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