He said, "This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good. So the king The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram. Saul camped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, beside the road, and David was staying in the wilderness When he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness, David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul was definitely coming. As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." Our lord King David has made Solomon king. So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali. Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty. Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. Then he returned and came to Achish. For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?" "Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.' Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. Do not claim honor in the presence of the king. It shall be with him and he shall read it. His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah. Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. And he sat on the throne of the kings. Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. He took the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the king's house. But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel. "Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done " So Jonathan told him and said, "I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed. And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. But the first woman said, "No! Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him to anger. He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both. For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him. So the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and solemnly warn you, saying, 'You will know for certain that on the day you depart and go anywhere, you shall surely die'? Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. The sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh. Then the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'" Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 'Thus says the LORD, "You must not go up and fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me."'" And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike." Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven. So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house. 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. They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years. He said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water '" But he lied to him. So Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. Turn behind me." And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish. So his name was highly esteemed. But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he scorned them. Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, "O Baal, answer us." Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." For we are Gods fellow workers; you are Gods field, Gods building. So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? 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." When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, "See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter." Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. Then he went away from Jerusalem. So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is." Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart." Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. 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?" Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.. All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent." Then he said, "What is this monument that I see?" He said, "If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread." So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the. So he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.'" Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. "Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed." He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries. So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon. They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. And the. So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. And he urged him to take it, but he refused. "Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him." Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. Thus the land became Pharaohs. Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son " And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." "I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel." And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom. Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. "Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'. Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!" When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him too, in the chariot " So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. WebAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place. 'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city." All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. WebKing James Version 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; Read full chapter Matthew 13:38 in all English translations Matthew 12 Matthew 14 1 John 3:8 King James Version 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of the LORD here that we may inquire of him?" And the LORD said, "He will come down." Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" 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. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD." Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he." However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always. When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited. "For a command came to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'" So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil." So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. The Lord said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. And he said, "For you, O captain." "Here I am; bear witness against me before the LORD and His anointed Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink." I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly,read more.even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house. Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears." And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk." The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" 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. He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. Then Elisha came to Damascus Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here." "And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them." And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all." Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the LORD, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. "The LORD said to him, 'How?' 'Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always.'" He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" So he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded." As he was relating to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And who is like you in Israel? All the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David. The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. And the Lord helped David wherever he went. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?" The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. "You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.. Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?" So Edom revolted against Judah to this day Then Libnah revolted at the same time. Kings daughters are among Your noble ladies;At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. "You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die." Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly. So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding,But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days. So he ate and drank and lay down again. Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt. "Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead." Now therefore come, and let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. WebIsaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 14 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. And Jonathan was taken. read more. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Now the men took this as an omen, and quickly catching his word said, "Your brother Ben-hadad." So David hid in the field; and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food. Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. It came about after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back. God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. "Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God." Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's hand. Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. And he said to him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle."