Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive." He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine. He said to him, "Go in peace." The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king. They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see." None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. And let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. He acted wickedly in so doing. Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Solomon held fast to these in love. And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. And the name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 'You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. WebVerse 2 Kings 23:4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the Lords temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to "Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. read more. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the, Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also., Thus I will harden Pharaohs heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the, Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaohs daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the, In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the. And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. When he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to Elijah. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. "Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains." Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp crag on the other side, and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and they went to their master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death? Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand. Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has set a king over you. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. So he said, "Go." So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they would be the LORD'S people, also between the king and the people. Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand. They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and buried him For they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron And the slain Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron. His servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life." And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place. Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. And Jonathan called after the lad, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" "Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains." Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" If I specifically say to the lad, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,' then come; for there is safety for you and no harm, as the LORD lives. Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year. Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, "Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance. Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it, and did not inquire of the Lord. So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. But there was no voice and no one answered. Now David's two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house." WebWhen thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.' He said to his father, "My head, my head." So David hid in the field; and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food. Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Sauls shepherds. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths None remained except the poorest people of the land. But he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and have some left over.'" And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. "If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you'; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them. In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. "The king has also said thus, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.'" read more. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes--now he was passing by on the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body. 'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. read more. The King is in the Field. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city. Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick. But she did not tell her husband Nabal. "Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? So he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. "Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning. And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom." that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel. Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. So the people departed. A king who sits on the throne of justiceDisperses all evil with his eyes. He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. Saul said to his servants who stood around him, "Hear now, O Benjamites! The king said to the man of God, "Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me " So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see " And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron., She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him and he said, "Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?" So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him." Solomons wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats. So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." "Now then arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, depart." All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And Jehu said, "For which one of us?" He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword. So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah. Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." "Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines." Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men rose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. The remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land.

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