02320> in a year <08141> made provision <03557>.

8 And these <0428> [are] their names <08034>: The son <01133> of Hur <02354>, in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>:

9 The son <01128> of Dekar <01857>, in Makaz <04739>, and in Shaalbim <08169>, and Bethshemesh <01053>, and Elonbethhanan <0358>:

10 The son <01136> of Hesed <02618>, in Aruboth <0700>; to him [pertained] Sochoh <07755>, and all <03605> the land <0776> of Hepher <02660>:

11 The son <01125> of Abinadab <041>, in all <03605> the region <05299> of Dor <01756>; which had Taphath <02955> the daughter <01323> of Solomon <08010> to wife <0802>:

12 Baana <01195> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286>; [to him pertained] Taanach <08590> and Megiddo <04023>, and all <03605> Bethshean <01052>, which [is] by Zartanah beneath <08478> Jezreel <03157>, from Bethshean <01052> to Abelmeholah <065>, [even] unto [the place that is] beyond <05676> Jokneam <03362>:

13 The son <01127> of Geber <01398>, in Ramothgilead <07433>; to him [pertained] the towns <02333> of Jair <02971> the son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>, which <0834> [are] in Gilead <01568>; to him [also pertained] the region <02256> of Argob <0709>, which <0834> [is] in Bashan <01316>, threescore <08346> great <01419> cities <05892> with walls <02346> and brasen <05178> bars <01280>:

14 Ahinadab <0292> the son <01121> of Iddo <05714> [had] Mahanaim <04266>:

15 Ahimaaz <0290> [was] in Naphtali <05321>; he also <01571> took <03947> Basmath <01315> the daughter <01323> of Solomon <08010> to wife <0802>:

16 Baanah <01195> the son <01121> of Hushai <02365> [was] in Asher <0836> and in Aloth <01175>:

17 Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Paruah <06515>, in Issachar <03485>:

18 Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Elah <0425>, in Benjamin <01144>:

19 Geber <01398> the son <01121> of Uri <0221> [was] in the country <0776> of Gilead <01568>, [in] the country <0776> of Sihon <05511> king <04428> of the Amorites <0567>, and of Og <05747> king <04428> of Bashan <01316>; and [he was] the only <0259> officer <05333> which <0834> [was] in the land <0776>.

20. Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> [were] many <07227>, as the sand <02344> which <0834> [is] by the sea <03220> in multitude <07230>, eating <0398> and drinking <08354>, and making merry <08056>.

21 And Solomon <08010> reigned <04910> over all <03605> kingdoms <04467> from the river <05104> unto the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, and unto the border <01366> of Egypt <04714>: they brought <05066> presents <04503>, and served <05647> Solomon <08010> all <03605> the days <03117> of his life <02416>.

22 And Solomon's <08010> provision <03899> for one <0259> day <03117> was thirty <07970> measures <03734> of fine flour <05560>, and threescore <08346> measures <03734> of meal <07058>,

23 Ten <06235> fat <01277> oxen <01241>, and twenty <06242> oxen <01241> out of the pastures <07471>, and an hundred <03967> sheep <06629>, beside <0905> harts <0354>, and roebucks <06643>, and fallowdeer <03180>, and fatted <075> fowl <01257>.

24 For he had dominion <07287> over all <03605> [the region] on this side <05676> the river <05104>, from Tiphsah <08607> even to Azzah <05804>, over all <03605> the kings <04428> on this side <05676> the river <05104>: and he had <01961> peace <07965> on all <03605> sides <05676> round <05439> about him.

25 And Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> safely <0983>, every man <0376> under <08478> his vine <01612> and under <08478> his fig <08384> tree, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>, all <03605> the days <03117> of Solomon <08010>.

26 And Solomon <08010> had forty <0705> thousand <0505> stalls <0723> of horses <05483> for his chariots <04817>, and twelve thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>.

27 And those <0428> officers <05324> provided victual <03557> for king <04428> Solomon <08010>, and for all <03605> that came <07131> unto king <04428> Solomon's <08010> table <07979>, every man <0376> in his month <02320>: they lacked <05737> nothing.

28 Barley <08184> also and straw <08401> for the horses <05483> and dromedaries <07409> brought <0935> they unto the place <04725> where [the officers] were, every man <0376> according to his charge <04941>.

29. And God <0430> gave <05414> Solomon <08010> wisdom <02451> and understanding <08394> exceeding <03966> much <07235>, and largeness <07341> of heart <03820>, even as the sand <02344> that [is] on <05921> the sea <03220> shore <08193>.

30 And Solomon's <08010> wisdom <02451> excelled <07227> the wisdom <02451> of all <03605> the children <01121> of the east <06924> country, and all <03605> the wisdom <02451> of Egypt <04714>.

31 For he was wiser <02449> than all <03605> men <0120>; than Ethan <0387> the Ezrahite <0250>, and Heman <01968>, and Chalcol <03633>, and Darda <01862>, the sons <01121> of Mahol <04235>: and his fame <08034> was in all <03605> nations <01471> round <05439> about.

32 And he spake <01696> three <07969> thousand <0505> proverbs <04912>: and his songs <07892> were a thousand <0505> and five <02568>.

33 And he spake <01696> of trees <06086>, from the cedar <0730> tree <06086> that [is] in Lebanon <03844> even unto the hyssop <0231> that springeth <03318> out of the wall <07023>: he spake <01696> also of beasts <0929>, and of fowl <05775>, and of creeping <07431> things, and of fishes <01709>.

34 And there came <0935> of all <03605> people <05971> to hear <08085> the wisdom <02451> of Solomon <08010>, from all <03605> kings <04428> of the earth <0776>, which <0834> had heard <08085> of his wisdom <02451>.

1Kings 5

1. And Hiram <02438> king <04428> of Tyre <06865> sent <07971> his servants <05650> unto Solomon <08010>; for he had <01961> heard <08085> that they had <01961> anointed <04886> him king <04428> in the room <08478> of his father <01>: for Hiram <02438> was ever a lover <0157> of David <01732>.

2 And Solomon <08010> sent <07971> to Hiram <02438>, saying <0559>,

3 Thou knowest <03045> how that David <01732> my father <01> could <03201> not build <01129> an house <01004> unto the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430> for the wars <04421> which <0834> were about <05437> him on every <05437> side, until <05704> the LORD <03068> put <05414> them under <08478> the soles <03709> of his feet <07272>.

4 But now <06258> the LORD <03068> my God <0430> hath given me rest <05117> on every <05437> side <05439>, [so that there is] neither <0369> adversary <07854> nor <0369> evil <07451> occurrent <06294>.

5 And, behold <02005>, I purpose <0559> to build <01129> an house <01004> unto the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> my God <0430>, as the LORD <03068> spake <01696> unto David <01732> my father <01>, saying <0559>, Thy son <01121>, whom <0834> I will set <05414> upon thy throne <03678> in thy room <08478>, he shall build <01129> an house <01004> unto my name <08034>.

6 Now <06258> therefore command <06680> thou that they hew <03772> me cedar <0730> trees out of Lebanon <03844>; and my servants <05650> shall be with thy servants <05650>: and unto thee will I give <05414> hire <07939> for thy servants <05650> according to all <03605> that thou shalt appoint <0559>: for thou knowest <03045> that [there is] not among us any <0376> that can skill <03045> to hew <03772> timber <06086> like unto the Sidonians <06722>.

7 And it came <01961> to pass, when Hiram <02438> heard <08085> the words <01697> of Solomon <08010>, that he rejoiced <08055> greatly <03966>, and said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> this day <03117>, which <0834> hath given <05414> unto David <01732> a wise <02450> son <01121> over <05921> this <02088> great <07227> people <05971>.

8 And Hiram <02438> sent <07971> to Solomon <08010>, saying <0559>, I have considered <08085> the things which <0834> thou sentest <07971> to me for: [and] I will do <06213> all <03605> thy desire <02656> concerning timber <06086> of cedar <0730>, and concerning timber <06086> of fir <01265>.

9 My servants <05650> shall bring <03381> [them] down <03381> from Lebanon <03844> unto the sea <03220>: and I will convey <07760> them by sea <03220> in floats <01702> unto the place <04725> that thou shalt appoint <07971> me, and will cause them to be discharged <05310> there <08033>, and thou shalt receive <05375> [them]: and thou shalt accomplish <06213> my desire <02656>, in giving <05414> food <03899> for my household <01004>.

10. So Hiram <02438> gave <05414> Solomon <08010> cedar <0730> trees <06086> and fir <01265> trees <06086> [according to] all <03605> his desire <02656>.

11 And Solomon <08010> gave <05414> Hiram <02438> twenty <06242> thousand <0505> measures <03734> of wheat <02406> [for] food <04361> to his household <01004>, and twenty <06242> measures <03734> of pure <03795> oil <08081>: thus <03541> gave <05414> Solomon <08010> to Hiram <02438> year <08141> by year <08141>.

12 And the LORD <03068> gave <05414> Solomon <08010> wisdom <02451>, as he promised <01696> him: and there was peace <07965> between <0996> Hiram <02438> and Solomon <08010>; and they two <08147> made <03772> a league <01285> together.

13 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> raised <05927> a levy <04522> out of all <03605> Israel <03478>; and the levy <04522> was thirty <07970> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

14 And he sent <07971> them to Lebanon <03844>, ten <06235> thousand <0505> a month <02320> by courses <02487>: a month <02320> they were in Lebanon <03844>, [and] two <08147> months <02320> at home <01004>: and Adoniram <0141> [was] over <05921> the levy <04522>.

15 And Solomon <08010> had <01961> threescore <07657> and ten thousand <0505> that bare <05375> burdens <05449>, and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> hewers <02672> in the mountains <02022>;

16 Beside <0905> the chief <08269> of Solomon's <08010> officers <05324> which <0834> [were] over <05921> the work <04399>, three <07969> thousand <0505> and three <07969> hundred <03967>, which ruled <07287> over the people <05971> that wrought <06213> in the work <04399>.

17 And the king <04428> commanded <06680>, and they brought <05265> great <01419> stones <068>, costly <03368> stones <068>, [and] hewed <01496> stones <068>, to lay the foundation <03245> of the house <01004>.

18 And Solomon's <08010> builders <01129> and Hiram's <02438> builders <01129> did hew <06458> [them], and the stonesquarers <01382>: so they prepared <03559> timber <06086> and stones <068> to build <01129> the house <01004>.

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1. And it came <01961> to pass in the four <0702> hundred <03967> and eightieth <08084> year <08141> after the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were come <03318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, in the fourth <07243> year <08141> of Solomon's <08010> reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>, in the month <02320> Zif <02099>, which <01931> [is] the second <08145> month <02320>, that he began to build <01129> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

2 And the house <01004> which <0834> king <04428> Solomon <08010> built <01129> for the LORD <03068>, the length <0753> thereof [was] threescore <08346> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <07341> thereof twenty <06242> [cubits], and the height <06967> thereof thirty <07970> cubits <0520>.

3 And the porch <0197> before the temple <01964> of the house <01004>, twenty <06242> cubits <0520> [was] the length <0753> thereof, according to the breadth <07341> of the house <01004>; [and] ten <06235> cubits <0520> [was] the breadth <07341> thereof before the house <01004>.

4 And for the house <01004> he made <06213> windows <02474> of narrow <0331> lights <08261>.

5 And against <05921> the wall <07023> of the house <01004> he built <01129> chambers <03326> round <05439> about, [against] the walls <07023> of the house <01004> round <05439> about, [both] of the temple <01964> and of the oracle <01687>: and he made <06213> chambers <06763> round <05439> about:

6 The nethermost <08481> chamber <03326> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520> broad <07341>, and the middle <08484> [was] six <08337> cubits <0520> broad <07341>, and the third <07992> [was] seven <07651> cubits <0520> broad <07341>: for without <02351> [in the wall] of the house <01004> he made <05414> narrowed <04052> rests round <05439> about, that [the beams] should not be fastened <0270> in the walls <07023> of the house <01004>.

7 And the house <01004>, when it was in building <01129>, was built <01129> of stone <068> made ready <08003> before <04551> it was brought <04551> thither: so that there was neither <03808> hammer <04717> nor axe <01631> [nor] any <03605> tool <03627> of iron <01270> heard <08085> in the house <01004>, while it was in building <01129>.

8 The door <06907> for the middle <08484> chamber <06763> [was] in the right <03233> side <03802> of the house <01004>: and they went <05927> up with winding <03583> stairs <03883> into <05921> the middle <08484> [chamber], and out of the middle <08484> into <0413> the third <07992>.

9 So he built <01129> the house <01004>, and finished <03615> it; and covered <05603> the house <01004> with beams <01356> and boards <07713> of cedar <0730>.

10 And [then] he built <01129> chambers <03326> against <05921> all <03605> the house <01004>, five <02568> cubits <0520> high <06967>: and they rested <0270> on the house <01004> [with] timber <06086> of cedar <0730>.

11. And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to Solomon <08010>, saying <0559>,

12 [Concerning] this <02088> house <01004> which <0834> thou art in building <01129>, if <0518> thou wilt walk <03212> in my statutes <02708>, and execute <06213> my judgments <04941>, and keep <08104> all <03605> my commandments <04687> to walk <03212> in them; then will I perform <06965> my word <01697> with thee, which <0834> I spake <01696> unto David <01732> thy father <01>:

13 And I will dwell <07931> among <08432> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and will not forsake <05800> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.

14 So Solomon <08010> built <01129> the house <01004>, and finished <03615> it.

15. And he built <01129> the walls <07023> of the house <01004> within <01004> with boards <06763> of cedar <0730>, both the floor <07172> of the house <01004>, and the walls <07023> of the cieling <05604>: [and] he covered <06823> [them] on the inside <01004> with wood <06086>, and covered <06823> the floor <07172> of the house <01004> with planks <06763> of fir <01265>.

16 And he built <01129> twenty <06242> cubits <0520> on the sides <03411> of the house <01004>, both the floor <07172> and the walls <07023> with boards <06763> of cedar <0730>: he even built <01129> [them] for it within <01004>, [even] for the oracle <01687>, [even] for the most <06944> holy <06944> [place].

17 And the house <01004>, that [is], the temple <01964> before <03942> it, was forty <0705> cubits <0520> [long].

18 And the cedar <0730> of the house <01004> within <06441> [was] carved <04734> with knops <06497> and open <06358> flowers <06731>: all <03605> [was] cedar <0730>; there was no <0369> stone <068> seen <07200>.

19 And the oracle <01687> he prepared <03559> in the house <01004> within <06441>, to set <05414> there <08033> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>.

20 And the oracle <01687> in the forepart <06440> [was] twenty <06242> cubits <0520> in length <0753>, and twenty <06242> cubits <0520> in breadth <07341>, and twenty <06242> cubits <0520> in the height <06967> thereof: and he overlaid <06823> it with pure <05462> gold <02091>; and [so] covered <06823> the altar <04196> [which was of] cedar <0730>.

21 So Solomon <08010> overlaid <06823> the house <01004> within <06441> with pure <05462> gold <02091>: and he made a partition <05674> by the chains <07569> of gold <02091> before <06440> the oracle <01687>; and he overlaid <06823> it with gold <02091>.

22 And the whole <03605> house <01004> he overlaid <06823> with gold <02091>, until <05704> he had <01961> finished <08552> all <03605> the house <01004>: also the whole <03605> altar <04196> that [was] by the oracle <01687> he overlaid <06823> with gold <02091>.

23 And within the oracle <01687> he made <06213> two <08147> cherubims <03742> [of] olive <08081> tree <06086>, [each] ten <06235> cubits <0520> high <06967>.

24 And five <02568> cubits <0520> [was] the one <0259> wing <03671> of the cherub <03742>, and five <02568> cubits <0520> the other <08145> wing <03671> of the cherub <03742>: from the uttermost <07098> part of the one wing <03671> unto the uttermost <07098> part of the other <03671> [were] ten <06235> cubits <0520>.

25 And the other <08145> cherub <03742> [was] ten <06235> cubits <0520>: both <08147> the cherubims <03742> [were] of one <0259> measure <04060> and one <0259> size <07095>.

26 The height <06967> of the one <0259> cherub <03742> [was] ten <06235> cubits <0520>, and so <03651> [was it] of the other <08145> cherub <03742>.

27 And he set <05414> the cherubims <03742> within <08432> the inner <06442> house <01004>: and they stretched <06566> forth the wings <03671> of the cherubims <03742>, so that the wing <03671> of the one <0259> touched <05060> the [one] wall <07023>, and the wing <03671> of the other <08145> cherub <03742> touched <05060> the other <08145> wall <07023>; and their wings <03671> touched <05060> one <03671> another <03671> in the midst <08432> of the house <01004>.

28 And he overlaid <06823> the cherubims <03742> with gold <02091>.

29 And he carved <07049> all <03605> the walls <07023> of the house <01004> round <04524> about <04524> with carved <06603> figures <04734> of cherubims <03742> and palm <08561> trees and open <06358> flowers <06731>, within <06441> and without <02435>.

30 And the floor <07172> of the house <01004> he overlaid <06823> with gold <02091>, within <06441> and without <02435>.

31 And for the entering <06607> of the oracle <01687> he made <06213> doors <01817> [of] olive <08081> tree <06086>: the lintel <0352> [and] side posts <04201> [were] a fifth <02549> part [of the wall].

32 The two <08147> doors <01817> also [were of] olive <08081> tree <06086>; and he carved <07049> upon them carvings <04734> of cherubims <03742> and palm <08561> trees and open <06358> flowers <06731>, and overlaid <06823> [them] with gold <02091>, and spread <07286> gold <02091> upon the cherubims <03742>, and upon the palm <08561> trees.

33 So <03651> also made <06213> he for the door <06907> of the temple <01964> posts <04201> [of] olive <08081> tree <06086>, a fourth <07243> part [of the wall].

34 And the two <08147> doors <01817> [were of] fir <01265> tree <06086>: the two <08147> leaves <06763> of the one <0259> door <01817> [were] folding <01550>, and the two <08147> leaves <07050> of the other <08145> door <01817> [were] folding <01550>.

35 And he carved <07049> [thereon] cherubims <03742> and palm <08561> trees and open <06358> flowers <06731>: and covered <06823> [them] with gold <02091> fitted <03474> upon the carved <02707> work.

36 And he built <01129> the inner <06442> court <02691> with three <07969> rows <02905> of hewed <01496> stone <01496>, and a row <02905> of cedar <0730> beams <03773>.

37 In the fourth <07243> year <08141> was the foundation <03245> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> laid, in the month <03391> Zif <02099>:

38 And in the eleventh year <08141>, in the month <03391> Bul <0945>, which <01931> [is] the eighth <08066> month <02320>, was the house <01004> finished <03615> throughout all <03605> the parts <01697> thereof, and according <05921> to all <03605> the fashion <04941> of it. So was he seven <07651> years <08141> in building <01129> it.

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1. But Solomon <08010> was building <01129> his own house <01004> thirteen years <08141>, and he finished <03615> all <03605> his house <01004>.

2 He built <01129> also the house <01004> of the forest <03293> of Lebanon <03844>; the length <0753> thereof [was] an hundred <03967> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <07341> thereof fifty <02572> cubits <0520>, and the height <06967> thereof thirty <07970> cubits <0520>, upon four <0702> rows <02905> of cedar <0730> pillars <05982>, with cedar <0730> beams <03773> upon the pillars <05982>.

3 And [it was] covered <05603> with cedar <0730> above <04605> upon the beams <06763>, that [lay] on forty <0705> five <02568> pillars <05982>, fifteen <06240> [in] a row <02905>.

4 And [there were] windows <08261> [in] three <07969> rows <02905>, and light <04237> [was] against <0413> light <04237> [in] three <07969> ranks <06471>.

5 And all <03605> the doors <06607> and posts <04201> [were] square <07251>, with the windows <08260>: and light <04237> [was] against light <0216> [in] three <07969> ranks <06471>.

6 And he made <06213> a porch <0197> of pillars <05982>; the length <0753> thereof [was] fifty <02572> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <07341> thereof thirty <07970> cubits <0520>: and the porch <0197> [was] before them: and the [other] pillars <05982> and the thick beam <05646> [were] before them.

7 Then he made <06213> a porch <0197> for the throne <03678> where he might judge <08199>, [even] the porch <0197> of judgment <04941>: and [it was] covered <05603> with cedar <0730> from one side of the floor <07172> to the other.

8 And his house <01004> where he dwelt <03427> [had] another <0312> court <02691> within <01004> the porch <0197>, [which] was of the like work <04649>. Solomon <08010> made <06213> also an house <01004> for Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <01323>, whom <0834> he had <01961> taken <03947> [to wife], like unto this <02088> porch <0197>.

9 All <03605> these <0428> [were of] costly <03368> stones <068>, according to the measures <04060> of hewed <01496> stones <01496>, sawed <01641> with saws <04050>, within <01004> and without <02351>, even from the foundation <04527> unto the coping <02947>, and [so] on <05704> the outside <02351> toward <05704> the great <01419> court <02691>.

10 And the foundation <03245> [was of] costly <03368> stones <068>, even great <01419> stones <068>, stones <068> of ten <06235> cubits <0520>, and stones <068> of eight <08083> cubits <0520>.

11 And above <04605> [were] costly <03368> stones <068>, after the measures <04060> of hewed <01496> stones <01496>, and cedars <0730>.

12 And the great <01419> court <02691> round <05439> about [was] with three <07969> rows <02905> of hewed <01496> stones <01496>, and a row <02905> of cedar <0730> beams <03773>, both for the inner <06442> court <02691> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and for the porch <0197> of the house <01004>.

13. And king <04428> Solomon <08010> sent <07971> and fetched <03947> Hiram <02438> out of Tyre <06865>.

14 He [was] a widow's <0490> son <01121> of the tribe <04294> of Naphtali <05321>, and his father <01> [was] a man <0376> of Tyre <06876>, a worker <02790> in brass <05178>: and he was filled <04390> with wisdom <02451>, and understanding <08394>, and cunning <01847> to work <06213> all <03605> works <04399> in brass <05178>. And he came <0935> to king <04428> Solomon <08010>, and wrought <06213> all <03605> his work <04399>.

15 For he cast <06696> two <08147> pillars <05982> of brass <05178>, of eighteen cubits <0520> high <06967> apiece <0259>: and a line <02339> of twelve cubits <0520> did compass <05437> either <08145> of them about <05437>.

16 And he made <06213> two <08147> chapiters <03805> [of] molten <03332> brass <05178>, to set <05414> upon the tops <07218> of the pillars <05982>: the height <06967> of the one <0259> chapiter <03805> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520>, and the height <06967> of the other <08145> chapiter <03805> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520>:

17 [And] nets <07638> of checker <07639> work <04639>, and wreaths <01434> of chain <08333> work <04639>, for the chapiters <03805> which <0834> [were] upon the top <07218> of the pillars <05982>; seven <07651> for the one <0259> chapiter <03805>, and seven <07651> for the other <08145> chapiter <03805>.

18 And he made <06213> the pillars <05982>, and two <08147> rows <02905> round <05439> about upon the one <0259> network <07639>, to cover <03680> the chapiters <03805> that [were] upon the top <07218>, with pomegranates <07416>: and so <03651> did <06213> he for the other <08145> chapiter <03805>.

19 And the chapiters <03805> that [were] upon the top <07218> of the pillars <05982> [were] of lily <07799> work <04639> in the porch <0197>, four <0702> cubits <0520>.

20 And the chapiters <03805> upon the two <08147> pillars <05982> [had pomegranates] also <01571> above <04605>, over <05980> against <05980> the belly <0990> which <0834> [was] by the network <07639>: and the pomegranates <07416> [were] two hundred <03967> in rows <02905> round <05439> about upon the other <08145> chapiter <03805>.

21 And he set <06965> up the pillars <05982> in the porch <0197> of the temple <01964>: and he set <06965> up the right <03225> pillar <05982>, and called <07121> the name <08034> thereof Jachin <03199>: and he set <06965> up the left <08042> pillar <05982>, and called <07121> the name <08034> thereof Boaz <01162>.

22 And upon the top <07218> of the pillars <05982> [was] lily <07799> work <04639>: so was the work <04399> of the pillars <05982> finished <08552>.

23 And he made <06213> a molten <03332> sea <03220>, ten <06235> cubits <0520> from the one brim <08193> to the other: [it was] round <05696> all about, and his height <06967> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520>: and a line <06957> of thirty <07970> cubits <0520> did compass <05437> it round <05439> about.

24 And under <08478> the brim <08193> of it round <05439> about [there were] knops <06497> compassing <05437> it, ten <06235> in a cubit <0520>, compassing <05362> the sea <03220> round <05439> about: the knops <06497> [were] cast <03333> in two <08147> rows <02905>, when it was cast <03333>.

25 It stood <05975> upon twelve oxen <01241>, three <07969> looking <06437> toward the north <06828>, and three <07969> looking <06437> toward the west <03220>, and three <07969> looking <06437> toward the south <05045>, and three <07969> looking <06437> toward the east <04217>: and the sea <03220> [was set] above <04605> upon them, and all <03605> their hinder <0268> parts [were] inward <01004>.

26 And it [was] an hand <02947> breadth <02947> thick <05672>, and the brim <08193> thereof was wrought <04639> like the brim <08193> of a cup <03563>, with flowers <06525> of lilies <07799>: it contained <03557> two thousand <0505> baths <01324>.

27 And he made <06213> ten <06235> bases <04350> of brass <05178>; four <0702> cubits <0520> [was] the length <0753> of one <0259> base <04350>, and four <0702> cubits <0520> the breadth <07341> thereof, and three <07969> cubits <0520> the height <06967> of it.

28 And the work <04639> of the bases <04350> [was] on this <02088> [manner]: they had borders <04526>, and the borders <04526> [were] between <0996> the ledges <07948>:

29 And on <05921> the borders <04526> that [were] between <0996> the ledges <07948> [were] lions <0738>, oxen <01241>, and cherubims <03742>: and upon the ledges <07948> [there was] a base <03653> above <04605>: and beneath <08478> the lions <0738> and oxen <01241> [were] certain additions <03914> made <06213> of thin <04174> work <04639>.

30 And every <0259> base <04350> had four <0702> brasen <05178> wheels <0212>, and plates <05633> of brass <05178>: and the four <0702> corners <06471> thereof had undersetters <03802>: under <08478> the laver <03595> [were] undersetters <03802> molten <03332>, at the side <05676> of every <0376> addition <03914>.

31 And the mouth <06310> of it within <01004> the chapiter <03805> and above <04605> [was] a cubit <0520>: but the mouth <06310> thereof [was] round <05696> [after] the work <04639> of the base <03653>, a cubit <0520> and an half <02677>: and also <01571> upon the mouth <06310> of it [were] gravings with their borders <04526>, foursquare <07251>, not round <05696>.

32 And under <08478> the borders <04526> [were] four <0702> wheels <0212>; and the axletrees <03027> of the wheels <0212> [were joined] to the base <04350>: and the height <06967> of a wheel <0212> [was] a cubit <0520> and half <02677> a cubit <0520>.

33 And the work <04639> of the wheels <0212> [was] like the work <04639> of a chariot <04818> wheel <0212>: their axletrees <03027>, and their naves <01354>, and their felloes <02839>, and their spokes <02840>, [were] all <03605> molten <03332>.

34 And [there were] four <0702> undersetters <03802> to the four <0702> corners <06438> of one <0259> base <04350>: [and] the undersetters <03802> [were] of the very base <04350> itself.

35 And in the top <07218> of the base <04350> [was there] a round <05696> compass <05439> of half <02677> a cubit <0520> high <06967>: and on <05921> the top <07218> of the base <04350> the ledges <03027> thereof and the borders <04526> thereof [were] of the same.

36 For on <05921> the plates <03871> of the ledges <03027> thereof, and on <05921> the borders <04526> thereof, he graved <06605> cherubims <03742>, lions <0738>, and palm <08561> trees, according to the proportion <04626> of every <0376> one <0376>, and additions <03914> round <05439> about.

37 After this <02063> [manner] he made <06213> the ten <06235> bases <04350>: all <03605> of them had one <0259> casting <04165>, one <0259> measure <04060>, [and] one <0259> size <07095>.

38 Then made <06213> he ten <06235> lavers <03595> of brass <05178>: one <0259> laver <03595> contained <03557> forty <0705> baths <01324>: [and] every <0259> laver <03595> was four <0702> cubits <0520>: [and] upon every one <0259> of the ten <06235> bases <04350> one <0259> laver <03595>.

39 And he put <05414> five <02568> bases <04350> on <05921> the right <03225> side <03802> of the house <01004>, and five <02568> on <05921> the left <08040> side <03802> of the house <01004>: and he set <05414> the sea <03220> on the right <03233> side <03802> of the house <01004> eastward <06924> over <04136> against <04136> the south <05045>.

40 And Hiram <02438> made <06213> the lavers <03595>, and the shovels <03257>, and the basons <04219>. So Hiram <02438> made <06213> an end <03615> of doing <06213> all <03605> the work <04399> that he made <06213> king <04428> Solomon <08010> for the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>:

41 The two <08147> pillars <05982>, and the [two <08147>] bowls <01543> of the chapiters <03805> that [were] on <05921> the top <07218> of the two <08147> pillars <05982>; and the two <08147> networks <07639>, to cover <03680> the two <08147> bowls <01543> of the chapiters <03805> which <0834> [were] upon the top <07218> of the pillars <05982>;

42 And four <0702> hundred <03967> pomegranates <07416> for the two <08147> networks <07639>, [even] two <08147> rows <02905> of pomegranates <07416> for one <0259> network <07639>, to cover <03680> the two <08147> bowls <01543> of the chapiters <03805> that [were] upon the pillars <05982>;

43 And the ten <06235> bases <04350>, and ten <06235> lavers <03595> on <05921> the bases <04350>;

44 And one <0259> sea <03220>, and twelve oxen <01241> under <08478> the sea <03220>;

45 And the pots <05518>, and the shovels <03257>, and the basons <04219>: and all <03605> these <0428> vessels <03627>, which <0834> Hiram <02438> made <06213> to king <04428> Solomon <08010> for the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, [were of] bright <04803> brass <05178>.

46 In the plain <03603> of Jordan <03383> did the king <04428> cast <03332> them, in the clay <04568> ground <0127> between <0996> Succoth <05523> and Zarthan.

47 And Solomon <08010> left <03240> all <03605> the vessels <03627> [unweighed], because they were exceeding <03966> many <07230>: neither <03808> was the weight <04948> of the brass <05178> found <02713> out.

48. And Solomon <08010> made <06213> all <03605> the vessels <03627> that [pertained] unto the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>: the altar <04196> of gold <02091>, and the table <07979> of gold <02091>, whereupon the shewbread [was],

49 And the candlesticks <04501> of pure <05462> gold <02091>, five <02568> on the right <03225> [side], and five <02568> on the left <08040>, before <06440> the oracle <01687>, with the flowers <06525>, and the lamps <05216>, and the tongs <04457> [of] gold <02091>,

50 And the bowls <05592>, and the snuffers <04212>, and the basons <04219>, and the spoons <03709>, and the censers <04289> [of] pure <05462> gold <02091>; and the hinges <06596> [of] gold <02091>, [both] for the doors <01817> of the inner <06442> house <01004>, the most <06944> holy <06944> [place, and] for the doors <01817> of the house <01004>, [to wit], of the temple <01964>.

51 So was ended <07999> all <03605> the work <04399> that king <04428> Solomon <08010> made <06213> for the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. And Solomon <08010> brought <0935> in the things which David <01732> his father <01> had dedicated <06944>; [even <0853>] the silver <03701>, and the gold <02091>, and the vessels <03627>, did he put <05414> among the treasures <0214> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

1Kings 8

1. Then <0227> Solomon <08010> assembled <06950> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>, and all <03605> the heads <07218> of the tribes <04294>, the chief <05387> of the fathers <01> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, unto king <04428> Solomon <08010> in Jerusalem <03389>, that they might bring <05927> up the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> out of the city <05892> of David <01732>, which <01958> [is] Zion <06726>.

2 And all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478> assembled <06950> themselves unto king <04428> Solomon <08010> at the feast <02282> in the month <03391> Ethanim <0388>, which <01931> [is] the seventh <07637> month <02320>.

3 And all <03605> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935>, and the priests <03548> took <05375> up the ark <0727>.

4 And they brought <05927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, and the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>, and all <03605> the holy <06944> vessels <03627> that [were] in the tabernacle <0168>, even those did the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> bring <05927> up.

5 And king <04428> Solomon <08010>, and all <03605> the congregation <05712> of Israel <03478>, that were assembled <03259> unto him, [were] with him before <06440> the ark <0727>, sacrificing <02076> sheep <06629> and oxen <01241>, that could not be told <05608> nor <03808> numbered <04487> for multitude <07230>.

6 And the priests <03548> brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> unto his place <04725>, into <0413> the oracle <01687> of the house <01004>, to the most <06944> holy <06944> [place, even] under the wings <03671> of the cherubims <03742>.

7 For the cherubims <03742> spread <06566> forth [their] two wings <03671> over <0413> the place <04725> of the ark <0727>, and the cherubims <03742> covered <05526> the ark <0727> and the staves <0905> thereof above <04605>.

8 And they drew <0748> out the staves <0905>, that the ends <07218> of the staves <0905> were seen <07200> out in the holy <06944> [place] before the oracle <01687>, and they were not seen <07200> without <02351>: and there <08033> they are unto this <02088> day <03117>.

9 [There was] nothing <0369> in the ark <0727> save <07535> the two <08147> tables <03871> of stone <068>, which <0834> Moses <04872> put <03240> there <08033> at Horeb <02722>, when <0834> the LORD <03068> made <03772> [a covenant] with the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, when they came <03318> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.

10 And it came <01961> to pass, when the priests <03548> were come <03318> out of the holy <06944> [place], that the cloud <06051> filled <04390> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>,

11 So that the priests <03548> could <03201> not stand <05975> to minister <08334> because <06440> of the cloud <06051>: for the glory <03519> of the LORD <03068> had filled <04390> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

12. Then <0227> spake <0559> Solomon <08010>, The LORD <03068> said <0559> that he would dwell <07931> in the thick darkness <06205>.

13 I have surely <0403> built <01129> thee an house <01004> to dwell <02073> in, a settled <04349> place for thee to abide <03427> in for ever <05769>.

14 And the king <04428> turned <05437> his face <06440> about, and blessed <01288> all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>: (and all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> stood <05975>;)

15 And he said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, which <0834> spake <01696> with his mouth <06310> unto David <01732> my father <01>, and hath with his hand <03027> fulfilled <04390> [it], saying <0559>,

16 Since <04480> the day <03117> that I brought <03318> forth <03318> my people <05971> Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>, I chose <0977> no <03808> city <05892> out of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to build <01129> an house <01004>, that my name <08034> might be therein <08033>; but I chose <0977> David <01732> to be over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.

17 And it was in the heart <03824> of David <01732> my father <01> to build <01129> an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.

18 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto David <01732> my father <01>, Whereas it was in thine heart <03824> to build <01129> an house <01004> unto my name <08034>, thou didst well <03190> that it was in thine heart <03824>.

19 Nevertheless <07535> thou shalt not build <01129> the house <01004>; but thy son <01121> that shall come <03318> forth <03318> out of thy loins <02504>, he shall build <01129> the house <01004> unto my name <08034>.

20 And the LORD <03068> hath performed <06965> his word <01697> that he spake <01696>, and I am risen <06965> up in the room <08478> of David <01732> my father <01>, and sit <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>, as the LORD <03068> promised <01696>, and have built <01129> an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.

21 And I have set <07760> there <08033> a place <04725> for the ark <0727>, wherein [is] the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he made <03772> with our fathers <01>, when he brought <03318> them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.

22. And Solomon <08010> stood <05975> before <06440> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> in the presence <05048> of all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>, and spread <06566> forth his hands <03027> toward heaven <08064>:

23 And he said <0559>, LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, [there is] no <0369> God <0430> like <03644> thee, in heaven <08064> above <04605>, or on <05921> earth <0776> beneath <08478>, who keepest <08104> covenant <01285> and mercy <02617> with thy servants <05650> that walk <01980> before <06440> thee with all <03605> their heart <03824>:

24 Who <0834> hast kept <08104> with thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01> that thou promisedst <01696> him: thou spakest <01696> also with thy mouth <06310>, and hast fulfilled <04390> [it] with thine hand <03027>, as [it is] this <02088> day <03117>.

25 Therefore now <06258>, LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, keep <08104> with thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01> that thou promisedst <01696> him, saying <0559>, There shall not fail <03772> thee a man <0376> in my sight <06440> to sit <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>; so <07535> that thy children <01121> take heed <08104> to their way <01870>, that they walk <03212> before <06440> me as thou hast walked <01980> before <06440> me.

26 And now <06258>, O God <0430> of Israel <03478>, let thy word <01697>, I pray <04994> thee, be verified <0539>, which <0834> thou spakest <01696> unto thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01>.

27 But will God <0430> indeed <0552> dwell <03427> on <05921> the earth <0776>? behold <02009>, the heaven <08064> and heaven <08064> of heavens <08064> cannot <03808> contain <03557> thee; how <0637> much <0637> less this <02088> house <01004> that I have builded <01129>?

28 Yet have thou respect <06437> unto the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>, and to his supplication <08467>, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, to hearken <08085> unto the cry <07440> and to the prayer <08605>, which <0834> thy servant <05650> prayeth <06419> before <06440> thee to day <03117>:

29 That thine eyes <05869> may be open <06605> toward <0413> this <02088> house <01004> night <03915> and day <03117>, [even] toward <0413> the place <04725> of which <0834> thou hast said <0559>, My name <08034> shall be there <08033>: that thou mayest hearken <08085> unto the prayer <08605> which <0834> thy servant <05650> shall make toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>.

30 And hearken <08085> thou to the supplication <08467> of thy servant <05650>, and of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, when <0834> they shall pray <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>: and hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> place <04725>: and when thou hearest <08085>, forgive <05545>.

31 If any man <0376> trespass <02398> against his neighbour <07453>, and an oath <0423> be laid <05375> upon him to cause him to swear <0422>, and the oath <0423> come <0935> before <06440> thine altar <04196> in this <02088> house <01004>:

32 Then hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064>, and do <06213>, and judge <08199> thy servants <05650>, condemning <07561> the wicked <07563>, to bring <05414> his way <01870> upon his head <07218>; and justifying <06663> the righteous <06662>, to give <05414> him according to his righteousness <06666>.

33 When thy people <05971> Israel <03478> be smitten <05062> down before <06440> the enemy <0341>, because <0834> they have sinned <02398> against thee, and shall turn <07725> again <07725> to thee, and confess <03034> thy name <08034>, and pray <06419>, and make supplication <02603> unto thee in this <02088> house <01004>:

34 Then hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064>, and forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, and bring <07725> them again <07725> unto the land <0127> which <0834> thou gavest <05414> unto their fathers <01>.

35 When heaven <08064> is shut <06113> up, and there is no <03808> rain <04306>, because <03588> they have sinned <02398> against thee; if they pray <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>, and confess <03034> thy name <08034>, and turn <07725> from their sin <02403>, when <03588> thou afflictest <06031> them:

36 Then hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064>, and forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of thy servants <05650>, and of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, that thou teach <03384> them the good <02896> way <01870> wherein <0834> they should walk <03212>, and give <05414> rain <04306> upon thy land <0776>, which <0834> thou hast given <05414> to thy people <05971> for an inheritance <05159>.

37 If <03588> there be in the land <0776> famine <07458>, if <03588> there be pestilence <01698>, blasting <07711>, mildew <03420>, locust <0697>, [or] if <03588> there be caterpiller <02625>; if <03588> their enemy <0341> besiege <06887> them in the land <0776> of their cities <08179>; whatsoever <03605> plague <05061>, whatsoever <03605> sickness <04245> [there be];

38 What <03605> prayer <08605> and supplication <08467> soever <0834> be [made] by any <03605> man <0120>, [or] by all <03605> thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, which <0834> shall know <03045> every man <0376> the plague <05061> of his own heart <03824>, and spread <06566> forth his hands <03027> toward <0413> this <02088> house <01004>:

39 Then hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> place <04349>, and forgive <05545>, and do <06213>, and give <05414> to every man <0376> according <03605> to his ways <01870>, whose <0834> heart <03824> thou knowest <03045>; (for thou, [even] thou only <0905>, knowest <03045> the hearts <03824> of all <03605> the children <01121> of men <0120>;)

40 That they may fear <03372> thee all <03605> the days <03117> that they live <02416> in the land <0127> which <0834> thou gavest <05414> unto our fathers <01>.

41 Moreover <01571> concerning <0413> a stranger <05237>, that [is] not of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, but cometh <0935> out of a far <07350> country <0776> for thy name's <08034> sake <04616>;

42 (For they shall hear <08085> of thy great <01419> name <08034>, and of thy strong <02389> hand <03027>, and of thy stretched <05186> out arm <02220>;) when he shall come <0935> and pray <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> house <01004>;

43 Hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> place <04349>, and do <06213> according to all <03605> that the stranger <05237> calleth <07121> to thee for: that all <03605> people <05971> of the earth <0776> may know <03045> thy name <08034>, to fear <03372> thee, as [do] thy people <05971> Israel <03478>; and that they may know <03045> that this <02088> house <01004>, which <0834> I have builded <01129>, is called <07121> by thy name <08034>.

44 If <03588> thy people <05971> go <03318> out to battle <04421> against <05921> their enemy <0341>, whithersoever thou shalt send <07971> them, and shall pray <06419> unto the LORD <03068> toward <01870> the city <05892> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, and [toward] the house <01004> that I have built <01129> for thy name <08034>:

45 Then hear <08085> thou in heaven <08064> their prayer <08605> and their supplication <08467>, and maintain <06213> their cause <04941>.

46 If <03588> they sin <02398> against thee, (for [there is] no <0369> man <0120> that sinneth <02398> not,) and thou be angry <0599> with them, and deliver <05414> them to the enemy <0341>, so that they carry <07617> them away <07617> captives <07617> unto the land <0776> of the enemy <0341>, far <07350> or <0176> near <07138>;

47 [Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land <0776> whither they were carried <07617> captives <07617>, and repent <07725>, and make supplication <02603> unto thee in the land <0776> of them that carried <07617> them captives <07617>, saying <0559>, We have sinned <02398>, and have done perversely <05753>, we have committed <07561> wickedness <07561>;

48 And [so] return <07725> unto thee with all <03605> their heart <03824>, and with all <03605> their soul <05315>, in the land <0776> of their enemies <0341>, which <0834> led them away <07617> captive <07617>, and pray <06419> unto thee toward <01870> their land <0776>, which <0834> thou gavest <05414> unto their fathers <01>, the city <05892> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, and the house <01004> which <0834> I have built <01129> for thy name <08034>:

49 Then hear <08085> thou their prayer <08605> and their supplication <08467> in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> place <04349>, and maintain <06213> their cause <04941>,

50 And forgive <05545> thy people <05971> that have sinned <02398> against thee, and all <03605> their transgressions <06588> wherein <0834> they have transgressed <06586> against thee, and give <05414> them compassion <07356> before <06440> them who carried <07617> them captive <07617>, that they may have compassion <07355> on them:

51 For they [be] thy people <05971>, and thine inheritance <05159>, which <0834> thou broughtest <03318> forth <03318> out of Egypt <04714>, from the midst <08432> of the furnace <03564> of iron <01270>:

52 That thine eyes <05869> may be open <06605> unto the supplication <08467> of thy servant <05650>, and unto the supplication <08467> of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, to hearken <08085> unto them in all <03605> that they call <07121> for unto thee.

53 For thou didst <06213> separate <0914> them from among all <03605> the people <05971> of the earth <0776>, [to be] thine inheritance <05159>, as thou spakest <01696> by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872> thy servant <05650>, when thou broughtest <03318> our fathers <01> out of Egypt <04714>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>.

54. And it was [so], that when Solomon <08010> had made an end <03615> of praying <06419> all <03605> this <02063> prayer <08605> and supplication <08467> unto the LORD <03068>, he arose <06965> from before <06440> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>, from kneeling <03766> on <05921> his knees <01290> with his hands <03027> spread <06566> up to heaven <08064>.

55 And he stood <05975>, and blessed <01288> all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, saying <0559>,

56 Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068>, that hath given <05414> rest <04496> unto his people <05971> Israel <03478>, according to all <03605> that he promised <01696>: there hath not failed <05307> one <0259> word <01697> of all <03605> his good <02896> promise <01697>, which <0834> he promised <01696> by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872> his servant <05650>.

57 The LORD <03068> our God <0430> be with us, as he was with our fathers <01>: let him not leave <05800> us, nor <0408> forsake <05203> us:

58 That he may incline <05186> our hearts <03824> unto him, to walk <03212> in all <03605> his ways <01870>, and to keep <08104> his commandments <04687>, and his statutes <02706>, and his judgments <04941>, which <0834> he commanded <06680> our fathers <01>.

59 And let these <0428> my words <01697>, wherewith <0834> I have made supplication <02603> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, be nigh <07126> unto the LORD <03068> our God <0430> day <03119> and night <03915>, that he maintain <06213> the cause <04941> of his servant <05650>, and the cause <04941> of his people <05971> Israel <03478> at all times <03117>, as the matter <01697> shall require <03117>:

60 That all <03605> the people <05971> of the earth <0776> may know <03045> that the LORD <03068> [is] God <0430>, [and that there is] none <0369> else <05750>.

61 Let your heart <03824> therefore be perfect <08003> with the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, to walk <03212> in his statutes <02706>, and to keep <08104> his commandments <04687>, as at this <02088> day <03117>.

62. And the king <04428>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> with him, offered <02076> sacrifice <02077> before <06440> the LORD <03068>.

63 And Solomon <08010> offered <02076> a sacrifice <02077> of peace <08002> offerings, which <0834> he offered <02076> unto the LORD <03068>, two <08147> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> oxen <01241>, and an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>. So the king <04428> and all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> dedicated <02596> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

64 The same <01931> day <03117> did the king <04428> hallow <06942> the middle <08432> of the court <02691> that [was] before <06440> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>: for there <08033> he offered <06213> burnt <05930> offerings, and meat offerings <04503>, and the fat <02459> of the peace <08002> offerings: because <03588> the brasen <05178> altar <04196> that [was] before <06440> the LORD <03068> [was] too little <06996> to receive <03557> the burnt <05930> offerings, and meat offerings <04503>, and the fat <02459> of the peace <08002> offerings.

65 And at that time <06256> Solomon <08010> held <06213> a feast <02282>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> with him, a great <01419> congregation <06951>, from the entering <0935> in of Hamath <02574> unto the river <05158> of Egypt <04714>, before <06440> the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, seven <07651> days <03117> and seven <07651> days <03117>, [even] fourteen days <03117>.

66 On the eighth <08066> day <03117> he sent <07971> the people <05971> away: and they blessed <01288> the king <04428>, and went <03212> unto their tents <0168> joyful <08056> and glad <02896> of heart <03824> for all <03605> the goodness <02896> that the LORD <03068> had done <06213> for David <01732> his servant <05650>, and for Israel <03478> his people <05971>.

1Kings 9

1. And it came <01961> to pass, when Solomon <08010> had finished <03615> the building <01129> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and the king's <04428> house <01004>, and all <03605> Solomon's <08010> desire <02837> which <0834> he was pleased <02654> to do <06213>,

2 That the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> to Solomon <08010> the second <08145> time, as he had appeared <07200> unto him at Gibeon <01391>.

3 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, I have heard <08085> thy prayer <08605> and thy supplication <08467>, that thou hast made before <06440> me: I have hallowed <06942> this <02088> house <01004>, which <0834> thou hast built <01129>, to put <07760> my name <08034> there <08033> for ever <05769>; and mine eyes <05869> and mine heart <03824> shall be there <08033> perpetually.

4 And if <0518> thou wilt walk <03212> before <06440> me, as David <01732> thy father <01> walked <01980>, in integrity <08537> of heart <03824>, and in uprightness <03476>, to do <06213> according to all <03605> that I have commanded <06680> thee, [and] wilt keep <08104> my statutes <02706> and my judgments <04941>:

5 Then I will establish <06965> the throne <03678> of thy kingdom <04467> upon Israel <03478> for ever <05769>, as I promised <01696> to David <01732> thy father <01>, saying <0559>, There shall not fail <03772> thee a man <0376> upon the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>.

6 [But] if <0518> ye shall at all turn <07725> from following <0310> me, ye or your children <01121>, and will not keep <08104> my commandments <04687> [and] my statutes <02708> which <0834> I have set <05414> before <06440> you, but go <01980> and serve <05647> other <0312> gods <0430>, and worship <07812> them:

7 Then will I cut <03772> off Israel <03478> out of the land <0127> which <0834> I have given <05414> them; and this house <01004>, which <0834> I have hallowed <06942> for my name <08034>, will I cast <07971> out of my sight <06440>; and Israel <03478> shall be a proverb <04912> and a byword <08148> among all <03605> people <05971>:

8 And at this <02088> house <01004>, [which] is high <05945>, every <03605> one that passeth <05674> by it shall be astonished <08074>, and shall hiss <08319>; and they shall say <0559>, Why hath the LORD <03068> done <06213> thus <03602> unto this land <0776>, and to this house <01004>?

9 And they shall answer <0559>, Because they forsook <05800> the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, who <0834> brought <03318> forth <03318> their fathers <01> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and have taken <02388> hold <02388> upon other <0312> gods <0430>, and have worshipped <07812> them, and served <05647> them: therefore hath the LORD <03068> brought <0935> upon them all <03605> this <02063> evil <07451>.

10. And it came <01961> to pass at the end <07097> of twenty <06242> years <08141>, when Solomon <08010> had built <01129> the two <08147> houses <01004>, the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and the king's <04428> house <01004>,

11 ([Now] Hiram <02438> the king <04428> of Tyre <06865> had furnished <05375> Solomon <08010> with cedar <0730> trees <06086> and fir <01265> trees <06086>, and with gold <02091>, according to all <03605> his desire <02656>,) that then <0227> king <04428> Solomon <08010> gave <05414> Hiram <02438> twenty <06242> cities <05892> in the land <0776> of Galilee <01551>.

12 And Hiram <02438> came <03318> out from Tyre <06865> to see <07200> the cities <05892> which <0834> Solomon <08010> had given <05414> him; and they pleased him not.

13 And he said <0559>, What <04100> cities <05892> [are] these <0428> which <0834> thou hast given <05414> me, my brother <0251>? And he called <07121> them the land <0776> of Cabul <03521> unto this <02088> day <03117>.

14 And Hiram <02438> sent <07971> to the king <04428> sixscore talents <03603> of gold <02091>.

15. And this <02088> [is] the reason <01697> of the levy <04522> which <0834> king <04428> Solomon <08010> raised <05927>; for to build <01129> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and his own house <01004>, and Millo <04407>, and the wall <02346> of Jerusalem <03389>, and Hazor <02674>, and Megiddo <04023>, and Gezer <01507>.

16 [For] Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> had gone <05927> up, and taken <03920> Gezer <01507>, and burnt <08313> it with fire <0784>, and slain <02026> the Canaanites <03669> that dwelt <03427> in the city <05892>, and given <05414> it [for] a present <07964> unto his daughter <01323>, Solomon's <08010> wife <0802>.

17 And Solomon <08010> built <01129> Gezer <01507>, and Bethhoron <01032> the nether <08481>,

18 And Baalath <01191>, and Tadmor <08412> in the wilderness <04057>, in the land <0776>,

19 And all <03605> the cities <05892> of store <04543> that Solomon <08010> had <01961>, and cities <05892> for his chariots <07393>, and cities <05892> for his horsemen <06571>, and that which <0834> Solomon <08010> desired <02836> to build <01129> in Jerusalem <03389>, and in Lebanon <03844>, and in all <03605> the land <0776> of his dominion <04475>.

20 [And] all <03605> the people <05971> [that were] left <03498> of the Amorites <0567>, Hittites <02850>, Perizzites <06522>, Hivites <02340>, and Jebusites <02983>, which <0834> [were] not of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>,

21 Their children <01121> that were left <03498> after <0310> them in the land <0776>, whom the children <01121> of Israel <03478> also were not able <03201> utterly to destroy <02763>, upon those did Solomon <08010> levy <05927> a tribute <04522> of bondservice <05647> unto this <02088> day <03117>.

22 But of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did Solomon <08010> make <05414> no <03808> bondmen <05650>: but they [were] men <0582> of war <04421>, and his servants <05650>, and his princes <08269>, and his captains <07991>, and rulers <08269> of his chariots <07393>, and his horsemen <06571>.

23 These <0428> [were] the chief <08269> of the officers <05324> that [were] over <05921> Solomon's <08010> work <04399>, five <02568> hundred <03967> and fifty <02572>, which bare <07287> rule <07287> over the people <05971> that wrought <06213> in the work <04399>.

24 But Pharaoh's <06547> daughter <01323> came <05927> up out of the city <05892> of David <01732> unto her house <01004> which <0834> [Solomon] had built <01129> for her: then <0227> did he build <01129> Millo <04407>.

25 And three <07969> times <06471> in a year <08141> did Solomon <08010> offer <05927> burnt <05930> offerings and peace <08002> offerings upon the altar <04196> which <0834> he built <01129> unto the LORD <03068>, and he burnt <06999> incense <06999> upon the altar <04196> that [was] before <06440> the LORD <03068>. So he finished <07999> the house <01004>.

26 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> made <06213> a navy <0590> of ships in Eziongeber <06100>, which <0834> [is] beside <0854> Eloth <0359>, on <05921> the shore <08193> of the Red <05488> sea <03220>, in the land <0776> of Edom <0123>.

27 And Hiram <02438> sent <07971> in the navy <0590> his servants <05650>, shipmen that had knowledge <03045> of the sea <03220>, with the servants <05650> of Solomon <08010>.

28 And they came <0935> to Ophir <0211>, and fetched <03947> from thence <08033> gold <02091>, four <0702> hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> talents <03603>, and brought <0935> [it] to king <04428> Solomon <08010>.

1Kings 10

1. And when the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> heard <08085> of the fame <08088> of Solomon <08010> concerning the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, she came <0935> to prove <05254> him with hard <02420> questions <02420>.

2 And she came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389> with a very <03966> great <03515> train <02428>, with camels <01581> that bare <05375> spices <01314>, and very <03966> much <07227> gold <02091>, and precious <03368> stones <068>: and when she was come <0935> to Solomon <08010>, she communed <01696> with him of all <03605> that was in her heart <03824>.

3 And Solomon <08010> told <05046> her all <03605> her questions <01697>: there was not [any] thing <01697> hid <05956> from the king <04428>, which <0834> he told <05046> her not.

4 And when the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> had seen <07200> all <03605> Solomon's <08010> wisdom <02451>, and the house <01004> that he had built <01129>,

5 And the meat <03978> of his table <07979>, and the sitting <04186> of his servants <05650>, and the attendance <04612> of his ministers <08334>, and their apparel <04403>, and his cupbearers <04945>, and his ascent <05930> by which <0834> he went <05927> up unto the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>; there was no <03808> more <05750> spirit <07307> in her.

6 And she said <0559> to the king <04428>, It was a true <0571> report <01697> that I heard <08085> in mine own land <0776> of thy acts <01697> and of thy wisdom <02451>.

7 Howbeit I believed <0539> not the words <01697>, until <05704> I came <0935>, and mine eyes <05869> had seen <07200> [it]: and, behold <02009>, the half <02677> was not told <05046> me: thy wisdom <02451> and prosperity <02896> exceedeth <03254> the fame <08052> which <0834> I heard <08085>.

8 Happy <0835> [are] thy men <0582>, happy <0835> [are] these <0428> thy servants <05650>, which stand <05975> continually <08548> before <06440> thee, [and] that hear <08085> thy wisdom <02451>.

9 Blessed <01288> be the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, which <0834> delighted <02654> in thee, to set <05414> thee on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>: because the LORD <03068> loved <0160> Israel <03478> for ever <05769>, therefore made <07760> he thee king <04428>, to do <06213> judgment <04941> and justice <06666>.

10 And she gave <05414> the king <04428> an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> talents <03603> of gold <02091>, and of spices <01314> very <03966> great <07235> store, and precious <03368> stones <068>: there came <0935> no <03808> more <05750> such <01931> abundance <07230> of spices <01314> as these <01931> which <0834> the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> gave <05414> to king <04428> Solomon <08010>.

11 And the navy <0590> also <01571> of Hiram <02438>, that brought <05375> gold <02091> from Ophir <0211>, brought <0935> in from Ophir <0211> great <03966> plenty <07235> of almug <0484> trees <06086>, and precious <03368> stones <068>.

12 And the king <04428> made <06213> of the almug <0484> trees <06086> pillars <04552> for the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and for the king's <04428> house <01004>, harps <03658> also and psalteries <05035> for singers <07891>: there came <0935> no <03808> such <03651> almug <0484> trees <06086>, nor <03808> were seen <07200> unto this <02088> day <03117>.

13 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> gave <05414> unto the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> all <03605> her desire <02656>, whatsoever <0834> she asked <07592>, beside <0905> [that] which <0834> Solomon <08010> gave <05414> her of his royal <04428> bounty. So she turned <06437> and went <03212> to her own <0249> country <0776>, she and her servants <05650>.

14. Now the weight <04948> of gold <02091> that came <0935> to Solomon <08010> in one <0259> year <08141> was six <08337> hundred <03967> threescore <08346> and six <08337> talents <03603> of gold <02091>,

15 Beside <0905> [that he had] of the merchantmen <08446>, and of the traffick <04536> of the spice <07402> merchants <07402>, and of all <03605> the kings <04428> of Arabia <06152>, and of the governors <06346> of the country <0776>.

16 And king <04428> Solomon <08010> made <06213> two hundred <03967> targets <06793> [of] beaten <07820> gold <02091>: six <08337> hundred <03967> [shekels] of gold <02091> went <05927> to one <0259> target <06793>.

17 And [he made] three <07969> hundred <03967> shields <04043> [of] beaten <07820> gold <02091>; three <07969> pound <04488> of gold <02091> went <05927> to one <0259> shield <04043>: and the king <04428> put <05414> them in the house <01004> of the forest <03293> of Lebanon <03844>.

18 Moreover the king <04428> made <06213> a great <01419> throne <03678> of ivory <08127>, and overlaid <06823> it with the best <06338> gold <02091>.

19 The throne <03678> had six <08337> steps <04609>, and the top <07218> of the throne <03678> [was] round <05696> behind <0310>: and [there were] stays <03027> on either side on <0413> the place <04725> of the seat <07675>, and two <08147> lions <0738> stood <05975> beside <0681> the stays <03027>.

20 And twelve lions <0738> stood <05975> there <08033> on the one <02088> side and on the other <02088> upon the six <08337> steps <04609>: there was not the like <03651> made <06213> in any <03605> kingdom <04467>.

21 And all <03605> king <04428> Solomon's <08010> drinking <04945> vessels <03627> [were of] gold <02091>, and all <03605> the vessels <03627> of the house <01004> of the forest <03293> of Lebanon <03844> [were of] pure <05462> gold <02091>; none <0369> [were of] silver <03701>: it was nothing accounted <02803> of in the days <03117> of Solomon <08010>.

22 For the king <04428> had at sea <03220> a navy <0590> of Tharshish <08659> with the navy <0590> of Hiram <02438>: once <0259> in three <07969> years <08141> came <0935> the navy <0590> of Tharshish <08659>, bringing <05375> gold <02091>, and silver <03701>, ivory <08143>, and apes <06971>, and peacocks <08500>.

23 So king <04428> Solomon <08010> exceeded <01431> all <03605> the kings <04428> of the earth <0776> for riches <06239> and for wisdom <02451>.

24 And all <03605> the earth <0776> sought <01245> to Solomon <08010>, to hear <08085> his wisdom <02451>, which <0834> God <0430> had put <05414> in his heart <03820>.

25 And they brought <0935> every man <0376> his present <04503>, vessels <03627> of silver <03701>, and vessels <03627> of gold <02091>, and garments <08008>, and armour <05402>, and spices <01314>, horses <05483>, and mules <06505>, a rate <01697> year <08141> by year <08141>.

26 And Solomon <08010> gathered <0622> together chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>: and he had a thousand <0505> and four <0702> hundred <03967> chariots <07393>, and twelve thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>, whom he bestowed <03240> in the cities <05892> for chariots <07393>, and with the king <04428> at Jerusalem <03389>.

27 And the king <04428> made <05414> silver <03701> [to be] in Jerusalem <03389> as stones <068>, and cedars <0730> made <05414> he [to be] as the sycomore <08256> trees that [are] in the vale <08219>, for abundance <07230>.

28 And Solomon <08010> had horses <05483> brought <04161> out of Egypt <04714>, and linen <04723> yarn <04723>: the king's <04428> merchants <05503> received <03947> the linen <04723> yarn <04723> at a price <04242>.

29 And a chariot <04818> came <05927> up and went <03318> out of Egypt <04714> for six <08337> hundred <03967> [shekels] of silver <03701>, and an horse <05483> for an hundred <03967> and fifty <02572>: and so for all <03605> the kings <04428> of the Hittites <02850>, and for the kings <04428> of Syria <0758>, did they bring <03318> [them] out by their means <03027>.

1Kings 11

1. But king <04428> Solomon <08010> loved <0157> many <07227> strange <05237> women <0802>, together with the daughter <01323> of Pharaoh <06547>, women of the Moabites <04125>, Ammonites <05984>, Edomites <0130>, Zidonians <06722>, [and] Hittites <02850>;

2 Of the nations <01471> [concerning] which <0834> the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, Ye shall not go <0935> in to them, neither <03808> shall they come <0935> in unto you: [for] surely <0403> they will turn <05186> away your heart <03824> after <0310> their gods <0430>: Solomon <08010> clave <01692> unto these <01992> in love <0160>.

3 And he had <01961> seven <07651> hundred <03967> wives <0802>, princesses <08282>, and three <07969> hundred <03967> concubines <06370>: and his wives <0802> turned <05186> away his heart <03820>.

4 For it came <01961> to pass, when <06256> Solomon <08010> was old <02209>, [that] his wives <0802> turned <05186> away his heart <03824> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>: and his heart <03824> was not perfect <08003> with the LORD <03068> his God <0430>, as [was] the heart <03824> of David <01732> his father <01>.

5 For Solomon <08010> went <03212> after <0310> Ashtoreth <06252> the goddess <0430> of the Zidonians <06722>, and after <0310> Milcom <04445> the abomination <08251> of the Ammonites <05984>.

6 And Solomon <08010> did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and went not fully <04390> after <0310> the LORD <03068>, as [did] David <01732> his father <01>.

7 Then did Solomon <08010> build <01129> an high <01116> place for Chemosh <03645>, the abomination <08251> of Moab <04124>, in the hill <02022> that [is] before Jerusalem <03389>, and for Molech <04432>, the abomination <08251> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.

8 And likewise <03651> did <06213> he for all <03605> his strange <05237> wives <0802>, which burnt <06999> incense <06999> and sacrificed <02076> unto their gods <0430>.

9. And the LORD <03068> was angry <0599> with Solomon <08010>, because <03588> his heart <03824> was turned <05186> from the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, which had appeared <07200> unto him twice <06471>,

10 And had commanded <06680> him concerning <05921> this <02088> thing <01697>, that he should not go <03212> after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>: but he kept <08104> not that which <0834> the LORD <03068> commanded <06680>.

11 Wherefore <04100> the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Solomon <08010>, Forasmuch as this <02063> is done of thee, and thou hast not kept <08104> my covenant <01285> and my statutes <02708>, which <0834> I have commanded <06680> thee, I will surely rend <07167> the kingdom <04467> from thee, and will give <05414> it to thy servant <05650>.

12 Notwithstanding <0389> in thy days <03117> I will not do <06213> it for David <01732> thy father's <01> sake <04616>: [but] I will rend <07167> it out of the hand <03027> of thy son <01121>.

13 Howbeit <07535> I will not rend <07167> away all <03605> the kingdom <04467>; [but] will give <05414> one <0259> tribe <07626> to thy son <01121> for David <01732> my servant's <05650> sake <04616>, and for Jerusalem's <03389> sake <04616> which <0834> I have chosen <0977>.

14. And the LORD <03068> stirred <06965> up an adversary <07854> unto Solomon <08010>, Hadad <01908> the Edomite <0130>: he [was] of the king's <04428> seed <02233> in Edom <0123>.

15 For it came <01961> to pass, when David <01732> was in Edom <0123>, and Joab <03097> the captain <08269> of the host <06635> was gone <05927> up to bury <06912> the slain <02491>, after he had smitten <05221> every <03605> male <02145> in Edom <0123>;

16 (For six <08337> months <02320> did Joab <03097> remain <03427> there <08033> with all <03605> Israel <03478>, until <05704> he had cut <03772> off every <03605> male <02145> in Edom <0123>:)

17 That Hadad <01908> fled <01272>, he and certain <0582> Edomites of his father's <01> servants <05650> with him, to go <0935> into Egypt <04714>; Hadad <01908> [being] yet a little <06996> child <05288>.

18 And they arose <06965> out of Midian <04080>, and came <0935> to Paran <06290>: and they took <03947> men <0582> with them out of Paran <06290>, and they came <0935> to Egypt <04714>, unto Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>; which gave <05414> him an house <01004>, and appointed <0559> him victuals <03899>, and gave <05414> him land <0776>.

19 And Hadad <01908> found <04672> great <03966> favour <02580> in the sight <05869> of Pharaoh <06547>, so that he gave <05414> him to wife <0802> the sister <0269> of his own wife <0802>, the sister <0269> of Tahpenes <08472> the queen <01377>.

20 And the sister <0269> of Tahpenes <08472> bare <03205> him Genubath <01592> his son <01121>, whom Tahpenes <08472> weaned <01580> in Pharaoh's <06547> house <01004>: and Genubath <01592> was in Pharaoh's <06547> household <01004> among <08432> the sons <01121> of Pharaoh <06547>.

21 And when Hadad <01908> heard <08085> in Egypt <04714> that David <01732> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and that Joab <03097> the captain <08269> of the host <06635> was dead <04191>, Hadad <01908> said <0559> to Pharaoh <06547>, Let me depart <07971>, that I may go <03212> to mine own country <0776>.

22 Then Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> unto him, But what <04100> hast thou lacked <02638> with me, that, behold <02009>, thou seekest <01245> to go <03212> to thine own country <0776>? And he answered <0559>, Nothing <03808>: howbeit let me go <07971> in any wise.

23 And God <0430> stirred <06965> him up [another] adversary <07854>, Rezon <07331> the son <01121> of Eliadah <0450>, which <0834> fled <01272> from his lord <0113> Hadadezer <01909> king <04428> of Zobah <06678>:

24 And he gathered <06908> men <0582> unto him, and became <01961> captain <08269> over a band <01416>, when David <01732> slew <02026> them [of Zobah <06678>]: and they went <03212> to Damascus <01834>, and dwelt <03427> therein, and reigned <04427> in Damascus <01834>.

25 And he was an adversary <07854> to Israel <03478> all <03605> the days <03117> of Solomon <08010>, beside <0854> the mischief <07451> that Hadad <01908> [did]: and he abhorred <06973> Israel <03478>, and reigned <04427> over <05921> Syria <0758>.

26. And Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, an Ephrathite <0673> of Zereda, Solomon's <08010> servant <05650>, whose mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Zeruah, a widow <0490> woman <0802>, even he lifted <07311> up [his] hand <03027> against the king <04428>.

27 And this <02088> [was] the cause <01697> that he lifted <07311> up [his] hand <03027> against the king <04428>: Solomon <08010> built <01129> Millo <04407>, [and] repaired <05462> the breaches <06556> of the city <05892> of David <01732> his father <01>.

28 And the man <0376> Jeroboam <03379> [was] a mighty <01368> man of valour <02428>: and Solomon <08010> seeing <07200> the young <05288> man that he was industrious, he made him ruler <06485> over all <03605> the charge <05447> of the house <01004> of Joseph <03130>.

29 And it came <01961> to pass at that time <06256> when Jeroboam <03379> went <03318> out of Jerusalem <03389>, that the prophet <05030> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888> found <04672> him in the way <01870>; and he had clad <03680> himself <01931> with a new <02319> garment <08008>; and they two <08147> [were] alone <0905> in the field <07704>:

30 And Ahijah <0281> caught <08610> the new <02319> garment <08008> that [was] on <05921> him, and rent <07167> it [in] twelve pieces <07168>:

31 And he said <0559> to Jeroboam <03379>, Take <03947> thee ten <06235> pieces <07168>: for thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Behold <02005>, I will rend <07167> the kingdom <04467> out of the hand <03027> of Solomon <08010>, and will give <05414> ten <06235> tribes <07626> to thee:

32 (But he shall have <01961> one <0259> tribe <07626> for my servant <05650> David's <01732> sake <04616>, and for Jerusalem's <03389> sake <04616>, the city <05892> which <0834> I have chosen <0977> out of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>:)

33 Because that they have forsaken <05800> me, and have worshipped <07812> Ashtoreth <06252> the goddess <0430> of the Zidonians <06722>, Chemosh <03645> the god <0430> of the Moabites <04124>, and Milcom <04445> the god <0430> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and have not walked <01980> in my ways <01870>, to do <06213> [that which is] right <03477> in mine eyes <05869>, and [to keep] my statutes <02708> and my judgments <04941>, as [did] David <01732> his father <01>.

34 Howbeit I will not take <03947> the whole kingdom <04467> out of his hand <03027>: but I will make him prince <05387> all <03605> the days <03117> of his life <02416> for David my servant's <05650> sake <04616>, whom <0834> I chose <0977>, because <0834> he kept <08104> my commandments <04687> and my statutes <02708>:

35 But I will take <03947> the kingdom <04410> out of his son's <01121> hand <03027>, and will give <05414> it unto thee, [even] ten <06235> tribes <07626>.

36 And unto his son <01121> will I give <05414> one <0259> tribe <07626>, that David <01732> my servant <05650> may have a light <05216> alway before <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> which <0834> I have chosen <0977> me to put <07760> my name <08034> there <08033>.

37 And I will take <03947> thee, and thou shalt reign <04427> according to all <03605> that thy soul <05315> desireth <08378>, and shalt be king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>.

38 And it shall be, if <0518> thou wilt hearken <08085> unto all <03605> that I command <06680> thee, and wilt walk <01980> in my ways <01870>, and do <06213> [that is] right <03477> in my sight <05869>, to keep <08104> my statutes <02708> and my commandments <04687>, as David <01732> my servant <05650> did <06213>; that I will be with thee, and build <01129> thee a sure <0539> house <01004>, as I built <01129> for David <01732>, and will give <05414> Israel <03478> unto thee.

39 And I will for this <02063> afflict <06031> the seed <02233> of David <01732>, but not for ever.

40 Solomon <08010> sought <01245> therefore to kill <04191> Jeroboam <03379>. And Jeroboam <03379> arose <06965>, and fled <01272> into Egypt <04714>, unto Shishak <07895> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, and was in Egypt <04714> until <05704> the death <04194> of Solomon <08010>.

41. And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Solomon <08010>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, and his wisdom <02451>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the acts <01697> of Solomon <08010>?

42 And the time <03117> that Solomon <08010> reigned <04427> in Jerusalem <03389> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478> [was] forty <0705> years <08141>.

43 And Solomon <08010> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> in the city <05892> of David <01732> his father <01>: and Rehoboam <07346> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

1Kings 12

1. And Rehoboam <07346> went <03212> to Shechem <07927>: for all <03605> Israel <03478> were come <0935> to Shechem <07927> to make him king <04427>.

2 And it came <01961> to pass, when Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, who <01931> was yet <05750> in Egypt <04714>, heard <08085> [of it], (for he was fled <01272> from the presence <06440> of king <04428> Solomon <08010>, and Jeroboam <03379> dwelt <03427> in Egypt <04714>;)

3 That they sent <07971> and called <07121> him. And Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> came <0935>, and spake <01696> unto Rehoboam <07346>, saying <0559>,

4 Thy father <01> made our yoke <05923> grievous <07185>: now <06258> therefore make thou the grievous <07186> service <05656> of thy father <01>, and his heavy <03515> yoke <05923> which <0834> he put <05414> upon us, lighter <07043>, and we will serve <05647> thee.

5 And he said <0559> unto them, Depart <03212> yet <05750> [for] three <07969> days <03117>, then come <07725> again <07725> to me. And the people <05971> departed <03212>.

6 And king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> consulted <03289> with the old <02205> men, that stood <05975> before Solomon <08010> his father <01> while he yet lived <02416>, and said <0559>, How <0349> do ye advise <03289> that I may answer <01697> this <02088> people <05971>?

7 And they spake <01696> unto him, saying <0559>, If <0518> thou wilt be a servant <05650> unto this <02088> people <05971> this <02088> day <03117>, and wilt serve <05647> them, and answer <06030> them, and speak <01696> good <02896> words <01697> to them, then they will be thy servants <05650> for ever.

8 But he forsook <05800> the counsel <06098> of the old <02205> men, which <0834> they had given <03289> him, and consulted <03289> with the young <03206> men that were grown <01431> up with him, [and] which <0834> stood <05975> before <06440> him:

9 And he said <0559> unto them, What <04100> counsel <03289> give ye that we may answer <01697> this <02088> people <05971>, who <0834> have spoken <01696> to me, saying <0559>, Make the yoke <05923> which <0834> thy father <01> did put <05414> upon us lighter <07043>?

10 And the young <03206> men that were grown <01431> up with him spake <01696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> shalt thou speak <0559> unto this <02088> people <05971> that spake <01696> unto thee, saying <0559>, Thy father <01> made our yoke <05923> heavy <03513>, but make thou [it] lighter <07043> unto us; thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559> unto them, My little <06996> [finger] shall be thicker <05666> than my father's <01> loins <04975>.

11 And now <06258> whereas my father <01> did lade <06006> you with a heavy <03515> yoke <05923>, I will add <03254> to your yoke <05923>: my father <01> hath chastised <03256> you with whips <07752>, but I will chastise <03256> you with scorpions <06137>.

12 So Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> the people <05971> came <0935> to Rehoboam <07346> the third <07992> day <03117>, as the king <04428> had appointed <01696>, saying <0559>, Come <07725> to me again <07725> the third <07992> day <03117>.

13 And the king <04428> answered <06030> the people <05971> roughly <07186>, and forsook <05800> the old <02205> men's counsel <06098> that they gave <03289> him;

14 And spake <01696> to them after the counsel <06098> of the young <03206> men, saying <0559>, My father <01> made your yoke <05923> heavy <03513>, and I will add <03254> to your yoke <05923>: my father <01> [also] chastised <03256> you with whips <07752>, but I will chastise <03256> you with scorpions <06137>.

15 Wherefore <04100> the king <04428> hearkened <08085> not unto the people <05971>; for the cause <05438> was from the LORD <03068>, that he might perform <06965> his saying <01697>, which <0834> the LORD <03068> spake <01696> by Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888> unto Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>.

16. So when all <03605> Israel <03478> saw <07200> that the king <04428> hearkened <08085> not unto them, the people <05971> answered <01697> the king <04428>, saying <0559>, What <04100> portion <02506> have we in David <01732>? neither <03808> [have we] inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>: to your tents <0168>, O Israel <03478>: now <06258> see <07200> to thine own house <01004>, David <01732>. So Israel <03478> departed <03212> unto their tents <0168>.

17 But [as for] the children <01121> of Israel <03478> which dwelt <03427> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, Rehoboam <07346> reigned <04427> over <05921> them.

18 Then king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> sent <07971> Adoram <0151>, who <0834> [was] over <05921> the tribute <04522>; and all <03605> Israel <03478> stoned <07275> him with stones <068>, that he died <04191>. Therefore king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made speed <0553> to get <05927> him up to his chariot <04818>, to flee <05127> to Jerusalem <03389>.

19 So Israel <03478> rebelled <06586> against the house <01004> of David <01732> unto this <02088> day <03117>.

20 And it came <01961> to pass, when all <03605> Israel <03478> heard <08085> that Jeroboam <03379> was come <07725> again <07725>, that they sent <07971> and called <07121> him unto the congregation <05712>, and made him king <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>: there was none <03808> that followed <0310> the house <01004> of David <01732>, but the tribe <07626> of Judah <03063> only <0905>.

21 And when Rehoboam <07346> was come <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>, he assembled <06950> all <03605> the house <01004> of Judah <03063>, with the tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144>, an hundred <03967> and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men, which were warriors, to fight <03898> against <05973> the house <01004> of Israel <03478>, to bring <07725> the kingdom <04410> again <07725> to Rehoboam <07346> the son <01121> of Solomon <08010>.

22 But the word <01697> of God <0430> came <01961> unto Shemaiah <08098> the man <0376> of God <0430>, saying <0559>,

23 Speak <0559> unto Rehoboam <07346>, the son <01121> of Solomon <08010>, king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and unto all <03605> the house <01004> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, and to the remnant <03499> of the people <05971>, saying <0559>,

24 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Ye shall not go <05927> up, nor <03808> fight <03898> against <05973> your brethren <0251> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: return <07725> every man <0376> to his house <01004>; for this <02088> thing <01697> is from me. They hearkened <08085> therefore to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and returned <07725> to depart <03212>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.

25. Then Jeroboam <03379> built <01129> Shechem <07927> in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, and dwelt <03427> therein; and went <03318> out from thence <08033>, and built <01129> Penuel <06439>.

26 And Jeroboam <03379> said <0559> in his heart <03820>, Now <06258> shall the kingdom <04467> return <07725> to the house <01004> of David <01732>:

27 If <0518> this <02088> people <05971> go <05927> up to do <06213> sacrifice <02077> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> at Jerusalem <03389>, then shall the heart <03820> of this <02088> people <05971> turn <07725> again <07725> unto their lord <03068>, [even] unto Rehoboam <07346> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and they shall kill <02026> me, and go again <07725> to Rehoboam <07346> king <04428> of Judah <03063>.

28 Whereupon the king <04428> took counsel <03289>, and made <06213> two <08147> calves <05695> [of] gold <02091>, and said <0559> unto them, It is too much <07227> for you to go <05927> up to Jerusalem <03389>: behold <02009> thy gods <0430>, O Israel <03478>, which <0834> brought <05927> thee up out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.

29 And he set <07760> the one <0259> in Bethel <01008>, and the other <0259> put <05414> he in Dan <01835>.

30 And this <02088> thing <01697> became <01961> a sin <02403>: for the people <05971> went <03212> [to worship] before <06440> the one <0259>, [even] unto Dan <01835>.

31 And he made <06213> an house <01004> of high <01116> places, and made <06213> priests <03548> of the lowest <07098> of the people <05971>, which <0834> were not of the sons <01121> of Levi <03878>.

32 And Jeroboam <03379> ordained <06213> a feast <02282> in the eighth <08066> month <02320>, on the fifteenth <06240> day <03117> of the month <02320>, like unto the feast <02282> that [is] in Judah <03063>, and he offered <05927> upon the altar <04196>. So <03651> did <06213> he in Bethel <01008>, sacrificing <02076> unto the calves <05695> that he had made <06213>: and he placed <05975> in Bethel <01008> the priests <03548> of the high <01116> places which <0834> he had made <06213>.

33 So he offered <05927> upon the altar <04196> which <0834> he had made <06213> in Bethel <01008> the fifteenth <06240> day <03117> of the eighth <08066> month <02320>, [even] in the month <02320> which <0834> he had devised <0908> of his own heart <03820>; and ordained <06213> a feast <02282> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: and he offered <05927> upon the altar <04196>, and burnt <06999> incense <06999>.

1Kings 13

1. And, behold <02009>, there came <0935> a man <0376> of God <0430> out of Judah <03063> by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Bethel <01008>: and Jeroboam <03379> stood <05975> by the altar <04196> to burn <06999> incense <06999>.

2 And he cried <07121> against <05921> the altar <04196> in the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, O altar <04196>, altar <04196>, thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; Behold <02009>, a child <01121> shall be born <03205> unto the house <01004> of David <01732>, Josiah <02977> by name <08034>; and upon thee shall he offer <02076> the priests <03548> of the high <01116> places that burn <06999> incense <06999> upon thee, and men's <0120> bones <06106> shall be burnt <08313> upon thee.

3 And he gave <05414> a sign <04159> the same <01931> day <03117>, saying <0559>, This <02088> [is] the sign <04159> which <0834> the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696>; Behold <02009>, the altar <04196> shall be rent <07167>, and the ashes <01880> that [are] upon it shall be poured <08210> out.

4 And it came <01961> to pass, when king <04428> Jeroboam <03379> heard <08085> the saying <01697> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, which <0834> had cried <07121> against <05921> the altar <04196> in Bethel <01008>, that he put <07971> forth <07971> his hand <03027> from the altar <04196>, saying <0559>, Lay hold <08610> on him. And his hand <03027>, which <0834> he put <07971> forth <07971> against <05921> him, dried <03001> up, so that he could <03201> not pull <07725> it in again <07725> to him.

5 The altar <04196> also was rent <07167>, and the ashes <01880> poured <08210> out from the altar <04196>, according to the sign <04159> which <0834> the man <0376> of God <0430> had given <05414> by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>.

6 And the king <04428> answered <06030> and said <0559> unto the man <0376> of God <0430>, Intreat <02470> now <04994> the face <06440> of the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, and pray <06419> for me, that my hand <03027> may be restored <07725> me again <07725>. And the man <0376> of God <0430> besought <02470> the LORD <03068>, and the king's <04428> hand <03027> was restored <07725> him again <07725>, and became <01961> as [it was] before <07223>.

7 And the king <04428> said <01696> unto the man <0376> of God <0430>, Come <0935> home <01004> with me, and refresh <05582> thyself, and I will give <05414> thee a reward <04991>.

8 And the man <0376> of God <0430> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, If <0518> thou wilt give <05414> me half <02677> thine house <01004>, I will not go <0935> in with thee, neither <03808> will I eat <0398> bread <03899> nor <03808> drink <08354> water <04325> in this <02088> place <04725>:

9 For so <03651> was it charged <06680> me by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, Eat <0398> no <03808> bread <03899>, nor <03808> drink <08354> water <04325>, nor <03808> turn <07725> again <07725> by the same way <01870> that thou camest <01980>.

10 So he went <03212> another <0312> way <01870>, and returned <07725> not by the way <01870> that he came <0935> to Bethel <01008>.

11. Now there dwelt <03427> an old <02205> prophet <05030> in Bethel <01008>; and his sons <01121> came <0935> and told <05608> him all <03605> the works <04639> that the man <0376> of God <0430> had done <06213> that day <03117> in Bethel <01008>: the words <01697> which <0834> he had spoken <01696> unto the king <04428>, them they told <05608> also to their father <01>.

12 And their father <01> said <01696> unto them, What way <01870> went <01980> he? For his sons <01121> had seen <07200> what <0834> way <01870> the man <0376> of God <0430> went <01980>, which <0834> came <0935> from Judah <03063>.

13 And he said <0559> unto his sons <01121>, Saddle <02280> me the ass <02543>. So they saddled <02280> him the ass <02543>: and he rode <07392> thereon <05921>,

14 And went <03212> after <0310> the man <0376> of God <0430>, and found <04672> him sitting <03427> under <08478> an oak <0424>: and he said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou the man <0376> of God <0430> that camest <0935> from Judah <03063>? And he said <0559>, I [am].

15 Then he said <0559> unto him, Come <03212> home <01004> with me, and eat <0398> bread <03899>.

16 And he said <0559>, I may <03201> not return <07725> with thee, nor go <0935> in with thee: neither <03808> will I eat <0398> bread <03899> nor <03808> drink <08354> water <04325> with thee in this <02088> place <04725>:

17 For it was said <01697> to me by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, Thou shalt eat <0398> no <03808> bread <03899> nor <03808> drink <08354> water <04325> there <08033>, nor <03808> turn <07725> again <07725> to go <03212> by the way <01870> that thou camest <01980>.

18 He said <0559> unto him, I [am] a prophet <05030> also <01571> as thou [art]; and an angel <04397> spake <01696> unto me by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, Bring <07725> him back <07725> with thee into <0413> thine house <01004>, that he may eat <0398> bread <03899> and drink <08354> water <04325>. [But] he lied <03584> unto him.

19 So he went <07725> back <07725> with him, and did eat <0398> bread <03899> in his house <01004>, and drank <08354> water <04325>.

20 And it came <01961> to pass, as they sat <03427> at <0413> the table <07979>, that the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto the prophet <05030> that brought <07725> him back <07725>:

21 And he cried <07121> unto the man <0376> of God <0430> that came <0935> from Judah <03063>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed <04784> the mouth <06310> of the LORD <03068>, and hast not kept <08104> the commandment <04687> which <0834> the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> commanded <06680> thee,

22 But camest <07725> back <07725>, and hast eaten <0398> bread <03899> and drunk <08354> water <04325> in the place <04725>, of the which <0834> [the LORD] did say <01696> to thee, Eat <0398> no <0408> bread <03899>, and drink <08354> no <0408> water <04325>; thy carcase <05038> shall not come <0935> unto the sepulchre <06913> of thy fathers <01>.

23. And it came <01961> to pass, after <0310> he had eaten <0398> bread <03899>, and after <0310> he had drunk <08354>, that he saddled <02280> for him the ass <02543>, [to wit], for the prophet <05030> whom <0834> he had <01961> brought <07725> back <07725>.

24 And when he was gone <03212>, a lion <0738> met <04672> him by the way <01870>, and slew <04191> him: and his carcase <05038> was cast <07993> in the way <01870>, and the ass <02543> stood <05975> by it, the lion <0738> also stood <05975> by the carcase <05038>.

25 And, behold <02009>, men <0582> passed <05674> by, and saw <07200> the carcase <05038> cast <07993> in the way <01870>, and the lion <0738> standing <05975> by the carcase <05038>: and they came <0935> and told <01696> [it] in the city <05892> where <0834> the old <02205> prophet <05030> dwelt <03427>.

26 And when the prophet <05030> that brought <07725> him back <07725> from the way <01870> heard <08085> [thereof], he said <0559>, It [is] the man <0376> of God <0430>, who <0834> was disobedient <04784> unto the word <06310> of the LORD <03068>: therefore the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> him unto the lion <0738>, which hath torn <07665> him, and slain <04191> him, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> unto him.

27 And he spake <01696> to his sons <01121>, saying <0559>, Saddle <02280> me the ass <02543>. And they saddled <02280> [him].

28 And he went <03212> and found <04672> his carcase <05038> cast <07993> in the way <01870>, and the ass <02543> and the lion <0738> standing <05975> by the carcase <05038>: the lion <0738> had not eaten <0398> the carcase <05038>, nor <03808> torn <07665> the ass <02543>.

29 And the prophet <05030> took <05375> up the carcase <05038> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, and laid <03241> it upon the ass <02543>, and brought <07725> it back <07725>: and the old <02205> prophet <05030> came <0935> to the city <05892>, to mourn <05594> and to bury <06912> him.

30 And he laid <03241> his carcase <05038> in his own grave <06913>; and they mourned <05594> over <05921> him, [saying], Alas <01945>, my brother <0251>!

31 And it came <01961> to pass, after <0310> he had buried <06912> him, that he spake <0559> to his sons <01121>, saying <0559>, When I am dead <04191>, then bury <06912> me in the sepulchre <06913> wherein <0834> the man <0376> of God <0430> [is] buried <06912>; lay <03241> my bones <06106> beside <0681> his bones <06106>:

32 For the saying <01697> which <0834> he cried <07121> by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> against <05921> the altar <04196> in Bethel <01008>, and against <05921> all <03605> the houses <01004> of the high <01116> places which <0834> [are] in the cities <05892> of Samaria <08111>, shall surely <03588> come <01961> to pass.

33 After <0310> this <02088> thing <01697> Jeroboam <03379> returned <07725> not from his evil <07451> way <01870>, but made <06213> again <07725> of the lowest <07098> of the people <05971> priests <03548> of the high <01116> places: whosoever would <02655>, he consecrated him, and he became <01961> [one] of the priests <03548> of the high <01116> places.

34 And this <02088> thing <01697> became <01961> sin <02403> unto the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>, even to cut <03582> [it] off, and to destroy <08045> [it] from off the face <06440> of the earth <0127>.

1Kings 14

1. At that time <06256> Abijah <029> the son <01121> of Jeroboam <03379> fell sick <02470>.

2 And Jeroboam <03379> said <0559> to his wife <0802>, Arise <06965>, I pray <04994> thee, and disguise <08138> thyself, that thou be not known <03045> to be the wife <0802> of Jeroboam <03379>; and get <01980> thee to Shiloh <07887>: behold <02009>, there <08033> [is] Ahijah <0281> the prophet <05030>, which <01931> told <01696> me that [I should be] king <04428> over <05921> this <02088> people <05971>.

3 And take <03947> with thee ten <06235> loaves <03899>, and cracknels <05350>, and a cruse <01228> of honey <01706>, and go <0935> to him: he shall tell <05046> thee what <04100> shall become <01961> of the child <05288>.

4 And Jeroboam's <03379> wife <0802> did <06213> so <03651>, and arose <06965>, and went <03212> to Shiloh <07887>, and came <0935> to the house <01004> of Ahijah <0281>. But Ahijah <0281> could <03201> not see <07200>; for his eyes <05869> were set <06965> by reason of his age <07869>.

5 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Ahijah <0281>, Behold <02009>, the wife <0802> of Jeroboam <03379> cometh <0935> to ask <01875> a thing <01697> of thee for her son <01121>; for he [is] sick <02470>: thus <02090> and thus <02088> shalt thou say <01696> unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh <0935> in, that she shall feign <05234> herself [to be] another <05234> [woman].

6 And it was [so], when Ahijah <0281> heard <08085> the sound <06963> of her feet <07272>, as she came <0935> in at the door <06607>, that he said <0559>, Come <0935> in, thou wife <0802> of Jeroboam <03379>; why <04100> feignest <05234> thou thyself [to be] another <05234>? for I [am] sent <07971> to thee [with] heavy <07186> [tidings].

7. Go <03212>, tell <0559> Jeroboam <03379>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, Forasmuch as I exalted <07311> thee from among <08432> the people <05971>, and made <05414> thee prince <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>,

8 And rent <07167> the kingdom <04467> away from the house <01004> of David <01732>, and gave <05414> it thee: and [yet] thou hast not been <01961> as my servant <05650> David <01732>, who <0834> kept <08104> my commandments <04687>, and who <0834> followed me with all <03605> his heart <03824>, to do <06213> [that] only <07535> [which <01931> was] right <03477> in mine eyes <05869>;

9 But hast done <06213> evil <07489> above all <03605> that were before <06440> thee: for thou hast gone <03212> and made <06213> thee other <0312> gods <0430>, and molten <04541> images, to provoke me to anger <03707>, and hast cast <07993> me behind <0310> thy back <01458>:

10 Therefore, behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>, and will cut <03772> off from Jeroboam <03379> him that pisseth <08366> against the wall <07023>, [and] him that is shut <06113> up and left <05800> in Israel <03478>, and will take <01197> away the remnant <0310> of the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>, as a man taketh <01197> away dung <01557>, till <05704> it be all <08552> gone.

11 Him that dieth <04191> of Jeroboam <03379> in the city <05892> shall the dogs <03611> eat <0398>; and him that dieth <04191> in the field <07704> shall the fowls <05775> of the air <08064> eat <0398>: for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> [it].

12 Arise <06965> thou therefore, get <03212> thee to thine own house <01004>: [and] when thy feet <07272> enter <0935> into the city <05892>, the child <03206> shall die <04191>.

13 And all <03605> Israel <03478> shall mourn <05594> for him, and bury <06912> him: for he only <0905> of Jeroboam <03379> shall come <0935> to the grave <06913>, because <03282> in him there is found <04672> [some] good <02896> thing <01697> toward <0413> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> in the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>.

14 Moreover the LORD <03068> shall raise <06965> him up a king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>, who <0834> shall cut <03772> off the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> that day <03117>: but what <04100>? even <01571> now <06258>.

15 For the LORD <03068> shall smite <05221> Israel <03478>, as a reed <07070> is shaken <05110> in the water <04325>, and he shall root <05428> up Israel <03478> out of this <02063> good <02896> land <0127>, which <0834> he gave <05414> to their fathers <01>, and shall scatter <02219> them beyond <05676> the river <05104>, because <0834> they have made <06213> their groves <0842>, provoking the LORD <03068> to anger <03707>.

16 And he shall give <05414> Israel <03478> up because <01558> of the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379>, who <0834> did sin <02398>, and who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.

17 And Jeroboam's <03379> wife <0802> arose <06965>, and departed <03212>, and came <0935> to Tirzah <08656>: [and] when she came <0935> to the threshold <05592> of the door <01004>, the child <05288> died <04191>;

18 And they buried <06912> him; and all <03605> Israel <03478> mourned <05594> for him, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> by the hand <03027> of his servant <05650> Ahijah <0281> the prophet <05030>.

19 And the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jeroboam <03379>, how <0834> he warred <03898>, and how <0834> he reigned <04427>, behold <02009>, they [are] written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.

20 And the days <03117> which <0834> Jeroboam <03379> reigned <04427> [were] two <08147> and twenty <06242> years <08141>: and he slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and Nadab <05070> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

21. And Rehoboam <07346> the son <01121> of Solomon <08010> reigned <04427> in Judah <03063>. Rehoboam <07346> [was] forty <0705> and one <0259> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> seventeen <07651> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> which <0834> the LORD <03068> did choose <0977> out of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, to put <07760> his name <08034> there <08033>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Naamah <05279> an Ammonitess <05984>.

22 And Judah <03063> did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and they provoked him to jealousy <07065> with their sins <02403> which <0834> they had committed <02398>, above all <03605> that their fathers <01> had done <06213>.

23 For they also <01571> built <01129> them high <01364> places, and images <04676>, and groves <0842>, on <05921> every <03605> high <01364> hill <01389>, and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>.

24 And there were also <01571> sodomites <06945> in the land <0776>: [and] they did <06213> according to all <03605> the abominations <08441> of the nations <01471> which <0834> the LORD <03068> cast <03403> out before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.

25 And it came <01961> to pass in the fifth <02549> year <08141> of king <04428> Rehoboam <07346>, [that] Shishak <07895> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> came <05927> up against <05921> Jerusalem <03389>:

26 And he took <03947> away the treasures <0214> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house <01004>; he even took <03947> away all <03605>: and he took <03947> away all <03605> the shields <04043> of gold <02091> which <0834> Solomon <08010> had made <06213>.

27 And king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made <06213> in their stead <08478> brasen <05178> shields <04043>, and committed <06485> [them] unto the hands <03027> of the chief <08269> of the guard <07323>, which kept <08104> the door <06607> of the king's <04428> house <01004>.

28 And it was [so], when <01767> the king <04428> went <0935> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, that the guard <07323> bare <05375> them, and brought <07725> them back <07725> into <0413> the guard <07323> chamber <08372>.

29 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Rehoboam <07346>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>?

30 And there was war <04421> between <0996> Rehoboam <07346> and Jeroboam <03379> all <03605> [their] days <03117>.

31 And Rehoboam <07346> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Naamah <05279> an Ammonitess <05984>. And Abijam <038> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

1Kings 15

1. Now in the eighteenth year <08141> of king <04428> Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028> reigned <04427> Abijam <038> over <05921> Judah <03063>.

2 Three <07969> years <08141> reigned <04427> he in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Maachah <04601>, the daughter <01323> of Abishalom <053>.

3 And he walked <03212> in all <03605> the sins <02403> of his father <01>, which <0834> he had done <06213> before <06440> him: and his heart <03824> was not perfect <08003> with the LORD <03068> his God <0430>, as the heart <03824> of David <01732> his father <01>.

4 Nevertheless <03588> for David's <01732> sake <04616> did the LORD <03068> his God <0430> give <05414> him a lamp <05216> in Jerusalem <03389>, to set <06965> up his son <01121> after <0310> him, and to establish <05975> Jerusalem <03389>:

5 Because <0834> David <01732> did <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and turned <05493> not aside from any <03605> [thing] that he commanded <06680> him all <03605> the days <03117> of his life <02416>, save only <07535> in the matter <01697> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>.

6 And there was war <04421> between <0996> Rehoboam <07346> and Jeroboam <03379> all <03605> the days <03117> of his life <02416>.

7 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Abijam <038>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>? And there was war <04421> between <0996> Abijam <038> and Jeroboam <03379>.

8 And Abijam <038> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>; and they buried <06912> him in the city <05892> of David <01732>: and Asa <0609> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

9. And in the twentieth <06242> year <08141> of Jeroboam <03379> king <04428> of Israel <03478> reigned <04427> Asa <0609> over <05921> Judah <03063>.

10 And forty <0705> and one <0259> years <08141> reigned <04427> he in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Maachah <04601>, the daughter <01323> of Abishalom <053>.

11 And Asa <0609> did <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, as [did] David <01732> his father <01>.

12 And he took <05674> away the sodomites <06945> out of the land <0776>, and removed <05493> all <03605> the idols <01544> that his fathers <01> had made <06213>.

13 And also <01571> Maachah <04601> his mother <0517>, even her he removed <05493> from [being] queen <01377>, because <0834> she had made <06213> an idol <04656> in a grove <0842>; and Asa <0609> destroyed <03772> her idol <04656>, and burnt <08313> [it] by the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>.

14 But the high <01116> places were not removed <05493>: nevertheless <07535> Asa's <0609> heart <03824> was perfect <08003> with the LORD <03068> all <03605> his days <03117>.

15 And he brought <0935> in the things which his father <01> had dedicated <06944>, and the things which himself had dedicated <06944>, into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, silver <03701>, and gold <02091>, and vessels <03627>.

16 And there was war <04421> between <0996> Asa <0609> and Baasha <01201> king <04428> of Israel <03478> all <03605> their days <03117>.

17 And Baasha <01201> king <04428> of Israel <03478> went <05927> up against <05921> Judah <03063>, and built <01129> Ramah <07414>, that he might not suffer <05414> any to go <03318> out or come <0935> in to Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063>.

18 Then Asa <0609> took <03947> all <03605> the silver <03701> and the gold <02091> [that were] left <03498> in the treasures <0214> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house <01004>, and delivered <05414> them into the hand <03027> of his servants <05650>: and king <04428> Asa <0609> sent <07971> them to Benhadad <01131>, the son <01121> of Tabrimon <02886>, the son <01121> of Hezion <02383>, king <04428> of Syria <0758>, that dwelt <03427> at Damascus <01834>, saying <0559>,

19 [There is] a league <01285> between <0996> me and thee, [and] between <0996> my father <01> and thy father <01>: behold <02009>, I have sent <07971> unto thee a present <07810> of silver <03701> and gold <02091>; come <03212> and break <06565> thy league <01285> with Baasha <01201> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, that he may depart <05927> from me.

20 So Benhadad <01131> hearkened <08085> unto king <04428> Asa <0609>, and sent <07971> the captains <08269> of the hosts <02428> which <0834> he had against <05921> the cities <05892> of Israel <03478>, and smote <05221> Ijon <05859>, and Dan <01835>, and Abelbethmaachah <062>, and all <03605> Cinneroth <03672>, with all <03605> the land <0776> of Naphtali <05321>.

21 And it came <01961> to pass, when Baasha <01201> heard <08085> [thereof], that he left <02308> off building <01129> of Ramah <07414>, and dwelt <03427> in Tirzah <08656>.

22 Then king <04428> Asa <0609> made <06213> a proclamation <08085> throughout all <03605> Judah <03063>; none <0369> [was] exempted <05355>: and they took <05375> away the stones <068> of Ramah <07414>, and the timber <06086> thereof, wherewith <0834> Baasha <01201> had builded <01129>; and king <04428> Asa <0609> built <01129> with them Geba <01387> of Benjamin <01144>, and Mizpah <04709>.

23 The rest <03499> of all <03605> the acts <01697> of Asa <0609>, and all <03605> his might <01369>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, and the cities <05892> which <0834> he built <01129>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>? Nevertheless <07535> in the time <06256> of his old <02209> age he was diseased <02470> in his feet <07272>.

24 And Asa <0609> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732> his father <01>: and Jehoshaphat <03092> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

25. And Nadab <05070> the son <01121> of Jeroboam <03379> began to reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in the second <08147> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and reigned <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> two <08147> years <08141>.

26 And he did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and walked <03212> in the way <01870> of his father <01>, and in his sin <02403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.

27 And Baasha <01201> the son <01121> of Ahijah <0281>, of the house <01004> of Issachar <03485>, conspired <07194> against <05921> him; and Baasha <01201> smote <05221> him at Gibbethon <01405>, which <0834> [belonged] to the Philistines <06430>; for Nadab <05070> and all <03605> Israel <03478> laid siege <06696> to Gibbethon <01405>.

28 Even in the third <07969> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063> did Baasha <01201> slay <04191> him, and reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

29 And it came <01961> to pass, when he reigned <04427>, [that] he smote <05221> all <03605> the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>; he left <07604> not to Jeroboam <03379> any <03605> that breathed <05397>, until <05704> he had destroyed <08045> him, according unto the saying <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> by his servant <05650> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888>:

30 Because <05921> of the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> which <0834> he sinned <02398>, and which <0834> he made Israel <03478> sin <02398>, by his provocation <03708> wherewith <0834> he provoked the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> to anger <03707>.

31 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Nadab <05070>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?

32 And there was war <04421> between <0996> Asa <0609> and Baasha <01201> king <04428> of Israel <03478> all <03605> their days <03117>.

33 In the third <07969> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began Baasha <01201> the son <01121> of Ahijah <0281> to reign <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478> in Tirzah <08656>, twenty <06242> and four <0702> years <08141>.

34 And he did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and walked <03212> in the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379>, and in his sin <02403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.

1Kings 16

1. Then the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to Jehu <03058> the son <01121> of Hanani <02607> against <05921> Baasha <01201>, saying <0559>,

2 Forasmuch as I exalted <07311> thee out of the dust <06083>, and made <05414> thee prince <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>; and thou hast walked <03212> in the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379>, and hast made my people <05971> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>, to provoke me to anger <03707> with their sins <02403>;

3 Behold <02005>, I will take <01197> away the posterity <0310> of Baasha <01201>, and the posterity <0310> of his house <01004>; and will make <05414> thy house <01004> like the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>.

4 Him that dieth <04191> of Baasha <01201> in the city <05892> shall the dogs <03611> eat <0398>; and him that dieth <04191> of his in the fields <07704> shall the fowls <05775> of the air <08064> eat <0398>.

5 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Baasha <01201>, and what <0834> he did <06213>, and his might <01369>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?

6 So Baasha <01201> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> in Tirzah <08656>: and Elah <0425> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

7 And also <01571> by the hand <03027> of the prophet <05030> Jehu <03058> the son <01121> of Hanani <02607> came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> against <0413> Baasha <01201>, and against <0413> his house <01004>, even for all <03605> the evil <07451> that he did <06213> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, in provoking him to anger <03707> with the work <04639> of his hands <03027>, in being <01961> like the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>; and because <0834> he killed <05221> him.

8 In the twenty <06242> and sixth <08337> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began Elah <0425> the son <01121> of Baasha <01201> to reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Tirzah <08656>, two years <08141>.

9 And his servant <05650> Zimri <02174>, captain <08269> of half <04276> [his] chariots <07393>, conspired <07194> against <05921> him, as he was in Tirzah <08656>, drinking <08354> himself drunk <07910> in the house <01004> of Arza <0777> steward <05921> of [his] house <01004> in Tirzah <08656>.

10 And Zimri <02174> went <0935> in and smote <05221> him, and killed <04191> him, in the twenty <06242> and seventh <07651> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

11 And it came <01961> to pass, when he began to reign <04427>, as soon as he sat <03427> on <05921> his throne <03678>, [that] he slew <05221> all <03605> the house <01004> of Baasha <01201>: he left <07604> him not one that pisseth <08366> against a wall <07023>, neither of his kinsfolks <01350>, nor of his friends <07453>.

12 Thus did Zimri <02174> destroy <08045> all <03605> the house <01004> of Baasha <01201>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> against <0413> Baasha <01201> by Jehu <03058> the prophet <05030>,

13 For all <03605> the sins <02403> of Baasha <01201>, and the sins <02403> of Elah <0425> his son <01121>, by which <0834> they sinned <02398>, and by which <0834> they made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>, in provoking the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> to anger <03707> with their vanities <01892>.

14 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Elah <0425>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?

15. In the twenty <06242> and seventh <07651> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063> did Zimri <02174> reign <04427> seven <07651> days <03117> in Tirzah <08656>. And the people <05971> [were] encamped <02583> against <05921> Gibbethon <01405>, which <0834> [belonged] to the Philistines <06430>.

16 And the people <05971> [that were] encamped <02583> heard <08085> say <0559>, Zimri <02174> hath conspired <07194>, and hath also <01571> slain <05221> the king <04428>: wherefore all <03605> Israel <03478> made Omri <06018>, the captain <08269> of the host <06635>, king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> that day <03117> in the camp <04264>.

17 And Omri <06018> went <05927> up from Gibbethon <01405>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> with him, and they besieged <06696> Tirzah <08656>.

18 And it came <01961> to pass, when Zimri <02174> saw <07200> that the city <05892> was taken <03920>, that he went <0935> into <0413> the palace <0759> of the king's <04428> house <01004>, and burnt <08313> the king's <04428> house <01004> over <05921> him with fire <0784>, and died <04191>,

19 For his sins <02403> which <0834> he sinned <02398> in doing <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, in walking <03212> in the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379>, and in his sin <02403> which <0834> he did <06213>, to make Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.

20 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Zimri <02174>, and his treason <07195> that he wrought <07194>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?

21 Then <0227> were the people <05971> of Israel <03478> divided <02505> into two <02677> parts <02677>: half <02677> of the people <05971> followed Tibni <08402> the son <01121> of Ginath <01527>, to make him king <04427>; and half <02677> followed <0310> Omri <06018>.

22 But the people <05971> that followed <0310> Omri <06018> prevailed <02388> against the people <05971> that followed <0310> Tibni <08402> the son <01121> of Ginath <01527>: so Tibni <08402> died <04191>, and Omri <06018> reigned <04427>.

23 In the thirty <07970> and first <0259> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began Omri <06018> to reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>, twelve years <08141>: six <08337> years <08141> reigned <04427> he in Tirzah <08656>.

24 And he bought <07069> the hill <02022> Samaria <08111> of Shemer <08106> for two talents <03603> of silver <03701>, and built <01129> on <0853> the hill <02022>, and called <07121> the name <08034> of the city <05892> which <0834> he built <01129>, after <05921> the name <08034> of Shemer <08106>, owner <0113> of the hill <02022>, Samaria <08111>.

25 But Omri <06018> wrought <06213> evil <07451> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and did worse <07489> than all <03605> that [were] before <06440> him.

26 For he walked <03212> in all <03605> the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, and in his sin <02403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>, to provoke the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> to anger <03707> with their vanities <01892>.

27 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Omri <06018> which <0834> he did <06213>, and his might <01369> that he shewed <06213>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?

28 So Omri <06018> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111>: and Ahab <0256> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

29. And in the thirty <07970> and eighth <08083> year <08141> of Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063> began Ahab <0256> the son <01121> of Omri <06018> to reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>: and Ahab <0256> the son <01121> of Omri <06018> reigned <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> twenty <06242> and two <08147> years <08141>.

30 And Ahab <0256> the son <01121> of Omri <06018> did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068> above all <03605> that [were] before <06440> him.

31 And it came <01961> to pass, as if it had been a light <07043> thing for him to walk <03212> in the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, that he took <03947> to wife <0802> Jezebel <0348> the daughter <01323> of Ethbaal <0856> king <04428> of the Zidonians <06722>, and went <03212> and served <05647> Baal <01168>, and worshipped <07812> him.

32 And he reared <06965> up an altar <04196> for Baal <01168> in the house <01004> of Baal <01168>, which <0834> he had built <01129> in Samaria <08111>.

33 And Ahab <0256> made <06213> a grove <0842>; and Ahab <0256> did <06213> more <03254> to provoke the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> to anger <03707> than all <03605> the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> that were before <06440> him.

34 In his days <03117> did Hiel <02419> the Bethelite <01017> build <01129> Jericho <03405>: he laid the foundation <03245> thereof in Abiram <048> his firstborn <01060>, and set <05324> up the gates <01817> thereof in his youngest <06810> [son] Segub <07687>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> by Joshua <03091> the son <01121> of Nun <05126>.

1Kings 17

1. And Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, [who was] of the inhabitants <08453> of Gilead <01568>, said <0559> unto Ahab <0256>, [As] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> liveth <02416>, before <06440> whom <0834> I stand <05975>, there shall not be dew <02919> nor rain <04306> these <0428> years <08141>, but according <06310> to my word <01697>.

2 And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto him, saying <0559>,

3 Get <03212> thee hence <02088>, and turn <06437> thee eastward <06924>, and hide <05641> thyself by the brook <05158> Cherith <03747>, that [is] before Jordan <03383>.

4 And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink <08354> of the brook <05158>; and I have commanded <06680> the ravens <06158> to feed <03557> thee there <08033>.

5 So he went <03212> and did <06213> according unto the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>: for he went <03212> and dwelt <03427> by the brook <05158> Cherith <03747>, that [is] before Jordan <03383>.

6 And the ravens <06158> brought <0935> him bread <03899> and flesh <01320> in the morning <01242>, and bread <03899> and flesh <01320> in the evening <06153>; and he drank of the brook <05158>.

7 And it came <01961> to pass after <07093> a while <03117>, that the brook <05158> dried <03001> up, because <03588> there had <01961> been <01961> no <03808> rain <01653> in the land <0776>.

8. And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto him, saying <0559>,

9 Arise <06965>, get <03212> thee to Zarephath <06886>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Zidon <06721>, and dwell <03427> there <08033>: behold <02009>, I have commanded <06680> a widow <0490> woman <0802> there <08033> to sustain <03557> thee.

10 So he arose <06965> and went <03212> to Zarephath <06886>. And when he came <0935> to the gate <06607> of the city <05892>, behold <02009>, the widow <0490> woman <0802> [was] there <08033> gathering <07197> of sticks <06086>: and he called <07121> to her, and said <0559>, Fetch <03947> me, I pray <04994> thee, a little <04592> water <04325> in a vessel <03627>, that I may drink <08354>.

11 And as she was going <03212> to fetch <03947> [it], he called <07121> to her, and said <0559>, Bring <03947> me, I pray <04994> thee, a morsel <06595> of bread <03899> in thine hand <03027>.

12 And she said <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> liveth <02416>, I have <03426> not a cake <04580>, but an handful of meal <07058> in a barrel <03537>, and a little <04592> oil <08081> in a cruse <06835>: and, behold <02005>, I [am] gathering <07197> two <08147> sticks <06086>, that I may go <0935> in and dress <06213> it for me and my son <01121>, that we may eat <0398> it, and die <04191>.

13 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto her, Fear <03372> not; go <0935> [and] do <06213> as thou hast said <0559>: but make <06213> me thereof <08033> a little <06996> cake <05692> first <07223>, and bring <03318> [it] unto me, and after <0314> make <06213> for thee and for thy son <01121>.

14 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, The barrel <03537> of meal <07058> shall not waste <03615>, neither <03808> shall the cruse <06835> of oil <08081> fail <02637>, until <05704> the day <03117> [that] the LORD <03068> sendeth <05414> rain <01653> upon the earth <0127>.

15 And she went <03212> and did <06213> according to the saying <01697> of Elijah <0452>: and she, and he, and her house <01004>, did <06213> eat <0398> [many] days <03117>.

16 [And] the barrel <03537> of meal <07058> wasted <03615> not, neither <03808> did the cruse <06835> of oil <08081> fail <02638>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which <0834> he spake <01696> by Elijah <0452>.

17. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> these <0428> things <01697>, [that] the son <01121> of the woman <0802>, the mistress <01172> of the house <01004>, fell sick <02470>; and his sickness <02483> was so <03966> sore <02389>, that there was no <03808> breath <05397> left <03498> in him.

18 And she said <0559> unto Elijah <0452>, What <04100> have I to do with thee, O thou man <0376> of God <0430>? art thou come <0935> unto me to call <02142> my sin <05771> to remembrance <02142>, and to slay <04191> my son <01121>?

19 And he said <0559> unto her, Give <05414> me thy son <01121>. And he took <03947> him out of her bosom <02436>, and carried <05927> him up into <0413> a loft <05944>, where he abode <03427>, and laid <07901> him upon his own bed <04296>.

20 And he cried <07121> unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, hast thou also brought evil <07489> upon the widow <0490> with whom <0834> I sojourn <01481>, by slaying <04191> her son <01121>?

21 And he stretched <04058> himself upon the child <03206> three <07969> times <06471>, and cried <07121> unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, I pray <04994> thee, let this <02088> child's <03206> soul <05315> come <07725> into <05921> him again <07725>.

22 And the LORD <03068> heard <08085> the voice <06963> of Elijah <0452>; and the soul <05315> of the child <03206> came <07725> into <05921> him again <07725>, and he revived <02421>.

23 And Elijah <0452> took <03947> the child <03206>, and brought <03381> him down <03381> out of the chamber <05944> into the house <01004>, and delivered <05414> him unto his mother <0517>: and Elijah <0452> said <0559>, See <07200>, thy son <01121> liveth <02416>.

24 And the woman <0802> said <0559> to Elijah <0452>, Now <06258> by this <02088> I know <03045> that thou [art] a man <0376> of God <0430>, [and] that the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> in thy mouth <06310> [is] truth <0571>.

1Kings 18

1. And it came <01961> to pass [after] many <07227> days <03117>, that the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to Elijah <0452> in the third <07992> year <08141>, saying <0559>, Go <03212>, shew <07200> thyself unto Ahab <0256>; and I will send <05414> rain <04306> upon the earth <0127>.

2 And Elijah <0452> went <03212> to shew <07200> himself unto Ahab <0256>. And [there was] a sore <02389> famine <07458> in Samaria <08111>.

3 And Ahab <0256> called <07121> Obadiah <05662>, which <0834> [was] the governor <05921> of [his] house <01004>. (Now Obadiah <05662> feared <03373> the LORD <03068> greatly <03966>:

4 For it was [so], when Jezebel <0348> cut <03772> off the prophets <05030> of the LORD <03068>, that Obadiah <05662> took <03947> an hundred <03967> prophets <05030>, and hid <02244> them by fifty <02572> in a cave <04631>, and fed <03557> them with bread <03899> and water <04325>.)

5 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> unto Obadiah <05662>, Go <03212> into the land <0776>, unto all <03605> fountains <04599> of water <04325>, and unto all brooks <05158>: peradventure <0194> we may find <04672> grass <02682> to save <02421> the horses <05483> and mules <06505> alive <02421>, that we lose <03772> not all <03605> the beasts <0929>.

6 So they divided <02505> the land <0776> between them to pass <05674> throughout it: Ahab <0256> went <01980> one <0259> way <01870> by himself, and Obadiah <05662> went <01980> another <0259> way <01870> by himself.

7 And as Obadiah <05662> was in the way <01870>, behold <02009>, Elijah <0452> met <07125> him: and he knew <05234> him, and fell <05307> on <05921> his face <06440>, and said <0559>, [Art] thou that my lord <0113> Elijah <0452>?

8 And he answered <0559> him, I [am]: go <03212>, tell <0559> thy lord <0113>, Behold <02009>, Elijah <0452> [is here].

9 And he said <0559>, What <04100> have I sinned <02398>, that thou wouldest deliver <05414> thy servant <05650> into the hand <03027> of Ahab <0256>, to slay <04191> me?

10 [As] the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> liveth <02416>, there is no <0518> nation <01471> or kingdom <04467>, whither my lord <0113> hath not sent <07971> to seek <01245> thee: and when they said <0559>, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath <07650> of the kingdom <04467> and nation <01471>, that they found <04672> thee not.

11 And now <06258> thou sayest <0559>, Go <03212>, tell <0559> thy lord <03068>, Behold <02009>, Elijah <0452> [is here].

12 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [as soon as] I am gone <03212> from thee, that the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> shall carry <05375> thee whither I know <03045> not; and [so] when I come <0935> and tell <05046> Ahab <0256>, and he cannot <03808> find <04672> thee, he shall slay <02026> me: but I thy servant <05650> fear <03372> the LORD <03068> from my youth <05271>.

13 Was it not told <05046> my lord <0113> what I did <06213> when Jezebel <0348> slew <02026> the prophets <05030> of the LORD <03068>, how I hid <02244> an hundred <03967> men <0376> of the LORD'S <03068> prophets <05030> by fifty <02572> in a cave <04631>, and fed <03557> them with bread <03899> and water <04325>?

14 And now <06258> thou sayest <0559>, Go <03212>, tell <0559> thy lord <0113>, Behold <02009>, Elijah <0452> [is here]: and he shall slay <02026> me.

15 And Elijah <0452> said <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> liveth <02416>, before <06440> whom <0834> I stand <05975>, I will surely <03588> shew <07200> myself unto him to day <03117>.

16 So Obadiah <05662> went <03212> to meet <07125> Ahab <0256>, and told <05046> him: and Ahab <0256> went <03212> to meet <07125> Elijah <0452>.

17. And it came <01961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> saw <07200> Elijah <0452>, that Ahab <0256> said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou he that troubleth <05916> Israel <03478>?

18 And he answered <0559>, I have not troubled <05916> Israel <03478>; but thou, and thy father's <01> house <01004>, in that ye have forsaken <05800> the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068>, and thou hast followed Baalim <01168>.

19 Now <06258> therefore send <07971>, [and] gather <06908> to me all <03605> Israel <03478> unto mount <02022> Carmel <03760>, and the prophets <05030> of Baal <01168> four <0702> hundred <03967> and fifty <02572>, and the prophets <05030> of the groves <0842> four <0702> hundred <03967>, which eat <0398> at Jezebel's <0348> table <07979>.

20 So Ahab <0256> sent <07971> unto all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and gathered <06908> the prophets <05030> together unto mount <02022> Carmel <03760>.

21. And Elijah <0452> came <05066> unto all <03605> the people <05971>, and said <0559>, How <05704> long <05704> halt <06452> ye between <05921> two <08147> opinions <05587>? if <0518> the LORD <03068> [be] God <0430>, follow him: but if <0518> Baal <01168>, [then] follow him. And the people <05971> answered <06030> him not a word <01697>.

22 Then said <0559> Elijah <0452> unto the people <05971>, I, [even] I only <0905>, remain <03498> a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068>; but Baal's <01168> prophets <05030> [are] four <0702> hundred <03967> and fifty <02572> men <0376>.

23 Let them therefore give <05414> us two <08147> bullocks <06499>; and let them choose <0977> one <0259> bullock <06499> for themselves <01992>, and cut <05408> it in pieces, and lay <07760> [it] on <05921> wood <06086>, and put <07760> no <03808> fire <0784> [under]: and I will dress <06213> the other <0259> bullock <06499>, and lay <07760> [it] on <05921> wood <06086>, and put <07760> no <03808> fire <0784> [under]:

24 And call <07121> ye on the name <08034> of your gods <0430>, and I will call <07121> on the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>: and the God <0430> that answereth <06030> by fire <0784>, let him be God <0430>. And all <03605> the people <05971> answered <06030> and said <0559>, It is well <02896> spoken <01697>.

25 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto the prophets <05030> of Baal <01168>, Choose <0977> you one <0259> bullock <06499> for yourselves, and dress <06213> [it] first <07223>; for ye [are] many <07227>; and call <07121> on the name <08034> of your gods <0430>, but put <07760> no <03808> fire <0784> [under].

26 And they took <03947> the bullock <06499> which was given <05414> them, and they dressed <06213> [it], and called <07121> on the name <08034> of Baal <01168> from morning <01242> even until <05704> noon <06672>, saying <0559>, O Baal <01168>, hear <06030> us. But [there was] no <0369> voice <06963>, nor <0369> any that answered <06030>. And they leaped <06452> upon the altar <04196> which <0834> was made <06213>.

27 And it came <01961> to pass at noon <06672>, that Elijah <0452> mocked <02048> them, and said <0559>, Cry <07121> aloud: for he [is] a god <0430>; either <03588> he is talking <07879>, or he is pursuing <07873>, or he is in a journey <01870>, [or] peradventure <0194> he sleepeth <03463>, and must be awaked <03364>.

28 And they cried <07121> aloud, and cut <01413> themselves after their manner <04941> with knives <02719> and lancets <07420>, till <05704> the blood <01818> gushed <08210> out upon them.

29 And it came <01961> to pass, when midday <06672> was past <05674>, and they prophesied <05012> until <05704> the [time] of the offering <05927> of the [evening] sacrifice <04503>, that [there was] neither <0369> voice <06963>, nor <0369> any to answer <06030>, nor <0369> any that regarded <07182>.

30 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto all <03605> the people <05971>, Come <05066> near <05066> unto me. And all <03605> the people <05971> came <05066> near <05066> unto him. And he repaired <07495> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> [that was] broken <02040> down.

31 And Elijah <0452> took <03947> twelve stones <068>, according to the number <04557> of the tribes <07626> of the sons <01121> of Jacob <03290>, unto whom <0834> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961>, saying <0559>, Israel <03478> shall be thy name <08034>:

32 And with the stones <068> he built <01129> an altar <04196> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>: and he made <06213> a trench <08585> about <05439> the altar <04196>, as great <01004> as would contain <01004> two measures <05429> of seed <02233>.

33 And he put <06186> the wood <06086> in order <06186>, and cut <05408> the bullock <06499> in pieces, and laid <07760> [him] on <05921> the wood <06086>, and said <0559>, Fill <04390> four <0702> barrels <03537> with water <04325>, and pour <03332> [it] on <05921> the burnt <05930> sacrifice, and on <05921> the wood <06086>.

34 And he said <0559>, Do [it] the second <08138> time. And they did [it] the second <08138> time. And he said <0559>, Do [it] the third <08027> time. And they did [it] the third <08027> time.

35 And the water <04325> ran <07323> round <05439> about the altar <04196>; and he filled <04390> the trench <08565> also <01571> with water <04325>.

36 And it came <01961> to pass at [the time of] the offering <05927> of the [evening] sacrifice <04503>, that Elijah <0452> the prophet <05030> came <05066> near <05066>, and said <0559>, LORD <03068> God <0430> of Abraham <085>, Isaac <03327>, and of Israel <03478>, let it be known <03045> this <02088> day <03117> that thou [art] God <0430> in Israel <03478>, and [that] I [am] thy servant <05650>, and [that] I have done <06213> all <03605> these <0428> things <01697> at thy word <01697>.

37 Hear <06030> me, O LORD <03068>, hear <06030> me, that this <02088> people <05971> may know <03045> that thou [art] the LORD <03068> God <0430>, and [that] thou hast turned <05437> their heart <03820> back <0322> again <0322>.

38 Then the fire <0784> of the LORD <03068> fell <05307>, and consumed <0398> the burnt <05930> sacrifice, and the wood <06086>, and the stones <068>, and the dust <06083>, and licked <03897> up the water <04325> that [was] in the trench <08565>.

39 And when all <03605> the people <05971> saw <07200> [it], they fell <05307> on <05921> their faces <06440>: and they said <0559>, The LORD <03068>, he [is] the God <0430>; the LORD <03068>, he [is] the God <0430>.

40 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto them, Take <08610> the prophets <05030> of Baal <01168>; let not one <0376> of them escape <04422>. And they took <08610> them: and Elijah <0452> brought <03381> them down <03281> to the brook <05158> Kishon <07028>, and slew <07819> them there <08033>.

41. And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto Ahab <0256>, Get <05927> thee up, eat <0398> and drink <08354>; for [there is] a sound <06963> of abundance <01995> of rain <01653>.

42 So Ahab <0256> went <05927> up to eat <0398> and to drink <08354>. And Elijah <0452> went <05927> up to the top <07218> of Carmel <03760>; and he cast <01457> himself down <01457> upon the earth <0776>, and put <07760> his face <06440> between <0996> his knees <01290>,

43 And said <0559> to his servant <05288>, Go <05927> up now <04994>, look <05027> toward <01870> the sea <03220>. And he went <05927> up, and looked <05027>, and said <0559>, [There is] nothing. And he said <0559>, Go <07725> again <07725> seven <07651> times <06471>.

44 And it came <01961> to pass at the seventh <07637> time, that he said <0559>, Behold <02009>, there ariseth <05927> a little <06996> cloud <05645> out of the sea <03220>, like a man's <0376> hand <03709>. And he said <0559>, Go <05927> up, say <0559> unto Ahab <0256>, Prepare <0631> [thy chariot], and get <03381> thee down <03381>, that the rain <01653> stop <06113> thee not.

45 And it came <01961> to pass in the mean while <03541>, that the heaven <08064> was black <06937> with clouds <05645> and wind <07307>, and there was a great <01419> rain <01653>. And Ahab <0256> rode <07392>, and went <03212> to Jezreel <03157>.

46 And the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was on <0413> Elijah <0452>; and he girded <08151> up his loins <04975>, and ran <07323> before <06440> Ahab <0256> to the entrance <0935> of Jezreel <03157>.

1Kings 19

1. And Ahab <0256> told <05046> Jezebel <0348> all <03605> that Elijah <0452> had done <06213>, and withal how <0834> he had slain <02026> all <03605> the prophets <05030> with the sword <02719>.

2 Then Jezebel <0348> sent <07971> a messenger <04397> unto Elijah <0452>, saying <0559>, So <03541> let the gods <0430> do <06213> [to me], and more <03254> also <03541>, if I make <07760> not thy life <05315> as the life <05315> of one <0259> of them by to morrow <04279> about this time <06256>.

3 And when he saw <07200> [that], he arose <06965>, and went <03212> for his life <05315>, and came <0935> to Beersheba <0884>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Judah <03063>, and left <03240> his servant <05288> there <08033>.

4 But he himself <01931> went <01980> a day's <03117> journey <01870> into the wilderness <04057>, and came <0935> and sat <03427> down under <08478> a juniper <07574> tree: and he requested <07592> for himself <05315> that he might die <04191>; and said <0559>, It is enough <07227>; now <06258>, O LORD <03068>, take <03947> away my life <05315>; for I [am] not better <02896> than my fathers <01>.

5 And as he lay <07901> and slept <03462> under <08478> a juniper <07574> tree, behold <02009>, then an angel <04397> touched <05060> him, and said <0559> unto him, Arise <06965> [and] eat <0398>.

6 And he looked <05027>, and, behold <02009>, [there was] a cake <05692> baken on the coals <07529>, and a cruse <06835> of water <04325> at his head <04763>. And he did eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and laid <07901> him down <07901> again <07725>.

7 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> came <07725> again <07725> the second <08145> time, and touched <05060> him, and said <0559>, Arise <06965> [and] eat <0398>; because <03588> the journey <01870> [is] too great <07227> for thee.

8 And he arose <06965>, and did eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and went <03212> in the strength <03581> of that meat <0396> forty <0705> days <03117> and forty <0705> nights <03915> unto Horeb <02722> the mount <02022> of God <0430>.

9. And he came <0935> thither <08033> unto a cave <04631>, and lodged <03885> there <08033>; and, behold <02009>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> [came] to him, and he said <0559> unto him, What <04100> doest thou here <06311>, Elijah <0452>?

10 And he said <0559>, I have been very jealous <07065> for the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635>: for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have forsaken <05800> thy covenant <01285>, thrown <02040> down <02040> thine altars <04196>, and slain <02026> thy prophets <05030> with the sword <02719>; and I, [even] I only <0905>, am left <03498>; and they seek <01245> my life <05315>, to take <03947> it away.

11 And he said <0559>, Go <03318> forth <03318>, and stand <05975> upon the mount <02022> before <06440> the LORD <03068>. And, behold <02009>, the LORD <03068> passed <05674> by, and a great <01419> and strong <02389> wind <07307> rent <06561> the mountains <02022>, and brake <07665> in pieces the rocks <05553> before <06440> the LORD <03068>; [but] the LORD <03068> [was] not in the wind <07307>: and after <0310> the wind <07307> an earthquake <07494>; [but] the LORD <03068> [was] not in the earthquake <07494>:

12 And after <0310> the earthquake <07494> a fire <0784>; [but] the LORD <03068> [was] not in the fire <0784>: and after <0310> the fire <0784> a still <01827> small <01851> voice <06963>.

13 And it was [so], when Elijah <0452> heard <08085> [it], that he wrapped <03874> his face <06440> in his mantle <0155>, and went <03318> out, and stood <05975> in the entering <06607> in of the cave <04631>. And, behold <02009>, [there came <0935>] a voice <06963> unto him, and said <0559>, What <04100> doest thou here <06311>, Elijah <0452>?

14 And he said <0559>, I have been very jealous <07065> for the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635>: because <03588> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have forsaken <05800> thy covenant <01285>, thrown <02040> down <02040> thine altars <04196>, and slain <02026> thy prophets <05030> with the sword <02719>; and I, [even] I only <0905>, am left <03498>; and they seek <01245> my life <05315>, to take <03947> it away.

15 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Go <03212>, return <07725> on thy way <01870> to the wilderness <04057> of Damascus <01834>: and when thou comest <0935>, anoint <04886> Hazael <02371> [to be] king <04428> over <05921> Syria <0758>:

16 And Jehu <03058> the son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> shalt thou anoint <04886> [to be] king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>: and Elisha <0477> the son <01121> of Shaphat <08202> of Abelmeholah <065> shalt thou anoint <04886> [to be] prophet <05030> in thy room <08478>.

17 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [that] him that escapeth <04422> the sword <02719> of Hazael <02371> shall Jehu <03058> slay <04191>: and him that escapeth <04422> from the sword <02719> of Jehu <03058> shall Elisha <0477> slay <04191>.

18 Yet I have left <07604> [me] seven <07651> thousand <0505> in Israel <03478>, all <03605> the knees <01290> which <0834> have not bowed <03766> unto Baal <01168>, and every <03605> mouth <06310> which <0834> hath not kissed <05401> him.

19. So he departed <03212> thence <08033>, and found <04672> Elisha <0477> the son <01121> of Shaphat <08202>, who <01931> [was] plowing <02790> [with] twelve yoke <06776> [of oxen] before <06440> him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah <0452> passed <05674> by him, and cast <07993> his mantle <0155> upon him.

20 And he left <05800> the oxen <01241>, and ran <07323> after <0310> Elijah <0452>, and said <0559>, Let me, I pray <04994> thee, kiss <05401> my father <01> and my mother <0517>, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said <0559> unto him, Go <03212> back <07725> again <07725>: for what <04100> have I done <06213> to thee?

21 And he returned <07725> back <07725> from him, and took <03947> a yoke <06776> of oxen <01241>, and slew <02076> them, and boiled <01310> their flesh <01320> with the instruments <03627> of the oxen <01241>, and gave <05414> unto the people <05971>, and they did eat <0398>. Then he arose <06965>, and went <03212> after <0310> Elijah <0452>, and ministered <08334> unto him.

1Kings 20

1. And Benhadad <01131> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> gathered <06908> all <03605> his host <02428> together: and [there were] thirty <07970> and two <08147> kings <04428> with him, and horses <05483>, and chariots <07393>: and he went <05927> up and besieged <06696> Samaria <08111>, and warred <03898> against it.

2 And he sent <07971> messengers <04397> to Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478> into the city <05892>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559> Benhadad <01131>,

3 Thy silver <03701> and thy gold <02091> [is] mine; thy wives <0802> also and thy children <01121>, [even] the goodliest <02896>, [are] mine.

4 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> and said <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, according to thy saying <01697>, I [am] thine, and all <03605> that I have.

5 And the messengers <04397> came <07725> again <07725>, and said <0559>, Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> Benhadad <01131>, saying <0559>, Although <03588> I have sent <07971> unto thee, saying <0559>, Thou shalt deliver <05414> me thy silver <03701>, and thy gold <02091>, and thy wives <0802>, and thy children <01121>;

6 Yet <03588> I will send <07971> my servants <05650> unto thee to morrow <04279> about this time <06256>, and they shall search <02664> thine house <01004>, and the houses <01004> of thy servants <05650>; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever <03605> is pleasant <04261> in thine eyes <05869>, they shall put <07760> [it] in their hand <03027>, and take <03947> [it] away.

7 Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> called <07121> all <03605> the elders <02205> of the land <0776>, and said <0559>, Mark <03045>, I pray <04994> you, and see <07200> how <03588> this <02088> [man] seeketh <01245> mischief <07451>: for he sent <07971> unto me for my wives <0802>, and for my children <01121>, and for my silver <03701>, and for my gold <02091>; and I denied <04513> him not.

8 And all <03605> the elders <02205> and all <03605> the people <05971> said <0559> unto him, Hearken <08085> not [unto him], nor <03808> consent <014>.

9 Wherefore he said <0559> unto the messengers <04397> of Benhadad <01131>, Tell <0559> my lord <0113> the king <04428>, All <03605> that thou didst send <07971> for to thy servant <05650> at the first <07223> I will do <06213>: but this <02088> thing <01697> I may <03201> not do <06213>. And the messengers <04397> departed <03212>, and brought <07725> him word <01697> again <07725>.

10 And Benhadad <01131> sent <07971> unto him, and said <0559>, The gods <0430> do <06213> so <03541> unto me, and more <03254> also <03541>, if the dust <06083> of Samaria <08111> shall suffice <05606> for handfuls <08168> for all <03605> the people <05971> that follow <07272> me.

11 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> and said <0559>, Tell <01696> [him], Let not him that girdeth <02296> on [his harness] boast <01984> himself as he that putteth <06605> it off.

12. And it came <01961> to pass, when [Benhadad] heard <08085> this <02088> message <01697>, as he [was] drinking <08354>, he and the kings <04428> in the pavilions <05521>, that he said <0559> unto his servants <05650>, Set <07760> [yourselves in array]. And they set <07760> [themselves in array] against <05921> the city <05892>.

13 And, behold <02009>, there came <05066> a prophet <05030> unto Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Hast thou seen <07200> all <03605> this <02088> great <01419> multitude <01995>? behold <02005>, I will deliver <05414> it into thine hand <03027> this <02088> day <03117>; and thou shalt know <03045> that I [am] the LORD <03068>.

14 And Ahab <0256> said <0559>, By whom <04310>? And he said <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, [Even] by the young <05288> men of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>. Then he said <0559>, Who <04310> shall order <0631> the battle <04421>? And he answered <0559>, Thou.

15 Then he numbered <06485> the young <05288> men of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>, and they were two <08147> hundred <03967> and thirty <07970> two <08147>: and after <0310> them he numbered <06485> all <03605> the people <05971>, [even] all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, [being] seven <07651> thousand <0505>.

16 And they went <03318> out at noon <06672>. But Benhadad <01130> [was] drinking <08354> himself drunk <07910> in the pavilions <05521>, he and the kings <04428>, the thirty <07970> and two <08147> kings <04428> that helped <05826> him.

17 And the young <05288> men of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082> went <03318> out first <07223>; and Benhadad <01130> sent <07971> out, and they told <05046> him, saying <0559>, There are men <0582> come <03318> out of Samaria <08111>.

18 And he said <0559>, Whether <0518> they be come <03318> out for peace <07965>, take <08610> them alive <02416>; or whether <0518> they be come <03318> out for war <04421>, take <08610> them alive <02416>.

19 So these <0428> young <05288> men of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082> came <03318> out of the city <05892>, and the army <02428> which <0834> followed <0310> them.

20 And they slew <05221> every <0376> one <0376> his man <0376>: and the Syrians <0758> fled <05127>; and Israel <03478> pursued <07291> them: and Benhadad <01130> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> escaped <04422> on <05921> an horse <05483> with the horsemen <06571>.

21 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went <03318> out, and smote <05221> the horses <05483> and chariots <07393>, and slew <05221> the Syrians <0758> with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>.

22. And the prophet <05030> came <05066> to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> unto him, Go <03212>, strengthen <02388> thyself, and mark <03045>, and see <07200> what thou doest <06213>: for at the return <08666> of the year <08141> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> will come <05927> up against <05921> thee.

23 And the servants <05650> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> said <0559> unto him, Their gods <0430> [are] gods <0430> of the hills <02022>; therefore they were stronger <02388> than we; but let us fight <03898> against them in the plain <04334>, and surely <0518> we shall be stronger <02388> than they.

24 And do <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>, Take <05493> the kings <04428> away, every <0376> man <0376> out of his place <04725>, and put <07760> captains <06346> in their rooms <08478>:

25 And number <04487> thee an army <02428>, like the army <02428> that thou hast lost <05307>, horse <05483> for horse <05483>, and chariot <07393> for chariot <07393>: and we will fight <03898> against them in the plain <04334>, [and] surely <0518> we shall be stronger <02388> than they. And he hearkened <08085> unto their voice <06963>, and did <06213> so <03651>.

26 And it came <01961> to pass at the return <08666> of the year <08141>, that Benhadad <01130> numbered <06485> the Syrians <0758>, and went <05927> up to Aphek <0663>, to fight <04421> against <05973> Israel <03478>.

27 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were numbered <06485>, and were all present <03557>, and went <03212> against <07125> them: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> pitched <02583> before <05048> them like two <08147> little <02835> flocks <02835> of kids <05795>; but the Syrians <0758> filled <04390> the country <0776>.

28 And there came <05066> a man <0376> of God <0430>, and spake <0559> unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Because the Syrians <0758> have said <0559>, The LORD <03068> [is] God <0430> of the hills <02022>, but he [is] not God <0430> of the valleys <06010>, therefore will I deliver <05414> all <03605> this <02088> great <01419> multitude into thine hand <03027>, and ye shall know <03045> that I [am] the LORD <03068>.

29 And they pitched <02583> one <0259> over <05227> against <05227> the other <0428> seven <07651> days <03117>. And [so] it was, that in the seventh <07637> day <03117> the battle <04421> was joined <07126>: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> slew <05221> of the Syrians <0758> an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> footmen <07273> in one <0259> day <03117>.

30 But the rest <03498> fled <05127> to Aphek <0663>, into <0413> the city <05892>; and [there] a wall <02346> fell <05307> upon twenty <06242> and seven <07651> thousand <0505> of the men <0376> [that were] left <03498>. And Benhadad <01130> fled <05127>, and came <0935> into <0413> the city <05892>, into <0413> an inner <02315> chamber <02315>.

31. And his servants <05650> said <0559> unto him, Behold <02009> now <04994>, we have heard <08085> that the kings <04428> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> [are] merciful <02617> kings <04428>: let us, I pray <04994> thee, put <07760> sackcloth <08242> on our loins <04975>, and ropes <02256> upon our heads <07218>, and go <03318> out to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>: peradventure <0194> he will save <02421> thy life <05315>.

32 So they girded <02296> sackcloth <08242> on their loins <04975>, and [put] ropes <02256> on their heads <07218>, and came <0935> to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559>, Thy servant <05650> Benhadad <01130> saith <0559>, I pray <04994> thee, let me live <02421>. And he said <0559>, [Is] he yet <03588> alive <02416>? he [is] my brother <0251>.

33 Now the men <0582> did diligently <05172> observe <05172> whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily <04116> catch <02480> [it]: and they said <0559>, Thy brother <0251> Benhadad <01130>. Then he said <0559>, Go <0935> ye, bring <03947> him. Then Benhadad <01130> came <03318> forth <03318> to him; and he caused him to come <05927> up into <05921> the chariot <04818>.

34 And [Benhadad] said <0559> unto him, The cities <05892>, which <0834> my father <01> took <03947> from thy father <01>, I will restore <07725>; and thou shalt make <07760> streets <02351> for thee in Damascus <01834>, as my father <01> made <07760> in Samaria <08111>. Then [said Ahab], I will send <07971> thee away with this covenant <01285>. So he made <03772> a covenant <01285> with him, and sent <07971> him away.

35 And a certain <0259> man <0376> of the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> said <0559> unto his neighbour <07453> in the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, Smite <05221> me, I pray <04994> thee. And the man <0376> refused <03985> to smite <05221> him.

36 Then said <0559> he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed <08085> the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, behold <02009>, as soon as thou art departed <01980> from me, a lion <0738> shall slay <05221> thee. And as soon as he was departed <03212> from him, a lion <0738> found <04672> him, and slew <05221> him.

37 Then he found <04672> another <0312> man <0376>, and said <0559>, Smite <05221> me, I pray <04994> thee. And the man <0376> smote <05221> him, so that in smiting <05221> he wounded <06481> [him].

38 So the prophet <05030> departed <03212>, and waited <05975> for the king <04428> by the way <01870>, and disguised <02664> himself with ashes <0665> upon his face <05869>.

39 And as the king <04428> passed <05674> by, he cried <06817> unto the king <04428>: and he said <0559>, Thy servant <05650> went <03318> out into the midst <07130> of the battle <04421>; and, behold <02009>, a man <0376> turned <05493> aside, and brought <0935> a man <0376> unto me, and said <0559>, Keep <08104> this <02088> man <0376>: if <0518> by any means he be missing <06485>, then shall thy life <05315> be for his life <05315>, or <0176> else thou shalt pay <08254> a talent <03603> of silver <03701>.

40 And as thy servant <05650> was busy <06213> here <02008> and there <02008>, he was gone <0369>. And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> unto him, So <03651> [shall] thy judgment <04941> [be]; thyself hast decided <02782> [it].

41 And he hasted <04116>, and took the ashes <0665> away <05493> from his face <05869>; and the king <04428> of Israel <03478> discerned <05234> him that he [was] of the prophets <05030>.

42 And he said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Because <03282> thou hast let go <07971> out of [thy] hand <03027> a man <0376> whom I appointed <02764> to utter destruction <02764>, therefore thy life <05315> shall go <01961> for his life <05315>, and thy people <05971> for his people <05971>.

43 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went <03212> to his house <01004> heavy <05620> and displeased <02198>, and came <0935> to Samaria <08111>.

1Kings 21

1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> these <0428> things <01697>, [that] Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> had <01961> a vineyard <03754>, which <0834> [was] in Jezreel <03157>, hard <0681> by the palace <01964> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Samaria <08111>.

2 And Ahab <0256> spake <01696> unto Naboth <05022>, saying <0559>, Give <05414> me thy vineyard <03754>, that I may have <01961> it for a garden <01588> of herbs <03419>, because <03588> it [is] near <07138> unto my house <01004>: and I will give <05414> thee for it a better <02896> vineyard <03754> than it; [or <0176>], if <0518> it seem good <02896> to thee, I will give <05414> thee the worth <04242> of it in money <03701>.

3 And Naboth <05022> said <0559> to Ahab <0256>, The LORD <03068> forbid <02486> it me, that I should give <05414> the inheritance <05159> of my fathers <01> unto thee.

4 And Ahab <0256> came <0935> into <0413> his house <01004> heavy <05620> and displeased <02198> because <05921> of the word <01697> which <0834> Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> had spoken <01696> to him: for he had said <0559>, I will not give <05414> thee the inheritance <05159> of my fathers <01>. And he laid <07901> him down <07901> upon his bed <04296>, and turned <05437> away his face <06440>, and would eat <0398> no <03808> bread <03899>.

5. But Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> came <0935> to him, and said <01696> unto him, Why <04100> is thy spirit <07307> so sad <05620>, that thou eatest <0398> no <0369> bread <03899>?

6 And he said <01696> unto her, Because <03588> I spake <01696> unto Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>, and said <0559> unto him, Give <05414> me thy vineyard <03754> for money <03701>; or else, if <0518> it please <02655> thee, I will give <05414> thee [another] vineyard <03754> for it: and he answered <0559>, I will not give <05414> thee my vineyard <03754>.

7 And Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> said <0559> unto him, Dost thou now <06258> govern <06213> the kingdom <04410> of Israel <03478>? arise <06965>, [and] eat <0398> bread <03899>, and let thine heart <03820> be merry <03190>: I will give <05414> thee the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>.

8 So she wrote <03789> letters <05612> in Ahab's <0256> name <08034>, and sealed <02856> [them] with his seal <02368>, and sent <07971> the letters <05612> unto the elders <02205> and to the nobles <02715> that [were] in his city <05892>, dwelling <03427> with Naboth <05022>.

9 And she wrote <03789> in the letters <05612>, saying <0559>, Proclaim <07121> a fast <06685>, and set <03427> Naboth <05022> on high <07218> among the people <05971>:

10 And set <03427> two <08147> men <0582>, sons <01121> of Belial <01100>, before <05048> him, to bear <05749> witness <05749> against him, saying <0559>, Thou didst blaspheme <01288> God <0430> and the king <04428>. And [then] carry <03318> him out, and stone <05619> him, that he may die <04191>.

11 And the men <0582> of his city <05892>, [even] the elders <02205> and the nobles <02715> who <0834> were the inhabitants <03427> in his city <05892>, did <06213> as Jezebel <0348> had sent <07971> unto them, [and] as it [was] written <03789> in the letters <05612> which <0834> she had sent <07971> unto them.

12 They proclaimed <07121> a fast <06685>, and set <03427> Naboth <05022> on high <07218> among the people <05971>.

13 And there came <0935> in two <08147> men <0582>, children <01121> of Belial <01100>, and sat <03427> before <05048> him: and the men <0582> of Belial <01100> witnessed <05749> against him, [even] against Naboth <05022>, in the presence <05048> of the people <05971>, saying <0559>, Naboth <05022> did blaspheme <01288> God <0430> and the king <04428>. Then they carried <03318> him forth <03318> out of the city <05892>, and stoned <05619> him with stones <068>, that he died <04191>.

14 Then they sent <07971> to Jezebel <0348>, saying <0559>, Naboth <05022> is stoned <05619>, and is dead <04191>.

15 And it came <01961> to pass, when Jezebel <0348> heard <08085> that Naboth <05022> was stoned <05619>, and was dead <04191>, that Jezebel <0348> said <0559> to Ahab <0256>, Arise <06965>, take <03423> possession <03423> of the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>, which <0834> he refused <03985> to give <05414> thee for money <03701>: for Naboth <05022> is not alive <02416>, but dead <04191>.

16 And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> Ahab <0256> heard <08085> that Naboth <05022> was dead <04191>, that Ahab <0256> rose <06965> up to go <03381> down <03381> to the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>, to take <03423> possession <03423> of it.

17. And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, saying <0559>,

18 Arise <06965>, go <03381> down <03381> to meet <07125> Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, which <0834> [is] in Samaria <08111>: behold <02009>, [he is] in the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022>, whither he is gone <03381> down <03381> to possess <03423> it.

19 And thou shalt speak <01696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Hast thou killed <07523>, and also <01571> taken possession <03423>? And thou shalt speak <01696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, In the place <04725> where <0834> dogs <03611> licked <03952> the blood <01818> of Naboth <05022> shall dogs <03611> lick <03952> thy blood <01818>, even <01571> thine <0859>.

20 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> to Elijah <0452>, Hast thou found <04672> me, O mine enemy <0341>? And he answered <0559>, I have found <04672> [thee]: because <03588> thou hast sold <04376> thyself to work <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>.

21 Behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> evil <07451> upon thee, and will take <01197> away thy posterity <0310>, and will cut <03772> off from Ahab <0256> him that pisseth <08366> against the wall <07023>, and him that is shut <06113> up and left <05800> in Israel <03478>,

22 And will make <05414> thine house <01004> like the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, and like the house <01004> of Baasha <01201> the son <01121> of Ahijah <0281>, for the provocation <03708> wherewith <0834> thou hast provoked [me] to anger <03707>, and made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>.

23 And of Jezebel <0348> also <01571> spake <01696> the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, The dogs <03611> shall eat <0398> Jezebel <0348> by the wall <02426> of Jezreel <03157>.

24 Him that dieth <04191> of Ahab <0256> in the city <05892> the dogs <03611> shall eat <0398>; and him that dieth <04191> in the field <07704> shall the fowls <05775> of the air <08064> eat <0398>.

25 But there was none <03808> like unto Ahab <0256>, which <0834> did sell <04376> himself to work <06213> wickedness <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, whom <0834> Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> stirred <05496> up.

26 And he did very <03966> abominably <08581> in following idols <01544>, according to all <03605> [things] as did <06213> the Amorites <0567>, whom <0834> the LORD <03068> cast <03423> out before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.

27 And it came <01961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> heard <08085> those <0428> words <01697>, that he rent <07167> his clothes <0899>, and put <07760> sackcloth <08242> upon his flesh <01320>, and fasted <06684>, and lay <07901> in sackcloth <08242>, and went <01980> softly <0328>.

28 And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, saying <0559>,

29 Seest <07200> thou how <03588> Ahab <0256> humbleth <03665> himself before <06440> me? because <03588> he humbleth <03665> himself before <06440> me, I will not bring <0935> the evil <07451> in his days <03117>: [but] in his son's <01121> days <03117> will I bring <0935> the evil <07451> upon his house <01004>.

1Kings 22

1. And they continued <03427> three <07969> years <08141> without war <04421> between <0996> Syria <0758> and Israel <03478>.

2 And it came <01961> to pass in the third <07992> year <08141>, that Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> came <03381> down <03381> to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.

3 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> unto his servants <05650>, Know <03045> ye that Ramoth <07216> in Gilead <01568> [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take <03947> it not out of the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758>?

4 And he said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>, Wilt thou go <03212> with me to battle <04421> to Ramothgilead <07433>? And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, I [am] as thou [art], my people <05971> as thy people <05971>, my horses <05483> as thy horses <05483>.

5 And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559> unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, Enquire <01875>, I pray <04994> thee, at the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to day <03117>.

6 Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> gathered <06908> the prophets <05030> together, about four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>, and said <0559> unto them, Shall I go <03212> against <05921> Ramothgilead <07433> to battle <04421>, or shall I forbear <02308>? And they said <0559>, Go <05927> up; for the Lord <0136> shall deliver <05414> [it] into the hand <03027> of the king <04428>.

7 And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, [Is there] not here <06311> a prophet <05030> of the LORD <03068> besides <05750>, that we might enquire <01875> of him?

8 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>, [There is] yet <03588> one <0259> man <0376>, Micaiah <04321> the son <01121> of Imlah <03229>, by whom we may enquire <01875> of the LORD <03068>: but I hate <08130> him; for he doth not prophesy <05012> good <02896> concerning <05921> me, but evil <07451>. And Jehoshaphat <03092> said <0559>, Let not the king <04428> say <0559> so <03651>.

9 Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> called <07121> an officer <05631>, and said <0559>, Hasten <04116> [hither] Micaiah <04321> the son <01121> of Imlah <03229>.

10 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> sat <03427> each <0376> on <05921> his throne <03678>, having put <03847> on their robes <0899>, in a void <01637> place <04725> in the entrance <06607> of the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>; and all <03605> the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> before <06440> them.

11 And Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Chenaanah <03668> made <06213> him horns <07161> of iron <01270>: and he said <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, With these <0428> shalt thou push <05055> the Syrians <0758>, until <05704> thou have consumed <03615> them.

12 And all <03605> the prophets <05030> prophesied <05012> so, saying <0559>, Go <05927> up to Ramothgilead <07433>, and prosper <06743>: for the LORD <03068> shall deliver <05414> [it] into the king's <04428> hand <03027>.

13 And the messenger <04397> that was gone <01980> to call <07121> Micaiah <04321> spake <01696> unto him, saying <0559>, Behold <02009> now <04994>, the words <01697> of the prophets <05030> [declare] good <02896> unto the king <04428> with one <0259> mouth <06310>: let thy word <01697>, I pray <04994> thee, be like the word <01697> of one <0259> of them, and speak <01696> [that which is] good <02896>.

14 And Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, what the LORD <03068> saith <0559> unto me, that will I speak <01696>.

15. So he came <0935> to the king <04428>. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Micaiah <04321>, shall we go <03212> against <0413> Ramothgilead <07433> to battle <04421>, or shall we forbear <02308>? And he answered <0559> him, Go <05927>, and prosper <06743>: for the LORD <03068> shall deliver <05414> [it] into the hand <03027> of the king <04428>.

16 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, How <05704> many times <06471> shall I adjure <07650> thee that thou tell <01696> me nothing <03808> but [that which is] true <0571> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>?

17 And he said <0559>, I saw <07200> all <03605> Israel <03478> scattered <06327> upon the hills <02022>, as sheep <06629> that have not a shepherd <07462>: and the LORD <03068> said <0559>, These <0428> have no <03808> master <0113>: let them return <07725> every man <0376> to his house <01004> in peace <07965>.

18 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>, Did I not tell <0559> thee that he would prophesy <05012> no <03808> good <02896> concerning <05921> me, but evil <07451>?

19 And he said <0559>, Hear <08085> thou therefore <03651> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>: I saw <07200> the LORD <03068> sitting <03427> on <05921> his throne <03678>, and all <03605> the host of heaven <08064> standing <05975> by him on his right <03225> hand and on his left <08040>.

20 And the LORD <03068> said <0559>, Who <04310> shall persuade <06601> Ahab <0256>, that he may go <05927> up and fall <05307> at Ramothgilead <07433>? And one said <0559> on this <03541> manner <03541>, and another <02088> said <0559> on that manner <03541>.

21 And there <08033> came <03318> forth <03318> a spirit <07307>, and stood <05975> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, I will persuade <06601> him.

22 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Wherewith <04100>? And he said <0559>, I will go <03318> forth <03318>, and I will be a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouth <06310> of all <03605> his prophets <05030>. And he said <0559>, Thou shalt persuade <06601> [him], and prevail <03201> also <01571>: go <03318> forth <03318>, and do <06213> so <03651>.

23 Now <06258> therefore, behold <02009>, the LORD <03068> hath put <05414> a lying <08267> spirit <07307> in the mouth <06310> of all <03605> these <0428> thy prophets <05030>, and the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> evil <07451> concerning <05921> thee.

24 But Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Chenaanah <03668> went <05674> near <05066>, and smote <05221> Micaiah <04321> on <05921> the cheek <03895>, and said <0559>, Which way <02088> went <05674> the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> from me to speak <01696> unto thee?

25 And Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, Behold <02009>, thou shalt see <07200> in that day <03117>, when <0834> thou shalt go <0935> into an inner <02315> chamber <02315> to hide <02247> thyself.

26 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, Take <03947> Micaiah <04321>, and carry <07725> him back <07725> unto Amon <0526> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>, and to Joash <03101> the king's <04428> son <01121>;

27 And say <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the king <04428>, Put <07760> this <02088> [fellow] in the prison, and feed <0398> him with bread <03899> of affliction <03905> and with water <04325> of affliction <03905>, until <05704> I come <0935> in peace <07965>.

28 And Micaiah <04321> said <0559>, If <0518> thou return <07725> at all in peace <07965>, the LORD <03068> hath not spoken <01696> by me. And he said <0559>, Hearken <08085>, O people <05971>, every <03605> one of you.

29. So the king <04428> of Israel <03478> and Jehoshaphat <03092> the king <04428> of Judah <03063> went <05927> up to Ramothgilead <07433>.

30 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>, I will disguise <02664> myself, and enter <0935> into the battle <04421>; but put <03847> thou on thy robes <0899>. And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> disguised <02664> himself, and went <0935> into the battle <04421>.

31 But the king <04428> of Syria <0758> commanded <06680> his thirty <07970> and two <08147> captains <08269> that had rule over his chariots <07393>, saying <0559>, Fight <03898> neither <03808> with small <06996> nor great <01419>, save only <0905> with the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.

32 And it came <01961> to pass, when the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> saw <07200> Jehoshaphat <03092>, that they said <0559>, Surely <0389> it [is] the king <04428> of Israel <03478>. And they turned <05493> aside to fight <03898> against <05921> him: and Jehoshaphat <03092> cried <02199> out.

33 And it came <01961> to pass, when the captains <08269> of the chariots <07393> perceived <07200> that it [was] not the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, that they turned <07725> back <07725> from pursuing <0310> him.

34 And a [certain] man <0376> drew <04900> a bow <07198> at a venture <08537>, and smote <05221> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> between <0996> the joints <01694> of the harness <08302>: wherefore he said <0559> unto the driver <07395> of his chariot <07395>, Turn <02015> thine hand <03027>, and carry <03318> me out of the host <04264>; for I am wounded <02470>.

35 And the battle <04421> increased <05927> that day <03117>: and the king <04428> was stayed <05975> up in his chariot <04818> against <05227> the Syrians <0758>, and died <04191> at even <06153>: and the blood <01818> ran <03332> out of the wound <04347> into <0413> the midst <02436> of the chariot <07393>.

36 And there went <05674> a proclamation <07440> throughout the host <04264> about the going <0935> down of the sun <08121>, saying <0559>, Every man <0376> to his city <05892>, and every man <0376> to his own country <0776>.

37 So the king <04428> died <04191>, and was brought <0935> to Samaria <08111>; and they buried <06912> the king <04428> in Samaria <08111>.

38 And [one] washed <07857> the chariot <07393> in the pool <01295> of Samaria <08111>; and the dogs <03611> licked <03952> up his blood <01818>; and they washed <07364> his armour <02185>; according unto the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which <0834> he spake <01696>.

39 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Ahab <0256>, and all <03605> that he did <06213>, and the ivory <08127> house <01004> which <0834> he made <01129>, and all <03605> the cities <05892> that he built <01129>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>?

40 So Ahab <0256> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>; and Ahaziah <0274> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

41. And Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Asa <0609> began to reign <04427> over <05921> Judah <03063> in the fourth <0702> year <08141> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>.

42 Jehoshaphat <03092> [was] thirty <07970> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>; and he reigned <04427> twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Azubah <05806> the daughter <01323> of Shilhi <07977>.

43 And he walked <03212> in all <03605> the ways <01870> of Asa <0609> his father <01>; he turned <05493> not aside from it, doing <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>: nevertheless <0389> the high <01116> places were not taken <05493> away <05493>; [for] the people <05971> offered <02076> and burnt <06999> incense <06999> yet <03588> in the high <01116> places.

44 And Jehoshaphat <03092> made peace <07999> with the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.

45 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehoshaphat <03092>, and his might <01369> that he shewed <06213>, and how <0834> he warred <03898>, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>?

46 And the remnant <03499> of the sodomites <06945>, which remained <07604> in the days <03117> of his father <01> Asa <0609>, he took <01197> out of the land <0776>.

47 [There was] then no <0369> king <04428> in Edom <0123>: a deputy <05324> [was] king <04428>.

48 Jehoshaphat <03092> made <06235> ships <0591> of Tharshish <08659> to go <03212> to Ophir <0211> for gold <02091>: but they went <01980> not; for the ships <0591> were broken <07665> at Eziongeber <06100>.

49 Then <0227> said <0559> Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Ahab <0256> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>, Let my servants <05650> go <03212> with thy servants <05650> in the ships <0591>. But Jehoshaphat <03092> would <014> not.

50 And Jehoshaphat <03092> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>, and was buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732> his father <01>: and Jehoram <03088> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.

51 Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Ahab <0256> began to reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> the seventeenth <07651> year <08141> of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and reigned <04427> two years <08141> over <05921> Israel <03478>.

52 And he did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and walked <03212> in the way <01870> of his father <01>, and in the way <01870> of his mother <0517>, and in the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>:

53 For he served <05647> Baal <01168>, and worshipped <07812> him, and provoked to anger <03707> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, according to all <03605> that his father <01> had done <06213>.