Now the dread of the LORD was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. It came about the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David's place was empty; so Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal, either yesterday or today?". So he departed from him some distance. "May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained. The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country. Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. Then Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness. Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. And who is the son of Jesse? Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul. WebThe King James Bible - Offline content to use anytime without Internet access - Easy and quick navigation with no distraction - Share a verse with someone easily - Bookmark a And the LORD said, "They will surrender you." Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'" So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. "Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today." But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David. So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king's house. Publisher: OpenBible.info. Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that he went to Joram For when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. "Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there." Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. He said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'" And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, "Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Then the king commanded all the people saying, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it is written in this book of the covenant." When its limbs are dry, they are broken off;Women come and make a fire with them,For they are not a people of discernment,Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.And their Creator will not be gracious to them. So they seized her, and when she arrived at the horses' entrance of the king's house, she was put to death there. He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering." They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves there), according to the word of the LORD which He spoke. and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. 'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" "I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you." He said to the judges, "Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment. Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. read more. And he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat." The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back; and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and have not observed the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, but have returned and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water"; your body shall not come to the grave of your fathers.'" Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." He said to the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, "Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal." Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not depart from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. Then the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'" Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet. When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him, then Saul was even more afraid of David. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits. There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. Now the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he attached him to his staff. Here I am, I must die!" Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. He placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured. I see him, but not now;I behold him, but not near;A star shall come forth from Jacob,A scepter shall rise from Israel,And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,And tear down all the sons of Sheth. 'Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes; but I will take the kingdom from his son's hand and give it to you, even ten tribes. Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." But he refused and said, "I will not eat " However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." On the top of the pillars was lily design. 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much. Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi)." In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations. Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you. So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me." And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. "Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?" And he said, "For you, O captain." Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. Ahab also made the Asherah Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers. So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!". Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood. Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking the LORD; and he did to them just as he had done in Bethel. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this dayin that they have forsaken Me and served other godsso they are doing to you also. King David also dedicated these to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued: from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD? Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way according to the word of the LORD. So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. He wrought wonders before their fathersIn the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. And the oil stopped. He also said, "Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them. So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel. Then Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Moreover, the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent them to Saul by David his son. In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys. At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant saying, "Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us." read more. Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers. The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers. Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food. So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see." Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, "Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you." And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. So he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded." For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! "Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place."'" "Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head " Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife. He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people that they may eat." "May God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if by morning I leave as much as one male of any who belong to him." He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. "The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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