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1Kings 1





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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 2



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 3



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 4



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 5



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 6



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 7



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 8



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 9



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 10



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 11



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 12



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 13



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 14



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 15



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 16



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 17



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 18



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 19



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 20



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 21



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



1Kings 22



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



37 So the king <04428> died <04191>, and was brought <0935> to
Samaria <08111>; and they buried <06912> the king < 04428> in
Samaria <08111>.



38 And [one] washed <07857> the chariot <07393> in the pool
<01295> of Samaria <08111>; and the dogs <03611> licked <03952>
up his blood <01818>; and they washed <07364> his armour <02185>;
according unto the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which
<0834> he spake <01696>.



39 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Ahab <0256>, and
all <03605> that he did <06213>, and the ivory < 08127> house
<01004> which <0834> he made <01129>, and all <03605> the cities
<05892> that he built <01129>, [are] they not written <03789> in
the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428>
of Israel <03478>?



40 So Ahab <0256> slept <07901> with his fathers < 01>; and
Ahaziah <0274> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in his stead
<08478>.



41. And Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Asa <0609> began
to reign <04427> over <05921> Judah <03063> in the fourth <0702>
year <08141> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>.



42 Jehoshaphat <03092> [was] thirty <07970> and five <02568>
years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign < 04427>; and he
reigned <04427> twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> in
Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name < 08034> [was]
Azubah <05806> the daughter <01323> of Shilhi < 07977>.



43 And he walked <03212> in all <03605> the ways < 01870> of Asa
<0609> his father <01>; he turned <05493> not aside from it,
doing <06213> [that which was] right <03477> in the eyes <05869>
of the LORD <03068>: nevertheless <0389> the high < 01116> places
were not taken <05493> away <05493>; [for] the people <05971>
offered <02076> and burnt <06999> incense < 06999> yet <03588> in
the high <01116> places.



44 And Jehoshaphat <03092> made peace <07999> with the king
<04428> of Israel <03478>.



45 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehoshaphat
<03092>, and his might <01369> that he shewed < 06213>, and how
<0834> he warred <03898>, [are] they not written < 03789> in the
book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of
Judah <03063>?



46 And the remnant <03499> of the sodomites <06945>, which
remained <07604> in the days <03117> of his father <01> Asa
<0609>, he took <01197> out of the land <0776>.



47 [There was] then no <0369> king <04428> in Edom <0123>: a
deputy <05324> [was] king <04428>.



48 Jehoshaphat <03092> made <06235> ships < 0591> of Tharshish
<08659> to go <03212> to Ophir <0211> for gold <02091>: but they
went <01980> not; for the ships <0591> were broken <07665> at
Eziongeber <06100>.



49 Then <0227> said <0559> Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of
Ahab <0256> unto Jehoshaphat <03092>, Let my servants <05650> go
<03212> with thy servants <05650> in the ships < 0591>. But
Jehoshaphat <03092> would <014> not.



50 And Jehoshaphat <03092> slept <07901> with his fathers <01>,
and was buried <06912> with his fathers <01> in the city <05892>
of David <01732> his father <01>: and Jehoram < 03088> his son
<01121> reigned <04427> in his stead <08478>.



51 Ahaziah <0274> the son <01121> of Ahab < 0256> began to reign
<04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> the
seventeenth <07651> year <08141> of Jehoshaphat < 03092> king
<04428> of Judah <03063>, and reigned <04427> two years <08141>
over <05921> Israel <03478>.



52 And he did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight < 05869> of the
LORD <03068>, and walked <03212> in the way < 01870> of his
father <01>, and in the way <01870> of his mother < 0517>, and in
the way <01870> of Jeroboam <03379> the son < 01121> of Nebat
<05028>, who <0834> made Israel <03478> to sin <02398>:



53 For he served <05647> Baal <01168>, and worshipped <07812>
him, and provoked to anger <03707> the LORD <03068> God <0430>
of Israel <03478>, according to all <03605> that his father <01>
had done <06213>.









  
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