So Saul took his sword and fell on it. There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. "Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk." Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared. Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king ' Then take him out and stone him to death." "Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind. Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. "The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule. They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge. And he came and prostrated himself before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house." Jonathan then answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem, for he said, 'Please let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. Shall I kill them?" Nevertheless they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty. "If it please my father to do you harm, may the LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not make it known to you and send you away, that you may go in safety And may the LORD be with you as He has been with my father. "But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever." The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers. He did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of heaven. "Is it not the wheat harvest today? LUKE 2:9-12 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" Jaziz the Hagrite had charge of the flocks. "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. For if I should indeed learn that evil has been decided by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?" When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. King James Bible with "Go To Verse" Kindle Edition by Deep Field Publishing (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition 518 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $3.99 Read with Our Free App Imitation Leather $13.99 5 Used from $9.99 A breakthrough for Kindle Bibles. Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean." Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead. The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead." but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, behold, I have done according to your words Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha. Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?" Then they arose and went away that night. "So look, and learn about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah." Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food. So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know." In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at Megiddo. And Hazael became king in his place. He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." Who?" Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the 'Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you. And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived. His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries. So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. Now look after your own house, David!" "For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines." Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Then He said, 'You are to entice him and prevail also. And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. On the following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. And he sat on the throne of the kings. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. "Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord! Solomons wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. B He also overlaid the altar with cedar. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly Now he was lame in both feet. When Hazael king of Aram died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place. "If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And they answered, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother." "Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I have laid on you?" I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king." Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?" So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them. Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers. So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. read more. He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' Then Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time." He said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Make this valley full of trenches.' Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. For I am sent to you with a harsh message. They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel. Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. Be strong, and show yourself a man. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom." He said, "Throw her down." But the people did not answer him a word. read more. The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" "Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" So Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. So all the people that night brought each one his ox with him and slaughtered it there. Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying, "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. Which he will display at the proper timehe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. Publisher: OpenBible.info. One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks. "Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive. Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he took him up into the chariot. He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah. Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people. Then he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi." The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD. Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely, the LORD has not spoken by me." He did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him to anger. Then he went away from Jerusalem. The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps. The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.. Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, "Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you." And they leaped about the altar which they made. So he said, "Go." They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. And Abijam his son became king in his place. Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. So he turned and went away in a rage. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place. Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. So David arose early, he and his men, to depart in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines.