1:1 And he said[0559][8799], Be it far[02486] from me, O LORD[03068], that I should do[06213][8800] this: is not this the blood[01818] of the men[0582] that went[01980][8802] in jeopardy of their lives[05315]? therefore he would[014][8804] not drink[08354][8800] it. These things did[06213][8804] these three[07969] mighty men[01368].
1:2 And Abishai[052], the brother[0251] of Joab[03097], the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870], was chief[07218] among three[07992]. And he lifted up[05782][8790] his spear[02595] against three[07969] hundred[03967], and slew[02491] them , and had the name[08034] among three[07969]. and slew them: Heb. slain
1:3 Was he not most honourable[03513][8737] of three[07969]? therefore he was their captain[08269]: howbeit he attained[0935][8804] not unto the first three[07969].
1:4 And Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], the son[01121] of a valiant[02428] man[0376][8677][0381], of Kabzeel[06909], who had done many[07227] acts[06467], he slew[05221][8689] two[08147] lionlike men[0739] of Moab[04124]: he went down[03381][8804] also and slew[05221][8689] a lion[0738] in the midst[08432] of a pit[0953] in time[03117] of snow[07950]: who...: Heb. great of acts lionlike...: Heb. lion of God
1:5 And he slew[02026][8799] an Egyptian[04713], a goodly[04758] man[0376]: and the Egyptian[04713] had a spear[02595] in his hand[03027]; but he went down[03381][8799] to him with a staff[07626], and plucked[01497][8799] the spear[02595] out of the Egyptian's[04713] hand[03027], and slew[05221][8689] him with his own spear[02595]. a goodly...: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature
1:6 These things did[06213][8804] Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], and had the name[08034] among three[07969] mighty men[01368].
1:7 He was more honourable[03513][8737] than the thirty[07970], but he attained[0935][8804] not to the first three[07969]. And David[01732] set[07760][8799] him over his guard[04928]. more...: or, honourable among the thirty guard: or, council: Heb. at his command
1:8 Asahel[06214] the brother[0251] of Joab[03097] was one of the thirty[07970]; Elhanan[0445] the son[01121] of Dodo[01734] of Bethlehem[01035],
1:9 Shammah[08048] the Harodite[02733], Elika[0470] the Harodite[02733],
1:10 Helez[02503] the Paltite[06407], Ira[05896] the son[01121] of Ikkesh[06142] the Tekoite[08621],
1:11 Abiezer[044] the Anethothite[06069], Mebunnai[04012] the Hushathite[02843],
1:12 Zalmon[06756] the Ahohite[0266], Maharai[04121] the Netophathite[05200],
1:13 Heleb[02460] the son[01121] of Baanah[01196], a Netophathite[05200], Ittai[0863] the son[01121] of Ribai[07380] out of Gibeah[01390] of the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144],
1:14 Benaiah[01141] the Pirathonite[06553], Hiddai[01914] of the brooks[05158] of Gaash[01608], brooks: or, valleys
1:15 Abialbon[045] the Arbathite[06164], Azmaveth[05820] the Barhumite[01273],
1:16 Eliahba[0455] the Shaalbonite[08170], of the sons[01121] of Jashen[03464], Jonathan[03083],
1:17 Shammah[08048] the Hararite[02043], Ahiam[0279] the son[01121] of Sharar[08325] the Hararite[02043],
1:18 Eliphelet[0467] the son[01121] of Ahasbai[0308], the son[01121] of the Maachathite[04602], Eliam[0463] the son[01121] of Ahithophel[0302] the Gilonite[01526],
1:19 Hezrai[02695] the Carmelite[03761], Paarai[06474] the Arbite[0701],
1:20 Igal[03008] the son[01121] of Nathan[05416] of Zobah[06678], Bani[01137] the Gadite[01425],
1:21 Zelek[06768] the Ammonite[05984], Naharai[05171] the Beerothite[0886], armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] to Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870],
1:22 Ira[05896] an Ithrite[03505], Gareb[01619] an Ithrite[03505],
1:23 Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850]: thirty[07970] and seven[07651] in all.
1:24 And again[03254][8686] the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was kindled[02734][8800] against Israel[03478], and he moved[05496][8686] David[01732] against them to say[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798], number[04487][8798] Israel[03478] and Judah[03063].
1:25 For the king[04428] said[0559][8799] to Joab[03097] the captain[08269] of the host[02428], which was with him, Go now through[07751][8798] all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884], and number[06485][8798] ye the people[05971], that I may know[03045][8804] the number[04557] of the people[05971]. Go: or, Compass
1:26 And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Now the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] add[03254][8686] unto the people[05971], how many soever[01992] they be, an hundredfold[03967][06471], and that the eyes[05869] of my lord[0113] the king[04428] may see[07200][8802] it : but why doth my lord[0113] the king[04428] delight[02654][8804] in this thing[01697]?
1:27 Notwithstanding the king's[04428] word[01697] prevailed[02388][8799] against Joab[03097], and against the captains[08269] of the host[02428]. And Joab[03097] and the captains[08269] of the host[02428] went out[03318][8799] from the presence[06440] of the king[04428], to number[06485][8800] the people[05971] of Israel[03478].
1:28 And they passed over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383], and pitched[02583][8799] in Aroer[06177], on the right side[03225] of the city[05892] that lieth in the midst[08432] of the river[05158] of Gad[01410], and toward Jazer[03270]: river: or, valley
1:29 Then they came[0935][8799] to Gilead[01568], and to the land[0776] of Tahtimhodshi[08483]; and they came[0935][8799] to Danjaan[01842], and about[05439] to Zidon[06721], land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited
1:30 And came[0935][8799] to the strong hold[04013] of Tyre[06865], and to all the cities[05892] of the Hivites[02340], and of the Canaanites[03669]: and they went out[03318][8799] to the south[05045] of Judah[03063], even  to Beersheba[0884].
1:31 So when they had gone[07751][8799] through all the land[0776], they came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] at the end[07097] of nine[08672] months[02320] and twenty[06242] days[03117].
1:32 And Joab[03097] gave up[05414][8799] the sum[04557] of the number[04662] of the people[05971] unto the king[04428]: and there were in Israel[03478] eight[08083] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] valiant[02428] men[0376][8677][0381] that drew[08025][8802] the sword[02719]; and the men[0376] of Judah[03063] were five[02568] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] men[0376].
1:33 And David's[01732] heart[03820] smote[05221][8686] him after[0310] that he had numbered[05608][8804] the people[05971]. And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto the LORD[03068], I have sinned[02398][8804] greatly[03966] in that I have done[06213][8804]: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD[03068], take away[05674][8685] the iniquity[05771] of thy servant[05650]; for I have done very[03966] foolishly[05528][8738].
1:34 For when David[01732] was up[06965][8799] in the morning[01242], the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came unto the prophet[05030] Gad[01410], David's[01732] seer[02374], saying[0559][8800],
1:35 Go[01980][8800] and say[0559][8804] unto David[01732], Thus saith[01696][8765] the LORD[03068], I offer[05190][8802] thee three[07969] things ; choose[0977][8798] thee one[0259] of them, that I may do it  unto thee[06213][8799].
1:36 So Gad[01410] came[0935][8799] to David[01732], and told[05046][8686] him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, Shall seven[07651] years[08141] of famine[07458] come[0935][8799] unto thee in thy land[0776]? or wilt thou flee[05127][8800] three[07969] months[02320] before[06440] thine enemies[06862], while they pursue[07291][8802] thee? or that there be three[07969] days[03117]' pestilence[01698] in thy land[0776]? now advise[03045][8798], and see[07200][8798] what answer[01697] I shall return[07725][8686] to him that sent[07971][8802] me.
1:37 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Gad[01410], I am in a great[03966] strait[06887][8804]: let us fall[05307][8799] now into the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068]; for his mercies[07356] are great[07227]: and let me not fall[05307][8799] into the hand[03027] of man[0120]. are great: or, are many
1:38 So the LORD[03068] sent[05414][8799] a pestilence[01698] upon Israel[03478] from the morning[01242] even to the time[06256] appointed[04150]: and there died[04191][8799] of the people[05971] from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884] seventy[07657] thousand[0505] men[0376].
1:39 And when the angel[04397] stretched out[07971][8799] his hand[03027] upon Jerusalem[03389] to destroy[07843][8763] it, the LORD[03068] repented[05162][8735] him of the evil[07451], and said[0559][8799] to the angel[04397] that destroyed[07843][8688] the people[05971], It is enough[07227]: stay[07503][8685] now thine hand[03027]. And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] was by the threshingplace[01637] of Araunah[0728] the Jebusite[02983]. Araunah: also called, Ornan
1:40 And David[01732] spake[0559][8799] unto the LORD[03068] when he saw[07200][8800] the angel[04397] that smote[05221][8688] the people[05971], and said[0559][8799], Lo, I have sinned[02398][8804], and I have done wickedly[05753][8689]: but these sheep[06629], what have they done[06213][8804]? let thine hand[03027], I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's[01] house[01004].
1:41 And Gad[01410] came[0935][8799] that day[03117] to David[01732], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Go up[05927][8798], rear[06965][8685] an altar[04196] unto the LORD[03068] in the threshingfloor[01637] of Araunah[0728] the Jebusite[02983]. Araunah: Heb. Araniah
1:42 And David[01732], according to the saying[01697] of Gad[01410], went up[05927][8799] as the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765].
1:43 And Araunah[0728] looked[08259][8686], and saw[07200][8799] the king[04428] and his servants[05650] coming on[05674][8802] toward him: and Araunah[0728] went out[03318][8799], and bowed[07812][8691] himself before the king[04428] on his face[0639] upon the ground[0776].
1:44 And Araunah[0728] said[0559][8799], Wherefore is my lord[0113] the king[04428] come[0935][8804] to his servant[05650]? And David[01732] said[0559][8799], To buy[07069][8800] the threshingfloor[01637] of thee, to build[01129][8800] an altar[04196] unto the LORD[03068], that the plague[04046] may be stayed[06113][8735] from the people[05971].
1:45 And Araunah[0728] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Let my lord[0113] the king[04428] take[03947][8799] and offer up[05927][8686] what seemeth good[02896] unto him[05869]: behold[07200][8798], here be  oxen[01241] for burnt sacrifice[05930], and threshing instruments[04173] and other instruments[03627] of the oxen[01241] for wood[06086].
1:46 All these things did Araunah[0728], as a king[04428], give[05414][8804] unto the king[04428]. And Araunah[0728] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], The LORD[03068] thy God[0430] accept[07521][8799] thee.
1:47 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Araunah[0728], Nay; but I will surely[07069][8800] buy[07069][8799] it of thee at a price[04242]: neither will I offer[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930] unto the LORD[03068] my God[0430] of that which doth cost me nothing[02600]. So David[01732] bought[07069][8799] the threshingfloor[01637] and the oxen[01241] for fifty[02572] shekels[08255] of silver[03701].
1:48 And David[01732] built[01129][8799] there an altar[04196] unto the LORD[03068], and offered[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930] and peace offerings[08002]. So the LORD[03068] was intreated[06279][8735] for the land[0776], and the plague[04046] was stayed[06113][8735] from Israel[03478].
1:49 Now king[04428] David[01732] was old[02204][8804] and stricken[0935][8804] in years[03117]; and they covered[03680][8762] him with clothes[0899], but he gat no heat[03179][8799]. stricken...: Heb. entered into days
1:50 Wherefore his servants[05650] said[0559][8799] unto him, Let there be sought[01245][8762] for my lord[0113] the king[04428] a young[05291] virgin[01330]: and let her stand[05975][8804] before[06440] the king[04428], and let her cherish[05532][8802] him, and let her lie[07901][8804] in thy bosom[02436], that my lord[0113] the king[04428] may get heat[02552][8804]. Let there...: Heb. Let them seek a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
1:51 So they sought[01245][8762] for a fair[03303] damsel[05291] throughout all the coasts[01366] of Israel[03478], and found[04672][8799] Abishag[049] a Shunammite[07767], and brought[0935][8686] her to the king[04428].
1:52 And the damsel[05291] was very[03966] fair[03303], and cherished[05532][8802] the king[04428], and ministered[08334][8762] to him: but the king[04428] knew[03045][8804] her not.
1:53 Then Adonijah[0138] the son[01121] of Haggith[02294] exalted[04984][8693] himself, saying[0559][8800], I will be king[04427][8799]: and he prepared[06213][8799] him chariots[07393] and horsemen[06571], and fifty[02572] men[0376] to run[07323][8801] before[06440] him. be king: Heb. reign
2:1 And his father[01] had not displeased[06087][8804] him at any time[03117] in saying[0559][8800], Why hast thou done so[06213][8804]? and he also was a very[03966] goodly[02896][08389] man ; and his mother  bare[03205][8804] him after[0310] Absalom[053]. at any...: Heb. from his days
2:2 And he conferred[01697] with Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870], and with Abiathar[054] the priest[03548]: and they following[0310] Adonijah[0138] helped[05826][8799] him . he...: Heb. his words were with following...: Heb. helped after Adonijah
2:3 But Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], and Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and Shimei[08096], and Rei[07472], and the mighty men[01368] which belonged to David[01732], were not with Adonijah[0138].
2:4 And Adonijah[0138] slew[02076][8799] sheep[06629] and oxen[01241] and fat cattle[04806] by the stone[068] of Zoheleth[02120], which is by[0681] Enrogel[05883], and called[07121][8799] all his brethren[0251] the king's[04428] sons[01121], and all the men[0582] of Judah[03063] the king's[04428] servants[05650]: Enrogel: or, the well Rogel
2:5 But Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and Benaiah[01141], and the mighty men[01368], and Solomon[08010] his brother[0251], he called[07121][8804] not.
2:6 Wherefore Nathan[05416] spake[0559][8799] unto Bathsheba[01339] the mother[0517] of Solomon[08010], saying[0559][8800], Hast thou not heard[08085][8804] that Adonijah[0138] the son[01121] of Haggith[02294] doth reign[04427][8804], and David[01732] our lord[0113] knoweth[03045][8804] it not?
2:7 Now therefore come[03212][8798], let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel[03289][8799][06098], that thou mayest save[04422][8761] thine own life[05315], and the life[05315] of thy son[01121] Solomon[08010].
2:8 Go[03212][8798] and get thee in[0935][8798] unto king[04428] David[01732], and say[0559][8804] unto him, Didst not thou, my lord[0113], O king[04428], swear[07650][8738] unto thine handmaid[0519], saying[0559][8800], Assuredly[03588] Solomon[08010] thy son[01121] shall reign[04427][8799] after[0310] me, and he shall sit[03427][8799] upon my throne[03678]? why then doth Adonijah[0138] reign[04427][8804]?
2:9 Behold, while thou yet talkest[01696][8764] there with the king[04428], I also will come in[0935][8799] after[0310] thee, and confirm[04390][8765] thy words[01697]. confirm: Heb. fill up
2:10 And Bathsheba[01339] went in[0935][8799] unto the king[04428] into the chamber[02315]: and the king[04428] was very[03966] old[02204][8804]; and Abishag[049] the Shunammite[07767] ministered[08334][8764] unto the king[04428].
2:11 And Bathsheba[01339] bowed[06915][8799], and did obeisance[07812][8691] unto the king[04428]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], What wouldest thou? What...: Heb. What to thee?
2:12 And she said[0559][8799] unto him, My lord[0113], thou swarest[07650][8738] by the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] unto thine handmaid[0519], saying , Assuredly Solomon[08010] thy son[01121] shall reign[04427][8799] after[0310] me, and he shall sit[03427][8799] upon my throne[03678].
2:13 And now, behold, Adonijah[0138] reigneth[04427][8804]; and now, my lord[0113] the king[04428], thou knowest[03045][8804] it not:
2:14 And he hath slain[02076][8799] oxen[07794] and fat cattle[04806] and sheep[06629] in abundance[07230], and hath called[07121][8799] all the sons[01121] of the king[04428], and Abiathar[054] the priest[03548], and Joab[03097] the captain[08269] of the host[06635]: but Solomon[08010] thy servant[05650] hath he not called[07121][8804].
2:15 And thou, my lord[0113], O king[04428], the eyes[05869] of all Israel[03478] are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell[05046][8687] them who shall sit[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of my lord[0113] the king[04428] after[0310] him.
2:16 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord[0113] the king[04428] shall sleep[07901][8800] with his fathers[01], that I and my son[01121] Solomon[08010] shall be counted offenders[02400]. offenders: Heb. sinners
2:17 And, lo, while she yet talked[01696][8764] with the king[04428], Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030] also came in[0935][8804].
2:18 And they told[05046][8686] the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], Behold Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030]. And when he was come in[0935][8799] before[06440] the king[04428], he bowed[07812][8691] himself before the king[04428] with his face[0639] to the ground[0776].
2:19 And Nathan[05416] said[0559][8799], My lord[0113], O king[04428], hast thou said[0559][8804], Adonijah[0138] shall reign[04427][8799] after[0310] me, and he shall sit[03427][8799] upon my throne[03678]?
2:20 For he is gone down[03381][8804] this day[03117], and hath slain[02076][8799] oxen[07794] and fat cattle[04806] and sheep[06629] in abundance[07230], and hath called[07121][8799] all the king's[04428] sons[01121], and the captains[08269] of the host[06635], and Abiathar[054] the priest[03548]; and, behold, they eat[0398][8802] and drink[08354][8802] before[06440] him, and say[0559][8799], God save[02421][8799] king[04428] Adonijah[0138]. God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah live
2:21 But me, even me thy servant[05650], and Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], and Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], and thy servant[05650] Solomon[08010], hath he not called[07121][8804].
2:22 Is this thing[01697] done[01961][8738] by my lord[0113] the king[04428], and thou hast not shewed[03045][8689] it unto thy servant[05650], who should sit[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of my lord[0113] the king[04428] after[0310] him?
2:23 Then king[04428] David[01732] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Call[07121][8798] me Bathsheba[01339]. And she came[0935][8799] into the king's[04428] presence[06440], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] the king[04428]. into...: Heb. before the king
2:24 And the king[04428] sware[07650][8735], and said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], that hath redeemed[06299][8804] my soul[05315] out of all distress[06869],
2:25 Even as I sware[07650][8738] unto thee by the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Assuredly Solomon[08010] thy son[01121] shall reign[04427][8799] after[0310] me, and he shall sit[03427][8799] upon my throne[03678] in my stead; even so will I certainly do[06213][8799] this day[03117].
2:26 Then Bathsheba[01339] bowed[06915][8799] with her face[0639] to the earth[0776], and did reverence[07812][8691] to the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], Let my lord[0113] king[04428] David[01732] live[02421][8799] for ever[05769].
2:27 And king[04428] David[01732] said[0559][8799], Call[07121][8798] me Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077]. And they came[0935][8799] before[06440] the king[04428].
2:28 The king[04428] also said[0559][8799] unto them, Take[03947][8798] with you the servants[05650] of your lord[0113], and cause Solomon[08010] my son[01121] to ride[07392][8689] upon mine own mule[06506], and bring him down[03381][8689] to Gihon[01521]: mine...: Heb. which belongeth to me
2:29 And let Zadok[06659] the priest[03548] and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030] anoint[04886][8804] him there king[04428] over Israel[03478]: and blow[08628][8804] ye with the trumpet[07782], and say[0559][8804], God save[02421][8799] king[04428] Solomon[08010].
2:30 Then ye shall come up[05927][8804] after[0310] him, that he may come[0935][8804] and sit[03427][8804] upon my throne[03678]; for he shall be king[04427][8799] in my stead: and I have appointed[06680][8765] him to be ruler[05057] over Israel[03478] and over Judah[03063].
2:31 And Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] answered[06030][8799] the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], Amen[0543]: the LORD[03068] God[0430] of my lord[0113] the king[04428] say[0559][8799] so too .
2:32 As the LORD[03068] hath been with my lord[0113] the king[04428], even so be he with Solomon[08010], and make[01431][00] his throne[03678] greater[01431][8762] than the throne[03678] of my lord[0113] king[04428] David[01732].
2:33 So Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], and the Cherethites[03774], and the Pelethites[06432], went down[03381][8799], and caused Solomon[08010] to ride[07392][8686] upon king[04428] David's[01732] mule[06506], and brought[03212][8686] him to Gihon[01521].
2:34 And Zadok[06659] the priest[03548] took[03947][8799] an horn[07161] of oil[08081] out of the tabernacle[0168], and anointed[04886][8799] Solomon[08010]. And they blew[08628][8799] the trumpet[07782]; and all the people[05971] said[0559][8799], God save[02421][8799] king[04428] Solomon[08010].
2:35 And all the people[05971] came up[05927][8799] after[0310] him, and the people[05971] piped[02490][8764] with pipes[02485], and rejoiced[08056] with great[01419] joy[08057], so that the earth[0776] rent[01234][8735] with the sound[06963] of them. pipes: or, flutes
2:36 And Adonijah[0138] and all the guests[07121][8803] that were with him heard[08085][8799] it as they had made an end[03615][8765] of eating[0398][8800]. And when Joab[03097] heard[08085][8799] the sound[06963] of the trumpet[07782], he said[0559][8799], Wherefore is this noise[06963] of the city[07151] being in an uproar[01993][8802]?
2:37 And while he yet spake[01696][8764], behold, Jonathan[03129] the son[01121] of Abiathar[054] the priest[03548] came[0935][8804]: and Adonijah[0138] said[0559][8799] unto him, Come in[0935][8798]; for thou art a valiant[02428] man[0376][8676][0381], and bringest[01319][00] good[02896] tidings[01319][8762].
2:38 And Jonathan[03129] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] to Adonijah[0138], Verily[061] our lord[0113] king[04428] David[01732] hath made Solomon[08010] king[04427][8689].
2:39 And the king[04428] hath sent[07971][8799] with him Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], and Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], and the Cherethites[03774], and the Pelethites[06432], and they have caused him to ride[07392][8686] upon the king's[04428] mule[06506]:
2:40 And Zadok[06659] the priest[03548] and Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030] have anointed[04886][8799] him king[04428] in Gihon[01521]: and they are come up[05927][8799] from thence rejoicing[08056], so that the city[07151] rang again[01949][8735]. This is the noise[06963] that ye have heard[08085][8804].
2:41 And also Solomon[08010] sitteth[03427][8804] on the throne[03678] of the kingdom[04410].
2:42 And moreover the king's[04428] servants[05650] came[0935][8804] to bless[01288][8763] our lord[0113] king[04428] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], God[0430] make the name[08034] of Solomon[08010] better[03190][8686] than thy name[08034], and make[01431][00] his throne[03678] greater[01431][8762] than thy throne[03678]. And the king[04428] bowed[07812][8691] himself upon the bed[04904].
2:43 And also thus said[0559][8804] the king[04428], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], which hath given[05414][8804] one to sit[03427][8802] on my throne[03678] this day[03117], mine eyes[05869] even seeing[07200][8802] it .
2:44 And all the guests[07121][8803] that were with Adonijah[0138] were afraid[02729][8799], and rose up[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] every man[0376] his way[01870].
2:45 And Adonijah[0138] feared[03372][8804] because[06440] of Solomon[08010], and arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799], and caught hold[02388][8686] on the horns[07161] of the altar[04196].
2:46 And it was told[05046][8714] Solomon[08010], saying[0559][8800], Behold, Adonijah[0138] feareth[03372][8804] king[04428] Solomon[08010]: for, lo, he hath caught hold[0270][8804] on the horns[07161] of the altar[04196], saying[0559][8800], Let king[04428] Solomon[08010] swear[07650][8735] unto me to day[03117] that he will not slay[04191][8686] his servant[05650] with the sword[02719].
3:1 And Solomon[08010] said[0559][8799], If he will shew himself a worthy[02428] man[01121], there shall not an hair[08185] of him fall[05307][8799] to the earth[0776]: but if wickedness[07451] shall be found[04672][8735] in him, he shall die[04191][8804].
3:2 So king[04428] Solomon[08010] sent[07971][8799], and they brought him down[03381][8686] from the altar[04196]. And he came[0935][8799] and bowed[07812][8691] himself to king[04428] Solomon[08010]: and Solomon[08010] said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798] to thine house[01004].
3:3 Now the days[03117] of David[01732] drew nigh[07126][8799] that he should die[04191][8800]; and he charged[06680][8762] Solomon[08010] his son[01121], saying[0559][8800],
3:4 I go[01980][8802] the way[01870] of all the earth[0776]: be thou strong[02388][8804] therefore, and shew thyself a man[0376];
3:5 And keep[08104][8804] the charge[04931] of the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], to walk[03212][8800] in his ways[01870], to keep[08104][8800] his statutes[02708], and his commandments[04687], and his judgments[04941], and his testimonies[05715], as it is written[03789][8803] in the law[08451] of Moses[04872], that thou mayest prosper[07919][8686] in all that thou doest[06213][8799], and whithersoever thou turnest[06437][8799] thyself: prosper: or, do wisely
3:6 That the LORD[03068] may continue[06965][8686] his word[01697] which he spake[01696][8765] concerning me, saying[0559][8800], If thy children[01121] take heed[08104][8799] to their way[01870], to walk[03212][8800] before[06440] me in truth[0571] with all their heart[03824] and with all their soul[05315], there shall not fail[03772][8735] thee (said[0559][8800] he) a man[0376] on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478]. fail...: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne
3:7 Moreover thou knowest[03045][8804] also what Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] did[06213][8804] to me, and what he did[06213][8804] to the two[08147] captains[08269] of the hosts[06635] of Israel[03478], unto Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], and unto Amasa[06021] the son[01121] of Jether[03500], whom he slew[02026][8799], and shed[07760][8799] the blood[01818] of war[04421] in peace[07965], and put[05414][8799] the blood[01818] of war[04421] upon his girdle[02290] that was about his loins[04975], and in his shoes[05275] that were on his feet[07272]. shed: Heb. put
3:8 Do[06213][8804] therefore according to thy wisdom[02451], and let not his hoar head[07872] go down[03381][8686] to the grave[07585] in peace[07965].
3:9 But shew[06213][8799] kindness[02617] unto the sons[01121] of Barzillai[01271] the Gileadite[01569], and let them be of those that eat[0398][8802] at thy table[07979]: for so they came[07126][8804] to me when I fled[01272][8800] because[06440] of Absalom[053] thy brother[0251].
3:10 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei[08096] the son[01121] of Gera[01617], a Benjamite[01145] of Bahurim[0980], which cursed[07043][8765] me with a grievous[04834][8737] curse[07045] in the day[03117] when I went[03212][8800] to Mahanaim[04266]: but he came down[03381][8804] to meet[07125][8800] me at Jordan[03383], and I sware[07650][8735] to him by the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], I will not put thee to death[04191][8686] with the sword[02719]. grievous: Heb. strong
3:11 Now therefore hold him not guiltless[05352][8762]: for thou art a wise[02450] man[0376], and knowest[03045][8804] what thou oughtest to do[06213][8799] unto him; but his hoar head[07872] bring thou down[03381][8689] to the grave[07585] with blood[01818].
3:12 So David[01732] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in the city[05892] of David[01732].
3:13 And the days[03117] that David[01732] reigned[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] were forty[0705] years[08141]: seven[07651] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Hebron[02275], and thirty[07970] and three[07969] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Jerusalem[03389].
3:14 Then sat[03427][8804] Solomon[08010] upon the throne[03678] of David[01732] his father[01]; and his kingdom[04438] was established[03559][8735] greatly[03966].
3:15 And Adonijah[0138] the son[01121] of Haggith[02294] came[0935][8799] to Bathsheba[01339] the mother[0517] of Solomon[08010]. And she said[0559][8799], Comest[0935][8800] thou peaceably[07965]? And he said[0559][8799], Peaceably[07965].
3:16 He said[0559][8799] moreover, I have somewhat to say[01697] unto thee. And she said[0559][8799], Say on[01696][8761].
3:17 And he said[0559][8799], Thou knowest[03045][8804] that the kingdom[04410] was mine, and that all Israel[03478] set[07760][8804] their faces[06440] on me, that I should reign[04427][8800]: howbeit the kingdom[04410] is turned about[05437][8735], and is become my brother's[0251]: for it was his from the LORD[03068].
3:18 And now I ask[07592][8802] one[0259] petition[07596] of thee, deny[07725][8686] me[06440] not. And she said[0559][8799] unto him, Say on[01696][8761]. deny...: Heb. turn not away my face
3:19 And he said[0559][8799], Speak[0559][8798], I pray thee, unto Solomon[08010] the king[04428], (for he will not say[07725][00] thee[06440] nay[07725][8686],) that he give[05414][8799] me Abishag[049] the Shunammite[07767] to wife[0802].
3:20 And Bathsheba[01339] said[0559][8799], Well[02896]; I will speak[01696][8762] for thee unto the king[04428].
3:21 Bathsheba[01339] therefore went[0935][8799] unto king[04428] Solomon[08010], to speak[01696][8763] unto him for Adonijah[0138]. And the king[04428] rose up[06965][8799] to meet[07125][8800] her, and bowed[07812][8691] himself unto her, and sat down[03427][8799] on his throne[03678], and caused a seat[03678] to be set[07760][8799] for the king's[04428] mother[0517]; and she sat[03427][8799] on his right hand[03225].
3:22 Then she said[0559][8799], I desire[07592][8802] one[0259] small[06996] petition[07596] of thee; I pray thee , say[07725][00] me[06440] not nay[07725][8686]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto her, Ask on[07592][8798], my mother[0517]: for I will not say[07725][00] thee[06440] nay[07725][8686].
3:23 And she said[0559][8799], Let Abishag[049] the Shunammite[07767] be given[05414][8714] to Adonijah[0138] thy brother[0251] to wife[0802].
3:24 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] unto his mother[0517], And why dost thou ask[07592][8802] Abishag[049] the Shunammite[07767] for Adonijah[0138]? ask[07592][8798] for him the kingdom[04410] also; for he is mine elder[01419] brother[0251]; even for him, and for Abiathar[054] the priest[03548], and for Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870].
3:25 Then king[04428] Solomon[08010] sware[07650][8735] by the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], God[0430] do[06213][8799] so to me, and more also[03254][8686], if Adonijah[0138] have not spoken[01696][8765] this word[01697] against his own life[05315].
3:26 Now therefore, as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], which hath established[03559][8689] me, and set[03427][8686] me on the throne[03678] of David[01732] my father[01], and who hath made[06213][8804] me an house[01004], as he promised[01696][8765], Adonijah[0138] shall be put to death[04191][8714] this day[03117].
3:27 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] sent[07971][8799] by the hand[03027] of Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077]; and he fell[06293][8799] upon him that he died[04191][8799].
3:28 And unto Abiathar[054] the priest[03548] said[0559][8804] the king[04428], Get[03212][8798] thee to Anathoth[06068], unto thine own fields[07704]; for thou art worthy[0376] of death[04194]: but I will not at this time[03117] put thee to death[04191][8686], because thou barest[05375][8804] the ark[0727] of the Lord[0136] GOD[03069] before[06440] David[01732] my father[01], and because thou hast been afflicted[06031][8694] in all wherein my father[01] was afflicted[06031][8694]. worthy...: Heb. a man of death
4:1 So Solomon[08010] thrust out[01644][8762] Abiathar[054] from being priest[03548] unto the LORD[03068]; that he might fulfil[04390][8763] the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] concerning the house[01004] of Eli[05941] in Shiloh[07887].
4:2 Then tidings[08052] came[0935][8804] to Joab[03097]: for Joab[03097] had turned[05186][8804] after[0310] Adonijah[0138], though he turned[05186][8804] not after[0310] Absalom[053]. And Joab[03097] fled[05127][8799] unto the tabernacle[0168] of the LORD[03068], and caught hold[02388][8686] on the horns[07161] of the altar[04196].
4:3 And it was told[05046][8714] king[04428] Solomon[08010] that Joab[03097] was fled[05127][8804] unto the tabernacle[0168] of the LORD[03068]; and, behold, he is by[0681] the altar[04196]. Then Solomon[08010] sent[07971][8799] Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077], saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798], fall[06293][8798] upon him.
4:4 And Benaiah[01141] came[0935][8799] to the tabernacle[0168] of the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the king[04428], Come forth[03318][8798]. And he said[0559][8799], Nay; but I will die[04191][8799] here. And Benaiah[01141] brought[07725][00] the king[04428] word[01697] again[07725][8686], saying[0559][8800], Thus said[01696][8765] Joab[03097], and thus he answered[06030][8804] me.
4:5 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Do[06213][8798] as he hath said[01696][8765], and fall[06293][8798] upon him, and bury[06912][8804] him; that thou mayest take away[05493][8689] the innocent[02600] blood[01818], which Joab[03097] shed[08210][8804], from me, and from the house[01004] of my father[01].
4:6 And the LORD[03068] shall return[07725][8689] his blood[01818] upon his own head[07218], who fell[06293][8804] upon two[08147] men[0582] more righteous[06662] and better[02896] than he, and slew[02026][8799] them with the sword[02719], my father[01] David[01732] not knowing[03045][8804] thereof, to wit , Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], captain[08269] of the host[06635] of Israel[03478], and Amasa[06021] the son[01121] of Jether[03500], captain[08269] of the host[06635] of Judah[03063].
4:7 Their blood[01818] shall therefore return[07725][8804] upon the head[07218] of Joab[03097], and upon the head[07218] of his seed[02233] for ever[05769]: but upon David[01732], and upon his seed[02233], and upon his house[01004], and upon his throne[03678], shall there be peace[07965] for[05704] ever[05769] from the LORD[03068].
4:8 So Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] went up[05927][8799], and fell[06293][8799] upon him, and slew[04191][8686] him: and he was buried[06912][8735] in his own house[01004] in the wilderness[04057].
4:9 And the king[04428] put[05414][8799] Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] in his room over the host[06635]: and Zadok[06659] the priest[03548] did the king[04428] put[05414][8804] in the room of Abiathar[054].
4:10 And the king[04428] sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] for Shimei[08096], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Build[01129][8798] thee an house[01004] in Jerusalem[03389], and dwell[03427][8804] there, and go not forth[03318][8799] thence any whither[0575].
4:11 For it shall be, that on the day[03117] thou goest out[03318][8800], and passest over[05674][8804] the brook[05158] Kidron[06939], thou shalt know[03045][8799] for certain[03045][8800] that thou shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799]: thy blood[01818] shall be upon thine own head[07218].
4:12 And Shimei[08096] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], The saying[01697] is good[02896]: as my lord[0113] the king[04428] hath said[01696][8765], so will thy servant[05650] do[06213][8799]. And Shimei[08096] dwelt[03427][8799] in Jerusalem[03389] many[07227] days[03117].
4:13 And it came to pass at the end[07093] of three[07969] years[08141], that two[08147] of the servants[05650] of Shimei[08096] ran away[01272][8799] unto Achish[0397] son[01121] of Maachah[04601] king[04428] of Gath[01661]. And they told[05046][8686] Shimei[08096], saying[0559][8800], Behold, thy servants[05650] be in Gath[01661].
4:14 And Shimei[08096] arose[06965][8799], and saddled[02280][8799] his ass[02543], and went[03212][8799] to Gath[01661] to Achish[0397] to seek[01245][8763] his servants[05650]: and Shimei[08096] went[03212][8799], and brought[0935][8686] his servants[05650] from Gath[01661].
4:15 And it was told[05046][8714] Solomon[08010] that Shimei[08096] had gone[01980][8804] from Jerusalem[03389] to Gath[01661], and was come again[07725][8799].
4:16 And the king[04428] sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] for Shimei[08096], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Did I not make thee to swear[07650][8689] by the LORD[03068], and protested[05749][8686] unto thee, saying[0559][8800], Know[03045][8799] for a certain[03045][8800], on the day[03117] thou goest out[03318][8800], and walkest[01980][8804] abroad any whither[0575], that thou shalt surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799]? and thou saidst[0559][8799] unto me, The word[01697] that I have heard[08085][8804] is good[02896].
4:17 Why then hast thou not kept[08104][8804] the oath[07621] of the LORD[03068], and the commandment[04687] that I have charged[06680][8765] thee with?
4:18 The king[04428] said[0559][8799] moreover to Shimei[08096], Thou knowest[03045][8804] all the wickedness[07451] which thine heart[03824] is privy to[03045][8804], that thou didst[06213][8804] to David[01732] my father[01]: therefore the LORD[03068] shall return[07725][8689] thy wickedness[07451] upon thine own head[07218];
4:19 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] shall be blessed[01288][8803], and the throne[03678] of David[01732] shall be established[03559][8737] before[06440] the LORD[03068] for[05704] ever[05769].
4:20 So the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762] Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077]; which went out[03318][8799], and fell[06293][8799] upon him, that he died[04191][8799]. And the kingdom[04467] was established[03559][8738] in the hand[03027] of Solomon[08010].
4:21 And Solomon[08010] made affinity[02859][8691] with Pharaoh[06547] king[04428] of Egypt[04714], and took[03947][8799] Pharaoh's[06547] daughter[01323], and brought[0935][8686] her into the city[05892] of David[01732], until he had made an end[03615][8763] of building[01129][8800] his own house[01004], and the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] round about[05439].
4:22 Only the people[05971] sacrificed[02076][8764] in high places[01116], because there was no house[01004] built[01129][8738] unto the name[08034] of the LORD[03068], until those days[03117].
4:23 And Solomon[08010] loved[0157][8799] the LORD[03068], walking[03212][8800] in the statutes[02708] of David[01732] his father[01]: only he sacrificed[02076][8764] and burnt incense[06999][8688] in high places[01116].
4:24 And the king[04428] went[03212][8799] to Gibeon[01391] to sacrifice[02076][8800] there; for that[01931] was the great[01419] high place[01116]: a thousand[0505] burnt offerings[05930] did Solomon[08010] offer[05927][8686] upon that altar[04196].
4:25 In Gibeon[01391] the LORD[03068] appeared[07200][8738] to Solomon[08010] in a dream[02472] by night[03915]: and God[0430] said[0559][8799], Ask[07592][8798] what I shall give[05414][8799] thee.
4:26 And Solomon[08010] said[0559][8799], Thou hast shewed[06213][8804] unto thy servant[05650] David[01732] my father[01] great[01419] mercy[02617], according as he walked[01980][8804] before[06440] thee in truth[0571], and in righteousness[06666], and in uprightness[03483] of heart[03824] with thee; and thou hast kept[08104][8799] for him this great[01419] kindness[02617], that thou hast given[05414][8799] him a son[01121] to sit[03427][8802] on his throne[03678], as it is this day[03117]. mercy: or, bounty
4:27 And now, O LORD[03068] my God[0430], thou hast made thy servant[05650] king[04427][8689] instead of David[01732] my father[01]: and I am but a little[06996] child[05288]: I know[03045][8799] not how to go out[03318][8800] or come in[0935][8800].
4:28 And thy servant[05650] is in the midst[08432] of thy people[05971] which thou hast chosen[0977][8804], a great[07227] people[05971], that cannot be numbered[04487][8735] nor counted[05608][8735] for multitude[07230].
4:29 Give[05414][8804] therefore thy servant[05650] an understanding[08085][8802] heart[03820] to judge[08199][8800] thy people[05971], that I may discern[0995][8687] between good[02896] and bad[07451]: for who is able[03201][8799] to judge[08199][8800] this thy so great[03515] a people[05971]? understanding: Heb. hearing
4:30 And the speech[01697] pleased[03190][8799][05869] the Lord[0136], that Solomon[08010] had asked[07592][8804] this thing[01697].
4:31 And God[0430] said[0559][8799] unto him, Because thou hast asked[07592][8804] this thing[01697], and hast not asked[07592][8804] for thyself long[07227] life[03117]; neither hast asked[07592][8804] riches[06239] for thyself, nor hast asked[07592][8804] the life[05315] of thine enemies[0341][8802]; but hast asked[07592][8804] for thyself understanding[0995][8687] to discern[08085][8800] judgment[04941]; long life: Heb. many days discern: Heb. hear
4:32 Behold, I have done[06213][8804] according to thy words[01697]: lo, I have given[05414][8804] thee a wise[02450] and an understanding[0995][8737] heart[03820]; so that there was none like thee before[06440] thee, neither after[0310] thee shall any arise[06965][8799] like unto thee.
4:33 And I have also given[05414][8804] thee that which thou hast not asked[07592][8804], both riches[06239], and honour[03519]: so that there shall not be any[0376] among the kings[04428] like unto thee all thy days[03117]. shall...: or, hath not been
4:34 And if thou wilt walk[03212][8799] in my ways[01870], to keep[08104][8800] my statutes[02706] and my commandments[04687], as thy father[01] David[01732] did walk[01980][8804], then I will lengthen[0748][8689] thy days[03117].
5:1 And Solomon[08010] awoke[03364][8799]; and, behold, it was a dream[02472]. And he came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068], and offered up[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930], and offered[06213][8799] peace offerings[08002], and made[06213][8799] a feast[04960] to all his servants[05650].
5:2 Then came[0935][8799] there two[08147] women[0802], that were harlots[02181][8802], unto the king[04428], and stood[05975][8799] before[06440] him.
5:3 And the one[0259] woman[0802] said[0559][8799], O[0994] my lord[0113], I and this woman[0802] dwell[03427][8802] in one[0259] house[01004]; and I was delivered of a child[03205][8799] with her in the house[01004].
5:4 And it came to pass the third[07992] day[03117] after that I was delivered[03205][8800], that this woman[0802] was delivered[03205][8799] also: and we were together[03162]; there was no stranger[02114][8801] with us in the house[01004], save[02108] we two[08147] in the house[01004].
5:5 And this woman's[0802] child[01121] died[04191][8799] in the night[03915]; because she overlaid[07901][8804] it.
5:6 And she arose[06965][8799] at midnight[08432][03915], and took[03947][8799] my son[01121] from beside[0681] me, while thine handmaid[0519] slept[03463], and laid[07901][8686] it in her bosom[02436], and laid[07901][8689] her dead[04191][8801] child[01121] in my bosom[02436].
5:7 And when I rose[06965][8799] in the morning[01242] to give my child[01121] suck[03243][8687], behold, it was dead[04191][8804]: but when I had considered[0995][8709] it in the morning[01242], behold, it was not my son[01121], which I did bear[03205][8804].
5:8 And the other[0312] woman[0802] said[0559][8799], Nay; but the living[02416] is my son[01121], and the dead[04191][8801] is thy son[01121]. And this said[0559][8802], No; but the dead[04191][8801] is  thy son[01121], and the living[02416] is my son[01121]. Thus they spake[01696][8762] before[06440] the king[04428].
5:9 Then said[0559][8799] the king[04428], The one[02063] saith[0559][8802], This is my son[01121] that liveth[02416], and thy son[01121] is the dead[04191][8801]: and the other[02063] saith[0559][8802], Nay; but thy son[01121] is the dead[04191][8801], and my son[01121] is the living[02416].
5:10 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Bring[03947][8798] me a sword[02719]. And they brought[0935][8686] a sword[02719] before[06440] the king[04428].
5:11 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Divide[01504][8798] the living[02416] child[03206] in two[08147], and give[05414][8798] half[02677] to the one[0259], and half[02677] to the other[0259].
5:12 Then spake[0559][8799] the woman[0802] whose the living[02416] child[01121] was unto the king[04428], for her bowels[07356] yearned[03648][8738] upon her son[01121], and she said[0559][8799], O[0994] my lord[0113], give[05414][8798] her the living[02416] child[03205][8803], and in no wise[04191][8687] slay[04191][8686] it. But the other said[0559][8802], Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide[01504][8798] it . yearned: Heb. were hot
5:13 Then the king[04428] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Give[05414][8798] her the living[02416] child[03205][8803], and in no wise[04191][8687] slay[04191][8686] it: she is the mother[0517] thereof.
5:14 And all Israel[03478] heard[08085][8799] of the judgment[04941] which the king[04428] had judged[08199][8804]; and they feared[03372][8799] the king[06440]: for they saw[07200][8804] that the wisdom[02451] of God[0430] was in him[07130], to do[06213][8800] judgment[04941]. in him: Heb. in the midst of him
5:15 So king[04428] Solomon[08010] was king[04428] over all Israel[03478].
5:16 And these were the princes[08269] which he had; Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], priest: or, chief officer
5:17 Elihoreph[0456] and Ahiah[0281], the sons[01121] of Shisha[07894], scribes[05608][8802]; Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Ahilud[0286], the recorder[02142][8688]. scribes: or, secretaries recorder: or, remembrancer
5:18 And Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] was over the host[06635]: and Zadok[06659] and Abiathar[054] were the priests[03548]:
6:1 And Azariah[05838] the son[01121] of Nathan[05416] was over the officers[05324][8737]: and Zabud[02071] the son[01121] of Nathan[05416] was principal officer[03548], and the king's[04428] friend[07463]:
6:2 And Ahishar[0301] was over the household[01004]: and Adoniram[0141] the son[01121] of Abda[05653] was over the tribute[04522]. tribute: or, levy
6:3 And Solomon[08010] had twelve[08147][06240] officers[05324][8737] over all Israel[03478], which provided victuals[03557][8773] for the king[04428] and his household[01004]: each man[0259] his month[02320] in a year[08141] made provision[03557][8771].
6:4 And these are their names[08034]: The son of Hur[01133], in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669]: The son...: or, Benhur
6:5 The son of Dekar[01128][8677][01857], in Makaz[04739], and in Shaalbim[08169], and Bethshemesh[01053], and Elonbethhanan[0358]: The son...: or, Bendekar
6:6 The son of Hesed[01136][8676][02618], in Aruboth[0700]; to him pertained Sochoh[07755], and all the land[0776] of Hepher[02660]: The son...: or, Benhesed
6:7 The son of Abinadab[01125], in all the region[05299] of Dor[01756]; which had Taphath[02955] the daughter[01323] of Solomon[08010] to wife[0802]: The son...: or, Benabinadab
6:8 Baana[01195] the son[01121] of Ahilud[0286]; to him pertained Taanach[08590] and Megiddo[04023], and all Bethshean[01052], which is by[0681] Zartanah[06891] beneath Jezreel[03157], from Bethshean[01052] to Abelmeholah[065], even unto the place that is beyond[05676] Jokneam[03361]:
6:9 The son of Geber[01127], in Ramothgilead[01568][07433]; to him pertained the towns[02333] of Jair[02971] the son[01121] of Manasseh[04519], which are in Gilead[01568]; to him also pertained the region[02256] of Argob[0709], which is in Bashan[01316], threescore[08346] great[01419] cities[05892] with walls[02346] and brasen[05178] bars[01280]: The son...: or, Bengeber
6:10 Ahinadab[0292] the son[01121] of Iddo[05714] had Mahanaim[04266]: Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim
6:11 Ahimaaz[0290] was in Naphtali[05321]; he also took[03947][8804] Basmath[01315] the daughter[01323] of Solomon[08010] to wife[0802]:
6:12 Baanah[01195] the son[01121] of Hushai[02365] was in Asher[0836] and in Aloth[01175]:
6:13 Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Paruah[06515], in Issachar[03485]:
6:14 Shimei[08096] the son[01121] of Elah[0414], in Benjamin[01144]:
6:15 Geber[01398] the son[01121] of Uri[0221] was in the country[0776] of Gilead[01568], in the country[0776] of Sihon[05511] king[04428] of the Amorites[0567], and of Og[05747] king[04428] of Bashan[01316]; and he was the only[0259] officer[05333] which was in the land[0776].
6:16 Judah[03063] and Israel[03478] were many[07227], as the sand[02344] which is by the sea[03220] in multitude[07230], eating[0398][8802] and drinking[08354][8802], and making merry[08056].
6:17 And Solomon[08010] reigned[04910][8802] over all kingdoms[04467] from the river[05104] unto the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430], and unto the border[01366] of Egypt[04714]: they brought[05066][8688] presents[04503], and served[05647][8802] Solomon[08010] all the days[03117] of his life[02416].
6:18 And Solomon's[08010] provision[03899] for one[0259] day[03117] was thirty[07970] measures[03734] of fine flour[05560], and threescore[08346] measures[03734] of meal[07058], provision: Heb. bread measures: Heb. cors
6:19 Ten[06235] fat[01277] oxen[01241], and twenty[06242] oxen[01241] out of the pastures[07471], and an hundred[03967] sheep[06629], beside harts[0354], and roebucks[06643], and fallowdeer[03180], and fatted[075][8803] fowl[01257].
6:20 For he had dominion[07287][8802] over all the region on this side[05676] the river[05104], from Tiphsah[08607] even to Azzah[05804], over all the kings[04428] on this side[05676] the river[05104]: and he had peace[07965] on all sides[05650][8676][05676] round about[05439] him.
6:21 And Judah[03063] and Israel[03478] dwelt[03427][8799] safely[0983], every man[0376] under his vine[01612] and under his fig tree[08384], from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884], all the days[03117] of Solomon[08010]. safely: Heb. confidently
6:22 And Solomon[08010] had forty[0705] thousand[0505] stalls[0723] of horses[05483] for his chariots[04817], and twelve[08147][06240] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571].
6:23 And those officers[05324][8737] provided victual[03557][8773] for king[04428] Solomon[08010], and for all that came[07131] unto king[04428] Solomon's[08010] table[07979], every man[0376] in his month[02320]: they lacked[05737][8762] nothing[01697].
6:24 Barley[08184] also and straw[08401] for the horses[05483] and dromedaries[07409] brought[0935][8686] they unto the place[04725] where the officers were, every man[0376] according to his charge[04941]. dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts
6:25 And God[0430] gave[05414][8799] Solomon[08010] wisdom[02451] and understanding[08394] exceeding[03966] much[07235][8687], and largeness[07341] of heart[03820], even as the sand[02344] that is on the sea[03220] shore[08193].
6:26 And Solomon's[08010] wisdom[02451] excelled[07235][8799] the wisdom[02451] of all the children[01121] of the east country[06924], and all the wisdom[02451] of Egypt[04714].
6:27 For he was wiser[02449][8799] than all men[0120]; than Ethan[0387] the Ezrahite[0250], and Heman[01968], and Chalcol[03633], and Darda[01862], the sons[01121] of Mahol[04235]: and his fame[08034] was in all nations[01471] round about[05439].
6:28 And he spake[01696][8762] three[07969] thousand[0505] proverbs[04912]: and his songs[07892] were a thousand[0505] and five[02568].
6:29 And he spake[01696][8762] of trees[06086], from the cedar tree[0730] that is in Lebanon[03844] even unto the hyssop[0231] that springeth out[03318][8802] of the wall[07023]: he spake[01696][8762] also of beasts[0929], and of fowl[05775], and of creeping things[07431], and of fishes[01709].
6:30 And there came[0935][8799] of all people[05971] to hear[08085][8800] the wisdom[02451] of Solomon[08010], from all kings[04428] of the earth[0776], which had heard[08085][8804] of his wisdom[02451].
6:31 And Hiram[02438] king[04428] of Tyre[06865] sent[07971][8799] his servants[05650] unto Solomon[08010]; for he had heard[08085][8804] that they had anointed[04886][8804] him king[04428] in the room of his father[01]: for Hiram[02438] was ever[03117] a lover[0157][8802] of David[01732]. Hiram: also called, Huram
6:32 And Solomon[08010] sent[07971][8799] to Hiram[02438], saying[0559][8800],
6:33 Thou knowest[03045][8804] how that David[01732] my father[01] could[03201][8804] not build[01129][8800] an house[01004] unto the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] his God[0430] for[06440] the wars[04421] which were about him on every side[05437][8804], until the LORD[03068] put[05414][8800] them under the soles[03709] of his feet[07272].
6:34 But now the LORD[03068] my God[0430] hath given me rest[05117][8689] on every side[05439], so that there is neither adversary[07854] nor evil[07451] occurrent[06294].
6:35 And, behold, I purpose[0559][8802] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] unto the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] my God[0430], as the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8765] unto David[01732] my father[01], saying[0559][8800], Thy son[01121], whom I will set[05414][8799] upon thy throne[03678] in thy room, he shall build[01129][8799] an house[01004] unto my name[08034]. purpose: Heb. say
6:36 Now therefore command[06680][8761] thou that they hew[03772][8799] me cedar trees[0730] out of Lebanon[03844]; and my servants[05650] shall be with thy servants[05650]: and unto thee will I give[05414][8799] hire[07939] for thy servants[05650] according to all that thou shalt appoint[0559][8799]: for thou knowest[03045][8804] that there is not among us any[0376] that can skill[03045][8802] to hew[03772][8800] timber[06086] like unto the Sidonians[06722]. appoint: Heb. say
6:37 And it came to pass, when Hiram[02438] heard[08085][8800] the words[01697] of Solomon[08010], that he rejoiced[08055][8799] greatly[03966], and said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] this day[03117], which hath given[05414][8804] unto David[01732] a wise[02450] son[01121] over this great[07227] people[05971].
6:38 And Hiram[02438] sent[07971][8799] to Solomon[08010], saying[0559][8800], I have considered[08085][8804] the things which thou sentest[07971][8804] to me for: and I will do[06213][8799] all thy desire[02656] concerning timber[06086] of cedar[0730], and concerning timber[06086] of fir[01265]. considered: Heb. heard
7:1 My servants[05650] shall bring them down[03381][8686] from Lebanon[03844] unto the sea[03220]: and I will convey[07760][8799] them by sea[03220] in floats[01702] unto the place[04725] that thou shalt appoint[07971][8799] me, and will cause them to be discharged[05310][8765] there, and thou shalt receive[05375][8799] them : and thou shalt accomplish[06213][8799] my desire[02656], in giving[05414][8800] food[03899] for my household[01004]. appoint: Heb. send
7:2 So Hiram[02438] gave[05414][8802] Solomon[08010] cedar[0730] trees[06086] and fir[01265] trees[06086] according to all his desire[02656].
7:3 And Solomon[08010] gave[05414][8804] Hiram[02438] twenty[06242] thousand[0505] measures[03734] of wheat[02406] for food[04361] to his household[01004], and twenty[06242] measures[03734] of pure[03795] oil[08081]: thus gave[05414][8799] Solomon[08010] to Hiram[02438] year[08141] by year[08141]. measures: Heb. cors
7:4 And the LORD[03068] gave[05414][8804] Solomon[08010] wisdom[02451], as he promised[01696][8765] him: and there was peace[07965] between Hiram[02438] and Solomon[08010]; and they two[08147][00] made[03772][8799] a league[01285] together[08147].
7:5 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] raised[05927][8686] a levy[04522] out of all Israel[03478]; and the levy[04522] was thirty[07970] thousand[0505] men[0376]. levy: Heb. tribute of men
7:6 And he sent[07971][8799] them to Lebanon[03844], ten[06235] thousand[0505] a month[02320] by courses[02487]: a month[02320] they were in Lebanon[03844], and two[08147] months[02320] at home[01004]: and Adoniram[0141] was over the levy[04522].
7:7 And Solomon[08010] had threescore and ten[07657] thousand[0505] that bare[05375][8802] burdens[05449], and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505] hewers[02672][8802] in the mountains[02022];
7:8 Beside the chief[08269] of Solomon's[08010] officers[05324][8737] which were over the work[04399], three[07969] thousand[0505] and three[07969] hundred[03967], which ruled[07287][8802] over the people[05971] that wrought[06213][8802] in the work[04399].
7:9 And the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762], and they brought[05265][8686] great[01419] stones[068], costly[03368] stones[068], and hewed[01496] stones[068], to lay the foundation[03245][8763] of the house[01004].
7:10 And Solomon's[08010] builders[01129][8802] and Hiram's[02438] builders[01129][8802] did hew[06458][8799] them , and the stonesquarers[01382]: so they prepared[03559][8686] timber[06086] and stones[068] to build[01129][8800] the house[01004]. stonesquares: or, Giblites
7:11 And it came to pass in the four[0702] hundred[03967][08141] and eightieth[08084] year[08141] after the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were come out[03318][8800] of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], in the fourth[07243] year[08141] of Solomon's[08010] reign[04427][8800] over Israel[03478], in the month[02320] Zif[02099], which is the second[08145] month[02320], that he began to build[01129][8799] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. began...: Heb. built
7:12 And the house[01004] which king[04428] Solomon[08010] built[01129][8804] for the LORD[03068], the length[0753] thereof was threescore[08346] cubits[0520], and the breadth[07341] thereof twenty[06242] cubits , and the height[06967] thereof thirty[07970] cubits[0520].
7:13 And the porch[0197] before[06440] the temple[01964] of the house[01004], twenty[06242] cubits[0520] was the length[0753] thereof, according to the breadth[07341] of the house[01004]; and ten[06235] cubits[0520] was the breadth[07341] thereof before the house[01004].
7:14 And for the house[01004] he made[06213][8799] windows[02474] of narrow[0331][8801] lights[08261]. of...: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed
7:15 And against the wall[07023] of the house[01004] he built[01129][8799] chambers[03326][8675][03326] round about[05439], against the walls[07023] of the house[01004] round about[05439], both of the temple[01964] and of the oracle[01687]: and he made[06213][8799] chambers[06763] round about[05439]: against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall built chambers: Heb. built floors made chambers: Heb. made ribs
7:16 The nethermost[08481] chamber[03326][8675][03326] was five[02568] cubits[0520] broad[07341], and the middle[08484] was six[08337] cubits[0520] broad[07341], and the third[07992] was seven[07651] cubits[0520] broad[07341]: for without in the wall of[02351] the house[01004] he made[05414][8804] narrowed rests[04052] round about[05439], that the beams should not be fastened[0270][8800] in the walls[07023] of the house[01004]. narrowed...: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements
7:17 And the house[01004], when it was in building[01129][8736], was built[01129][8738] of stone[068] made ready[08003] before it was brought[04551] thither: so that there was neither hammer[04717] nor axe[01631] nor any tool[03627] of iron[01270] heard[08085][8738] in the house[01004], while it was in building[01129][8736].
7:18 The door[06607] for the middle[08484] chamber[06763] was in the right[03233] side[03802] of the house[01004]: and they went up[05927][8799] with winding stairs[03883] into the middle[08484] chamber , and out of the middle[08484] into the third[07992]. side: Heb. shoulder
7:19 So he built[01129][8799] the house[01004], and finished[03615][8762] it; and covered[05603][8799] the house[01004] with beams[01356] and boards[07713] of cedar[0730]. with...: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar
7:20 And then he built[01129][8799] chambers[03326][8675][03326] against all the house[01004], five[02568] cubits[0520] high[06967]: and they rested[0270][8799] on the house[01004] with timber[06086] of cedar[0730].
7:21 And the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Solomon[08010], saying[0559][8800],
7:22 Concerning this house[01004] which thou art in building[01129][8802], if thou wilt walk[03212][8799] in my statutes[02708], and execute[06213][8799] my judgments[04941], and keep[08104][8804] all my commandments[04687] to walk[03212][8800] in them; then will I perform[06965][8689] my word[01697] with thee, which I spake[01696][8765] unto David[01732] thy father[01]:
7:23 And I will dwell[07931][8804] among[08432] the children[01121] of Israel[03478], and will not forsake[05800][8799] my people[05971] Israel[03478].
7:24 So Solomon[08010] built[01129][8799] the house[01004], and finished[03615][8762] it.
7:25 And he built[01129][8799] the walls[07023] of the house[01004] within[01004] with boards[06763] of cedar[0730], both the floor[07172] of the house[01004], and the walls[07023] of the cieling[05604]: and he covered[06823][8765] them on the inside[01004] with wood[06086], and covered[06823][8762] the floor[07172] of the house[01004] with planks[06763] of fir[01265]. both...: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc
7:26 And he built[01129][8799] twenty[06242] cubits[0520] on the sides[03411] of the house[01004], both[04480] the floor[07172] and the walls[07023] with boards[06763] of cedar[0730]: he even built[01129][8799] them for it within[01004], even for the oracle[01687], even for the most[06944] holy[06944] place .
7:27 And the house[01004], that is , the temple[01964] before[03942] it, was forty[0705] cubits[0520] long .
7:28 And the cedar[0730] of the house[01004] within[06441] was carved[04734] with knops[06497] and open[06362][8803] flowers[06731]: all was cedar[0730]; there was no stone[068] seen[07200][8738]. knops: or, gourds open: Heb. openings of
7:29 And the oracle[01687] he prepared[03559][8689] in[08432] the house[01004] within[06441], to set[05414][8800] there the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068].
7:30 And the oracle[01687] in the forepart[06440] was twenty[06242] cubits[0520] in length[0753], and twenty[06242] cubits[0520] in breadth[07341], and twenty[06242] cubits[0520] in the height[06967] thereof: and he overlaid[06823][8762] it with pure[05462][8803] gold[02091]; and so covered[06823][8762] the altar[04196] which was of cedar[0730]. pure: Heb. shut up
7:31 So Solomon[08010] overlaid[06823][8762] the house[01004] within[06441] with pure[05462][8803] gold[02091]: and he made a partition[05674][8762] by the chains[07572][8675][07572] of gold[02091] before[06440] the oracle[01687]; and he overlaid[06823][8762] it with gold[02091].
7:32 And the whole house[01004] he overlaid[06823][8765] with gold[02091], until he had finished[08552][8800] all the house[01004]: also the whole altar[04196] that was by the oracle[01687] he overlaid[06823][8765] with gold[02091].
7:33 And within the oracle[01687] he made[06213][8799] two[08147] cherubims[03742] of olive[08081] tree[06086], each ten[06235] cubits[0520] high[06967]. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil
7:34 And five[02568] cubits[0520] was the one[0259] wing[03671] of the cherub[03742], and five[02568] cubits[0520] the other[08145] wing[03671] of the cherub[03742]: from the uttermost part[07098] of the one wing[03671] unto the uttermost part[07098] of the other[03671] were ten[06235] cubits[0520].
7:35 And the other[08145] cherub[03742] was ten[06235] cubits[0520]: both[08147] the cherubims[03742] were of one[0259] measure[04060] and one[0259] size[07095].
7:36 The height[06967] of the one[0259] cherub[03742] was ten[06235] cubits[0520], and so was it of the other[08145] cherub[03742].
7:37 And he set[05414][8799] the cherubims[03742] within[08432] the inner[06442] house[01004]: and they stretched forth[06566][8799] the wings[03671] of the cherubims[03742], so that the wing[03671] of the one[0259] touched[05060][8799] the one wall[07023], and the wing[03671] of the other[08145] cherub[03742] touched[05060][8802] the other[08145] wall[07023]; and their wings[03671] touched[05060][8802] one[03671] another[03671] in the midst[08432] of the house[01004]. they...: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings
7:38 And he overlaid[06823][8762] the cherubims[03742] with gold[02091].
7:39 And he carved[07049][8804] all the walls[07023] of the house[01004] round about[04524] with carved[06603] figures[04734] of cherubims[03742] and palm trees[08561] and open[06362][8803] flowers[06731], within[06441] and without[02435]. open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers
7:40 And the floor[07172] of the house[01004] he overlaid[06823][8765] with gold[02091], within[06441] and without[02435].
7:41 And for the entering[06607] of the oracle[01687] he made[06213][8804] doors[01817] of olive[08081] tree[06086]: the lintel[0352] and side posts[04201] were a fifth part[02549] of the wall . a fifth...: or, fivesquare
7:42 The two[08147] doors[01817] also were of olive[08081] tree[06086]; and he carved[07049][8804] upon them carvings[04734] of cherubims[03742] and palm trees[08561] and open[06362][8803] flowers[06731], and overlaid[06823][8765] them with gold[02091], and spread[07286][8686] gold[02091] upon the cherubims[03742], and upon the palm trees[08561]. two...: or, leaves of the doors open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers
7:43 So also made[06213][8804] he for the door[06607] of the temple[01964] posts[04201] of olive[08081] tree[06086], a fourth part[07243] of the wall . a fourth...: or, foursquare
7:44 And the two[08147] doors[01817] were of fir[01265] tree[06086]: the two[08147] leaves[06763] of the one[0259] door[01817] were folding[01550], and the two[08147] leaves[07050] of the other[08145] door[01817] were folding[01550].
7:45 And he carved[07049][8804] thereon cherubims[03742] and palm trees[08561] and open[06362][8803] flowers[06731]: and covered[06823][8765] them with gold[02091] fitted[03474][8794] upon the carved work[02707][8794].
7:46 And he built[01129][8799] the inner[06442] court[02691] with three[07969] rows[02905] of hewed stone[01496], and a row[02905] of cedar[0730] beams[03773].
7:47 In the fourth[07243] year[08141] was the foundation[03245][00] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] laid[03245][8795], in the month[03391] Zif[02099]:
7:48 And in the eleventh[0259][06240] year[08141], in the month[03391] Bul[0945], which is the eighth[08066] month[02320], was the house[01004] finished[03615][8804] throughout all the parts[01697] thereof, and according to all the fashion[04941] of it. So was he seven[07651] years[08141] in building[01129][8799] it. through out...: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof
7:49 But Solomon[08010] was building[01129][8804] his own house[01004] thirteen[07969][06240] years[08141], and he finished[03615][8762] all his house[01004].
7:50 He built[01129][8799] also the house[01004] of the forest[03293] of Lebanon[03844]; the length[0753] thereof was an hundred[03967] cubits[0520], and the breadth[07341] thereof fifty[02572] cubits[0520], and the height[06967] thereof thirty[07970] cubits[0520], upon four[0702] rows[02905] of cedar[0730] pillars[05982], with cedar[0730] beams[03773] upon the pillars[05982].
7:51 And it was covered[05603][8803] with cedar[0730] above[04605] upon the beams[06763], that lay on forty[0705] five[02568] pillars[05982], fifteen[06240] in a row[02905]. beams: Heb. ribs
8:1 And there were windows[08261] in three[07969] rows[02905], and light[04237] was against light[04237] in three[07969] ranks[06471]. light was...: Heb. sight against sight
8:2 And all the doors[06607] and posts[04201] were square[07251][8803], with the windows[08260]: and light[04237] was against[04136] light[04237] in three[07969] ranks[06471]. doors...: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect
8:3 And he made[06213][8804] a porch[0197] of pillars[05982]; the length[0753] thereof was fifty[02572] cubits[0520], and the breadth[07341] thereof thirty[07970] cubits[0520]: and the porch[0197] was before[06440] them: and the other pillars[05982] and the thick beam[05646] were before them. before them: or, according to them
8:4 Then he made[06213][8804] a porch[0197] for the throne[03678] where he might judge[08199][8799], even the porch[0197] of judgment[04941]: and it was covered[05603][8803] with cedar[0730] from one side of the floor[07172] to the other[07172]. from...: Heb. from floor to floor
8:5 And his house[01004] where he dwelt[03427][8799] had another[0312] court[02691] within[01004] the porch[0197], which was of the like work[04639]. Solomon[08010] made[06213][8799] also an house[01004] for Pharaoh's[06547] daughter[01323], whom he had taken[03947][8804] to wife , like unto this porch[0197].
8:6 All these were of costly[03368] stones[068], according to the measures[04060] of hewed stones[01496], sawed[01641][8775] with saws[04050], within[01004] and without[02351], even from the foundation[04527] unto the coping[02947], and so on the outside[02351] toward the great[01419] court[02691].
8:7 And the foundation[03245][8794] was of costly[03368] stones[068], even great[01419] stones[068], stones[068] of ten[06235] cubits[0520], and stones[068] of eight[08083] cubits[0520].
8:8 And above[04605] were costly[03368] stones[068], after the measures[04060] of hewed stones[01496], and cedars[0730].
8:9 And the great[01419] court[02691] round about[05439] was with three[07969] rows[02905] of hewed stones[01496], and a row[02905] of cedar[0730] beams[03773], both for the inner[06442] court[02691] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and for the porch[0197] of the house[01004].
8:10 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] sent[07971][8799] and fetched[03947][8799] Hiram[02438] out of Tyre[06865]. Hiram: also called, Huram
8:11 He was a widow's[0802][0490] son[01121] of the tribe[04294] of Naphtali[05321], and his father[01] was a man[0376] of Tyre[06876], a worker[02790][8802] in brass[05178]: and he was filled[04390][8735] with wisdom[02451], and understanding[08394], and cunning[01847] to work[06213][8800] all works[04399] in brass[05178]. And he came[0935][8799] to king[04428] Solomon[08010], and wrought[06213][8799] all his work[04399]. a widow's...: Heb. the son of a widow woman
8:12 For he cast[06696][8799] two[08147] pillars[05982] of brass[05178], of eighteen[08083][06240] cubits[0520] high[06967] apiece[05982][0259]: and a line[02339] of twelve[08147][06240] cubits[0520] did compass[05437][00] either[08145] of them about[05437][8799]. cast: Heb. fashioned
8:13 And he made[06213][8804] two[08147] chapiters[03805] of molten[03332][8716] brass[05178], to set[05414][8800] upon the tops[07218] of the pillars[05982]: the height[06967] of the one[0259] chapiter[03805] was  five[02568] cubits[0520], and the height[06967] of the other[08145] chapiter[03805] was five[02568] cubits[0520]:
8:14 And nets[07638] of checker[07639] work[04639], and wreaths[01434] of chain[08333] work[04639], for the chapiters[03805] which were upon the top[07218] of the pillars[05982]; seven[07651] for the one[0259] chapiter[03805], and seven[07651] for the other[08145] chapiter[03805].
8:15 And he made[06213][8799] the pillars[05982], and two[08147] rows[02905] round about[05439] upon the one[0259] network[07639], to cover[03680][8763] the chapiters[03805] that were upon the top[07218], with pomegranates[07416]: and so did[06213][8804] he for the other[08145] chapiter[03805].
8:16 And the chapiters[03805] that were upon the top[07218] of the pillars[05982] were of lily[07799] work[04639] in the porch[0197], four[0702] cubits[0520].
8:17 And the chapiters[03805] upon the two[08147] pillars[05982] had pomegranates also above[04605], over against[05980] the belly[0990] which was by[05676] the network[07639]: and the pomegranates[07416] were  two hundred[03967] in rows[02905] round about[05439] upon the other[08145] chapiter[03805].
8:18 And he set up[06965][8686] the pillars[05982] in the porch[0197] of the temple[01964]: and he set up[06965][8686] the right[03233] pillar[05982], and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] thereof Jachin[03199]: and he set up[06965][8686] the left[08042] pillar[05982], and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] thereof Boaz[01162]. Jachin: that is, He shall establish Boaz: that is, In it is strength
8:19 And upon the top[07218] of the pillars[05982] was lily[07799] work[04639]: so was the work[04399] of the pillars[05982] finished[08552][8799].
8:20 And he made[06213][8799] a molten[03332][8716] sea[03220], ten[06235] cubits[0520] from the one brim[08193] to the other[08193]: it was round[05696] all about[05439], and his height[06967] was five[02568] cubits[0520]: and a line[06957][8675][06961] of thirty[07970] cubits[0520] did compass[05437][8799] it round about[05439]. from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim
8:21 And under the brim[08193] of it round about[05439] there were knops[06497] compassing[05437][8802] it, ten[06235] in a cubit[0520], compassing[05362][8688] the sea[03220] round about[05439]: the knops[06497]  were cast[03333] in two[08147] rows[02905], when it was cast[03332][8803].
8:22 It stood[05975][8802] upon twelve[08147][06240] oxen[01241], three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the north[06828], and three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the west[03220], and three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the south[05045], and three[07969] looking[06437][8802] toward the east[04217]: and the sea[03220] was set above[04605] upon them, and all their hinder parts[0268] were inward[01004].
8:23 And it was an hand breadth[02947] thick[05672], and the brim[08193] thereof was wrought[04639] like the brim[08193] of a cup[03563], with flowers[06525] of lilies[07799]: it contained[03557][8686] two thousand[0505] baths[01324].
8:24 And he made[06213][8799] ten[06235] bases[04350] of brass[05178]; four[0702] cubits[0520] was the length[0753] of one[0259] base[04350], and four[0702] cubits[0520] the breadth[07341] thereof, and three[07969] cubits[0520] the height[06967] of it.
8:25 And the work[04639] of the bases[04350] was on this manner : they had borders[04526], and the borders[04526] were between the ledges[07948]:
8:26 And on the borders[04526] that were between the ledges[07948] were lions[0738], oxen[01241], and cherubims[03742]: and upon the ledges[07948] there was a base[03653] above[04605]: and beneath the lions[0738] and oxen[01241] were certain additions[03914] made of thin[04174] work[04639].
8:27 And every[0259] base[04350] had four[0702] brasen[05178] wheels[0212], and plates[05633] of brass[05178]: and the four[0702] corners[06471] thereof had undersetters[03802]: under the laver[03595] were undersetters[03802] molten[03332][8803], at the side[05676] of every[0376] addition[03914].
8:28 And the mouth[06310] of it within[01004] the chapiter[03805] and above[04605] was a cubit[0520]: but the mouth[06310] thereof was round[05696] after the work[04639] of the base[03653], a cubit[0520] and an half[02677]: and also upon the mouth[06310] of it were gravings[04734] with their borders[04526], foursquare[07251][8794], not round[05696].
8:29 And under[08478] the borders[04526] were four[0702] wheels[0212]; and the axletrees[03027] of the wheels[0212] were joined to the base[04350]: and the height[06967] of a[0259] wheel[0212] was a cubit[0520] and half[02677] a cubit[0520]. joined...: Heb. in the base
8:30 And the work[04639] of the wheels[0212] was like the work[04639] of a chariot[04818] wheel[0212]: their axletrees[03027], and their naves[01354], and their felloes[02839], and their spokes[02840], were all molten[03332][8716].
8:31 And there were four[0702] undersetters[03802] to the four[0702] corners[06438] of one[0259] base[04350]: and the undersetters[03802] were of the very base[04350] itself.
8:32 And in the top[07218] of the base[04350] was there a round[05696] compass[05439] of half[02677] a cubit[0520] high[06967]: and on the top[07218] of the base[04350] the ledges[03027] thereof and the borders[04526] thereof were of the same.
8:33 For on the plates[03871] of the ledges[03027] thereof, and on the borders[04526] thereof, he graved[06605][8762] cherubims[03742], lions[0738], and palm trees[08561], according to the proportion[04626] of every one[0376], and additions[03914] round about[05439]. proportion: Heb. nakedness
8:34 After this manner he made[06213][8804] the ten[06235] bases[04350]: all of them had one[0259] casting[04165], one[0259] measure[04060], and one[0259] size[07095].
8:35 Then made[06213][8799] he ten[06235] lavers[03595] of brass[05178]: one[0259] laver[03595] contained[03557][8686] forty[0705] baths[01324]: and every[0259] laver[03595] was four[0702] cubits[0520]: and  upon every one[0259] of the ten[06235] bases[04350] one[0259] laver[03595].
8:36 And he put[05414][8799] five[02568] bases[04350] on the right[03225] side[03802] of the house[01004], and five[02568] on the left[08040] side[03802] of the house[01004]: and he set[05414][8804] the sea[03220] on the right[03233] side[03802] of the house[01004] eastward[06924] over against[04136] the south[05045]. side: Heb. shoulder
8:37 And Hiram[02438] made[06213][8799] the lavers[03595], and the shovels[03257], and the basons[04219]. So Hiram[02438] made[03615][8762] an end of doing[06213][8800] all the work[04399] that he made[06213][8804] king[04428] Solomon[08010] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom
8:38 The two[08147] pillars[05982], and the two bowls[01543] of the chapiters[03805] that were on the top[07218] of the two[08147] pillars[05982]; and the two[08147] networks[07639], to cover[03680][8763] the two[08147] bowls[01543] of the chapiters[03805] which were upon the top[07218] of the pillars[05982];
8:39 And four[0702] hundred[03967] pomegranates[07416] for the two[08147] networks[07639], even two[08147] rows[02905] of pomegranates[07416] for one[0259] network[07639], to cover[03680][8763] the two[08147] bowls[01543] of the chapiters[03805] that were upon[06440] the pillars[05982]; upon...: Heb. upon the face of the pillars
8:40 And the ten[06235] bases[04350], and ten[06235] lavers[03595] on the bases[04350];
8:41 And one[0259] sea[03220], and twelve[08147][06240] oxen[01241] under the sea[03220];
8:42 And the pots[05518], and the shovels[03257], and the basons[04219]: and all these vessels[03627], which Hiram[02438] made[06213][8804] to king[04428] Solomon[08010] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], were of  bright[04178][8794] brass[05178]. bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured
8:43 In the plain[03603] of Jordan[03383] did the king[04428] cast[03332][8804] them, in the clay[04568] ground[0127] between Succoth[05523] and Zarthan[06891]. in...: Heb. in the thickness of the ground
8:44 And Solomon[08010] left[03240][8686] all the vessels[03627] unweighed , because they were exceeding[03966][03966] many[07230]: neither was the weight[04948] of the brass[05178] found out[02713][8738]. because...: Heb. for the exceeding multitude found: Heb. searched
8:45 And Solomon[08010] made[06213][8799] all the vessels[03627] that pertained unto the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: the altar[04196] of gold[02091], and the table[07979] of gold[02091], whereupon the shewbread[03899][06440] was ,
8:46 And the candlesticks[04501] of pure[05462][8803] gold[02091], five[02568] on the right[03225] side , and five[02568] on the left[08040], before[06440] the oracle[01687], with the flowers[06525], and the lamps[05216], and the tongs[04457] of gold[02091],
8:47 And the bowls[05592], and the snuffers[04212], and the basons[04219], and the spoons[03709], and the censers[04289] of pure[05462][8803] gold[02091]; and the hinges[06596] of gold[02091], both for the doors[01817] of the inner[06442] house[01004], the most[06944] holy[06944] place, and for the doors[01817] of the house[01004], to wit , of the temple[01964]. censers: Heb. ash pans
8:48 So was ended[07999][8799] all the work[04399] that king[04428] Solomon[08010] made[06213][8804] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. And Solomon[08010] brought in[0935][8686] the things which David[01732] his father[01] had dedicated[06944]; even the silver[03701], and the gold[02091], and the vessels[03627], did he put[05414][8804] among the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]. things...: Heb. holy things of David
8:49 Then Solomon[08010] assembled[06950][8686] the elders[02205] of Israel[03478], and all the heads[07218] of the tribes[04294], the chief[05387] of the fathers[01] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478], unto king[04428] Solomon[08010] in Jerusalem[03389], that they might bring up[05927][8687] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] out of the city[05892] of David[01732], which is Zion[06726]. chief: Heb. princes
8:50 And all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] assembled[06950][8735] themselves unto king[04428] Solomon[08010] at the feast[02282] in the month[03391] Ethanim[0388], which is the seventh[07637] month[02320].
8:51 And all the elders[02205] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8799], and the priests[03548] took up[05375][8799] the ark[0727].
8:52 And they brought up[05927][8686] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068], and the tabernacle[0168] of the congregation[04150], and all the holy[06944] vessels[03627] that were in the tabernacle[0168], even those did the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881] bring up[05927][8686].
8:53 And king[04428] Solomon[08010], and all the congregation[05712] of Israel[03478], that were assembled[03259][8737] unto him, were with him before[06440] the ark[0727], sacrificing[02076][8764] sheep[06629] and oxen[01241], that could not be told[05608][8735] nor numbered[04487][8735] for multitude[07230].
8:54 And the priests[03548] brought in[0935][8686] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] unto his place[04725], into the oracle[01687] of the house[01004], to the most[06944] holy[06944] place, even under the wings[03671] of the cherubims[03742].
8:55 For the cherubims[03742] spread forth[06566][8802] their two wings[03671] over the place[04725] of the ark[0727], and the cherubims[03742] covered[05526][8799] the ark[0727] and the staves[0905] thereof above[04605].
8:56 And they drew out[0748][8686] the staves[0905], that the ends[07218] of the staves[0905] were seen out[07200][8735] in the holy[06944] place before[06440] the oracle[01687], and they were not seen[07200][8735] without[02351]: and there they are unto this day[03117]. ends: Heb. heads holy...: or, ark
8:57 There was nothing in the ark[0727] save[07535] the two[08147] tables[03871] of stone[068], which Moses[04872] put[03240][8689] there at Horeb[02722], when the LORD[03068] made[03772][8804] a covenant with the children[01121] of Israel[03478], when they came out[03318][8800] of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714]. when the: or, where the
8:58 And it came to pass, when the priests[03548] were come out[03318][8800] of the holy[06944] place , that the cloud[06051] filled[04390][8804] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068],
8:59 So that the priests[03548] could[03201][8804] not stand[05975][8800] to minister[08334][8763] because[06440] of the cloud[06051]: for the glory[03519] of the LORD[03068] had filled[04390][8804] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
8:60 Then spake[0559][8804] Solomon[08010], The LORD[03068] said[0559][8804] that he would dwell[07931][8800] in the thick darkness[06205].
8:61 I have surely[01129][8800] built[01129][8804] thee an house[01004] to dwell in[02073], a settled place[04349] for thee to abide in[03427][8800] for ever[05769].
8:62 And the king[04428] turned[05437][00] his face[06440] about[05437][8686], and blessed[01288][8762] all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478]: (and all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478] stood[05975][8802];)
8:63 And he said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], which spake[01696][8765] with his mouth[06310] unto David[01732] my father[01], and hath with his hand[03027] fulfilled[04390][8765] it , saying[0559][8800],
8:64 Since the day[03117] that I brought forth[03318][8689] my people[05971] Israel[03478] out of Egypt[04714], I chose[0977][8804] no city[05892] out of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004], that my name[08034] might be therein; but I chose[0977][8799] David[01732] to be over my people[05971] Israel[03478].
8:65 And it was in the heart[03824] of David[01732] my father[01] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] for the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
8:66 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732] my father[01], Whereas[03282][0834] it was in thine heart[03824] to build[01129][8800] an house[01004] unto my name[08034], thou didst well[02895][8689] that it was in thine heart[03824].
9:1 Nevertheless[07535] thou shalt not build[01129][8799] the house[01004]; but thy son[01121] that shall come forth out[03318][8802] of thy loins[02504], he shall build[01129][8799] the house[01004] unto my name[08034].
9:2 And the LORD[03068] hath performed[06965][8686] his word[01697] that he spake[01696][8765], and I am risen up[06965][8799] in the room of David[01732] my father[01], and sit[03427][8799] on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478], as the LORD[03068] promised[01696][8765], and have built[01129][8799] an house[01004] for the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
9:3 And I have set[07760][8799] there a place[04725] for the ark[0727], wherein is the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068], which he made[03772][8804] with our fathers[01], when he brought them out[03318][8687] of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714].
9:4 And Solomon[08010] stood[05975][8799] before[06440] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068] in the presence of[05048] all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478], and spread forth[06566][8799] his hands[03709] toward heaven[08064]:
9:5 And he said[0559][8799], LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], there is no God[0430] like thee, in heaven[08064] above[04605], or on earth[0776] beneath, who keepest[08104][8802] covenant[01285] and mercy[02617] with thy servants[05650] that walk[01980][8802] before[06440] thee with all their heart[03820]:
9:6 Who hast kept[08104][8804] with thy servant[05650] David[01732] my father[01] that thou promisedst[01696][8765] him: thou spakest[01696][8762] also with thy mouth[06310], and hast fulfilled[04390][8765] it with thine hand[03027], as it is this day[03117].
9:7 Therefore now, LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], keep[08104][8798] with thy servant[05650] David[01732] my father[01] that thou promisedst[01696][8765] him, saying[0559][8800], There shall not fail[03772][8735] thee a man[0376] in my sight[06440] to sit[03427][8802] on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478]; so[07535] that thy children[01121] take heed[08104][8799] to their way[01870], that they walk[03212][8800] before[06440] me as thou hast walked[01980][8804] before[06440] me. fail...: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight so that: Heb. only if
9:8 And now, O God[0430] of Israel[03478], let thy word[01697], I pray thee, be verified[0539][8735], which thou spakest[01696][8765] unto thy servant[05650] David[01732] my father[01].
9:9 But will God[0430] indeed[0552] dwell[03427][8799] on the earth[0776]? behold, the heaven[08064] and heaven[08064] of heavens[08064] cannot contain[03557][8770] thee; how much less[0637] this house[01004] that I have builded[01129][8804]?
9:10 Yet have thou respect[06437][8804] unto the prayer[08605] of thy servant[05650], and to his supplication[08467], O LORD[03068] my God[0430], to hearken[08085][8800] unto the cry[07440] and to the prayer[08605], which thy servant[05650] prayeth[06419][8693] before[06440] thee to day[03117]:
9:11 That thine eyes[05869] may be open[06605][8803] toward this house[01004] night[03915] and day[03117], even toward the place[04725] of which thou hast said[0559][8804], My name[08034] shall be there: that thou mayest hearken[08085][8800] unto the prayer[08605] which thy servant[05650] shall make[06419][8691] toward this place[04725]. toward this place: or, in this place
9:12 And hearken[08085][8804] thou to the supplication[08467] of thy servant[05650], and of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], when they shall pray[06419][8691] toward this place[04725]: and hear[08085][8799] thou in heaven[08064] thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04725]: and when thou hearest[08085][8804], forgive[05545][8804]. toward this place: or, in this place
9:13 If any man[0376] trespass[02398][8799] against his neighbour[07453], and an oath[0423] be laid[05375][8804] upon him to cause him to swear[0422][8687], and the oath[0423] come[0935][8804] before[06440] thine altar[04196] in this house[01004]: and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him
9:14 Then hear[08085][8799] thou in heaven[08064], and do[06213][8804], and judge[08199][8804] thy servants[05650], condemning[07561][8687] the wicked[07563], to bring[05414][8800] his way[01870] upon his head[07218]; and justifying[06663][8687] the righteous[06662], to give[05414][8800] him according to his righteousness[06666].
9:15 When thy people[05971] Israel[03478] be smitten down[05062][8736] before[06440] the enemy[0341][8802], because they have sinned[02398][8799] against thee, and shall turn again[07725][8804] to thee, and confess[03034][8689] thy name[08034], and pray[06419][8694], and make supplication[02603][8694] unto thee in this house[01004]: in: or, toward
9:16 Then hear[08085][8799] thou in heaven[08064], and forgive[05545][8804] the sin[02403] of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], and bring them again[07725][8689] unto the land[0127] which thou gavest[05414][8804] unto their fathers[01].
9:17 When heaven[08064] is shut up[06113][8736], and there is no rain[04306], because they have sinned[02398][8799] against thee; if they pray[06419][8694] toward this place[04725], and confess[03034][8689] thy name[08034], and turn[07725][8799] from their sin[02403], when thou afflictest[06031][8686] them:
9:18 Then hear[08085][8799] thou in heaven[08064], and forgive[05545][8804] the sin[02403] of thy servants[05650], and of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], that thou teach[03384][8686] them the good[02896] way[01870] wherein they should walk[03212][8799], and give[05414][8804] rain[04306] upon thy land[0776], which thou hast given[05414][8804] to thy people[05971] for an inheritance[05159].
9:19 If there be in the land[0776] famine[07458], if there be pestilence[01698], blasting[07711], mildew[03420], locust[0697], or if there be caterpiller[02625]; if their enemy[0341][8802] besiege[06887][8686] them in the land[0776] of their cities[08179]; whatsoever plague[05061], whatsoever sickness[04245] there be ; cities: or, jurisdiction
9:20 What prayer[08605] and supplication[08467] soever be made by any man[0120], or by all thy people[05971] Israel[03478], which shall know[03045][8799] every man[0376] the plague[05061] of his own heart[03824], and spread forth[06566][8804] his hands[03709] toward this house[01004]:
9:21 Then hear[08085][8799] thou in heaven[08064] thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04349], and forgive[05545][8804], and do[06213][8804], and give[05414][8804] to every man[0376] according to his ways[01870], whose heart[03824] thou knowest[03045][8799]; (for thou, even thou only, knowest[03045][8804] the hearts[03824] of all the children[01121] of men[0120];)
9:22 That they may fear[03372][8799] thee all the days[03117] that they live[02416] in[06440] the land[0127] which thou gavest[05414][8804] unto our fathers[01].
9:23 Moreover concerning a stranger[05237], that is not of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], but cometh out[0935][8804] of a far[07350] country[0776] for[04616] thy name's[08034] sake;
9:24 (For they shall hear[08085][8799] of thy great[01419] name[08034], and of thy strong[02389] hand[03027], and of thy stretched out[05186][8803] arm[02220];) when he shall come[0935][8804] and pray[06419][8694] toward this house[01004];
9:25 Hear[08085][8799] thou in heaven[08064] thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04349], and do[06213][8804] according to all that the stranger[05237] calleth[07121][8799] to thee for: that all people[05971] of the earth[0776] may know[03045][8799] thy name[08034], to fear[03372][8800] thee, as do thy people[05971] Israel[03478]; and that they may know[03045][8800] that this house[01004], which I have builded[01129][8804], is called[07121][8738] by thy name[08034]. this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house
9:26 If thy people[05971] go out[03318][8799] to battle[04421] against their enemy[0341][8802], whithersoever[01870] thou shalt send[07971][8799] them, and shall pray[06419][8694] unto the LORD[03068] toward[01870] the city[05892] which thou hast chosen[0977][8804], and toward the house[01004] that I have built[01129][8804] for thy name[08034]: toward the city: Heb. the way of the city
9:27 Then hear[08085][8804] thou in heaven[08064] their prayer[08605] and their supplication[08467], and maintain[06213][8804] their cause[04941]. cause: or, right
9:28 If they sin[02398][8799] against thee, (for there is no man[0120] that sinneth[02398][8799] not,) and thou be angry[0599][8804] with them, and deliver[05414][8804] them to the enemy[0341][8802], so that they carry them away[07617][8804] captives[07617][8802] unto[06440] the land[0776] of the enemy[0341][8802], far[07350] or near[07138];
10:1 Yet if they shall bethink[07725][8689] themselves in the land[0776] whither they were carried captives[07617][8738], and repent[07725][8804][03820], and make supplication[02603][8694] unto thee in the land[0776] of them that carried them captives[07617][8802], saying[0559][8800], We have sinned[02398][8804], and have done perversely[05753][8689], we have committed wickedness[07561][8804]; bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart
10:2 And so return[07725][8804] unto thee with all their heart[03824], and with all their soul[05315], in the land[0776] of their enemies[0341][8802], which led them away captive[07617][8804], and pray[06419][8694] unto thee toward[01870] their land[0776], which thou gavest[05414][8804] unto their fathers[01], the city[05892] which thou hast chosen[0977][8804], and the house[01004] which I have built[01129][8804] for thy name[08034]:
10:3 Then hear[08085][8804] thou their prayer[08605] and their supplication[08467] in heaven[08064] thy dwelling[03427][8800] place[04349], and maintain[06213][8804] their cause[04941], cause: or, right
10:4 And forgive[05545][8804] thy people[05971] that have sinned[02398][8804] against thee, and all their transgressions[06588] wherein they have transgressed[06586][8804] against thee, and give[05414][8804] them compassion[07356] before[06440] them who carried them captive[07617][8802], that they may have compassion[07355][8765] on them:
10:5 For they be thy people[05971], and thine inheritance[05159], which thou broughtest forth[03318][8689] out of Egypt[04714], from the midst[08432] of the furnace[03564] of iron[01270]:
10:6 That thine eyes[05869] may be open[06605][8803] unto the supplication[08467] of thy servant[05650], and unto the supplication[08467] of thy people[05971] Israel[03478], to hearken[08085][8800] unto them in all that they call[07121][8800] for unto thee.
10:7 For thou didst separate[0914][8689] them from among all the people[05971] of the earth[0776], to be thine inheritance[05159], as thou spakest[01696][8765] by the hand[03027] of Moses[04872] thy servant[05650], when thou broughtest[03318][8687] our fathers[01] out of Egypt[04714], O Lord[0136] GOD[03069].
10:8 And it was so , that when Solomon[08010] had made an end[03615][8763] of praying[06419][8692] all this prayer[08605] and supplication[08467] unto the LORD[03068], he arose[06965][8804] from before[06440] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068], from kneeling[03766][8800] on his knees[01290] with his hands[03709] spread up[06566][8803] to heaven[08064].
10:9 And he stood[05975][8799], and blessed[01288][8762] all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478] with a loud[01419] voice[06963], saying[0559][8800],
10:10 Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068], that hath given[05414][8804] rest[04496] unto his people[05971] Israel[03478], according to all that he promised[01696][8765]: there hath not failed[05307][8804] one[0259] word[01697] of all his good[02896] promise[01697], which he promised[01696][8765] by the hand[03027] of Moses[04872] his servant[05650]. failed: Heb. fallen
10:11 The LORD[03068] our God[0430] be with us, as he was with our fathers[01]: let him not leave[05800][8799] us, nor forsake[05203][8799] us:
10:12 That he may incline[05186][8687] our hearts[03824] unto him, to walk[03212][8800] in all his ways[01870], and to keep[08104][8800] his commandments[04687], and his statutes[02706], and his judgments[04941], which he commanded[06680][8765] our fathers[01].
10:13 And let these my words[01697], wherewith I have made supplication[02603][8694] before[06440] the LORD[03068], be nigh[07138] unto the LORD[03068] our God[0430] day[03119] and night[03915], that he maintain[06213][8800] the cause[04941] of his servant[05650], and the cause[04941] of his people[05971] Israel[03478] at all times[03117][03117], as the matter[01697] shall require: at all...: Heb. the thing of a day in his day
10:14 That all the people[05971] of the earth[0776] may know[03045][8800] that the LORD[03068] is God[0430], and that there is none else.
10:15 Let your heart[03824] therefore be perfect[08003] with the LORD[03068] our God[0430], to walk[03212][8800] in his statutes[02706], and to keep[08104][8800] his commandments[04687], as at this day[03117].
10:16 And the king[04428], and all Israel[03478] with him, offered[02076][8802] sacrifice[02077] before[06440] the LORD[03068].
10:17 And Solomon[08010] offered[02076][8799] a sacrifice[02077] of peace offerings[08002], which he offered[02076][8804] unto the LORD[03068], two[08147] and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] oxen[01241], and an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] sheep[06629]. So the king[04428] and all the children[01121] of Israel[03478] dedicated[02596][8799] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
10:18 The same day[03117] did the king[04428] hallow[06942][8765] the middle[08432] of the court[02691] that was before[06440] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: for there he offered[06213][8804] burnt offerings[05930], and meat offerings[04503], and the fat[02459] of the peace offerings[08002]: because the brasen[05178] altar[04196] that was before[06440] the LORD[03068] was too little[06996] to receive[03557][8687] the burnt offerings[05930], and meat offerings[04503], and the fat[02459] of the peace offerings[08002].
10:19 And at that time[06256] Solomon[08010] held[06213][8799] a feast[02282], and all Israel[03478] with him, a great[01419] congregation[06951], from the entering[0935][8800] in of Hamath[02574] unto the river[05158] of Egypt[04714], before[06440] the LORD[03068] our God[0430], seven[07651] days[03117] and seven[07651] days[03117], even fourteen[0702][06240] days[03117].
10:20 On the eighth[08066] day[03117] he sent[07971][00] the people[05971] away[07971][8765]: and they blessed[01288][8762] the king[04428], and went[03212][8799] unto their tents[0168] joyful[08056] and glad[02896] of heart[03820] for all the goodness[02896] that the LORD[03068] had done[06213][8804] for David[01732] his servant[05650], and for Israel[03478] his people[05971]. blessed: or, thanked
10:21 And it came to pass, when Solomon[08010] had finished[03615][8763] the building[01129][8800] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the king's[04428] house[01004], and all Solomon's[08010] desire[02837] which he was pleased[02654][8804] to do[06213][8800],
10:22 That the LORD[03068] appeared[07200][8735] to Solomon[08010] the second time[08145], as he had appeared[07200][8738] unto him at Gibeon[01391].
10:23 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, I have heard[08085][8804] thy prayer[08605] and thy supplication[08467], that thou hast made[02603][8694] before[06440] me: I have hallowed[06942][8689] this house[01004], which thou hast built[01129][8804], to put[07760][8800] my name[08034] there for[05704] ever[05769]; and mine eyes[05869] and mine heart[03820] shall be there perpetually[03117].
10:24 And if thou wilt walk[03212][8799] before[06440] me, as David[01732] thy father[01] walked[01980][8804], in integrity[08537] of heart[03824], and in uprightness[03476], to do[06213][8800] according to all that I have commanded[06680][8765] thee, and wilt keep[08104][8799] my statutes[02706] and my judgments[04941]:
10:25 Then I will establish[06965][8689] the throne[03678] of thy kingdom[04467] upon Israel[03478] for ever[05769], as I promised[01696][8765] to David[01732] thy father[01], saying[0559][8800], There shall not fail[03772][8735] thee a man[0376] upon the throne[03678] of Israel[03478].
10:26 But if ye shall at all[07725][8800] turn[07725][8799] from following[0310] me, ye or your children[01121], and will not keep[08104][8799] my commandments[04687] and my statutes[02708] which I have set[05414][8804] before[06440] you, but go[01980][8804] and serve[05647][8804] other[0312] gods[0430], and worship[07812][8694] them:
10:27 Then will I cut off[03772][8689] Israel[03478] out[06440] of the land[0127] which I have given[05414][8804] them; and this house[01004], which I have hallowed[06942][8689] for my name[08034], will I cast out[07971][8762] of my sight[06440]; and Israel[03478] shall be a proverb[04912] and a byword[08148] among all people[05971]:
10:28 And at this house[01004], which is high[05945], every one that passeth[05674][8802] by it shall be astonished[08074][8799], and shall hiss[08319][8804]; and they shall say[0559][8804], Why hath the LORD[03068] done[06213][8804] thus unto this land[0776], and to this house[01004]?
10:29 And they shall answer[0559][8804], Because they forsook[05800][8804] the LORD[03068] their God[0430], who brought forth[03318][8689] their fathers[01] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], and have taken hold[02388][8686] upon other[0312] gods[0430], and have worshipped[07812][8691] them, and served[05647][8799] them: therefore hath the LORD[03068] brought[0935][8689] upon them all this evil[07451].
11:1 And it came to pass at the end[07097] of twenty[06242] years[08141], when Solomon[08010] had built[01129][8804] the two[08147] houses[01004], the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the king's[04428] house[01004],
11:2 ( Now Hiram[02438] the king[04428] of Tyre[06865] had furnished[05375][8765] Solomon[08010] with cedar[0730] trees[06086] and fir[01265] trees[06086], and with gold[02091], according to all his desire[02656],) that then[0227] king[04428] Solomon[08010] gave[05414][8799] Hiram[02438] twenty[06242] cities[05892] in the land[0776] of Galilee[01551].
11:3 And Hiram[02438] came out[03318][8799] from Tyre[06865] to see[07200][8800] the cities[05892] which Solomon[08010] had given[05414][8804] him; and they pleased[03474][8804][05869] him not. pleased...: Heb. were not right in his eyes
11:4 And he said[0559][8799], What cities[05892] are these which thou hast given[05414][8804] me, my brother[0251]? And he called[07121][8799] them the land[0776] of Cabul[03521] unto this day[03117]. Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty
11:5 And Hiram[02438] sent[07971][8799] to the king[04428] sixscore[03967][06242] talents[03603] of gold[02091].
11:6 And this is the reason[01697] of the levy[04522] which king[04428] Solomon[08010] raised[05927][8689]; for to build[01129][8800] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and his own house[01004], and Millo[04407], and the wall[02346] of Jerusalem[03389], and Hazor[02674], and Megiddo[04023], and Gezer[01507].
11:7 For Pharaoh[06547] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] had gone up[05927][8804], and taken[03920][8799] Gezer[01507], and burnt[08313][8799] it with fire[0784], and slain[02026][8804] the Canaanites[03669] that dwelt[03427][8802] in the city[05892], and given[05414][8799] it for a present[07964] unto his daughter[01323], Solomon's[08010] wife[0802].
11:8 And Solomon[08010] built[01129][8799] Gezer[01507], and Bethhoron[01032] the nether[08481],
11:9 And Baalath[01191], and Tadmor[08412] in the wilderness[04057], in the land[0776],
11:10 And all the cities[05892] of store[04543] that Solomon[08010] had, and cities[05892] for his chariots[07393], and cities[05892] for his horsemen[06571], and that[02837] which Solomon[08010] desired[02836][8804] to build[01129][8800] in Jerusalem[03389], and in Lebanon[03844], and in all the land[0776] of his dominion[04475]. that which...: Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired
11:11 And all the people[05971] that were left[03498][8737] of the Amorites[0567], Hittites[02850], Perizzites[06522], Hivites[02340], and Jebusites[02983], which were  not of the children[01121] of Israel[03478],
11:12 Their children[01121] that were left[03498][8738] after[0310] them in the land[0776], whom the children[01121] of Israel[03478] also were not able[03201][8804] utterly to destroy[02763][8687], upon those did Solomon[08010] levy[05927][8686] a tribute[04522] of bondservice[05647][8802] unto this day[03117].
11:13 But of the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did Solomon[08010] make[05414][8804] no bondmen[05650]: but they were men[0582] of war[04421], and his servants[05650], and his princes[08269], and his captains[07991], and rulers[08269] of his chariots[07393], and his horsemen[06571].
11:14 These were the chief[08269] of the officers[05324][8737] that were over Solomon's[08010] work[04399], five[02568] hundred[03967] and fifty[02572], which bare rule[07287][8802] over the people[05971] that wrought[06213][8804] in the work[04399].
11:15 But Pharaoh's[06547] daughter[01323] came up[05927][8804] out of the city[05892] of David[01732] unto her house[01004] which Solomon had built[01129][8804] for her: then did he build[01129][8804] Millo[04407].
11:16 And three[07969] times[06471] in a year[08141] did Solomon[08010] offer[05927][8689] burnt offerings[05930] and peace offerings[08002] upon the altar[04196] which he built[01129][8804] unto the LORD[03068], and he burnt incense[06999][8687] upon the altar[04196] that was before[06440] the LORD[03068]. So he finished[07999][8765] the house[01004]. upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc
11:17 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] made[06213][8804] a navy of ships[0590] in Eziongeber[06100], which is beside Eloth[0359], on the shore[08193] of the Red[05488] sea[03220], in the land[0776] of Edom[0123]. shore: Heb. lip
11:18 And Hiram[02438] sent[07971][8799] in the navy[0590] his servants[05650], shipmen[0582][0591] that had knowledge[03045][8802] of the sea[03220], with the servants[05650] of Solomon[08010].
11:19 And they came[0935][8799] to Ophir[0211], and fetched[03947][8799] from thence gold[02091], four[0702] hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] talents[03603], and brought[0935][8686] it to king[04428] Solomon[08010].
11:20 And when the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] heard[08085][8802] of the fame[08088] of Solomon[08010] concerning the name[08034] of the LORD[03068], she came[0935][8799] to prove[05254][8763] him with hard questions[02420].
11:21 And she came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] with a very[03966] great[03515] train[02428], with camels[01581] that bare[05375][8802] spices[01314], and very[03966] much[07227] gold[02091], and precious[03368] stones[068]: and when she was come[0935][8799] to Solomon[08010], she communed[01696][8762] with him of all that was in her heart[03824].
11:22 And Solomon[08010] told[05046][8686] her all her questions[01697]: there was not any thing[01697] hid[05956][8737] from the king[04428], which he told[05046][8689] her not. questions: Heb. words
11:23 And when the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] had seen[07200][8799] all Solomon's[08010] wisdom[02451], and the house[01004] that he had built[01129][8804],
11:24 And the meat[03978] of his table[07979], and the sitting[04186] of his servants[05650], and the attendance[04612] of his ministers[08334][8764], and their apparel[04403], and his cupbearers[08248][8688], and his ascent[05930] by which he went up[05927][8799] unto the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]; there was no more spirit[07307] in her. attendance: Heb. standing cupbearers: or, butlers
11:25 And she said[0559][8799] to the king[04428], It was a true[0571] report[01697] that I heard[08085][8804] in mine own land[0776] of thy acts[01697] and of thy wisdom[02451]. report: Heb. word acts: or, sayings
11:26 Howbeit I believed[0539][8689] not the words[01697], until I came[0935][8804], and mine eyes[05869] had seen[07200][8799] it : and, behold, the half[02677] was not told[05046][8717] me: thy wisdom[02451] and prosperity[02896] exceedeth[03254][8689] the fame[08052] which I heard[08085][8804]. thy...: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to
11:27 Happy[0835] are thy men[0582], happy[0835] are these thy servants[05650], which stand[05975][8802] continually[08548] before[06440] thee, and that hear[08085][8802] thy wisdom[02451].
11:28 Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], which delighted[02654][8804] in thee, to set[05414][8800] thee on the throne[03678] of Israel[03478]: because the LORD[03068] loved[0160] Israel[03478] for ever[05769], therefore made[07760][8799] he thee king[04428], to do[06213][8800] judgment[04941] and justice[06666].
11:29 And she gave[05414][8799] the king[04428] an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] talents[03603] of gold[02091], and of spices[01314] very[03966] great store[07235][8687], and precious[03368] stones[068]: there came[0935][8804] no more such[01931] abundance[07230] of spices[01314] as these which the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] gave[05414][8804] to king[04428] Solomon[08010].
11:30 And the navy[0590] also of Hiram[02438], that brought[05375][8804] gold[02091] from Ophir[0211], brought in[0935][8689] from Ophir[0211] great[03966] plenty[07235][8687] of almug[0484] trees[06086], and precious[03368] stones[068]. almug...: also called, algum trees
11:31 And the king[04428] made[06213][8799] of the almug[0484] trees[06086] pillars[04552] for the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and for the king's[04428] house[01004], harps[03658] also and psalteries[05035] for singers[07891][8802]: there came[0935][8804] no such almug[0484] trees[06086], nor were seen[07200][8738] unto this day[03117]. pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop
11:32 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] gave[05414][8804] unto the queen[04436] of Sheba[07614] all her desire[02656], whatsoever she asked[07592][8804], beside that which Solomon[08010] gave[05414][8804] her of his royal[04428] bounty[03027]. So she turned[06437][8799] and went[03212][8799] to her own country[0776], she and her servants[05650]. of his...: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon
11:33 Now the weight[04948] of gold[02091] that came[0935][8804] to Solomon[08010] in one[0259] year[08141] was six[08337] hundred[03967] threescore[08346] and six[08337] talents[03603] of gold[02091],
11:34 Beside that he had of the merchantmen[0582][08446][8802], and of the traffick[04536] of the spice merchants[07402][8802], and of all the kings[04428] of Arabia[06153], and of the governors[06346] of the country[0776]. governors: or, captains
11:35 And king[04428] Solomon[08010] made[06213][8799] two hundred[03967] targets[06793] of beaten[07820][8803] gold[02091]: six[08337] hundred[03967] shekels of gold[02091] went[05927][8686] to one[0259] target[06793].
11:36 And he made three[07969] hundred[03967] shields[04043] of beaten[07820][8803] gold[02091]; three[07969] pound[04488] of gold[02091] went[05927][8686] to one[0259] shield[04043]: and the king[04428] put[05414][8799] them in the house[01004] of the forest[03293] of Lebanon[03844].
11:37 Moreover the king[04428] made[06213][8799] a great[01419] throne[03678] of ivory[08127], and overlaid[06823][8762] it with the best[06338][8716] gold[02091].
11:38 The throne[03678] had six[08337] steps[04609], and the top[07218] of the throne[03678] was round[05696] behind[0310]: and there were stays[03027] on either side on the place[04725] of the seat[07675][8800], and two[08147] lions[0738] stood[05975][8802] beside[0681] the stays[03027]. behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereof stays: Heb. hands
11:39 And twelve[08147][06240] lions[0738] stood[05975][8802] there on the one side and on the other upon the six[08337] steps[04609]: there was not the like[03651] made[06213][8738] in any kingdom[04467]. the like: Heb. so
11:40 And all king[04428] Solomon's[08010] drinking[04945] vessels[03627] were of gold[02091], and all the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of the forest[03293] of Lebanon[03844] were of pure[05462][8803] gold[02091]; none were of silver[03701]: it was nothing[03972] accounted[02803][8737] of in the days[03117] of Solomon[08010]. none...: or, there was no silver in them
11:41 For the king[04428] had at sea[03220] a navy[0590] of Tharshish[08659] with the navy[0590] of Hiram[02438]: once[0259] in three[07969] years[08141] came[0935][8799] the navy[0590] of Tharshish[08659], bringing[05375][8802] gold[02091], and silver[03701], ivory[08143], and apes[06971], and peacocks[08500]. ivory: or, elephants' teeth
11:42 So king[04428] Solomon[08010] exceeded[01431][8799] all the kings[04428] of the earth[0776] for riches[06239] and for wisdom[02451].
11:43 And all the earth[0776] sought[01245][8764] to[06440] Solomon[08010], to hear[08085][8800] his wisdom[02451], which God[0430] had put[05414][8804] in his heart[03820]. sought to: Heb. sought the face of
12:1 And they brought[0935][8688] every man[0376] his present[04503], vessels[03627] of silver[03701], and vessels[03627] of gold[02091], and garments[08008], and armour[05402], and spices[01314], horses[05483], and mules[06505], a rate[01697] year[08141] by year[08141].
12:2 And Solomon[08010] gathered together[0622][8799] chariots[07393] and horsemen[06571]: and he had a thousand[0505] and four[0702] hundred[03967] chariots[07393], and twelve[08147][06240] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571], whom he bestowed[05148][8686] in the cities[05892] for chariots[07393], and with the king[04428] at Jerusalem[03389].
12:3 And the king[04428] made[05414][8799] silver[03701] to be in Jerusalem[03389] as stones[068], and cedars[0730] made[05414][8804] he to be as the sycomore trees[08256] that are in the vale[08219], for abundance[07230]. made: Heb. gave
12:4 And Solomon[08010] had horses[05483] brought[04161] out of Egypt[04714], and linen yarn[04723]: the king's[04428] merchants[05503][8802] received[03947][8799] the linen yarn[04723] at a price[04242]. And Solomon...: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's
12:5 And a chariot[04818] came up[05927][8799] and went out[03318][8799] of Egypt[04714] for six[08337] hundred[03967] shekels of silver[03701], and an horse[05483] for an hundred[03967] and fifty[02572]: and so for all the kings[04428] of the Hittites[02850], and for the kings[04428] of Syria[0758], did they bring them out[03318][8686] by their means[03027]. by their...: Heb. by their hand
12:6 But king[04428] Solomon[08010] loved[0157][8804] many[07227] strange[05237] women[0802], together with the daughter[01323] of Pharaoh[06547], women of the Moabites[04125], Ammonites[05984], Edomites[0130], Zidonians[06722], and Hittites[02850]; together...: or, beside
12:7 Of the nations[01471] concerning which the LORD[03068] said[0559][8804] unto the children[01121] of Israel[03478], Ye shall not go in[0935][8799] to them, neither shall they come in[0935][8799] unto you: for  surely[0403] they will turn away[05186][8686] your heart[03824] after[0310] their gods[0430]: Solomon[08010] clave[01692][8804] unto these in love[0157][8800].
12:8 And he had seven[07651] hundred[03967] wives[0802], princesses[08282], and three[07969] hundred[03967] concubines[06370]: and his wives[0802] turned away[05186][8686] his heart[03820].
12:9 For it came to pass, when[06256] Solomon[08010] was old[02209], that his wives[0802] turned away[05186][8689] his heart[03824] after[0310] other[0312] gods[0430]: and his heart[03824] was not perfect[08003] with the LORD[03068] his God[0430], as was the heart[03824] of David[01732] his father[01].
12:10 For Solomon[08010] went[03212][8799] after[0310] Ashtoreth[06253] the goddess[0430] of the Zidonians[06722], and after[0310] Milcom[04445] the abomination[08251] of the Ammonites[05984]. Milcom: also called, Molech
12:11 And Solomon[08010] did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and went not fully[04390][8765] after[0310] the LORD[03068], as did David[01732] his father[01]. went...: Heb. fulfilled not after
12:12 Then did Solomon[08010] build[01129][8799] an high place[01116] for Chemosh[03645], the abomination[08251] of Moab[04124], in the hill[02022] that is before[06440] Jerusalem[03389], and for Molech[04432], the abomination[08251] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
12:13 And likewise did[06213][8804] he for all his strange[05237] wives[0802], which burnt incense[06999][8688] and sacrificed[02076][8764] unto their gods[0430].
12:14 And the LORD[03068] was angry[0599][8691] with Solomon[08010], because his heart[03824] was turned[05186][8804] from the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], which had appeared[07200][8738] unto him twice[06471],
12:15 And had commanded[06680][8765] him concerning this thing[01697], that he should not go[03212][8800] after[0310] other[0312] gods[0430]: but he kept[08104][8804] not that which the LORD[03068] commanded[06680][8765].
12:16 Wherefore the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Solomon[08010], Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept[08104][8804] my covenant[01285] and my statutes[02708], which I have commanded[06680][8765] thee, I will surely[07167][8800] rend[07167][8799] the kingdom[04467] from thee, and will give[05414][8804] it to thy servant[05650]. is done...: Heb. is with thee
12:17 Notwithstanding in thy days[03117] I will not do[06213][8799] it for David[01732] thy father's[01] sake: but I will rend[07167][8799] it out of the hand[03027] of thy son[01121].
12:18 Howbeit[07535] I will not rend away[07167][8799] all the kingdom[04467]; but will give[05414][8799] one[0259] tribe[07626] to thy son[01121] for David[01732] my servant's[05650] sake, and for Jerusalem's[03389] sake which I have chosen[0977][8804].
12:19 And the LORD[03068] stirred up[06965][8686] an adversary[07854] unto Solomon[08010], Hadad[01908] the Edomite[0130]: he was of the king's[04428] seed[02233] in Edom[0123].
12:20 For it came to pass, when David[01732] was in Edom[0123], and Joab[03097] the captain[08269] of the host[06635] was gone up[05927][8800] to bury[06912][8763] the slain[02491], after he had smitten[05221][8686] every male[02145] in Edom[0123];
12:21 (For six[08337] months[02320] did Joab[03097] remain[03427][8804] there with all Israel[03478], until he had cut off[03772][8689] every male[02145] in Edom[0123]:)
12:22 That Hadad[0111] fled[01272][8799], he and certain[0582] Edomites[0130] of his father's[01] servants[05650] with him, to go[0935][8800] into Egypt[04714]; Hadad[01908] being yet a little[06996] child[05288].
12:23 And they arose[06965][8799] out of Midian[04080], and came[0935][8799] to Paran[06290]: and they took[03947][8799] men[0582] with them out of Paran[06290], and they came[0935][8799] to Egypt[04714], unto Pharaoh[06547] king[04428] of Egypt[04714]; which gave[05414][8799] him an house[01004], and appointed[0559][8804] him victuals[03899], and gave[05414][8804] him land[0776].
12:24 And Hadad[01908] found[04672][8799] great[03966] favour[02580] in the sight[05869] of Pharaoh[06547], so that he gave[05414][8799] him to wife[0802] the sister[0269] of his own wife[0802], the sister[0269] of Tahpenes[08472] the queen[01377].
12:25 And the sister[0269] of Tahpenes[08472] bare[03205][8799] him Genubath[01592] his son[01121], whom Tahpenes[08472] weaned[01580][8799] in[08432] Pharaoh's[06547] house[01004]: and Genubath[01592] was in Pharaoh's[06547] household[01004] among[08432] the sons[01121] of Pharaoh[06547].
12:26 And when Hadad[01908] heard[08085][8804] in Egypt[04714] that David[01732] slept[07901][8804] with his fathers[01], and that Joab[03097] the captain[08269] of the host[06635] was dead[04191][8804], Hadad[01908] said[0559][8799] to Pharaoh[06547], Let me depart[07971][8761], that I may go[03212][8799] to mine own country[0776]. Let...: Heb. Send me away
12:27 Then Pharaoh[06547] said[0559][8799] unto him, But what hast thou lacked[02638] with me, that, behold, thou seekest[01245][8764] to go[03212][8800] to thine own country[0776]? And he answered[0559][8799], Nothing: howbeit let me go[07971][8762] in any wise[07971][8763]. Nothing: Heb. Not
12:28 And God[0430] stirred him up[06965][8686] another adversary[07854], Rezon[07331] the son[01121] of Eliadah[0450], which fled[01272][8804] from his lord[0113] Hadadezer[01909] king[04428] of Zobah[06678]:
12:29 And he gathered[06908][8799] men[0582] unto him, and became captain[08269] over a band[01416], when David[01732] slew[02026][8800] them of Zobah : and they went[03212][8799] to Damascus[01834], and dwelt[03427][8799] therein, and reigned[04427][8799] in Damascus[01834].
12:30 And he was an adversary[07854] to Israel[03478] all the days[03117] of Solomon[08010], beside the mischief[07451] that Hadad[01908] did : and he abhorred[06973][8799] Israel[03478], and reigned[04427][8799] over Syria[0758].
12:31 And Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], an Ephrathite[0673] of Zereda[06868], Solomon's[08010] servant[05650], whose mother's[0517] name[08034] was Zeruah[06871], a widow[0490] woman[0802], even he lifted up[07311][8686] his hand[03027] against the king[04428].
12:32 And this was the cause[01697] that he lifted up[07311][8689] his hand[03027] against the king[04428]: Solomon[08010] built[01129][8804] Millo[04407], and repaired[05462][8804] the breaches[06556] of the city[05892] of David[01732] his father[01]. repaired: Heb. closed
12:33 And the man[0376] Jeroboam[03379] was a mighty man[01368] of valour[02428]: and Solomon[08010] seeing[07200][8799] the young man[05288] that he was industrious[06213][8802][04399], he made him ruler[06485][8686] over all the charge[05447] of the house[01004] of Joseph[03130]. was industrious: Heb. did work charge: Heb. burden
13:1 And it came to pass at that time[06256] when Jeroboam[03379] went out[03318][8804] of Jerusalem[03389], that the prophet[05030] Ahijah[0281] the Shilonite[07888] found[04672][8799] him in the way[01870]; and he had clad[03680][8693] himself with a new[02319] garment[08008]; and they two[08147] were alone in the field[07704]:
13:2 And Ahijah[0281] caught[08610][8799] the new[02319] garment[08008] that was on him, and rent[07167][8799] it in twelve[08147][06240] pieces[07168]:
13:3 And he said[0559][8799] to Jeroboam[03379], Take[03947][8798] thee ten[06235] pieces[07168]: for thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], the God[0430] of Israel[03478], Behold, I will rend[07167][8802] the kingdom[04467] out of the hand[03027] of Solomon[08010], and will give[05414][8804] ten[06235] tribes[07626] to thee:
13:4 (But he shall have one[0259] tribe[07626] for my servant[05650] David's[01732] sake, and for Jerusalem's[03389] sake, the city[05892] which I have chosen[0977][8804] out of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478]:)
13:5 Because that they have forsaken[05800][8804] me, and have worshipped[07812][8691] Ashtoreth[06253] the goddess[0430] of the Zidonians[06722], Chemosh[03645] the god[0430] of the Moabites[04124], and Milcom[04445] the god[0430] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and have not walked[01980][8804] in my ways[01870], to do[06213][8800] that which is right[03477] in mine eyes[05869], and to keep my statutes[02708] and my judgments[04941], as did David[01732] his father[01].
13:6 Howbeit I will not take[03947][8799] the whole kingdom[04467] out of his hand[03027]: but I will make[07896][8799] him prince[05387] all the days[03117] of his life[02416] for David[01732] my servant's[05650] sake, whom I chose[0977][8804], because he kept[08104][8804] my commandments[04687] and my statutes[02708]:
13:7 But I will take[03947][8804] the kingdom[04410] out of his son's[01121] hand[03027], and will give[05414][8804] it unto thee, even ten[06235] tribes[07626].
13:8 And unto his son[01121] will I give[05414][8799] one[0259] tribe[07626], that David[01732] my servant[05650] may have a light[05216] alway[03117] before[06440] me in Jerusalem[03389], the city[05892] which I have chosen[0977][8804] me to put[07760][8800] my name[08034] there. light: Heb. lamp, or, candle
13:9 And I will take[03947][8799] thee, and thou shalt reign[04427][8804] according to all that thy soul[05315] desireth[0183][8762], and shalt be king[04428] over Israel[03478].
13:10 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken[08085][8799] unto all that I command[06680][8762] thee, and wilt walk[01980][8804] in my ways[01870], and do[06213][8804] that is right[03477] in my sight[05869], to keep[08104][8800] my statutes[02708] and my commandments[04687], as David[01732] my servant[05650] did[06213][8804]; that I will be with thee, and build[01129][8804] thee a sure[0539][8737] house[01004], as I built[01129][8804] for David[01732], and will give[05414][8804] Israel[03478] unto thee.
13:11 And I will for this afflict[06031][8762] the seed[02233] of David[01732], but not for ever[03117].
13:12 Solomon[08010] sought[01245][8762] therefore to kill[04191][8687] Jeroboam[03379]. And Jeroboam[03379] arose[06965][8799], and fled[01272][8799] into Egypt[04714], unto Shishak[07895] king[04428] of Egypt[04714], and was in Egypt[04714] until the death[04194] of Solomon[08010].
13:13 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Solomon[08010], and all that he did[06213][8804], and his wisdom[02451], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the acts[01697] of Solomon[08010]? acts: or, words, or, things
13:14 And the time[03117] that Solomon[08010] reigned[04427][8804] in Jerusalem[03389] over all Israel[03478] was forty[0705] years[08141]. time: Heb. days
13:15 And Solomon[08010] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in the city[05892] of David[01732] his father[01]: and Rehoboam[07346] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam
13:16 And Rehoboam[07346] went[03212][8799] to Shechem[07927]: for all Israel[03478] were come[0935][8804] to Shechem[07927] to make him king[04427][8687].
13:17 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], who was yet in Egypt[04714], heard[08085][8800] of it , (for he was fled[01272][8804] from the presence[06440] of king[04428] Solomon[08010], and Jeroboam[03379] dwelt[03427][8799] in Egypt[04714];)
13:18 That they sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] him. And Jeroboam[03379] and all the congregation[06951] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8799], and spake[01696][8762] unto Rehoboam[07346], saying[0559][8800],
13:19 Thy father[01] made[07185][00] our yoke[05923] grievous[07185][8689]: now therefore make thou the grievous[07186] service[05656] of thy father[01], and his heavy[03515] yoke[05923] which he put[05414][8804] upon us, lighter[07043][8685], and we will serve[05647][8799] thee.
13:20 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Depart[03212][8798] yet for three[07969] days[03117], then come again[07725][8798] to me. And the people[05971] departed[03212][8799].
13:21 And king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] consulted[03289][8735] with the old men[02205], that stood[05975][8802] before[06440] Solomon[08010] his father[01] while he yet lived[02416], and said[0559][8800], How do ye advise[03289][8737] that I may[07725][8687] answer[01697] this people[05971]?
13:22 And they spake[01696][8762] unto him, saying[0559][8800], If thou wilt be a servant[05650] unto this people[05971] this day[03117], and wilt serve[05647][8804] them, and answer[06030][8804] them, and speak[01696][8765] good[02896] words[01697] to them, then they will be thy servants[05650] for ever[03117].
13:23 But he forsook[05800][8799] the counsel[06098] of the old men[02205], which they had given[03289][8804] him, and consulted[03289][8735] with the young men[03206] that were grown up[01431][8804] with him, and which stood[05975][8802] before[06440] him:
13:24 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, What counsel give[03289][8737] ye that we may[07725][8686] answer[01697] this people[05971], who have spoken[01696][8765] to me, saying[0559][8800], Make[07043][00] the yoke[05923] which thy father[01] did put[05414][8804] upon us lighter[07043][8685]?
13:25 And the young men[03206] that were grown up[01431][8804] with him spake[01696][8762] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Thus shalt thou speak[0559][8799] unto this people[05971] that spake[01696][8765] unto thee, saying[0559][8800], Thy father[01] made[03513][00] our yoke[05923] heavy[03513][8689], but make thou it lighter[07043][8685] unto us; thus shalt thou say[01696][8762] unto them, My little[06995] finger shall be thicker[05666][8804] than my father's[01] loins[04975].
13:26 And now whereas my father[01] did lade[06006][8689] you with a heavy[03515] yoke[05923], I will add[03254][8686] to your yoke[05923]: my father[01] hath chastised[03256][8765] you with whips[07752], but I will chastise[03256][8762] you with scorpions[06137].
13:27 So Jeroboam[03379] and all the people[05971] came[0935][8799] to Rehoboam[07346] the third[07992] day[03117], as the king[04428] had appointed[01696][8765], saying[0559][8800], Come to me again[07725][8798] the third[07992] day[03117].
13:28 And the king[04428] answered[06030][8799] the people[05971] roughly[07186], and forsook[05800][8799] the old men's[02205] counsel[06098] that they gave[03289][8804] him; roughly: Heb. hardly
13:29 And spake[01696][8762] to them after the counsel[06098] of the young men[03206], saying[0559][8800], My father[01] made[03513][00] your yoke[05923] heavy[03513][8689], and I will add[03254][8686] to your yoke[05923]: my father[01] also chastised[03256][8765] you with whips[07752], but I will chastise[03256][8762] you with scorpions[06137].
13:30 Wherefore the king[04428] hearkened[08085][8804] not unto the people[05971]; for the cause[05438] was from the LORD[03068], that he might perform[06965][8687] his saying[01697], which the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8765] by[03027] Ahijah[0281] the Shilonite[07888] unto Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028].
13:31 So[07725][8686] when all Israel[03478] saw[07200][8799] that the king[04428] hearkened[08085][8804] not unto them, the people[05971] answered[01697] the king[04428], saying[0559][8800], What portion[02506] have we in David[01732]? neither have we inheritance[05159] in the son[01121] of Jesse[03448]: to your tents[0168], O Israel[03478]: now see[07200][8798] to thine own house[01004], David[01732]. So Israel[03478] departed[03212][8799] unto their tents[0168].
13:32 But as for the children[01121] of Israel[03478] which dwelt[03427][8802] in the cities[05892] of Judah[03063], Rehoboam[07346] reigned[04427][8799] over them.
13:33 Then king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] sent[07971][8799] Adoram[0151], who was over the tribute[04522]; and all Israel[03478] stoned[07275][8799] him with stones[068], that he died[04191][8799]. Therefore king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] made speed[0553][8694] to get him up[05927][8800] to his chariot[04818], to flee[05127][8800] to Jerusalem[03389]. made...: Heb. strengthened himself
13:34 So Israel[03478] rebelled[06586][8799] against the house[01004] of David[01732] unto this day[03117]. rebelled: or, fell away
14:1 And it came to pass, when all Israel[03478] heard[08085][8800] that Jeroboam[03379] was come again[07725][8804], that they sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] him unto the congregation[05712], and made him king[04427][8686] over all Israel[03478]: there was none that followed[0310] the house[01004] of David[01732], but[02108] the tribe[07626] of Judah[03063] only.
14:2 And when Rehoboam[07346] was come[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], he assembled[06950][8686] all the house[01004] of Judah[03063], with the tribe[07626] of Benjamin[01144], an hundred[03967] and fourscore[08084] thousand[0505] chosen men[0977][8803], which were warriors[06213][8802][04421], to fight[03898][8736] against the house[01004] of Israel[03478], to bring[07725][00] the kingdom[04410] again[07725][8687] to Rehoboam[07346] the son[01121] of Solomon[08010].
14:3 But the word[01697] of God[0430] came unto Shemaiah[08098] the man[0376] of God[0430], saying[0559][8800],
14:4 Speak[0559][8798] unto Rehoboam[07346], the son[01121] of Solomon[08010], king[04428] of Judah[03063], and unto all the house[01004] of Judah[03063] and Benjamin[01144], and to the remnant[03499] of the people[05971], saying[0559][8800],
14:5 Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Ye shall not go up[05927][8799], nor fight[03898][8735] against your brethren[0251] the children[01121] of Israel[03478]: return[07725][8798] every man[0376] to his house[01004]; for this thing[01697] is[01961][8738] from me. They hearkened[08085][8799] therefore to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], and returned[07725][8799] to depart[03212][8800], according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
14:6 Then Jeroboam[03379] built[01129][8799] Shechem[07927] in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and dwelt[03427][8799] therein; and went out[03318][8799] from thence, and built[01129][8799] Penuel[06439].
14:7 And Jeroboam[03379] said[0559][8799] in his heart[03820], Now shall the kingdom[04467] return[07725][8799] to the house[01004] of David[01732]:
14:8 If this people[05971] go up[05927][8799] to do[06213][8800] sacrifice[02077] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] at Jerusalem[03389], then shall the heart[03820] of this people[05971] turn again[07725][8804] unto their lord[0113], even unto Rehoboam[07346] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and they shall kill[02026][8804] me, and go again[07725][8804] to Rehoboam[07346] king[04428] of Judah[03063].
14:9 Whereupon the king[04428] took counsel[03289][8735], and made[06213][8799] two[08147] calves[05695] of gold[02091], and said[0559][8799] unto them, It is too much[07227] for you to go up[05927][8800] to Jerusalem[03389]: behold thy gods[0430], O Israel[03478], which brought thee up[05927][8689] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714].
14:10 And he set[07760][8799] the one[0259] in Bethel[01008], and the other[0259] put[05414][8804] he in Dan[01835].
14:11 And this thing[01697] became a sin[02403]: for the people[05971] went[03212][8799] to worship before[06440] the one[0259], even unto Dan[01835].
14:12 And he made[06213][8799] an house[01004] of high places[01116], and made[06213][8799] priests[03548] of the lowest[07098] of the people[05971], which were not of the sons[01121] of Levi[03878].
14:13 And Jeroboam[03379] ordained[06213][8799] a feast[02282] in the eighth[08066] month[02320], on the fifteenth[02568][06240] day[03117] of the month[02320], like unto the feast[02282] that is in Judah[03063], and he offered[05927][8686] upon the altar[04196]. So did[06213][8804] he in Bethel[01008], sacrificing[02076][8763] unto the calves[05695] that he had made[06213][8804]: and he placed[05975][8689] in Bethel[01008] the priests[03548] of the high places[01116] which he had made[06213][8804]. offered...: or, went up to the altar, etc sacrificing: or, to sacrifice
14:14 So he offered[05927][8686] upon the altar[04196] which he had made[06213][8804] in Bethel[01008] the fifteenth[02568][06240] day[03117] of the eighth[08066] month[02320], even  in the month[02320] which he had devised[0908][8804] of his own heart[03820]; and ordained[06213][8799] a feast[02282] unto the children[01121] of Israel[03478]: and he offered[05927][8686] upon the altar[04196], and burnt incense[06999][8687]. offered...: or, went up to the altar, etc and burnt...: Heb. to burn incense
14:15 And, behold, there came[0935][8804] a man[0376] of God[0430] out of Judah[03063] by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] unto Bethel[01008]: and Jeroboam[03379] stood[05975][8802] by the altar[04196] to burn incense[06999][8687]. burn: or, offer
14:16 And he cried[07121][8799] against the altar[04196] in the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], O altar[04196], altar[04196], thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068]; Behold, a child[01121] shall be born[03205][8737] unto the house[01004] of David[01732], Josiah[02977] by name[08034]; and upon thee shall he offer[02076][8804] the priests[03548] of the high places[01116] that burn incense[06999][8688] upon thee, and men's[0120] bones[06106] shall be burnt[08313][8799] upon thee.
14:17 And he gave[05414][8804] a sign[04159] the same day[03117], saying[0559][8800], This is the sign[04159] which the LORD[03068] hath spoken[01696][8765]; Behold, the altar[04196] shall be rent[07167][8738], and the ashes[01880] that are upon it shall be poured out[08210][8738].
14:18 And it came to pass, when king[04428] Jeroboam[03379] heard[08085][8800] the saying[01697] of the man[0376] of God[0430], which had cried[07121][8804] against the altar[04196] in Bethel[01008], that he put forth[07971][8799] his hand[03027] from the altar[04196], saying[0559][8800], Lay hold[08610][8798] on him. And his hand[03027], which he put forth[07971][8804] against him, dried up[03001][8799], so that he could[03201][8804] not pull it in again[07725][8687] to him.
14:19 The altar[04196] also was rent[07167][8738], and the ashes[01880] poured out[08210][8735] from the altar[04196], according to the sign[04159] which the man[0376] of God[0430] had given[05414][8804] by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068].
14:20 And the king[04428] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] unto the man[0376] of God[0430], Intreat[02470][8761] now the face[06440] of the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], and pray[06419][8690] for me, that my hand[03027] may be restored me again[07725][8799]. And the man[0376] of God[0430] besought[02470][8762][06440] the LORD[03068], and the king's[04428] hand[03027] was restored him again[07725][8799], and became as it was before[07223]. the LORD, and: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc
14:21 And the king[04428] said[01696][8762] unto the man[0376] of God[0430], Come[0935][8798] home[01004] with me, and refresh[05582][8798] thyself, and I will give[05414][8799] thee a reward[04991].
14:22 And the man[0376] of God[0430] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], If thou wilt give[05414][8799] me half[02677] thine house[01004], I will not go in[0935][8799] with thee, neither will I eat[0398][8799] bread[03899] nor drink[08354][8799] water[04325] in this place[04725]:
14:23 For so was it charged[06680][8765] me by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Eat[0398][8799] no bread[03899], nor drink[08354][8799] water[04325], nor turn again[07725][8799] by the same way[01870] that thou camest[01980][8804].
14:24 So he went[03212][8799] another[0312] way[01870], and returned[07725][8804] not by the way[01870] that he came[0935][8804] to Bethel[01008].
14:25 Now there dwelt[03427][8802] an[0259] old[02205] prophet[05030] in Bethel[01008]; and his sons[01121] came[0935][8799] and told[05608][8762] him all the works[04639] that the man[0376] of God[0430] had done[06213][8804] that day[03117] in Bethel[01008]: the words[01697] which he had spoken[01696][8765] unto the king[04428], them they told[05608][8762] also to their father[01].
14:26 And their father[01] said[01696][8762] unto them, What way[01870] went[01980][8804] he? For his sons[01121] had seen[07200][8799] what[0335] way[01870] the man[0376] of God[0430] went[01980][8804], which came[0935][8804] from Judah[03063].
14:27 And he said[0559][8799] unto his sons[01121], Saddle[02280][8798] me the ass[02543]. So they saddled[02280][8799] him the ass[02543]: and he rode[07392][8799] thereon,
14:28 And went[03212][8799] after[0310] the man[0376] of God[0430], and found[04672][8799] him sitting[03427][8802] under an oak[0424]: and he said[0559][8799] unto him, Art thou the man[0376] of God[0430] that camest[0935][8804] from Judah[03063]? And he said[0559][8799], I am .
14:29 Then he said[0559][8799] unto him, Come[03212][8798] home[01004] with me, and eat[0398][8798] bread[03899].
14:30 And he said[0559][8799], I may[03201][8799] not return[07725][8800] with thee, nor go in[0935][8800] with thee: neither will I eat[0398][8799] bread[03899] nor drink[08354][8799] water[04325] with thee in this place[04725]:
14:31 For it was said[01697] to me by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], Thou shalt eat[0398][8799] no bread[03899] nor drink[08354][8799] water[04325] there, nor turn again[07725][8799] to go[03212][8800] by the way[01870] that thou camest[01980][8804]. it...: Heb. a word was
15:1 He said[0559][8799] unto him, I am a prophet[05030] also as thou art ; and an angel[04397] spake[01696][8765] unto me by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Bring him back[07725][8685] with thee into thine house[01004], that he may eat[0398][8799] bread[03899] and drink[08354][8799] water[04325]. But he lied[03584][8765] unto him.
15:2 So he went back[07725][8799] with him, and did eat[0398][8799] bread[03899] in his house[01004], and drank[08354][8799] water[04325].
15:3 And it came to pass, as they sat[03427][8802] at the table[07979], that the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came unto the prophet[05030] that brought him back[07725][8689]:
15:4 And he cried[07121][8799] unto the man[0376] of God[0430] that came[0935][8804] from Judah[03063], saying[0559][8800], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Forasmuch as[03282] thou hast disobeyed[04784][8804] the mouth[06310] of the LORD[03068], and hast not kept[08104][8804] the commandment[04687] which the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] commanded[06680][8765] thee,
15:5 But camest back[07725][8799], and hast eaten[0398][8799] bread[03899] and drunk[08354][8799] water[04325] in the place[04725], of the which the LORD did say[01696][8765] to thee, Eat[0398][8799] no bread[03899], and drink[08354][8799] no water[04325]; thy carcase[05038] shall not come[0935][8799] unto the sepulchre[06913] of thy fathers[01].
15:6 And it came to pass, after[0310] he had eaten[0398][8800] bread[03899], and after[0310] he had drunk[08354][8800], that he saddled[02280][8799] for him the ass[02543], to wit , for the prophet[05030] whom he had brought back[07725][8689].
15:7 And when he was gone[03212][8799], a lion[0738] met[04672][8799] him by the way[01870], and slew[04191][8686] him: and his carcase[05038] was cast[07993][8716] in the way[01870], and the ass[02543] stood[05975][8802] by[0681] it, the lion[0738] also stood[05975][8802] by the carcase[05038].
15:8 And, behold, men[0582] passed by[05674][8802], and saw[07200][8799] the carcase[05038] cast[07993][8716] in the way[01870], and the lion[0738] standing[05975][8802] by[0681] the carcase[05038]: and they came[0935][8799] and told[01696][8762] it in the city[05892] where the old[02205] prophet[05030] dwelt[03427][8802].
15:9 And when the prophet[05030] that brought him back[07725][8689] from the way[01870] heard[08085][8799] thereof , he said[0559][8799], It is the man[0376] of God[0430], who was disobedient[04784][8804] unto the word[06310] of the LORD[03068]: therefore the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8799] him unto the lion[0738], which hath torn[07665][8799] him, and slain[04191][8686] him, according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] unto him. torn: Heb. broken
15:10 And he spake[01696][8762] to his sons[01121], saying[0559][8800], Saddle[02280][8798] me the ass[02543]. And they saddled[02280][8799] him .
15:11 And he went[03212][8799] and found[04672][8799] his carcase[05038] cast[07993][8716] in the way[01870], and the ass[02543] and the lion[0738] standing[05975][8802] by[0681] the carcase[05038]: the lion[0738] had not eaten[0398][8804] the carcase[05038], nor torn[07665][8804] the ass[02543]. torn: Heb. broken
15:12 And the prophet[05030] took up[05375][8799] the carcase[05038] of the man[0376] of God[0430], and laid[03240][8686] it upon the ass[02543], and brought it back[07725][8686]: and the old[02205] prophet[05030] came[0935][8799] to the city[05892], to mourn[05594][8800] and to bury[06912][8800] him.
15:13 And he laid[03240][8686] his carcase[05038] in his own grave[06913]; and they mourned[05594][8799] over him, saying , Alas[01945], my brother[0251]!
15:14 And it came to pass, after[0310] he had buried[06912][8800] him, that he spake[0559][8799] to his sons[01121], saying[0559][8800], When I am dead[04191][8800], then bury[06912][8804] me in the sepulchre[06913] wherein the man[0376] of God[0430] is buried[06912][8803]; lay[03240][8685] my bones[06106] beside[0681] his bones[06106]:
15:15 For the saying[01697] which he cried[07121][8804] by the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] against the altar[04196] in Bethel[01008], and against all the houses[01004] of the high places[01116] which are in the cities[05892] of Samaria[08111], shall surely come to pass.
15:16 After[0310] this thing[01697] Jeroboam[03379] returned[07725][8804] not from his evil[07451] way[01870], but made[06213][8799] again[07725][8799] of the lowest[07098] of the people[05971] priests[03548] of the high places[01116]: whosoever would[02655], he consecrated[04390][8762][03027] him, and he became one of the priests[03548] of the high places[01116]. made...: Heb. returned and made consecrated...: Heb. filled his hand
15:17 And this thing[01697] became sin[02403] unto the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379], even to cut it off[03582][8687], and to destroy[08045][8687] it from off the face[06440] of the earth[0127].
15:18 At that time[06256] Abijah[029] the son[01121] of Jeroboam[03379] fell sick[02470][8804].
15:19 And Jeroboam[03379] said[0559][8799] to his wife[0802], Arise[06965][8798], I pray thee, and disguise[08138][8690] thyself, that thou be not known[03045][8799] to be the wife[0802] of Jeroboam[03379]; and get[01980][8804] thee to Shiloh[07887]: behold, there is Ahijah[0281] the prophet[05030], which told[01696][8765] me that I should be king[04428] over this people[05971].
15:20 And take[03947][8804] with thee[03027] ten[06235] loaves[03899], and cracknels[05350], and a cruse[01228] of honey[01706], and go[0935][8804] to him: he shall tell[05046][8686] thee what shall become of the child[05288]. with...: Heb. in thine hand cracknels: or, cakes cruse: or, bottle
15:21 And Jeroboam's[03379] wife[0802] did so[06213][8799], and arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Shiloh[07887], and came[0935][8799] to the house[01004] of Ahijah[0281]. But Ahijah[0281] could[03201][8804] not see[07200][8800]; for his eyes[05869] were set[06965][8804] by reason of his age[07869]. were...: Heb. stood for his hoariness
15:22 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8804] unto Ahijah[0281], Behold, the wife[0802] of Jeroboam[03379] cometh[0935][8802] to ask[01875][8800] a thing[01697] of thee for her son[01121]; for he is sick[02470][8802]: thus[02090] and thus shalt thou say[01696][8762] unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in[0935][8800], that she shall feign herself to be another[05234][8693] woman .
15:23 And it was so , when Ahijah[0281] heard[08085][8800] the sound[06963] of her feet[07272], as she came in[0935][8802] at the door[06607], that he said[0559][8799], Come in[0935][8798], thou wife[0802] of Jeroboam[03379]; why feignest thou thyself to be another[05234][8693]? for I am sent[07971][8803] to thee with heavy[07186] tidings . heavy: Heb. hard
15:24 Go[03212][8798], tell[0559][8798] Jeroboam[03379], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], Forasmuch as[03282] I exalted[07311][8689] thee from among[08432] the people[05971], and made[05414][8799] thee prince[05057] over my people[05971] Israel[03478],
15:25 And rent[07167][00] the kingdom[04467] away[07167][8799] from the house[01004] of David[01732], and gave[05414][8799] it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant[05650] David[01732], who kept[08104][8804] my commandments[04687], and who followed[01980][8804][0310] me with all his heart[03824], to do[06213][8800] that only which was right[03477] in mine eyes[05869];
15:26 But hast done[06213][8800] evil[07489][8686] above all that were before[06440] thee: for thou hast gone[03212][8799] and made[06213][8799] thee other[0312] gods[0430], and molten images[04541], to provoke me to anger[03707][8687], and hast cast[07993][8689] me behind[0310] thy back[01458]:
15:27 Therefore, behold, I will bring[0935][8688] evil[07451] upon the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379], and will cut off[03772][8689] from Jeroboam[03379] him that pisseth[08366][8688] against the wall[07023], and him that is shut up[06113][8803] and left[05800][8803] in Israel[03478], and will take away[01197][8765] the remnant[0310] of the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379], as a man taketh away[01197][8762] dung[01557], till it be all gone[08552][8800].
15:28 Him that dieth[04191][8801] of Jeroboam[03379] in the city[05892] shall the dogs[03611] eat[0398][8799]; and him that dieth[04191][8801] in the field[07704] shall the fowls[05775] of the air[08064] eat[0398][8799]: for the LORD[03068] hath spoken[01696][8765] it .
15:29 Arise[06965][8798] thou therefore, get[03212][8798] thee to thine own house[01004]: and when thy feet[07272] enter[0935][8800] into the city[05892], the child[03206] shall die[04191][8804].
15:30 And all Israel[03478] shall mourn[05594][8804] for him, and bury[06912][8804] him: for he only of Jeroboam[03379] shall come[0935][8799] to the grave[06913], because in him there is found[04672][8738] some good[02896] thing[01697] toward the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] in the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379].
15:31 Moreover the LORD[03068] shall raise him up[06965][8689] a king[04428] over Israel[03478], who shall cut off[03772][8686] the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379] that day[03117]: but what? even now.
15:32 For the LORD[03068] shall smite[05221][8689] Israel[03478], as a reed[07070] is shaken[05110][8799] in the water[04325], and he shall root up[05428][8804] Israel[03478] out of this good[02896] land[0127], which he gave[05414][8804] to their fathers[01], and shall scatter[02219][8765] them beyond[05676] the river[05104], because they have made[06213][8804] their groves[0842], provoking the LORD[03068] to anger[03707][8688].
15:33 And he shall give[05414][00] Israel[03478] up[05414][8799] because[01558] of the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379], who did sin[02398][8804], and who made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
15:34 And Jeroboam's[03379] wife[0802] arose[06965][8799], and departed[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799] to Tirzah[08656]: and when she came[0935][8802] to the threshold[05592] of the door[01004], the child[05288] died[04191][8804];
16:1 And they buried[06912][8799] him; and all Israel[03478] mourned[05594][8799] for him, according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] by the hand[03027] of his servant[05650] Ahijah[0281] the prophet[05030].
16:2 And the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Jeroboam[03379], how he warred[03898][8738], and how he reigned[04427][8804], behold, they are written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478].
16:3 And the days[03117] which Jeroboam[03379] reigned[04427][8804] were two[08147] and twenty[06242] years[08141]: and he slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and Nadab[05070] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. slept: Heb. lay down
16:4 And Rehoboam[07346] the son[01121] of Solomon[08010] reigned[04427][8804] in Judah[03063]. Rehoboam[07346] was forty[0705] and one[0259] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] seventeen[07651][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389], the city[05892] which the LORD[03068] did choose[0977][8804] out of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], to put[07760][8800] his name[08034] there. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Naamah[05279] an Ammonitess[05985].
16:5 And Judah[03063] did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and they provoked him to jealousy[07065][8762] with their sins[02403] which they had committed[02398][8804], above all that their fathers[01] had done[06213][8804].
16:6 For they also built[01129][8799] them high places[01116], and images[04676], and groves[0842], on every high[01364] hill[01389], and under every green[07488] tree[06086]. images: or, standing images, or, statues
16:7 And there were also sodomites[06945] in the land[0776]: and they did[06213][8804] according to all the abominations[08441] of the nations[01471] which the LORD[03068] cast out[03423][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
16:8 And it came to pass in the fifth[02549] year[08141] of king[04428] Rehoboam[07346], that Shishak[07895] king[04428] of Egypt[04714] came up[05927][8804] against Jerusalem[03389]:
16:9 And he took away[03947][8799] the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004]; he even took away[03947][8804] all: and he took away[03947][8799] all the shields[04043] of gold[02091] which Solomon[08010] had made[06213][8804].
16:10 And king[04428] Rehoboam[07346] made[06213][8799] in their stead brasen[05178] shields[04043], and committed[06485][8689] them unto the hands[03027] of the chief[08269] of the guard[07323][8801], which kept[08104][8802] the door[06607] of the king's[04428] house[01004]. guard: Heb. runners
16:11 And it was so , when[01767] the king[04428] went[0935][8800] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], that the guard[07323][8801] bare[05375][8799] them, and brought them back[07725][8689] into the guard[07323][8801] chamber[08372].
16:12 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Rehoboam[07346], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]?
16:13 And there was war[04421] between Rehoboam[07346] and Jeroboam[03379] all their days[03117].
16:14 And Rehoboam[07346] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Naamah[05279] an Ammonitess[05985]. And Abijam[038] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia
16:15 Now in the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of king[04428] Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028] reigned[04427][8804] Abijam[038] over Judah[03063].
16:16 Three[07969] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Maachah[04601], the daughter[01323] of Abishalom[053]. Maachah...: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel Abishalom: also called, Absalom
16:17 And he walked[03212][8799] in all the sins[02403] of his father[01], which he had done[06213][8804] before[06440] him: and his heart[03824] was not perfect[08003] with the LORD[03068] his God[0430], as the heart[03824] of David[01732] his father[01].
16:18 Nevertheless for David's[01732] sake did the LORD[03068] his God[0430] give[05414][8804] him a lamp[05216] in Jerusalem[03389], to set up[06965][8687] his son[01121] after[0310] him, and to establish[05975][8687] Jerusalem[03389]: lamp: or, candle
16:19 Because David[01732] did[06213][8804] that which was right[03477] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068], and turned not aside[05493][8804] from any thing that he commanded[06680][8765] him all the days[03117] of his life[02416], save only in the matter[01697] of Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850].
16:20 And there was war[04421] between Rehoboam[07346] and Jeroboam[03379] all the days[03117] of his life[02416].
16:21 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Abijam[038], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]? And there was war[04421] between Abijam[038] and Jeroboam[03379].
16:22 And Abijam[038] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01]; and they buried[06912][8799] him in the city[05892] of David[01732]: and Asa[0609] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
16:23 And in the twentieth[06242] year[08141] of Jeroboam[03379] king[04428] of Israel[03478] reigned[04427][8804] Asa[0609] over Judah[03063].
16:24 And forty[0705] and one[0259] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Maachah[04601], the daughter[01323] of Abishalom[053]. mother's: that is, grandmother's
16:25 And Asa[0609] did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068], as did David[01732] his father[01].
16:26 And he took away[05674][8686] the sodomites[06945] out of the land[0776], and removed[05493][8686] all the idols[01544] that his fathers[01] had made[06213][8804].
16:27 And also Maachah[04601] his mother[0517], even her he removed[05493][8686] from being queen[01377], because she had made[06213][8804] an idol[04656] in a grove[0842]; and Asa[0609] destroyed[03772][8799] her idol[04656], and burnt[08313][8799] it by the brook[05158] Kidron[06939]. destroyed: Heb. cut off
16:28 But the high places[01116] were not removed[05493][8804]: nevertheless Asa's[0609] heart[03824] was perfect[08003] with the LORD[03068] all his days[03117].
16:29 And he brought[0935][8686] in the things[06944][00] which his father[01] had dedicated[06944], and the things which himself had dedicated[06944], into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], silver[03701], and gold[02091], and vessels[03627]. things: Heb. holy
16:30 And there was war[04421] between Asa[0609] and Baasha[01201] king[04428] of Israel[03478] all their days[03117].
16:31 And Baasha[01201] king[04428] of Israel[03478] went up[05927][8799] against Judah[03063], and built[01129][8799] Ramah[07414], that he might not suffer[05414][8800] any to go out[03318][8802] or come in[0935][8802] to Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063].
16:32 Then Asa[0609] took[03947][8799] all the silver[03701] and the gold[02091] that were left[03498][8737] in the treasures[0214] of the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the treasures[0214] of the king's[04428] house[01004], and delivered[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of his servants[05650]: and king[04428] Asa[0609] sent[07971][8799] them to Benhadad[01130], the son[01121] of Tabrimon[02886], the son[01121] of Hezion[02383], king[04428] of Syria[0758], that dwelt[03427][8802] at Damascus[01834], saying[0559][8800],
16:33 There is a league[01285] between me and thee, and between my father[01] and thy father[01]: behold, I have sent[07971][8804] unto thee a present[07810] of silver[03701] and gold[02091]; come[03212][8798] and break[06565][8685] thy league[01285] with Baasha[01201] king[04428] of Israel[03478], that he may depart[05927][8799] from me. depart: Heb. go up
16:34 So Benhadad[01130] hearkened[08085][8799] unto king[04428] Asa[0609], and sent[07971][8799] the captains[08269] of the hosts[02428] which he had against the cities[05892] of Israel[03478], and smote[05221][8686] Ijon[05859], and Dan[01835], and Abelbethmaachah[062], and all Cinneroth[03672], with all the land[0776] of Naphtali[05321].
17:1 And it came to pass, when Baasha[01201] heard[08085][8800] thereof , that he left off[02308][8799] building[01129][8800] of Ramah[07414], and dwelt[03427][8799] in Tirzah[08656].
17:2 Then king[04428] Asa[0609] made a proclamation[08085][8689] throughout all Judah[03063]; none was exempted[05355]: and they took[05375][8799] away the stones[068] of Ramah[07414], and the timber[06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha[01201] had builded[01129][8804]; and king[04428] Asa[0609] built[01129][8799] with them Geba[01387] of Benjamin[01144], and Mizpah[04709]. exempted: Heb. free
17:3 The rest[03499] of all the acts[01697] of Asa[0609], and all his might[01369], and all that he did[06213][8804], and the cities[05892] which he built[01129][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Judah[03063]? Nevertheless in the time[06256] of his old age[02209] he was diseased[02470][8804] in his feet[07272].
17:4 And Asa[0609] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] with his fathers[01] in the city[05892] of David[01732] his father[01]: and Jehoshaphat[03092] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead. Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat
17:5 And Nadab[05070] the son[01121] of Jeroboam[03379] began to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in the second[08147] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and reigned[04427][8799] over Israel[03478] two[08147] years[08141]. began...: Heb. reigned
17:6 And he did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of his father[01], and in his sin[02403] wherewith he made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
17:7 And Baasha[01201] the son[01121] of Ahijah[0281], of the house[01004] of Issachar[03485], conspired[07194][8799] against him; and Baasha[01201] smote[05221][8686] him at Gibbethon[01405], which belonged to the Philistines[06430]; for Nadab[05070] and all Israel[03478] laid siege[06696][8802] to Gibbethon[01405].
17:8 Even in the third[07969] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063] did Baasha[01201] slay[04191][8686] him, and reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
17:9 And it came to pass, when he reigned[04427][8800], that he smote[05221][8689] all the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379]; he left[07604][8689] not to Jeroboam[03379] any that breathed[05397], until he had destroyed[08045][8689] him, according unto the saying[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] by[03027] his servant[05650] Ahijah[0281] the Shilonite[07888]:
17:10 Because of the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] which he sinned[02398][8804], and which he made Israel[03478] sin[02398][8689], by his provocation[03708] wherewith he provoked the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] to anger[03707][8689].
17:11 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Nadab[05070], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
17:12 And there was war[04421] between Asa[0609] and Baasha[01201] king[04428] of Israel[03478] all their days[03117].
17:13 In the third[07969] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Baasha[01201] the son[01121] of Ahijah[0281] to reign[04427][8804] over all Israel[03478] in Tirzah[08656], twenty[06242] and four[0702] years[08141].
17:14 And he did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of Jeroboam[03379], and in his sin[02403] wherewith he made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689].
17:15 Then the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Hanani[02607] against Baasha[01201], saying[0559][8800],
17:16 Forasmuch as I exalted[07311][8689] thee out of the dust[06083], and made[05414][8799] thee prince[05057] over my people[05971] Israel[03478]; and thou hast walked[03212][8799] in the way[01870] of Jeroboam[03379], and hast made my people[05971] Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8686], to provoke me to anger[03707][8687] with their sins[02403];
17:17 Behold, I will take away[01197][8686] the posterity[0310] of Baasha[01201], and the posterity[0310] of his house[01004]; and will make[05414][8804] thy house[01004] like the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028].
17:18 Him that dieth[04191][8801] of Baasha[01201] in the city[05892] shall the dogs[03611] eat[0398][8799]; and him that dieth[04191][8801] of his in the fields[07704] shall the fowls[05775] of the air[08064] eat[0398][8799].
17:19 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Baasha[01201], and what he did[06213][8804], and his might[01369], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
17:20 So Baasha[01201] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in Tirzah[08656]: and Elah[0425] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
17:21 And also by the hand[03027] of the prophet[05030] Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Hanani[02607] came the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] against Baasha[01201], and against his house[01004], even for all the evil[07451] that he did[06213][8804] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], in provoking him to anger[03707][8687] with the work[04639] of his hands[03027], in being like the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379]; and because he killed[05221][8689] him.
17:22 In the twenty[06242][08141] and sixth[08337] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Elah[0425] the son[01121] of Baasha[01201] to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478] in Tirzah[08656], two years[08141].
17:23 And his servant[05650] Zimri[02174], captain[08269] of half[04276] his chariots[07393], conspired[07194][8799] against him, as he was in Tirzah[08656], drinking[08354][8802] himself drunk[07910] in the house[01004] of Arza[0777] steward of his house[01004] in Tirzah[08656]. steward...: Heb. which was over
17:24 And Zimri[02174] went in[0935][8799] and smote[05221][8686] him, and killed[04191][8686] him, in the twenty[06242] and seventh[07651] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
18:1 And it came to pass, when he began to reign[04427][8800], as soon as he sat[03427][8800] on his throne[03678], that he slew[05221][8689] all the house[01004] of Baasha[01201]: he left[07604][8689] him not one that pisseth[08366][8688] against a wall[07023], neither of his kinsfolks[01350][8802], nor of his friends[07453]. neither...: or, both his kinsmen and his friends
18:2 Thus did Zimri[02174] destroy[08045][8686] all the house[01004] of Baasha[01201], according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] against Baasha[01201] by[03027] Jehu[03058] the prophet[05030], by: Heb. by the hand of
18:3 For all the sins[02403] of Baasha[01201], and the sins[02403] of Elah[0425] his son[01121], by which they sinned[02398][8804], and by which they made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689], in provoking the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] to anger[03707][8687] with their vanities[01892].
18:4 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Elah[0425], and all that he did[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
18:5 In the twenty[06242][08141] and seventh[07651] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063] did Zimri[02174] reign[04427][8804] seven[07651] days[03117] in Tirzah[08656]. And the people[05971] were encamped[02583][8802] against Gibbethon[01405], which belonged to the Philistines[06430].
18:6 And the people[05971] that were encamped[02583][8802] heard[08085][8799] say[0559][8800], Zimri[02174] hath conspired[07194][8804], and hath also slain[05221][8689] the king[04428]: wherefore all Israel[03478] made Omri[06018], the captain[08269] of the host[06635], king[04427][8686] over Israel[03478] that day[03117] in the camp[04264].
18:7 And Omri[06018] went up[05927][8799] from Gibbethon[01405], and all Israel[03478] with him, and they besieged[06696][8799] Tirzah[08656].
18:8 And it came to pass, when Zimri[02174] saw[07200][8800] that the city[05892] was taken[03920][8738], that he went[0935][8799] into the palace[0759] of the king's[04428] house[01004], and burnt[08313][8799] the king's[04428] house[01004] over him with fire[0784], and died[04191][8799],
18:9 For his sins[02403] which he sinned[02398][8804] in doing[06213][8800] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], in walking[03212][8800] in the way[01870] of Jeroboam[03379], and in his sin[02403] which he did[06213][8804], to make Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8687].
18:10 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Zimri[02174], and his treason[07195] that he wrought[07194][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
18:11 Then were the people[05971] of Israel[03478] divided[02505][8735] into two parts[02677]: half[02677] of the people[05971] followed[01961][8804][0310] Tibni[08402] the son[01121] of Ginath[01527], to make him king[04427][8687]; and half[02677] followed[0310] Omri[06018].
18:12 But the people[05971] that followed[0310] Omri[06018] prevailed[02388][8799] against[0854] the people[05971] that followed[0310] Tibni[08402] the son[01121] of Ginath[01527]: so Tibni[08402] died[04191][8799], and Omri[06018] reigned[04427][8799].
18:13 In the thirty[07970][08141] and first[0259] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Omri[06018] to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478], twelve[08147][06240] years[08141]: six[08337] years[08141] reigned[04427][8804] he in Tirzah[08656].
18:14 And he bought[07069][8799] the hill[02022] Samaria[08111] of Shemer[08106] for two talents[03603] of silver[03701], and built[01129][8799] on the hill[02022], and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] of the city[05892] which he built[01129][8804], after the name[08034] of Shemer[08106], owner[0113] of the hill[02022], Samaria[08111]. Samaria: Heb. Shomeron
18:15 But Omri[06018] wrought[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068], and did worse[07489][8686] than all that were before[06440] him.
18:16 For he walked[03212][8799] in all the way[01870] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], and in his sin[02403] wherewith he made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8689], to provoke the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] to anger[03707][8687] with their vanities[01892].
18:17 Now the rest[03499] of the acts[01697] of Omri[06018] which he did[06213][8804], and his might[01369] that he shewed[06213][8804], are they not written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the chronicles[01697][03117] of the kings[04428] of Israel[03478]?
18:18 So Omri[06018] slept[07901][8799] with his fathers[01], and was buried[06912][8735] in Samaria[08111]: and Ahab[0256] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
18:19 And in the thirty[07970][08141] and eighth[08083] year[08141] of Asa[0609] king[04428] of Judah[03063] began Ahab[0256] the son[01121] of Omri[06018] to reign[04427][8804] over Israel[03478]: and Ahab[0256] the son[01121] of Omri[06018] reigned[04427][8799] over Israel[03478] in Samaria[08111] twenty[06242] and two[08147] years[08141].
18:20 And Ahab[0256] the son[01121] of Omri[06018] did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068] above all that were before[06440] him.
18:21 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing[07043][8738] for him to walk[03212][8800] in the sins[02403] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], that he took[03947][8799] to wife[0802] Jezebel[0348] the daughter[01323] of Ethbaal[0856] king[04428] of the Zidonians[06722], and went[03212][8799] and served[05647][8799] Baal[01168], and worshipped[07812][8691] him. as if...: Heb. was it a light thing, etc
18:22 And he reared up[06965][8686] an altar[04196] for Baal[01168] in the house[01004] of Baal[01168], which he had built[01129][8804] in Samaria[08111].
18:23 And Ahab[0256] made[06213][8799] a grove[0842]; and Ahab[0256] did[06213][8800] more[03254][8686] to provoke the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] to anger[03707][8687] than all the kings[04428] of Israel[03478] that were before[06440] him.
18:24 In his days[03117] did Hiel[02419] the Bethelite[01017] build[01129][8804] Jericho[03405]: he laid the foundation[03245][8765] thereof in Abiram[048] his firstborn[01060], and set up[05324][8689] the gates[01817] thereof in his youngest[06810] son Segub[07687], according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] by[03027] Joshua[03091] the son[01121] of Nun[05126].
18:25 And Elijah[0452] the Tishbite[08664], who was of the inhabitants[08453] of Gilead[01568], said[0559][8799] unto Ahab[0256], As the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] liveth[02416], before[06440] whom I stand[05975][8804], there shall not be dew[02919] nor rain[04306] these years[08141], but according[06310] to my word[01697]. Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias
18:26 And the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came unto him, saying[0559][8800],
18:27 Get[03212][8798] thee hence, and turn[06437][8804] thee eastward[06924], and hide[05641][8738] thyself by the brook[05158] Cherith[03747], that is before[06440] Jordan[03383].
18:28 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink[08354][8799] of the brook[05158]; and I have commanded[06680][8765] the ravens[06158] to feed[03557][8771] thee there.
18:29 So he went[03212][8799] and did[06213][8799] according unto the word[01697] of the LORD[03068]: for he went[03212][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] by the brook[05158] Cherith[03747], that is before[06440] Jordan[03383].
18:30 And the ravens[06158] brought[0935][8688] him bread[03899] and flesh[01320] in the morning[01242], and bread[03899] and flesh[01320] in the evening[06153]; and he drank[08354][8799] of the brook[05158].
18:31 And it came to pass after[07093] a while[03117], that the brook[05158] dried up[03001][8799], because there had been no rain[01653] in the land[0776]. after...: Heb. at the end of days
18:32 And the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came unto him, saying[0559][8800],
18:33 Arise[06965][8798], get[03212][8798] thee to Zarephath[06886], which belongeth to Zidon[06721], and dwell[03427][8804] there: behold, I have commanded[06680][8765] a widow[0490] woman[0802] there to sustain[03557][8771] thee. Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta
18:34 So he arose[06965][8799] and went[03212][8799] to Zarephath[06886]. And when he came[0935][8799] to the gate[06607] of the city[05892], behold, the widow[0490] woman[0802] was  there gathering[07197][8781] of sticks[06086]: and he called[07121][8799] to her, and said[0559][8799], Fetch[03947][8798] me, I pray thee, a little[04592] water[04325] in a vessel[03627], that I may drink[08354][8799].
18:35 And as she was going[03212][8799] to fetch[03947][8800] it , he called[07121][8799] to her, and said[0559][8799], Bring[03947][8798] me, I pray thee, a morsel[06595] of bread[03899] in thine hand[03027].
18:36 And she said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] liveth[02416], I have[03426] not a cake[04580], but an handful[04393][03709] of meal[07058] in a barrel[03537], and a little[04592] oil[08081] in a cruse[06835]: and, behold, I am gathering[07197][8781] two[08147] sticks[06086], that I may go in[0935][8804] and dress[06213][8804] it for me and my son[01121], that we may eat[0398][8804] it, and die[04191][8804].
18:37 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto her, Fear[03372][8799] not; go[0935][8798] and do[06213][8798] as thou hast said[01697]: but make[06213][8798] me thereof[08033] a little[06996] cake[05692] first[07223], and bring[03318][8689] it unto me, and after[0314] make[06213][8799] for thee and for thy son[01121].
18:38 For thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], The barrel[03537] of meal[07058] shall not waste[03615][8799], neither shall the cruse[06835] of oil[08081] fail[02637][8799], until the day[03117] that the LORD[03068] sendeth[05414][8800] rain[01653] upon[06440] the earth[0127]. sendeth: Heb. giveth
18:39 And she went[03212][8799] and did[06213][8799] according to the saying[01697] of Elijah[0452]: and she, and he, and her house[01004], did eat[0398][8799] many days[03117]. many...: or, a full year
18:40 And the barrel[03537] of meal[07058] wasted[03615][8804] not, neither did the cruse[06835] of oil[08081] fail[02638], according to the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], which he spake[01696][8765] by[03027] Elijah[0452]. by: Heb. by the hand of
18:41 And it came to pass after[0310] these things[01697], that the son[01121] of the woman[0802], the mistress[01172] of the house[01004], fell sick[02470][8804]; and his sickness[02483] was so[03966] sore[02389], that there was no breath[05397] left[03498][8738] in him.
18:42 And she said[0559][8799] unto Elijah[0452], What have I to do with thee, O thou man[0376] of God[0430]? art thou come[0935][8804] unto me to call[02142][00] my sin[05771] to remembrance[02142][8687], and to slay[04191][8687] my son[01121]?
18:43 And he said[0559][8799] unto her, Give[05414][8798] me thy son[01121]. And he took[03947][8799] him out of her bosom[02436], and carried him up[05927][8686] into a loft[05944], where he abode[03427][8802], and laid[07901][8686] him upon his own bed[04296].
18:44 And he cried[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] my God[0430], hast thou also brought evil[07489][8689] upon the widow[0490] with whom I sojourn[01481][8711], by slaying[04191][8687] her son[01121]?
18:45 And he stretched[04058][8709] himself upon the child[03206] three[07969] times[06471], and cried[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] my God[0430], I pray thee, let this child's[03206] soul[05315] come[07725][00] into him[07130] again[07725][8799]. stretched: Heb. measured into...: Heb. into his inward parts
18:46 And the LORD[03068] heard[08085][8799] the voice[06963] of Elijah[0452]; and the soul[05315] of the child[03206] came[07725][00] into him[07130] again[07725][8799], and he revived[02421][8799].
19:1 And Elijah[0452] took[03947][8799] the child[03206], and brought him down[03381][8686] out of the chamber[05944] into the house[01004], and delivered[05414][8799] him unto his mother[0517]: and Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799], See[07200][8798], thy son[01121] liveth[02416].
19:2 And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799] to Elijah[0452], Now by this[02088] I know[03045][8804] that thou art a man[0376] of God[0430], and that the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] in thy mouth[06310] is  truth[0571].
19:3 And it came to pass after many[07227] days[03117], that the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Elijah[0452] in the third[07992] year[08141], saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798], shew[07200][8734] thyself unto Ahab[0256]; and I will send[05414][8799] rain[04306] upon[06440] the earth[0127].
19:4 And Elijah[0452] went[03212][8799] to shew[07200][8736] himself unto Ahab[0256]. And there was a sore[02389] famine[07458] in Samaria[08111].
19:5 And Ahab[0256] called[07121][8799] Obadiah[05662], which was the governor of his house[01004]. (Now Obadiah[05662] feared[03373] the LORD[03068] greatly[03966]: Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu the governor...: Heb. over his house
19:6 For it was so , when Jezebel[0348] cut off[03772][8687] the prophets[05030] of the LORD[03068], that Obadiah[05662] took[03947][8799] an hundred[03967] prophets[05030], and hid[02244][8686] them by fifty[0376][02572] in a cave[04631], and fed[03557][8773] them with bread[03899] and water[04325].) Jezebel: Heb. Izebel
19:7 And Ahab[0256] said[0559][8799] unto Obadiah[05662], Go[03212][8798] into the land[0776], unto all fountains[04599] of water[04325], and unto all brooks[05158]: peradventure[0194] we may find[04672][8799] grass[02682] to save[02421][8762] the horses[05483] and mules[06505] alive[02421][8762], that we lose[03772][8686] not all the beasts[0929]. that...: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts
19:8 So they divided[02505][8762] the land[0776] between them to pass throughout[05674][8800] it: Ahab[0256] went[01980][8804] one[0259] way[01870] by himself, and Obadiah[05662] went[01980][8804] another[0259] way[01870] by himself.
19:9 And as Obadiah[05662] was in the way[01870], behold, Elijah[0452] met[07125][8800] him: and he knew[05234][8686] him, and fell[05307][8799] on his face[06440], and said[0559][8799], Art thou that my lord[0113] Elijah[0452]?
19:10 And he answered[0559][8799] him, I am : go[03212][8798], tell[0559][8798] thy lord[0113], Behold, Elijah[0452] is here .
19:11 And he said[0559][8799], What have I sinned[02398][8804], that thou wouldest deliver[05414][8802] thy servant[05650] into the hand[03027] of Ahab[0256], to slay[04191][8687] me?
19:12 As the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] liveth[02416], there is no[03426] nation[01471] or kingdom[04467], whither[0834] my lord[0113] hath not sent[07971][8804] to seek[01245][8763] thee: and when they said[0559][8804], He is not there ; he took an oath[07650][8689] of the kingdom[04467] and nation[01471], that they found[04672][8799] thee not.
19:13 And now thou sayest[0559][8802], Go[03212][8798], tell[0559][8798] thy lord[0113], Behold, Elijah[0452] is here .
19:14 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone[03212][8799] from thee, that the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] shall carry[05375][8799] thee whither I know[03045][8799] not; and so when I come[0935][8804] and tell[05046][8687] Ahab[0256], and he cannot find[04672][8799] thee, he shall slay[02026][8804] me: but I thy servant[05650] fear[03372][8804] the LORD[03068] from my youth[05271].
19:15 Was it not told[05046][8717] my lord[0113] what I did[06213][8804] when Jezebel[0348] slew[02026][8800] the prophets[05030] of the LORD[03068], how I hid[02244][8686] an hundred[03967] men[0376] of the LORD'S[03068] prophets[05030] by fifty[02572] in a cave[04631], and fed[03557][8770] them with bread[03899] and water[04325]?
19:16 And now thou sayest[0559][8802], Go[03212][8798], tell[0559][8798] thy lord[0113], Behold, Elijah[0452] is here : and he shall slay[02026][8804] me.
19:17 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] liveth[02416], before[06440] whom I stand[05975][8804], I will surely shew[07200][8735] myself unto him to day[03117].
19:18 So Obadiah[05662] went[03212][8799] to meet[07125][8800] Ahab[0256], and told[05046][8686] him: and Ahab[0256] went[03212][8799] to meet[07125][8800] Elijah[0452].
19:19 And it came to pass, when Ahab[0256] saw[07200][8800] Elijah[0452], that Ahab[0256] said[0559][8799] unto him, Art thou he that troubleth[05916][8802] Israel[03478]?
19:20 And he answered[0559][8799], I have not troubled[05916][8804] Israel[03478]; but thou, and thy father's[01] house[01004], in that ye have forsaken[05800][8800] the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068], and thou hast followed[03212][8799][0310] Baalim[01168].
19:21 Now therefore send[07971][8798], and gather[06908][8798] to me all Israel[03478] unto mount[02022] Carmel[03760], and the prophets[05030] of Baal[01168] four[0702] hundred[03967] and fifty[02572], and the prophets[05030] of the groves[0842] four[0702] hundred[03967], which eat[0398][8802] at Jezebel's[0348] table[07979].
20:1 So Ahab[0256] sent[07971][8799] unto all the children[01121] of Israel[03478], and gathered[06908][00] the prophets[05030] together[06908][8799] unto mount[02022] Carmel[03760].
20:2 And Elijah[0452] came[05066][8799] unto all the people[05971], and said[0559][8799], How long[05921] halt[06452][8802] ye between two[08147] opinions[05587]? if the LORD[03068] be God[0430], follow him: but if Baal[01168], then follow[03212][8798][0310] him. And the people[05971] answered[06030][8804] him not a word[01697]. opinions: or, thoughts
20:3 Then said[0559][8799] Elijah[0452] unto the people[05971], I, even I only, remain[03498][8738] a prophet[05030] of the LORD[03068]; but Baal's[01168] prophets[05030] are  four[0702] hundred[03967] and fifty[02572] men[0376].
20:4 Let them therefore give[05414][8799] us two[08147] bullocks[06499]; and let them choose[0977][8799] one[0259] bullock[06499] for themselves, and cut it in pieces[05408][8762], and lay[07760][8799] it on wood[06086], and put[07760][8799] no fire[0784] under : and I will dress[06213][8799] the other[0259] bullock[06499], and lay[05414][8804] it  on wood[06086], and put[07760][8799] no fire[0784] under :
20:5 And call[07121][8804] ye on the name[08034] of your gods[0430], and I will call[07121][8799] on the name[08034] of the LORD[03068]: and the God[0430] that answereth[06030][8799] by fire[0784], let him be God[0430]. And all the people[05971] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], It is well[02896] spoken[01697]. It is...: Heb. The word is good
20:6 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto the prophets[05030] of Baal[01168], Choose[0977][8798] you one[0259] bullock[06499] for yourselves, and dress[06213][8798] it first[07223]; for ye are many[07227]; and call[07121][8798] on the name[08034] of your gods[0430], but put[07760][8799] no fire[0784] under .
20:7 And they took[03947][8799] the bullock[06499] which was given[05414][8804] them, and they dressed[06213][8799] it , and called[07121][8799] on the name[08034] of Baal[01168] from morning[01242] even until noon[06672], saying[0559][8800], O Baal[01168], hear[06030][8798] us. But there was no[0369] voice[06963], nor any that answered[06030][8802]. And they leaped[06452][8762] upon the altar[04196] which was made[06213][8804]. hear: or, answer answered: or, heard leaped...: or, leaped up and down at the altar
20:8 And it came to pass at noon[06672], that Elijah[0452] mocked[02048][8762] them, and said[0559][8799], Cry[07121][8798] aloud[01419][06963]: for he is a god[0430]; either he is talking[07879], or he is pursuing[07873], or he is in a journey[01870], or peradventure[0194] he sleepeth[03463], and must be awaked[03364][8799]. aloud: Heb. with a great voice he is talking: or, he meditateth is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit
20:9 And they cried[07121][8799] aloud[06963][01419], and cut[01413][8704] themselves after their manner[04941] with knives[02719] and lancets[07420], till the blood[01818] gushed out[08210][8800] upon them. the blood...: Heb. poured out blood upon them
20:10 And it came to pass, when midday[06672] was past[05674][8800], and they prophesied[05012][8691] until the time of the offering[05927][8800] of the evening sacrifice[04503], that there was neither voice[06963], nor any to answer[06030][8802], nor any that regarded[07182]. offering: Heb. ascending that regarded: Heb. attention
20:11 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto all the people[05971], Come near[05066][8798] unto me. And all the people[05971] came near[05066][8799] unto him. And he repaired[07495][8762] the altar[04196] of the LORD[03068]  that was broken down[02040][8803].
20:12 And Elijah[0452] took[03947][8799] twelve[08147][06240] stones[068], according to the number[04557] of the tribes[07626] of the sons[01121] of Jacob[03290], unto whom the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came, saying[0559][8800], Israel[03478] shall be thy name[08034]:
20:13 And with the stones[068] he built[01129][8799] an altar[04196] in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068]: and he made[06213][8799] a trench[08585] about[05439] the altar[04196], as great as would contain[01004] two measures[05429] of seed[02233].
20:14 And he put[06186][00] the wood[06086] in order[06186][8799], and cut[05408][8762] the bullock[06499] in pieces, and laid[07760][8799] him on the wood[06086], and said[0559][8799], Fill[04390][8798] four[0702] barrels[03537] with water[04325], and pour[03332][8798] it on the burnt sacrifice[05930], and on the wood[06086].
20:15 And he said[0559][8799], Do it the second time[08138][8798]. And they did it the second time[08138][8799]. And he said[0559][8799], Do it the third time[08027][8761]. And they did it the third time[08027][8762].
20:16 And the water[04325] ran[03212][8799] round about[05439] the altar[04196]; and he filled[04390][8765] the trench[08585] also with water[04325]. ran: Heb. went
20:17 And it came to pass at the time of the offering[05927][8800] of the evening sacrifice[04503], that Elijah[0452] the prophet[05030] came near[05066][8799], and said[0559][8799], LORD[03068] God[0430] of Abraham[085], Isaac[03327], and of Israel[03478], let it be known[03045][8735] this day[03117] that thou art God[0430] in Israel[03478], and that I am thy servant[05650], and that I have done[06213][8804] all these things at thy word[01697].
20:18 Hear[06030][8798] me, O LORD[03068], hear[06030][8798] me, that this people[05971] may know[03045][8799] that thou art the LORD[03068] God[0430], and that thou hast turned[05437][00] their heart[03820] back[05437][8689] again[0322].
20:19 Then the fire[0784] of the LORD[03068] fell[05307][8799], and consumed[0398][8799] the burnt sacrifice[05930], and the wood[06086], and the stones[068], and the dust[06083], and licked up[03897][8765] the water[04325] that was in the trench[08585].
20:20 And when all the people[05971] saw[07200][8799] it , they fell[05307][8799] on their faces[06440]: and they said[0559][8799], The LORD[03068], he is the God[0430]; the LORD[03068], he is the God[0430].
20:21 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto them, Take[08610][8798] the prophets[05030] of Baal[01168]; let not one[0376] of them escape[04422][8735]. And they took[08610][8799] them: and Elijah[0452] brought them down[03381][8686] to the brook[05158] Kishon[07028], and slew[07819][8799] them there. Take: or, Apprehend
20:22 And Elijah[0452] said[0559][8799] unto Ahab[0256], Get thee up[05927][8798], eat[0398][8798] and drink[08354][8798]; for there is a sound[06963] of abundance[01995] of rain[01653]. a sound...: or, a sound of a noise of rain
20:23 So Ahab[0256] went up[05927][8799] to eat[0398][8800] and to drink[08354][8800]. And Elijah[0452] went up[05927][8804] to the top[07218] of Carmel[03760]; and he cast himself down[01457][8799] upon the earth[0776], and put[07760][8799] his face[06440] between his knees[01290],
20:24 And said[0559][8799] to his servant[05288], Go up[05927][8798] now, look[05027][8685] toward[01870] the sea[03220]. And he went up[05927][8799], and looked[05027][8686], and said[0559][8799], There is nothing[03972]. And he said[0559][8799], Go again[07725][8798] seven[07651] times[06471].
20:25 And it came to pass at the seventh time[07637], that he said[0559][8799], Behold, there ariseth[05927][8802] a little[06996] cloud[05645] out of the sea[03220], like a man's[0376] hand[03709]. And he said[0559][8799], Go up[05927][8798], say[0559][8798] unto Ahab[0256], Prepare[0631][8798] thy chariot , and get thee down[03381][8798], that the rain[01653] stop[06113][8799] thee not. Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind
20:26 And it came to pass in the mean while[03541], that the heaven[08064] was black[06937][8694] with clouds[05645] and wind[07307], and there was a great[01419] rain[01653]. And Ahab[0256] rode[07392][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Jezreel[03157].
20:27 And the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] was on Elijah[0452]; and he girded up[08151][8762] his loins[04975], and ran[07323][8799] before[06440] Ahab[0256] to the entrance[0935][8800] of Jezreel[03157]. to the...: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel
20:28 And Ahab[0256] told[05046][8686] Jezebel[0348] all that Elijah[0452] had done[06213][8804], and withal how he had slain[02026][8804] all the prophets[05030] with the sword[02719].
20:29 Then Jezebel[0348] sent[07971][8799] a messenger[04397] unto Elijah[0452], saying[0559][8800], So let the gods[0430] do[06213][8799] to me , and more[03254][8686] also, if I make[07760][8799] not thy life[05315] as the life[05315] of one[0259] of them by to morrow[04279] about this time[06256].
20:30 And when he saw[07200][8799] that , he arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] for his life[05315], and came[0935][8799] to Beersheba[0884], which belongeth to Judah[03063], and left[03240][8686] his servant[05288] there.
20:31 But he himself went[01980][8804] a day's[03117] journey[01870] into the wilderness[04057], and came[0935][8799] and sat down[03427][8799] under a[0259] juniper tree[07574]: and he requested[07592][8799] for himself[05315] that he might die[04191][8800]; and said[0559][8799], It is enough[07227]; now, O LORD[03068], take away[03947][8798] my life[05315]; for I am not better[02896] than my fathers[01]. for himself: Heb. for his life
20:32 And as he lay[07901][8799] and slept[03462][8799] under a[0259] juniper tree[07574], behold, then an angel[04397] touched[05060][8802] him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, Arise[06965][8798] and eat[0398][8798].
20:33 And he looked[05027][8686], and, behold, there was a cake[05692] baken on the coals[07529], and a cruse[06835] of water[04325] at his head[04763]. And he did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and laid him down[07901][8799] again[07725][8799]. head: Heb. bolster
20:34 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] came again[07725][8799] the second time[08145], and touched[05060][8799] him, and said[0559][8799], Arise[06965][8798] and eat[0398][8798]; because the journey[01870]  is too great[07227] for thee.
20:35 And he arose[06965][8799], and did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and went[03212][8799] in the strength[03581] of that meat[0396] forty[0705] days[03117] and forty[0705] nights[03915] unto Horeb[02722] the mount[02022] of God[0430].
20:36 And he came[0935][8799] thither unto a cave[04631], and lodged[03885][8799] there; and, behold, the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to him, and he said[0559][8799] unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah[0452]?
20:37 And he said[0559][8799], I have been very[07065][8763] jealous[07065][8765] for the LORD[03068] God[0430] of hosts[06635]: for the children[01121] of Israel[03478] have forsaken[05800][8804] thy covenant[01285], thrown down[02040][8804] thine altars[04196], and slain[02026][8804] thy prophets[05030] with the sword[02719]; and I, even I only, am left[03498][8735]; and they seek[01245][8762] my life[05315], to take it away[03947][8800].
20:38 And he said[0559][8799], Go forth[03318][8798], and stand[05975][8804] upon the mount[02022] before[06440] the LORD[03068]. And, behold, the LORD[03068] passed by[05674][8802], and a great[01419] and strong[02389] wind[07307] rent[06561][8764] the mountains[02022], and brake in pieces[07665][8764] the rocks[05553] before[06440] the LORD[03068]; but the LORD[03068] was not in the wind[07307]: and after[0310] the wind[07307] an earthquake[07494]; but the LORD[03068] was not in the earthquake[07494]:
20:39 And after[0310] the earthquake[07494] a fire[0784]; but the LORD[03068] was not in the fire[0784]: and after[0310] the fire[0784] a still[01827] small[01851] voice[06963].
20:40 And it was so , when Elijah[0452] heard[08085][8800] it , that he wrapped[03874][8686] his face[06440] in his mantle[0155], and went out[03318][8799], and stood[05975][8799] in the entering in[06607] of the cave[04631]. And, behold, there came a voice[06963] unto him, and said[0559][8799], What doest thou here, Elijah[0452]?
20:41 And he said[0559][8799], I have been very[07065][8763] jealous[07065][8765] for the LORD[03068] God[0430] of hosts[06635]: because the children[01121] of Israel[03478] have forsaken[05800][8804] thy covenant[01285], thrown down[02040][8804] thine altars[04196], and slain[02026][8804] thy prophets[05030] with the sword[02719]; and I, even I only, am left[03498][8735]; and they seek[01245][8762] my life[05315], to take it away[03947][8800].
20:42 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798], return[07725][8798] on thy way[01870] to the wilderness[04057] of Damascus[01834]: and when thou comest[0935][8804], anoint[04886][8804] Hazael[02371]  to be king[04428] over Syria[0758]:
20:43 And Jehu[03058] the son[01121] of Nimshi[05250] shalt thou anoint[04886][8799] to be king[04428] over Israel[03478]: and Elisha[0477] the son[01121] of Shaphat[08202] of Abelmeholah[065] shalt thou anoint[04886][8799] to be prophet[05030] in thy room. Elisha: Gr. Eliseus
21:1 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth[04422][8737] the sword[02719] of Hazael[02371] shall Jehu[03058] slay[04191][8686]: and him that escapeth[04422][8737] from the sword[02719] of Jehu[03058] shall Elisha[0477] slay[04191][8686].
21:2 Yet I have left[07604][8689] me seven[07651] thousand[0505] in Israel[03478], all the knees[01290] which have not bowed[03766][8804] unto Baal[01168], and every mouth[06310] which hath not kissed[05401][8804] him. I have...: or, I will leave
21:3 So he departed[03212][8799] thence, and found[04672][8799] Elisha[0477] the son[01121] of Shaphat[08202], who was plowing[02790][8802] with twelve[08147][06240] yoke[06776] of oxen before[06440] him, and he with the twelfth[08147][06240]: and Elijah[0452] passed[05674][8799] by him, and cast[07993][8686] his mantle[0155] upon him.
21:4 And he left[05800][8799] the oxen[01241], and ran[07323][8799] after[0310] Elijah[0452], and said[0559][8799], Let me, I pray thee, kiss[05401][8799] my father[01] and my mother[0517], and then I will follow[03212][8799][0310] thee. And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Go back[03212][8798] again[07725][8798]: for what have I done[06213][8804] to thee? Go...: Heb. Go return
21:5 And he returned back[07725][8799] from him[0310], and took[03947][8799] a yoke[06776] of oxen[01241], and slew[02076][8799] them, and boiled[01310][8765] their flesh[01320] with the instruments[03627] of the oxen[01241], and gave[05414][8799] unto the people[05971], and they did eat[0398][8799]. Then he arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] after[0310] Elijah[0452], and ministered[08334][8762] unto him.
21:6 And Benhadad[01130] the king[04428] of Syria[0758] gathered[06908][00] all his host[02428] together[06908][8804]: and there were thirty[07970] and two[08147] kings[04428] with him, and horses[05483], and chariots[07393]: and he went up[05927][8799] and besieged[06696][8799] Samaria[08111], and warred[03898][8735] against it.
21:7 And he sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478] into the city[05892], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] Benhadad[01130],
21:8 Thy silver[03701] and thy gold[02091] is mine; thy wives[0802] also and thy children[01121], even the goodliest[02896], are mine.
21:9 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], My lord[0113], O king[04428], according to thy saying[01697], I am thine, and all that I have.
21:10 And the messengers[04397] came again[07725][8799], and said[0559][8799], Thus speaketh[0559][8804] Benhadad[01130], saying[0559][8800], Although I have sent[07971][8804] unto thee, saying[0559][8800], Thou shalt deliver[05414][8799] me thy silver[03701], and thy gold[02091], and thy wives[0802], and thy children[01121];
21:11 Yet I will send[07971][8799] my servants[05650] unto thee to morrow[04279] about this time[06256], and they shall search[02664][8765] thine house[01004], and the houses[01004] of thy servants[05650]; and it shall be[01961][8804], that whatsoever is pleasant[04261] in thine eyes[05869], they shall put[07760][8799] it in their hand[03027], and take it  away[03947][8804]. pleasant: Heb. desirable
21:12 Then the king[04428] of Israel[03478] called[07121][8799] all the elders[02205] of the land[0776], and said[0559][8799], Mark[03045][8798], I pray you, and see[07200][8798] how this man seeketh[01245][8764] mischief[07451]: for he sent[07971][8804] unto me for my wives[0802], and for my children[01121], and for my silver[03701], and for my gold[02091]; and I denied[04513][8804] him not. I denied...: Heb. I kept not back from him
21:13 And all the elders[02205] and all the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto him, Hearken[08085][8799] not unto him , nor consent[014][8799].
21:14 Wherefore he said[0559][8799] unto the messengers[04397] of Benhadad[01130], Tell[0559][8798] my lord[0113] the king[04428], All that thou didst send[07971][8804] for to thy servant[05650] at the first[07223] I will do[06213][8799]: but this thing[01697] I may[03201][8799] not do[06213][8800]. And the messengers[04397] departed[03212][8799], and brought[07725][00] him word[01697] again[07725][8686].
21:15 And Benhadad[01130] sent[07971][8799] unto him, and said[0559][8799], The gods[0430] do so[06213][8799] unto me, and more also[03254][8686], if the dust[06083] of Samaria[08111] shall suffice[05606][8799] for handfuls[08168] for all the people[05971] that follow[07272] me. follow...: Heb. are at my feet
21:16 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Tell[01696][8761] him , Let not him that girdeth[02296][8802] on his harness boast[01984][8691] himself as he that putteth it off[06605][8764].
21:17 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard[08085][8800] this message[01697], as he was drinking[08354][8802], he and the kings[04428] in the pavilions[05521], that he said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], Set[07760][8798] yourselves in array . And they set[07760][8799] themselves in array against the city[05892]. message: Heb. word pavilions: or, tents Set yourselves...: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines
21:18 And, behold, there came[05066][8738] a[0259] prophet[05030] unto Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Hast thou seen[07200][8804] all this great[01419] multitude[01995]? behold, I will deliver[05414][8802] it into thine hand[03027] this day[03117]; and thou shalt know[03045][8804] that I am the LORD[03068]. came: Heb. approached
21:19 And Ahab[0256] said[0559][8799], By whom? And he said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Even by the young men[05288] of the princes[08269] of the provinces[04082]. Then he said[0559][8799], Who shall order[0631][8799] the battle[04421]? And he answered[0559][8799], Thou. young...: or, servants order: Heb. bind, or, tie
21:20 Then he numbered[06485][8799] the young men[05288] of the princes[08269] of the provinces[04082], and they were two[08147] hundred[03967] and thirty[07970] two[08147]: and after[0310] them he numbered[06485][8804] all the people[05971], even all the children[01121] of Israel[03478], being seven[07651] thousand[0505].
21:21 And they went out[03318][8799] at noon[06672]. But Benhadad[01130] was drinking[08354][8802] himself drunk[07910] in the pavilions[05521], he and the kings[04428], the thirty[07970] and two[08147] kings[04428] that helped[05826][8802] him.
21:22 And the young men[05288] of the princes[08269] of the provinces[04082] went out[03318][8799] first[07223]; and Benhadad[01130] sent out[07971][8799], and they told[05046][8686] him, saying[0559][8800], There are men[0582] come out[03318][8804] of Samaria[08111].
21:23 And he said[0559][8799], Whether they be come out[03318][8804] for peace[07965], take[08610][8798] them alive[02416]; or whether they be come out[03318][8804] for war[04421], take[08610][8798] them alive[02416].
21:24 So these young men[05288] of the princes[08269] of the provinces[04082] came out[03318][8804] of the city[05892], and the army[02428] which followed[0310] them.
21:25 And they slew[05221][8686] every one[0376] his man[0376]: and the Syrians[0758] fled[05127][8799]; and Israel[03478] pursued[07291][8799] them: and Benhadad[01130] the king[04428] of Syria[0758] escaped[04422][8735] on an horse[05483] with the horsemen[06571].
21:26 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] went out[03318][8799], and smote[05221][8686] the horses[05483] and chariots[07393], and slew[05221][8689] the Syrians[0758] with a great[01419] slaughter[04347].
21:27 And the prophet[05030] came[05066][8799] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798], strengthen[02388][8690] thyself, and mark[03045][8798], and see[07200][8798] what thou doest[06213][8799]: for at the return[08666] of the year[08141] the king[04428] of Syria[0758] will come up[05927][8802] against thee.
21:28 And the servants[05650] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758] said[0559][8804] unto him, Their gods[0430] are gods[0430] of the hills[02022]; therefore they were stronger[02388][8804] than we; but[0199] let us fight[03898][8735] against them in the plain[04334], and surely[03808] we shall be stronger[02388][8799] than they.
21:29 And do[06213][8798] this thing[01697], Take[05493][8685] the kings[04428] away, every man[0376] out of his place[04725], and put[07760][8798] captains[06346] in their rooms:
22:1 And number[04487][8799] thee an army[02428], like the army[02428] that thou hast lost[05307][8802], horse[05483] for horse[05483], and chariot[07393] for chariot[07393]: and we will fight[03898][8735] against[0854] them in the plain[04334], and surely we shall be stronger[02388][8799] than they. And he hearkened[08085][8799] unto their voice[06963], and did so[06213][8799]. that thou...: Heb. that was fallen
22:2 And it came to pass at the return[08666] of the year[08141], that Benhadad[01130] numbered[06485][8799] the Syrians[0758], and went up[05927][8799] to Aphek[0663], to fight[04421] against Israel[03478]. to fight...: Heb. to the war with Israel
22:3 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were numbered[06485][8719], and were all present[03557][8791], and went[03212][8799] against[07125][8800] them: and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] pitched[02583][8799] before them like two[08147] little flocks[02835] of kids[05795]; but the Syrians[0758] filled[04390][8765] the country[0776]. were all...: or, were nourished
22:4 And there came[05066][8799] a man[0376] of God[0430], and spake[0559][8799] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478], and said[0559][8799], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Because the Syrians[0758] have said[0559][8804], The LORD[03068] is God[0430] of the hills[02022], but he is not God[0430] of the valleys[06010], therefore will I deliver[05414][8804] all this great[01419] multitude[01995] into thine hand[03027], and ye shall know[03045][8804] that I am the LORD[03068].
22:5 And they pitched[02583][8799] one[0428] over against[05227] the other[0428] seven[07651] days[03117]. And so it was, that in the seventh[07637] day[03117] the battle[04421] was joined[07126][8799]: and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] slew[05221][8686] of the Syrians[0758] an hundred[03967] thousand[0505] footmen[07273] in one[0259] day[03117].
22:6 But the rest[03498][8737] fled[05127][8799] to Aphek[0663], into the city[05892]; and there a wall[02346] fell[05307][8799] upon twenty[06242] and seven[07651] thousand[0505] of the men[0376] that were left[03498][8737]. And Benhadad[01130] fled[05127][8804], and came[0935][8799] into the city[05892], into an inner[02315] chamber[02315]. into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber
22:7 And his servants[05650] said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold now, we have heard[08085][8804] that the kings[04428] of the house[01004] of Israel[03478] are merciful[02617] kings[04428]: let us, I pray thee, put[07760][8799] sackcloth[08242] on our loins[04975], and ropes[02256] upon our heads[07218], and go out[03318][8799] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478]: peradventure he will save[02421][8762] thy life[05315].
22:8 So they girded[02296][8799] sackcloth[08242] on their loins[04975], and put ropes[02256] on their heads[07218], and came[0935][8799] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478], and said[0559][8799], Thy servant[05650] Benhadad[01130] saith[0559][8804], I pray thee, let me live[02421][8799][05315]. And he said[0559][8799], Is he yet alive[02416]? he is  my brother[0251].
22:9 Now the men[0582] did diligently observe[05172][8762] whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily[04116][8762] catch[02480][8686] it : and they said[0559][8799], Thy brother[0251] Benhadad[01130]. Then he said[0559][8799], Go[0935][8798] ye, bring[03947][8798] him. Then Benhadad[01130] came forth[03318][8799] to him; and he caused him to come up[05927][8686] into the chariot[04818].
22:10 And Benhadad said[0559][8799] unto him, The cities[05892], which my father[01] took[03947][8804] from thy father[01], I will restore[07725][8686]; and thou shalt make[07760][8799] streets[02351] for thee in Damascus[01834], as my father[01] made[07760][8804] in Samaria[08111]. Then said Ahab , I will send thee away[07971][8762] with this covenant[01285]. So he made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] with him, and sent him away[07971][8762]. streets: or, market places
22:11 And a certain[0259] man[0376] of the sons[01121] of the prophets[05030] said[0559][8804] unto his neighbour[07453] in the word[01697] of the LORD[03068], Smite[05221][8685] me, I pray thee. And the man[0376] refused[03985][8762] to smite[05221][8687] him.
22:12 Then said[0559][8799] he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed[08085][8804] the voice[06963] of the LORD[03068], behold, as soon as thou art departed[01980][8802] from me, a lion[0738] shall slay[05221][8689] thee. And as soon as he was departed[03212][8799] from him[0681], a lion[0738] found[04672][8799] him, and slew[05221][8686] him.
22:13 Then he found[04672][8799] another[0312] man[0376], and said[0559][8799], Smite[05221][8685] me, I pray thee. And the man[0376] smote[05221][8686] him, so that in smiting[05221][8687] he wounded[06481][8800] him . so that...: Heb. smiting and wounding
22:14 So the prophet[05030] departed[03212][8799], and waited[05975][8799] for the king[04428] by the way[01870], and disguised[02664][8691] himself with ashes[0666] upon his face[05869].
22:15 And as the king[04428] passed by[05674][8802], he cried[06817][8804] unto the king[04428]: and he said[0559][8799], Thy servant[05650] went out[03318][8804] into the midst[07130] of the battle[04421]; and, behold, a man[0376] turned aside[05493][8804], and brought[0935][8686] a man[0376] unto me, and said[0559][8799], Keep[08104][8798] this man[0376]: if by any means[06485][8736] he be missing[06485][8735], then shall thy life[05315] be for his life[05315], or else thou shalt pay[08254][8799] a talent[03603] of silver[03701]. pay: Heb. weigh
22:16 And as thy servant[05650] was busy[06213][8802] here and there, he was gone[0369]. And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto him, So shall thy judgment[04941] be ; thyself hast decided[02782][8804] it . he was...: Heb. he was not
22:17 And he hasted[04116][8762], and took the ashes[0666] away[05493][8686] from his face[05869]; and the king[04428] of Israel[03478] discerned[05234][8686] him that he was of the prophets[05030].
22:18 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Because thou hast let go[07971][8765] out of thy hand[03027] a man[0376] whom I appointed to utter destruction[02764], therefore thy life[05315] shall go for his life[05315], and thy people[05971] for his people[05971].
22:19 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] went[03212][8799] to his house[01004] heavy[05620] and displeased[02198], and came[0935][8799] to Samaria[08111].
22:20 And it came to pass after[0310] these things[01697], that Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158] had a vineyard[03754], which was in Jezreel[03157], hard by[0681] the palace[01964] of Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Samaria[08111].
22:21 And Ahab[0256] spake[01696][8762] unto Naboth[05022], saying[0559][8800], Give[05414][8798] me thy vineyard[03754], that I may have it for a garden[01588] of herbs[03419], because it is near[07138] unto[0681] my house[01004]: and I will give[05414][8799] thee for it a better[02896] vineyard[03754] than it; or , if it seem good[02896] to thee[05869], I will give[05414][8799] thee the worth[04242] of it in money[03701]. seem...: Heb. be good in thine eyes
22:22 And Naboth[05022] said[0559][8799] to Ahab[0256], The LORD[03068] forbid[02486] it me, that I should give[05414][8800] the inheritance[05159] of my fathers[01] unto thee.
22:23 And Ahab[0256] came[0935][8799] into his house[01004] heavy[05620] and displeased[02198] because of the word[01697] which Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158] had spoken[01696][8765] to him: for he had said[0559][8799], I will not give[05414][8799] thee the inheritance[05159] of my fathers[01]. And he laid him down[07901][8799] upon his bed[04296], and turned away[05437][8686] his face[06440], and would eat[0398][8804] no bread[03899].
22:24 But Jezebel[0348] his wife[0802] came[0935][8799] to him, and said[01696][8762] unto him, Why is thy spirit[07307] so sad[05620], that thou eatest[0398][8802] no bread[03899]?
22:25 And he said[01696][8762] unto her, Because I spake[01696][8762] unto Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Give[05414][8798] me thy vineyard[03754] for money[03701]; or else, if it please[02655] thee, I will give[05414][8799] thee another vineyard[03754] for it: and he answered[0559][8799], I will not give[05414][8799] thee my vineyard[03754].
22:26 And Jezebel[0348] his wife[0802] said[0559][8799] unto him, Dost thou now govern[06213][8799] the kingdom[04410] of Israel[03478]? arise[06965][8798], and eat[0398][8798] bread[03899], and let thine heart[03820] be merry[03190][8799]: I will give[05414][8799] thee the vineyard[03754] of Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158].
22:27 So she wrote[03789][8799] letters[05612] in Ahab's[0256] name[08034], and sealed[02856][8799] them with his seal[02368], and sent[07971][8799] the letters[05612] unto the elders[02205] and to the nobles[02715] that were in his city[05892], dwelling[03427][8802] with Naboth[05022].
22:28 And she wrote[03789][8799] in the letters[05612], saying[0559][8800], Proclaim[07121][8798] a fast[06685], and set[03427][8685] Naboth[05022] on high[07218] among the people[05971]: on high...: Heb. in the top of the people
22:29 And set[03427][8685] two[08147] men[0582], sons[01121] of Belial[01100], before him, to bear witness[05749][8686] against him, saying[0559][8800], Thou didst blaspheme[01288][8765] God[0430] and the king[04428]. And  then carry him out[03318][8689], and stone[05619][8798] him, that he may die[04191][8799].
22:30 And the men[0582] of his city[05892], even the elders[02205] and the nobles[02715] who were the inhabitants[03427][8802] in his city[05892], did[06213][8799] as Jezebel[0348] had sent[07971][8804] unto them,  and as it was written[03789][8803] in the letters[05612] which she had sent[07971][8804] unto them.
22:31 They proclaimed[07121][8804] a fast[06685], and set[03427][8689] Naboth[05022] on high[07218] among the people[05971].
22:32 And there came[0935][8799] in two[08147] men[0582], children[01121] of Belial[01100], and sat[03427][8799] before him: and the men[0582] of Belial[01100] witnessed[05749][8686] against him, even against Naboth[05022], in the presence of the people[05971], saying[0559][8800], Naboth[05022] did blaspheme[01288][8765] God[0430] and the king[04428]. Then they carried him forth[03318][8686] out[02351] of the city[05892], and stoned[05619][8799] him with stones[068], that he died[04191][8799].
22:33 Then they sent[07971][8799] to Jezebel[0348], saying[0559][8800], Naboth[05022] is stoned[05619][8795], and is dead[04191][8799].
22:34 And it came to pass, when Jezebel[0348] heard[08085][8800] that Naboth[05022] was stoned[05619][8795], and was dead[04191][8799], that Jezebel[0348] said[0559][8799] to Ahab[0256], Arise[06965][8798], take possession[03423][8798] of the vineyard[03754] of Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158], which he refused[03985][8765] to give[05414][8800] thee for money[03701]: for Naboth[05022] is not alive[02416], but dead[04191][8804].
22:35 And it came to pass, when Ahab[0256] heard[08085][8800] that Naboth[05022] was dead[04191][8804], that Ahab[0256] rose up[06965][8799] to go down[03381][8800] to the vineyard[03754] of Naboth[05022] the Jezreelite[03158], to take possession[03423][8800] of it.
22:36 And the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Elijah[0452] the Tishbite[08664], saying[0559][8800],
22:37 Arise[06965][8798], go down[03381][8798] to meet[07125][8800] Ahab[0256] king[04428] of Israel[03478], which is in Samaria[08111]: behold, he is in the vineyard[03754] of Naboth[05022], whither he is gone down[03381][8804] to possess[03423][8800] it.
22:38 And thou shalt speak[01696][8765] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Hast thou killed[07523][8804], and also taken possession[03423][8804]? And thou shalt speak[01696][8765] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], In the place[04725] where dogs[03611] licked[03952][8804] the blood[01818] of Naboth[05022] shall dogs[03611] lick[03952][8799] thy blood[01818], even thine.
22:39 And Ahab[0256] said[0559][8799] to Elijah[0452], Hast thou found[04672][8804] me, O mine enemy[0341][8802]? And he answered[0559][8799], I have found[04672][8804] thee : because thou hast sold[04376][8692] thyself to work[06213][8800] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068].
22:40 Behold, I will bring[0935][8688] evil[07451] upon thee, and will take away[01197][8765] thy posterity[0310], and will cut off[03772][8689] from Ahab[0256] him that pisseth[08366][8688] against the wall[07023], and him that is shut up[06113][8803] and left[05800][8803] in Israel[03478],
22:41 And will make[05414][8804] thine house[01004] like the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379] the son[01121] of Nebat[05028], and like the house[01004] of Baasha[01201] the son[01121] of Ahijah[0281], for the provocation[03708] wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger[03707][8689], and made Israel[03478] to sin[02398][8686].
22:42 And of Jezebel[0348] also spake[01696][8765] the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], The dogs[03611] shall eat[0398][8799] Jezebel[0348] by the wall[02426] of Jezreel[03157]. wall: or, ditch
22:43 Him that dieth[04191][8801] of Ahab[0256] in the city[05892] the dogs[03611] shall eat[0398][8799]; and him that dieth[04191][8801] in the field[07704] shall the fowls[05775] of the air[08064] eat[0398][8799].
22:44 But there was none like unto Ahab[0256], which did sell[04376][8694] himself to work[06213][8800] wickedness[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], whom Jezebel[0348] his wife[0802] stirred up[05496][8689]. stirred...: or, incited
22:45 And he did very[03966] abominably[08581][8686] in following[03212][8800][0310] idols[01544], according to all things as did[06213][8804] the Amorites[0567], whom the LORD[03068] cast out[03423][8689] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
22:46 And it came to pass, when Ahab[0256] heard[08085][8800] those words[01697], that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899], and put[07760][8799] sackcloth[08242] upon his flesh[01320], and fasted[06684][8799], and lay[07901][8799] in sackcloth[08242], and went[01980][8762] softly[0328].
22:47 And the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came to Elijah[0452] the Tishbite[08664], saying[0559][8800],
22:48 Seest[07200][8804] thou how Ahab[0256] humbleth[03665][8738] himself before[06440] me? because[03282] he humbleth[03665][8738] himself before[06440] me, I will not bring[0935][8686] the evil[07451] in his days[03117]:  but in his son's[01121] days[03117] will I bring[0935][8686] the evil[07451] upon his house[01004].
22:49 And they continued[03427][8799] three[07969] years[08141] without war[04421] between Syria[0758] and Israel[03478].
22:50 And it came to pass in the third[07992] year[08141], that Jehoshaphat[03092] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] came down[03381][8799] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478].
22:51 And the king[04428] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], Know[03045][8804] ye that Ramoth[07433] in Gilead[01568] is ours, and we be still[02814][8688], and take[03947][8800] it not out of the hand[03027] of the king[04428] of Syria[0758]? still...: Heb. silent from taking it
22:52 And he said[0559][8799] unto Jehoshaphat[03092], Wilt thou go[03212][8799] with me to battle[04421] to Ramothgilead[07433][01568]? And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799] to the king[04428] of Israel[03478], I am as thou[03644] art , my people[05971] as thy people[05971], my horses[05483] as thy horses[05483].
22:53 And Jehoshaphat[03092] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428] of Israel[03478], Enquire[01875][8798], I pray thee, at the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] to day[03117].
