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1Kings 1





1. Now king <4428> David <1732> was old <2204> [and] stricken
<0935> in years <3117>; and they covered <3680> him with clothes
<0899>, but he gat no <3808> heat <3179>.



2 Wherefore his servants <5650> said <0559> unto him, Let there
be sought <1245> for my lord <0113> the king < 4428> a young
<5291> virgin <1330>: and let her stand <5975> before <6440> the
king <4428>, and let her cherish <5532> him, and let her lie
<7901> in thy bosom <2436>, that my lord <0113> the king <4428>
may get heat <2552>.



3 So they sought <1245> for a fair <3303> damsel < 5291>
throughout all <3605> the coasts <1366> of Israel < 3478>, and
found <4672> Abishag <49> a Shunammite <7767>, and brought
<0935> her to the king <4428>.



4 And the damsel <5291> [was] very <3966> fair < 3303>, and
cherished <5532> the king <4428>, and ministered < 8334> to him:
but the king <4428> knew <3045> her not.



5. Then Adonijah <0138> the son <1121> of Haggith <2294>
exalted <5375> himself, saying <0559>, I will be king <4427>:
and he prepared <6213> him chariots <7393> and horsemen <6571>,
and fifty <2572> men <0376> to run <7323> before <6440> him.



6 And his father <1> had not displeased <6087> him at any time
<3117> in saying <0559>, Why <4069> hast thou done <6213> so
<3602>? and he also <1571> [was a] very <3966> goodly <2896>
[man]; and [his mother] bare him after <0310> Absalom < 53>.



7 And he conferred with Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah
<6870>, and with Abiathar <54> the priest <3548> : and they
following <0310> Adonijah <0138> helped <5826> [him].



8 But Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Benaiah <1141> the
son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and Nathan <5416> the prophet
<5030>, and Shimei <8096>, and Rei <7472>, and the mighty <1368>
men which <0834> [belonged] to David <1732>, were not with
Adonijah <0138>.



9 And Adonijah <0138> slew <2076> sheep <6629> and oxen <1241>
and fat <4806> cattle <4806> by the stone <68> of Zoheleth,
which <0834> [is] by Enrogel <5883>, and called < 7121> all
<3605> his brethren <0251> the king's <4428> sons <1121>, and
all <3605> the men <0582> of Judah <3063> the king's <4428>
servants <5650>:



10 But Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>, and Benaiah <1141>,
and the mighty <1368> men, and Solomon <8010> his brother <0251>,
he called <7121> not.



11. Wherefore Nathan <5416> spake <0559> unto Bathsheba <1339>
the mother <0517> of Solomon <8010>, saying < 0559>, Hast thou
not heard <8085> that Adonijah <0138> the son < 1121> of Haggith
<2294> doth reign <4427>, and David <1732> our lord <0113>
knoweth <3045> [it] not?



12 Now <6258> therefore come <3212>, let me, I pray <4994> thee,
give thee counsel <6098>, that thou mayest save < 4422> thine
own life <5315>, and the life <5315> of thy son < 1121> Solomon
<8010>.



13 Go <3212> and get <0935> thee in unto king < 4428> David
<1732>, and say <0559> unto him, Didst not thou, my lord <0113>,
O king <4428>, swear <7650> unto thine handmaid < 0519>, saying
<0559>, Assuredly <3588> Solomon <8010> thy son <1121> shall
reign <4427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit < 3427> upon my
throne <3678>? why <4069> then doth Adonijah < 0138> reign <4427>?



14 Behold <2009>, while thou yet <5750> talkest < 1696> there
<8033> with the king <4428>, I also will come < 0935> in after
<0310> thee, and confirm <4390> thy words <1697> .



15 And Bathsheba <1339> went <0935> in unto the king <4428>
into the chamber <2315>: and the king <4428> was very <3966> old
<2204>; and Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767> ministered <8334>
unto the king <4428>.



16 And Bathsheba <1339> bowed <6915>, and did obeisance <7812>
unto the king <4428>. And the king <4428> said < 0559>, What
<4100> wouldest thou?



17 And she said <0559> unto him, My lord <0113>, thou swarest
<7650> by the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> unto thine handmaid
<0519>, [saying], Assuredly <3588> Solomon < 8010> thy son <1121>
shall reign <4427> after <0310> me, and he shall sit <3427> upon
my throne <3678>.



18 And now <6258>, behold <2009>, Adonijah < 0138> reigneth
<4427>; and now, my lord <0113> the king <4428>, thou knowest
<3045> [it] not:



19 And he hath slain <2076> oxen <7794> and fat < 4806> cattle
<4806> and sheep <6629> in abundance <7230>, and hath called
<7121> all <3605> the sons <1121> of the king <4428>, and
Abiathar <54> the priest <3548>, and Joab <3097> the captain
<8269> of the host <6635>: but Solomon <8010> thy servant <5650>
hath he not called <7121>.



20 And thou, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>, the eyes <5869> of
all <3605> Israel <3478> [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest
tell <5046> them who <4310> shall sit <3427> on <5921> the
throne <3678> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> after <0310> him.



21 Otherwise it shall come <1961> to pass, when my lord <0113>
the king <4428> shall sleep <7901> with his fathers <1>, that I
and my son <1121> Solomon <8010> shall be counted offenders
<2400>.



22 And, lo <2009>, while she yet <5750> talked < 1696> with the
king <4428>, Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030> also came <0935>
in.



23 And they told <5046> the king <4428>, saying < 0559>, Behold
<2009> Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030>. And when he was come
<0935> in before <6440> the king <4428>, he bowed <7812> himself
before <6440> the king <4428> with his face < 0639> to the ground
<0776>.



24 And Nathan <5416> said <0559>, My lord < 0113>, O king <4428>,
hast thou said <0559>, Adonijah <0138> shall reign <4427> after
<0310> me, and he shall sit <3427> upon my throne < 3678>?



25 For he is gone <3381> down <3381> this day < 3117>, and hath
slain <2076> oxen <7794> and fat <4806> cattle <4806> and sheep
<6629> in abundance <7230>, and hath called < 7121> all <3605>
the king's <4428> sons <1121>, and the captains < 8269> of the
host <6635>, and Abiathar <54> the priest <3548> ; and, behold
<2009>, they eat <0398> and drink <8354> before <6440> him, and
say <0559>, God save <2421> king <4428> Adonijah.



26 But me, [even] me thy servant <5650>, and Zadok < 6659> the
priest <3548>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada
<3111>, and thy servant <5650> Solomon <8010>, hath he not
called <7121>.



27 Is this <2088> thing <1697> done by my lord < 0113> the king
<4428>, and thou hast not shewed <3045> [it] unto thy servant
<5650>, who <4310> should sit <3427> on the throne <3678> of my
lord <0113> the king <4428> after <0310> him?



28 Then king <4428> David <1732> answered < 6030> and said
<0559>, Call <7121> me Bathsheba <1339>. And she came <0935>
into the king's <4428> presence <6440>, and stood < 5975> before
<6440> the king <4428>.



29 And the king <4428> sware <7650>, and said < 0559>, [As] the
LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, that hath redeemed < 6299> my soul
<5315> out of all <3605> distress <6869>,



30 Even <3588> as I sware <7650> unto thee by the LORD <3068>
God <0430> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Assuredly <3588>
Solomon <8010> thy son <1121> shall reign <4427> after <0310> me,
and he shall sit <3427> upon my throne <3678> in my stead
<8478>; even <3588> so <3651> will I certainly do <6213> this
<2088> day <3117>.



31 Then Bathsheba <1339> bowed <6915> with [her] face <0639> to
the earth <0776>, and did reverence <7812> to the king <4428>,
and said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> king <4428> David <1732>
live <2421> for ever <5769>.



32. And king <4428> David <1732> said <0559>, Call <7121> me
Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Nathan < 5416> the prophet
<5030>, and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>.
And they came <0935> before <6440> the king < 4428>.



33 The king <4428> also said <0559> unto them, Take <3947> with
you the servants <5650> of your lord <0113>, and cause Solomon
<8010> my son <1121> to ride <7392> upon mine own mule <6506>,
and bring <3381> him down <3381> to Gihon <1521> :



34 And let Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> and Nathan <5416> the
prophet <5030> anoint <4886> him there <8033> king <4428> over
<5921> Israel <3478>: and blow <8628> ye with the trumpet <7782>,
and say <0559>, God save <2421> king <4428> Solomon <8010>.



35 Then ye shall come <5927> up after <0310> him, that he may
come <0935> and sit <3427> upon my throne <3678> ; for he shall
be king <4427> in my stead <8478>: and I have appointed <6680>
him to be ruler <5057> over <5921> Israel <3478> and over <5921>
Judah <3063>.



36 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada < 3111>
answered <6030> the king <4428>, and said <0559> , Amen <0543>:
the LORD <3068> God <0430> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> say
<0559> so <3651> [too].



37 As the LORD <3068> hath been <1961> with my lord <0113> the
king <4428>, even so <3651> be he with Solomon < 8010>, and make
his throne <3678> greater than the throne <3678> of my lord
<0113> king <4428> David <1732>.



38 So Zadok <6659> the priest <3548>, and Nathan < 5416> the
prophet <5030>, and Benaiah <1141> the son < 1121> of Jehoiada
<3111>, and the Cherethites <3746>, and the Pelethites <6432>,
went <3381> down <3381>, and caused Solomon < 8010> to ride
<7392> upon king <4428> David's <1732> mule < 6506>, and brought
<3212> him to Gihon <1521>.



39 And Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> took < 3947> an horn
<7161> of oil <8081> out of the tabernacle < 0168>, and anointed
<4886> Solomon <8010>. And they blew <8628> the trumpet <7782>;
and all <3605> the people <5971> said <0559>, God save <2421>
king <4428> Solomon <8010>.



40 And all <3605> the people <5971> came <5927> up after <0310>
him, and the people <5971> piped <2490> with pipes <2485>, and
rejoiced <8056> with great <1419> joy <8057>, so that the earth
<0776> rent <1234> with the sound <6963> of them.



41. And Adonijah <0138> and all <3605> the guests <7121> that
[were] with him heard <8085> [it] as they had made an end <3615>
of eating <0398>. And when Joab <3097> heard < 8085> the sound
<6963> of the trumpet <7782>, he said <0559>, Wherefore <4069>
[is this] noise <6963> of the city <7151> being in an uproar
<1993>?



42 And while he yet <5750> spake <1696>, behold < 2009>,
Jonathan <3129> the son <1121> of Abiathar <54> the priest
<3548> came <0935>: and Adonijah <0138> said <0559> unto him,
Come <0935> in; for thou [art] a valiant <2428> man <0376>, and
bringest <1319> good <2896> tidings <1319>.



43 And Jonathan <3129> answered <6030> and said < 0559> to
Adonijah <0138>, Verily <61> our lord <0113> king <4427> David
<1732> hath made Solomon <8010> king <4427>.



44 And the king <4428> hath sent <7971> with him Zadok <6659>
the priest <3548>, and Nathan <5416> the prophet < 5030>, and
Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111> , and the
Cherethites <3774>, and the Pelethites <6432>, and they have
caused him to ride <7392> upon the king's <4428> mule <6506>:



45 And Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> and Nathan < 5416> the
prophet <5030> have anointed <4886> him king < 4428> in Gihon
<1521>: and they are come <5927> up from thence < 8033> rejoicing
<8056>, so that the city <7151> rang <1949> again. This <1931>
[is] the noise <6963> that ye have heard <8085>.



46 And also <1571> Solomon <8010> sitteth < 3427> on <5921> the
throne <3678> of the kingdom <4410>.



47 And moreover <1571> the king's <4428> servants <5650> came
<0935> to bless <1288> our lord <0113> king < 4428> David <1732>,
saying <0559>, God <0430> make the name <8034> of Solomon <8010>
better <3190> than thy name <8034>, and make his throne <3678>
greater than thy throne <3678>. And the king <4428> bowed <7812>
himself upon the bed <4904>.



48 And also <1571> thus <3602> said <0559> the king <4428>,
Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>,
which <0834> hath given <5414> [one] to sit < 3427> on <5921> my
throne <3678> this day <3117>, mine eyes <5869> even seeing
<7200> [it].



49 And all <3605> the guests <7121> that [were] with Adonijah
<0138> were afraid <2729>, and rose <6965> up, and went <3212>
every man <0376> his way <1870>.



50 And Adonijah <0138> feared <3372> because < 6440> of Solomon
<8010>, and arose <6965>, and went <3212>, and caught <2388>
hold <2388> on the horns <7161> of the altar < 4196>.



51 And it was told <5046> Solomon <8010>, saying < 0559>, Behold
<2009>, Adonijah <0138> feareth <3372> king < 4428> Solomon
<8010>: for, lo <2009>, he hath caught <0270> hold <0270> on the
horns <7161> of the altar <4196>, saying <0559>, Let king <4428>
Solomon <8010> swear <7650> unto me to day that he will not slay
<4191> his servant <5650> with the sword <2719>.



52 And Solomon <8010> said <0559>, If <0518> he will shew
himself a worthy <2428> man <1121>, there shall not an hair
<8185> of him fall <5307> to the earth <0776>: but if <0518>
wickedness <7451> shall be found <4672> in him, he shall die
<4191>.



53 So king <4428> Solomon <8010> sent <7971>, and they brought
<3381> him down <3381> from the altar <4196>. And he came <7126>
and bowed <7812> himself to king <4428> Solomon < 8010>: and
Solomon <8010> said <0559> unto him, Go <3212> to thine house
<1004>.



1Kings 2



1. Now the days <3117> of David <1732> drew nigh < 7126> that he
should die <4191>; and he charged <6680> Solomon < 8010> his son
<1121>, saying <0559>,



2 I go <1980> the way <1870> of all <3605> the earth <0776>: be
thou strong <2388> therefore, and shew thyself a man < 0376>;



3 And keep <8104> the charge <4931> of the LORD < 3068> thy God
<0430>, to walk <3212> in his ways <1870>, to keep <8104> his
statutes <2708>, and his commandments <4687>, and his judgments
<4941>, and his testimonies <5715>, as it is written <3789> in
the law <8451> of Moses <4872>, that thou mayest prosper <7919>
in all <3605> that thou doest <6213>, and whithersoever thou
turnest <6437> thyself:



4 That the LORD <3068> may continue <6965> his word <1697>
which <0834> he spake <1696> concerning <5921> me, saying <0559>,
If <0518> thy children <1121> take heed <8104> to their way
<1870>, to walk <3212> before <6440> me in truth <0571> with all
<3605> their heart <3824> and with all <3605> their soul <5315>,
there shall not fail <3772> thee (said he) a man < 0376> on
<5921> the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>.



5 Moreover <1571> thou knowest <3045> also < 1571> what Joab
<3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> did < 6213> to me, [and]
what <0834> he did <6213> to the two <8147> captains <8269> of
the hosts <6635> of Israel <3478>, unto Abner < 74> the son
<1121> of Ner <5369>, and unto Amasa <6021> the son <1121> of
Jether <3500>, whom he slew <2026>, and shed < 7760> the blood
<1818> of war <4421> in peace <7965>, and put <5414> the blood
<1818> of war <4421> upon his girdle <2290> that [was] about his
loins <4975>, and in his shoes <5275> that [were] on his feet
<7272>.



6 Do <6213> therefore according to thy wisdom <2451>, and let
not his hoar <7872> head go <3381> down <3381> to the grave
<7585> in peace <7965>.



7 But shew <6213> kindness <2617> unto the sons < 1121> of
Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569>, and let them be of those
that eat <0398> at thy table <7979>: for so < 3651> they came
<0935> to me when I fled <1272> because <6440> of Absalom <53>
thy brother <0251>.



8 And, behold <2009>, [thou hast] with thee Shimei < 8096> the
son <1121> of Gera <1617>, a Benjamite <1145> of Bahurim <0980>,
which <1931> cursed <7043> me with a grievous < 4834> curse
<7045> in the day <3117> when I went <3212> to Mahanaim <4266>:
but he came <3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> me at Jordan
<3383>, and I sware <7650> to him by the LORD < 3068>, saying
<0559>, I will not put thee to death <4191> with the sword
<2719>.



9 Now <6258> therefore hold him not guiltless <5352>: for thou
[art] a wise <2450> man <0376>, and knowest < 3045> what thou
oughtest to do <6213> unto him; but his hoar <7872> head bring
<3381> thou down <3381> to the grave <7585> with blood <1818>.



10 So David <1732> slept <7901> with his fathers < 1>, and was
buried <6912> in the city <5892> of David <1732> .



11 And the days <3117> that David <1732> reigned < 4427> over
<5921> Israel <3478> [were] forty <0705> years <8141>: seven
<7651> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Hebron <2275>, and
thirty <7970> and three <7969> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in
Jerusalem <3389>.



12. Then sat <3427> Solomon <8010> upon the throne <3678> of
David <1732> his father <1>; and his kingdom < 4438> was
established <3559> greatly <3966>.



13 And Adonijah <0138> the son <1121> of Haggith < 2294> came
<0935> to Bathsheba <1339> the mother <0517> of Solomon <8010>.
And she said <0559>, Comest <0935> thou peaceably < 7965>? And he
said <0559>, Peaceably <7965>.



14 He said <0559> moreover, I have somewhat to say < 1697> unto
thee. And she said <0559>, Say <1696> on.



15 And he said <0559>, Thou knowest <3045> that the kingdom
<4410> was mine, and [that] all <3605> Israel < 3478> set <7760>
their faces <6440> on <5921> me, that I should reign <4427>:
howbeit the kingdom <4410> is turned <5437> about < 5437>, and is
become <1961> my brother's <0251>: for it was his from the LORD
<3068>.



16 And now <6258> I ask <7592> one <0259> petition <7596> of
thee, deny <7725> me not. And she said <0559> unto him, Say
<1696> on.



17 And he said <0559>, Speak <0559>, I pray < 4994> thee, unto
Solomon <8010> the king <4428>, (for he will not say <0559> thee
nay,) that he give <5414> me Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767>
to wife <0802>.



18 And Bathsheba <1339> said <0559>, Well < 2896>; I will speak
<1696> for thee unto the king <4428>.



19 Bathsheba <1339> therefore went <0935> unto king <4428>
Solomon <8010>, to speak <1696> unto him for Adonijah <0138>.
And the king <4428> rose <6965> up to meet < 7125> her, and bowed
<7812> himself unto her, and sat <3427> down on < 5921> his
throne <3678>, and caused a seat <3678> to be set < 7760> for the
king's <4428> mother <0517>; and she sat <3427> on his right
<3225> hand.



20 Then she said <0559>, I desire <7592> one < 0259> small
<6996> petition <7596> of thee; [I pray thee], say <0559> me not
nay <6440>. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto her, Ask <7592>
on, my mother <0517>: for I will not say <0559> thee nay.



21 And she said <0559>, Let Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767>
be given <5414> to Adonijah <0138> thy brother < 0251> to wife
<0802>.



22 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> answered < 6030> and said
<0559> unto his mother <0517>, And why <4100> dost thou ask
<7592> Abishag <49> the Shunammite <7767> for Adonijah <0138>?
ask <7592> for him the kingdom <4410> also; for he [is] mine
elder <1419> brother <0251>; even for him, and for Abiathar <54>
the priest <3548>, and for Joab <3097> the son < 1121> of Zeruiah
<6870>.



23 Then king <4428> Solomon <8010> sware <7650> by the LORD
<3068>, saying <0559>, God <0430> do < 6213> so to me, and more
<3254> also <3541>, if <3588> Adonijah < 0138> have not spoken
<1696> this <2088> word <1697> against his own life <5315>.



24 Now <6258> therefore, [as] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>,
which <0834> hath established <3559> me, and set < 3427> me on
<5921> the throne <3678> of David <1732> my father <1>, and who
<0834> hath made <6213> me an house <1004>, as he promised
<1696>, Adonijah <0138> shall be put to death < 4191> this day
<3117>.



25 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> sent <7971> by the hand
<3027> of Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>; and
he fell <6293> upon him that he died <4191>.



26. And unto Abiathar <54> the priest <3548> said <0559> the
king <4428>, Get <3212> thee to Anathoth <6068>, unto thine own
fields <7704>; for thou [art] worthy <0376> of death <4194>: but
I will not at this <2088> time <3117> put thee to death <4191>,
because <3588> thou barest <5375> the ark <0727> of the Lord
<0136> GOD <3069> before <6440> David < 1732> my father <1>, and
because <3588> thou hast been afflicted <6031> in all <3605>
wherein <0834> my father <1> was afflicted < 6031>.



27 So Solomon <8010> thrust <1644> out Abiathar < 54> from being
<1961> priest <3548> unto the LORD <3068>; that he might fulfil
<4390> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake
<1696> concerning <5921> the house <1004> of Eli <5941> in
Shiloh <7887>.



28 Then tidings <8052> came <0935> to Joab < 3097>: for Joab
<3097> had turned <5186> after <0310> Adonijah <0138>, though he
turned <5186> not after <0310> Absalom <53>. And Joab <3097>
fled <5127> unto the tabernacle <0168> of the LORD <3068>, and
caught <2388> hold <2388> on the horns <7161> of the altar
<4196>.



29 And it was told <5046> king <4428> Solomon < 8010> that Joab
<3097> was fled <5127> unto the tabernacle < 0168> of the LORD
<3068>; and, behold <2009>, [he is] by the altar < 4196>. Then
Solomon <8010> sent <7971> Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of
Jehoiada <3111>, saying <0559>, Go <3212>, fall <6293> upon him.



30 And Benaiah <1141> came <0935> to the tabernacle <0168> of
the LORD <3068>, and said <0559> unto him, Thus < 3541> saith
<0559> the king <4428>, Come <3318> forth < 3318>. And he said
<0559>, Nay <3808>; but I will die <4191> here <6311>. And
Benaiah <1141> brought <7725> the king <4428> word <1697> again
<7725>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> said < 1696> Joab <3097>, and
thus <3541> he answered <6030> me.



31 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Do < 6213> as he
hath said <1696>, and fall <6293> upon him, and bury <6912> him;
that thou mayest take <5493> away <5493> the innocent <2600>
blood <1818>, which <0834> Joab <3097> shed < 8210>, from me, and
from the house <1004> of my father <1>.



32 And the LORD <3068> shall return <7725> his blood <1818>
upon his own head <7218>, who <4310> fell <6293> upon two <8147>
men <0582> more righteous <6662> and better < 2896> than he, and
slew <2026> them with the sword <2719>, my father < 1> David
<1732> not knowing <3045> [thereof, to wit], Abner <74> the son
<1121> of Ner <5369>, captain <8269> of the host <6635> of
Israel <3478>, and Amasa <6021> the son <1121> of Jether <3500>,
captain <8269> of the host <6635> of Judah < 3063>.



33 Their blood <1818> shall therefore return <7725> upon the
head <7218> of Joab <3097>, and upon the head < 7218> of his seed
<2233> for ever <5769>: but upon David <1732>, and upon his seed
<2233>, and upon his house <1004>, and upon his throne <3678>,
shall there be peace <7965> for ever <5769> from the LORD <3068>.



34 So Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada < 3111> went
<5927> up, and fell <6293> upon him, and slew < 4191> him: and he
was buried <6912> in his own house <1004> in the wilderness
<4057>.



35. And the king <4428> put <5414> Benaiah < 1141> the son
<1121> of Jehoiada <3111> in his room <8478> over <5921> the
host <6635>: and Zadok <6659> the priest <3548> did the king
<4428> put <5414> in the room <8478> of Abiathar <54>.



36 And the king <4428> sent <7971> and called < 7121> for Shimei
<8096>, and said <0559> unto him, Build <1129> thee an house
<1004> in Jerusalem <3389>, and dwell <3427> there <8033>, and
go <3318> not forth <3318> thence <8033> any whither <0575>.



37 For it shall be, [that] on the day <3117> thou goest <3318>
out, and passest <5674> over <5674> the brook < 5158> Kidron
<6939>, thou shalt know <3045> for certain < 3045> that thou
shalt surely die <4191>: thy blood <1818> shall be upon thine
own head <7218>.



38 And Shimei <8096> said <0559> unto the king < 4428>, The
saying <1697> [is] good <2896>: as my lord < 0113> the king
<4428> hath said <1696>, so <3651> will thy servant <5650> do
<6213>. And Shimei <8096> dwelt <3427> in Jerusalem <3389> many
<7227> days <3117>.



39 And it came <1961> to pass at the end <7093> of three <7969>
years <8141>, that two <8147> of the servants < 5650> of Shimei
<8096> ran <1272> away unto Achish <0397> son <1121> of Maachah
<4601> king <4428> of Gath <1661>. And they told <5046> Shimei
<8096>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, thy servants <5650> [be]
in Gath <1661>.



40 And Shimei <8096> arose <6965>, and saddled < 2280> his ass
<2543>, and went <3212> to Gath <1661> to Achish <0397> to seek
<1245> his servants <5650>: and Shimei <8096> went <3212>, and
brought <0935> his servants <5650> from Gath < 1661>.



41 And it was told <5046> Solomon <8010> that Shimei <8096> had
gone <1980> from Jerusalem <3389> to Gath <1661> , and was come
<7725> again <7725>.



42 And the king <4428> sent <7971> and called < 7121> for Shimei
<8096>, and said <0559> unto him, Did I not make thee to swear
<7650> by the LORD <3068>, and protested <5749> unto thee,
saying <0559>, Know <3045> for a certain <3045>, on the day
<3117> thou goest <3318> out, and walkest <1980> abroad any
whither <0575>, that thou shalt surely die <4191>? and thou
saidst <0559> unto me, The word <1697> [that] I have heard
<8085> [is] good <2896>.



43 Why <4100> then hast thou not kept <8104> the oath <7621> of
the LORD <3068>, and the commandment <4687> that I have charged
<6680> thee with?



44 The king <4428> said <0559> moreover to Shimei <8096>, Thou
knowest <3045> all <3605> the wickedness <7451> which <0834>
thine heart <3824> is privy <3045> to, that thou didst <6213> to
David <1732> my father <1>: therefore the LORD < 3068> shall
return <7725> thy wickedness <7451> upon thine own head <7218>;



45 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> [shall be] blessed <1288>,
and the throne <3678> of David <1732> shall be established
<3559> before <6440> the LORD <3068> for ever.



46 So the king <4428> commanded <6680> Benaiah < 1141> the son
<1121> of Jehoiada <3111>; which went <3318> out, and fell
<6293> upon him, that he died <4191>. And the kingdom <4467> was
established <3559> in the hand <3027> of Solomon < 8010>.



1Kings 3



1. And Solomon <8010> made affinity <2859> with Pharaoh <6547>
king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, and took <3947> Pharaoh's <6547>
daughter <1323>, and brought <0935> her into < 0413> the city
<5892> of David <1732>, until <5704> he had made an end <3615>
of building <1129> his own house <1004>, and the house <1004> of
the LORD <3068>, and the wall <2346> of Jerusalem < 3389> round
<5439> about.



2 Only <7535> the people <5971> sacrificed < 2076> in high
<1116> places, because <3588> there was no < 3808> house <1004>
built <1129> unto the name <8034> of the LORD < 3068>, until
<5704> those <1992> days <3117>.



3 And Solomon <8010> loved <0157> the LORD < 3068>, walking
<3212> in the statutes <2708> of David <1732> his father <1>:
only <7535> he sacrificed <2076> and burnt < 6999> incense <6999>
in high <1116> places.



4 And the king <4428> went <3212> to Gibeon < 1391> to sacrifice
<2076> there <8033>; for that [was] the great < 1419> high <1116>
place: a thousand <0505> burnt <5930> offerings did Solomon
<8010> offer <5927> upon that altar <4196>.



5. In Gibeon <1391> the LORD <3068> appeared < 7200> to Solomon
<8010> in a dream <2472> by night <3915>: and God <0430> said
<0559>, Ask <7592> what <4100> I shall give < 5414> thee.



6 And Solomon <8010> said <0559>, Thou hast shewed <6213> unto
thy servant <5650> David <1732> my father <1> great <1419> mercy
<2617>, according as he walked <1980> before < 6440> thee in
truth <0571>, and in righteousness <6666>, and in uprightness
<3483> of heart <3824> with thee; and thou hast kept <8104> for
him this <2088> great <1419> kindness <2617>, that thou hast
given <5414> him a son <1121> to sit <3427> on <5921> his throne
<3678>, as [it is] this <2088> day <3117>.



7 And now <6258>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>, thou hast made
thy servant <5650> king <4427> instead <8478> of David <1732> my
father <1>: and I [am but] a little <6996> child < 5288>: I know
<3045> not [how] to go <3318> out or come <0935> in.



8 And thy servant <5650> [is] in the midst <8432> of thy people
<5971> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, a great <7227>
people <5971>, that cannot <3808> be numbered < 4487> nor counted
<5608> for multitude <7230>.



9 Give <5414> therefore thy servant <5650> an understanding
<8085> heart <3820> to judge <8199> thy people <5971>, that I
may discern <0995> between <0996> good <2896> and bad <7451>:
for who <4310> is able <3201> to judge <8199> this <2088> thy so
great <3515> a people <5971>?



10 And the speech <1697> pleased the Lord <0136>, that Solomon
<8010> had asked <7592> this <2088> thing < 1697>.



11 And God <0430> said <0559> unto him, Because < 3282> thou
hast asked <7592> this <2088> thing <1697>, and hast not asked
<7592> for thyself long <7221> life <3117>; neither <3808> hast
asked <7592> riches <6239> for thyself, nor < 3808> hast asked
<7592> the life <5315> of thine enemies <0341>; but hast asked
<7592> for thyself understanding <0995> to discern <8085>
judgment <4941>;



12 Behold <2009>, I have done <6213> according to thy words
<1697>: lo <2009>, I have given <5414> thee a wise <2450> and an
understanding <0995> heart <3820>; so that there was none <3808>
like <3644> thee before <6440> thee, neither after <0310> thee
shall any arise <6965> like <3644> unto thee.



13 And I have also <1571> given <5414> thee that which <0834>
thou hast not asked <7592>, both <1571> riches < 6239>, and
honour <3519>: so that there shall not be any <0376> among the
kings <4428> like <3644> unto thee all <3605> thy days <3117>.



14 And if <0518> thou wilt walk <3212> in my ways <1870>, to
keep <8104> my statutes <2706> and my commandments <4687>, as
thy father <1> David <1732> did walk <1980>, then I will
lengthen <0748> thy days <3117>.



15 And Solomon <8010> awoke <3364>; and, behold < 2009>, [it
was] a dream <2472>. And he came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and
stood <5975> before <6440> the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285>
of the LORD <3068>, and offered <5927> up burnt < 5930> offerings,
and offered <6213> peace <8002> offerings, and made <6213> a
feast <4960> to all <3605> his servants <5650>.



16. Then <0227> came <0935> there two <8147> women <0802>,
[that were] harlots <2181>, unto the king <4428>, and stood
<5975> before <6440> him.



17 And the one <0259> woman <0802> said <0559>, O my lord
<0113>, I and this <2063> woman <0802> dwell <3427> in one
<0259> house <1004>; and I was delivered <3205> of a child
<3205> with her in the house <1004>.



18 And it came <1961> to pass the third <7992> day <3117> after
that I was delivered <3205>, that this <2063> woman <0802> was
delivered <3205> also <1571>: and we [were] together <3162>;
[there was] no <0369> stranger <2114> with us in the house
<1004>, save <2108> we two <8147> in the house <1004>.



19 And this <2063> woman's <0802> child <1121> died <4191> in
the night <3915>; because <0834> she overlaid < 7901> it.



20 And she arose <6965> at midnight, and took <3947> my son
<1121> from beside <0681> me, while thine handmaid <0519> slept
<3463>, and laid <7901> it in her bosom <2436>, and laid <7901>
her dead <4191> child <1121> in my bosom <2436>.



21 And when I rose <6965> in the morning <1242> to give my
child <1121> suck <3243>, behold <2009>, it was dead <4191>: but
when I had considered <0995> it in the morning <1242>, behold
<2009>, it was not my son <1121>, which <0834> I did bear <3205>.



22 And the other <0312> woman <0802> said < 0559>, Nay <3808>;
but the living <2416> [is] my son <1121>, and the dead <4191>
[is] thy son <1121>. And this <2063> said <0559> , No <3808>; but
the dead <4191> [is] thy son <1121>, and the living <2416> [is]
my son <1121>. Thus they spake <1696> before < 6440> the king
<4428>.



23 Then said <0559> the king <4428>, The one < 2063> saith
<0559>, This <2063> [is] my son <1121> that liveth <2416>, and
thy son <1121> [is] the dead <4191>: and the other <2063> saith
<0559>, Nay <3808>; but thy son <1121> [is] the dead <4191>, and
my son <1121> [is] the living <2416>.



24 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Bring < 3947> me a sword
<2719>. And they brought <0935> a sword <2719> before <6440> the
king <4428>.



25 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Divide < 1504> the living
<2416> child <3206> in two <8147>, and give < 5414> half <2677>
to the one <0259>, and half <2677> to the other < 0259>.



26 Then spake <0559> the woman <0802> whose < 0834> the living
<2416> child <1121> [was] unto the king <4428>, for her bowels
<7358> yearned <3648> upon her son <1121>, and she said <0559>,
O my lord <0113>, give <5414> her the living < 2416> child <3205>,
and in no <0408> wise slay <4191> it. But the other <2063> said
<0559>, Let it be neither mine nor thine, [but] divide < 1504>
[it].



27 Then the king <4428> answered <6030> and said < 0559>, Give
<5414> her the living <2416> child <3205>, and in no <3808> wise
slay <4191> it: she [is] the mother <0517> thereof.



28 And all <3605> Israel <3478> heard <8085> of the judgment
<4941> which <0834> the king <4428> had judged <8199>; and they
feared <3372> the king <4428>: for they saw < 7200> that the
wisdom <2451> of God <0430> [was] in him, to do < 6213> judgment
<4941>.



1Kings 4



1. So king <4428> Solomon <8010> was king < 4428> over <5921>
all <3605> Israel <3478>.



2 And these <0428> [were] the princes <8269> which <0834> he
had; Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of Zadok < 6659> the priest
<3548>,



3 Elihoreph <0456> and Ahiah <0281>, the sons < 1121> of Shisha
<7894>, scribes <5608>; Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of
Ahilud <0286>, the recorder <2142>.



4 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada < 3111> [was]
over <5921> the host <6635>: and Zadok <6659> and Abiathar <54>
[were] the priests <3548>:



5 And Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of Nathan < 5416> [was] over
<5921> the officers <5324>: and Zabud the son < 1121> of Nathan
<5416> [was] principal <3548> officer <5324>, [and] the king's
<4428> friend <7463>:



6 And Ahishar <0301> [was] over <5921> the household <1004>:
and Adoniram <0141> the son <1121> of Abda < 5653> [was] over
<5921> the tribute <4522>.



7 And Solomon <8010> had twelve officers <5324> over <5921> all
<3605> Israel <3478>, which provided victuals < 3557> for the
king <4428> and his household <1004>: each < 0259> man his month
<2320> in a year <8141> made provision <3557>.



8 And these <0428> [are] their names <8034>: The son <1133> of
Hur <2354>, in mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>:



9 The son <1128> of Dekar <1857>, in Makaz < 4739>, and in
Shaalbim <8169>, and Bethshemesh <1053>, and Elonbethhanan
<0358>:



10 The son <1136> of Hesed <2618>, in Aruboth < 0700>; to him
[pertained] Sochoh <7755>, and all <3605> the land <0776> of
Hepher <2660>:



11 The son <1125> of Abinadab <41>, in all < 3605> the region
<5299> of Dor <1756>; which had Taphath <2955> the daughter
<1323> of Solomon <8010> to wife <0802>:



12 Baana <1195> the son <1121> of Ahilud <0286> ; [to him
pertained] Taanach <8590> and Megiddo <4023>, and all <3605>
Bethshean <1052>, which [is] by Zartanah beneath < 8478> Jezreel
<3157>, from Bethshean <1052> to Abelmeholah < 65>, [even] unto
[the place that is] beyond <5676> Jokneam <3362>:



13 The son <1127> of Geber <1398>, in Ramothgilead <7433>; to
him [pertained] the towns <2333> of Jair <2971> the son <1121>
of Manasseh <4519>, which <0834> [are] in Gilead < 1568>; to him
[also pertained] the region <2256> of Argob <0709>, which <0834>
[is] in Bashan <1316>, threescore <8346> great < 1419> cities
<5892> with walls <2346> and brasen <5178> bars <1280>:



14 Ahinadab <0292> the son <1121> of Iddo < 5714> [had] Mahanaim
<4266>:



15 Ahimaaz <0290> [was] in Naphtali <5321>; he also <1571> took
<3947> Basmath <1315> the daughter <1323> of Solomon <8010> to
wife <0802>:



16 Baanah <1195> the son <1121> of Hushai < 2365> [was] in Asher
<0836> and in Aloth <1175>:



17 Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Paruah < 6515>, in
Issachar <3485>:



18 Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Elah <0425>, in Benjamin
<1144>:



19 Geber <1398> the son <1121> of Uri <0221> [was] in the
country <0776> of Gilead <1568>, [in] the country < 0776> of
Sihon <5511> king <4428> of the Amorites <0567>, and of Og
<5747> king <4428> of Bashan <1316>; and [he was] the only
<0259> officer <5333> which <0834> [was] in the land <0776>.



20. Judah <3063> and Israel <3478> [were] many < 7227>, as the
sand <2344> which <0834> [is] by the sea <3220> in multitude
<7230>, eating <0398> and drinking <8354>, and making merry
<8056>.



21 And Solomon <8010> reigned <4910> over all < 3605> kingdoms
<4467> from the river <5104> unto the land < 0776> of the
Philistines <6430>, and unto the border <1366> of Egypt <4714>:
they brought <5066> presents <4503>, and served < 5647> Solomon
<8010> all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>.



22 And Solomon's <8010> provision <3899> for one < 0259> day
<3117> was thirty <7970> measures <3734> of fine flour <5560>,
and threescore <8346> measures <3734> of meal < 7058>,



23 Ten <6235> fat <1277> oxen <1241>, and twenty <6242> oxen
<1241> out of the pastures <7471>, and an hundred < 3967> sheep
<6629>, beside <0905> harts <0354>, and roebucks <6643>, and
fallowdeer <3180>, and fatted <75> fowl <1257>.



24 For he had dominion <7287> over all <3605> [the region] on
this side <5676> the river <5104>, from Tiphsah < 8607> even to
Azzah <5804>, over all <3605> the kings <4428> on this side
<5676> the river <5104>: and he had <1961> peace <7965> on all
<3605> sides <5676> round <5439> about him.



25 And Judah <3063> and Israel <3478> dwelt < 3427> safely
<0983>, every man <0376> under <8478> his vine <1612> and under
<8478> his fig <8384> tree, from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba
<0884>, all <3605> the days <3117> of Solomon <8010>.



26 And Solomon <8010> had forty <0705> thousand < 0505> stalls
<0723> of horses <5483> for his chariots <4817>, and twelve
thousand <0505> horsemen <6571>.



27 And those <0428> officers <5324> provided victual <3557> for
king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and for all <3605> that came <7131>
unto king <4428> Solomon's <8010> table <7979>, every man <0376>
in his month <2320>: they lacked <5737> nothing.



28 Barley <8184> also and straw <8401> for the horses <5483>
and dromedaries <7409> brought <0935> they unto the place <4725>
where [the officers] were, every man <0376> according to his
charge <4941>.



29. And God <0430> gave <5414> Solomon <8010> wisdom <2451> and
understanding <8394> exceeding <3966> much < 7235>, and largeness
<7341> of heart <3820>, even as the sand <2344> that [is] on
<5921> the sea <3220> shore <8193>.



30 And Solomon's <8010> wisdom <2451> excelled < 7227> the
wisdom <2451> of all <3605> the children <1121> of the east
<6924> country, and all <3605> the wisdom <2451> of Egypt <4714>.



31 For he was wiser <2449> than all <3605> men < 0120>; than
Ethan <0387> the Ezrahite <0250>, and Heman < 1968>, and Chalcol
<3633>, and Darda <1862>, the sons <1121> of Mahol <4235>: and
his fame <8034> was in all <3605> nations <1471> round <5439>
about.



32 And he spake <1696> three <7969> thousand < 0505> proverbs
<4912>: and his songs <7892> were a thousand < 0505> and five
<2568>.



33 And he spake <1696> of trees <6086>, from the cedar <0730>
tree <6086> that [is] in Lebanon <3844> even unto the hyssop
<0231> that springeth <3318> out of the wall < 7023>: he spake
<1696> also of beasts <0929>, and of fowl <5775> , and of
creeping <7431> things, and of fishes <1709>.



34 And there came <0935> of all <3605> people < 5971> to hear
<8085> the wisdom <2451> of Solomon <8010>, from all <3605>
kings <4428> of the earth <0776>, which <0834> had heard <8085>
of his wisdom <2451>.



1Kings 5



1. And Hiram <2438> king <4428> of Tyre <6865> sent <7971> his
servants <5650> unto Solomon <8010>; for he had < 1961> heard
<8085> that they had <1961> anointed <4886> him king <4428> in
the room <8478> of his father <1>: for Hiram < 2438> was ever a
lover <0157> of David <1732>.



2 And Solomon <8010> sent <7971> to Hiram < 2438>, saying <0559>,



3 Thou knowest <3045> how that David <1732> my father <1> could
<3201> not build <1129> an house <1004> unto the name <8034> of
the LORD <3068> his God <0430> for the wars < 4421> which <0834>
were about <5437> him on every <5437> side, until < 5704> the
LORD <3068> put <5414> them under <8478> the soles <3709> of his
feet <7272>.



4 But now <6258> the LORD <3068> my God <0430> hath given me
rest <5117> on every <5437> side <5439>, [so that there is]
neither <0369> adversary <7854> nor <0369> evil <7451> occurrent
<6294>.



5 And, behold <2005>, I purpose <0559> to build < 1129> an house
<1004> unto the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> my God <0430>, as
the LORD <3068> spake <1696> unto David <1732> my father <1>,
saying <0559>, Thy son <1121>, whom <0834> I will set <5414>
upon thy throne <3678> in thy room <8478>, he shall build <1129>
an house <1004> unto my name <8034>.



6 Now <6258> therefore command <6680> thou that they hew <3772>
me cedar <0730> trees out of Lebanon <3844>; and my servants
<5650> shall be with thy servants <5650>: and unto thee will I
give <5414> hire <7939> for thy servants <5650> according to all
<3605> that thou shalt appoint <0559>: for thou knowest <3045>
that [there is] not among us any <0376> that can skill < 3045> to
hew <3772> timber <6086> like unto the Sidonians < 6722>.



7 And it came <1961> to pass, when Hiram <2438> heard <8085>
the words <1697> of Solomon <8010>, that he rejoiced <8055>
greatly <3966>, and said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD
<3068> this day <3117>, which <0834> hath given <5414> unto
David <1732> a wise <2450> son <1121> over < 5921> this <2088>
great <7227> people <5971>.



8 And Hiram <2438> sent <7971> to Solomon < 8010>, saying <0559>,
I have considered <8085> the things which <0834> thou sentest
<7971> to me for: [and] I will do <6213> all < 3605> thy desire
<2656> concerning timber <6086> of cedar <0730>, and concerning
timber <6086> of fir <1265>.



9 My servants <5650> shall bring <3381> [them] down <3381> from
Lebanon <3844> unto the sea <3220>: and I will convey <7760>
them by sea <3220> in floats <1702> unto the place <4725> that
thou shalt appoint <7971> me, and will cause them to be
discharged <5310> there <8033>, and thou shalt receive <5375>
[them]: and thou shalt accomplish <6213> my desire < 2656>, in
giving <5414> food <3899> for my household < 1004>.



10. So Hiram <2438> gave <5414> Solomon <8010> cedar <0730>
trees <6086> and fir <1265> trees <6086> [according to] all
<3605> his desire <2656>.



11 And Solomon <8010> gave <5414> Hiram <2438> twenty <6242>
thousand <0505> measures <3734> of wheat <2406> [for] food
<4361> to his household <1004>, and twenty < 6242> measures
<3734> of pure <3795> oil <8081>: thus < 3541> gave <5414>
Solomon <8010> to Hiram <2438> year <8141> by year <8141>.



12 And the LORD <3068> gave <5414> Solomon < 8010> wisdom <2451>,
as he promised <1696> him: and there was peace <7965> between
<0996> Hiram <2438> and Solomon <8010>; and they two <8147> made
<3772> a league <1285> together.



13 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> raised <5927> a levy <4522>
out of all <3605> Israel <3478>; and the levy < 4522> was thirty
<7970> thousand <0505> men <0376>.



14 And he sent <7971> them to Lebanon <3844>, ten <6235>
thousand <0505> a month <2320> by courses <2487> : a month <2320>
they were in Lebanon <3844>, [and] two <8147> months <2320> at
home <1004>: and Adoniram <0141> [was] over < 5921> the levy
<4522>.



15 And Solomon <8010> had <1961> threescore < 7657> and ten
thousand <0505> that bare <5375> burdens <5449>, and fourscore
<8084> thousand <0505> hewers <2672> in the mountains <2022>;



16 Beside <0905> the chief <8269> of Solomon's < 8010> officers
<5324> which <0834> [were] over <5921> the work <4399>, three
<7969> thousand <0505> and three <7969> hundred <3967>, which
ruled <7287> over the people <5971> that wrought < 6213> in the
work <4399>.



17 And the king <4428> commanded <6680>, and they brought
<5265> great <1419> stones <68>, costly < 3368> stones <68>,
[and] hewed <1496> stones <68>, to lay the foundation <3245> of
the house <1004>.



18 And Solomon's <8010> builders <1129> and Hiram's <2438>
builders <1129> did hew <6458> [them], and the stonesquarers
<1382>: so they prepared <3559> timber <6086> and stones <68> to
build <1129> the house <1004>.



1Kings 6



1. And it came <1961> to pass in the four <0702> hundred <3967>
and eightieth <8084> year <8141> after the children <1121> of
Israel <3478> were come <3318> out of the land < 0776> of Egypt
<4714>, in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of Solomon's <8010>
reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>, in the month <2320> Zif
<2099>, which <1931> [is] the second <8145> month <2320>, that
he began to build <1129> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>.



2 And the house <1004> which <0834> king <4428> Solomon <8010>
built <1129> for the LORD <3068>, the length < 0753> thereof
[was] threescore <8346> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <7341>
thereof twenty <6242> [cubits], and the height <6967> thereof
thirty <7970> cubits <0520>.



3 And the porch <0197> before the temple <1964> of the house
<1004>, twenty <6242> cubits <0520> [was] the length <0753>
thereof, according to the breadth <7341> of the house < 1004>;
[and] ten <6235> cubits <0520> [was] the breadth < 7341> thereof
before the house <1004>.



4 And for the house <1004> he made <6213> windows <2474> of
narrow <0331> lights <8261>.



5 And against <5921> the wall <7023> of the house <1004> he
built <1129> chambers <3326> round <5439> about, [against] the
walls <7023> of the house <1004> round <5439> about, [both] of
the temple <1964> and of the oracle <1687>: and he made <6213>
chambers <6763> round <5439> about:



6 The nethermost <8481> chamber <3326> [was] five <2568> cubits
<0520> broad <7341>, and the middle <8484> [was] six <8337>
cubits <0520> broad <7341>, and the third <7992> [was] seven
<7651> cubits <0520> broad <7341>: for without <2351> [in the
wall] of the house <1004> he made <5414> narrowed < 4052> rests
round <5439> about, that [the beams] should not be fastened
<0270> in the walls <7023> of the house <1004>.



7 And the house <1004>, when it was in building < 1129>, was
built <1129> of stone <68> made ready <8003> before <4551> it
was brought <4551> thither: so that there was neither < 3808>
hammer <4717> nor axe <1631> [nor] any <3605> tool <3627> of
iron <1270> heard <8085> in the house <1004>, while it was in
building <1129>.



8 The door <6907> for the middle <8484> chamber < 6763> [was] in
the right <3233> side <3802> of the house <1004> : and they went
<5927> up with winding <3583> stairs <3883> into <5921> the
middle <8484> [chamber], and out of the middle <8484> into
<0413> the third <7992>.



9 So he built <1129> the house <1004>, and finished <3615> it;
and covered <5603> the house <1004> with beams < 1356> and boards
<7713> of cedar <0730>.



10 And [then] he built <1129> chambers <3326> against <5921>
all <3605> the house <1004>, five <2568> cubits <0520> high
<6967>: and they rested <0270> on the house < 1004> [with] timber
<6086> of cedar <0730>.



11. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> to
Solomon <8010>, saying <0559>,



12 [Concerning] this <2088> house <1004> which < 0834> thou art
in building <1129>, if <0518> thou wilt walk < 3212> in my
statutes <2708>, and execute <6213> my judgments < 4941>, and
keep <8104> all <3605> my commandments <4687> to walk <3212> in
them; then will I perform <6965> my word <1697> with thee, which
<0834> I spake <1696> unto David <1732> thy father <1>:



13 And I will dwell <7931> among <8432> the children <1121> of
Israel <3478>, and will not forsake <5800> my people <5971>
Israel <3478>.



14 So Solomon <8010> built <1129> the house < 1004>, and
finished <3615> it.



15. And he built <1129> the walls <7023> of the house <1004>
within <1004> with boards <6763> of cedar <0730> , both the floor
<7172> of the house <1004>, and the walls <7023> of the cieling
<5604>: [and] he covered <6823> [them] on the inside <1004> with
wood <6086>, and covered <6823> the floor <7172> of the house
<1004> with planks <6763> of fir <1265>.



16 And he built <1129> twenty <6242> cubits < 0520> on the sides
<3411> of the house <1004>, both the floor < 7172> and the walls
<7023> with boards <6763> of cedar <0730>: he even built <1129>
[them] for it within <1004>, [even] for the oracle < 1687>,
[even] for the most <6944> holy <6944> [place].



17 And the house <1004>, that [is], the temple <1964> before
<3942> it, was forty <0705> cubits <0520> [long].



18 And the cedar <0730> of the house <1004> within <6441> [was]
carved <4734> with knops <6497> and open <6358> flowers <6731>:
all <3605> [was] cedar <0730>; there was no < 0369> stone <68>
seen <7200>.



19 And the oracle <1687> he prepared <3559> in the house <1004>
within <6441>, to set <5414> there <8033> the ark <0727> of the
covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068>.



20 And the oracle <1687> in the forepart <6440> [was] twenty
<6242> cubits <0520> in length <0753>, and twenty <6242> cubits
<0520> in breadth <7341>, and twenty <6242> cubits <0520> in the
height <6967> thereof: and he overlaid <6823> it with pure
<5462> gold <2091>; and [so] covered <6823> the altar <4196>
[which was of] cedar <0730>.



21 So Solomon <8010> overlaid <6823> the house < 1004> within
<6441> with pure <5462> gold <2091>: and he made a partition
<5674> by the chains <7569> of gold <2091> before <6440> the
oracle <1687>; and he overlaid <6823> it with gold <2091>.



22 And the whole <3605> house <1004> he overlaid < 6823> with
gold <2091>, until <5704> he had <1961> finished <8552> all
<3605> the house <1004>: also the whole <3605> altar <4196> that
[was] by the oracle <1687> he overlaid <6823> with gold <2091>.



23 And within the oracle <1687> he made <6213> two <8147>
cherubims <3742> [of] olive <8081> tree <6086>, [each] ten
<6235> cubits <0520> high <6967>.



24 And five <2568> cubits <0520> [was] the one < 0259> wing
<3671> of the cherub <3742>, and five <2568> cubits <0520> the
other <8145> wing <3671> of the cherub <3742>: from the
uttermost <7098> part of the one wing <3671> unto the uttermost
<7098> part of the other <3671> [were] ten < 6235> cubits <0520>.



25 And the other <8145> cherub <3742> [was] ten < 6235> cubits
<0520>: both <8147> the cherubims <3742> [were] of one <0259>
measure <4060> and one <0259> size <7095>.



26 The height <6967> of the one <0259> cherub < 3742> [was] ten
<6235> cubits <0520>, and so <3651> [was it] of the other <8145>
cherub <3742>.



27 And he set <5414> the cherubims <3742> within < 8432> the
inner <6442> house <1004>: and they stretched < 6566> forth the
wings <3671> of the cherubims <3742>, so that the wing <3671> of
the one <0259> touched <5060> the [one] wall < 7023>, and the
wing <3671> of the other <8145> cherub <3742> touched <5060> the
other <8145> wall <7023>; and their wings <3671> touched <5060>
one <3671> another <3671> in the midst <8432> of the house
<1004>.



28 And he overlaid <6823> the cherubims <3742> with gold <2091>.



29 And he carved <7049> all <3605> the walls < 7023> of the
house <1004> round <4524> about <4524> with carved <6603>
figures <4734> of cherubims <3742> and palm < 8561> trees and
open <6358> flowers <6731>, within <6441> and without <2435>.



30 And the floor <7172> of the house <1004> he overlaid <6823>
with gold <2091>, within <6441> and without < 2435>.



31 And for the entering <6607> of the oracle <1687> he made
<6213> doors <1817> [of] olive <8081> tree < 6086>: the lintel
<0352> [and] side posts <4201> [were] a fifth < 2549> part [of
the wall].



32 The two <8147> doors <1817> also [were of] olive <8081> tree
<6086>; and he carved <7049> upon them carvings < 4734> of
cherubims <3742> and palm <8561> trees and open < 6358> flowers
<6731>, and overlaid <6823> [them] with gold < 2091>, and spread
<7286> gold <2091> upon the cherubims <3742>, and upon the palm
<8561> trees.



33 So <3651> also made <6213> he for the door < 6907> of the
temple <1964> posts <4201> [of] olive <8081> tree <6086>, a
fourth <7243> part [of the wall].



34 And the two <8147> doors <1817> [were of] fir < 1265> tree
<6086>: the two <8147> leaves <6763> of the one <0259> door
<1817> [were] folding <1550>, and the two <8147> leaves <7050>
of the other <8145> door <1817> [were] folding < 1550>.



35 And he carved <7049> [thereon] cherubims <3742> and palm
<8561> trees and open <6358> flowers <6731>: and covered <6823>
[them] with gold <2091> fitted <3474> upon the carved <2707>
work.



36 And he built <1129> the inner <6442> court < 2691> with three
<7969> rows <2905> of hewed <1496> stone < 1496>, and a row
<2905> of cedar <0730> beams <3773>.



37 In the fourth <7243> year <8141> was the foundation <3245>
of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> laid, in the month <3391>
Zif <2099>:



38 And in the eleventh year <8141>, in the month < 3391> Bul
<0945>, which <1931> [is] the eighth <8066> month <2320>, was
the house <1004> finished <3615> throughout all < 3605> the parts
<1697> thereof, and according <5921> to all < 3605> the fashion
<4941> of it. So was he seven <7651> years < 8141> in building
<1129> it.



1Kings 7



1. But Solomon <8010> was building <1129> his own house <1004>
thirteen years <8141>, and he finished <3615> all < 3605> his
house <1004>.



2 He built <1129> also the house <1004> of the forest <3293> of
Lebanon <3844>; the length <0753> thereof [was] an hundred
<3967> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <7341> thereof fifty
<2572> cubits <0520>, and the height <6967> thereof thirty
<7970> cubits <0520>, upon four <0702> rows < 2905> of cedar
<0730> pillars <5982>, with cedar <0730> beams <3773> upon the
pillars <5982>.



3 And [it was] covered <5603> with cedar <0730> above <4605>
upon the beams <6763>, that [lay] on forty <0705> five <2568>
pillars <5982>, fifteen <6240> [in] a row <2905> .



4 And [there were] windows <8261> [in] three <7969> rows <2905>,
and light <4237> [was] against <0413> light < 4237> [in] three
<7969> ranks <6471>.



5 And all <3605> the doors <6607> and posts < 4201> [were]
square <7251>, with the windows <8260>: and light < 4237> [was]
against light <0216> [in] three <7969> ranks < 6471>.



6 And he made <6213> a porch <0197> of pillars < 5982>; the
length <0753> thereof [was] fifty <2572> cubits < 0520>, and the
breadth <7341> thereof thirty <7970> cubits < 0520>: and the
porch <0197> [was] before them: and the [other] pillars < 5982>
and the thick beam <5646> [were] before them.



7 Then he made <6213> a porch <0197> for the throne <3678>
where he might judge <8199>, [even] the porch <0197> of judgment
<4941>: and [it was] covered <5603> with cedar < 0730> from one
side of the floor <7172> to the other.



8 And his house <1004> where he dwelt <3427> [had] another
<0312> court <2691> within <1004> the porch < 0197>, [which] was
of the like work <4649>. Solomon <8010> made < 6213> also an
house <1004> for Pharaoh's <6547> daughter < 1323>, whom <0834>
he had <1961> taken <3947> [to wife], like unto this <2088>
porch <0197>.



9 All <3605> these <0428> [were of] costly < 3368> stones <68>,
according to the measures <4060> of hewed <1496> stones <1496>,
sawed <1641> with saws <4050>, within <1004> and without <2351>,
even from the foundation <4527> unto the coping <2947> , and [so]
on <5704> the outside <2351> toward <5704> the great <1419>
court <2691>.



10 And the foundation <3245> [was of] costly <3368> stones <68>,
even great <1419> stones <68>, stones <68> of ten <6235> cubits
<0520>, and stones <68> of eight <8083> cubits <0520>.



11 And above <4605> [were] costly <3368> stones < 68>, after the
measures <4060> of hewed <1496> stones <1496>, and cedars <0730>.



12 And the great <1419> court <2691> round < 5439> about [was]
with three <7969> rows <2905> of hewed <1496> stones <1496>, and
a row <2905> of cedar <0730> beams <3773>, both for the inner
<6442> court <2691> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and
for the porch <0197> of the house <1004>.



13. And king <4428> Solomon <8010> sent <7971> and fetched
<3947> Hiram <2438> out of Tyre <6865>.



14 He [was] a widow's <0490> son <1121> of the tribe <4294> of
Naphtali <5321>, and his father <1> [was] a man < 0376> of Tyre
<6876>, a worker <2790> in brass <5178>: and he was filled
<4390> with wisdom <2451>, and understanding < 8394>, and cunning
<1847> to work <6213> all <3605> works < 4399> in brass <5178>.
And he came <0935> to king <4428> Solomon <8010> , and wrought
<6213> all <3605> his work <4399>.



15 For he cast <6696> two <8147> pillars <5982> of brass <5178>,
of eighteen cubits <0520> high <6967> apiece < 0259>: and a line
<2339> of twelve cubits <0520> did compass < 5437> either <8145>
of them about <5437>.



16 And he made <6213> two <8147> chapiters < 3805> [of] molten
<3332> brass <5178>, to set <5414> upon the tops <7218> of the
pillars <5982>: the height <6967> of the one < 0259> chapiter
<3805> [was] five <2568> cubits <0520>, and the height <6967> of
the other <8145> chapiter <3805> [was] five < 2568> cubits <0520>:



17 [And] nets <7638> of checker <7639> work < 4639>, and wreaths
<1434> of chain <8333> work <4639>, for the chapiters <3805>
which <0834> [were] upon the top <7218> of the pillars <5982>;
seven <7651> for the one <0259> chapiter <3805>, and seven
<7651> for the other <8145> chapiter <3805>.



18 And he made <6213> the pillars <5982>, and two <8147> rows
<2905> round <5439> about upon the one <0259> network <7639>, to
cover <3680> the chapiters <3805> that [were] upon the top
<7218>, with pomegranates <7416>: and so <3651> did <6213> he
for the other <8145> chapiter <3805>.



19 And the chapiters <3805> that [were] upon the top < 7218> of
the pillars <5982> [were] of lily <7799> work < 4639> in the
porch <0197>, four <0702> cubits <0520>.



20 And the chapiters <3805> upon the two <8147> pillars <5982>
[had pomegranates] also <1571> above <4605>, over < 5980> against
<5980> the belly <0990> which <0834> [was] by the network <7639>:
and the pomegranates <7416> [were] two hundred <3967> in rows
<2905> round <5439> about upon the other <8145> chapiter <3805>.



21 And he set <6965> up the pillars <5982> in the porch <0197>
of the temple <1964>: and he set <6965> up the right <3225>
pillar <5982>, and called <7121> the name <8034> thereof Jachin
<3199>: and he set <6965> up the left <8042> pillar <5982>, and
called <7121> the name <8034> thereof Boaz < 1162>.



22 And upon the top <7218> of the pillars <5982> [was] lily
<7799> work <4639>: so was the work <4399> of the pillars <5982>
finished <8552>.



23 And he made <6213> a molten <3332> sea < 3220>, ten <6235>
cubits <0520> from the one brim <8193> to the other: [it was]
round <5696> all about, and his height <6967> [was] five <2568>
cubits <0520>: and a line <6957> of thirty < 7970> cubits <0520>
did compass <5437> it round <5439> about.



24 And under <8478> the brim <8193> of it round < 5439> about
[there were] knops <6497> compassing <5437> it, ten <6235> in a
cubit <0520>, compassing <5362> the sea <3220> round <5439>
about: the knops <6497> [were] cast <3333> in two < 8147> rows
<2905>, when it was cast <3333>.



25 It stood <5975> upon twelve oxen <1241>, three <7969>
looking <6437> toward the north <6828>, and three < 7969> looking
<6437> toward the west <3220>, and three <7969> looking <6437>
toward the south <5045>, and three <7969> looking < 6437> toward
the east <4217>: and the sea <3220> [was set] above <4605> upon
them, and all <3605> their hinder <0268> parts [were] inward
<1004>.



26 And it [was] an hand <2947> breadth <2947> thick <5672>, and
the brim <8193> thereof was wrought <4639> like the brim <8193>
of a cup <3563>, with flowers <6525> of lilies < 7799>: it
contained <3557> two thousand <0505> baths < 1324>.



27 And he made <6213> ten <6235> bases <4350> of brass <5178>;
four <0702> cubits <0520> [was] the length < 0753> of one <0259>
base <4350>, and four <0702> cubits <0520> the breadth <7341>
thereof, and three <7969> cubits <0520> the height <6967> of it.



28 And the work <4639> of the bases <4350> [was] on this <2088>
[manner]: they had borders <4526>, and the borders < 4526> [were]
between <0996> the ledges <7948>:



29 And on <5921> the borders <4526> that [were] between <0996>
the ledges <7948> [were] lions <0738>, oxen < 1241>, and
cherubims <3742>: and upon the ledges <7948> [there was] a base
<3653> above <4605>: and beneath <8478> the lions <0738> and
oxen <1241> [were] certain additions <3914> made < 6213> of thin
<4174> work <4639>.



30 And every <0259> base <4350> had four <0702> brasen <5178>
wheels <0212>, and plates <5633> of brass <5178> : and the four
<0702> corners <6471> thereof had undersetters < 3802>: under
<8478> the laver <3595> [were] undersetters < 3802> molten <3332>,
at the side <5676> of every <0376> addition < 3914>.



31 And the mouth <6310> of it within <1004> the chapiter <3805>
and above <4605> [was] a cubit <0520>: but the mouth <6310>
thereof [was] round <5696> [after] the work <4639> of the base
<3653>, a cubit <0520> and an half <2677>: and also <1571> upon
the mouth <6310> of it [were] gravings with their borders <4526>,
foursquare <7251>, not round <5696>.



32 And under <8478> the borders <4526> [were] four <0702>
wheels <0212>; and the axletrees <3027> of the wheels <0212>
[were joined] to the base <4350>: and the height < 6967> of a
wheel <0212> [was] a cubit <0520> and half < 2677> a cubit <0520>.



33 And the work <4639> of the wheels <0212> [was] like the work
<4639> of a chariot <4818> wheel <0212>: their axletrees <3027>,
and their naves <1354>, and their felloes <2839>, and their
spokes <2840>, [were] all <3605> molten <3332>.



34 And [there were] four <0702> undersetters <3802> to the four
<0702> corners <6438> of one <0259> base < 4350>: [and] the
undersetters <3802> [were] of the very base <4350> itself.



35 And in the top <7218> of the base <4350> [was there] a round
<5696> compass <5439> of half <2677> a cubit <0520> high <6967>:
and on <5921> the top <7218> of the base <4350> the ledges
<3027> thereof and the borders <4526> thereof [were] of the same.



36 For on <5921> the plates <3871> of the ledges < 3027> thereof,
and on <5921> the borders <4526> thereof, he graved <6605>
cherubims <3742>, lions <0738>, and palm <8561> trees, according
to the proportion <4626> of every <0376> one < 0376>, and
additions <3914> round <5439> about.



37 After this <2063> [manner] he made <6213> the ten <6235>
bases <4350>: all <3605> of them had one <0259> casting <4165>,
one <0259> measure <4060>, [and] one <0259> size <7095>.



38 Then made <6213> he ten <6235> lavers <3595> of brass <5178>:
one <0259> laver <3595> contained <3557> forty <0705> baths
<1324>: [and] every <0259> laver <3595> was four <0702> cubits
<0520>: [and] upon every one <0259> of the ten < 6235> bases
<4350> one <0259> laver <3595>.



39 And he put <5414> five <2568> bases <4350> on <5921> the
right <3225> side <3802> of the house <1004>, and five <2568> on
<5921> the left <8040> side <3802> of the house <1004>: and he
set <5414> the sea <3220> on the right <3233> side <3802> of the
house <1004> eastward <6924> over <4136> against <4136> the
south <5045>.



40 And Hiram <2438> made <6213> the lavers < 3595>, and the
shovels <3257>, and the basons <4219>. So Hiram < 2438> made
<6213> an end <3615> of doing <6213> all < 3605> the work <4399>
that he made <6213> king <4428> Solomon <8010> for the house
<1004> of the LORD <3068>:



41 The two <8147> pillars <5982>, and the [two < 8147>] bowls
<1543> of the chapiters <3805> that [were] on < 5921> the top
<7218> of the two <8147> pillars <5982>; and the two <8147>
networks <7639>, to cover <3680> the two <8147> bowls <1543> of
the chapiters <3805> which <0834> [were] upon the top <7218> of
the pillars <5982>;



42 And four <0702> hundred <3967> pomegranates < 7416> for the
two <8147> networks <7639>, [even] two <8147> rows <2905> of
pomegranates <7416> for one <0259> network < 7639>, to cover
<3680> the two <8147> bowls <1543> of the chapiters <3805> that
[were] upon the pillars <5982>;



43 And the ten <6235> bases <4350>, and ten < 6235> lavers
<3595> on <5921> the bases <4350>;



44 And one <0259> sea <3220>, and twelve oxen < 1241> under
<8478> the sea <3220>;



45 And the pots <5518>, and the shovels <3257>, and the basons
<4219>: and all <3605> these <0428> vessels < 3627>, which <0834>
Hiram <2438> made <6213> to king <4428> Solomon <8010> for the
house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, [were of] bright < 4803> brass
<5178>.



46 In the plain <3603> of Jordan <3383> did the king <4428>
cast <3332> them, in the clay <4568> ground < 0127> between
<0996> Succoth <5523> and Zarthan.



47 And Solomon <8010> left <3240> all <3605> the vessels <3627>
[unweighed], because they were exceeding <3966> many < 7230>:
neither <3808> was the weight <4948> of the brass < 5178> found
<2713> out.



48. And Solomon <8010> made <6213> all <3605> the vessels
<3627> that [pertained] unto the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>:
the altar <4196> of gold <2091>, and the table < 7979> of gold
<2091>, whereupon the shewbread [was],



49 And the candlesticks <4501> of pure <5462> gold <2091>, five
<2568> on the right <3225> [side], and five < 2568> on the left
<8040>, before <6440> the oracle <1687>, with the flowers <6525>,
and the lamps <5216>, and the tongs <4457> [of] gold <2091>,



50 And the bowls <5592>, and the snuffers <4212>, and the
basons <4219>, and the spoons <3709>, and the censers <4289>
[of] pure <5462> gold <2091>; and the hinges < 6596> [of] gold
<2091>, [both] for the doors <1817> of the inner < 6442> house
<1004>, the most <6944> holy <6944> [place, and] for the doors
<1817> of the house <1004>, [to wit], of the temple <1964>.



51 So was ended <7999> all <3605> the work < 4399> that king
<4428> Solomon <8010> made <6213> for the house <1004> of the
LORD <3068>. And Solomon <8010> brought <0935> in the things
which David <1732> his father <1> had dedicated < 6944>; [even
<0853>] the silver <3701>, and the gold <2091>, and the vessels
<3627>, did he put <5414> among the treasures < 0214> of the
house <1004> of the LORD <3068>.



1Kings 8



1. Then <0227> Solomon <8010> assembled <6950> the elders
<2205> of Israel <3478>, and all <3605> the heads <7218> of the
tribes <4294>, the chief <5387> of the fathers < 1> of the
children <1121> of Israel <3478>, unto king < 4428> Solomon
<8010> in Jerusalem <3389>, that they might bring < 5927> up the
ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD < 3068> out of the
city <5892> of David <1732>, which <1958> [is] Zion <6726>.



2 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel < 3478> assembled
<6950> themselves unto king <4428> Solomon < 8010> at the feast
<2282> in the month <3391> Ethanim <0388>, which <1931> [is] the
seventh <7637> month <2320>.



3 And all <3605> the elders <2205> of Israel < 3478> came <0935>,
and the priests <3548> took <5375> up the ark < 0727>.



4 And they brought <5927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>,
and the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <4150>, and all
<3605> the holy <6944> vessels <3627> that [were] in the
tabernacle <0168>, even those did the priests <3548> and the
Levites <3881> bring <5927> up.



5 And king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and all < 3605> the
congregation <5712> of Israel <3478>, that were assembled <3259>
unto him, [were] with him before <6440> the ark <0727> ,
sacrificing <2076> sheep <6629> and oxen <1241>, that could not
be told <5608> nor <3808> numbered <4487> for multitude <7230>.



6 And the priests <3548> brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of
the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> unto his place <4725>,
into <0413> the oracle <1687> of the house < 1004>, to the most
<6944> holy <6944> [place, even] under the wings < 3671> of the
cherubims <3742>.



7 For the cherubims <3742> spread <6566> forth [their] two
wings <3671> over <0413> the place <4725> of the ark <0727>, and
the cherubims <3742> covered <5526> the ark < 0727> and the
staves <0905> thereof above <4605>.



8 And they drew <0748> out the staves <0905>, that the ends
<7218> of the staves <0905> were seen <7200> out in the holy
<6944> [place] before the oracle <1687>, and they were not seen
<7200> without <2351>: and there <8033> they are unto this
<2088> day <3117>.



9 [There was] nothing <0369> in the ark <0727> save <7535> the
two <8147> tables <3871> of stone <68>, which <0834> Moses
<4872> put <3240> there <8033> at Horeb < 2722>, when <0834> the
LORD <3068> made <3772> [a covenant] with the children <1121> of
Israel <3478>, when they came <3318> out of the land <0776> of
Egypt <4714>.



10 And it came <1961> to pass, when the priests < 3548> were
come <3318> out of the holy <6944> [place], that the cloud
<6051> filled <4390> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,



11 So that the priests <3548> could <3201> not stand <5975> to
minister <8334> because <6440> of the cloud < 6051>: for the
glory <3519> of the LORD <3068> had filled < 4390> the house
<1004> of the LORD <3068>.



12. Then <0227> spake <0559> Solomon <8010>, The LORD <3068>
said <0559> that he would dwell <7931> in the thick darkness
<6205>.



13 I have surely <0403> built <1129> thee an house <1004> to
dwell <2073> in, a settled <4349> place for thee to abide <3427>
in for ever <5769>.



14 And the king <4428> turned <5437> his face < 6440> about, and
blessed <1288> all <3605> the congregation < 6951> of Israel
<3478>: (and all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478>
stood <5975>;)



15 And he said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068> God
<0430> of Israel <3478>, which <0834> spake < 1696> with his
mouth <6310> unto David <1732> my father <1>, and hath with his
hand <3027> fulfilled <4390> [it], saying <0559> ,



16 Since <4480> the day <3117> that I brought < 3318> forth
<3318> my people <5971> Israel <3478> out of Egypt <4714>, I
chose <0977> no <3808> city <5892> out of all <3605> the tribes
<7626> of Israel <3478> to build <1129> an house <1004>, that my
name <8034> might be therein <8033>; but I chose < 0977> David
<1732> to be over <5921> my people <5971> Israel <3478>.



17 And it was in the heart <3824> of David <1732> my father <1>
to build <1129> an house <1004> for the name < 8034> of the LORD
<3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>.



18 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto David < 1732> my father
<1>, Whereas it was in thine heart <3824> to build <1129> an
house <1004> unto my name <8034>, thou didst well < 3190> that it
was in thine heart <3824>.



19 Nevertheless <7535> thou shalt not build <1129> the house
<1004>; but thy son <1121> that shall come < 3318> forth <3318>
out of thy loins <2504>, he shall build <1129> the house <1004>
unto my name <8034>.



20 And the LORD <3068> hath performed <6965> his word <1697>
that he spake <1696>, and I am risen <6965> up in the room
<8478> of David <1732> my father <1>, and sit <3427> on <5921>
the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>, as the LORD < 3068> promised
<1696>, and have built <1129> an house <1004> for the name
<8034> of the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>.



21 And I have set <7760> there <8033> a place < 4725> for the
ark <0727>, wherein [is] the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068>,
which <0834> he made <3772> with our fathers <1> , when he
brought <3318> them out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>.



22. And Solomon <8010> stood <5975> before < 6440> the altar
<4196> of the LORD <3068> in the presence <5048> of all <3605>
the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478>, and spread <6566>
forth his hands <3027> toward heaven <8064>:



23 And he said <0559>, LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>,
[there is] no <0369> God <0430> like <3644> thee, in heaven
<8064> above <4605>, or on <5921> earth < 0776> beneath <8478>,
who keepest <8104> covenant <1285> and mercy < 2617> with thy
servants <5650> that walk <1980> before <6440> thee with all
<3605> their heart <3824>:



24 Who <0834> hast kept <8104> with thy servant < 5650> David
<1732> my father <1> that thou promisedst <1696> him: thou
spakest <1696> also with thy mouth <6310>, and hast fulfilled
<4390> [it] with thine hand <3027>, as [it is] this <2088> day
<3117>.



25 Therefore now <6258>, LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel
<3478>, keep <8104> with thy servant <5650> David <1732> my
father <1> that thou promisedst <1696> him, saying <0559>, There
shall not fail <3772> thee a man <0376> in my sight <6440> to
sit <3427> on <5921> the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>; so
<7535> that thy children <1121> take heed <8104> to their way
<1870>, that they walk <3212> before <6440> me as thou hast
walked <1980> before <6440> me.



26 And now <6258>, O God <0430> of Israel < 3478>, let thy word
<1697>, I pray <4994> thee, be verified <0539>, which <0834>
thou spakest <1696> unto thy servant <5650> David < 1732> my
father <1>.



27 But will God <0430> indeed <0552> dwell < 3427> on <5921> the
earth <0776>? behold <2009>, the heaven <8064> and heaven <8064>
of heavens <8064> cannot <3808> contain <3557> thee; how <0637>
much <0637> less this <2088> house <1004> that I have builded
<1129>?



28 Yet have thou respect <6437> unto the prayer < 8605> of thy
servant <5650>, and to his supplication <8467>, O LORD <3068> my
God <0430>, to hearken <8085> unto the cry < 7440> and to the
prayer <8605>, which <0834> thy servant <5650> prayeth <6419>
before <6440> thee to day <3117>:



29 That thine eyes <5869> may be open <6605> toward <0413> this
<2088> house <1004> night <3915> and day < 3117>, [even] toward
<0413> the place <4725> of which <0834> thou hast said <0559>,
My name <8034> shall be there <8033>: that thou mayest hearken
<8085> unto the prayer <8605> which <0834> thy servant <5650>
shall make toward <0413> this <2088> place < 4725>.



30 And hearken <8085> thou to the supplication <8467> of thy
servant <5650>, and of thy people <5971> Israel < 3478>, when
<0834> they shall pray <6419> toward <0413> this <2088> place
<4725>: and hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> thy dwelling
<3427> place <4725>: and when thou hearest < 8085>, forgive
<5545>.



31 If any man <0376> trespass <2398> against his neighbour
<7453>, and an oath <0423> be laid <5375> upon him to cause him
to swear <0422>, and the oath <0423> come <0935> before <6440>
thine altar <4196> in this <2088> house <1004>:



32 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064>, and do <6213>, and
judge <8199> thy servants <5650>, condemning < 7561> the wicked
<7563>, to bring <5414> his way <1870> upon his head <7218>; and
justifying <6663> the righteous <6662>, to give < 5414> him
according to his righteousness <6666>.



33 When thy people <5971> Israel <3478> be smitten <5062> down
before <6440> the enemy <0341>, because <0834> they have sinned
<2398> against thee, and shall turn <7725> again < 7725> to thee,
and confess <3034> thy name <8034>, and pray < 6419>, and make
supplication <2603> unto thee in this <2088> house <1004>:



34 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064>, and forgive <5545>
the sin <2403> of thy people <5971> Israel < 3478>, and bring
<7725> them again <7725> unto the land <0127> which <0834> thou
gavest <5414> unto their fathers <1>.



35 When heaven <8064> is shut <6113> up, and there is no <3808>
rain <4306>, because <3588> they have sinned < 2398> against thee;
if they pray <6419> toward <0413> this <2088> place <4725>, and
confess <3034> thy name <8034>, and turn <7725> from their sin
<2403>, when <3588> thou afflictest <6031> them:



36 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064>, and forgive <5545>
the sin <2403> of thy servants <5650>, and of thy people <5971>
Israel <3478>, that thou teach <3384> them the good <2896> way
<1870> wherein <0834> they should walk <3212>, and give <5414>
rain <4306> upon thy land <0776>, which <0834> thou hast given
<5414> to thy people <5971> for an inheritance < 5159>.



37 If <3588> there be in the land <0776> famine < 7458>, if
<3588> there be pestilence <1698>, blasting < 7711>, mildew
<3420>, locust <0697>, [or] if <3588> there be caterpiller
<2625>; if <3588> their enemy <0341> besiege <6887> them in the
land <0776> of their cities <8179>; whatsoever < 3605> plague
<5061>, whatsoever <3605> sickness <4245> [there be];



38 What <3605> prayer <8605> and supplication < 8467> soever
<0834> be [made] by any <3605> man <0120>, [or] by all <3605>
thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, which <0834> shall know <3045>
every man <0376> the plague <5061> of his own heart <3824>, and
spread <6566> forth his hands <3027> toward < 0413> this <2088>
house <1004>:



39 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> thy dwelling <3427>
place <4349>, and forgive <5545>, and do <6213>, and give <5414>
to every man <0376> according <3605> to his ways < 1870>, whose
<0834> heart <3824> thou knowest <3045>; (for thou, [even] thou
only <0905>, knowest <3045> the hearts <3824> of all <3605> the
children <1121> of men <0120>;)



40 That they may fear <3372> thee all <3605> the days <3117>
that they live <2416> in the land <0127> which < 0834> thou
gavest <5414> unto our fathers <1>.



41 Moreover <1571> concerning <0413> a stranger < 5237>, that
[is] not of thy people <5971> Israel <3478>, but cometh <0935>
out of a far <7350> country <0776> for thy name's < 8034> sake
<4616>;



42 (For they shall hear <8085> of thy great <1419> name <8034>,
and of thy strong <2389> hand <3027>, and of thy stretched
<5186> out arm <2220>;) when he shall come < 0935> and pray
<6419> toward <0413> this <2088> house < 1004>;



43 Hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> thy dwelling <3427> place
<4349>, and do <6213> according to all <3605> that the stranger
<5237> calleth <7121> to thee for: that all < 3605> people <5971>
of the earth <0776> may know <3045> thy name < 8034>, to fear
<3372> thee, as [do] thy people <5971> Israel < 3478>; and that
they may know <3045> that this <2088> house < 1004>, which <0834>
I have builded <1129>, is called <7121> by thy name <8034>.



44 If <3588> thy people <5971> go <3318> out to battle <4421>
against <5921> their enemy <0341>, whithersoever thou shalt send
<7971> them, and shall pray <6419> unto the LORD < 3068> toward
<1870> the city <5892> which <0834> thou hast chosen <0977>, and
[toward] the house <1004> that I have built <1129> for thy name
<8034>:



45 Then hear <8085> thou in heaven <8064> their prayer <8605>
and their supplication <8467>, and maintain <6213> their cause
<4941>.



46 If <3588> they sin <2398> against thee, (for [there is] no
<0369> man <0120> that sinneth <2398> not,) and thou be angry
<0599> with them, and deliver <5414> them to the enemy <0341>,
so that they carry <7617> them away <7617> captives <7617> unto
the land <0776> of the enemy <0341>, far <7350> or <0176> near
<7138>;



47 [Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land < 0776>
whither they were carried <7617> captives <7617>, and repent
<7725>, and make supplication <2603> unto thee in the land
<0776> of them that carried <7617> them captives < 7617>, saying
<0559>, We have sinned <2398>, and have done perversely <5753>,
we have committed <7561> wickedness <7561>;



48 And [so] return <7725> unto thee with all <3605> their heart
<3824>, and with all <3605> their soul <5315>, in the land
<0776> of their enemies <0341>, which <0834> led them away
<7617> captive <7617>, and pray <6419> unto thee toward <1870>
their land <0776>, which <0834> thou gavest < 5414> unto their
fathers <1>, the city <5892> which <0834> thou hast chosen
<0977>, and the house <1004> which <0834> I have built <1129>
for thy name <8034>:



49 Then hear <8085> thou their prayer <8605> and their
supplication <8467> in heaven <8064> thy dwelling < 3427> place
<4349>, and maintain <6213> their cause <4941>,



50 And forgive <5545> thy people <5971> that have sinned <2398>
against thee, and all <3605> their transgressions < 6588> wherein
<0834> they have transgressed <6586> against thee, and give
<5414> them compassion <7356> before <6440> them who carried
<7617> them captive <7617>, that they may have compassion <7355>
on them:



51 For they [be] thy people <5971>, and thine inheritance
<5159>, which <0834> thou broughtest <3318> forth <3318> out of
Egypt <4714>, from the midst <8432> of the furnace <3564> of
iron <1270>:



52 That thine eyes <5869> may be open <6605> unto the
supplication <8467> of thy servant <5650>, and unto the
supplication <8467> of thy people <5971> Israel < 3478>, to
hearken <8085> unto them in all <3605> that they call <7121> for
unto thee.



53 For thou didst <6213> separate <0914> them from among all
<3605> the people <5971> of the earth <0776>, [to be] thine
inheritance <5159>, as thou spakest <1696> by the hand <3027> of
Moses <4872> thy servant <5650>, when thou broughtest <3318> our
fathers <1> out of Egypt <4714>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>.



54. And it was [so], that when Solomon <8010> had made an end
<3615> of praying <6419> all <3605> this < 2063> prayer <8605>
and supplication <8467> unto the LORD <3068>, he arose <6965>
from before <6440> the altar <4196> of the LORD < 3068>, from
kneeling <3766> on <5921> his knees <1290> with his hands <3027>
spread <6566> up to heaven <8064>.



55 And he stood <5975>, and blessed <1288> all < 3605> the
congregation <6951> of Israel <3478> with a loud < 1419> voice
<6963>, saying <0559>,



56 Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068>, that hath given <5414>
rest <4496> unto his people <5971> Israel <3478> , according to
all <3605> that he promised <1696>: there hath not failed <5307>
one <0259> word <1697> of all <3605> his good <2896> promise
<1697>, which <0834> he promised <1696> by the hand <3027> of
Moses <4872> his servant <5650>.



57 The LORD <3068> our God <0430> be with us, as he was with
our fathers <1>: let him not leave <5800> us, nor < 0408> forsake
<5203> us:



58 That he may incline <5186> our hearts <3824> unto him, to
walk <3212> in all <3605> his ways <1870>, and to keep <8104>
his commandments <4687>, and his statutes <2706>, and his
judgments <4941>, which <0834> he commanded < 6680> our fathers
<1>.



59 And let these <0428> my words <1697>, wherewith <0834> I
have made supplication <2603> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, be
nigh <7126> unto the LORD <3068> our God <0430> day <3119> and
night <3915>, that he maintain <6213> the cause < 4941> of his
servant <5650>, and the cause <4941> of his people <5971> Israel
<3478> at all times <3117>, as the matter <1697> shall require
<3117>:



60 That all <3605> the people <5971> of the earth <0776> may
know <3045> that the LORD <3068> [is] God <0430> , [and that
there is] none <0369> else <5750>.



61 Let your heart <3824> therefore be perfect <8003> with the
LORD <3068> our God <0430>, to walk <3212> in his statutes
<2706>, and to keep <8104> his commandments < 4687>, as at this
<2088> day <3117>.



62. And the king <4428>, and all <3605> Israel < 3478> with him,
offered <2076> sacrifice <2077> before <6440> the LORD <3068>.



63 And Solomon <8010> offered <2076> a sacrifice < 2077> of
peace <8002> offerings, which <0834> he offered < 2076> unto the
LORD <3068>, two <8147> and twenty <6242> thousand <0505> oxen
<1241>, and an hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> thousand <0505>
sheep <6629>. So the king <4428> and all <3605> the children
<1121> of Israel <3478> dedicated <2596> the house <1004> of the
LORD <3068>.



64 The same <1931> day <3117> did the king < 4428> hallow <6942>
the middle <8432> of the court <2691> that [was] before <6440>
the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>: for there < 8033> he offered
<6213> burnt <5930> offerings, and meat offerings < 4503>, and
the fat <2459> of the peace <8002> offerings: because <3588> the
brasen <5178> altar <4196> that [was] before < 6440> the LORD
<3068> [was] too little <6996> to receive <3557> the burnt
<5930> offerings, and meat offerings <4503>, and the fat <2459>
of the peace <8002> offerings.



65 And at that time <6256> Solomon <8010> held < 6213> a feast
<2282>, and all <3605> Israel <3478> with him, a great <1419>
congregation <6951>, from the entering <0935> in of Hamath
<2574> unto the river <5158> of Egypt <4714>, before <6440> the
LORD <3068> our God <0430>, seven <7651> days <3117> and seven
<7651> days <3117>, [even] fourteen days <3117>.



66 On the eighth <8066> day <3117> he sent < 7971> the people
<5971> away: and they blessed <1288> the king < 4428>, and went
<3212> unto their tents <0168> joyful <8056> and glad <2896> of
heart <3824> for all <3605> the goodness <2896> that the LORD
<3068> had done <6213> for David <1732> his servant <5650>, and
for Israel <3478> his people <5971>.



1Kings 9



1. And it came <1961> to pass, when Solomon <8010> had finished
<3615> the building <1129> of the house <1004> of the LORD
<3068>, and the king's <4428> house <1004>, and all <3605>
Solomon's <8010> desire <2837> which <0834> he was pleased
<2654> to do <6213>,



2 That the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> to Solomon <8010> the
second <8145> time, as he had appeared <7200> unto him at Gibeon
<1391>.



3 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, I have heard <8085>
thy prayer <8605> and thy supplication <8467>, that thou hast
made before <6440> me: I have hallowed <6942> this <2088> house
<1004>, which <0834> thou hast built <1129>, to put <7760> my
name <8034> there <8033> for ever <5769>; and mine eyes <5869>
and mine heart <3824> shall be there <8033> perpetually.



4 And if <0518> thou wilt walk <3212> before < 6440> me, as
David <1732> thy father <1> walked <1980>, in integrity <8537>
of heart <3824>, and in uprightness <3476>, to do < 6213>
according to all <3605> that I have commanded <6680> thee, [and]
wilt keep <8104> my statutes <2706> and my judgments <4941>:



5 Then I will establish <6965> the throne <3678> of thy kingdom
<4467> upon Israel <3478> for ever <5769>, as I promised <1696>
to David <1732> thy father <1>, saying <0559>, There shall not
fail <3772> thee a man <0376> upon the throne < 3678> of Israel
<3478>.



6 [But] if <0518> ye shall at all turn <7725> from following
<0310> me, ye or your children <1121>, and will not keep <8104>
my commandments <4687> [and] my statutes <2708> which <0834> I
have set <5414> before <6440> you, but go <1980> and serve
<5647> other <0312> gods <0430>, and worship <7812> them:



7 Then will I cut <3772> off Israel <3478> out of the land
<0127> which <0834> I have given <5414> them; and this house
<1004>, which <0834> I have hallowed <6942> for my name <8034>,
will I cast <7971> out of my sight <6440>; and Israel <3478>
shall be a proverb <4912> and a byword <8148> among all <3605>
people <5971>:



8 And at this <2088> house <1004>, [which] is high <5945>,
every <3605> one that passeth <5674> by it shall be astonished
<8074>, and shall hiss <8319>; and they shall say < 0559>, Why
hath the LORD <3068> done <6213> thus <3602> unto this land
<0776>, and to this house <1004>?



9 And they shall answer <0559>, Because they forsook < 5800> the
LORD <3068> their God <0430>, who <0834> brought <3318> forth
<3318> their fathers <1> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>,
and have taken <2388> hold <2388> upon other < 0312> gods <0430>,
and have worshipped <7812> them, and served <5647> them:
therefore hath the LORD <3068> brought <0935> upon them all
<3605> this <2063> evil <7451>.



10. And it came <1961> to pass at the end <7097> of twenty
<6242> years <8141>, when Solomon <8010> had built <1129> the
two <8147> houses <1004>, the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,
and the king's <4428> house <1004>,



11 ([Now] Hiram <2438> the king <4428> of Tyre < 6865> had
furnished <5375> Solomon <8010> with cedar < 0730> trees <6086>
and fir <1265> trees <6086>, and with gold < 2091>, according to
all <3605> his desire <2656>,) that then <0227> king <4428>
Solomon <8010> gave <5414> Hiram <2438> twenty <6242> cities
<5892> in the land <0776> of Galilee <1551>.



12 And Hiram <2438> came <3318> out from Tyre < 6865> to see
<7200> the cities <5892> which <0834> Solomon <8010> had given
<5414> him; and they pleased him not.



13 And he said <0559>, What <4100> cities < 5892> [are] these
<0428> which <0834> thou hast given <5414> me, my brother
<0251>? And he called <7121> them the land < 0776> of Cabul
<3521> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



14 And Hiram <2438> sent <7971> to the king < 4428> sixscore
talents <3603> of gold <2091>.



15. And this <2088> [is] the reason <1697> of the levy <4522>
which <0834> king <4428> Solomon <8010> raised <5927>; for to
build <1129> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> , and his own
house <1004>, and Millo <4407>, and the wall < 2346> of Jerusalem
<3389>, and Hazor <2674>, and Megiddo <4023>, and Gezer <1507>.



16 [For] Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt < 4714> had gone
<5927> up, and taken <3920> Gezer <1507>, and burnt <8313> it
with fire <0784>, and slain <2026> the Canaanites < 3669> that
dwelt <3427> in the city <5892>, and given < 5414> it [for] a
present <7964> unto his daughter <1323>, Solomon's <8010> wife
<0802>.



17 And Solomon <8010> built <1129> Gezer <1507> , and Bethhoron
<1032> the nether <8481>,



18 And Baalath <1191>, and Tadmor <8412> in the wilderness
<4057>, in the land <0776>,



19 And all <3605> the cities <5892> of store < 4543> that
Solomon <8010> had <1961>, and cities <5892> for his chariots
<7393>, and cities <5892> for his horsemen < 6571>, and that
which <0834> Solomon <8010> desired <2836> to build <1129> in
Jerusalem <3389>, and in Lebanon <3844>, and in all <3605> the
land <0776> of his dominion <4475>.



20 [And] all <3605> the people <5971> [that were] left <3498>
of the Amorites <0567>, Hittites <2850>, Perizzites <6522>,
Hivites <2340>, and Jebusites <2983>, which < 0834> [were] not of
the children <1121> of Israel <3478>,



21 Their children <1121> that were left <3498> after <0310>
them in the land <0776>, whom the children <1121> of Israel
<3478> also were not able <3201> utterly to destroy <2763>, upon
those did Solomon <8010> levy <5927> a tribute < 4522> of
bondservice <5647> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



22 But of the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did Solomon
<8010> make <5414> no <3808> bondmen < 5650>: but they [were] men
<0582> of war <4421>, and his servants <5650>, and his princes
<8269>, and his captains <7991>, and rulers < 8269> of his
chariots <7393>, and his horsemen <6571>.



23 These <0428> [were] the chief <8269> of the officers <5324>
that [were] over <5921> Solomon's <8010> work < 4399>, five
<2568> hundred <3967> and fifty <2572>, which bare <7287> rule
<7287> over the people <5971> that wrought < 6213> in the work
<4399>.



24 But Pharaoh's <6547> daughter <1323> came < 5927> up out of
the city <5892> of David <1732> unto her house < 1004> which
<0834> [Solomon] had built <1129> for her: then < 0227> did he
build <1129> Millo <4407>.



25 And three <7969> times <6471> in a year < 8141> did Solomon
<8010> offer <5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace <8002>
offerings upon the altar <4196> which <0834> he built <1129>
unto the LORD <3068>, and he burnt <6999> incense < 6999> upon
the altar <4196> that [was] before <6440> the LORD <3068>. So he
finished <7999> the house <1004>.



26 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> made <6213> a navy <0590> of
ships in Eziongeber <6100>, which <0834> [is] beside <0854>
Eloth <0359>, on <5921> the shore <8193> of the Red <5488> sea
<3220>, in the land <0776> of Edom <0123>.



27 And Hiram <2438> sent <7971> in the navy < 0590> his servants
<5650>, shipmen that had knowledge <3045> of the sea <3220>,
with the servants <5650> of Solomon <8010>.



28 And they came <0935> to Ophir <0211>, and fetched <3947>
from thence <8033> gold <2091>, four <0702> hundred <3967> and
twenty <6242> talents <3603>, and brought <0935> [it] to king
<4428> Solomon <8010>.



1Kings 10



1. And when the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> heard <8085> of
the fame <8088> of Solomon <8010> concerning the name <8034> of
the LORD <3068>, she came <0935> to prove <5254> him with hard
<2420> questions <2420>.



2 And she came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389> with a very <3966>
great <3515> train <2428>, with camels <1581> that bare <5375>
spices <1314>, and very <3966> much <7227> gold <2091>, and
precious <3368> stones <68>: and when she was come <0935> to
Solomon <8010>, she communed <1696> with him of all <3605> that
was in her heart <3824>.



3 And Solomon <8010> told <5046> her all <3605> her questions
<1697>: there was not [any] thing <1697> hid < 5956> from the
king <4428>, which <0834> he told <5046> her not.



4 And when the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> had seen <7200> all
<3605> Solomon's <8010> wisdom <2451>, and the house <1004> that
he had built <1129>,



5 And the meat <3978> of his table <7979>, and the sitting
<4186> of his servants <5650>, and the attendance < 4612> of his
ministers <8334>, and their apparel <4403>, and his cupbearers
<4945>, and his ascent <5930> by which <0834> he went <5927> up
unto the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>; there was no <3808>
more <5750> spirit <7307> in her.



6 And she said <0559> to the king <4428>, It was a true <0571>
report <1697> that I heard <8085> in mine own land <0776> of thy
acts <1697> and of thy wisdom <2451>.



7 Howbeit I believed <0539> not the words <1697>, until <5704>
I came <0935>, and mine eyes <5869> had seen < 7200> [it]: and,
behold <2009>, the half <2677> was not told < 5046> me: thy
wisdom <2451> and prosperity <2896> exceedeth < 3254> the fame
<8052> which <0834> I heard <8085>.



8 Happy <0835> [are] thy men <0582>, happy < 0835> [are] these
<0428> thy servants <5650>, which stand <5975> continually
<8548> before <6440> thee, [and] that hear < 8085> thy wisdom
<2451>.



9 Blessed <1288> be the LORD <3068> thy God < 0430>, which
<0834> delighted <2654> in thee, to set <5414> thee on <5921>
the throne <3678> of Israel <3478>: because the LORD <3068>
loved <0160> Israel <3478> for ever <5769>, therefore made
<7760> he thee king <4428>, to do <6213> judgment <4941> and
justice <6666>.



10 And she gave <5414> the king <4428> an hundred <3967> and
twenty <6242> talents <3603> of gold <2091>, and of spices
<1314> very <3966> great <7235> store, and precious <3368>
stones <68>: there came <0935> no <3808> more <5750> such <1931>
abundance <7230> of spices <1314> as these < 1931> which <0834>
the queen <4436> of Sheba <7614> gave <5414> to king <4428>
Solomon <8010>.



11 And the navy <0590> also <1571> of Hiram < 2438>, that
brought <5375> gold <2091> from Ophir <0211>, brought <0935> in
from Ophir <0211> great <3966> plenty <7235> of almug <0484>
trees <6086>, and precious <3368> stones <68>.



12 And the king <4428> made <6213> of the almug < 0484> trees
<6086> pillars <4552> for the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,
and for the king's <4428> house <1004>, harps < 3658> also and
psalteries <5035> for singers <7891>: there came < 0935> no
<3808> such <3651> almug <0484> trees < 6086>, nor <3808> were
seen <7200> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



13 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> gave <5414> unto the queen
<4436> of Sheba <7614> all <3605> her desire <2656>, whatsoever
<0834> she asked <7592>, beside <0905> [that] which <0834>
Solomon <8010> gave <5414> her of his royal < 4428> bounty. So
she turned <6437> and went <3212> to her own < 0249> country
<0776>, she and her servants <5650>.



14. Now the weight <4948> of gold <2091> that came <0935> to
Solomon <8010> in one <0259> year <8141> was six <8337> hundred
<3967> threescore <8346> and six <8337> talents <3603> of gold
<2091>,



15 Beside <0905> [that he had] of the merchantmen < 8446>, and
of the traffick <4536> of the spice <7402> merchants <7402>, and
of all <3605> the kings <4428> of Arabia <6152>, and of the
governors <6346> of the country <0776>.



16 And king <4428> Solomon <8010> made <6213> two hundred
<3967> targets <6793> [of] beaten <7820> gold <2091>: six <8337>
hundred <3967> [shekels] of gold <2091> went < 5927> to one
<0259> target <6793>.



17 And [he made] three <7969> hundred <3967> shields <4043>
[of] beaten <7820> gold <2091>; three <7969> pound <4488> of
gold <2091> went <5927> to one <0259> shield <4043>: and the
king <4428> put <5414> them in the house <1004> of the forest
<3293> of Lebanon <3844>.



18 Moreover the king <4428> made <6213> a great < 1419> throne
<3678> of ivory <8127>, and overlaid <6823> it with the best
<6338> gold <2091>.



19 The throne <3678> had six <8337> steps < 4609>, and the top
<7218> of the throne <3678> [was] round <5696> behind <0310>:
and [there were] stays <3027> on either side on <0413> the place
<4725> of the seat <7675>, and two <8147> lions <0738> stood
<5975> beside <0681> the stays <3027>.



20 And twelve lions <0738> stood <5975> there < 8033> on the one
<2088> side and on the other <2088> upon the six < 8337> steps
<4609>: there was not the like <3651> made < 6213> in any <3605>
kingdom <4467>.



21 And all <3605> king <4428> Solomon's <8010> drinking <4945>
vessels <3627> [were of] gold <2091>, and all < 3605> the vessels
<3627> of the house <1004> of the forest <3293> of Lebanon
<3844> [were of] pure <5462> gold <2091>; none <0369> [were of]
silver <3701>: it was nothing accounted <2803> of in the days
<3117> of Solomon <8010>.



22 For the king <4428> had at sea <3220> a navy < 0590> of
Tharshish <8659> with the navy <0590> of Hiram < 2438>: once
<0259> in three <7969> years <8141> came < 0935> the navy <0590>
of Tharshish <8659>, bringing <5375> gold <2091> , and silver
<3701>, ivory <8143>, and apes <6971>, and peacocks <8500>.



23 So king <4428> Solomon <8010> exceeded < 1431> all <3605> the
kings <4428> of the earth <0776> for riches < 6239> and for
wisdom <2451>.



24 And all <3605> the earth <0776> sought < 1245> to Solomon
<8010>, to hear <8085> his wisdom <2451>, which <0834> God
<0430> had put <5414> in his heart <3820>.



25 And they brought <0935> every man <0376> his present <4503>,
vessels <3627> of silver <3701>, and vessels < 3627> of gold
<2091>, and garments <8008>, and armour <5402>, and spices
<1314>, horses <5483>, and mules <6505>, a rate <1697> year
<8141> by year <8141>.



26 And Solomon <8010> gathered <0622> together chariots <7393>
and horsemen <6571>: and he had a thousand <0505> and four
<0702> hundred <3967> chariots <7393>, and twelve thousand
<0505> horsemen <6571>, whom he bestowed <3240> in the cities
<5892> for chariots <7393>, and with the king < 4428> at
Jerusalem <3389>.



27 And the king <4428> made <5414> silver < 3701> [to be] in
Jerusalem <3389> as stones <68>, and cedars < 0730> made <5414>
he [to be] as the sycomore <8256> trees that [are] in the vale
<8219>, for abundance <7230>.



28 And Solomon <8010> had horses <5483> brought < 4161> out of
Egypt <4714>, and linen <4723> yarn <4723>: the king's <4428>
merchants <5503> received <3947> the linen < 4723> yarn <4723> at
a price <4242>.



29 And a chariot <4818> came <5927> up and went < 3318> out of
Egypt <4714> for six <8337> hundred <3967> [shekels] of silver
<3701>, and an horse <5483> for an hundred < 3967> and fifty
<2572>: and so for all <3605> the kings <4428> of the Hittites
<2850>, and for the kings <4428> of Syria <0758> , did they bring
<3318> [them] out by their means <3027>.



1Kings 11



1. But king <4428> Solomon <8010> loved <0157> many <7227>
strange <5237> women <0802>, together with the daughter <1323>
of Pharaoh <6547>, women of the Moabites <4125>, Ammonites
<5984>, Edomites <0130>, Zidonians <6722>, [and] Hittites <2850>;



2 Of the nations <1471> [concerning] which <0834> the LORD
<3068> said <0559> unto the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, Ye
shall not go <0935> in to them, neither <3808> shall they come
<0935> in unto you: [for] surely <0403> they will turn <5186>
away your heart <3824> after <0310> their gods < 0430>: Solomon
<8010> clave <1692> unto these <1992> in love <0160>.



3 And he had <1961> seven <7651> hundred <3967> wives <0802>,
princesses <8282>, and three <7969> hundred < 3967> concubines
<6370>: and his wives <0802> turned <5186> away his heart <3820>.



4 For it came <1961> to pass, when <6256> Solomon <8010> was
old <2209>, [that] his wives <0802> turned < 5186> away his heart
<3824> after <0310> other <0312> gods < 0430>: and his heart
<3824> was not perfect <8003> with the LORD < 3068> his God
<0430>, as [was] the heart <3824> of David < 1732> his father <1>.



5 For Solomon <8010> went <3212> after <0310> Ashtoreth <6252>
the goddess <0430> of the Zidonians <6722>, and after <0310>
Milcom <4445> the abomination <8251> of the Ammonites <5984>.



6 And Solomon <8010> did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869>
of the LORD <3068>, and went not fully <4390> after <0310> the
LORD <3068>, as [did] David <1732> his father < 1>.



7 Then did Solomon <8010> build <1129> an high < 1116> place for
Chemosh <3645>, the abomination <8251> of Moab < 4124>, in the
hill <2022> that [is] before Jerusalem <3389>, and for Molech
<4432>, the abomination <8251> of the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983>.



8 And likewise <3651> did <6213> he for all < 3605> his strange
<5237> wives <0802>, which burnt <6999> incense <6999> and
sacrificed <2076> unto their gods <0430>.



9. And the LORD <3068> was angry <0599> with Solomon <8010>,
because <3588> his heart <3824> was turned < 5186> from the LORD
<3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>, which had appeared <7200>
unto him twice <6471>,



10 And had commanded <6680> him concerning <5921> this <2088>
thing <1697>, that he should not go <3212> after < 0310> other
<0312> gods <0430>: but he kept <8104> not that which <0834> the
LORD <3068> commanded <6680>.



11 Wherefore <4100> the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Solomon
<8010>, Forasmuch as this <2063> is done of thee, and thou hast
not kept <8104> my covenant <1285> and my statutes <2708>, which
<0834> I have commanded <6680> thee, I will surely rend <7167>
the kingdom <4467> from thee, and will give <5414> it to thy
servant <5650>.



12 Notwithstanding <0389> in thy days <3117> I will not do
<6213> it for David <1732> thy father's <1> sake <4616>: [but] I
will rend <7167> it out of the hand <3027> of thy son <1121>.



13 Howbeit <7535> I will not rend <7167> away all <3605> the
kingdom <4467>; [but] will give <5414> one < 0259> tribe <7626>
to thy son <1121> for David <1732> my servant's < 5650> sake
<4616>, and for Jerusalem's <3389> sake <4616> which <0834> I
have chosen <0977>.



14. And the LORD <3068> stirred <6965> up an adversary <7854>
unto Solomon <8010>, Hadad <1908> the Edomite < 0130>: he [was]
of the king's <4428> seed <2233> in Edom <0123>.



15 For it came <1961> to pass, when David <1732> was in Edom
<0123>, and Joab <3097> the captain <8269> of the host <6635>
was gone <5927> up to bury <6912> the slain < 2491>, after he had
smitten <5221> every <3605> male <2145> in Edom <0123>;



16 (For six <8337> months <2320> did Joab < 3097> remain <3427>
there <8033> with all <3605> Israel <3478>, until <5704> he had
cut <3772> off every <3605> male <2145> in Edom <0123>:)



17 That Hadad <1908> fled <1272>, he and certain < 0582>
Edomites of his father's <1> servants <5650> with him, to go
<0935> into Egypt <4714>; Hadad <1908> [being] yet a little
<6996> child <5288>.



18 And they arose <6965> out of Midian <4080>, and came <0935>
to Paran <6290>: and they took <3947> men <0582> with them out
of Paran <6290>, and they came <0935> to Egypt < 4714>, unto
Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>; which gave <5414>
him an house <1004>, and appointed <0559> him victuals <3899>,
and gave <5414> him land <0776>.



19 And Hadad <1908> found <4672> great <3966> favour <2580> in
the sight <5869> of Pharaoh <6547>, so that he gave <5414> him
to wife <0802> the sister <0269> of his own wife < 0802>, the
sister <0269> of Tahpenes <8472> the queen < 1377>.



20 And the sister <0269> of Tahpenes <8472> bare < 3205> him
Genubath <1592> his son <1121>, whom Tahpenes < 8472> weaned
<1580> in Pharaoh's <6547> house <1004>: and Genubath <1592> was
in Pharaoh's <6547> household <1004> among < 8432> the sons
<1121> of Pharaoh <6547>.



21 And when Hadad <1908> heard <8085> in Egypt < 4714> that
David <1732> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and that Joab
<3097> the captain <8269> of the host <6635> was dead <4191>,
Hadad <1908> said <0559> to Pharaoh <6547>, Let me depart <7971>,
that I may go <3212> to mine own country <0776>.



22 Then Pharaoh <6547> said <0559> unto him, But what <4100>
hast thou lacked <2638> with me, that, behold <2009>, thou
seekest <1245> to go <3212> to thine own country < 0776>? And he
answered <0559>, Nothing <3808>: howbeit let me go <7971> in any
wise.



23 And God <0430> stirred <6965> him up [another] adversary
<7854>, Rezon <7331> the son <1121> of Eliadah <0450>, which
<0834> fled <1272> from his lord <0113> Hadadezer <1909> king
<4428> of Zobah <6678>:



24 And he gathered <6908> men <0582> unto him, and became
<1961> captain <8269> over a band <1416>, when David <1732> slew
<2026> them [of Zobah <6678>]: and they went < 3212> to Damascus
<1834>, and dwelt <3427> therein, and reigned < 4427> in Damascus
<1834>.



25 And he was an adversary <7854> to Israel <3478> all <3605>
the days <3117> of Solomon <8010>, beside <0854> the mischief
<7451> that Hadad <1908> [did]: and he abhorred < 6973> Israel
<3478>, and reigned <4427> over <5921> Syria <0758>.



26. And Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat < 5028>, an
Ephrathite <0673> of Zereda, Solomon's <8010> servant <5650>,
whose mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Zeruah, a widow <0490>
woman <0802>, even he lifted <7311> up [his] hand < 3027> against
the king <4428>.



27 And this <2088> [was] the cause <1697> that he lifted <7311>
up [his] hand <3027> against the king <4428>: Solomon <8010>
built <1129> Millo <4407>, [and] repaired <5462> the breaches
<6556> of the city <5892> of David <1732> his father <1>.



28 And the man <0376> Jeroboam <3379> [was] a mighty <1368> man
of valour <2428>: and Solomon <8010> seeing < 7200> the young
<5288> man that he was industrious, he made him ruler < 6485>
over all <3605> the charge <5447> of the house < 1004> of Joseph
<3130>.



29 And it came <1961> to pass at that time <6256> when Jeroboam
<3379> went <3318> out of Jerusalem <3389>, that the prophet
<5030> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <7888> found <4672> him in
the way <1870>; and he had clad <3680> himself < 1931> with a new
<2319> garment <8008>; and they two <8147> [were] alone <0905>
in the field <7704>:



30 And Ahijah <0281> caught <8610> the new < 2319> garment
<8008> that [was] on <5921> him, and rent <7167> it [in] twelve
pieces <7168>:



31 And he said <0559> to Jeroboam <3379>, Take < 3947> thee ten
<6235> pieces <7168>: for thus <3541> saith < 0559> the LORD
<3068>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, Behold <2005>, I will
rend <7167> the kingdom <4467> out of the hand < 3027> of Solomon
<8010>, and will give <5414> ten <6235> tribes <7626> to thee:



32 (But he shall have <1961> one <0259> tribe < 7626> for my
servant <5650> David's <1732> sake <4616>, and for Jerusalem's
<3389> sake <4616>, the city <5892> which < 0834> I have chosen
<0977> out of all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>:)



33 Because that they have forsaken <5800> me, and have
worshipped <7812> Ashtoreth <6252> the goddess < 0430> of the
Zidonians <6722>, Chemosh <3645> the god <0430> of the Moabites
<4124>, and Milcom <4445> the god <0430> of the children <1121>
of Ammon <5983>, and have not walked <1980> in my ways <1870>,
to do <6213> [that which is] right <3477> in mine eyes <5869>,
and [to keep] my statutes <2708> and my judgments < 4941>, as
[did] David <1732> his father <1>.



34 Howbeit I will not take <3947> the whole kingdom < 4467> out
of his hand <3027>: but I will make him prince <5387> all <3605>
the days <3117> of his life <2416> for David my servant's <5650>
sake <4616>, whom <0834> I chose <0977>, because <0834> he kept
<8104> my commandments <4687> and my statutes < 2708>:



35 But I will take <3947> the kingdom <4410> out of his son's
<1121> hand <3027>, and will give <5414> it unto thee, [even]
ten <6235> tribes <7626>.



36 And unto his son <1121> will I give <5414> one <0259> tribe
<7626>, that David <1732> my servant <5650> may have a light
<5216> alway before <6440> me in Jerusalem < 3389>, the city
<5892> which <0834> I have chosen <0977> me to put <7760> my
name <8034> there <8033>.



37 And I will take <3947> thee, and thou shalt reign < 4427>
according to all <3605> that thy soul <5315> desireth <8378>,
and shalt be king <4428> over <5921> Israel < 3478>.



38 And it shall be, if <0518> thou wilt hearken < 8085> unto all
<3605> that I command <6680> thee, and wilt walk < 1980> in my
ways <1870>, and do <6213> [that is] right < 3477> in my sight
<5869>, to keep <8104> my statutes <2708> and my commandments
<4687>, as David <1732> my servant <5650> did <6213>; that I
will be with thee, and build <1129> thee a sure <0539> house
<1004>, as I built <1129> for David <1732>, and will give <5414>
Israel <3478> unto thee.



39 And I will for this <2063> afflict <6031> the seed <2233> of
David <1732>, but not for ever.



40 Solomon <8010> sought <1245> therefore to kill <4191>
Jeroboam <3379>. And Jeroboam <3379> arose < 6965>, and fled
<1272> into Egypt <4714>, unto Shishak <7895> king <4428> of
Egypt <4714>, and was in Egypt <4714> until < 5704> the death
<4194> of Solomon <8010>.



41. And the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Solomon <8010>,
and all <3605> that he did <6213>, and his wisdom < 2451>, [are]
they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the acts <1697> of
Solomon <8010>?



42 And the time <3117> that Solomon <8010> reigned <4427> in
Jerusalem <3389> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478> [was]
forty <0705> years <8141>.



43 And Solomon <8010> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and
was buried <6912> in the city <5892> of David < 1732> his father
<1>: and Rehoboam <7346> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his
stead <8478>.



1Kings 12



1. And Rehoboam <7346> went <3212> to Shechem < 7927>: for all
<3605> Israel <3478> were come <0935> to Shechem <7927> to make
him king <4427>.



2 And it came <1961> to pass, when Jeroboam <3379> the son
<1121> of Nebat <5028>, who <1931> was yet < 5750> in Egypt
<4714>, heard <8085> [of it], (for he was fled < 1272> from the
presence <6440> of king <4428> Solomon <8010>, and Jeroboam
<3379> dwelt <3427> in Egypt <4714>;)



3 That they sent <7971> and called <7121> him. And Jeroboam
<3379> and all <3605> the congregation <6951> of Israel <3478>
came <0935>, and spake <1696> unto Rehoboam < 7346>, saying
<0559>,



4 Thy father <1> made our yoke <5923> grievous < 7185>: now
<6258> therefore make thou the grievous <7186> service <5656> of
thy father <1>, and his heavy <3515> yoke <5923> which <0834> he
put <5414> upon us, lighter <7043>, and we will serve <5647>
thee.



5 And he said <0559> unto them, Depart <3212> yet <5750> [for]
three <7969> days <3117>, then come <7725> again <7725> to me.
And the people <5971> departed <3212>.



6 And king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> consulted < 3289> with the old
<2205> men, that stood <5975> before Solomon < 8010> his father
<1> while he yet lived <2416>, and said <0559>, How <0349> do ye
advise <3289> that I may answer <1697> this < 2088> people <5971>?



7 And they spake <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, If <0518> thou
wilt be a servant <5650> unto this <2088> people < 5971> this
<2088> day <3117>, and wilt serve <5647> them, and answer <6030>
them, and speak <1696> good <2896> words <1697> to them, then
they will be thy servants <5650> for ever.



8 But he forsook <5800> the counsel <6098> of the old <2205>
men, which <0834> they had given <3289> him, and consulted
<3289> with the young <3206> men that were grown < 1431> up with
him, [and] which <0834> stood <5975> before < 6440> him:



9 And he said <0559> unto them, What <4100> counsel <3289> give
ye that we may answer <1697> this <2088> people < 5971>, who
<0834> have spoken <1696> to me, saying <0559>, Make the yoke
<5923> which <0834> thy father <1> did put < 5414> upon us
lighter <7043>?



10 And the young <3206> men that were grown <1431> up with him
spake <1696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus < 3541> shalt thou
speak <0559> unto this <2088> people <5971> that spake <1696>
unto thee, saying <0559>, Thy father <1> made our yoke <5923>
heavy <3513>, but make thou [it] lighter <7043> unto us; thus
<3541> shalt thou say <0559> unto them, My little < 6996>
[finger] shall be thicker <5666> than my father's <1> loins
<4975>.



11 And now <6258> whereas my father <1> did lade < 6006> you
with a heavy <3515> yoke <5923>, I will add < 3254> to your yoke
<5923>: my father <1> hath chastised <3256> you with whips
<7752>, but I will chastise <3256> you with scorpions <6137>.



12 So Jeroboam <3379> and all <3605> the people < 5971> came
<0935> to Rehoboam <7346> the third <7992> day <3117>, as the
king <4428> had appointed <1696>, saying <0559>, Come <7725> to
me again <7725> the third <7992> day <3117>.



13 And the king <4428> answered <6030> the people <5971>
roughly <7186>, and forsook <5800> the old < 2205> men's counsel
<6098> that they gave <3289> him;



14 And spake <1696> to them after the counsel <6098> of the
young <3206> men, saying <0559>, My father <1> made your yoke
<5923> heavy <3513>, and I will add <3254> to your yoke <5923>:
my father <1> [also] chastised <3256> you with whips <7752>, but
I will chastise <3256> you with scorpions <6137>.



15 Wherefore <4100> the king <4428> hearkened < 8085> not unto
the people <5971>; for the cause <5438> was from the LORD <3068>,
that he might perform <6965> his saying <1697>, which <0834>
the LORD <3068> spake <1696> by Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite
<7888> unto Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>.



16. So when all <3605> Israel <3478> saw <7200> that the king
<4428> hearkened <8085> not unto them, the people < 5971>
answered <1697> the king <4428>, saying <0559>, What <4100>
portion <2506> have we in David <1732>? neither < 3808> [have we]
inheritance <5159> in the son <1121> of Jesse < 3448>: to your
tents <0168>, O Israel <3478>: now <6258> see <7200> to thine
own house <1004>, David <1732>. So Israel <3478> departed <3212>
unto their tents <0168>.



17 But [as for] the children <1121> of Israel <3478> which
dwelt <3427> in the cities <5892> of Judah < 3063>, Rehoboam
<7346> reigned <4427> over <5921> them.



18 Then king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> sent <7971> Adoram <0151>,
who <0834> [was] over <5921> the tribute <4522>; and all <3605>
Israel <3478> stoned <7275> him with stones <68> , that he died
<4191>. Therefore king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> made speed <0553>
to get <5927> him up to his chariot <4818>, to flee <5127> to
Jerusalem <3389>.



19 So Israel <3478> rebelled <6586> against the house <1004> of
David <1732> unto this <2088> day <3117>.



20 And it came <1961> to pass, when all <3605> Israel <3478>
heard <8085> that Jeroboam <3379> was come < 7725> again <7725>,
that they sent <7971> and called <7121> him unto the
congregation <5712>, and made him king <4427> over <5921> all
<3605> Israel <3478>: there was none <3808> that followed <0310>
the house <1004> of David <1732>, but the tribe < 7626> of Judah
<3063> only <0905>.



21 And when Rehoboam <7346> was come <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>,
he assembled <6950> all <3605> the house <1004> of Judah <3063>,
with the tribe <7626> of Benjamin <1144>, an hundred <3967> and
fourscore <8084> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men, which were
warriors, to fight <3898> against <5973> the house <1004> of
Israel <3478>, to bring <7725> the kingdom < 4410> again <7725>
to Rehoboam <7346> the son <1121> of Solomon < 8010>.



22 But the word <1697> of God <0430> came < 1961> unto Shemaiah
<8098> the man <0376> of God <0430>, saying < 0559>,



23 Speak <0559> unto Rehoboam <7346>, the son < 1121> of Solomon
<8010>, king <4428> of Judah <3063>, and unto all <3605> the
house <1004> of Judah <3063> and Benjamin <1144> , and to the
remnant <3499> of the people <5971>, saying < 0559>,



24 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Ye shall not go
<5927> up, nor <3808> fight <3898> against < 5973> your brethren
<0251> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>: return <7725> every
man <0376> to his house <1004>; for this <2088> thing <1697> is
from me. They hearkened <8085> therefore to the word < 1697> of
the LORD <3068>, and returned <7725> to depart < 3212>, according
to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>.



25. Then Jeroboam <3379> built <1129> Shechem < 7927> in mount
<2022> Ephraim <0669>, and dwelt <3427> therein; and went <3318>
out from thence <8033>, and built <1129> Penuel < 6439>.



26 And Jeroboam <3379> said <0559> in his heart < 3820>, Now
<6258> shall the kingdom <4467> return <7725> to the house
<1004> of David <1732>:



27 If <0518> this <2088> people <5971> go < 5927> up to do
<6213> sacrifice <2077> in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>
at Jerusalem <3389>, then shall the heart <3820> of this <2088>
people <5971> turn <7725> again <7725> unto their lord <3068>,
[even] unto Rehoboam <7346> king <4428> of Judah < 3063>, and
they shall kill <2026> me, and go again <7725> to Rehoboam
<7346> king <4428> of Judah <3063>.



28 Whereupon the king <4428> took counsel <3289>, and made
<6213> two <8147> calves <5695> [of] gold < 2091>, and said
<0559> unto them, It is too much <7227> for you to go <5927> up
to Jerusalem <3389>: behold <2009> thy gods < 0430>, O Israel
<3478>, which <0834> brought <5927> thee up out of the land
<0776> of Egypt <4714>.



29 And he set <7760> the one <0259> in Bethel < 1008>, and the
other <0259> put <5414> he in Dan <1835>.



30 And this <2088> thing <1697> became <1961> a sin <2403>: for
the people <5971> went <3212> [to worship] before < 6440> the one
<0259>, [even] unto Dan <1835>.



31 And he made <6213> an house <1004> of high < 1116> places,
and made <6213> priests <3548> of the lowest < 7098> of the
people <5971>, which <0834> were not of the sons < 1121> of Levi
<3878>.



32 And Jeroboam <3379> ordained <6213> a feast < 2282> in the
eighth <8066> month <2320>, on the fifteenth < 6240> day <3117>
of the month <2320>, like unto the feast <2282> that [is] in
Judah <3063>, and he offered <5927> upon the altar <4196>. So
<3651> did <6213> he in Bethel <1008>, sacrificing <2076> unto
the calves <5695> that he had made <6213>: and he placed <5975>
in Bethel <1008> the priests <3548> of the high < 1116> places
which <0834> he had made <6213>.



33 So he offered <5927> upon the altar <4196> which <0834> he
had made <6213> in Bethel <1008> the fifteenth < 6240> day <3117>
of the eighth <8066> month <2320>, [even] in the month <2320>
which <0834> he had devised <0908> of his own heart <3820>; and
ordained <6213> a feast <2282> unto the children < 1121> of
Israel <3478>: and he offered <5927> upon the altar <4196>, and
burnt <6999> incense <6999>.



1Kings 13



1. And, behold <2009>, there came <0935> a man < 0376> of God
<0430> out of Judah <3063> by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>
unto Bethel <1008>: and Jeroboam <3379> stood < 5975> by the
altar <4196> to burn <6999> incense <6999>.



2 And he cried <7121> against <5921> the altar < 4196> in the
word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, O altar <4196>,
altar <4196>, thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>; Behold
<2009>, a child <1121> shall be born <3205> unto the house
<1004> of David <1732>, Josiah <2977> by name <8034>; and upon
thee shall he offer <2076> the priests <3548> of the high <1116>
places that burn <6999> incense <6999> upon thee, and men's
<0120> bones <6106> shall be burnt <8313> upon thee.



3 And he gave <5414> a sign <4159> the same < 1931> day <3117>,
saying <0559>, This <2088> [is] the sign <4159> which <0834> the
LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696>; Behold <2009>, the altar <4196>
shall be rent <7167>, and the ashes <1880> that [are] upon it
shall be poured <8210> out.



4 And it came <1961> to pass, when king <4428> Jeroboam <3379>
heard <8085> the saying <1697> of the man <0376> of God <0430>,
which <0834> had cried <7121> against <5921> the altar <4196> in
Bethel <1008>, that he put <7971> forth <7971> his hand <3027>
from the altar <4196>, saying <0559>, Lay hold < 8610> on him.
And his hand <3027>, which <0834> he put <7971> forth <7971>
against <5921> him, dried <3001> up, so that he could <3201> not
pull <7725> it in again <7725> to him.



5 The altar <4196> also was rent <7167>, and the ashes <1880>
poured <8210> out from the altar <4196>, according to the sign
<4159> which <0834> the man <0376> of God < 0430> had given
<5414> by the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>.



6 And the king <4428> answered <6030> and said < 0559> unto the
man <0376> of God <0430>, Intreat <2470> now <4994> the face
<6440> of the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, and pray <6419> for me,
that my hand <3027> may be restored <7725> me again <7725>. And
the man <0376> of God <0430> besought <2470> the LORD <3068>,
and the king's <4428> hand <3027> was restored < 7725> him again
<7725>, and became <1961> as [it was] before < 7223>.



7 And the king <4428> said <1696> unto the man < 0376> of God
<0430>, Come <0935> home <1004> with me, and refresh <5582>
thyself, and I will give <5414> thee a reward <4991>.



8 And the man <0376> of God <0430> said <0559> unto the king
<4428>, If <0518> thou wilt give <5414> me half <2677> thine
house <1004>, I will not go <0935> in with thee, neither <3808>
will I eat <0398> bread <3899> nor <3808> drink <8354> water
<4325> in this <2088> place <4725>:



9 For so <3651> was it charged <6680> me by the word <1697> of
the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Eat <0398> no <3808> bread
<3899>, nor <3808> drink <8354> water < 4325>, nor <3808> turn
<7725> again <7725> by the same way <1870> that thou camest
<1980>.



10 So he went <3212> another <0312> way <1870>, and returned
<7725> not by the way <1870> that he came <0935> to Bethel
<1008>.



11. Now there dwelt <3427> an old <2205> prophet < 5030> in
Bethel <1008>; and his sons <1121> came <0935> and told <5608>
him all <3605> the works <4639> that the man < 0376> of God
<0430> had done <6213> that day <3117> in Bethel <1008>: the
words <1697> which <0834> he had spoken <1696> unto the king
<4428>, them they told <5608> also to their father <1>.



12 And their father <1> said <1696> unto them, What way <1870>
went <1980> he? For his sons <1121> had seen < 7200> what <0834>
way <1870> the man <0376> of God <0430> went <1980>, which
<0834> came <0935> from Judah <3063>.



13 And he said <0559> unto his sons <1121>, Saddle <2280> me
the ass <2543>. So they saddled <2280> him the ass <2543>: and
he rode <7392> thereon <5921>,



14 And went <3212> after <0310> the man <0376> of God <0430>,
and found <4672> him sitting <3427> under <8478> an oak <0424>:
and he said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou the man <0376> of God
<0430> that camest <0935> from Judah <3063>? And he said <0559>,
I [am].



15 Then he said <0559> unto him, Come <3212> home <1004> with
me, and eat <0398> bread <3899>.



16 And he said <0559>, I may <3201> not return < 7725> with thee,
nor go <0935> in with thee: neither <3808> will I eat <0398>
bread <3899> nor <3808> drink <8354> water < 4325> with thee in
this <2088> place <4725>:



17 For it was said <1697> to me by the word <1697> of the LORD
<3068>, Thou shalt eat <0398> no <3808> bread <3899> nor <3808>
drink <8354> water <4325> there <8033>, nor < 3808> turn <7725>
again <7725> to go <3212> by the way <1870> that thou camest
<1980>.



18 He said <0559> unto him, I [am] a prophet <5030> also <1571>
as thou [art]; and an angel <4397> spake <1696> unto me by the
word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Bring <7725> him
back <7725> with thee into <0413> thine house < 1004>, that he
may eat <0398> bread <3899> and drink <8354> water <4325>. [But]
he lied <3584> unto him.



19 So he went <7725> back <7725> with him, and did eat <0398>
bread <3899> in his house <1004>, and drank < 8354> water <4325>.



20 And it came <1961> to pass, as they sat <3427> at <0413> the
table <7979>, that the word <1697> of the LORD < 3068> came
<1961> unto the prophet <5030> that brought < 7725> him back
<7725>:



21 And he cried <7121> unto the man <0376> of God <0430> that
came <0935> from Judah <3063>, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith
<0559> the LORD <3068>, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed <4784>
the mouth <6310> of the LORD <3068>, and hast not kept <8104>
the commandment <4687> which <0834> the LORD < 3068> thy God
<0430> commanded <6680> thee,



22 But camest <7725> back <7725>, and hast eaten < 0398> bread
<3899> and drunk <8354> water <4325> in the place <4725>, of the
which <0834> [the LORD] did say <1696> to thee, Eat <0398> no
<0408> bread <3899>, and drink <8354> no < 0408> water <4325>;
thy carcase <5038> shall not come <0935> unto the sepulchre
<6913> of thy fathers <1>.



23. And it came <1961> to pass, after <0310> he had eaten
<0398> bread <3899>, and after <0310> he had drunk <8354>, that
he saddled <2280> for him the ass <2543>, [to wit], for the
prophet <5030> whom <0834> he had <1961> brought <7725> back
<7725>.



24 And when he was gone <3212>, a lion <0738> met <4672> him by
the way <1870>, and slew <4191> him: and his carcase <5038> was
cast <7993> in the way <1870>, and the ass < 2543> stood <5975>
by it, the lion <0738> also stood <5975> by the carcase <5038>.



25 And, behold <2009>, men <0582> passed <5674> by, and saw
<7200> the carcase <5038> cast <7993> in the way <1870>, and the
lion <0738> standing <5975> by the carcase < 5038>: and they came
<0935> and told <1696> [it] in the city <5892> where <0834> the
old <2205> prophet <5030> dwelt <3427>.



26 And when the prophet <5030> that brought <7725> him back
<7725> from the way <1870> heard <8085> [thereof], he said
<0559>, It [is] the man <0376> of God <0430>, who <0834> was
disobedient <4784> unto the word <6310> of the LORD <3068>:
therefore the LORD <3068> hath delivered <5414> him unto the
lion <0738>, which hath torn <7665> him, and slain <4191> him,
according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he
spake <1696> unto him.



27 And he spake <1696> to his sons <1121>, saying <0559>,
Saddle <2280> me the ass <2543>. And they saddled < 2280> [him].



28 And he went <3212> and found <4672> his carcase <5038> cast
<7993> in the way <1870>, and the ass <2543> and the lion <0738>
standing <5975> by the carcase <5038>: the lion < 0738> had not
eaten <0398> the carcase <5038>, nor <3808> torn <7665> the ass
<2543>.



29 And the prophet <5030> took <5375> up the carcase <5038> of
the man <0376> of God <0430>, and laid <3241> it upon the ass
<2543>, and brought <7725> it back <7725>: and the old <2205>
prophet <5030> came <0935> to the city <5892>, to mourn <5594>
and to bury <6912> him.



30 And he laid <3241> his carcase <5038> in his own grave
<6913>; and they mourned <5594> over <5921> him, [saying], Alas
<1945>, my brother <0251>!



31 And it came <1961> to pass, after <0310> he had buried
<6912> him, that he spake <0559> to his sons < 1121>, saying
<0559>, When I am dead <4191>, then bury <6912> me in the
sepulchre <6913> wherein <0834> the man <0376> of God <0430>
[is] buried <6912>; lay <3241> my bones <6106> beside <0681> his
bones <6106>:



32 For the saying <1697> which <0834> he cried < 7121> by the
word <1697> of the LORD <3068> against <5921> the altar <4196>
in Bethel <1008>, and against <5921> all <3605> the houses
<1004> of the high <1116> places which <0834> [are] in the
cities <5892> of Samaria <8111>, shall surely < 3588> come <1961>
to pass.



33 After <0310> this <2088> thing <1697> Jeroboam <3379>
returned <7725> not from his evil <7451> way < 1870>, but made
<6213> again <7725> of the lowest <7098> of the people <5971>
priests <3548> of the high <1116> places: whosoever would <2655>,
he consecrated him, and he became <1961> [one] of the priests
<3548> of the high <1116> places.



34 And this <2088> thing <1697> became <1961> sin <2403> unto
the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>, even to cut < 3582> [it] off,
and to destroy <8045> [it] from off the face <6440> of the
earth <0127>.



1Kings 14



1. At that time <6256> Abijah <29> the son < 1121> of Jeroboam
<3379> fell sick <2470>.



2 And Jeroboam <3379> said <0559> to his wife < 0802>, Arise
<6965>, I pray <4994> thee, and disguise <8138> thyself, that
thou be not known <3045> to be the wife <0802> of Jeroboam
<3379>; and get <1980> thee to Shiloh <7887>: behold <2009>,
there <8033> [is] Ahijah <0281> the prophet < 5030>, which <1931>
told <1696> me that [I should be] king <4428> over <5921> this
<2088> people <5971>.



3 And take <3947> with thee ten <6235> loaves < 3899>, and
cracknels <5350>, and a cruse <1228> of honey < 1706>, and go
<0935> to him: he shall tell <5046> thee what < 4100> shall
become <1961> of the child <5288>.



4 And Jeroboam's <3379> wife <0802> did <6213> so <3651>, and
arose <6965>, and went <3212> to Shiloh <7887>, and came <0935>
to the house <1004> of Ahijah <0281>. But Ahijah < 0281> could
<3201> not see <7200>; for his eyes <5869> were set <6965> by
reason of his age <7869>.



5 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Ahijah < 0281>, Behold
<2009>, the wife <0802> of Jeroboam <3379> cometh <0935> to ask
<1875> a thing <1697> of thee for her son <1121> ; for he [is]
sick <2470>: thus <2090> and thus <2088> shalt thou say <1696>
unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh <0935> in, that she
shall feign <5234> herself [to be] another <5234> [woman].



6 And it was [so], when Ahijah <0281> heard <8085> the sound
<6963> of her feet <7272>, as she came <0935> in at the door
<6607>, that he said <0559>, Come <0935> in, thou wife <0802> of
Jeroboam <3379>; why <4100> feignest <5234> thou thyself [to be]
another <5234>? for I [am] sent <7971> to thee [with] heavy
<7186> [tidings].



7. Go <3212>, tell <0559> Jeroboam <3379>, Thus <3541> saith
<0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel < 3478>, Forasmuch as
I exalted <7311> thee from among <8432> the people <5971>, and
made <5414> thee prince <5057> over <5921> my people <5971>
Israel <3478>,



8 And rent <7167> the kingdom <4467> away from the house <1004>
of David <1732>, and gave <5414> it thee: and [yet] thou hast
not been <1961> as my servant <5650> David < 1732>, who <0834>
kept <8104> my commandments <4687>, and who < 0834> followed me
with all <3605> his heart <3824>, to do <6213> [that] only
<7535> [which <1931> was] right <3477> in mine eyes <5869>;



9 But hast done <6213> evil <7489> above all < 3605> that were
before <6440> thee: for thou hast gone <3212> and made <6213>
thee other <0312> gods <0430>, and molten <4541> images, to
provoke me to anger <3707>, and hast cast <7993> me behind
<0310> thy back <1458>:



10 Therefore, behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> evil <7451>
upon the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>, and will cut <3772>
off from Jeroboam <3379> him that pisseth <8366> against the
wall <7023>, [and] him that is shut <6113> up and left <5800> in
Israel <3478>, and will take <1197> away the remnant <0310> of
the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>, as a man taketh <1197> away
dung <1557>, till <5704> it be all <8552> gone.



11 Him that dieth <4191> of Jeroboam <3379> in the city <5892>
shall the dogs <3611> eat <0398>; and him that dieth <4191> in
the field <7704> shall the fowls <5775> of the air <8064> eat
<0398>: for the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696> [it].



12 Arise <6965> thou therefore, get <3212> thee to thine own
house <1004>: [and] when thy feet <7272> enter < 0935> into the
city <5892>, the child <3206> shall die <4191>.



13 And all <3605> Israel <3478> shall mourn < 5594> for him, and
bury <6912> him: for he only <0905> of Jeroboam < 3379> shall
come <0935> to the grave <6913>, because <3282> in him there is
found <4672> [some] good <2896> thing <1697> toward <0413> the
LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> in the house <1004> of
Jeroboam <3379>.



14 Moreover the LORD <3068> shall raise <6965> him up a king
<4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>, who < 0834> shall cut <3772>
off the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379> that day < 3117>: but
what <4100>? even <1571> now <6258>.



15 For the LORD <3068> shall smite <5221> Israel < 3478>, as a
reed <7070> is shaken <5110> in the water <4325> , and he shall
root <5428> up Israel <3478> out of this <2063> good <2896> land
<0127>, which <0834> he gave <5414> to their fathers <1>, and
shall scatter <2219> them beyond <5676> the river < 5104>,
because <0834> they have made <6213> their groves < 0842>,
provoking the LORD <3068> to anger <3707>.



16 And he shall give <5414> Israel <3478> up because <1558> of
the sins <2403> of Jeroboam <3379>, who <0834> did sin <2398>,
and who <0834> made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>.



17 And Jeroboam's <3379> wife <0802> arose < 6965>, and departed
<3212>, and came <0935> to Tirzah <8656>: [and] when she came
<0935> to the threshold <5592> of the door < 1004>, the child
<5288> died <4191>;



18 And they buried <6912> him; and all <3605> Israel <3478>
mourned <5594> for him, according to the word <1697> of the LORD
<3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> by the hand <3027> of his
servant <5650> Ahijah <0281> the prophet <5030>.



19 And the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Jeroboam <3379>,
how <0834> he warred <3898>, and how <0834> he reigned <4427>,
behold <2009>, they [are] written <3789> in the book <5612> of
the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>.



20 And the days <3117> which <0834> Jeroboam < 3379> reigned
<4427> [were] two <8147> and twenty <6242> years <8141>: and he
slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and Nadab < 5070> his son
<1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



21. And Rehoboam <7346> the son <1121> of Solomon <8010>
reigned <4427> in Judah <3063>. Rehoboam <7346> [was] forty
<0705> and one <0259> years <8141> old < 1121> when he began to
reign <4427>, and he reigned <4427> seventeen < 7651> years
<8141> in Jerusalem <3389>, the city <5892> which <0834> the
LORD <3068> did choose <0977> out of all <3605> the tribes
<7626> of Israel <3478>, to put <7760> his name <8034> there
<8033>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Naamah <5279>
an Ammonitess <5984>.



22 And Judah <3063> did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869>
of the LORD <3068>, and they provoked him to jealousy < 7065>
with their sins <2403> which <0834> they had committed <2398>,
above all <3605> that their fathers <1> had done < 6213>.



23 For they also <1571> built <1129> them high < 1364> places,
and images <4676>, and groves <0842>, on <5921> every <3605>
high <1364> hill <1389>, and under <8478> every <3605> green
<7488> tree <6086>.



24 And there were also <1571> sodomites <6945> in the land
<0776>: [and] they did <6213> according to all < 3605> the
abominations <8441> of the nations <1471> which < 0834> the LORD
<3068> cast <3403> out before <6440> the children <1121> of
Israel <3478>.



25 And it came <1961> to pass in the fifth <2549> year <8141>
of king <4428> Rehoboam <7346>, [that] Shishak < 7895> king
<4428> of Egypt <4714> came <5927> up against <5921> Jerusalem
<3389>:



26 And he took <3947> away the treasures <0214> of the house
<1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the treasures < 0214> of the
king's <4428> house <1004>; he even took <3947> away all <3605>:
and he took <3947> away all <3605> the shields < 4043> of gold
<2091> which <0834> Solomon <8010> had made < 6213>.



27 And king <4428> Rehoboam <7346> made <6213> in their stead
<8478> brasen <5178> shields <4043>, and committed <6485> [them]
unto the hands <3027> of the chief <8269> of the guard <7323>,
which kept <8104> the door <6607> of the king's < 4428> house
<1004>.



28 And it was [so], when <1767> the king <4428> went <0935>
into the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, that the guard <7323>
bare <5375> them, and brought <7725> them back < 7725> into
<0413> the guard <7323> chamber <8372>.



29 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Rehoboam <7346>,
and all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789>
in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428>
of Judah <3063>?



30 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Rehoboam <7346> and
Jeroboam <3379> all <3605> [their] days <3117>.



31 And Rehoboam <7346> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>, and
was buried <6912> with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of
David <1732>. And his mother's <0517> name < 8034> [was] Naamah
<5279> an Ammonitess <5984>. And Abijam <38> his son <1121>
reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



1Kings 15



1. Now in the eighteenth year <8141> of king <4428> Jeroboam
<3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028> reigned <4427> Abijam <38>
over <5921> Judah <3063>.



2 Three <7969> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Jerusalem
<3389>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Maachah <4601>,
the daughter <1323> of Abishalom <53>.



3 And he walked <3212> in all <3605> the sins < 2403> of his
father <1>, which <0834> he had done <6213> before <6440> him:
and his heart <3824> was not perfect <8003> with the LORD <3068>
his God <0430>, as the heart <3824> of David < 1732> his father
<1>.



4 Nevertheless <3588> for David's <1732> sake < 4616> did the
LORD <3068> his God <0430> give <5414> him a lamp <5216> in
Jerusalem <3389>, to set <6965> up his son < 1121> after <0310>
him, and to establish <5975> Jerusalem <3389>:



5 Because <0834> David <1732> did <6213> [that which was] right
<3477> in the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and turned <5493>
not aside from any <3605> [thing] that he commanded < 6680> him
all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>, save only <7535>
in the matter <1697> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite < 2850>.



6 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Rehoboam <7346> and
Jeroboam <3379> all <3605> the days <3117> of his life <2416>.



7 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Abijam <38>, and
all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in
the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of
Judah <3063>? And there was war <4421> between < 0996> Abijam
<38> and Jeroboam <3379>.



8 And Abijam <38> slept <7901> with his fathers < 1>; and they
buried <6912> him in the city <5892> of David < 1732>: and Asa
<0609> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



9. And in the twentieth <6242> year <8141> of Jeroboam <3379>
king <4428> of Israel <3478> reigned <4427> Asa <0609> over
<5921> Judah <3063>.



10 And forty <0705> and one <0259> years <8141> reigned <4427>
he in Jerusalem <3389>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034>
[was] Maachah <4601>, the daughter <1323> of Abishalom <53>.



11 And Asa <0609> did <6213> [that which was] right <3477> in
the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>, as [did] David <1732> his
father <1>.



12 And he took <5674> away the sodomites <6945> out of the land
<0776>, and removed <5493> all <3605> the idols <1544> that his
fathers <1> had made <6213>.



13 And also <1571> Maachah <4601> his mother < 0517>, even her
he removed <5493> from [being] queen <1377>, because <0834> she
had made <6213> an idol <4656> in a grove <0842> ; and Asa <0609>
destroyed <3772> her idol <4656>, and burnt < 8313> [it] by the
brook <5158> Kidron <6939>.



14 But the high <1116> places were not removed <5493> :
nevertheless <7535> Asa's <0609> heart <3824> was perfect <8003>
with the LORD <3068> all <3605> his days <3117>.



15 And he brought <0935> in the things which his father <1> had
dedicated <6944>, and the things which himself had dedicated
<6944>, into the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> , silver <3701>,
and gold <2091>, and vessels <3627>.



16 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Asa < 0609> and
Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478> all <3605> their days
<3117>.



17 And Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel < 3478> went <5927>
up against <5921> Judah <3063>, and built <1129> Ramah <7414>,
that he might not suffer <5414> any to go <3318> out or come
<0935> in to Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063>.



18 Then Asa <0609> took <3947> all <3605> the silver <3701> and
the gold <2091> [that were] left <3498> in the treasures <0214>
of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the treasures <0214>
of the king's <4428> house <1004>, and delivered < 5414> them
into the hand <3027> of his servants <5650>: and king <4428> Asa
<0609> sent <7971> them to Benhadad <1131>, the son <1121> of
Tabrimon <2886>, the son <1121> of Hezion <2383> , king <4428> of
Syria <0758>, that dwelt <3427> at Damascus < 1834>, saying
<0559>,



19 [There is] a league <1285> between <0996> me and thee, [and]
between <0996> my father <1> and thy father <1>: behold <2009>,
I have sent <7971> unto thee a present <7810> of silver <3701>
and gold <2091>; come <3212> and break <6565> thy league <1285>
with Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, that he may
depart <5927> from me.



20 So Benhadad <1131> hearkened <8085> unto king < 4428> Asa
<0609>, and sent <7971> the captains <8269> of the hosts <2428>
which <0834> he had against <5921> the cities < 5892> of Israel
<3478>, and smote <5221> Ijon <5859>, and Dan <1835>, and
Abelbethmaachah <62>, and all <3605> Cinneroth < 3672>, with all
<3605> the land <0776> of Naphtali <5321>.



21 And it came <1961> to pass, when Baasha <1201> heard <8085>
[thereof], that he left <2308> off building <1129> of Ramah
<7414>, and dwelt <3427> in Tirzah <8656>.



22 Then king <4428> Asa <0609> made <6213> a proclamation
<8085> throughout all <3605> Judah <3063>; none <0369> [was]
exempted <5355>: and they took <5375> away the stones <68> of
Ramah <7414>, and the timber <6086> thereof, wherewith <0834>
Baasha <1201> had builded <1129>; and king < 4428> Asa <0609>
built <1129> with them Geba <1387> of Benjamin < 1144>, and
Mizpah <4709>.



23 The rest <3499> of all <3605> the acts < 1697> of Asa <0609>,
and all <3605> his might <1369>, and all <3605> that he did
<6213>, and the cities <5892> which <0834> he built <1129>,
[are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the
chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Judah < 3063>?
Nevertheless <7535> in the time <6256> of his old < 2209> age he
was diseased <2470> in his feet <7272>.



24 And Asa <0609> slept <7901> with his fathers < 1>, and was
buried <6912> with his fathers <1> in the city < 5892> of David
<1732> his father <1>: and Jehoshaphat <3092> his son <1121>
reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



25. And Nadab <5070> the son <1121> of Jeroboam < 3379> began to
reign <4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> in the second <8147> year
<8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah < 3063>, and reigned
<4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> two < 8147> years <8141>.



26 And he did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight < 5869> of the
LORD <3068>, and walked <3212> in the way <1870> of his father
<1>, and in his sin <2403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel
<3478> to sin <2398>.



27 And Baasha <1201> the son <1121> of Ahijah < 0281>, of the
house <1004> of Issachar <3485>, conspired < 7194> against <5921>
him; and Baasha <1201> smote <5221> him at Gibbethon <1405>,
which <0834> [belonged] to the Philistines <6430>; for Nadab
<5070> and all <3605> Israel <3478> laid siege <6696> to
Gibbethon <1405>.



28 Even in the third <7969> year <8141> of Asa < 0609> king
<4428> of Judah <3063> did Baasha <1201> slay <4191> him, and
reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



29 And it came <1961> to pass, when he reigned <4427> , [that]
he smote <5221> all <3605> the house <1004> of Jeroboam <3379>;
he left <7604> not to Jeroboam <3379> any <3605> that breathed
<5397>, until <5704> he had destroyed <8045> him, according unto
the saying <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which < 0834> he spake
<1696> by his servant <5650> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <7888>:



30 Because <5921> of the sins <2403> of Jeroboam < 3379> which
<0834> he sinned <2398>, and which <0834> he made Israel <3478>
sin <2398>, by his provocation <3708> wherewith < 0834> he
provoked the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel < 3478> to anger
<3707>.



31 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Nadab <5070>, and
all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in
the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of
Israel <3478>?



32 And there was war <4421> between <0996> Asa < 0609> and
Baasha <1201> king <4428> of Israel <3478> all <3605> their days
<3117>.



33 In the third <7969> year <8141> of Asa < 0609> king <4428> of
Judah <3063> began Baasha <1201> the son <1121> of Ahijah <0281>
to reign <4427> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478> in Tirzah
<8656>, twenty <6242> and four <0702> years < 8141>.



34 And he did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight < 5869> of the
LORD <3068>, and walked <3212> in the way <1870> of Jeroboam
<3379>, and in his sin <2403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel
<3478> to sin <2398>.



1Kings 16



1. Then the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> to Jehu
<3058> the son <1121> of Hanani <2607> against <5921> Baasha
<1201>, saying <0559>,



2 Forasmuch as I exalted <7311> thee out of the dust < 6083>,
and made <5414> thee prince <5057> over <5921> my people <5971>
Israel <3478>; and thou hast walked <3212> in the way <1870> of
Jeroboam <3379>, and hast made my people <5971> Israel <3478> to
sin <2398>, to provoke me to anger <3707> with their sins <2403>;



3 Behold <2005>, I will take <1197> away the posterity <0310>
of Baasha <1201>, and the posterity <0310> of his house <1004>;
and will make <5414> thy house <1004> like the house <1004> of
Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>.



4 Him that dieth <4191> of Baasha <1201> in the city <5892>
shall the dogs <3611> eat <0398>; and him that dieth <4191> of
his in the fields <7704> shall the fowls <5775> of the air
<8064> eat <0398>.



5 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Baasha <1201>, and
what <0834> he did <6213>, and his might <1369>, [are] they not
written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of
the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>?



6 So Baasha <1201> slept <7901> with his fathers < 1>, and was
buried <6912> in Tirzah <8656>: and Elah <0425> his son <1121>
reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



7 And also <1571> by the hand <3027> of the prophet <5030> Jehu
<3058> the son <1121> of Hanani <2607> came < 1961> the word
<1697> of the LORD <3068> against <0413> Baasha <1201>, and
against <0413> his house <1004>, even for all < 3605> the evil
<7451> that he did <6213> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>,
in provoking him to anger <3707> with the work <4639> of his
hands <3027>, in being <1961> like the house < 1004> of Jeroboam
<3379>; and because <0834> he killed <5221> him.



8 In the twenty <6242> and sixth <8337> year < 8141> of Asa
<0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Elah <0425> the son
<1121> of Baasha <1201> to reign <4427> over <5921> Israel
<3478> in Tirzah <8656>, two years <8141>.



9 And his servant <5650> Zimri <2174>, captain < 8269> of half
<4276> [his] chariots <7393>, conspired <7194> against <5921>
him, as he was in Tirzah <8656>, drinking <8354> himself drunk
<7910> in the house <1004> of Arza <0777> steward <5921> of
[his] house <1004> in Tirzah <8656>.



10 And Zimri <2174> went <0935> in and smote < 5221> him, and
killed <4191> him, in the twenty <6242> and seventh <7651> year
<8141> of Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah < 3063>, and reigned
<4427> in his stead <8478>.



11 And it came <1961> to pass, when he began to reign < 4427>,
as soon as he sat <3427> on <5921> his throne < 3678>, [that] he
slew <5221> all <3605> the house <1004> of Baasha <1201>: he
left <7604> him not one that pisseth <8366> against a wall
<7023>, neither of his kinsfolks <1350>, nor of his friends
<7453>.



12 Thus did Zimri <2174> destroy <8045> all < 3605> the house
<1004> of Baasha <1201>, according to the word < 1697> of the
LORD <3068>, which <0834> he spake <1696> against <0413> Baasha
<1201> by Jehu <3058> the prophet <5030>,



13 For all <3605> the sins <2403> of Baasha < 1201>, and the
sins <2403> of Elah <0425> his son <1121>, by which <0834> they
sinned <2398>, and by which <0834> they made Israel <3478> to
sin <2398>, in provoking the LORD <3068> God < 0430> of Israel
<3478> to anger <3707> with their vanities < 1892>.



14 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Elah <0425>, and
all <3605> that he did <6213>, [are] they not written <3789> in
the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of
Israel <3478>?



15. In the twenty <6242> and seventh <7651> year < 8141> of Asa
<0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> did Zimri <2174> reign <4427>
seven <7651> days <3117> in Tirzah <8656>. And the people <5971>
[were] encamped <2583> against <5921> Gibbethon < 1405>, which
<0834> [belonged] to the Philistines <6430>.



16 And the people <5971> [that were] encamped <2583> heard
<8085> say <0559>, Zimri <2174> hath conspired <7194>, and hath
also <1571> slain <5221> the king <4428>: wherefore all <3605>
Israel <3478> made Omri <6018>, the captain < 8269> of the host
<6635>, king <4427> over <5921> Israel < 3478> that day <3117> in
the camp <4264>.



17 And Omri <6018> went <5927> up from Gibbethon < 1405>, and
all <3605> Israel <3478> with him, and they besieged <6696>
Tirzah <8656>.



18 And it came <1961> to pass, when Zimri <2174> saw <7200>
that the city <5892> was taken <3920>, that he went <0935> into
<0413> the palace <0759> of the king's <4428> house <1004>, and
burnt <8313> the king's <4428> house <1004> over <5921> him with
fire <0784>, and died <4191>,



19 For his sins <2403> which <0834> he sinned < 2398> in doing
<6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, in
walking <3212> in the way <1870> of Jeroboam < 3379>, and in his
sin <2403> which <0834> he did <6213>, to make Israel <3478> to
sin <2398>.



20 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Zimri <2174>, and
his treason <7195> that he wrought <7194>, [are] they not
written <3789> in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> of
the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>?



21 Then <0227> were the people <5971> of Israel < 3478> divided
<2505> into two <2677> parts <2677>: half < 2677> of the people
<5971> followed Tibni <8402> the son <1121> of Ginath <1527>, to
make him king <4427>; and half <2677> followed < 0310> Omri
<6018>.



22 But the people <5971> that followed <0310> Omri <6018>
prevailed <2388> against the people <5971> that followed <0310>
Tibni <8402> the son <1121> of Ginath <1527>: so Tibni <8402>
died <4191>, and Omri <6018> reigned <4427>.



23 In the thirty <7970> and first <0259> year < 8141> of Asa
<0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Omri <6018> to reign
<4427> over <5921> Israel <3478>, twelve years <8141>: six
<8337> years <8141> reigned <4427> he in Tirzah <8656>.



24 And he bought <7069> the hill <2022> Samaria < 8111> of
Shemer <8106> for two talents <3603> of silver < 3701>, and built
<1129> on <0853> the hill <2022>, and called <7121> the name
<8034> of the city <5892> which <0834> he built <1129>, after
<5921> the name <8034> of Shemer <8106>, owner <0113> of the
hill <2022>, Samaria <8111>.



25 But Omri <6018> wrought <6213> evil <7451> in the eyes
<5869> of the LORD <3068>, and did worse <7489> than all <3605>
that [were] before <6440> him.



26 For he walked <3212> in all <3605> the way < 1870> of
Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, and in his sin
<2403> wherewith <0834> he made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>, to
provoke the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel < 3478> to anger
<3707> with their vanities <1892>.



27 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Omri <6018> which
<0834> he did <6213>, and his might <1369> that he shewed <6213>,
[are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of the
chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Israel < 3478>?



28 So Omri <6018> slept <7901> with his fathers < 1>, and was
buried <6912> in Samaria <8111>: and Ahab <0256> his son <1121>
reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



29. And in the thirty <7970> and eighth <8083> year <8141> of
Asa <0609> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Ahab <0256> the son
<1121> of Omri <6018> to reign <4427> over < 5921> Israel <3478>:
and Ahab <0256> the son <1121> of Omri <6018> reigned <4427>
over <5921> Israel <3478> in Samaria <8111> twenty <6242> and
two <8147> years <8141>.



30 And Ahab <0256> the son <1121> of Omri < 6018> did <6213>
evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD < 3068> above all
<3605> that [were] before <6440> him.



31 And it came <1961> to pass, as if it had been a light <7043>
thing for him to walk <3212> in the sins <2403> of Jeroboam
<3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, that he took <3947> to
wife <0802> Jezebel <0348> the daughter <1323> of Ethbaal <0856>
king <4428> of the Zidonians <6722>, and went < 3212> and served
<5647> Baal <1168>, and worshipped <7812> him.



32 And he reared <6965> up an altar <4196> for Baal <1168> in
the house <1004> of Baal <1168>, which <0834> he had built
<1129> in Samaria <8111>.



33 And Ahab <0256> made <6213> a grove <0842>; and Ahab <0256>
did <6213> more <3254> to provoke the LORD < 3068> God <0430> of
Israel <3478> to anger <3707> than all <3605> the kings <4428>
of Israel <3478> that were before <6440> him.



34 In his days <3117> did Hiel <2419> the Bethelite <1017>
build <1129> Jericho <3405>: he laid the foundation <3245>
thereof in Abiram <48> his firstborn <1060>, and set <5324> up
the gates <1817> thereof in his youngest <6810> [son] Segub
<7687>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD < 3068>, which
<0834> he spake <1696> by Joshua <3091> the son <1121> of Nun
<5126>.



1Kings 17



1. And Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <8664>, [who was] of the
inhabitants <8453> of Gilead <1568>, said <0559> unto Ahab
<0256>, [As] the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> liveth
<2416>, before <6440> whom <0834> I stand < 5975>, there shall
not be dew <2919> nor rain <4306> these <0428> years <8141>, but
according <6310> to my word <1697>.



2 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> unto him,
saying <0559>,



3 Get <3212> thee hence <2088>, and turn <6437> thee eastward
<6924>, and hide <5641> thyself by the brook < 5158> Cherith
<3747>, that [is] before Jordan <3383>.



4 And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink <8354> of the brook
<5158>; and I have commanded <6680> the ravens < 6158> to feed
<3557> thee there <8033>.



5 So he went <3212> and did <6213> according unto the word
<1697> of the LORD <3068>: for he went <3212> and dwelt <3427>
by the brook <5158> Cherith <3747>, that [is] before Jordan
<3383>.



6 And the ravens <6158> brought <0935> him bread < 3899> and
flesh <1320> in the morning <1242>, and bread < 3899> and flesh
<1320> in the evening <6153>; and he drank of the brook <5158>.



7 And it came <1961> to pass after <7093> a while <3117>, that
the brook <5158> dried <3001> up, because <3588> there had
<1961> been <1961> no <3808> rain <1653> in the land <0776>.



8. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> unto him,
saying <0559>,



9 Arise <6965>, get <3212> thee to Zarephath < 6886>, which
<0834> [belongeth] to Zidon <6721>, and dwell < 3427> there
<8033>: behold <2009>, I have commanded <6680> a widow <0490>
woman <0802> there <8033> to sustain <3557> thee.



10 So he arose <6965> and went <3212> to Zarephath <6886>. And
when he came <0935> to the gate <6607> of the city <5892>,
behold <2009>, the widow <0490> woman <0802> [was] there <8033>
gathering <7197> of sticks <6086>: and he called < 7121> to her,
and said <0559>, Fetch <3947> me, I pray <4994> thee, a little
<4592> water <4325> in a vessel <3627>, that I may drink <8354>.



11 And as she was going <3212> to fetch <3947> [it], he called
<7121> to her, and said <0559>, Bring <3947> me, I pray <4994>
thee, a morsel <6595> of bread <3899> in thine hand <3027>.



12 And she said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>
liveth <2416>, I have <3426> not a cake <4580>, but an handful
of meal <7058> in a barrel <3537>, and a little < 4592> oil
<8081> in a cruse <6835>: and, behold <2005>, I [am] gathering
<7197> two <8147> sticks <6086>, that I may go <0935> in and
dress <6213> it for me and my son <1121>, that we may eat <0398>
it, and die <4191>.



13 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto her, Fear < 3372> not; go
<0935> [and] do <6213> as thou hast said <0559>: but make <6213>
me thereof <8033> a little <6996> cake <5692> first <7223>, and
bring <3318> [it] unto me, and after <0314> make < 6213> for thee
and for thy son <1121>.



14 For thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of
Israel <3478>, The barrel <3537> of meal <7058> shall not waste
<3615>, neither <3808> shall the cruse <6835> of oil <8081> fail
<2637>, until <5704> the day <3117> [that] the LORD <3068>
sendeth <5414> rain <1653> upon the earth <0127> .



15 And she went <3212> and did <6213> according to the saying
<1697> of Elijah <0452>: and she, and he, and her house <1004>,
did <6213> eat <0398> [many] days <3117>.



16 [And] the barrel <3537> of meal <7058> wasted < 3615> not,
neither <3808> did the cruse <6835> of oil < 8081> fail <2638>,
according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he
spake <1696> by Elijah <0452>.



17. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> these <0428> things
<1697>, [that] the son <1121> of the woman < 0802>, the mistress
<1172> of the house <1004>, fell sick <2470>; and his sickness
<2483> was so <3966> sore <2389>, that there was no <3808>
breath <5397> left <3498> in him.



18 And she said <0559> unto Elijah <0452>, What < 4100> have I
to do with thee, O thou man <0376> of God <0430>? art thou come
<0935> unto me to call <2142> my sin <5771> to remembrance
<2142>, and to slay <4191> my son <1121>?



19 And he said <0559> unto her, Give <5414> me thy son <1121>.
And he took <3947> him out of her bosom <2436>, and carried
<5927> him up into <0413> a loft <5944>, where he abode <3427>,
and laid <7901> him upon his own bed <4296>.



20 And he cried <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, O
LORD <3068> my God <0430>, hast thou also brought evil <7489>
upon the widow <0490> with whom <0834> I sojourn < 1481>, by
slaying <4191> her son <1121>?



21 And he stretched <4058> himself upon the child < 3206> three
<7969> times <6471>, and cried <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and
said <0559>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>, I pray <4994> thee,
let this <2088> child's <3206> soul <5315> come <7725> into
<5921> him again <7725>.



22 And the LORD <3068> heard <8085> the voice < 6963> of Elijah
<0452>; and the soul <5315> of the child <3206> came <7725> into
<5921> him again <7725>, and he revived <2421>.



23 And Elijah <0452> took <3947> the child < 3206>, and brought
<3381> him down <3381> out of the chamber <5944> into the house
<1004>, and delivered <5414> him unto his mother < 0517>: and
Elijah <0452> said <0559>, See <7200>, thy son <1121> liveth
<2416>.



24 And the woman <0802> said <0559> to Elijah < 0452>, Now
<6258> by this <2088> I know <3045> that thou [art] a man <0376>
of God <0430>, [and] that the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> in
thy mouth <6310> [is] truth <0571>.



1Kings 18



1. And it came <1961> to pass [after] many <7227> days <3117>,
that the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> to Elijah
<0452> in the third <7992> year <8141>, saying <0559>, Go <3212>,
shew <7200> thyself unto Ahab <0256>; and I will send <5414>
rain <4306> upon the earth <0127>.



2 And Elijah <0452> went <3212> to shew <7200> himself unto
Ahab <0256>. And [there was] a sore <2389> famine < 7458> in
Samaria <8111>.



3 And Ahab <0256> called <7121> Obadiah <5662>, which <0834>
[was] the governor <5921> of [his] house <1004>. (Now Obadiah
<5662> feared <3373> the LORD <3068> greatly <3966>:



4 For it was [so], when Jezebel <0348> cut <3772> off the
prophets <5030> of the LORD <3068>, that Obadiah < 5662> took
<3947> an hundred <3967> prophets <5030>, and hid <2244> them by
fifty <2572> in a cave <4631>, and fed <3557> them with bread
<3899> and water <4325>.)



5 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> unto Obadiah < 5662>, Go <3212>
into the land <0776>, unto all <3605> fountains < 4599> of water
<4325>, and unto all brooks <5158>: peradventure < 0194> we may
find <4672> grass <2682> to save <2421> the horses <5483> and
mules <6505> alive <2421>, that we lose <3772> not all <3605>
the beasts <0929>.



6 So they divided <2505> the land <0776> between them to pass
<5674> throughout it: Ahab <0256> went <1980> one <0259> way
<1870> by himself, and Obadiah <5662> went < 1980> another <0259>
way <1870> by himself.



7 And as Obadiah <5662> was in the way <1870>, behold <2009>,
Elijah <0452> met <7125> him: and he knew <5234> him, and fell
<5307> on <5921> his face <6440>, and said < 0559>, [Art] thou
that my lord <0113> Elijah <0452>?



8 And he answered <0559> him, I [am]: go <3212>, tell <0559>
thy lord <0113>, Behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> [is here].



9 And he said <0559>, What <4100> have I sinned < 2398>, that
thou wouldest deliver <5414> thy servant <5650> into the hand
<3027> of Ahab <0256>, to slay <4191> me?



10 [As] the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> liveth < 2416>, there is
no <0518> nation <1471> or kingdom <4467>, whither my lord
<0113> hath not sent <7971> to seek <1245> thee: and when they
said <0559>, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath < 7650> of the
kingdom <4467> and nation <1471>, that they found < 4672> thee
not.



11 And now <6258> thou sayest <0559>, Go <3212> , tell <0559>
thy lord <3068>, Behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> [is here].



12 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [as soon as] I am gone
<3212> from thee, that the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068>
shall carry <5375> thee whither I know <3045> not; and [so] when
I come <0935> and tell <5046> Ahab <0256>, and he cannot <3808>
find <4672> thee, he shall slay <2026> me: but I thy servant
<5650> fear <3372> the LORD <3068> from my youth <5271>.



13 Was it not told <5046> my lord <0113> what I did <6213> when
Jezebel <0348> slew <2026> the prophets <5030> of the LORD
<3068>, how I hid <2244> an hundred <3967> men <0376> of the
LORD'S <3068> prophets <5030> by fifty <2572> in a cave <4631>,
and fed <3557> them with bread <3899> and water < 4325>?



14 And now <6258> thou sayest <0559>, Go <3212> , tell <0559>
thy lord <0113>, Behold <2009>, Elijah <0452> [is here]: and he
shall slay <2026> me.



15 And Elijah <0452> said <0559>, [As] the LORD < 3068> of hosts
<6635> liveth <2416>, before <6440> whom < 0834> I stand <5975>,
I will surely <3588> shew <7200> myself unto him to day <3117>.



16 So Obadiah <5662> went <3212> to meet <7125> Ahab <0256>,
and told <5046> him: and Ahab <0256> went <3212> to meet <7125>
Elijah <0452>.



17. And it came <1961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> saw <7200>
Elijah <0452>, that Ahab <0256> said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou
he that troubleth <5916> Israel <3478>?



18 And he answered <0559>, I have not troubled <5916> Israel
<3478>; but thou, and thy father's <1> house < 1004>, in that ye
have forsaken <5800> the commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068>,
and thou hast followed Baalim <1168>.



19 Now <6258> therefore send <7971>, [and] gather <6908> to me
all <3605> Israel <3478> unto mount <2022> Carmel <3760>, and
the prophets <5030> of Baal <1168> four <0702> hundred <3967>
and fifty <2572>, and the prophets <5030> of the groves <0842>
four <0702> hundred <3967>, which eat <0398> at Jezebel's <0348>
table <7979>.



20 So Ahab <0256> sent <7971> unto all <3605> the children
<1121> of Israel <3478>, and gathered <6908> the prophets <5030>
together unto mount <2022> Carmel <3760>.



21. And Elijah <0452> came <5066> unto all < 3605> the people
<5971>, and said <0559>, How <5704> long < 5704> halt <6452> ye
between <5921> two <8147> opinions <5587>? if <0518> the LORD
<3068> [be] God <0430>, follow him: but if < 0518> Baal <1168>,
[then] follow him. And the people <5971> answered < 6030> him not
a word <1697>.



22 Then said <0559> Elijah <0452> unto the people <5971>, I,
[even] I only <0905>, remain <3498> a prophet < 5030> of the LORD
<3068>; but Baal's <1168> prophets <5030> [are] four <0702>
hundred <3967> and fifty <2572> men <0376>.



23 Let them therefore give <5414> us two <8147> bullocks <6499>;
and let them choose <0977> one <0259> bullock < 6499> for
themselves <1992>, and cut <5408> it in pieces, and lay <7760>
[it] on <5921> wood <6086>, and put <7760> no <3808> fire <0784>
[under]: and I will dress <6213> the other <0259> bullock <6499>,
and lay <7760> [it] on <5921> wood <6086>, and put <7760> no
<3808> fire <0784> [under]:



24 And call <7121> ye on the name <8034> of your gods <0430>,
and I will call <7121> on the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>:
and the God <0430> that answereth <6030> by fire < 0784>, let him
be God <0430>. And all <3605> the people <5971> answered <6030>
and said <0559>, It is well <2896> spoken <1697> .



25 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto the prophets <5030> of
Baal <1168>, Choose <0977> you one <0259> bullock <6499> for
yourselves, and dress <6213> [it] first <7223>; for ye [are]
many <7227>; and call <7121> on the name <8034> of your gods
<0430>, but put <7760> no <3808> fire < 0784> [under].



26 And they took <3947> the bullock <6499> which was given
<5414> them, and they dressed <6213> [it], and called <7121> on
the name <8034> of Baal <1168> from morning < 1242> even until
<5704> noon <6672>, saying <0559>, O Baal < 1168>, hear <6030> us.
But [there was] no <0369> voice <6963>, nor < 0369> any that
answered <6030>. And they leaped <6452> upon the altar <4196>
which <0834> was made <6213>.



27 And it came <1961> to pass at noon <6672>, that Elijah
<0452> mocked <2048> them, and said <0559>, Cry <7121> aloud:
for he [is] a god <0430>; either <3588> he is talking <7879>, or
he is pursuing <7873>, or he is in a journey <1870>, [or]
peradventure <0194> he sleepeth <3463>, and must be awaked
<3364>.



28 And they cried <7121> aloud, and cut <1413> themselves after
their manner <4941> with knives <2719> and lancets <7420>, till
<5704> the blood <1818> gushed <8210> out upon them.



29 And it came <1961> to pass, when midday <6672> was past
<5674>, and they prophesied <5012> until <5704> the [time] of
the offering <5927> of the [evening] sacrifice <4503>, that
[there was] neither <0369> voice <6963>, nor < 0369> any to
answer <6030>, nor <0369> any that regarded < 7182>.



30 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto all < 3605> the people
<5971>, Come <5066> near <5066> unto me. And all <3605> the
people <5971> came <5066> near <5066> unto him. And he repaired
<7495> the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> [that was] broken
<2040> down.



31 And Elijah <0452> took <3947> twelve stones < 68>, according
to the number <4557> of the tribes <7626> of the sons <1121> of
Jacob <3290>, unto whom <0834> the word <1697> of the LORD
<3068> came <1961>, saying <0559>, Israel < 3478> shall be thy
name <8034>:



32 And with the stones <68> he built <1129> an altar <4196> in
the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>: and he made < 6213> a trench
<8585> about <5439> the altar <4196>, as great <1004> as would
contain <1004> two measures <5429> of seed < 2233>.



33 And he put <6186> the wood <6086> in order < 6186>, and cut
<5408> the bullock <6499> in pieces, and laid < 7760> [him] on
<5921> the wood <6086>, and said <0559>, Fill <4390> four <0702>
barrels <3537> with water <4325>, and pour < 3332> [it] on <5921>
the burnt <5930> sacrifice, and on <5921> the wood <6086>.



34 And he said <0559>, Do [it] the second <8138> time. And they
did [it] the second <8138> time. And he said <0559>, Do [it] the
third <8027> time. And they did [it] the third <8027> time.



35 And the water <4325> ran <7323> round <5439> about the altar
<4196>; and he filled <4390> the trench <8565> also <1571> with
water <4325>.



36 And it came <1961> to pass at [the time of] the offering
<5927> of the [evening] sacrifice <4503>, that Elijah <0452> the
prophet <5030> came <5066> near <5066>, and said <0559>, LORD
<3068> God <0430> of Abraham <85>, Isaac < 3327>, and of Israel
<3478>, let it be known <3045> this <2088> day <3117> that thou
[art] God <0430> in Israel <3478>, and [that] I [am] thy servant
<5650>, and [that] I have done <6213> all <3605> these <0428>
things <1697> at thy word <1697>.



37 Hear <6030> me, O LORD <3068>, hear <6030> me, that this
<2088> people <5971> may know <3045> that thou [art] the LORD
<3068> God <0430>, and [that] thou hast turned < 5437> their
heart <3820> back <0322> again <0322>.



38 Then the fire <0784> of the LORD <3068> fell < 5307>, and
consumed <0398> the burnt <5930> sacrifice, and the wood <6086>,
and the stones <68>, and the dust <6083>, and licked <3897> up
the water <4325> that [was] in the trench <8565>.



39 And when all <3605> the people <5971> saw < 7200> [it], they
fell <5307> on <5921> their faces <6440>: and they said <0559>,
The LORD <3068>, he [is] the God <0430>; the LORD < 3068>, he
[is] the God <0430>.



40 And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto them, Take < 8610> the
prophets <5030> of Baal <1168>; let not one < 0376> of them
escape <4422>. And they took <8610> them: and Elijah <0452>
brought <3381> them down <3281> to the brook < 5158> Kishon
<7028>, and slew <7819> them there <8033>.



41. And Elijah <0452> said <0559> unto Ahab < 0256>, Get <5927>
thee up, eat <0398> and drink <8354>; for [there is] a sound
<6963> of abundance <1995> of rain <1653>.



42 So Ahab <0256> went <5927> up to eat <0398> and to drink
<8354>. And Elijah <0452> went <5927> up to the top <7218> of
Carmel <3760>; and he cast <1457> himself down < 1457> upon the
earth <0776>, and put <7760> his face <6440> between <0996> his
knees <1290>,



43 And said <0559> to his servant <5288>, Go < 5927> up now
<4994>, look <5027> toward <1870> the sea < 3220>. And he went
<5927> up, and looked <5027>, and said <0559>, [There is]
nothing. And he said <0559>, Go <7725> again < 7725> seven <7651>
times <6471>.



44 And it came <1961> to pass at the seventh <7637> time, that
he said <0559>, Behold <2009>, there ariseth < 5927> a little
<6996> cloud <5645> out of the sea <3220>, like a man's <0376>
hand <3709>. And he said <0559>, Go <5927> up, say <0559> unto
Ahab <0256>, Prepare <0631> [thy chariot], and get <3381> thee
down <3381>, that the rain <1653> stop <6113> thee not.



45 And it came <1961> to pass in the mean while < 3541>, that
the heaven <8064> was black <6937> with clouds < 5645> and wind
<7307>, and there was a great <1419> rain <1653> . And Ahab
<0256> rode <7392>, and went <3212> to Jezreel <3157>.



46 And the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> was on < 0413> Elijah
<0452>; and he girded <8151> up his loins <4975> , and ran <7323>
before <6440> Ahab <0256> to the entrance <0935> of Jezreel
<3157>.



1Kings 19



1. And Ahab <0256> told <5046> Jezebel <0348> all <3605> that
Elijah <0452> had done <6213>, and withal how < 0834> he had
slain <2026> all <3605> the prophets <5030> with the sword
<2719>.



2 Then Jezebel <0348> sent <7971> a messenger < 4397> unto
Elijah <0452>, saying <0559>, So <3541> let the gods <0430> do
<6213> [to me], and more <3254> also <3541>, if I make <7760>
not thy life <5315> as the life <5315> of one < 0259> of them by
to morrow <4279> about this time <6256>.



3 And when he saw <7200> [that], he arose <6965>, and went
<3212> for his life <5315>, and came <0935> to Beersheba <0884>,
which <0834> [belongeth] to Judah <3063>, and left <3240> his
servant <5288> there <8033>.



4 But he himself <1931> went <1980> a day's < 3117> journey
<1870> into the wilderness <4057>, and came < 0935> and sat
<3427> down under <8478> a juniper <7574> tree: and he requested
<7592> for himself <5315> that he might die < 4191>; and said
<0559>, It is enough <7227>; now <6258>, O LORD <3068>, take
<3947> away my life <5315>; for I [am] not better < 2896> than my
fathers <1>.



5 And as he lay <7901> and slept <3462> under < 8478> a juniper
<7574> tree, behold <2009>, then an angel <4397> touched <5060>
him, and said <0559> unto him, Arise <6965> [and] eat <0398>.



6 And he looked <5027>, and, behold <2009>, [there was] a cake
<5692> baken on the coals <7529>, and a cruse < 6835> of water
<4325> at his head <4763>. And he did eat <0398> and drink
<8354>, and laid <7901> him down <7901> again <7725>.



7 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> came < 7725> again
<7725> the second <8145> time, and touched < 5060> him, and said
<0559>, Arise <6965> [and] eat <0398>; because <3588> the
journey <1870> [is] too great <7227> for thee.



8 And he arose <6965>, and did eat <0398> and drink <8354>, and
went <3212> in the strength <3581> of that meat < 0396> forty
<0705> days <3117> and forty <0705> nights < 3915> unto Horeb
<2722> the mount <2022> of God <0430>.



9. And he came <0935> thither <8033> unto a cave < 4631>, and
lodged <3885> there <8033>; and, behold <2009>, the word <1697>
of the LORD <3068> [came] to him, and he said <0559> unto him,
What <4100> doest thou here <6311>, Elijah < 0452>?



10 And he said <0559>, I have been very jealous < 7065> for the
LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635>: for the children <1121>
of Israel <3478> have forsaken <5800> thy covenant <1285>,
thrown <2040> down <2040> thine altars <4196>, and slain <2026>
thy prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>; and I, [even] I only
<0905>, am left <3498>; and they seek <1245> my life <5315>, to
take <3947> it away.



11 And he said <0559>, Go <3318> forth <3318>, and stand <5975>
upon the mount <2022> before <6440> the LORD < 3068>. And, behold
<2009>, the LORD <3068> passed <5674> by, and a great <1419> and
strong <2389> wind <7307> rent <6561> the mountains <2022>, and
brake <7665> in pieces the rocks <5553> before < 6440> the LORD
<3068>; [but] the LORD <3068> [was] not in the wind <7307>: and
after <0310> the wind <7307> an earthquake < 7494>; [but] the
LORD <3068> [was] not in the earthquake <7494>:



12 And after <0310> the earthquake <7494> a fire < 0784>; [but]
the LORD <3068> [was] not in the fire <0784>: and after <0310>
the fire <0784> a still <1827> small <1851> voice <6963>.



13 And it was [so], when Elijah <0452> heard <8085> [it], that
he wrapped <3874> his face <6440> in his mantle < 0155>, and went
<3318> out, and stood <5975> in the entering < 6607> in of the
cave <4631>. And, behold <2009>, [there came < 0935>] a voice
<6963> unto him, and said <0559>, What <4100> doest thou here
<6311>, Elijah <0452>?



14 And he said <0559>, I have been very jealous < 7065> for the
LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635>: because <3588> the
children <1121> of Israel <3478> have forsaken < 5800> thy
covenant <1285>, thrown <2040> down <2040> thine altars <4196>,
and slain <2026> thy prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>; and
I, [even] I only <0905>, am left <3498>; and they seek <1245> my
life <5315>, to take <3947> it away.



15 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Go < 3212>, return
<7725> on thy way <1870> to the wilderness < 4057> of Damascus
<1834>: and when thou comest <0935>, anoint < 4886> Hazael <2371>
[to be] king <4428> over <5921> Syria <0758>:



16 And Jehu <3058> the son <1121> of Nimshi < 5250> shalt thou
anoint <4886> [to be] king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>: and
Elisha <0477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202> of Abelmeholah
<65> shalt thou anoint <4886> [to be] prophet < 5030> in thy room
<8478>.



17 And it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] him that escapeth
<4422> the sword <2719> of Hazael <2371> shall Jehu <3058> slay
<4191>: and him that escapeth <4422> from the sword <2719> of
Jehu <3058> shall Elisha <0477> slay <4191>.



18 Yet I have left <7604> [me] seven <7651> thousand <0505> in
Israel <3478>, all <3605> the knees <1290> which <0834> have not
bowed <3766> unto Baal <1168>, and every <3605> mouth <6310>
which <0834> hath not kissed <5401> him.



19. So he departed <3212> thence <8033>, and found <4672>
Elisha <0477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202>, who <1931> [was]
plowing <2790> [with] twelve yoke <6776> [of oxen] before <6440>
him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah <0452> passed < 5674> by
him, and cast <7993> his mantle <0155> upon him.



20 And he left <5800> the oxen <1241>, and ran < 7323> after
<0310> Elijah <0452>, and said <0559>, Let me, I pray <4994>
thee, kiss <5401> my father <1> and my mother < 0517>, and [then]
I will follow thee. And he said <0559> unto him, Go < 3212> back
<7725> again <7725>: for what <4100> have I done <6213> to thee?



21 And he returned <7725> back <7725> from him, and took <3947>
a yoke <6776> of oxen <1241>, and slew <2076> them, and boiled
<1310> their flesh <1320> with the instruments < 3627> of the
oxen <1241>, and gave <5414> unto the people < 5971>, and they
did eat <0398>. Then he arose <6965>, and went < 3212> after
<0310> Elijah <0452>, and ministered <8334> unto him.



1Kings 20



1. And Benhadad <1131> the king <4428> of Syria < 0758> gathered
<6908> all <3605> his host <2428> together: and [there were]
thirty <7970> and two <8147> kings <4428> with him, and horses
<5483>, and chariots <7393>: and he went <5927> up and besieged
<6696> Samaria <8111>, and warred <3898> against it.



2 And he sent <7971> messengers <4397> to Ahab < 0256> king
<4428> of Israel <3478> into the city <5892>, and said <0559>
unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> Benhadad < 1131>,



3 Thy silver <3701> and thy gold <2091> [is] mine; thy wives
<0802> also and thy children <1121>, [even] the goodliest <2896>,
[are] mine.



4 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> answered < 6030> and said
<0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, according to thy saying
<1697>, I [am] thine, and all <3605> that I have.



5 And the messengers <4397> came <7725> again < 7725>, and said
<0559>, Thus <3541> speaketh <0559> Benhadad <1131>, saying
<0559>, Although <3588> I have sent <7971> unto thee, saying
<0559>, Thou shalt deliver <5414> me thy silver < 3701>, and thy
gold <2091>, and thy wives <0802>, and thy children <1121>;



6 Yet <3588> I will send <7971> my servants < 5650> unto thee to
morrow <4279> about this time <6256>, and they shall search
<2664> thine house <1004>, and the houses <1004> of thy servants
<5650>; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever <3605> is pleasant
<4261> in thine eyes <5869>, they shall put < 7760> [it] in their
hand <3027>, and take <3947> [it] away.



7 Then the king <4428> of Israel <3478> called < 7121> all
<3605> the elders <2205> of the land <0776>, and said <0559>,
Mark <3045>, I pray <4994> you, and see <7200> how <3588> this
<2088> [man] seeketh <1245> mischief <7451>: for he sent <7971>
unto me for my wives <0802>, and for my children < 1121>, and for
my silver <3701>, and for my gold <2091>; and I denied <4513>
him not.



8 And all <3605> the elders <2205> and all < 3605> the people
<5971> said <0559> unto him, Hearken <8085> not [unto him], nor
<3808> consent <14>.



9 Wherefore he said <0559> unto the messengers <4397> of
Benhadad <1131>, Tell <0559> my lord <0113> the king <4428>, All
<3605> that thou didst send <7971> for to thy servant <5650> at
the first <7223> I will do <6213>: but this < 2088> thing <1697>
I may <3201> not do <6213>. And the messengers < 4397> departed
<3212>, and brought <7725> him word <1697> again <7725>.



10 And Benhadad <1131> sent <7971> unto him, and said <0559>,
The gods <0430> do <6213> so <3541> unto me, and more <3254>
also <3541>, if the dust <6083> of Samaria < 8111> shall suffice
<5606> for handfuls <8168> for all <3605> the people <5971> that
follow <7272> me.



11 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> answered < 6030> and
said <0559>, Tell <1696> [him], Let not him that girdeth <2296>
on [his harness] boast <1984> himself as he that putteth <6605>
it off.



12. And it came <1961> to pass, when [Benhadad] heard < 8085>
this <2088> message <1697>, as he [was] drinking < 8354>, he and
the kings <4428> in the pavilions <5521>, that he said <0559>
unto his servants <5650>, Set <7760> [yourselves in array]. And
they set <7760> [themselves in array] against <5921> the city
<5892>.



13 And, behold <2009>, there came <5066> a prophet <5030> unto
Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Thus
<3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Hast thou seen <7200> all
<3605> this <2088> great <1419> multitude < 1995>? behold <2005>,
I will deliver <5414> it into thine hand <3027> this <2088> day
<3117>; and thou shalt know <3045> that I [am] the LORD <3068>.



14 And Ahab <0256> said <0559>, By whom <4310> ? And he said
<0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD < 3068>, [Even] by the
young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of the provinces <4082>.
Then he said <0559>, Who <4310> shall order < 0631> the battle
<4421>? And he answered <0559>, Thou.



15 Then he numbered <6485> the young <5288> men of the princes
<8269> of the provinces <4082>, and they were two < 8147> hundred
<3967> and thirty <7970> two <8147>: and after <0310> them he
numbered <6485> all <3605> the people <5971>, [even] all <3605>
the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, [being] seven <7651>
thousand <0505>.



16 And they went <3318> out at noon <6672>. But Benhadad <1130>
[was] drinking <8354> himself drunk <7910> in the pavilions
<5521>, he and the kings <4428>, the thirty < 7970> and two
<8147> kings <4428> that helped <5826> him.



17 And the young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of the
provinces <4082> went <3318> out first <7223>; and Benhadad
<1130> sent <7971> out, and they told <5046> him, saying <0559>,
There are men <0582> come <3318> out of Samaria < 8111>.



18 And he said <0559>, Whether <0518> they be come <3318> out
for peace <7965>, take <8610> them alive <2416>; or whether
<0518> they be come <3318> out for war <4421>, take <8610> them
alive <2416>.



19 So these <0428> young <5288> men of the princes <8269> of
the provinces <4082> came <3318> out of the city < 5892>, and the
army <2428> which <0834> followed <0310> them.



20 And they slew <5221> every <0376> one <0376> his man <0376>:
and the Syrians <0758> fled <5127>; and Israel < 3478> pursued
<7291> them: and Benhadad <1130> the king <4428> of Syria <0758>
escaped <4422> on <5921> an horse <5483> with the horsemen
<6571>.



21 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> went < 3318> out, and
smote <5221> the horses <5483> and chariots < 7393>, and slew
<5221> the Syrians <0758> with a great <1419> slaughter <4347>.



22. And the prophet <5030> came <5066> to the king <4428> of
Israel <3478>, and said <0559> unto him, Go < 3212>, strengthen
<2388> thyself, and mark <3045>, and see <7200> what thou doest
<6213>: for at the return <8666> of the year < 8141> the king
<4428> of Syria <0758> will come <5927> up against <5921> thee.



23 And the servants <5650> of the king <4428> of Syria <0758>
said <0559> unto him, Their gods <0430> [are] gods <0430> of the
hills <2022>; therefore they were stronger <2388> than we; but
let us fight <3898> against them in the plain <4334>, and surely
<0518> we shall be stronger <2388> than they.



24 And do <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>, Take <5493> the
kings <4428> away, every <0376> man <0376> out of his place
<4725>, and put <7760> captains <6346> in their rooms <8478>:



25 And number <4487> thee an army <2428>, like the army <2428>
that thou hast lost <5307>, horse <5483> for horse <5483>, and
chariot <7393> for chariot <7393>: and we will fight <3898>
against them in the plain <4334>, [and] surely <0518> we shall
be stronger <2388> than they. And he hearkened <8085> unto their
voice <6963>, and did <6213> so <3651>.



26 And it came <1961> to pass at the return <8666> of the year
<8141>, that Benhadad <1130> numbered <6485> the Syrians <0758>,
and went <5927> up to Aphek <0663>, to fight < 4421> against
<5973> Israel <3478>.



27 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> were numbered
<6485>, and were all present <3557>, and went < 3212> against
<7125> them: and the children <1121> of Israel < 3478> pitched
<2583> before <5048> them like two <8147> little <2835> flocks
<2835> of kids <5795>; but the Syrians <0758> filled <4390> the
country <0776>.



28 And there came <5066> a man <0376> of God < 0430>, and spake
<0559> unto the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, and said, Thus
<3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Because the Syrians <0758>
have said <0559>, The LORD <3068> [is] God < 0430> of the hills
<2022>, but he [is] not God <0430> of the valleys < 6010>,
therefore will I deliver <5414> all <3605> this < 2088> great
<1419> multitude into thine hand <3027>, and ye shall know
<3045> that I [am] the LORD <3068>.



29 And they pitched <2583> one <0259> over < 5227> against
<5227> the other <0428> seven <7651> days < 3117>. And [so] it
was, that in the seventh <7637> day <3117> the battle <4421> was
joined <7126>: and the children <1121> of Israel < 3478> slew
<5221> of the Syrians <0758> an hundred <3967> thousand <0505>
footmen <7273> in one <0259> day <3117>.



30 But the rest <3498> fled <5127> to Aphek < 0663>, into <0413>
the city <5892>; and [there] a wall <2346> fell < 5307> upon
twenty <6242> and seven <7651> thousand <0505> of the men <0376>
[that were] left <3498>. And Benhadad <1130> fled < 5127>, and
came <0935> into <0413> the city <5892>, into <0413> an inner
<2315> chamber <2315>.



31. And his servants <5650> said <0559> unto him, Behold <2009>
now <4994>, we have heard <8085> that the kings < 4428> of the
house <1004> of Israel <3478> [are] merciful < 2617> kings <4428>:
let us, I pray <4994> thee, put <7760> sackcloth < 8242> on our
loins <4975>, and ropes <2256> upon our heads < 7218>, and go
<3318> out to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>: peradventure
<0194> he will save <2421> thy life <5315>.



32 So they girded <2296> sackcloth <8242> on their loins <4975>,
and [put] ropes <2256> on their heads <7218>, and came <0935>
to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, and said < 0559>, Thy
servant <5650> Benhadad <1130> saith <0559>, I pray <4994> thee,
let me live <2421>. And he said <0559>, [Is] he yet <3588> alive
<2416>? he [is] my brother <0251>.



33 Now the men <0582> did diligently <5172> observe <5172>
whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily < 4116>
catch <2480> [it]: and they said <0559>, Thy brother <0251>
Benhadad <1130>. Then he said <0559>, Go <0935> ye, bring <3947>
him. Then Benhadad <1130> came <3318> forth < 3318> to him; and
he caused him to come <5927> up into <5921> the chariot <4818>.



34 And [Benhadad] said <0559> unto him, The cities < 5892>,
which <0834> my father <1> took <3947> from thy father <1>, I
will restore <7725>; and thou shalt make <7760> streets <2351>
for thee in Damascus <1834>, as my father <1> made <7760> in
Samaria <8111>. Then [said Ahab], I will send <7971> thee away
with this covenant <1285>. So he made <3772> a covenant <1285>
with him, and sent <7971> him away.



35 And a certain <0259> man <0376> of the sons < 1121> of the
prophets <5030> said <0559> unto his neighbour < 7453> in the
word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, Smite <5221> me, I pray <4994>
thee. And the man <0376> refused <3985> to smite < 5221> him.



36 Then said <0559> he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed
<8085> the voice <6963> of the LORD <3068>, behold <2009>, as
soon as thou art departed <1980> from me, a lion < 0738> shall
slay <5221> thee. And as soon as he was departed < 3212> from him,
a lion <0738> found <4672> him, and slew <5221> him.



37 Then he found <4672> another <0312> man < 0376>, and said
<0559>, Smite <5221> me, I pray <4994> thee. And the man <0376>
smote <5221> him, so that in smiting <5221> he wounded <6481>
[him].



38 So the prophet <5030> departed <3212>, and waited <5975> for
the king <4428> by the way <1870>, and disguised < 2664> himself
with ashes <0665> upon his face <5869>.



39 And as the king <4428> passed <5674> by, he cried <6817>
unto the king <4428>: and he said <0559>, Thy servant <5650>
went <3318> out into the midst <7130> of the battle <4421>; and,
behold <2009>, a man <0376> turned <5493> aside, and brought
<0935> a man <0376> unto me, and said <0559>, Keep <8104> this
<2088> man <0376>: if <0518> by any means he be missing <6485>,
then shall thy life <5315> be for his life <5315>, or <0176>
else thou shalt pay <8254> a talent <3603> of silver <3701>.



40 And as thy servant <5650> was busy <6213> here <2008> and
there <2008>, he was gone <0369>. And the king < 4428> of Israel
<3478> said <0559> unto him, So <3651> [shall] thy judgment
<4941> [be]; thyself hast decided <2782> [it].



41 And he hasted <4116>, and took the ashes <0665> away <5493>
from his face <5869>; and the king <4428> of Israel <3478>
discerned <5234> him that he [was] of the prophets < 5030>.



42 And he said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the
LORD <3068>, Because <3282> thou hast let go < 7971> out of [thy]
hand <3027> a man <0376> whom I appointed <2764> to utter
destruction <2764>, therefore thy life <5315> shall go <1961>
for his life <5315>, and thy people <5971> for his people <5971>.



43 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> went < 3212> to his
house <1004> heavy <5620> and displeased <2198>, and came <0935>
to Samaria <8111>.



1Kings 21



1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> these < 0428> things
<1697>, [that] Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite < 3158> had <1961> a
vineyard <3754>, which <0834> [was] in Jezreel < 3157>, hard
<0681> by the palace <1964> of Ahab <0256> king <4428> of
Samaria <8111>.



2 And Ahab <0256> spake <1696> unto Naboth < 5022>, saying
<0559>, Give <5414> me thy vineyard <3754>, that I may have
<1961> it for a garden <1588> of herbs <3419>, because <3588> it
[is] near <7138> unto my house <1004>: and I will give <5414>
thee for it a better <2896> vineyard <3754> than it; [or <0176>],
if <0518> it seem good <2896> to thee, I will give <5414> thee
the worth <4242> of it in money <3701>.



3 And Naboth <5022> said <0559> to Ahab <0256>, The LORD <3068>
forbid <2486> it me, that I should give <5414> the inheritance
<5159> of my fathers <1> unto thee.



4 And Ahab <0256> came <0935> into <0413> his house <1004>
heavy <5620> and displeased <2198> because < 5921> of the word
<1697> which <0834> Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158> had
spoken <1696> to him: for he had said <0559>, I will not give
<5414> thee the inheritance <5159> of my fathers < 1>. And he
laid <7901> him down <7901> upon his bed <4296>, and turned
<5437> away his face <6440>, and would eat < 0398> no <3808>
bread <3899>.



5. But Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> came < 0935> to him, and
said <1696> unto him, Why <4100> is thy spirit < 7307> so sad
<5620>, that thou eatest <0398> no <0369> bread <3899>?



6 And he said <1696> unto her, Because <3588> I spake <1696>
unto Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158>, and said <0559> unto
him, Give <5414> me thy vineyard <3754> for money < 3701>; or
else, if <0518> it please <2655> thee, I will give <5414> thee
[another] vineyard <3754> for it: and he answered < 0559>, I will
not give <5414> thee my vineyard <3754>.



7 And Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> said < 0559> unto him, Dost
thou now <6258> govern <6213> the kingdom <4410> of Israel
<3478>? arise <6965>, [and] eat <0398> bread <3899>, and let
thine heart <3820> be merry <3190>: I will give < 5414> thee the
vineyard <3754> of Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite < 3158>.



8 So she wrote <3789> letters <5612> in Ahab's < 0256> name
<8034>, and sealed <2856> [them] with his seal < 2368>, and sent
<7971> the letters <5612> unto the elders <2205> and to the
nobles <2715> that [were] in his city <5892>, dwelling <3427>
with Naboth <5022>.



9 And she wrote <3789> in the letters <5612>, saying <0559>,
Proclaim <7121> a fast <6685>, and set <3427> Naboth <5022> on
high <7218> among the people <5971>:



10 And set <3427> two <8147> men <0582>, sons <1121> of Belial
<1100>, before <5048> him, to bear <5749> witness <5749> against
him, saying <0559>, Thou didst blaspheme <1288> God <0430> and
the king <4428>. And [then] carry <3318> him out, and stone
<5619> him, that he may die <4191>.



11 And the men <0582> of his city <5892>, [even] the elders
<2205> and the nobles <2715> who <0834> were the inhabitants
<3427> in his city <5892>, did <6213> as Jezebel <0348> had sent
<7971> unto them, [and] as it [was] written <3789> in the
letters <5612> which <0834> she had sent <7971> unto them.



12 They proclaimed <7121> a fast <6685>, and set < 3427> Naboth
<5022> on high <7218> among the people <5971>.



13 And there came <0935> in two <8147> men < 0582>, children
<1121> of Belial <1100>, and sat <3427> before <5048> him: and
the men <0582> of Belial <1100> witnessed <5749> against him,
[even] against Naboth <5022>, in the presence <5048> of the
people <5971>, saying <0559>, Naboth <5022> did blaspheme <1288>
God <0430> and the king <4428>. Then they carried < 3318> him
forth <3318> out of the city <5892>, and stoned < 5619> him with
stones <68>, that he died <4191>.



14 Then they sent <7971> to Jezebel <0348>, saying <0559>,
Naboth <5022> is stoned <5619>, and is dead < 4191>.



15 And it came <1961> to pass, when Jezebel <0348> heard <8085>
that Naboth <5022> was stoned <5619>, and was dead <4191>, that
Jezebel <0348> said <0559> to Ahab <0256>, Arise <6965>, take
<3423> possession <3423> of the vineyard <3754> of Naboth <5022>
the Jezreelite <3158>, which <0834> he refused < 3985> to give
<5414> thee for money <3701>: for Naboth <5022> is not alive
<2416>, but dead <4191>.



16 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> Ahab < 0256> heard
<8085> that Naboth <5022> was dead <4191>, that Ahab <0256> rose
<6965> up to go <3381> down <3381> to the vineyard <3754> of
Naboth <5022> the Jezreelite <3158>, to take < 3423> possession
<3423> of it.



17. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> to
Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <8664>, saying <0559> ,



18 Arise <6965>, go <3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> Ahab
<0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, which < 0834> [is] in
Samaria <8111>: behold <2009>, [he is] in the vineyard <3754> of
Naboth <5022>, whither he is gone <3381> down < 3381> to possess
<3423> it.



19 And thou shalt speak <1696> unto him, saying < 0559>, Thus
<3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Hast thou killed <7523>,
and also <1571> taken possession <3423>? And thou shalt speak
<1696> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the
LORD <3068>, In the place <4725> where <0834> dogs <3611> licked
<3952> the blood <1818> of Naboth <5022> shall dogs <3611> lick
<3952> thy blood <1818>, even <1571> thine < 0859>.



20 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> to Elijah <0452> , Hast thou
found <4672> me, O mine enemy <0341>? And he answered <0559>, I
have found <4672> [thee]: because <3588> thou hast sold <4376>
thyself to work <6213> evil <7451> in the sight < 5869> of the
LORD <3068>.



21 Behold <2005>, I will bring <0935> evil < 7451> upon thee,
and will take <1197> away thy posterity <0310>, and will cut
<3772> off from Ahab <0256> him that pisseth < 8366> against the
wall <7023>, and him that is shut <6113> up and left <5800> in
Israel <3478>,



22 And will make <5414> thine house <1004> like the house
<1004> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, and
like the house <1004> of Baasha <1201> the son < 1121> of Ahijah
<0281>, for the provocation <3708> wherewith < 0834> thou hast
provoked [me] to anger <3707>, and made Israel <3478> to sin
<2398>.



23 And of Jezebel <0348> also <1571> spake < 1696> the LORD
<3068>, saying <0559>, The dogs <3611> shall eat <0398> Jezebel
<0348> by the wall <2426> of Jezreel <3157>.



24 Him that dieth <4191> of Ahab <0256> in the city <5892> the
dogs <3611> shall eat <0398>; and him that dieth < 4191> in the
field <7704> shall the fowls <5775> of the air < 8064> eat <0398>.



25 But there was none <3808> like unto Ahab <0256>, which
<0834> did sell <4376> himself to work <6213> wickedness <7451>
in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, whom < 0834> Jezebel
<0348> his wife <0802> stirred <5496> up.



26 And he did very <3966> abominably <8581> in following idols
<1544>, according to all <3605> [things] as did < 6213> the
Amorites <0567>, whom <0834> the LORD <3068> cast <3423> out
before <6440> the children <1121> of Israel < 3478>.



27 And it came <1961> to pass, when Ahab <0256> heard <8085>
those <0428> words <1697>, that he rent <7167> his clothes
<0899>, and put <7760> sackcloth <8242> upon his flesh <1320>,
and fasted <6684>, and lay <7901> in sackcloth < 8242>, and went
<1980> softly <0328>.



28 And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> to Elijah
<0452> the Tishbite <8664>, saying <0559>,



29 Seest <7200> thou how <3588> Ahab <0256> humbleth <3665>
himself before <6440> me? because <3588> he humbleth <3665>
himself before <6440> me, I will not bring <0935> the evil
<7451> in his days <3117>: [but] in his son's < 1121> days <3117>
will I bring <0935> the evil <7451> upon his house <1004>.



1Kings 22



1. And they continued <3427> three <7969> years < 8141> without
war <4421> between <0996> Syria <0758> and Israel <3478>.



2 And it came <1961> to pass in the third <7992> year <8141>,
that Jehoshaphat <3092> the king <4428> of Judah < 3063> came
<3381> down <3381> to the king <4428> of Israel <3478>.



3 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said < 0559> unto his
servants <5650>, Know <3045> ye that Ramoth < 7216> in Gilead
<1568> [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take <3947> it not
out of the hand <3027> of the king <4428> of Syria <0758>?



4 And he said <0559> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, Wilt thou go
<3212> with me to battle <4421> to Ramothgilead < 7433>? And
Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559> to the king < 4428> of Israel
<3478>, I [am] as thou [art], my people <5971> as thy people
<5971>, my horses <5483> as thy horses <5483>.



5 And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559> unto the king <4428> of
Israel <3478>, Enquire <1875>, I pray <4994> thee, at the word
<1697> of the LORD <3068> to day <3117>.



6 Then the king <4428> of Israel <3478> gathered < 6908> the
prophets <5030> together, about four <0702> hundred <3967> men
<0376>, and said <0559> unto them, Shall I go < 3212> against
<5921> Ramothgilead <7433> to battle <4421>, or shall I forbear
<2308>? And they said <0559>, Go <5927> up; for the Lord <0136>
shall deliver <5414> [it] into the hand <3027> of the king
<4428>.



7 And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559>, [Is there] not here
<6311> a prophet <5030> of the LORD <3068> besides <5750>, that
we might enquire <1875> of him?



8 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said < 0559> unto
Jehoshaphat <3092>, [There is] yet <3588> one < 0259> man <0376>,
Micaiah <4321> the son <1121> of Imlah <3229>, by whom we may
enquire <1875> of the LORD <3068>: but I hate < 8130> him; for he
doth not prophesy <5012> good <2896> concerning < 5921> me, but
evil <7451>. And Jehoshaphat <3092> said <0559>, Let not the
king <4428> say <0559> so <3651>.



9 Then the king <4428> of Israel <3478> called < 7121> an
officer <5631>, and said <0559>, Hasten <4116> [hither] Micaiah
<4321> the son <1121> of Imlah <3229>.



10 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> and Jehoshaphat <3092>
the king <4428> of Judah <3063> sat <3427> each <0376> on <5921>
his throne <3678>, having put <3847> on their robes <0899>, in a
void <1637> place <4725> in the entrance <6607> of the gate
<8179> of Samaria <8111>; and all <3605> the prophets <5030>
prophesied <5012> before <6440> them.



11 And Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of Chenaanah <3668> made
<6213> him horns <7161> of iron <1270>: and he said <0559>, Thus
<3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, With these <0428> shalt
thou push <5055> the Syrians <0758>, until < 5704> thou have
consumed <3615> them.



12 And all <3605> the prophets <5030> prophesied < 5012> so,
saying <0559>, Go <5927> up to Ramothgilead < 7433>, and prosper
<6743>: for the LORD <3068> shall deliver <5414> [it] into the
king's <4428> hand <3027>.



13 And the messenger <4397> that was gone <1980> to call <7121>
Micaiah <4321> spake <1696> unto him, saying < 0559>, Behold
<2009> now <4994>, the words <1697> of the prophets <5030>
[declare] good <2896> unto the king <4428> with one <0259> mouth
<6310>: let thy word <1697>, I pray <4994> thee, be like the
word <1697> of one <0259> of them, and speak < 1696> [that which
is] good <2896>.



14 And Micaiah <4321> said <0559>, [As] the LORD < 3068> liveth
<2416>, what the LORD <3068> saith <0559> unto me, that will I
speak <1696>.



15. So he came <0935> to the king <4428>. And the king <4428>
said <0559> unto him, Micaiah <4321>, shall we go < 3212> against
<0413> Ramothgilead <7433> to battle <4421>, or shall we forbear
<2308>? And he answered <0559> him, Go <5927>, and prosper
<6743>: for the LORD <3068> shall deliver <5414> [it] into the
hand <3027> of the king <4428>.



16 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, How < 5704> many
times <6471> shall I adjure <7650> thee that thou tell <1696> me
nothing <3808> but [that which is] true <0571> in the name
<8034> of the LORD <3068>?



17 And he said <0559>, I saw <7200> all <3605> Israel <3478>
scattered <6327> upon the hills <2022>, as sheep < 6629> that
have not a shepherd <7462>: and the LORD <3068> said <0559>,
These <0428> have no <3808> master <0113>: let them return
<7725> every man <0376> to his house <1004> in peace <7965>.



18 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said < 0559> unto
Jehoshaphat <3092>, Did I not tell <0559> thee that he would
prophesy <5012> no <3808> good <2896> concerning <5921> me, but
evil <7451>?



19 And he said <0559>, Hear <8085> thou therefore <3651> the
word <1697> of the LORD <3068>: I saw <7200> the LORD <3068>
sitting <3427> on <5921> his throne <3678>, and all <3605> the
host of heaven <8064> standing <5975> by him on his right <3225>
hand and on his left <8040>.



20 And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Who <4310> shall persuade
<6601> Ahab <0256>, that he may go <5927> up and fall <5307> at
Ramothgilead <7433>? And one said <0559> on this < 3541> manner
<3541>, and another <2088> said <0559> on that manner <3541>.



21 And there <8033> came <3318> forth <3318> a spirit <7307>,
and stood <5975> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>,
I will persuade <6601> him.



22 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Wherewith <4100>?
And he said <0559>, I will go <3318> forth < 3318>, and I will be
a lying <8267> spirit <7307> in the mouth <6310> of all <3605>
his prophets <5030>. And he said <0559>, Thou shalt persuade
<6601> [him], and prevail <3201> also <1571>: go <3318> forth
<3318>, and do <6213> so <3651>.



23 Now <6258> therefore, behold <2009>, the LORD < 3068> hath
put <5414> a lying <8267> spirit <7307> in the mouth <6310> of
all <3605> these <0428> thy prophets <5030>, and the LORD <3068>
hath spoken <1696> evil <7451> concerning <5921> thee.



24 But Zedekiah <6667> the son <1121> of Chenaanah <3668> went
<5674> near <5066>, and smote <5221> Micaiah <4321> on <5921>
the cheek <3895>, and said <0559>, Which way < 2088> went <5674>
the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> from me to speak <1696>
unto thee?



25 And Micaiah <4321> said <0559>, Behold < 2009>, thou shalt
see <7200> in that day <3117>, when <0834> thou shalt go <0935>
into an inner <2315> chamber <2315> to hide < 2247> thyself.



26 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said < 0559>, Take
<3947> Micaiah <4321>, and carry <7725> him back <7725> unto
Amon <0526> the governor <8269> of the city < 5892>, and to Joash
<3101> the king's <4428> son <1121>;



27 And say <0559>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the king <4428>,
Put <7760> this <2088> [fellow] in the prison, and feed <0398>
him with bread <3899> of affliction <3905> and with water <4325>
of affliction <3905>, until <5704> I come <0935> in peace <7965>.



28 And Micaiah <4321> said <0559>, If <0518> thou return <7725>
at all in peace <7965>, the LORD <3068> hath not spoken <1696>
by me. And he said <0559>, Hearken <8085>, O people <5971>,
every <3605> one of you.



29. So the king <4428> of Israel <3478> and Jehoshaphat <3092>
the king <4428> of Judah <3063> went <5927> up to Ramothgilead
<7433>.



30 And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> said < 0559> unto
Jehoshaphat <3092>, I will disguise <2664> myself, and enter
<0935> into the battle <4421>; but put <3847> thou on thy robes
<0899>. And the king <4428> of Israel <3478> disguised <2664>
himself, and went <0935> into the battle <4421>.



31 But the king <4428> of Syria <0758> commanded < 6680> his
thirty <7970> and two <8147> captains <8269> that had rule over
his chariots <7393>, saying <0559>, Fight <3898> neither <3808>
with small <6996> nor great <1419>, save only < 0905> with the
king <4428> of Israel <3478>.



32 And it came <1961> to pass, when the captains < 8269> of the
chariots <7393> saw <7200> Jehoshaphat <3092>, that they said
<0559>, Surely <0389> it [is] the king <4428> of Israel <3478>.
And they turned <5493> aside to fight <3898> against <5921> him:
and Jehoshaphat <3092> cried <2199> out.



33 And it came <1961> to pass, when the captains < 8269> of the
chariots <7393> perceived <7200> that it [was] not the king
<4428> of Israel <3478>, that they turned <7725> back <7725>
from pursuing <0310> him.



34 And a [certain] man <0376> drew <4900> a bow < 7198> at a
venture <8537>, and smote <5221> the king <4428> of Israel
<3478> between <0996> the joints <1694> of the harness <8302>:
wherefore he said <0559> unto the driver <7395> of his chariot
<7395>, Turn <2015> thine hand <3027>, and carry <3318> me out
of the host <4264>; for I am wounded <2470>.



35 And the battle <4421> increased <5927> that day <3117>: and
the king <4428> was stayed <5975> up in his chariot <4818>
against <5227> the Syrians <0758>, and died < 4191> at even
<6153>: and the blood <1818> ran <3332> out of the wound <4347>
into <0413> the midst <2436> of the chariot < 7393>.



36 And there went <5674> a proclamation <7440> throughout the
host <4264> about the going <0935> down of the sun <8121>,
saying <0559>, Every man <0376> to his city < 5892>, and every
man <0376> to his own country <0776>.



37 So the king <4428> died <4191>, and was brought <0935> to
Samaria <8111>; and they buried <6912> the king < 4428> in
Samaria <8111>.



38 And [one] washed <7857> the chariot <7393> in the pool
<1295> of Samaria <8111>; and the dogs <3611> licked <3952> up
his blood <1818>; and they washed <7364> his armour <2185>;
according unto the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> which <0834>
he spake <1696>.



39 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Ahab <0256>, and
all <3605> that he did <6213>, and the ivory < 8127> house <1004>
which <0834> he made <1129>, and all <3605> the cities <5892>
that he built <1129>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book
<5612> of the chronicles <1697> of the kings < 4428> of Israel
<3478>?



40 So Ahab <0256> slept <7901> with his fathers < 1>; and
Ahaziah <0274> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



41. And Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Asa < 0609> began
to reign <4427> over <5921> Judah <3063> in the fourth <0702>
year <8141> of Ahab <0256> king <4428> of Israel <3478>.



42 Jehoshaphat <3092> [was] thirty <7970> and five <2568> years
<8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>; and he reigned
<4427> twenty <6242> and five <2568> years < 8141> in Jerusalem
<3389>. And his mother's <0517> name <8034> [was] Azubah <5806>
the daughter <1323> of Shilhi <7977>.



43 And he walked <3212> in all <3605> the ways < 1870> of Asa
<0609> his father <1>; he turned <5493> not aside from it, doing
<6213> [that which was] right <3477> in the eyes < 5869> of the
LORD <3068>: nevertheless <0389> the high <1116> places were not
taken <5493> away <5493>; [for] the people < 5971> offered <2076>
and burnt <6999> incense <6999> yet <3588> in the high <1116>
places.



44 And Jehoshaphat <3092> made peace <7999> with the king
<4428> of Israel <3478>.



45 Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Jehoshaphat <3092>,
and his might <1369> that he shewed <6213>, and how <0834> he
warred <3898>, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612>
of the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>?



46 And the remnant <3499> of the sodomites <6945>, which
remained <7604> in the days <3117> of his father < 1> Asa <0609>,
he took <1197> out of the land <0776>.



47 [There was] then no <0369> king <4428> in Edom <0123>: a
deputy <5324> [was] king <4428>.



48 Jehoshaphat <3092> made <6235> ships <0591> of Tharshish
<8659> to go <3212> to Ophir <0211> for gold <2091>: but they
went <1980> not; for the ships <0591> were broken < 7665> at
Eziongeber <6100>.



49 Then <0227> said <0559> Ahaziah <0274> the son <1121> of
Ahab <0256> unto Jehoshaphat <3092>, Let my servants <5650> go
<3212> with thy servants <5650> in the ships < 0591>. But
Jehoshaphat <3092> would <14> not.



50 And Jehoshaphat <3092> slept <7901> with his fathers <1>,
and was buried <6912> with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of
David <1732> his father <1>: and Jehoram <3088> his son <1121>
reigned <4427> in his stead <8478>.



51 Ahaziah <0274> the son <1121> of Ahab <0256> began to reign
<4427> over <5921> Israel <3478> in Samaria < 8111> the
seventeenth <7651> year <8141> of Jehoshaphat < 3092> king <4428>
of Judah <3063>, and reigned <4427> two years < 8141> over <5921>
Israel <3478>.



52 And he did <6213> evil <7451> in the sight < 5869> of the
LORD <3068>, and walked <3212> in the way <1870> of his father
<1>, and in the way <1870> of his mother <0517>, and in the way
<1870> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, who
<0834> made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>:



53 For he served <5647> Baal <1168>, and worshipped <7812> him,
and provoked to anger <3707> the LORD <3068> God < 0430> of
Israel <3478>, according to all <3605> that his father <1> had
done <6213>.













  
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