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Kings |
1:1: Now king David was old and stricken in
years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. |
1:2: Wherefore his servants said unto him,
Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand
before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that
my lord the king may get heat. |
1:3: So they sought for a fair damsel
throughout all the coasts of |
1:4: And the damsel was very fair, and
cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. |
1:5: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted
himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen,
and fifty men to run before him. |
1:6: And his father had not displeased him at
any time in saying, Why hast thou done so?
and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after
Absalom. |
1:7: And he conferred with Joab the son of
Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped
him. |
1:8: But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty
men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. |
1:9: And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat
cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his
brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: |
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1:19: And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle
and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and
Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy
servant hath he not called. |
1:20: And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of
all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the
throne of my lord the king after him. |
1:21: Otherwise it shall come to pass, when
my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon
shall be counted offenders. |
1:22: And, lo, while she yet talked with the
king, Nathan the prophet also came in. |
1:23: And they told the king, saying, Behold
Nathan the prophet. And when he was
come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to
the ground. |
1:24: And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast
thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? |
1:25: For he is gone down this day, and hath
slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the
king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and,
behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. |
1:26: But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he
not called. |
1:27: Is this thing done by my lord the king,
and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of
my lord the king after him? |
1:28: Then king David answered and said, Call
me Bath-sheba. And she came into the
king's presence, and stood before the king. |
1:29: And the king sware, and said, As the
LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, |
1:30: Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD
God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he
shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. |
1:31: Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to
the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David
live for ever. |
1:32: And king David said, Call me Zadok the
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. |
1:33: The king also said unto them, Take with
you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own
mule, and bring him down to Gihon: |
1:34: And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the
prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and
say, God save king Solomon. |
1:35: Then ye shall come up after him, that
he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I
have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. |
1:36: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so
too. |
1:37: As the LORD hath been with my lord the
king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne
of my lord king David. |
1:38: So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and
brought him to Gihon. |
1:39: And Zadok the priest took an horn of
oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the
people said, God save king Solomon. |
1:40: And all the people came up after him,
and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the
earth rent with the sound of them. |
1:41: And Adonijah and all the guests that
were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the
trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? |
1:42: And while he yet spake, behold,
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him,
Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. |
1:43: And Jonathan answered and said to
Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. |
1:44: And the king hath sent with him Zadok
the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the
Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the
king's mule: |
1:45: And Zadok the priest and Nathan the
prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence
rejoicing, so that the city rang again.
This is the noise that ye have heard. |
1:46: And also Solomon sitteth on the throne
of the kingdom. |
1:47: And moreover the king's servants came
to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better
than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. |
1:48: And also thus said the king, Blessed be
the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day,
mine eyes even seeing it. |
1:49: And all the guests that were with
Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. |
1:50: And Adonijah feared because of Solomon,
and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. |
1:51: And it was told Solomon, saying,
Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the
horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he
will not slay his servant with the sword. |
1:52: And Solomon said, If he will shew
himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but
if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. |
1:53: So king Solomon sent, and they brought
him down from the altar. And he came
and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine
house. |
2:1: Now the days of David drew nigh that he
should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, |
2:2: I go the way of all the earth: be thou
strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; |
2:3: And keep the charge of the LORD thy God,
to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his
judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that
thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest
thyself: |
2:4: That the LORD may continue his word
which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way,
to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,
there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. |
2:5: Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the
son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of
Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. |
2:6: Do therefore according to thy wisdom,
and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. |
2:7: But shew kindness unto the sons of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for
so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. |
2:8: And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei
the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous
curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at
Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death
with the sword. |
2:9: Now therefore hold him not guiltless:
for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but
his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. |
2:10: So David slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David. |
2:11: And the days that David reigned over
Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and
three years reigned he in Jerusalem. |
2:12: Then sat Solomon upon the throne of
David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. |
2:13: And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to
Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And
she said, Comest thou peaceably? And
he said, Peaceably. |
2:14: He said moreover, I have somewhat to
say unto thee. And she said, Say on. |
2:15: And he said, Thou knowest that the
kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should
reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for
it was his from the LORD. |
2:16: And now I ask one petition of thee,
deny me not. And she said unto him,
Say on. |
2:17: And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto
Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the
Shunammite to wife. |
2:18: And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak
for thee unto the king. |
2:19: Bath-sheba therefore went unto king
Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah.
And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat
down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and
she sat on his right hand. |
2:20: Then she said, I desire one small
petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my
mother: for I will not say thee nay. |
2:21: And she said, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. |
2:22: And king Solomon answered and said unto
his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is
mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab
the son of Zeruiah. |
2:23: Then king Solomon sware by the LORD,
saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word
against his own life. |
2:24: Now therefore, as the LORD liveth,
which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who
hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this
day. |
2:25: And king Solomon sent by the hand of
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. |
2:26: And unto Abiathar the priest said the
king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of
death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the
ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been
afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. |
2:27: So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from
being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which
he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. |
2:28: Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had
turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the
LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. |
2:29: And it was told king Solomon that Joab
was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the
altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. |
2:30: And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of
the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again,
saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. |
2:31: And the king said unto him, Do as he
hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the
innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. |
2:32: And the LORD shall return his blood
upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he,
and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit,
Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of
Jether, captain of the host of Judah. |
2:33: Their blood shall therefore return upon
the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and
upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace
for ever from the LORD. |
2:34: So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,
and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the
wilderness. |
2:35: And the king put Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in
the room of Abiathar. |
2:36: And the king sent and called for
Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there,
and go not forth thence any whither. |
2:37: For it shall be, that on the day thou
goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain
that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. |
2:38: And Shimei said unto the king, The
saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. |
2:39: And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah
king of Gath. And they told Shimei,
saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. |
2:40: And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass,
and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought
his servants from Gath. |
2:41: And it was told Solomon that Shimei had
gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. |
2:42: And the king sent and called for
Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and
protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out,
and walkest abroad any wither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I
have heard is good. |
2:43: Why then hast thou not kept the oath of
the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? |
2:44: The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou
knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to
David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine
own head; |
2:45: And king Solomon shall be blessed, and
the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. |
2:46: So the king commanded Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand
of Solomon. |
3:1: And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of
David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of
the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. |
3:2: Only the people sacrificed in high
places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until
those days. |
3:3: And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in
the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in
high places. |
3:4: And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice
there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did
Solomon offer upon that altar. |
3:5: In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon
in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. |
3:6: And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto
thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee
in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and
thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to
sit on his throne, as it is this day. |
3:7: And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made
thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I
know not how to go out or come in. |
3:8: And thy servant is in the midst of thy
people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor
counted for multitude. |
3:9: Give therefore thy servant an
understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and
bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? |
3:10: And the speech pleased the Lord, that
Solomon had asked this thing. |
3:11: And God said unto him, Because thou
hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast
asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast
asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; |
3:12: Behold, I have done according to thy words:
lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was
none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto
thee. |
3:13: And I have also given thee that which
thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any
among the kings like unto thee all thy days. |
3:14: And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to
keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I
will lengthen thy days. |
3:15: And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was
a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and
stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt
offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. |
3:16: Then came there two women, that were
harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. |
3:17: And the one woman said, O my lord, I
and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in
the house. |
3:18: And it came to pass the third day after
that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were
together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the
house. |
3:19: And this woman's child died in the
night; because she overlaid it. |
3:20: And she arose at midnight, and took my
son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and
laid her dead child in my bosom. |
3:21: And when I rose in the morning to give
my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the
morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. |
3:22: And the other woman said, Nay; but the
living is my son, and the dead is thy son.
And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my
son. Thus they spake before the king. |
3:23: Then said the king, The one saith, This
is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but
thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. |
3:24: And the king said, Bring me a
sword. And they brought a sword before
the king. |
3:25: And the king said, Divide the living
child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. |
3:26: Then spake the woman whose the living
child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O
my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine
nor thine, but divide it. |
3:27: Then the king answered and said, Give
her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. |
3:28: And all Israel heard of the judgment
which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the
wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. |
4:1: So king Solomon was king over all
Israel. |
4:2: And these were the princes which he had;
Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, |
4:3: Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. |
4:4: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: |
4:5: And Azariah the son of Nathan was over
the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the
king's friend: |
4:6: And Ahishar was over the household: and
Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. |
4:7: And Solomon had twelve officers over all
Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his
month in a year made provision. |
4:8: And these are their names: The son of
Hur, in mount Ephraim: |
4:9: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in
Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: |
4:10: The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him
pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: |
4:11: The son of Abinadab, in all the region
of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
4:12: Baana the son of Ahilud; to him
pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah
beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is
beyond Jokneam: |
4:13: The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to
him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to
him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great
cities with walls and brasen bars: |
4:14: Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: |
4:15: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took
Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
4:16: Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher
and in Aloth: |
4:17: Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in
Issachar: |
4:18: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: |
4:19: Geber the son of Uri was in the country
of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of
Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. |
4:20: Judah and Israel were many, as the sand
which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. |
4:21: And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms
from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of
Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. |
4:22: And Solomon's provision for one day was
thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, |
4:23: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of
the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and
fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. |
4:24: For he had dominion over all the region
on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on
this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. |
4:25: And Judah and Israel dwelt safely,
every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,
all the days of Solomon. |
4:26: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls
of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. |
4:27: And those officers provided victual for
king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in
his month: they lacked nothing. |
4:28: Barley also and straw for the horses
and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every
man according to his charge. |
4:29: And God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that
is on the sea shore. |
4:30: And Solomon's wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. |
4:31: For he was wiser than all men; than
Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and
his fame was in all nations round about. |
4:32: And he spake three thousand proverbs:
and his songs were a thousand and five. |
4:33: And he spake of trees, from the cedar
tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall:
he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. |
4:34: And there came of all people to hear
the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his
wisdom. |
5:1: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants
unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of
his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. |
5:2: And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, |
5:3: Thou knowest how that David my father
could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which
were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his
feet. |
5:4: But now the LORD my God hath given me
rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. |
5:5: And, behold, I purpose to build an house
unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father,
saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build
an house unto my name. |
5:6: Now therefore command thou that they hew
me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants:
and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou
shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill
to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. |
5:7: And it came to pass, when Hiram heard
the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD
this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. |
5:8: And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I
have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all
thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. |
5:9: My servants shall bring them down from
Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place
that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and
thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for
my household. |
5:10: So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and
fir trees according to all his desire. |
5:11: And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand
measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil:
thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. |
5:12: And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he
promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two
made a league together. |
5:13: And king Solomon raised a levy out of
all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. |
5:14: And he sent them to Lebanon ten
thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at
home: and Adoniram was over the levy. |
5:15: And Solomon had threescore and ten
thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; |
5:16: Beside the chief of Solomon's officers
which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over
the people that wrought in the work. |
5:17: And the king commanded, and they
brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation
of the house. |
5:18: And Solomon's builders and Hiram's
builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and
stones to build the house. |
6:1: And it came to pass in the four hundred
and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of
Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif,
which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. |
6:2: And the house which king Solomon built
for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth
thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. |
6:3: And the porch before the temple of the
house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the
house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. |
6:4: And for the house he made windows of
narrow lights. |
6:5: And against the wall of the house he
built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both
of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: |
6:6: The nethermost chamber was five cubits
broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits
broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round
about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. |
6:7: And the house, when it was in building,
was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there
was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it
was in building. |
6:8: The door for the middle chamber was in
the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the
middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. |
6:9: So he built the house, and finished it;
and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. |
6:10: And then he built chambers against all
the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of
cedar. |
6:11: And the word of the LORD came to
Solomon, saying, |
6:12: Concerning this house which thou art in
building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and
keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with
thee, which I spake unto David thy father: |
6:13: And I will dwell among the children of
Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. |
6:14: So Solomon built the house, and
finished it. |
6:15: And he built the walls of the house
within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of
the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the
floor of the house with planks of fir. |
6:16: And he built twenty cubits on the sides
of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even
built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. |
6:17: And the house, that is, the temple
before it, was forty cubits long. |
6:18: And the cedar of the house within was
carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
6:19: And the oracle he prepared in the house
within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. |
6:20: And the oracle in the forepart was
twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in
the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the
altar which was of cedar. |
6:21: So Solomon overlaid the house within
with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the
oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. |
6:22: And the whole house he overlaid with
gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by
the oracle he overlaid with gold. |
6:23: And within the oracle he made two
cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. |
6:24: And five cubits was the one wing of the
cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part
of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. |
6:25: And the other cherub was ten cubits:
both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. |
6:26: The height of the one cherub was ten
cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. |
6:27: And he set the cherubims within the
inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the
wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub
touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of
the house. |
6:28: And he overlaid the cherubims with
gold. |
6:29: And he carved all the walls of the
house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers, within and without. |
6:30: And the floor of the house he overlaid
with gold, within and without. |
6:31: And for the entering of the oracle he
made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the
wall. |
6:32: The two doors also were of olive tree;
and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and
upon the palm trees. |
6:33: So also made he for the door of the
temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. |
6:34: And the two doors were of fir tree: the
two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door
were folding. |
6:35: And he carved thereon cherubims and
palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the
carved work. |
6:36: And he built the inner court with three
rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. |
6:37: In the fourth year was the foundation
of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: |
6:38: And in the eleventh year, in the month
Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the
parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. |
7:1: But Solomon was building his own house
thirteen years, and he finished all his house. |
7:2: He built also the house of the forest of
Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof
fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar
pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. |
7:3: And it was covered with cedar above upon
the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. |
7:4: And there were windows in three rows,
and light was against light in three ranks. |
7:5: And all the doors and posts were square,
with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. |
7:6: And he made a porch of pillars; the
length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and
the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were
before them. |
7:7: Then he made a porch for the throne
where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with
cedar from one side of the floor to the other. |
7:8: And his house where he dwelt had another
court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's
daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. |
7:9: All these were of costly stones,
according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and
without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside
toward the great court. |
7:10: And the foundation was of costly
stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. |
7:11: And above were costly stones, after the
measures of hewed stones, and cedars. |
7:12: And the great court round about was
with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner
court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. |
7:13: And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram
out of Tyre. |
7:14: He was a widow's son of the tribe of
Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was
filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in
brass. And he came to king Solomon,
and wrought all his work. |
7:15: For he cast two pillars of brass, of
eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either
of them about. |
7:16: And he made two chapiters of molten
brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter
was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: |
7:17: And nets of checker work, and wreaths
of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. |
7:18: And he made the pillars, and two rows
round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the
top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. |
7:19: And the chapiters that were upon the
top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. |
7:20: And the chapiters upon the two pillars
had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network:
and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other
chapiter. |
7:21: And he set up the pillars in the porch
of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof
Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and he called the name thereof Boaz. |
7:22: And upon the top of the pillars was
lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. |
7:23: And he made a molten sea, ten cubits
from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was
five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. |
7:24: And under the brim of it round about
there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round
about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. |
7:25: It stood upon twelve oxen, three
looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three
looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was
set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. |
7:26: And it was an hand breadth thick, and
the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies:
it contained two thousand baths. |
7:27: And he made ten bases of brass; four
cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and
three cubits the height of it. |
7:28: And the work of the bases was on this
manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: |
7:29: And on the borders that were between
the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a
base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of
thin work. |
7:30: And every base had four brasen wheels,
and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the
laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. |
7:31: And the mouth of it within the chapiter
and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the
base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with
their borders, foursquare, not round. |
7:32: And under the borders were four wheels;
and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a
wheel was a cubit and a half a cubit. |
7:33: And the work of the wheels was like the
work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes,
and their spokes, were all molten. |
7:34: And there were four undersetters to the
four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. |
7:35: And in the top of the base was there a
round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges
thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. |
7:36: For on the plates of the ledges
thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm
trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. |
7:37: After this manner he made the ten
bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. |
7:38: Then made he ten lavers of brass: one
laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every
one of the ten bases one laver. |
7:39: And he put five bases on the right side
of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on
the right side of the house eastward over against the south. |
7:40: And Hiram made the lavers, and the
shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made
an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the
LORD: |
7:41: The two pillars, and the two bowls of
the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks,
to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the
pillars; |
7:42: And four hundred pomegranates for the
two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two
bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; |
7:43: And the ten bases, and ten lavers on
the bases; |
7:44: And one sea, and twelve oxen under the
sea; |
7:45: And the pots, and the shovels, and the
basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house
of the LORD, were of bright brass. |
7:46: In the plain of Jordan did the king
cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. |
7:47: And Solomon left all the vessels
unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the
brass found out. |
7:48: And Solomon made all the vessels that
pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold,
whereupon the shewbread was, |
7:49: And the candlesticks of pure gold, five
on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers,
and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, |
7:50: And the bowls, and the snuffers, and
the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of
gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the
doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. |
7:51: So was ended all the work that king
Solomon made for the house of the LORD.
And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had
dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among
the treasures of the house of the LORD. |
8:1: Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the
children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up
the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. |
8:2: And all the men of Israel assembled
themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the
seventh month. |
8:3: And all the elders of Israel came, and
the priests took up the ark. |
8:4: And they brought up the ark of the LORD,
and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in
the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. |
8:5: And king Solomon, and all the
congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before
the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for
multitude. |
8:6: And the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the
most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims. |
8:7: For the cherubims spread forth their two
wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the
staves thereof above. |
8:8: And they drew out the staves, that the
ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and
they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. |
8:9: There was nothing in the ark save the
two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a
covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of
Egypt. |
8:10: And it came to pass, when the priests
were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, |
8:11: So that the priests could not stand to
minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house
of the LORD. |
8:12: Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that
he would dwell in thick darkness. |
8:13: I have surely built thee an house to
dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. |
8:14: And the king turned his face about, and
blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel
stood;) |
8:15: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his
hand fulfilled it, saying, |
8:16: Since the day that I brought forth my
people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel
to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be
over my people Israel. |
8:17: And it was in the heart of David my
father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. |
8:18: And the LORD said unto David my father,
Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well
that it was in thine heart. |
8:19: Nevertheless thou shalt not build the
house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the
house unto my name. |
8:20: And the LORD hath performed his word
that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on
the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel. |
8:21: And I have set there a place for the
ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers,
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. |
8:22: And Solomon stood before the altar of
the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
his hands toward heaven: |
8:23: And he said, LORD God of Israel, there
is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest
covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their
heart: |
8:24: Who hast kept with thy servant David my
father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast
fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. |
8:25: Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep
with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There
shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that
thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast
walked before me. |
8:26: And now, O God of Israel, let thy word,
I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my
father. |
8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens
cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? |
8:28: Yet have thou respect unto the prayer
of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the
cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: |
8:29: That thine eyes may be open toward this
house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name
shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant
shall make toward this place. |
8:30: And hearken thou to the supplication of
thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this
place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest,
forgive. |
8:31: If any man trespass against his
neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath
come before thine altar in this house: |
8:32: Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and
judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head;
and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. |
8:33: When thy people Israel be smitten down
before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again
to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in
this house: |
8:34: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive
the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou
gavest unto their fathers. |
8:35: When heaven is shut up, and there is no
rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place,
and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: |
8:36: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive
the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the
good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou
hast given to thy people for an inheritance. |
8:37: If there be in the land famine, if
there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if
their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague,
whatsoever sickness there be; |
8:38: What prayer and supplication soever be
made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the
plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: |
8:39: Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways,
whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of
all the children of men;) |
8:40: That they may fear thee all the days
that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. |
8:41: Moreover concerning a stranger, that is
not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's
sake; |
8:42: (For they shall hear of thy great name,
and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and
pray toward this house; |
8:43: Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place,
and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all
people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel;
and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by
thy name. |
8:44: If thy people go out to battle against
their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have
built for thy name: |
8:45: Then hear thou in heaven their prayer
and their supplication, and maintain their cause. |
8:46: If they sin against thee, (for there is
no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to
the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy,
far or near; |
8:47: Yet if they shall bethink themselves in
the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make
supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives,
saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed
wickedness; |
8:48: And so return unto thee with all their
heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them
away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto
their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have
built for thy name: |
8:49: Then hear thou their prayer and their
supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, |
8:50: And forgive thy people that have sinned
against thee and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed
against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive,
that they may have compassion on them: |
8:51: For they be thy people, and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the
furnace of iron: |
8:52: That thine eyes may be open unto the
supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel,
to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. |
8:53: For thou didst separate them from among
all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the
hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O
Lord GOD. |
8:54: And it was so, that when Solomon had
made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he
arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his
hands spread up to heaven. |
8:55: And he stood, and blessed all the
congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, |
8:56: Blessed be the LORD, that hath given
rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath
not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of
Moses his servant. |
8:57: The LORD our God be with us, as he was
with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: |
8:58: That he may incline our hearts unto
him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes,
and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. |
8:59: And let these my words, wherewith I
have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and
night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people
Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: |
8:60: That all the people of the earth may
know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. |
8:61: Let your heart therefore be perfect
with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments,
as at this day. |
8:62: And the king, and all Israel with him,
offered sacrifice before the LORD. |
8:63: And Solomon offered a sacrifice of
peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel
dedicated the house of the LORD. |
8:64: The same day did the king hallow the
middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he
offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little
to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings. |
8:65: And at that time Solomon held a feast,
and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath
unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days,
even fourteen days. |
8:66: On the eighth day he sent the people
away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of
heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and
for Israel his people. |
9:1: And it came to pass, when Solomon had
finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all
Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, |
9:2: That the LORD appeared to Solomon the
second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. |
9:3: And the LORD said unto him, I have heard
thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have
hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever;
and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. |
9:4: And if thou wilt walk before me, as
David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do
according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my
judgments: |
9:5: Then I will establish the throne of thy
kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying,
There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. |
9:6: But if ye shall at all turn from
following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my
statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and
worship them: |
9:7: Then will I cut off Israel out of the
land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my
name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people: |
9:8: And at this house, which is high, every
one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall
say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? |
9:9: And they shall answer, Because they forsook
the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served
them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. |
9:10: And it came to pass at the end of
twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD,
and the king's house, |
9:11: (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had
furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to
all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land
of Galilee. |
9:12: And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the
cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. |
9:13: And he said, What cities are these
which thou hast given me, my brother? And
he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. |
9:14: And Hiram sent to the king sixscore
talents of gold. |
9:15: And this is the reason of the levy
which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own
house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and
Gezer. |
9:16: For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up,
and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt
in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. |
9:17: And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon
the nether, |
9:18: and Baalath, and Tadmor in the
wilderness, in the land, |
9:19: And all the cities of store that
Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and
that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all
the land of his dominion. |
9:20: And all the people that were left of
the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of
the children of Israel, |
9:21: Their children that were left after
them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to
destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. |
9:22: But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his
princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. |
9:23: These were the chief of the officers
that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over
the people that wrought in the work. |
9:24: But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of
the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he
build Millo. |
9:25: And three times in a year did Solomon
offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto
the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. |
9:26: And king Solomon made a navy of ships
in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the
land of Edom. |
9:27: And Hiram sent in the navy his
servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of
Solomon. |
9:28: And they came to Ophir, and fetched
from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king
Solomon. |
10:1: And when the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him
with hard questions. |
10:2: And she came to Jerusalem with a very
great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious
stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that
was in her heart. |
10:3: And Solomon told her all her questions:
there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. |
10:4: And when the queen of Sheba had seen
all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, |
10:5: And the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their
apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the
house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. |
10:6: And she said to the king, It was a true
report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. |
10:7: Howbeit I believed not the words, until
I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy
wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. |
10:8: Happy are thy men, happy are these thy
servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. |
10:9: Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD
loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and
justice. |
10:10: And she gave the king an hundred and
twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones:
there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba
gave to king Solomon. |
10:11: And the navy also of Hiram, that
brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees,
and precious stones. |
10:12: And the king made of the almug trees
pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and
psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto
this day. |
10:13: And king Solomon gave unto the queen
of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave
her of his royal bounty. So she turned
and went to her own country, she and her servants. |
10:14: Now the weight of gold that came to
Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold. |
10:15: Beside that he had of the merchantmen,
and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia,
and of the governors of the country. |
10:16: And king Solomon made two hundred
targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. |
10:17: And he made three hundred shields of
beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in
the house of the forest of Lebanon. |
10:18: Moreover the king made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. |
10:19: The throne had six steps, and the top
of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the
place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. |
10:20: And twelve lions stood there on the
one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in
any kingdom. |
10:21: And all king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of
Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of
in the days of Solomon. |
10:22: For the king had at sea a navy of
Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of
Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. |
10:23: So king Solomon exceeded all the kings
of the earth for riches and for wisdom. |
10:24: And all the earth sought to Solomon,
to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. |
10:25: And they brought every man his
present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour,
and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. |
10:26: And Solomon gathered together chariots
and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the
king at Jerusalem. |
10:27: And the king made silver to be in
Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are
in the vale, for abundance. |
10:28: And Solomon had horses brought out of
Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
|
10:29: And a chariot came up and went out of
Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and
fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria,
did they bring them out by their means. |
11:1: But king Solomon loved many strange
women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; |
11:2: Of the nations concerning which the
LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither
shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after
their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. |
11:3: And he had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. |
11:4: For it came to pass, when Solomon was
old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was
not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. |
11:5: For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. |
11:6: And Solomon did evil in the sight of
the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. |
11:7: Then did Solomon build an high place
for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem,
and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. |
11:8: And likewise did he for all his strange
wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. |
11:9: And the LORD was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared
unto him twice, |
11:10: And had commanded him concerning this
thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the
LORD commanded. |
11:11: Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my
statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from
thee, and will give it to thy servant. |
11:12: Notwithstanding in thy days I will not
do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy
son. |
11:13: Howbeit I will not rend away all the
kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and
for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. |
11:14: And the LORD stirred up an adversary
unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. |
11:15: For it came to pass, when David was in
Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after
he had smitten every male in Edom; |
11:16: (For six months did Joab remain there
with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) |
11:17: That Hadad fled, he and certain
Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet
a little child. |
11:18: And they arose out of Midian, and came
to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt,
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him
victuals, and gave him land. |
11:19: And Hadad found great favour in the
sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the
sister of Tahpenes the queen. |
11:20: And the sister of Tahpenes bare him
Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was
in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. |
11:21: And when Hadad heard in Egypt that
David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead,
Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. |
11:22: Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what
hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own
country? And he answered, Nothing:
howbeit let me go in any wise. |
11:23: And God stirred him up another
adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king
of Zobah: |
11:24: And he gathered men unto him, and
became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to
Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. |
11:25: And he was an adversary to Israel all
the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred
Israel, and reigned over Syria. |
11:26: And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an
Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a
widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. |
11:27: And this was the cause that he lifted
up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches
of the city of David his father. |
11:28: And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man
of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made
him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. |
11:29: And it came to pass at that time when
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found
him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were
alone in the field: |
11:30: And Ahijah caught the new garment that
was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: |
11:31: And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten
pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the
kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: |
11:32: (But he shall have one tribe for my
servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel:) |
11:33: Because that they have forsaken me,
and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god
of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not
walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my
statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. |
11:34: Howbeit I will not take the whole
kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life
for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments
and my statutes: |
11:35: But I will take the kingdom out of his
son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. |
11:36: And unto his son will I give one tribe,
that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city
which I have chosen me to put my name there. |
11:37: And I will take thee, and thou shalt
reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. |
11:38: And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken
unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right
in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant
did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for
David, and will give Israel unto thee. |
11:39: And I will for this afflict the seed
of David, but not for ever. |
11:40: Solomon sought therefore to kill
Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled
into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of
Solomon. |
11:41: And the rest of the acts of Solomon,
and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the
acts of Solomon? |
11:42: And the time that Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. |
11:43: And Solomon slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned
in his stead. |
12:1: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all
Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. |
12:2: And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the
presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) |
12:3: That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of
Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, |
12:4: Thy father made our yoke grievous: now
therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke
which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. |
12:5: And he said unto them, Depart yet for
three days, then come again to me. And
the people departed. |
12:6: And king Rehoboam consulted with the
old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said,
How do ye advise that I may answer this people? |
12:7: And they spake unto him, saying, If
thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and
answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for
ever. |
12:8: But he forsook the counsel of the old
men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were
grown up with him, and which stood before him: |
12:9: And he said unto them, What counsel
give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make
the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? |
12:10: And the young men that were grown up
with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that
spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be
thicker than my father's loins. |
12:11: And now whereas my father did lade you
with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. |
12:12: So Jeroboam and all the people came to
Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again
the third day. |
12:13: And the king answered the people
roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; |
12:14: And spake to them after the counsel of
the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your
yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions. |
12:15: Wherefore the king hearkened not unto
the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his
saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of
Nebat. |
12:16: So when all Israel saw that the king
hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion
have we in David? neither have we
inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine
own house, David. So Israel departed
unto their tents. |
12:17: But as for the children of Israel
which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
12:18: Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who
was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he
died. Therefore king Rehoboam made
speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. |
12:19: So Israel rebelled against the house
of David unto this day. |
12:20: And it came to pass, when all Israel
heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the
congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed
the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. |
12:21: And when Rehoboam was come to
Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an
hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight
against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son
of Solomon. |
12:22: But the word of God came unto Shemaiah
the man of God, saying, |
12:23: Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of
Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to
the remnant of the people, saying, |
12:24: Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go
up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man
to his house; for this thing is from me.
They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to
depart, according to the word of the LORD. |
12:25: Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount
Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. |
12:26: And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now
shall the kingdom return to the house of David: |
12:27: If this people go up to do sacrifice
in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people
turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall
kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. |
12:28: Whereupon the king took counsel, and
made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up
to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the
land of Egypt. |
12:29: And he set the one in Bethel, and the
other put he in Dan. |
12:30: And this thing became a sin: for the
people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. |
12:31: And he made an house of high places,
and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of
Levi. |
12:32: And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the
eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is
in Judah, and he offered upon the altar.
So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and
he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. |
12:33: So he offered upon the altar which he
had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month
which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children
of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. |
13:1: And, behold, there came a man of God
out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the
altar to burn incense. |
13:2: And he cried against the altar in the
word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a
child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee
shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee,
and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. |
13:3: And he gave a sign the same day,
saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall
be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. |
13:4: And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam
heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in
Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on
him. And his hand, which he put forth
against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. |
13:5: The altar also was rent,
and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man
of God had given by the word of the LORD. |
13:6: And the king answered and
said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray
for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and
the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. |
13:7: And the king said unto
the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee
a reward. |
13:8: And the man of God said
unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with
thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: |
13:9: For so was it charged me
by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn
again by the same way that thou camest. |
13:10: So he went another way,
and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. |
13:11: Now there dwelt an old
prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man
of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the
king, them they told also to their father. |
13:12: And their father said
unto them, What way went he? For his
sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. |
13:13: And he said unto his
sons, Saddle me the ass. So they
saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, |
13:14: And went after the man
of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou
the man of God that camest from Judah?
And he said, I am. |
13:15: Then he said unto him,
Come home with me, and eat bread. |
13:16: And he said, I may not
return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink
water with thee in this place: |
13:17: For it was said to me by
the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn
again to go by the way that thou camest. |
13:18: He said unto him, I am a
prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD,
saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and
drink water. But he lied unto him. |
13:19: So he went back with
him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. |
13:20: And it came to pass, as
they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that
brought him back: |
13:21: And he cried unto the
man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as
thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment
which the LORD thy God commanded thee, |
13:22: But camest back, and
hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say
to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto
the sepulchre of thy fathers. |
13:23: And it came to pass,
after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the
ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. |
13:24: And when he was gone, a
lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way,
and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. |
13:25: And, behold, men passed
by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase:
and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. |
13:26: And when the prophet
that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of
God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath
delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. |
13:27: And he spake to his
sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And
they saddled him. |
13:28: And he went and found
his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the
carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. |
13:29: And the prophet took up
the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back:
and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. |
13:30: And he laid his carcase
in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! |
13:31: And it came to pass,
after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead,
then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones
beside his bones: |
13:32: For the saying which he
cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all
the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely
come to pass. |
13:33: After this thing
Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the
people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and
he became one of the priests of the high places. |
13:34: And this thing became
sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from
off the face of the ear |
14:1: At that time Abijah the
son of Jeroboam fell sick. |
14:2: And Jeroboam said to his
wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be
the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the
prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. |
14:3: And take with thee ten
loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell
thee what shall become of the child. |
14:4: And Jeroboam's wife did
so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were
set by reason of his age. |
14:5: And the LORD said unto
Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her
son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be,
when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. |
14:6: And it was so, when
Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, that he said,
Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. |
14:7: Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the
people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, |
14:8: And rent the kingdom away
from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my
servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his
heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; |
14:9: But hast done evil above
all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and
molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: |
14:10: Therefore, behold, I
will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam
him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in
Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man
taketh away dung, till it be all gone. |
14:11: Him that dieth of
Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field
shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. |
14:12: Arise thou therefore,
get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child
shall die. |
14:13: And all Israel shall
mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave,
because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel
in the house of Jeroboam. |
14:14: Moreover the LORD shall
raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that
day: but what? even now. |
14:15: For the LORD shall smite
Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of
this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond
the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. |
14:16: And he shall give Israel
up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. |
14:17: And Jeroboam's wife
arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold
of the door, the child died; |
14:18: And they buried him; and
all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake
by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. |
14:19: And the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. |
14:20: And the days which
Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with this fathers,
and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. |
14:21: And Rehoboam the son of
Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes
of Israel, to put his name there. And
his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. |
14:22: And Judah did evil in
the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins
which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. |
14:23: For they also built them
high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every
green tree. |
14:24: And there were also
sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the
nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. |
14:25: And it came to pass in
the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem: |
14:26: And he took away the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he
even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon
had made. |
14:27: And king Rehoboam made
in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief
of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. |
14:28: And it was so, when the
king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought
them back into the guard chamber. |
14:29: Now the rest of the acts
of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? |
14:30: And there was war
between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. |
14:31: And Rehoboam slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an
Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned
in his stead. |
15:1: Now in the eighteenth
year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. |
15:2: Three years reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. |
15:3: And he walked in all the
sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not
perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. |
15:4: Nevertheless for David's
sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son
after him, and to establish Jerusalem: |
15:5: Because David did that
which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing
that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of
Uriah the Hittite. |
15:6: And there was war between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. |
15:7: Now the rest of the acts
of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? And
there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. |
15:8: And Abijam slept with his
fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in
his stead. |
15:9: And in the twentieth year
of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. |
15:10: And forty and one years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. |
15:11: And Asa did that which
was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. |
15:12: And he took away the
sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had
made. |
15:13: And also Maachah his
mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in
a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. |
15:14: But the high places were
not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. |
15:15: And he brought in the
things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had
dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. |
15:16: And there was war
between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. |
15:17: And Baasha king of
Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any
to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. |
15:18: Then Asa took all the
silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD,
and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of
his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the
son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, |
15:19: There is a league
between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have
sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with
Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. |
15:20: So Ben-hadad hearkened
unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the
cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all
Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. |
15:21: And it came to pass,
when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in
Tirzah. |
15:22: Then king Asa made a
proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the
stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and
king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. |
15:23: The rest of all the acts
of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he
built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his
old age he was diseased in his feet. |
15:24: And Asa slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. |
15:25: And Nadab the son of
Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah,
and reigned over Israel two years. |
15:26: And he did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin. |
15:27: And Baasha the son of
Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him
at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel
laid siege to Gibbethon. |
15:28: Even in the third year
of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. |
15:29: And it came to pass,
when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to
Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the
saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: |
15:30: Because of the sins of
Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation
wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. |
15:31: Now the rest of the acts
of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
15:32: And there was war
between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. |
15:33: In the third year of Asa
king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in
Tirzah, twenty and four years. |
15:34: And he did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin. |
16:1: Then the word of the LORD
came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, |
16:2: Forasmuch as I exalted
thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou
hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to
provoke me to anger with their sins; |
16:3: Behold, I will take away
the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy
house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. |
16:4: Him that dieth of Baasha
in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall
the fowls of the air eat. |
16:5: Now the rest of the acts
of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
16:6: So Baasha slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. |
16:7: And also by the hand of
the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha,
and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the
LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the
house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. |
16:8: In the twenty and sixth
year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel
in Tirzah, two years. |
16:9: And his servant Zimri,
captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah,
drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. |
16:10: And Zimri went in and
smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of
Judah, and reigned in his stead. |
16:11: And it came to pass,
when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the
house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of
his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. |
16:12: Thus did Zimri destroy
all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake
against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, |
16:13: For all the sins of
Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they
made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their
vanities. |
16:14: Now the rest of the acts
of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
16:15: In the twenty and
seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon,
which belonged to the Philistines. |
16:16: And the people that were
encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king:
wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel
that day in the camp. |
16:17: And Omri went up from
Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. |
16:18: And it came to pass,
when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the
king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, |
16:19: For his sins which he
sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. |
16:20: Now the rest of the acts
of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
16:21: Then were the people of
Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of
Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. |
16:22: But the people that
followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of
Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. |
16:23: In the thirty and first
year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six
years reigned he in Tirzah. |
16:24: And he bought the hill
Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and
called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner
of the hill, Samaria. |
16:25: But Omri wrought evil in
the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. |
16:26: For he walked in all the
way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. |
16:27: Now the rest of the acts
of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
16:28: So Omri slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. |
16:29: And in the thirty and
eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over
Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and
two years. |
16:30: And Ahab the son of Omri
did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. |
16:31: And it came to pass, as
if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the
Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. |
16:32: And he reared up an
altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. |
16:33: And Ahab made a grove;
and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the
kings of Israel that were before him. |
16:34: In his days did Hiel the
Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his
firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according
to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. |
17:1: And Elijah the Tishbite,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of
Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these
years, but according to my word. |
17:2: And the word of the LORD
came unto him, saying, |
17:3: Get thee hence, and turn
thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. |
17:4: And it shall be, that
thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee
there. |
17:5: So he went and did
according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook
Cherith, that is before Jordan. |
17:6: And the ravens brought
him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and
he drank of the brook. |
17:7: And it came to pass after
a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. |
17:8: And the word of the LORD
came unto him, saying, |
17:9: Arise, get thee to
Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. |
17:10: So he arose and went to
Zarephath. And when he came to the
gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and
he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink. |
17:11: And as she was going to
fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of
bread in thine hand. |
17:12: And she said, As the
LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel,
and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I
may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. |
17:13: And Elijah said unto
her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake
first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. |
17:14: For thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of
oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. |
17:15: And she went and did
according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat
many days. |
17:16: And the barrel of meal
wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the
LORD, which he spake by Elijah. |
17:17: And it came to pass
after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house,
fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in
him. |
17:18: And she said unto
Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance,
and to slay my son? |
17:19: And he said unto her,
Give me thy son. And he took him out
of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him
upon his own bed. |
17:20: And he cried unto the
LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow
with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? |
17:21: And he stretched himself
upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God,
I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. |
17:22: And the LORD heard the
voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he
revived. |
17:23: And Elijah took the
child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered
him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. |
17:24: And the woman said to
Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of
the LORD in thy mouth is truth. |
18:1: And it came to pass after
many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year,
saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. |
18:2: And Elijah went to shew
himself unto Ahab. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria. |
18:3: And Ahab called Obadiah,
which was the governor of his house.
(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: |
18:4: For it was so, when
Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred
prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and
water.) |
18:5: And Ahab said unto
Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks:
peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we
lose not all the beasts. |
18:6: So they divided the land
between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah
went another way by himself. |
18:7: And as Obadiah was in the
way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said,
Art thou that my lord Elijah? |
18:8: And he answered him, I
am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. |
18:9: And he said, What have I
sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay
me? |
18:10: As the LORD thy God
liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek
thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and
nation, that they found thee not. |
18:11: And now thou sayest, Go,
tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. |
18:12: And it shall come to pass,
as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee
whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find
thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. |
18:13: Was it not told my lord
what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred
men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and
water? |
18:14: And now thou sayest, Go,
tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. |
18:15: And Elijah said, As the
LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him
to day. |
18:16: So Obadiah went to meet
Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. |
18:17: And it came to pass,
when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth
Israel? |
18:18: And he answered, I have
not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have
forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. |
18:19: Now therefore send, and
gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four
hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at
Jezebel's table. |
18:20: So Ahab sent unto all
the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. |
18:21: And Elijah came unto all
the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if
Baal, then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word. |
18:22: Then said Elijah unto
the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets
are four hundred and fifty men. |
18:23: Let them therefore give
us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it
in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the
other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: |
18:24: And call ye on the name
of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that
answereth by fire, let him be God. And
all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. |
18:25: And Elijah said unto the
prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first;
for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. |
18:26: And they took the
bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of
Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that
answered. And they leaped upon the
altar which was made. |
18:27: And it came to pass at
noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either
he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he
sleepeth, and must be awaked. |
18:28: And they cried aloud,
and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood
gushed out upon them. |
18:29: And it came to pass,
when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of
the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor
any that regarded. |
18:30: And Elijah said unto all
the people, Come near unto me. And all
the people came near unto him. And he
repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. |
18:31: And Elijah took twelve
stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom
the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: |
18:32: And with the stones he
built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar,
as great as would contain two measures of seed. |
18:33: And he put the wood in
order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said,
Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the
wood. |
18:34: And he said, Do it the
second time. And they did it the
second time. And he said, Do it the
third time. And they did it the third
time. |
18:35: And the water ran round
about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. |
18:36: And it came to pass at
the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet
came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be
known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and
that I have done all these things at thy word. |
18:37: Hear me, O LORD, hear
me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast
turned their heart back again. |
18:38: Then the fire of the
LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones,
and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. |
18:39: And when all the people
saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the
LORD, he is the God. |
18:40: And Elijah said unto
them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them
down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. |
18:41: And Elijah said unto
Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. |
18:42: So Ahab went up to eat
and to drink. And Elijah went up to
the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face
between his knees, |
18:43: And said to his servant,
Go up now, look toward the sea. And he
went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. |
18:44: And it came to pass at
the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of
the sea, like a man's hand. And he
said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the
rain stop thee not. |
18:45: And it came to pass in
the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was
a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went
to Jezreel. |
18:46: And the hand of the LORD
was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the
entrance of Jezreel. |
19:1: And Ahab told Jezebel all
that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the
sword. |
19:2: Then Jezebel sent a
messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I
make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. |
19:3: And when he saw that, he
arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to
Judah, and left his servant there. |
19:4: But he himself went a
day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper
tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough;
now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. |
19:5: And as he lay and slept
under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him,
Arise and eat. |
19:6: And he looked, and,
behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his
head. And he did eat and drink, and
laid him down again. |
19:7: And the angel of the LORD
came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because
the journey is too great for thee. |
19:8: And he arose, and did eat
and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights
unto Horeb the mount of God. |
19:9: And he came thither unto
a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and
he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? |
19:10: And he said, I have been
very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with
the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it
away. |
19:11: And he said, Go forth,
and stand upon the mount before the LORD.
And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was
not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in
the earthquake: |
19:12: And after the earthquake
a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small
voice. |
19:13: And it was so, when
Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and
stood in the entering in of the cave.
And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou
here, Elijah? |
19:14: And he said, I have been
very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with
the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it
away. |
19:15: And the LORD said unto
him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou
comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: |
19:16: And Jehu the son of
Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of
Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. |
19:17: And it shall come to
pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him
that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. |
19:18: Yet I have left me seven
thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every
mouth which hath not kissed him. |
19:19: So he departed thence,
and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen
before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his
mantle upon him. |
19:20: And he left the oxen,
and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my
mother, and then I will follow thee.
And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? |
19:21: And he returned back
from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with
the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
ministered unto him. |
20:1: And Ben-hadad the king of
Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings
with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and
warred against it. |
20:2: And he sent messengers to
Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, |
20:3: Thy silver and thy gold
is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. |
20:4: And the king of Israel
answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and
all that I have. |
20:5: And the messengers came
again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto
thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives,
and thy children; |
20:6: Yet I will send my
servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine
house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is
pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. |
20:7: Then the king of Israel
called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how
this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my
children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. |
20:8: And all the elders and
all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. |
20:9: Wherefore he said unto
the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send
for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought
him word again. |
20:10: And Ben-hadad sent unto
him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria
shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. |
20:11: And the king of Israel
answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast
himself as he that putteth it off. |
20:12: And it came to pass,
when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in
the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against
the city. |
20:13: And, behold, there came
a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
seen all this great multitude? behold,
I will deliver it in to thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am
the LORD. |
20:14: And Ahab said, By
whom? And he said, Thus saith the
LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. |
20:15: Then he numbered the
young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and
thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children
of Israel, being seven thousand. |
20:16: And they went out at
noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking
himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings
that helped him. |
20:17: And the young men of the
princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they
told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. |
20:18: And he said, Whether
they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for
war, take them alive. |
20:19: So these young men of
the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which
followed them. |
20:20: And they slew every one
his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the
king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. |
20:21: And the king of Israel
went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a
great slaughter. |
20:22: And the prophet came to
the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thy self, and mark, and
see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. |
20:23: And the servants of the
king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they
were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely
we shall be stronger than they. |
20:24: And do this thing, Take
the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: |
20:25: And number thee an army,
like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot:
and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger
than they. And he hearkened unto their
voice, and did so. |
20:26: And it came to pass at
the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to
Aphek, to fight against Israel. |
20:27: And the children of
Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the
children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but
the Syrians filled the country. |
20:28: And there came a man of
God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD,
Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not
God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into
thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. |
20:29: And they pitched one
over against the other seven days. And
so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of
Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. |
20:30: But the rest fled to
Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of
the men that were left. And Ben-hadad
fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. |
20:31: And his servants said
unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes
upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save
thy life. |
20:32: So they girded sackcloth
on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel,
and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. |
20:33: Now the men did
diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily
catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he
caused him to come up into the chariot. |
20:34: And Ben-hadad said unto
him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and
thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in
Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send
thee away with this covenant. So he
made a covenant with him, and sent him away. |
20:35: And a certain man of the
sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite
me, I pray thee. And the man refused
to smite him. |
20:36: Then said he unto him,
Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou
art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.
And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew
him. |
20:37: Then he found another
man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee.
And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. |
20:38: So the prophet departed,
and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his
face. |
20:39: And as the king passed
by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst
of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me,
and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life
be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. |
20:40: And as thy servant was
busy here and there, he was gone. And
the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast
decided it. |
20:41: And he hasted, and took
the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he
was of the prophets. |
20:42: And he said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I
appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and
thy people for his people. |
20:43: And the king of Israel
went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. |
21:1: And it came to pass after
these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in
Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. |
21:2: And Ahab spake unto
Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of
herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better
vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of
it in money. |
21:3: And Naboth said to Ahab,
The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto
thee. |
21:4: And Ahab came into his
house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite
had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of
my fathers. And he laid him down upon
his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. |
21:5: But Jezebel his wife came
to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no
bread? |
21:6: And he said unto her,
Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy
vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another
vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. |
21:7: And Jezebel his wife said
unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart
be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. |
21:8: So she wrote letters in
Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the
elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. |
21:9: And she wrote in the
letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: |
21:10: And set two men, sons of
Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme
God and the king. And then carry him
out, and stone him, that he may die. |
21:11: And the men of his city,
even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as
Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she
had sent unto them. |
21:12: They proclaimed a fast,
and set Naboth on high among the people. |
21:13: And there came in two
men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed
against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying,
Naboth did blaspheme God and the king.
Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with
stones, that he died. |
21:14: Then they sent to
Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. |
21:15: And it came to pass,
when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to
Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which
he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. |
21:16: And it came to pass,
when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. |
21:17: And the word of the LORD
came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, |
21:18: Arise, go down to meet
Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of
Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. |
21:19: And thou shalt speak
unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken
possession? And thou shalt speak unto
him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of
Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. |
21:20: And Ahab said to Elijah,
Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And
he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil
in the sight of the LORD. |
21:21: Behold, I will bring
evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab
him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in
Israel, |
21:22: And will make thine
house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of
Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me
to anger, and made Israel to sin. |
21:23: And of Jezebel also
spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. |
21:24: Him that dieth of Ahab
in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the
fowls of the air eat. |
21:25: But there was none like
unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the
LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. |
21:26: And he did very
abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites,
whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. |
21:27: And it came to pass,
when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon
his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. |
21:28: And the word of the LORD
came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, |
21:29: Seest thou how Ahab
humbleth himself before me? because he
humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his
son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. |
22:1: And they continued three
years without war between Syria and Israel. |
22:2: And it came to pass in
the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of
Israel. |
22:3: And the king of Israel
said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be
still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? |
22:4: And he said unto
Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel,
I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. |
22:5: And Jehoshaphat said unto
the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. |
22:6: Then the king of Israel
gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them,
Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall
deliver it into the hand of the king. |
22:7: And Jehoshaphat said, Is
there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? |
22:8: And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by
whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy
good concerning me, but evil. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. |
22:9: Then the king of Israel
called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. |
22:10: And the king of Israel
and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their
robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the
prophets prophesied before them. |
22:11: And Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With
these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. |
22:12: And all the prophets
prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD
shall deliver it into the king's hand. |
22:13: And the messenger that
was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the
prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray
thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. |
22:14: And Micaiah said, As the
LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. |
22:15: So he came to the
king. And the king said unto him,
Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we
forbear? And he answered him, Go, and
prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. |
22:16: And the king said unto
him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that
which is true in the name of the LORD? |
22:17: And he said, I saw all
Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the
LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in
peace. |
22:18: And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good
concerning me, but evil? |
22:19: And he said, Hear thou therefore
the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host
of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. |
22:20: And the LORD said, Who
shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another
said on that manner. |
22:21: And there came forth a
spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. |
22:22: And the LORD said unto
him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and
prevail also: go forth, and do so. |
22:23: Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and
the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. |
22:24: But Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went
the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? |
22:25: And Micaiah said,
Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber
to hide thyself. |
22:26: And the king of Israel
said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city,
and to Joash the king's son; |
22:27: And say, Thus saith the
king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction
and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. |
22:28: And Micaiah said, If
thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one
of you. |
22:29: So the king of Israel
and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. |
22:30: And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but
put thou on thy robes. And the king of
Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. |
22:31: But the king of Syria
commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots,
saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of
Israel. |
22:32: And it came to pass,
when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it
is the king of Israel. And they turned
aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. |
22:33: And it came to pass,
when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of
Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. |
22:34: And a certain man drew a
bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the
harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand,
and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. |
22:35: And the battle increased
that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and
died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the
chariot. |
22:36: And there went a
proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying,
Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. |
22:37: So the king died, and was brought to
Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. |
22:38: And one washed the chariot in the pool
of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour;
according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. |
22:39: Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and
all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that
he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? |
22:40: So Ahab slept with his fathers; and
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. |
22:41: And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began
to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. |
22:42: Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. |
22:43: And he walked in all the ways of Asa
his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the
eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the
people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. |
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22:45: Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat,
and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? |
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22:50: And Jehoshaphat slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and
Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. |
22:51: Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
reigned two years over Israel. |
22:52: And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and
in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: |
22:53: For he served Baal, and worshipped
him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his
father had done. |