He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, "Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you." And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me." When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed. WebAnd unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying, read more. Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes. So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country. And he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, "This is Jezebel."'" Then one said, "Please be willing to go with your servants." Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. And what is your further request? Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying, "You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. When Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, we will but die." Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. But Amaziah would not listen. He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. Now there were about four hundred men with him. They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year. David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River. As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, "I am going the way of all the earth Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place. When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick. He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.. And Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. Amen. It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. "Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. 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." "If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you'; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them. "Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD'S anointed.' 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. Now the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?" Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel (now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite), that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 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. Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Then Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the sacred things which is brought into the house of the LORD, in current money, both the money of each man's assessment and all the money which any man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD, let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found." Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" And Jonathan the son of Uzziah had charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. "As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you. So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, Thus says the. Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die? Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?" So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them." David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 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. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah. O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." "Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'". Then he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today." They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves there), according to the word of the LORD which He spoke. King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. "Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, "You are innocent; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these? In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 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 Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! This is the noise which you have heard. 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. The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' 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." 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. He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. So he returned to meet him and told him, "The lad has not awakened." Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. The LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'" Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, "Who is on my side? He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him. "Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 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? But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him. So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something " And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel." And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all." Why does it have strange spelling? Lilies Of The Field, Matthew 6:28-34 KJV - KING JAMES BIBLE David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?" So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. The Lord reigns, let the peoples tremble;He is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake! 'I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. For we are Gods fellow workers; you are Gods field, Gods building. Then Joram said, "Get ready." He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent them to Saul by David his son. And it was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan." "Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?" He said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Make this valley full of trenches.' The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?" When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died. And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?" He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech. For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 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. To him be honor and eternal dominion. So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. 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." "If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you'; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them. King James Bible with "Go To Verse" Kindle Edition by Deep Field Publishing (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition 518 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $3.99 Read with Our Free App Imitation Leather $13.99 5 Used from $9.99 A breakthrough for Kindle Bibles. For this reason he has not come to the king's table." If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.' David took from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. "Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them. And when he had called her, she stood before him. He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000 and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel to this day. But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans. Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel. 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. Now it was told Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.'" If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,All his ministers become wicked. And Jonathan's lad picked up the arrow and came to his master. The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's household heard of it, they went down there to him. He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes (but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel), because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did. Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the. "Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security. When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of the LORD. "Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines." Finally his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house. For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You." So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. The king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. May the LORD therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day. And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place. 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 my life, for I am not better than my fathers." Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." And Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" "You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you." Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom. Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. 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?" When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you? Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, "The one who permits any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape shall give up his life in exchange." "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. 1 Timothy 6:15-16. which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of "But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God." "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. But Amaziah would not listen. The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard. King Solomon answered and said to his mother, "And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house. 'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'" Then Saul lifted up his voice and wept. 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." For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?" Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place. When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself. And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. 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. Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. And he answered, "You." Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 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." Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here." For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.read more.He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. "He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD." For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel. 'I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. "For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel. But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing."