Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place. 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. But Amaziah would not listen. When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets." 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. Solomon held fast to these in love. For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter.. 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? Publisher: OpenBible.info. But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind. Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" On the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, because there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings. Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?" When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. And when Saul heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders. And she said, "Speak." So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died. So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin. Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'" He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand." He restores my soul. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them food in abundance. Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Thus they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every piece of good land and filled it So they stopped all the springs of water and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the slingers went about it and struck it. "My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household." The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David's earlier days and did not seek the Baals, read more. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman." Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. Sunday Night | night | Sunday Night | By Historic Baptist Church All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him. It is not so!" "Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? "But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." S So he sent and brought him in. And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. For if I should indeed learn that evil has been decided by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?" When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him and said, "Is all well?" Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. 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. He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat.". He said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. 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."'" And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place. When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. And the LORD said, "He will come down." There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country." The LORD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. WebThe King James Bible - Offline content to use anytime without Internet access - Easy and quick navigation with no distraction - Share a verse with someone easily - Bookmark a verse to read later - Change Bible text size - Switch between day and night time reading modes We believe the Bible should Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?" 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. He said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." 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. Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." He leads me beside still waters. Now let one of the young men come over and take it. His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your desire." This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, "Who are you?" When the lad reached the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad and said, "Is not the arrow beyond you?" 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. Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 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. Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me." Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other." Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones. Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt." Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph; and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's. He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see." As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight, John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats. Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. So both of them went out to the field. For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place. Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming. In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David. 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. Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. 'You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem ' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you." When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. The KJV does not get more original or authentic than this. Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" read more. "Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. And he said, "Is he still alive? Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

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