# Bible

btext:
And it came to pass, after<WH310> they were departed<WH3212>, that they came up<WH5927> out of the well<WH875>, and went<WH3212> and told<WH5046> king<WH4428> David<WH1732>, and said<WH559> unto David<WH1732>, Arise<WH6965>, and pass quickly<WH4120> over<WH5674> the water<WH4325>: for thus hath Ahithophel<WH302> counselled<WH3289> against you.


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Then David<WH1732> arose<WH6965>, and all the people<WH5971> that were with him, and they passed over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>: by the morning<WH1242> light<WH216> there lacked<WH5737> not one<WH259> of them that was not gone over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>.


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And when Ahithophel<WH302> saw<WH7200> that his counsel<WH6098> was not followed<WH6213>, he saddled<WH2280> his ass<WH2543>, and arose<WH6965>, and gat him home<WH3212> to his house<WH1004>, to his city<WH5892>, and put his household<WH1004> in order<WH6680>, and hanged<WH2614> himself, and died<WH4191>, and was buried<WH6912> in the sepulchre<WH6913> of his father<WH1>. / followed: Heb. done / put his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house


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Then David<WH1732> came<WH935> to Mahanaim<WH4266>. And Absalom<WH53> passed over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>, he and all the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478> with him.


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And Absalom<WH53> made<WH7760> Amasa<WH6021> captain of the host<WH6635> instead of Joab<WH3097>: which Amasa<WH6021> was a man's<WH376> son<WH1121>, whose name<WH8034> was Ithra<WH3501> an Israelite<WH3481>, that went in<WH935> to Abigail<WH26> the daughter<WH1323> of Nahash<WH5176>, sister<WH269> to Zeruiah<WH6870> Joab's<WH3097> mother<WH517>.


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And it came to pass, when David<WH1732> was come<WH935> to Mahanaim<WH4266>, that Shobi<WH7629> the son<WH1121> of Nahash<WH5176> of Rabbah<WH7237> of the children<WH1121> of Ammon<WH5983>, and Machir<WH4353> the son<WH1121> of Ammiel<WH5988> of Lodebar<WH3810>, and Barzillai<WH1271> the Gileadite<WH1569> of Rogelim<WH7274>,


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Brought<WH5066> beds<WH4904>, and basons<WH5592>, and earthen<WH3335> vessels<WH3627>, and wheat<WH2406>, and barley<WH8184>, and flour<WH7058>, and parched<WH7039> corn, and beans<WH6321>, and lentiles<WH5742>, and parched<WH7039> pulse, / basons: or, cups


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And honey<WH1706>, and butter<WH2529>, and sheep<WH6629>, and cheese<WH8194> of kine<WH1241>, for David<WH1732>, and for the people<WH5971> that were with him, to eat<WH398>: for they said<WH559>, The people<WH5971> is hungry<WH7457>, and weary<WH5889>, and thirsty<WH6771>, in the wilderness<WH4057>.


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And David<WH1732> numbered<WH6485> the people<WH5971> that were with him, and set<WH7760> captains<WH8269> of thousands<WH505> and captains<WH8269> of hundreds<WH3967> over them.


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And David<WH1732> sent forth<WH7971> a third part<WH7992> of the people<WH5971> under the hand<WH3027> of Joab<WH3097>, and a third part<WH7992> under the hand<WH3027> of Abishai<WH52> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870>, Joab's<WH3097> brother<WH251>, and a third part<WH7992> under the hand<WH3027> of Ittai<WH863> the Gittite<WH1663>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto the people<WH5971>, I will surely<WH3318> go forth<WH3318> with you myself<WH589> also.


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But the people<WH5971> answered<WH559>, Thou shalt not go forth<WH3318>: for if we flee<WH5127> away<WH5127>, they will not care<WH7760><WH3820> for us; neither if half<WH2677> of us die<WH4191>, will they care<WH7760><WH3820> for us: but now thou art worth<WH3644> ten<WH6235> thousand<WH505> of us: therefore now it is better<WH2896> that thou succour<WH5826><WH5826> us out of the city<WH5892>. / care…: Heb. set their heart on us / worth…: Heb. as ten thousand of us / succour: Heb. be to succour or help


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And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto them, What seemeth<WH5869> you best<WH3190> I will do<WH6213>. And the king<WH4428> stood<WH5975> by the gate<WH8179> side<WH3027>, and all the people<WH5971> came out<WH3318> by hundreds<WH3967> and by thousands<WH505>.


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And the king<WH4428> commanded<WH6680> Joab<WH3097> and Abishai<WH52> and Ittai<WH863>, saying<WH559>, Deal gently<WH328> for my sake with the young man<WH5288>, even with Absalom<WH53>. And all the people<WH5971> heard<WH8085> when the king<WH4428> gave all the captains<WH8269> charge<WH6680> concerning<WH1697> Absalom<WH53>.


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So the people<WH5971> went out<WH3318> into the field<WH7704> against<WH7125> Israel<WH3478>: and the battle<WH4421> was in the wood<WH3293> of Ephraim<WH669>;


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Where the people<WH5971> of Israel<WH3478> were slain<WH5062> before<WH6440> the servants<WH5650> of David<WH1732>, and there was there a great<WH1419> slaughter<WH4046> that day<WH3117> of twenty<WH6242> thousand<WH505> men.


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For the battle<WH4421> was there scattered<WH6327> over the face<WH6440> of all the country<WH776>: and the wood<WH3293> devoured<WH398> more<WH7235> people<WH5971> that day<WH3117> than the sword<WH2719> devoured<WH398>. / devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour


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And Absalom<WH53> met<WH7122> the servants<WH6440><WH5650> of David<WH1732>. And Absalom<WH53> rode<WH7392> upon a mule<WH6505>, and the mule<WH6505> went<WH935> under the thick boughs<WH7730> of a great<WH1419> oak<WH424>, and his head<WH7218> caught hold<WH2388> of the oak<WH424>, and he was taken up<WH5414> between the heaven<WH8064> and the earth<WH776>; and the mule<WH6505> that was under him went away<WH5674>.


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And a certain<WH259> man<WH376> saw<WH7200> it, and told<WH5046> Joab<WH3097>, and said<WH559>, Behold, I saw<WH7200> Absalom<WH53> hanged<WH8518> in an oak<WH424>.


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And Joab<WH3097> said<WH559> unto the man<WH376> that told<WH5046> him, And, behold, thou sawest<WH7200> him, and why didst thou not smite<WH5221> him there to the ground<WH776>? and I would have given<WH5414> thee ten<WH6235> shekels of silver<WH3701>, and a<WH259> girdle<WH2290>.


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And the man<WH376> said<WH559> unto Joab<WH3097>, Though<WH3863> I should receive<WH8254> a thousand<WH505> shekels of silver<WH3701> in mine hand<WH3709>, yet would I not put forth<WH7971> mine hand<WH3027> against the king's<WH4428> son<WH1121>: for in our hearing<WH241> the king<WH4428> charged<WH6680> thee and Abishai<WH52> and Ittai<WH863>, saying<WH559>, Beware<WH8104> that none touch the young man<WH5288> Absalom<WH53>. / receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand / Beware…: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc


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Otherwise<WH176> I should have wrought<WH6213> falsehood<WH8267> against mine own life<WH5315>: for there is no matter<WH1697> hid<WH3582> from the king<WH4428>, and thou thyself wouldest have set<WH3320> thyself against me.


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Then said<WH559> Joab<WH3097>, I may not tarry<WH3176> thus with thee<WH6440>. And he took<WH3947> three<WH7969> darts<WH7626> in his hand<WH3709>, and thrust<WH8628> them through the heart<WH3820> of Absalom<WH53>, while he was yet alive<WH2416> in the midst of the oak<WH424>. / with…: Heb. before thee / midst: Heb. heart


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And ten<WH6235> young men<WH5288> that bare<WH5375> Joab's<WH3097> armour<WH3627> compassed about<WH5437> and smote<WH5221> Absalom<WH53>, and slew<WH4191> him.


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And Joab<WH3097> blew<WH8628> the trumpet<WH7782>, and the people<WH5971> returned<WH7725> from pursuing<WH7291> after<WH310> Israel<WH3478>: for Joab<WH3097> held back<WH2820> the people<WH5971>.


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And they took<WH3947> Absalom<WH53>, and cast<WH7993> him into a great<WH1419> pit<WH6354> in the wood<WH3293>, and laid<WH5324> a very<WH3966> great<WH1419> heap<WH1530> of stones<WH68> upon him: and all Israel<WH3478> fled<WH5127> every one<WH376> to his tent<WH168>.


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Now Absalom<WH53> in his lifetime<WH2416> had taken<WH3947> and reared up<WH5324> for himself a pillar<WH4678>, which is in the king's<WH4428> dale<WH6010>: for he said<WH559>, I have no son<WH1121> to keep my name<WH8034> in remembrance<WH2142>: and he called<WH7121> the pillar<WH4678> after his own name<WH8034>: and it is called<WH7121> unto this day<WH3117>, Absalom's<WH53> place<WH3027>.


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Then said<WH559> Ahimaaz<WH290> the son<WH1121> of Zadok<WH6659>, Let me now run<WH7323>, and bear<WH1319> the king<WH4428> tidings<WH1319>, how that the LORD<WH3068> hath avenged<WH8199> him of his enemies<WH3027><WH341>. / avenged…: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc


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And Joab<WH3097> said<WH559> unto him, Thou<WH376> shalt not bear tidings<WH1309> this day<WH3117>, but thou shalt bear tidings<WH1319> another<WH312> day<WH3117>: but this day<WH3117> thou shalt bear no tidings<WH1319>, because the king's<WH4428> son<WH1121> is dead<WH4191>. / bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc


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Then said<WH559> Joab<WH3097> to Cushi<WH3569>, Go<WH3212> tell<WH5046> the king<WH4428> what thou hast seen<WH7200>. And Cushi<WH3569> bowed<WH7812> himself unto Joab<WH3097>, and ran<WH7323>.


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Then said<WH559> Ahimaaz<WH290> the son<WH1121> of Zadok<WH6659> yet again<WH3254> to Joab<WH3097>, But howsoever<WH4100>, let me, I pray thee, also run<WH7323> after<WH310> Cushi<WH3569>. And Joab<WH3097> said<WH559>, Wherefore wilt thou run<WH7323>, my son<WH1121>, seeing that thou hast no tidings<WH1309> ready<WH4672>? / howsoever: Heb. be what may / ready: or, convenient


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But howsoever, said he, let me run<WH7323>. And he said<WH559> unto him, Run<WH7323>. Then Ahimaaz<WH290> ran<WH7323> by the way<WH1870> of the plain<WH3603>, and overran<WH5674> Cushi<WH3569>.


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And David<WH1732> sat<WH3427> between the two<WH8147> gates<WH8179>: and the watchman<WH6822> went up<WH3212> to the roof<WH1406> over the gate<WH8179> unto the wall<WH2346>, and lifted up<WH5375> his eyes<WH5869>, and looked<WH7200>, and behold a man<WH376> running<WH7323> alone.


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And the watchman<WH6822> cried<WH7121>, and told<WH5046> the king<WH4428>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, If he be alone, there is tidings<WH1309> in his mouth<WH6310>. And he came<WH3212> apace<WH1980>, and drew near<WH7131>.


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And the watchman<WH6822> saw<WH7200> another<WH312> man<WH376> running<WH7323>: and the watchman<WH6822> called<WH7121> unto the porter<WH7778>, and said<WH559>, Behold another man<WH376> running<WH7323> alone. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, He also bringeth tidings<WH1319>.


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And the watchman<WH6822> said<WH559>, Me thinketh<WH7200> the running<WH4794> of the foremost<WH7223> is like the running<WH4794> of Ahimaaz<WH290> the son<WH1121> of Zadok<WH6659>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, He is a good<WH2896> man<WH376>, and cometh<WH935> with good<WH2896> tidings<WH1309>. / Me…: Heb. I see the running


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And Ahimaaz<WH290> called<WH7121>, and said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, All is well<WH7965>. And he fell down<WH7812> to the earth<WH776> upon his face<WH639> before the king<WH4428>, and said<WH559>, Blessed<WH1288> be the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430>, which hath delivered up<WH5462> the men<WH582> that lifted up<WH5375> their hand<WH3027> against my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>. / All…: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace / delivered…: Heb. shut up


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And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, Is the young man<WH5288> Absalom<WH53> safe<WH7965>? And Ahimaaz<WH290> answered<WH559>, When Joab<WH3097> sent<WH7971> the king's<WH4428> servant<WH5650>, and me thy servant<WH5650>, I saw<WH7200> a great<WH1419> tumult<WH1995>, but I knew<WH3045> not what it was. / Is…: Heb. Is there peace?


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And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto him, Turn aside<WH5437>, and stand<WH3320> here<WH3541>. And he turned aside<WH5437>, and stood still<WH5975>.


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And, behold, Cushi<WH3569> came<WH935>; and Cushi<WH3569> said<WH559>, Tidings<WH1319>, my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>: for the LORD<WH3068> hath avenged<WH8199> thee this day<WH3117> of all them<WH3027> that rose up<WH6965> against thee. / Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought


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And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto Cushi<WH3569>, Is the young man<WH5288> Absalom<WH53> safe<WH7965>? And Cushi<WH3569> answered<WH559>, The enemies<WH341> of my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>, and all that rise<WH6965> against thee to do thee hurt<WH7451>, be as that young man<WH5288> is.


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And the king<WH4428> was much moved<WH7264>, and went up<WH5927> to the chamber<WH5944> over the gate<WH8179>, and wept<WH1058>: and as he went<WH3212>, thus he said<WH559>, O my son<WH1121> Absalom<WH53>, my son<WH1121>, my son<WH1121> Absalom<WH53>! would God I had died<WH4191> for thee<WH5414>, O Absalom<WH53>, my son<WH1121>, my son<WH1121>!


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And it was told<WH5046> Joab<WH3097>, Behold, the king<WH4428> weepeth<WH1058> and mourneth<WH56> for Absalom<WH53>.


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And the victory<WH8668> that day<WH3117> was turned into mourning<WH60> unto all the people<WH5971>: for the people<WH5971> heard<WH8085> say<WH559> that day<WH3117> how the king<WH4428> was grieved<WH6087> for his son<WH1121>. / victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance


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And the people<WH5971> gat<WH935> them by stealth<WH1589> that day<WH3117> into the city<WH5892>, as people<WH5971> being ashamed<WH3637> steal away<WH1589> when they flee<WH5127> in battle<WH4421>.


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But the king<WH4428> covered<WH3813> his face<WH6440>, and the king<WH4428> cried<WH2199> with a loud<WH1419> voice<WH6963>, O my son<WH1121> Absalom<WH53>, O Absalom<WH53>, my son<WH1121>, my son<WH1121>!


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And Joab<WH3097> came<WH935> into the house<WH1004> to the king<WH4428>, and said<WH559>, Thou hast shamed<WH3001> this day<WH3117> the faces<WH6440> of all thy servants<WH5650>, which this day<WH3117> have saved<WH4422> thy life<WH5315>, and the lives<WH5315> of thy sons<WH1121> and of thy daughters<WH1323>, and the lives<WH5315> of thy wives<WH802>, and the lives<WH5315> of thy concubines<WH6370>;


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In that thou lovest<WH157> thine enemies<WH8130>, and hatest<WH8130> thy friends<WH157>. For thou hast declared<WH5046> this day<WH3117>, that thou regardest neither princes<WH8269> nor servants<WH5650>: for this day<WH3117> I perceive<WH3045>, that if<WH3863> Absalom<WH53> had lived<WH2416>, and all we had died<WH4191> this day<WH3117>, then it had pleased thee well<WH3477><WH5869>. / in…: Heb. By loving, etc / that thou regardest…: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee


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Now therefore arise<WH6965>, go forth<WH3318>, and speak<WH1696> comfortably<WH3820> unto thy servants<WH5650>: for I swear<WH7650> by the LORD<WH3068>, if thou go not forth<WH3318>, there will not tarry<WH3885> one<WH376> with thee this night<WH3915>: and that will be worse<WH7489> unto thee than all the evil<WH7451> that befell<WH935> thee from thy youth<WH5271> until now. / comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of thy servants


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Then the king<WH4428> arose<WH6965>, and sat<WH3427> in the gate<WH8179>. And they told<WH5046> unto all the people<WH5971>, saying<WH559>, Behold, the king<WH4428> doth sit<WH3427> in the gate<WH8179>. And all the people<WH5971> came<WH935> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>: for Israel<WH3478> had fled<WH5127> every man<WH376> to his tent<WH168>.


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And all the people<WH5971> were at strife<WH1777> throughout all the tribes<WH7626> of Israel<WH3478>, saying<WH559>, The king<WH4428> saved<WH5337> us out of the hand<WH3709> of our enemies<WH341>, and he delivered<WH4422> us out of the hand<WH3709> of the Philistines<WH6430>; and now he is fled<WH1272> out of the land<WH776> for Absalom<WH53>.


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And Absalom<WH53>, whom we anointed<WH4886> over us, is dead<WH4191> in battle<WH4421>. Now therefore why speak<WH2790> ye not a word of bringing<WH7725> the king<WH4428> back<WH7725>? / speak…: Heb. are ye silent?


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And king<WH4428> David<WH1732> sent<WH7971> to Zadok<WH6659> and to Abiathar<WH54> the priests<WH3548>, saying<WH559>, Speak<WH1696> unto the elders<WH2205> of Judah<WH3063>, saying<WH559>, Why are ye the last<WH314> to bring<WH7725> the king<WH4428> back<WH7725> to his house<WH1004>? seeing the speech<WH1697> of all Israel<WH3478> is come<WH935> to the king<WH4428>, even to his house<WH1004>.


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Ye are my brethren<WH251>, ye are my bones<WH6106> and my flesh<WH1320>: wherefore then are ye the last<WH314> to bring back<WH7725> the king<WH4428>?


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And say<WH559> ye to Amasa<WH6021>, Art thou not of my bone<WH6106>, and of my flesh<WH1320>? God<WH430> do<WH6213> so to me, and more<WH3254> also, if thou be not captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635> before<WH6440> me continually<WH3117> in the room<WH8478> of Joab<WH3097>.


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And he bowed<WH5186> the heart<WH3824> of all the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063>, even as the heart of one<WH259> man<WH376>; so that they sent<WH7971> this word unto the king<WH4428>, Return<WH7725> thou, and all thy servants<WH5650>.


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So the king<WH4428> returned<WH7725>, and came<WH935> to Jordan<WH3383>. And Judah<WH3063> came<WH935> to Gilgal<WH1537>, to go<WH3212> to meet<WH7125> the king<WH4428>, to conduct<WH5674> the king<WH4428> over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>.


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And Shimei<WH8096> the son<WH1121> of Gera<WH1617>, a Benjamite<WH1145>, which was of Bahurim<WH980>, hasted<WH4116> and came down<WH3381> with the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> to meet<WH7125> king<WH4428> David<WH1732>.


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And there were a thousand<WH505> men<WH376> of Benjamin<WH1145> with him, and Ziba<WH6717> the servant<WH5288> of the house<WH1004> of Saul<WH7586>, and his fifteen<WH2568><WH6240> sons<WH1121> and his twenty<WH6242> servants<WH5650> with him; and they went over<WH6743> Jordan<WH3383> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>.


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And there went over<WH5674> a ferry boat<WH5679> to carry over<WH5674> the king's<WH4428> household<WH1004>, and to do<WH6213> what he thought<WH5869> good<WH2896>. And Shimei<WH8096> the son<WH1121> of Gera<WH1617> fell down<WH5307> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>, as he was come over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>; / what…: Heb. the good in his eyes


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And said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, Let not my lord<WH113> impute<WH2803> iniquity<WH5771> unto me, neither do thou remember<WH2142> that which thy servant<WH5650> did perversely<WH5753> the day<WH3117> that my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> went out<WH3318> of Jerusalem<WH3389>, that the king<WH4428> should take<WH7760> it to his heart<WH3820>.


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For thy servant<WH5650> doth know<WH3045> that I have sinned<WH2398>: therefore, behold, I am come<WH935> the first<WH7223> this day<WH3117> of all the house<WH1004> of Joseph<WH3130> to go down<WH3381> to meet<WH7125> my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>.


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But Abishai<WH52> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Shall not Shimei<WH8096> be put to death<WH4191> for this, because he cursed<WH7043> the LORD'S<WH3068> anointed<WH4899>?


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And David<WH1732> said<WH559>, What have I to do with you, ye sons<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870>, that ye should this day<WH3117> be adversaries<WH7854> unto me? shall there any man<WH376> be put to death<WH4191> this day<WH3117> in Israel<WH3478>? for do not I know<WH3045> that I am this day<WH3117> king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>?


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Therefore the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto Shimei<WH8096>, Thou shalt not die<WH4191>. And the king<WH4428> sware<WH7650> unto him.


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And Mephibosheth<WH4648> the son<WH1121> of Saul<WH7586> came down<WH3381> to meet<WH7125> the king<WH4428>, and had neither<WH3808> dressed<WH6213> his feet<WH7272>, nor trimmed<WH6213> his beard<WH8222>, nor washed<WH3526> his clothes<WH899>, from the day<WH3117> the king<WH4428> departed<WH3212> until the day<WH3117> he came<WH935> again in peace<WH7965>.


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And it came to pass, when he was come<WH935> to Jerusalem<WH3389> to meet<WH7125> the king<WH4428>, that the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto him, Wherefore wentest<WH1980> not thou with me, Mephibosheth<WH4648>?


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And he answered<WH559>, My lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>, my servant<WH5650> deceived<WH7411> me: for thy servant<WH5650> said<WH559>, I will saddle<WH2280> me an ass<WH2543>, that I may ride<WH7392> thereon, and go<WH3212> to the king<WH4428>; because thy servant<WH5650> is lame<WH6455>.


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And he hath slandered<WH7270> thy servant<WH5650> unto my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>; but my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> is as an angel<WH4397> of God<WH430>: do<WH6213> therefore what is good<WH2896> in thine eyes<WH5869>.


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For all of my father's<WH1> house<WH1004> were but<WH3808> dead<WH4194> men<WH582> before my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>: yet didst thou set<WH7896> thy servant<WH5650> among them that did eat<WH398> at thine own table<WH7979>. What right<WH6666> therefore have<WH3426> I yet to cry<WH2199> any more unto the king<WH4428>? / dead…: Heb. men of death


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And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto him, Why speakest<WH1696> thou any more of thy matters<WH1697>? I have said<WH559>, Thou and Ziba<WH6717> divide<WH2505> the land<WH7704>.


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And Mephibosheth<WH4648> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, Yea, let him take<WH3947> all, forasmuch<WH310> as<WH834> my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> is come again<WH935> in peace<WH7965> unto his own house<WH1004>.


btext:
And Barzillai<WH1271> the Gileadite<WH1569> came down<WH3381> from Rogelim<WH7274>, and went over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383> with the king<WH4428>, to conduct<WH7971> him over Jordan<WH3383>.


btext:
Now Barzillai<WH1271> was a very<WH3966> aged<WH2204> man, even fourscore<WH8084> years<WH8141> old<WH1121>: and he had provided the king<WH4428> of sustenance<WH3557> while he lay<WH7871> at Mahanaim<WH4266>; for he was a very<WH3966> great<WH1419> man<WH376>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto Barzillai<WH1271>, Come thou over<WH5674> with me, and I will feed<WH3557> thee with me in Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And Barzillai<WH1271> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, How long<WH3117> have I to live<WH8141><WH2416>, that I should go up<WH5927> with the king<WH4428> unto Jerusalem<WH3389>? / How…: Heb. How many days are the years of my life


btext:
I am this day<WH3117> fourscore<WH8084> years<WH8141> old<WH1121>: and can I discern<WH3045> between good<WH2896> and evil<WH7451>? can thy servant<WH5650> taste<WH2938> what<WH834> I eat<WH398> or what<WH834> I drink<WH8354>? can I hear<WH8085> any more the voice<WH6963> of singing men<WH7891> and singing women<WH7891>? wherefore then should thy servant<WH5650> be yet a burden<WH4853> unto my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>?


btext:
Thy servant<WH5650> will go<WH5674> a little way<WH4592> over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383> with the king<WH4428>: and why should the king<WH4428> recompense<WH1580> it me with such a reward<WH1578>?


btext:
Let thy servant<WH5650>, I pray thee, turn back again<WH7725>, that I may die<WH4191> in mine own city<WH5892>, and be buried by the grave<WH6913> of my father<WH1> and of my mother<WH517>. But behold thy servant<WH5650> Chimham<WH3643>; let him go over<WH5674> with my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>; and do<WH6213> to him what shall seem good<WH2896><WH5869> unto thee.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> answered<WH559>, Chimham<WH3643> shall go<WH5674> over with me, and I will do<WH6213> to him that which shall seem good<WH2896><WH5869> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require<WH977> of me, that will I do<WH6213> for thee. / require: Heb. choose


btext:
And all the people<WH5971> went over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>. And when the king<WH4428> was come over<WH5674>, the king<WH4428> kissed<WH5401> Barzillai<WH1271>, and blessed<WH1288> him; and he returned<WH7725> unto his own place<WH4725>.


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> went on<WH5674> to Gilgal<WH1537>, and Chimham<WH3643> went on<WH5674> with him: and all the people<WH5971> of Judah<WH3063> conducted<WH5674><WH5674> the king<WH4428>, and also half<WH2677> the people<WH5971> of Israel<WH3478>. / Chimham: Heb. Chimhan


btext:
And, behold, all the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478> came<WH935> to the king<WH4428>, and said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, Why have our brethren<WH251> the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> stolen thee away<WH1589>, and have brought<WH5674> the king<WH4428>, and his household<WH1004>, and all David's<WH1732> men<WH582> with him, over Jordan<WH3383>?


btext:
And all the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> answered<WH6030> the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478>, Because the king<WH4428> is near of kin<WH7138> to us: wherefore then be ye angry<WH2734> for this matter<WH1697>? have we eaten<WH398> at all<WH398> of the king's<WH4428> cost? or hath he given<WH5375> us any gift<WH5379>?


btext:
And the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478> answered<WH6030> the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063>, and said<WH559>, We have ten<WH6235> parts<WH3027> in the king<WH4428>, and we<WH589> have also more right in David<WH1732> than ye: why then did ye despise<WH7043> us, that our advice<WH1697> should not be first<WH7223> had in bringing back<WH7725> our king<WH4428>? And the words<WH1697> of the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> were fiercer<WH7185> than the words<WH1697> of the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478>. / despise…: Heb. set us at light


btext:
And there happened<WH7122> to be there a man<WH376> of Belial<WH1100>, whose name<WH8034> was Sheba<WH7652>, the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075>, a Benjamite<WH1145>: and he blew<WH8628> a trumpet<WH7782>, and said<WH559>, We have no part<WH2506> in David<WH1732>, neither have we inheritance<WH5159> in the son<WH1121> of Jesse<WH3448>: every<WH376> man<WH376> to his tents<WH168>, O Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
So every man<WH376> of Israel<WH3478> went up<WH5927> from after<WH310> David<WH1732>, and followed<WH310> Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075>: but the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> clave<WH1692> unto their king<WH4428>, from Jordan<WH3383> even to Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And David<WH1732> came<WH935> to his house<WH1004> at Jerusalem<WH3389>; and the king<WH4428> took<WH3947> the ten<WH6235> women<WH802> his concubines<WH6370>, whom he had left<WH3240> to keep<WH8104> the house<WH1004>, and put<WH5414> them in ward<WH4931>, and fed<WH3557> them, but went not in<WH935> unto them. So they were shut up<WH6887> unto the day<WH3117> of their death<WH4191>, living<WH2424> in widowhood<WH491>. / ward: Heb. an house of ward / shut…: Heb. bound / living…: Heb. in widowhood of life


btext:
Then said<WH559> the king<WH4428> to Amasa<WH6021>, Assemble<WH2199> me the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> within three<WH7969> days<WH3117>, and be thou here present<WH5975>. / Assemble: Heb. Call


btext:
So Amasa<WH6021> went<WH3212> to assemble<WH2199> the men of Judah<WH3063>: but he tarried longer<WH309><WH3186> than the set time<WH4150> which he had appointed<WH3259> him. / Assemble: Heb. Call


btext:
And David<WH1732> said<WH559> to Abishai<WH52>, Now shall Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075> do us more harm<WH3415> than did Absalom<WH53>: take<WH3947> thou thy lord's<WH113> servants<WH5650>, and pursue<WH7291> after<WH310> him, lest he get<WH4672> him fenced<WH1219> cities<WH5892>, and escape<WH5337> us<WH5869>. / escape…: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes


btext:
And there went out<WH3318> after<WH310> him Joab's<WH3097> men<WH582>, and the Cherethites<WH3774>, and the Pelethites<WH6432>, and all the mighty men<WH1368>: and they went out<WH3318> of Jerusalem<WH3389>, to pursue<WH7291> after<WH310> Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075>.


btext:
When they were at the great<WH1419> stone<WH68> which is in Gibeon<WH1391>, Amasa<WH6021> went<WH935> before<WH6440> them. And Joab's<WH3097> garment<WH4055> that he had put on<WH3830> was girded<WH2296> unto him, and upon it a girdle<WH2289> with a sword<WH2719> fastened<WH6775> upon his loins<WH4975> in the sheath<WH8593> thereof; and as he went forth<WH3318> it fell out<WH5307>.


btext:
And Joab<WH3097> said<WH559> to Amasa<WH6021>, Art thou in health<WH7965>, my brother<WH251>? And Joab<WH3097> took<WH270> Amasa<WH6021> by the beard<WH2206> with the right<WH3225> hand<WH3027> to kiss<WH5401> him.


btext:
But Amasa<WH6021> took no heed<WH8104> to the sword<WH2719> that was in Joab's<WH3097> hand<WH3027>: so he smote<WH5221> him therewith in the fifth<WH2570> rib, and shed out<WH8210> his bowels<WH4578> to the ground<WH776>, and struck him not again<WH8138>; and he died<WH4191>. So Joab<WH3097> and Abishai<WH52> his brother<WH251> pursued<WH7291> after<WH310> Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075>. / struck…: Heb. doubled not his stroke


btext:
And one<WH376> of Joab's<WH3097> men<WH5288> stood<WH5975> by him, and said<WH559>, He<WH4310> that favoureth<WH2654> Joab<WH3097>, and he that is for David<WH1732>, let him go after<WH310> Joab<WH3097>.


btext:
And Amasa<WH6021> wallowed<WH1556> in blood<WH1818> in the midst<WH8432> of the highway<WH4546>. And when the man<WH376> saw<WH7200> that all the people<WH5971> stood still<WH5975>, he removed<WH5437> Amasa<WH6021> out of the highway<WH4546> into the field<WH7704>, and cast<WH7993> a cloth<WH899> upon him, when he saw<WH7200> that every one that came<WH935> by him stood still<WH5975>.


btext:
When he was removed<WH3014> out of the highway<WH4546>, all the people<WH376> went on<WH5674> after<WH310> Joab<WH3097>, to pursue<WH7291> after<WH310> Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075>.


btext:
And he went<WH5674> through all the tribes<WH7626> of Israel<WH3478> unto Abel<WH59>, and to Bethmaachah<WH1038>, and all the Berites<WH1276>: and they were gathered together<WH6950><WH7035>, and went<WH935> also after<WH310> him.


btext:
And they came<WH935> and besieged<WH6696> him in Abel<WH59> of Bethmaachah<WH1038>, and they cast up<WH8210> a bank<WH5550> against the city<WH5892>, and it stood<WH5975> in the trench<WH2426>: and all the people<WH5971> that were with Joab<WH3097> battered<WH7843> the wall<WH2346>, to throw it down<WH5307>. / in the trench: or, against the outmost wall / battered: Heb. marred to throw down


btext:
Then cried<WH7121> a wise<WH2450> woman<WH802> out of the city<WH5892>, Hear<WH8085>, hear<WH8085>; say<WH559>, I pray you, unto Joab<WH3097>, Come near<WH7126> hither, that I may speak<WH1696> with thee.


btext:
And when he was come near<WH7126> unto her, the woman<WH802> said<WH559>, Art thou Joab<WH3097>? And he answered<WH559>, I am he. Then she said<WH559> unto him, Hear<WH8085> the words<WH1697> of thine handmaid<WH519>. And he answered<WH559>, I do hear<WH8085>.


btext:
Then she spake<WH559>, saying<WH559>, They were wont<WH1696> to speak<WH1696> in old time<WH7223>, saying<WH559>, They shall surely<WH7592> ask<WH7592> counsel at Abel<WH59>: and so they ended<WH8552> the matter. / They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end


btext:
I am one of them that are peaceable<WH7999> and faithful<WH539> in Israel<WH3478>: thou seekest<WH1245> to destroy<WH4191> a city<WH5892> and a mother<WH517> in Israel<WH3478>: why wilt thou swallow up<WH1104> the inheritance<WH5159> of the LORD<WH3068>?


btext:
And Joab<WH3097> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Far be it<WH2486>, far be it<WH2486> from me, that I should swallow up<WH1104> or destroy<WH7843>.


btext:
The matter<WH1697> is not so: but a man<WH376> of mount<WH2022> Ephraim<WH669>, Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075> by name<WH8034>, hath lifted up<WH5375> his hand<WH3027> against the king<WH4428>, even against David<WH1732>: deliver<WH5414> him only, and I will depart<WH3212> from the city<WH5892>. And the woman<WH802> said<WH559> unto Joab<WH3097>, Behold, his head<WH7218> shall be thrown<WH7993> to thee over<WH1157> the wall<WH2346>. / by name: Heb. by his name


btext:
Then the woman<WH802> went<WH935> unto all the people<WH5971> in her wisdom<WH2451>. And they cut off<WH3772> the head<WH7218> of Sheba<WH7652> the son<WH1121> of Bichri<WH1075>, and cast<WH7993> it out to Joab<WH3097>. And he blew<WH8628> a trumpet<WH7782>, and they retired<WH6327> from the city<WH5892>, every man<WH376> to his tent<WH168>. And Joab<WH3097> returned<WH7725> to Jerusalem<WH3389> unto the king<WH4428>. / retired: Heb. were scattered


btext:
Now Joab<WH3097> was over all the host<WH6635> of Israel<WH3478>: and Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077> was over the Cherethites<WH3774><WH3746> and over the Pelethites<WH6432>:


btext:
And Adoram<WH151> was over the tribute<WH4522>: and Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the son<WH1121> of Ahilud<WH286> was recorder<WH2142>: / recorder: or, remembrancer


btext:
And Sheva<WH7864><WH7724> was scribe<WH5608>: and Zadok<WH6659> and Abiathar<WH54> were the priests<WH3548>:


btext:
And Ira<WH5896> also the Jairite<WH2972> was a chief ruler<WH3548> about David<WH1732>. / a chief…: or, a prince


btext:
Then there was a famine<WH7458> in the days<WH3117> of David<WH1732> three<WH7969> years<WH8141>, year<WH8141> after<WH310> year<WH8141>; and David<WH1732> enquired<WH1245> of<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>. And the LORD<WH3068> answered<WH559>, It is for Saul<WH7586>, and for his bloody<WH1818> house<WH1004>, because he slew<WH4191> the Gibeonites<WH1393>. / enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc


btext:
And the king<WH4428> called<WH7121> the Gibeonites<WH1393>, and said<WH559> unto them; (now the Gibeonites<WH1393> were not of the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, but of the remnant<WH3499> of the Amorites<WH567>; and the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> had sworn<WH7650> unto them: and Saul<WH7586> sought<WH1245> to slay<WH5221> them in his zeal<WH7065> to the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> and Judah<WH3063>.)


btext:
Wherefore David<WH1732> said<WH559> unto the Gibeonites<WH1393>, What shall I do<WH6213> for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement<WH3722>, that ye may bless<WH1288> the inheritance<WH5159> of the LORD<WH3068>?


btext:
And the Gibeonites<WH1393> said<WH559> unto him, We will have no silver<WH3701> nor gold<WH2091> of<WH5973> Saul<WH7586>, nor of his house<WH1004>; neither for us shalt thou kill<WH4191> any man<WH376> in Israel<WH3478>. And he said<WH559>, What ye shall say<WH559>, that will I do<WH6213> for you. / We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc


btext:
And they answered<WH559> the king<WH4428>, The man<WH376> that consumed<WH3615> us, and that devised<WH1819> against us that we should be destroyed<WH8045> from remaining<WH3320> in any of the coasts<WH1366> of Israel<WH3478>, / devised…: or, cut us off


btext:
Let seven<WH7651> men<WH582> of his sons<WH1121> be delivered<WH5414> unto us, and we will hang them up<WH3363> unto the LORD<WH3068> in Gibeah<WH1390> of Saul<WH7586>, whom the LORD<WH3068> did choose<WH972>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, I will give<WH5414> them. / whom…: or, chosen of the LORD


btext:
But the king<WH4428> spared<WH2550> Mephibosheth<WH4648>, the son<WH1121> of Jonathan<WH3083> the son<WH1121> of Saul<WH7586>, because of the LORD'S<WH3068> oath<WH7621> that was between them, between David<WH1732> and Jonathan<WH3083> the son<WH1121> of Saul<WH7586>.


btext:
But the king<WH4428> took<WH3947> the two<WH8147> sons<WH1121> of Rizpah<WH7532> the daughter<WH1323> of Aiah<WH345>, whom she bare<WH3205> unto Saul<WH7586>, Armoni<WH764> and Mephibosheth<WH4648>; and the five<WH2568> sons<WH1121> of Michal<WH4324> the daughter<WH1323> of Saul<WH7586>, whom she brought up<WH3205> for Adriel<WH5741> the son<WH1121> of Barzillai<WH1271> the Meholathite<WH4259>: / Michal: or, Michal's sister / brought…: Heb. bare to Adriel


btext:
And he delivered<WH5414> them into the hands<WH3027> of the Gibeonites<WH1393>, and they hanged<WH3363> them in the hill<WH2022> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>: and they fell<WH5307> all seven<WH7651><WH7659> together<WH3162>, and were put to death<WH4191> in the days<WH3117> of harvest<WH7105>, in the first<WH7223> days, in the beginning<WH8462> of barley<WH8184> harvest<WH7105>.


btext:
And Rizpah<WH7532> the daughter<WH1323> of Aiah<WH345> took<WH3947> sackcloth<WH8242>, and spread<WH5186> it for her upon the rock<WH6697>, from the beginning<WH8462> of harvest<WH7105> until water<WH4325> dropped<WH5413> upon them out of heaven<WH8064>, and suffered<WH5414> neither the birds<WH5775> of the air<WH8064> to rest<WH5117> on them by day<WH3119>, nor the beasts<WH2416> of the field<WH7704> by night<WH3915>.


btext:
And it was told<WH5046> David<WH1732> what Rizpah<WH7532> the daughter<WH1323> of Aiah<WH345>, the concubine<WH6370> of Saul<WH7586>, had done<WH6213>.


btext:
And David<WH1732> went<WH3212> and took<WH3947> the bones<WH6106> of Saul<WH7586> and the bones<WH6106> of Jonathan<WH3083> his son<WH1121> from the men<WH1167> of Jabeshgilead<WH3003><WH1568>, which had stolen<WH1589> them from the street<WH7339> of Bethshan<WH1052>, where the Philistines<WH6430> had hanged<WH8511><WH8518> them, when<WH3117> the Philistines<WH6430> had slain<WH5221> Saul<WH7586> in Gilboa<WH1533>:


btext:
And he brought up<WH5927> from thence the bones<WH6106> of Saul<WH7586> and the bones<WH6106> of Jonathan<WH3083> his son<WH1121>; and they gathered<WH622> the bones<WH6106> of them that were hanged<WH3363>.


btext:
And the bones<WH6106> of Saul<WH7586> and Jonathan<WH3083> his son<WH1121> buried<WH6912> they in the country<WH776> of Benjamin<WH1144> in Zelah<WH6762>, in the sepulchre<WH6913> of Kish<WH7027> his father<WH1>: and they performed<WH6213> all that the king<WH4428> commanded<WH6680>. And after<WH310> that God<WH430> was intreated<WH6279> for the land<WH776>.


btext:
Moreover the Philistines<WH6430> had yet war<WH4421> again with Israel<WH3478>; and David<WH1732> went down<WH3381>, and his servants<WH5650> with him, and fought<WH3898> against the Philistines<WH6430>: and David<WH1732> waxed faint<WH5774>.


btext:
And Ishbibenob<WH3430>, which was of the sons<WH3211> of the giant<WH7497>, the weight<WH4948> of whose spear<WH7013> weighed three<WH7969> hundred<WH3967> shekels of brass<WH5178> in weight<WH4948>, he being girded<WH2296> with a new<WH2319> sword, thought<WH559> to have slain<WH5221> David<WH1732>. / the giant: or, Rapha / spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head


btext:
But Abishai<WH52> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870> succoured<WH5826> him, and smote<WH5221> the Philistine<WH6430>, and killed<WH4191> him. Then the men<WH582> of David<WH1732> sware<WH7650> unto him, saying<WH559>, Thou shalt go<WH3318> no more out with us to battle<WH4421>, that thou quench<WH3518> not the light<WH5216> of Israel<WH3478>. / light: Heb. candle, or, lamp


btext:
And it came to pass after this<WH310>, that there was again a battle<WH4421> with the Philistines<WH6430> at Gob<WH1359>: then Sibbechai<WH5444> the Hushathite<WH2843> slew<WH5221> Saph<WH5593>, which was of the sons<WH3211> of the giant<WH7497>. / the giant: or, Rapha / Saph: or, Sippai


btext:
And there was again a battle<WH4421> in Gob<WH1359> with the Philistines<WH6430>, where Elhanan<WH445> the son<WH1121> of Jaareoregim<WH3296>, a Bethlehemite<WH1022>, slew<WH5221> the brother of Goliath<WH1555> the Gittite<WH1663>, the staff<WH6086> of whose spear<WH2595> was like a weaver's<WH707> beam<WH4500>. / Jaareoregim: or, Jair


btext:
And there was yet a battle<WH4421> in Gath<WH1661>, where was a man<WH376> of great stature<WH4067><WH4055>, that had on every hand<WH3027> six<WH8337> fingers<WH676>, and on every foot<WH7272> six<WH8337> toes<WH676>, four<WH702> and twenty<WH6242> in number<WH4557>; and he also was born<WH3205> to the giant<WH7497>. / the giant: or, Rapha


btext:
And when he defied<WH2778> Israel<WH3478>, Jonathan<WH3083> the son<WH1121> of Shimea<WH8092> the brother<WH251> of David<WH1732> slew<WH5221> him. / defied: or, reproached


btext:
These four<WH702> were born<WH3205> to the giant<WH7497> in Gath<WH1661>, and fell<WH5307> by the hand<WH3027> of David<WH1732>, and by the hand<WH3027> of his servants<WH5650>.


btext:
And David<WH1732> spake<WH1696> unto the LORD<WH3068> the words<WH1697> of this song<WH7892> in the day<WH3117> that the LORD<WH3068> had delivered<WH5337> him out of the hand<WH3709> of all his enemies<WH341>, and out of the hand<WH3709> of Saul<WH7586>:


btext:
And he said<WH559>, The LORD<WH3068> is my rock<WH5553>, and my fortress<WH4686>, and my deliverer<WH6403>;


btext:
The God<WH430> of my rock<WH6697>; in him will I trust<WH2620>: he is my shield<WH4043>, and the horn<WH7161> of my salvation<WH3468>, my high tower<WH4869>, and my refuge<WH4498>, my saviour<WH3467>; thou savest<WH3467> me from violence<WH2555>.


btext:
I will call<WH7121> on the LORD<WH3068>, who is worthy to be praised<WH1984>: so shall I be saved<WH3467> from mine enemies<WH341>.


btext:
When the waves<WH4867> of death<WH4194> compassed<WH661> me, the floods<WH5158> of ungodly men<WH1100> made me afraid<WH1204>; / waves: or, pangs / ungodly…: Heb. Belial


btext:
The sorrows<WH2256> of hell<WH7585> compassed me about<WH5437>; the snares<WH4170> of death<WH4194> prevented<WH6923> me; / sorrows: or, cords


btext:
In my distress<WH6862> I called<WH7121> upon the LORD<WH3068>, and cried<WH7121> to my God<WH430>: and he did hear<WH8085> my voice<WH6963> out of his temple<WH1964>, and my cry<WH7775> did enter into his ears<WH241>.


btext:
Then the earth<WH776> shook<WH1607><WH1607> and trembled<WH7493>; the foundations<WH4146> of heaven<WH8064> moved<WH7264> and shook<WH1607>, because he was wroth<WH2734>.


btext:
There went up<WH5927> a smoke<WH6227> out of his nostrils<WH639>, and fire<WH784> out of his mouth<WH6310> devoured<WH398>: coals<WH1513> were kindled<WH1197> by it. / out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc


btext:
He bowed<WH5186> the heavens<WH8064> also, and came down<WH3381>; and darkness<WH6205> was under his feet<WH7272>.


btext:
And he rode<WH7392> upon a cherub<WH3742>, and did fly<WH5774>: and he was seen<WH7200> upon the wings<WH3671> of the wind<WH7307>.


btext:
And he made<WH7896> darkness<WH2822> pavilions<WH5521> round about<WH5439> him, dark<WH2841> waters<WH4325>, and thick clouds<WH5645> of the skies<WH7834>. / dark…: Heb. binding of waters


btext:
The LORD<WH3068> thundered<WH7481> from heaven<WH8064>, and the most High<WH5945> uttered<WH5414> his voice<WH6963>.


btext:
And he sent out<WH7971> arrows<WH2671>, and scattered<WH6327> them; lightning<WH1300>, and discomfited<WH2000> them.


btext:
And the channels<WH650> of the sea<WH3220> appeared<WH7200>, the foundations<WH4146> of the world<WH8398> were discovered<WH1540>, at the rebuking<WH1606> of the LORD<WH3068>, at the blast<WH5397> of the breath<WH7307> of his nostrils<WH639>.


btext:
He sent<WH7971> from above<WH4791>, he took<WH3947> me; he drew<WH4871> me out of many<WH7227> waters<WH4325>; / many: or, great


btext:
He delivered<WH5337> me from my strong<WH5794> enemy<WH341>, and from them that hated<WH8130> me: for they were too strong<WH553> for me.


btext:
They prevented<WH6923> me in the day<WH3117> of my calamity<WH343>: but the LORD<WH3068> was my stay<WH4937>.


btext:
He brought me forth<WH3318> also into a large place<WH4800>: he delivered<WH2502> me, because he delighted<WH2654> in me.


btext:
The LORD<WH3068> rewarded<WH1580> me according to my righteousness<WH6666>: according to the cleanness<WH1252> of my hands<WH3027> hath he recompensed<WH7725> me.


btext:
For I have kept<WH8104> the ways<WH1870> of the LORD<WH3068>, and have not wickedly departed<WH7561> from my God<WH430>.


btext:
For all his judgments<WH4941> were before me: and as for his statutes<WH2708>, I did not depart<WH5493> from them.


btext:
I was also upright<WH8549> before him, and have kept<WH8104> myself from mine iniquity<WH5771>. / before: Heb. to


btext:
Therefore the LORD<WH3068> hath recompensed<WH7725> me according to my righteousness<WH6666>; according to my cleanness<WH1252> in his eye sight<WH5048><WH5869>. / in…: Heb. before his eyes


btext:
With the merciful<WH2623> thou wilt shew thyself merciful<WH2616>, and with the upright<WH8549> man<WH1368> thou wilt shew thyself upright<WH8552>.


btext:
With the pure<WH1305> thou wilt shew thyself pure<WH1305>; and with the froward<WH6141> thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury<WH6617>. / shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle


btext:
And the afflicted<WH6041> people<WH5971> thou wilt save<WH3467>: but thine eyes<WH5869> are upon the haughty<WH7311>, that thou mayest bring them down<WH8213>.


btext:
For thou art my lamp<WH5216>, O LORD<WH3068>: and the LORD<WH3068> will lighten<WH5050> my darkness<WH2822>. / lamp: or, candle


btext:
For by thee I have run<WH7323> through a troop<WH1416>: by my God<WH430> have I leaped over<WH1801> a wall<WH7791>. / run: or, broken


btext:
As for God<WH410>, his way<WH1870> is perfect<WH8549>; the word<WH565> of the LORD<WH3068> is tried<WH6884>: he is a buckler<WH4043> to all them that trust<WH2620> in him. / tried: or, refined


btext:
For who is God<WH410>, save<WH1107> the LORD<WH3068>? and who is a rock<WH6697>, save<WH1107> our God<WH430>?


btext:
God<WH410> is my strength<WH4581> and power<WH2428>: and he maketh<WH5425> my way<WH1870> perfect<WH8549>. / maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth


btext:
He maketh<WH7737> my feet<WH7272> like<WH7737> hinds'<WH355> feet: and setteth<WH5975> me upon my high places<WH1116>. / maketh: Heb. equalleth


btext:
He teacheth<WH3925> my hands<WH3027> to war<WH4421>; so that a bow<WH7198> of steel<WH5154> is broken<WH5181> by mine arms<WH2220>. / to war: Heb. for the war


btext:
Thou hast also given<WH5414> me the shield<WH4043> of thy salvation<WH3468>: and thy gentleness<WH6031><WH6038> hath made me great<WH7235>. / made…: Heb. multiplied me


btext:
Thou hast enlarged<WH7337> my steps<WH6806> under me; so that my feet<WH7166> did not slip<WH4571>. / feet: Heb. ankles


btext:
I have pursued<WH7291> mine enemies<WH341>, and destroyed<WH8045> them; and turned not again<WH7725> until I had consumed<WH3615> them.


btext:
And I have consumed<WH3615> them, and wounded<WH4272> them, that they could not arise<WH6965>: yea, they are fallen<WH5307> under my feet<WH7272>.


btext:
For thou hast girded<WH247> me with strength<WH2428> to battle<WH4421>: them that rose up<WH6965> against me hast thou subdued<WH3766> under me. / subdued: Heb. caused to bow


btext:
Thou hast also given<WH5414> me the necks<WH6203> of mine enemies<WH341>, that I might destroy<WH6789> them that hate<WH8130> me.


btext:
They looked<WH8159>, but there was none to save<WH3467>; even unto the LORD<WH3068>, but he answered<WH6030> them not.


btext:
Then did I beat<WH7833> them as small as the dust<WH6083> of the earth<WH776>, I did stamp<WH1854> them as the mire<WH2916> of the street<WH2351>, and did spread them abroad<WH7554>.


btext:
Thou also hast delivered<WH6403> me from the strivings<WH7379> of my people<WH5971>, thou hast kept<WH8104> me to be head<WH7218> of the heathen<WH1471>: a people<WH5971> which I knew<WH3045> not shall serve<WH5647> me.


btext:
Strangers<WH1121><WH5236> shall submit<WH3584> themselves unto me: as soon as they hear<WH8085><WH241>, they shall be obedient<WH8085> unto me. / Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger / submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie


btext:
Strangers<WH1121><WH5236> shall fade away<WH5034>, and they shall be afraid<WH2296> out of their close places<WH4526>.


btext:
The LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>; and blessed<WH1288> be my rock<WH6697>; and exalted<WH7311> be the God<WH430> of the rock<WH6697> of my salvation<WH3468>.


btext:
It is God<WH410> that avengeth<WH5414><WH5360> me, and that bringeth down<WH3381> the people<WH5971> under me, / avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for


btext:
And that bringeth me forth<WH3318> from mine enemies<WH341>: thou also hast lifted me up on high<WH7311> above them that rose up<WH6965> against me: thou hast delivered<WH5337> me from the violent<WH2555> man<WH376>.


btext:
Therefore I will give thanks<WH3034> unto thee, O LORD<WH3068>, among the heathen<WH1471>, and I will sing praises<WH2167> unto thy name<WH8034>.


btext:
He is the tower<WH4024><WH1431> of salvation<WH3444> for his king<WH4428>: and sheweth<WH6213> mercy<WH2617> to his anointed<WH4899>, unto David<WH1732>, and to his seed<WH2233> for<WH5704> evermore<WH5769>.


btext:
Now these be the last<WH314> words<WH1697> of David<WH1732>. David<WH1732> the son<WH1121> of Jesse<WH3448> said<WH5002>, and the man<WH1397> who was raised up<WH6965> on high<WH5920>, the anointed<WH4899> of the God<WH430> of Jacob<WH3290>, and the sweet<WH5273> psalmist<WH2158> of Israel<WH3478>, said<WH5002>,


btext:
The Spirit<WH7307> of the LORD<WH3068> spake<WH1696> by me, and his word<WH4405> was in my tongue<WH3956>.


btext:
The God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559>, the Rock<WH6697> of Israel<WH3478> spake<WH1696> to me, He that ruleth<WH4910> over men<WH120> must be just<WH6662>, ruling<WH4910> in the fear<WH3374> of God<WH430>. / He…: or, Be thou ruler, etc


btext:
And he shall be as the light<WH216> of the morning<WH1242>, when the sun<WH8121> riseth<WH2224>, even a morning<WH1242> without<WH3808> clouds<WH5645>; as the tender grass<WH1877> springing out of the earth<WH776> by clear shining<WH5051> after rain<WH4306>.


btext:
Although my house<WH1004> be not so with God<WH410>; yet he hath made<WH7760> with me an everlasting<WH5769> covenant<WH1285>, ordered<WH6186> in all things, and sure<WH8104>: for this is all my salvation<WH3468>, and all my desire<WH2656>, although he make it not to grow<WH6779>.


btext:
But the sons of Belial<WH1100> shall be all of them as thorns<WH6975> thrust away<WH5074>, because they cannot be taken<WH3947> with hands<WH3027>:


btext:
But the man<WH376> that shall touch<WH5060> them must be fenced<WH4390> with iron<WH1270> and the staff<WH6086> of a spear<WH2595>; and they shall be utterly<WH8313> burned<WH8313> with fire<WH784> in the same place<WH7675>. / fenced: Heb. filled


btext:
These be the names<WH8034> of the mighty men<WH1368> whom David<WH1732> had: The Tachmonite<WH8461> that sat<WH3427> in the seat<WH7675><WH3429>, chief<WH7218> among the captains<WH7991>; the same was Adino<WH5722> the Eznite<WH6112>: he lift up his spear against eight<WH8083> hundred<WH3967>, whom he slew<WH2491> at one<WH259> time<WH6471>. / The Tachmonite…: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three. whom he…: Heb. slain. he lift…: See 1.Ch.11.11. whom he…: Heb. slain


btext:
And after<WH310> him was Eleazar<WH499> the son<WH1121> of Dodo<WH1734> the Ahohite<WH266>, one of the three<WH7969> mighty men<WH1368> with David<WH1732>, when they defied<WH2778> the Philistines<WH6430> that were there gathered together<WH622> to battle<WH4421>, and the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478> were gone away<WH5927>:


btext:
He arose<WH6965>, and smote<WH5221> the Philistines<WH6430> until<WH3588> his hand<WH3027> was weary<WH3021>, and his hand<WH3027> clave<WH1692> unto the sword<WH2719>: and the LORD<WH3068> wrought<WH6213> a great<WH1419> victory<WH8668> that day<WH3117>; and the people<WH5971> returned<WH7725> after<WH310> him only to spoil<WH6584>.


btext:
And after<WH310> him was Shammah<WH8048> the son<WH1121> of Agee<WH89> the Hararite<WH2043>. And the Philistines<WH6430> were gathered together<WH622> into a troop<WH2416>, where was a piece<WH2513> of ground<WH7704> full<WH4392> of lentiles<WH5742>: and the people<WH5971> fled<WH5127> from<WH6440> the Philistines<WH6430>. / into…: or, for foraging


btext:
But he stood<WH3320> in the midst<WH8432> of the ground<WH2513>, and defended<WH5337> it, and slew<WH5221> the Philistines<WH6430>: and the LORD<WH3068> wrought<WH6213> a great<WH1419> victory<WH8668>.


btext:
And three<WH7969><WH7970> of the thirty<WH7970> chief<WH7218> went down<WH3381>, and came<WH935> to David<WH1732> in the harvest time<WH7105> unto the cave<WH4631> of Adullam<WH5725>: and the troop<WH2416> of the Philistines<WH6430> pitched<WH2583> in the valley<WH6010> of Rephaim<WH7497>. / three…: or, the three captains over the thirty


btext:
And David<WH1732> was then in an hold<WH4686>, and the garrison<WH4673> of the Philistines<WH6430> was then in Bethlehem<WH1035>.


btext:
And David<WH1732> longed<WH183>, and said<WH559>, Oh that one would give me drink<WH8248> of the water<WH4325> of the well<WH953> of Bethlehem<WH1035>, which is by the gate<WH8179>!


btext:
And the three<WH7969> mighty men<WH1368> brake through<WH1234> the host<WH4264> of the Philistines<WH6430>, and drew<WH7579> water<WH4325> out of the well<WH953> of Bethlehem<WH1035>, that was by the gate<WH8179>, and took<WH5375> it, and brought<WH935> it to David<WH1732>: nevertheless he would<WH14> not drink<WH8354> thereof, but poured it out<WH5258> unto the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Be it far<WH2486> from me, O LORD<WH3068>, that I should do<WH6213> this: is not this the blood<WH1818> of the men<WH582> that went<WH1980> in jeopardy of their lives<WH5315>? therefore he would<WH14> not drink<WH8354> it. These things did<WH6213> these three<WH7969> mighty men<WH1368>.


btext:
And Abishai<WH52>, the brother<WH251> of Joab<WH3097>, the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870>, was chief<WH7218> among three<WH7992>. And he lifted up<WH5782> his spear<WH2595> against three<WH7969> hundred<WH3967>, and slew<WH2491> them, and had the name<WH8034> among three<WH7969>. / and slew them: Heb. slain


btext:
Was he not most honourable<WH3513> of three<WH7969>? therefore he was their captain<WH8269>: howbeit he attained<WH935> not unto the first three<WH7969>.


btext:
And Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, the son<WH1121> of a valiant<WH2428> man<WH376><WH381>, of Kabzeel<WH6909>, who had done many<WH7227> acts<WH6467>, he slew<WH5221> two<WH8147> lionlike men<WH739> of Moab<WH4124>: he went down<WH3381> also and slew<WH5221> a lion<WH738> in the midst<WH8432> of a pit<WH953> in time<WH3117> of snow<WH7950>: / who…: Heb. great of acts / lionlike…: Heb. lion of God


btext:
And he slew<WH2026> an Egyptian<WH4713>, a goodly<WH4758> man<WH376>: and the Egyptian<WH4713> had a spear<WH2595> in his hand<WH3027>; but he went down<WH3381> to him with a staff<WH7626>, and plucked<WH1497> the spear<WH2595> out of the Egyptian's<WH4713> hand<WH3027>, and slew<WH5221> him with his own spear<WH2595>. / a goodly…: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: called I.Chr.I.23. a man of great stature


btext:
These things did<WH6213> Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, and had the name<WH8034> among three<WH7969> mighty men<WH1368>.


btext:
He was more honourable<WH3513> than the thirty<WH7970>, but he attained<WH935> not to the first three<WH7969>. And David<WH1732> set<WH7760> him over his guard<WH4928>. / more…: or, honourable among the thirty / guard: or, council: Heb. at his command


btext:
Asahel<WH6214> the brother<WH251> of Joab<WH3097> was one of the thirty<WH7970>; Elhanan<WH445> the son<WH1121> of Dodo<WH1734> of Bethlehem<WH1035>,


btext:
Helez<WH2503> the Paltite<WH6407>, Ira<WH5896> the son<WH1121> of Ikkesh<WH6142> the Tekoite<WH8621>,


btext:
Heleb<WH2460> the son<WH1121> of Baanah<WH1196>, a Netophathite<WH5200>, Ittai<WH863> the son<WH1121> of Ribai<WH7380> out of Gibeah<WH1390> of the children<WH1121> of Benjamin<WH1144>,


btext:
Benaiah<WH1141> the Pirathonite<WH6553>, Hiddai<WH1914> of the brooks<WH5158> of Gaash<WH1608>, / brooks: or, valleys


btext:
Shammah<WH8048> the Hararite<WH2043>, Ahiam<WH279> the son<WH1121> of Sharar<WH8325> the Hararite<WH2043>,


btext:
Eliphelet<WH467> the son<WH1121> of Ahasbai<WH308>, the son<WH1121> of the Maachathite<WH4602>, Eliam<WH463> the son<WH1121> of Ahithophel<WH302> the Gilonite<WH1526>,


btext:
Zelek<WH6768> the Ammonite<WH5984>, Naharai<WH5171> the Beerothite<WH886>, armourbearer<WH5375><WH3627> to Joab<WH3097> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870>,


btext:
And again<WH3254> the anger<WH639> of the LORD<WH3068> was kindled<WH2734> against Israel<WH3478>, and he moved<WH5496> David<WH1732> against them to say<WH559>, Go<WH3212>, number<WH4487> Israel<WH3478> and Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
For the king<WH4428> said<WH559> to Joab<WH3097> the captain<WH8269> of the host<WH2428>, which was with him, Go now through<WH7751> all the tribes<WH7626> of Israel<WH3478>, from Dan<WH1835> even to Beersheba<WH884>, and number<WH6485> ye the people<WH5971>, that I may know<WH3045> the number<WH4557> of the people<WH5971>. / Go: or, Compass


btext:
And Joab<WH3097> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, Now the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430> add<WH3254> unto the people<WH5971>, how many soever<WH1992> they be, an hundredfold<WH3967><WH6471>, and that the eyes<WH5869> of my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> may see<WH7200> it: but why doth my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> delight<WH2654> in this thing<WH1697>?


btext:
Notwithstanding the king's<WH4428> word<WH1697> prevailed<WH2388> against Joab<WH3097>, and against the captains<WH8269> of the host<WH2428>. And Joab<WH3097> and the captains<WH8269> of the host<WH2428> went out<WH3318> from the presence<WH6440> of the king<WH4428>, to number<WH6485> the people<WH5971> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And they passed over<WH5674> Jordan<WH3383>, and pitched<WH2583> in Aroer<WH6177>, on the right side<WH3225> of the city<WH5892> that lieth in the midst<WH8432> of the river<WH5158> of Gad<WH1410>, and toward Jazer<WH3270>: / river: or, valley


btext:
Then they came<WH935> to Gilead<WH1568>, and to the land<WH776> of Tahtimhodshi<WH8483>; and they came<WH935> to Danjaan<WH1842>, and about<WH5439> to Zidon<WH6721>, / land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited


btext:
And came<WH935> to the strong hold<WH4013> of Tyre<WH6865>, and to all the cities<WH5892> of the Hivites<WH2340>, and of the Canaanites<WH3669>: and they went out<WH3318> to the south<WH5045> of Judah<WH3063>, even to Beersheba<WH884>.


btext:
So when they had gone<WH7751> through all the land<WH776>, they came<WH935> to Jerusalem<WH3389> at the end<WH7097> of nine<WH8672> months<WH2320> and twenty<WH6242> days<WH3117>.


btext:
And Joab<WH3097> gave up<WH5414> the sum<WH4557> of the number<WH4662> of the people<WH5971> unto the king<WH4428>: and there were in Israel<WH3478> eight<WH8083> hundred<WH3967> thousand<WH505> valiant<WH2428> men<WH376><WH381> that drew<WH8025> the sword<WH2719>; and the men<WH376> of Judah<WH3063> were five<WH2568> hundred<WH3967> thousand<WH505> men<WH376>.


btext:
And David's<WH1732> heart<WH3820> smote<WH5221> him after<WH310> that he had numbered<WH5608> the people<WH5971>. And David<WH1732> said<WH559> unto the LORD<WH3068>, I have sinned<WH2398> greatly<WH3966> in that I have done<WH6213>: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD<WH3068>, take away<WH5674> the iniquity<WH5771> of thy servant<WH5650>; for I have done very<WH3966> foolishly<WH5528>.


btext:
For when David<WH1732> was up<WH6965> in the morning<WH1242>, the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> came unto the prophet<WH5030> Gad<WH1410>, David's<WH1732> seer<WH2374>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Go<WH1980> and say<WH559> unto David<WH1732>, Thus saith<WH1696> the LORD<WH3068>, I offer<WH5190> thee three<WH7969> things; choose<WH977> thee one<WH259> of them, that I may do it unto thee<WH6213>.


btext:
So Gad<WH1410> came<WH935> to David<WH1732>, and told<WH5046> him, and said<WH559> unto him, Shall seven<WH7651> years<WH8141> of famine<WH7458> come<WH935> unto thee in thy land<WH776>? or wilt thou flee<WH5127> three<WH7969> months<WH2320> before<WH6440> thine enemies<WH6862>, while they pursue<WH7291> thee? or that there be three<WH7969> days'<WH3117> pestilence<WH1698> in thy land<WH776>? now advise<WH3045>, and see<WH7200> what answer<WH1697> I shall return<WH7725> to him that sent<WH7971> me.


btext:
And David<WH1732> said<WH559> unto Gad<WH1410>, I am in a great<WH3966> strait<WH6887>: let us fall<WH5307> now into the hand<WH3027> of the LORD<WH3068>; for his mercies<WH7356> are great<WH7227>: and let me not fall<WH5307> into the hand<WH3027> of man<WH120>. / are great: or, are many


btext:
So the LORD<WH3068> sent<WH5414> a pestilence<WH1698> upon Israel<WH3478> from the morning<WH1242> even to the time<WH6256> appointed<WH4150>: and there died<WH4191> of the people<WH5971> from Dan<WH1835> even to Beersheba<WH884> seventy<WH7657> thousand<WH505> men<WH376>.


btext:
And when the angel<WH4397> stretched out<WH7971> his hand<WH3027> upon Jerusalem<WH3389> to destroy<WH7843> it, the LORD<WH3068> repented<WH5162> him of the evil<WH7451>, and said<WH559> to the angel<WH4397> that destroyed<WH7843> the people<WH5971>, It is enough<WH7227>: stay<WH7503> now thine hand<WH3027>. And the angel<WH4397> of the LORD<WH3068> was by the threshingplace<WH1637> of Araunah<WH728> the Jebusite<WH2983>.


btext:
And David<WH1732> spake<WH559> unto the LORD<WH3068> when he saw<WH7200> the angel<WH4397> that smote<WH5221> the people<WH5971>, and said<WH559>, Lo, I have sinned<WH2398>, and I have done wickedly<WH5753>: but these sheep<WH6629>, what have they done<WH6213>? let thine hand<WH3027>, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's<WH1> house<WH1004>.


btext:
And Gad<WH1410> came<WH935> that day<WH3117> to David<WH1732>, and said<WH559> unto him, Go up<WH5927>, rear<WH6965> an altar<WH4196> unto the LORD<WH3068> in the threshingfloor<WH1637> of Araunah<WH728> the Jebusite<WH2983>. / Araunah: Heb. Araniah


btext:
And David<WH1732>, according to the saying<WH1697> of Gad<WH1410>, went up<WH5927> as the LORD<WH3068> commanded<WH6680>.


btext:
And Araunah<WH728> looked<WH8259>, and saw<WH7200> the king<WH4428> and his servants<WH5650> coming on<WH5674> toward him: and Araunah<WH728> went out<WH3318>, and bowed<WH7812> himself before the king<WH4428> on his face<WH639> upon the ground<WH776>.


btext:
And Araunah<WH728> said<WH559>, Wherefore is my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> come<WH935> to his servant<WH5650>? And David<WH1732> said<WH559>, To buy<WH7069> the threshingfloor<WH1637> of thee, to build<WH1129> an altar<WH4196> unto the LORD<WH3068>, that the plague<WH4046> may be stayed<WH6113> from the people<WH5971>.


btext:
And Araunah<WH728> said<WH559> unto David<WH1732>, Let my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> take<WH3947> and offer up<WH5927> what seemeth good<WH2896> unto him<WH5869>: behold<WH7200>, here be oxen<WH1241> for burnt sacrifice<WH5930>, and threshing instruments<WH4173> and other instruments<WH3627> of the oxen<WH1241> for wood<WH6086>.


btext:
All these things did Araunah<WH728>, as a king<WH4428>, give<WH5414> unto the king<WH4428>. And Araunah<WH728> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, The LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430> accept<WH7521> thee.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto Araunah<WH728>, Nay; but I will surely<WH7069> buy<WH7069> it of thee at a price<WH4242>: neither will I offer<WH5927> burnt offerings<WH5930> unto the LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430> of that which doth cost me nothing<WH2600>. So David<WH1732> bought<WH7069> the threshingfloor<WH1637> and the oxen<WH1241> for fifty<WH2572> shekels<WH8255> of silver<WH3701>.


btext:
And David<WH1732> built<WH1129> there an altar<WH4196> unto the LORD<WH3068>, and offered<WH5927> burnt offerings<WH5930> and peace offerings<WH8002>. So the LORD<WH3068> was intreated<WH6279> for the land<WH776>, and the plague<WH4046> was stayed<WH6113> from Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
Now king<WH4428> David<WH1732> was old<WH2204> and stricken<WH935> in years<WH3117>; and they covered<WH3680> him with clothes<WH899>, but he gat no heat<WH3179>. / stricken…: Heb. entered into days


btext:
Wherefore his servants<WH5650> said<WH559> unto him, Let there be sought<WH1245> for my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> a young<WH5291> virgin<WH1330>: and let her stand<WH5975> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>, and let her cherish<WH5532> him, and let her lie<WH7901> in thy bosom<WH2436>, that my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> may get heat<WH2552>. / Let there…: Heb. Let them seek / a young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgin / cherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him


btext:
So they sought<WH1245> for a fair<WH3303> damsel<WH5291> throughout all the coasts<WH1366> of Israel<WH3478>, and found<WH4672> Abishag<WH49> a Shunammite<WH7767>, and brought<WH935> her to the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And the damsel<WH5291> was very<WH3966> fair<WH3303>, and cherished<WH5532> the king<WH4428>, and ministered<WH8334> to him: but the king<WH4428> knew<WH3045> her not.


btext:
Then Adonijah<WH138> the son<WH1121> of Haggith<WH2294> exalted<WH4984> himself, saying<WH559>, I will be king<WH4427>: and he prepared<WH6213> him chariots<WH7393> and horsemen<WH6571>, and fifty<WH2572> men<WH376> to run<WH7323> before<WH6440> him. / be king: Heb. reign


btext:
And his father<WH1> had not displeased<WH6087> him at any time<WH3117> in saying<WH559>, Why hast thou done so<WH6213>? and he also was a very<WH3966> goodly<WH2896><WH8389> man; and his mother bare<WH3205> him after<WH310> Absalom<WH53>. / at any…: Heb. from his days


btext:
And he conferred<WH1697> with Joab<WH3097> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870>, and with Abiathar<WH54> the priest<WH3548>: and they following<WH310> Adonijah<WH138> helped<WH5826> him. / he…: Heb. his words were with / following…: Heb. helped after Adonijah


btext:
But Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548>, and Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, and Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030>, and Shimei<WH8096>, and Rei<WH7472>, and the mighty men<WH1368> which belonged to David<WH1732>, were not with Adonijah<WH138>.


btext:
And Adonijah<WH138> slew<WH2076> sheep<WH6629> and oxen<WH1241> and fat cattle<WH4806> by the stone<WH68> of Zoheleth<WH2120>, which is by<WH681> Enrogel<WH5883>, and called<WH7121> all his brethren<WH251> the king's<WH4428> sons<WH1121>, and all the men<WH582> of Judah<WH3063> the king's<WH4428> servants<WH5650>: / Enrogel: or, the well Rogel


btext:
But Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030>, and Benaiah<WH1141>, and the mighty men<WH1368>, and Solomon<WH8010> his brother<WH251>, he called<WH7121> not.


btext:
Wherefore Nathan<WH5416> spake<WH559> unto Bathsheba<WH1339> the mother<WH517> of Solomon<WH8010>, saying<WH559>, Hast thou not heard<WH8085> that Adonijah<WH138> the son<WH1121> of Haggith<WH2294> doth reign<WH4427>, and David<WH1732> our lord<WH113> knoweth<WH3045> it not?


btext:
Now therefore come<WH3212>, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel<WH3289><WH6098>, that thou mayest save<WH4422> thine own life<WH5315>, and the life<WH5315> of thy son<WH1121> Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
Go<WH3212> and get thee in<WH935> unto king<WH4428> David<WH1732>, and say<WH559> unto him, Didst not thou, my lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>, swear<WH7650> unto thine handmaid<WH519>, saying<WH559>, Assuredly<WH3588> Solomon<WH8010> thy son<WH1121> shall reign<WH4427> after<WH310> me, and he shall sit<WH3427> upon my throne<WH3678>? why then doth Adonijah<WH138> reign<WH4427>?


btext:
Behold, while thou yet talkest<WH1696> there with the king<WH4428>, I also will come in<WH935> after<WH310> thee, and confirm<WH4390> thy words<WH1697>. / confirm: Heb. fill up


btext:
And Bathsheba<WH1339> went in<WH935> unto the king<WH4428> into the chamber<WH2315>: and the king<WH4428> was very<WH3966> old<WH2204>; and Abishag<WH49> the Shunammite<WH7767> ministered<WH8334> unto the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And Bathsheba<WH1339> bowed<WH6915>, and did obeisance<WH7812> unto the king<WH4428>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, What wouldest thou? / What…: Heb. What to thee?


btext:
And she said<WH559> unto him, My lord<WH113>, thou swarest<WH7650> by the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430> unto thine handmaid<WH519>, saying, Assuredly Solomon<WH8010> thy son<WH1121> shall reign<WH4427> after<WH310> me, and he shall sit<WH3427> upon my throne<WH3678>.


btext:
And now, behold, Adonijah<WH138> reigneth<WH4427>; and now, my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>, thou knowest<WH3045> it not:


btext:
And he hath slain<WH2076> oxen<WH7794> and fat cattle<WH4806> and sheep<WH6629> in abundance<WH7230>, and hath called<WH7121> all the sons<WH1121> of the king<WH4428>, and Abiathar<WH54> the priest<WH3548>, and Joab<WH3097> the captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635>: but Solomon<WH8010> thy servant<WH5650> hath he not called<WH7121>.


btext:
And thou, my lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>, the eyes<WH5869> of all Israel<WH3478> are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell<WH5046> them who shall sit<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> after<WH310> him.


btext:
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> shall sleep<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, that I and my son<WH1121> Solomon<WH8010> shall be counted offenders<WH2400>. / offenders: Heb. sinners


btext:
And, lo, while she yet talked<WH1696> with the king<WH4428>, Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030> also came in<WH935>.


btext:
And they told<WH5046> the king<WH4428>, saying<WH559>, Behold Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030>. And when he was come in<WH935> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>, he bowed<WH7812> himself before the king<WH4428> with his face<WH639> to the ground<WH776>.


btext:
And Nathan<WH5416> said<WH559>, My lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>, hast thou said<WH559>, Adonijah<WH138> shall reign<WH4427> after<WH310> me, and he shall sit<WH3427> upon my throne<WH3678>?


btext:
For he is gone down<WH3381> this day<WH3117>, and hath slain<WH2076> oxen<WH7794> and fat cattle<WH4806> and sheep<WH6629> in abundance<WH7230>, and hath called<WH7121> all the king's<WH4428> sons<WH1121>, and the captains<WH8269> of the host<WH6635>, and Abiathar<WH54> the priest<WH3548>; and, behold, they eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354> before<WH6440> him, and say<WH559>, God save<WH2421> king<WH4428> Adonijah<WH138>. / God…: Heb. Let king Adonijah live


btext:
But me, even me thy servant<WH5650>, and Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548>, and Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, and thy servant<WH5650> Solomon<WH8010>, hath he not called<WH7121>.


btext:
Is this thing<WH1697> done<WH1961> by my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>, and thou hast not shewed<WH3045> it unto thy servant<WH5650>, who should sit<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> after<WH310> him?


btext:
Then king<WH4428> David<WH1732> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Call<WH7121> me Bathsheba<WH1339>. And she came<WH935> into the king's<WH4428> presence<WH6440>, and stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>. / into…: Heb. before the king


btext:
And the king<WH4428> sware<WH7650>, and said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, that hath redeemed<WH6299> my soul<WH5315> out of all distress<WH6869>,


btext:
Even as I sware<WH7650> unto thee by the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, saying<WH559>, Assuredly Solomon<WH8010> thy son<WH1121> shall reign<WH4427> after<WH310> me, and he shall sit<WH3427> upon my throne<WH3678> in my stead; even so will I certainly do<WH6213> this day<WH3117>.


btext:
Then Bathsheba<WH1339> bowed<WH6915> with her face<WH639> to the earth<WH776>, and did reverence<WH7812> to the king<WH4428>, and said<WH559>, Let my lord<WH113> king<WH4428> David<WH1732> live<WH2421> for ever<WH5769>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> David<WH1732> said<WH559>, Call<WH7121> me Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548>, and Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030>, and Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>. And they came<WH935> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>.


btext:
The king<WH4428> also said<WH559> unto them, Take<WH3947> with you the servants<WH5650> of your lord<WH113>, and cause Solomon<WH8010> my son<WH1121> to ride<WH7392> upon mine own mule<WH6506>, and bring him down<WH3381> to Gihon<WH1521>: / mine…: Heb. which belongeth to me


btext:
And let Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548> and Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030> anoint<WH4886> him there king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>: and blow<WH8628> ye with the trumpet<WH7782>, and say<WH559>, God save<WH2421> king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
Then ye shall come up<WH5927> after<WH310> him, that he may come<WH935> and sit<WH3427> upon my throne<WH3678>; for he shall be king<WH4427> in my stead: and I have appointed<WH6680> him to be ruler<WH5057> over Israel<WH3478> and over Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
And Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077> answered<WH6030> the king<WH4428>, and said<WH559>, Amen<WH543>: the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> say<WH559> so too.


btext:
As the LORD<WH3068> hath been with my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>, even so be he with Solomon<WH8010>, and make<WH1431> his throne<WH3678> greater<WH1431> than the throne<WH3678> of my lord<WH113> king<WH4428> David<WH1732>.


btext:
So Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548>, and Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030>, and Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, and the Cherethites<WH3774>, and the Pelethites<WH6432>, went down<WH3381>, and caused Solomon<WH8010> to ride<WH7392> upon king<WH4428> David's<WH1732> mule<WH6506>, and brought<WH3212> him to Gihon<WH1521>.


btext:
And Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548> took<WH3947> an horn<WH7161> of oil<WH8081> out of the tabernacle<WH168>, and anointed<WH4886> Solomon<WH8010>. And they blew<WH8628> the trumpet<WH7782>; and all the people<WH5971> said<WH559>, God save<WH2421> king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
And all the people<WH5971> came up<WH5927> after<WH310> him, and the people<WH5971> piped<WH2490> with pipes<WH2485>, and rejoiced<WH8056> with great<WH1419> joy<WH8057>, so that the earth<WH776> rent<WH1234> with the sound<WH6963> of them. / pipes: or, flutes


btext:
And Adonijah<WH138> and all the guests<WH7121> that were with him heard<WH8085> it as they had made an end<WH3615> of eating<WH398>. And when Joab<WH3097> heard<WH8085> the sound<WH6963> of the trumpet<WH7782>, he said<WH559>, Wherefore is this noise<WH6963> of the city<WH7151> being in an uproar<WH1993>?


btext:
And while he yet spake<WH1696>, behold, Jonathan<WH3129> the son<WH1121> of Abiathar<WH54> the priest<WH3548> came<WH935>: and Adonijah<WH138> said<WH559> unto him, Come in<WH935>; for thou art a valiant<WH2428> man<WH376><WH381>, and bringest<WH1319> good<WH2896> tidings<WH1319>.


btext:
And Jonathan<WH3129> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559> to Adonijah<WH138>, Verily<WH61> our lord<WH113> king<WH4428> David<WH1732> hath made Solomon<WH8010> king<WH4427>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> hath sent<WH7971> with him Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548>, and Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030>, and Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, and the Cherethites<WH3774>, and the Pelethites<WH6432>, and they have caused him to ride<WH7392> upon the king's<WH4428> mule<WH6506>:


btext:
And Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548> and Nathan<WH5416> the prophet<WH5030> have anointed<WH4886> him king<WH4428> in Gihon<WH1521>: and they are come up<WH5927> from thence rejoicing<WH8056>, so that the city<WH7151> rang again<WH1949>. This is the noise<WH6963> that ye have heard<WH8085>.


btext:
And moreover the king's<WH4428> servants<WH5650> came<WH935> to bless<WH1288> our lord<WH113> king<WH4428> David<WH1732>, saying<WH559>, God<WH430> make the name<WH8034> of Solomon<WH8010> better<WH3190> than thy name<WH8034>, and make<WH1431> his throne<WH3678> greater<WH1431> than thy throne<WH3678>. And the king<WH4428> bowed<WH7812> himself upon the bed<WH4904>.


btext:
And also thus said<WH559> the king<WH4428>, Blessed<WH1288> be the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, which hath given<WH5414> one to sit<WH3427> on my throne<WH3678> this day<WH3117>, mine eyes<WH5869> even seeing<WH7200> it.


btext:
And all the guests<WH7121> that were with Adonijah<WH138> were afraid<WH2729>, and rose up<WH6965>, and went<WH3212> every man<WH376> his way<WH1870>.


btext:
And Adonijah<WH138> feared<WH3372> because<WH6440> of Solomon<WH8010>, and arose<WH6965>, and went<WH3212>, and caught hold<WH2388> on the horns<WH7161> of the altar<WH4196>.


btext:
And it was told<WH5046> Solomon<WH8010>, saying<WH559>, Behold, Adonijah<WH138> feareth<WH3372> king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>: for, lo, he hath caught hold<WH270> on the horns<WH7161> of the altar<WH4196>, saying<WH559>, Let king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> swear<WH7650> unto me to day<WH3117> that he will not slay<WH4191> his servant<WH5650> with the sword<WH2719>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> said<WH559>, If he will shew himself a worthy<WH2428> man<WH1121>, there shall not an hair<WH8185> of him fall<WH5307> to the earth<WH776>: but if wickedness<WH7451> shall be found<WH4672> in him, he shall die<WH4191>.


btext:
So king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> sent<WH7971>, and they brought him down<WH3381> from the altar<WH4196>. And he came<WH935> and bowed<WH7812> himself to king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>: and Solomon<WH8010> said<WH559> unto him, Go<WH3212> to thine house<WH1004>.


btext:
Now the days<WH3117> of David<WH1732> drew nigh<WH7126> that he should die<WH4191>; and he charged<WH6680> Solomon<WH8010> his son<WH1121>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
I go<WH1980> the way<WH1870> of all the earth<WH776>: be thou strong<WH2388> therefore, and shew thyself a man<WH376>;


btext:
And keep<WH8104> the charge<WH4931> of the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430>, to walk<WH3212> in his ways<WH1870>, to keep<WH8104> his statutes<WH2708>, and his commandments<WH4687>, and his judgments<WH4941>, and his testimonies<WH5715>, as it is written<WH3789> in the law<WH8451> of Moses<WH4872>, that thou mayest prosper<WH7919> in all that thou doest<WH6213>, and whithersoever thou turnest<WH6437> thyself: / prosper: or, do wisely


btext:
That the LORD<WH3068> may continue<WH6965> his word<WH1697> which he spake<WH1696> concerning me, saying<WH559>, If thy children<WH1121> take heed<WH8104> to their way<WH1870>, to walk<WH3212> before<WH6440> me in truth<WH571> with all their heart<WH3824> and with all their soul<WH5315>, there shall not fail<WH3772> thee (said<WH559> he) a man<WH376> on the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478>. / fail…: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne


btext:
Moreover thou knowest<WH3045> also what Joab<WH3097> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870> did<WH6213> to me, and what he did<WH6213> to the two<WH8147> captains<WH8269> of the hosts<WH6635> of Israel<WH3478>, unto Abner<WH74> the son<WH1121> of Ner<WH5369>, and unto Amasa<WH6021> the son<WH1121> of Jether<WH3500>, whom he slew<WH2026>, and shed<WH7760> the blood<WH1818> of war<WH4421> in peace<WH7965>, and put<WH5414> the blood<WH1818> of war<WH4421> upon his girdle<WH2290> that was about his loins<WH4975>, and in his shoes<WH5275> that were on his feet<WH7272>. / shed: Heb. put


btext:
Do<WH6213> therefore according to thy wisdom<WH2451>, and let not his hoar head<WH7872> go down<WH3381> to the grave<WH7585> in peace<WH7965>.


btext:
But shew<WH6213> kindness<WH2617> unto the sons<WH1121> of Barzillai<WH1271> the Gileadite<WH1569>, and let them be of those that eat<WH398> at thy table<WH7979>: for so they came<WH7126> to me when I fled<WH1272> because<WH6440> of Absalom<WH53> thy brother<WH251>.


btext:
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei<WH8096> the son<WH1121> of Gera<WH1617>, a Benjamite<WH1145> of Bahurim<WH980>, which cursed<WH7043> me with a grievous<WH4834> curse<WH7045> in the day<WH3117> when I went<WH3212> to Mahanaim<WH4266>: but he came down<WH3381> to meet<WH7125> me at Jordan<WH3383>, and I sware<WH7650> to him by the LORD<WH3068>, saying<WH559>, I will not put thee to death<WH4191> with the sword<WH2719>. / grievous: Heb. strong


btext:
Now therefore hold him not guiltless<WH5352>: for thou art a wise<WH2450> man<WH376>, and knowest<WH3045> what thou oughtest to do<WH6213> unto him; but his hoar head<WH7872> bring thou down<WH3381> to the grave<WH7585> with blood<WH1818>.


btext:
So David<WH1732> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>.


btext:
And the days<WH3117> that David<WH1732> reigned<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> were forty<WH705> years<WH8141>: seven<WH7651> years<WH8141> reigned<WH4427> he in Hebron<WH2275>, and thirty<WH7970> and three<WH7969> years<WH8141> reigned<WH4427> he in Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
Then sat<WH3427> Solomon<WH8010> upon the throne<WH3678> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>; and his kingdom<WH4438> was established<WH3559> greatly<WH3966>.


btext:
And Adonijah<WH138> the son<WH1121> of Haggith<WH2294> came<WH935> to Bathsheba<WH1339> the mother<WH517> of Solomon<WH8010>. And she said<WH559>, Comest<WH935> thou peaceably<WH7965>? And he said<WH559>, Peaceably<WH7965>.


btext:
He said<WH559> moreover, I have somewhat to say<WH1697> unto thee. And she said<WH559>, Say on<WH1696>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Thou knowest<WH3045> that the kingdom<WH4410> was mine, and that all Israel<WH3478> set<WH7760> their faces<WH6440> on me, that I should reign<WH4427>: howbeit the kingdom<WH4410> is turned about<WH5437>, and is become my brother's<WH251>: for it was his from the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And now I ask<WH7592> one<WH259> petition<WH7596> of thee, deny<WH7725> me<WH6440> not. And she said<WH559> unto him, Say on<WH1696>. / deny…: Heb. turn not away my face


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Speak<WH559>, I pray thee, unto Solomon<WH8010> the king<WH4428>, (for he will not say<WH7725> thee<WH6440> nay<WH7725>,) that he give<WH5414> me Abishag<WH49> the Shunammite<WH7767> to wife<WH802>.


btext:
And Bathsheba<WH1339> said<WH559>, Well<WH2896>; I will speak<WH1696> for thee unto the king<WH4428>.


btext:
Bathsheba<WH1339> therefore went<WH935> unto king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>, to speak<WH1696> unto him for Adonijah<WH138>. And the king<WH4428> rose up<WH6965> to meet<WH7125> her, and bowed<WH7812> himself unto her, and sat down<WH3427> on his throne<WH3678>, and caused a seat<WH3678> to be set<WH7760> for the king's<WH4428> mother<WH517>; and she sat<WH3427> on his right hand<WH3225>.


btext:
Then she said<WH559>, I desire<WH7592> one<WH259> small<WH6996> petition<WH7596> of thee; I pray thee, say<WH7725> me<WH6440> not nay<WH7725>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto her, Ask on<WH7592>, my mother<WH517>: for I will not say<WH7725> thee<WH6440> nay<WH7725>.


btext:
And she said<WH559>, Let Abishag<WH49> the Shunammite<WH7767> be given<WH5414> to Adonijah<WH138> thy brother<WH251> to wife<WH802>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559> unto his mother<WH517>, And why dost thou ask<WH7592> Abishag<WH49> the Shunammite<WH7767> for Adonijah<WH138>? ask<WH7592> for him the kingdom<WH4410> also; for he is mine elder<WH1419> brother<WH251>; even for him, and for Abiathar<WH54> the priest<WH3548>, and for Joab<WH3097> the son<WH1121> of Zeruiah<WH6870>.


btext:
Then king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> sware<WH7650> by the LORD<WH3068>, saying<WH559>, God<WH430> do<WH6213> so to me, and more also<WH3254>, if Adonijah<WH138> have not spoken<WH1696> this word<WH1697> against his own life<WH5315>.


btext:
Now therefore, as the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, which hath established<WH3559> me, and set<WH3427> me on the throne<WH3678> of David<WH1732> my father<WH1>, and who hath made<WH6213> me an house<WH1004>, as he promised<WH1696>, Adonijah<WH138> shall be put to death<WH4191> this day<WH3117>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> sent<WH7971> by the hand<WH3027> of Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>; and he fell<WH6293> upon him that he died<WH4191>.


btext:
And unto Abiathar<WH54> the priest<WH3548> said<WH559> the king<WH4428>, Get<WH3212> thee to Anathoth<WH6068>, unto thine own fields<WH7704>; for thou art worthy<WH376> of death<WH4194>: but I will not at this time<WH3117> put thee to death<WH4191>, because thou barest<WH5375> the ark<WH727> of the Lord<WH136> GOD<WH3069> before<WH6440> David<WH1732> my father<WH1>, and because thou hast been afflicted<WH6031> in all wherein my father<WH1> was afflicted<WH6031>. / worthy…: Heb. a man of death


btext:
So Solomon<WH8010> thrust out<WH1644> Abiathar<WH54> from being priest<WH3548> unto the LORD<WH3068>; that he might fulfil<WH4390> the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> concerning the house<WH1004> of Eli<WH5941> in Shiloh<WH7887>.


btext:
Then tidings<WH8052> came<WH935> to Joab<WH3097>: for Joab<WH3097> had turned<WH5186> after<WH310> Adonijah<WH138>, though he turned<WH5186> not after<WH310> Absalom<WH53>. And Joab<WH3097> fled<WH5127> unto the tabernacle<WH168> of the LORD<WH3068>, and caught hold<WH2388> on the horns<WH7161> of the altar<WH4196>.


btext:
And it was told<WH5046> king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> that Joab<WH3097> was fled<WH5127> unto the tabernacle<WH168> of the LORD<WH3068>; and, behold, he is by<WH681> the altar<WH4196>. Then Solomon<WH8010> sent<WH7971> Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>, saying<WH559>, Go<WH3212>, fall<WH6293> upon him.


btext:
And Benaiah<WH1141> came<WH935> to the tabernacle<WH168> of the LORD<WH3068>, and said<WH559> unto him, Thus saith<WH559> the king<WH4428>, Come forth<WH3318>. And he said<WH559>, Nay; but I will die<WH4191> here. And Benaiah<WH1141> brought<WH7725> the king<WH4428> word<WH1697> again<WH7725>, saying<WH559>, Thus said<WH1696> Joab<WH3097>, and thus he answered<WH6030> me.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto him, Do<WH6213> as he hath said<WH1696>, and fall<WH6293> upon him, and bury<WH6912> him; that thou mayest take away<WH5493> the innocent<WH2600> blood<WH1818>, which Joab<WH3097> shed<WH8210>, from me, and from the house<WH1004> of my father<WH1>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> shall return<WH7725> his blood<WH1818> upon his own head<WH7218>, who fell<WH6293> upon two<WH8147> men<WH582> more righteous<WH6662> and better<WH2896> than he, and slew<WH2026> them with the sword<WH2719>, my father<WH1> David<WH1732> not knowing<WH3045> thereof, to wit, Abner<WH74> the son<WH1121> of Ner<WH5369>, captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635> of Israel<WH3478>, and Amasa<WH6021> the son<WH1121> of Jether<WH3500>, captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635> of Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
Their blood<WH1818> shall therefore return<WH7725> upon the head<WH7218> of Joab<WH3097>, and upon the head<WH7218> of his seed<WH2233> for ever<WH5769>: but upon David<WH1732>, and upon his seed<WH2233>, and upon his house<WH1004>, and upon his throne<WH3678>, shall there be peace<WH7965> for<WH5704> ever<WH5769> from the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
So Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077> went up<WH5927>, and fell<WH6293> upon him, and slew<WH4191> him: and he was buried<WH6912> in his own house<WH1004> in the wilderness<WH4057>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> put<WH5414> Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077> in his room over the host<WH6635>: and Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548> did the king<WH4428> put<WH5414> in the room of Abiathar<WH54>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> sent<WH7971> and called<WH7121> for Shimei<WH8096>, and said<WH559> unto him, Build<WH1129> thee an house<WH1004> in Jerusalem<WH3389>, and dwell<WH3427> there, and go not forth<WH3318> thence any whither<WH575>.


btext:
For it shall be, that on the day<WH3117> thou goest out<WH3318>, and passest over<WH5674> the brook<WH5158> Kidron<WH6939>, thou shalt know<WH3045> for certain<WH3045> that thou shalt surely<WH4191> die<WH4191>: thy blood<WH1818> shall be upon thine own head<WH7218>.


btext:
And Shimei<WH8096> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, The saying<WH1697> is good<WH2896>: as my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428> hath said<WH1696>, so will thy servant<WH5650> do<WH6213>. And Shimei<WH8096> dwelt<WH3427> in Jerusalem<WH3389> many<WH7227> days<WH3117>.


btext:
And it came to pass at the end<WH7093> of three<WH7969> years<WH8141>, that two<WH8147> of the servants<WH5650> of Shimei<WH8096> ran away<WH1272> unto Achish<WH397> son<WH1121> of Maachah<WH4601> king<WH4428> of Gath<WH1661>. And they told<WH5046> Shimei<WH8096>, saying<WH559>, Behold, thy servants<WH5650> be in Gath<WH1661>.


btext:
And Shimei<WH8096> arose<WH6965>, and saddled<WH2280> his ass<WH2543>, and went<WH3212> to Gath<WH1661> to Achish<WH397> to seek<WH1245> his servants<WH5650>: and Shimei<WH8096> went<WH3212>, and brought<WH935> his servants<WH5650> from Gath<WH1661>.


btext:
And it was told<WH5046> Solomon<WH8010> that Shimei<WH8096> had gone<WH1980> from Jerusalem<WH3389> to Gath<WH1661>, and was come again<WH7725>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> sent<WH7971> and called<WH7121> for Shimei<WH8096>, and said<WH559> unto him, Did I not make thee to swear<WH7650> by the LORD<WH3068>, and protested<WH5749> unto thee, saying<WH559>, Know<WH3045> for a certain<WH3045>, on the day<WH3117> thou goest out<WH3318>, and walkest<WH1980> abroad any whither<WH575>, that thou shalt surely<WH4191> die<WH4191>? and thou saidst<WH559> unto me, The word<WH1697> that I have heard<WH8085> is good<WH2896>.


btext:
Why then hast thou not kept<WH8104> the oath<WH7621> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the commandment<WH4687> that I have charged<WH6680> thee with?


btext:
The king<WH4428> said<WH559> moreover to Shimei<WH8096>, Thou knowest<WH3045> all the wickedness<WH7451> which thine heart<WH3824> is privy to<WH3045>, that thou didst<WH6213> to David<WH1732> my father<WH1>: therefore the LORD<WH3068> shall return<WH7725> thy wickedness<WH7451> upon thine own head<WH7218>;


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> shall be blessed<WH1288>, and the throne<WH3678> of David<WH1732> shall be established<WH3559> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068> for<WH5704> ever<WH5769>.


btext:
So the king<WH4428> commanded<WH6680> Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077>; which went out<WH3318>, and fell<WH6293> upon him, that he died<WH4191>. And the kingdom<WH4467> was established<WH3559> in the hand<WH3027> of Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> made affinity<WH2859> with Pharaoh<WH6547> king<WH4428> of Egypt<WH4714>, and took<WH3947> Pharaoh's<WH6547> daughter<WH1323>, and brought<WH935> her into the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>, until he had made an end<WH3615> of building<WH1129> his own house<WH1004>, and the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the wall<WH2346> of Jerusalem<WH3389> round about<WH5439>.


btext:
Only the people<WH5971> sacrificed<WH2076> in high places<WH1116>, because there was no house<WH1004> built<WH1129> unto the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068>, until those days<WH3117>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> loved<WH157> the LORD<WH3068>, walking<WH3212> in the statutes<WH2708> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>: only he sacrificed<WH2076> and burnt incense<WH6999> in high places<WH1116>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> went<WH3212> to Gibeon<WH1391> to sacrifice<WH2076> there; for that<WH1931> was the great<WH1419> high place<WH1116>: a thousand<WH505> burnt offerings<WH5930> did Solomon<WH8010> offer<WH5927> upon that altar<WH4196>.


btext:
In Gibeon<WH1391> the LORD<WH3068> appeared<WH7200> to Solomon<WH8010> in a dream<WH2472> by night<WH3915>: and God<WH430> said<WH559>, Ask<WH7592> what I shall give<WH5414> thee.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> said<WH559>, Thou hast shewed<WH6213> unto thy servant<WH5650> David<WH1732> my father<WH1> great<WH1419> mercy<WH2617>, according as he walked<WH1980> before<WH6440> thee in truth<WH571>, and in righteousness<WH6666>, and in uprightness<WH3483> of heart<WH3824> with thee; and thou hast kept<WH8104> for him this great<WH1419> kindness<WH2617>, that thou hast given<WH5414> him a son<WH1121> to sit<WH3427> on his throne<WH3678>, as it is this day<WH3117>. / mercy: or, bounty


btext:
And now, O LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430>, thou hast made thy servant<WH5650> king<WH4427> instead of David<WH1732> my father<WH1>: and I am but a little<WH6996> child<WH5288>: I know<WH3045> not how to go out<WH3318> or come in<WH935>.


btext:
And thy servant<WH5650> is in the midst<WH8432> of thy people<WH5971> which thou hast chosen<WH977>, a great<WH7227> people<WH5971>, that cannot be numbered<WH4487> nor counted<WH5608> for multitude<WH7230>.


btext:
Give<WH5414> therefore thy servant<WH5650> an understanding<WH8085> heart<WH3820> to judge<WH8199> thy people<WH5971>, that I may discern<WH995> between good<WH2896> and bad<WH7451>: for who is able<WH3201> to judge<WH8199> this thy so great<WH3515> a people<WH5971>? / understanding: Heb. hearing


btext:
And the speech<WH1697> pleased<WH3190><WH5869> the Lord<WH136>, that Solomon<WH8010> had asked<WH7592> this thing<WH1697>.


btext:
And God<WH430> said<WH559> unto him, Because thou hast asked<WH7592> this thing<WH1697>, and hast not asked<WH7592> for thyself long<WH7227> life<WH3117>; neither hast asked<WH7592> riches<WH6239> for thyself, nor hast asked<WH7592> the life<WH5315> of thine enemies<WH341>; but hast asked<WH7592> for thyself understanding<WH995> to discern<WH8085> judgment<WH4941>; / long life: Heb. many days / discern: Heb. hear


btext:
Behold, I have done<WH6213> according to thy words<WH1697>: lo, I have given<WH5414> thee a wise<WH2450> and an understanding<WH995> heart<WH3820>; so that there was none like thee before<WH6440> thee, neither after<WH310> thee shall any arise<WH6965> like unto thee.


btext:
And I have also given<WH5414> thee that which thou hast not asked<WH7592>, both riches<WH6239>, and honour<WH3519>: so that there shall not be any<WH376> among the kings<WH4428> like unto thee all thy days<WH3117>. / shall…: or, hath not been


btext:
And if thou wilt walk<WH3212> in my ways<WH1870>, to keep<WH8104> my statutes<WH2706> and my commandments<WH4687>, as thy father<WH1> David<WH1732> did walk<WH1980>, then I will lengthen<WH748> thy days<WH3117>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> awoke<WH3364>; and, behold, it was a dream<WH2472>. And he came<WH935> to Jerusalem<WH3389>, and stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> the ark<WH727> of the covenant<WH1285> of the LORD<WH3068>, and offered up<WH5927> burnt offerings<WH5930>, and offered<WH6213> peace offerings<WH8002>, and made<WH6213> a feast<WH4960> to all his servants<WH5650>.


btext:
Then came<WH935> there two<WH8147> women<WH802>, that were harlots<WH2181>, unto the king<WH4428>, and stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> him.


btext:
And the one<WH259> woman<WH802> said<WH559>, O<WH994> my lord<WH113>, I and this woman<WH802> dwell<WH3427> in one<WH259> house<WH1004>; and I was delivered of a child<WH3205> with her in the house<WH1004>.


btext:
And it came to pass the third<WH7992> day<WH3117> after that I was delivered<WH3205>, that this woman<WH802> was delivered<WH3205> also: and we were together<WH3162>; there was no stranger<WH2114> with us in the house<WH1004>, save<WH2108> we two<WH8147> in the house<WH1004>.


btext:
And this woman's<WH802> child<WH1121> died<WH4191> in the night<WH3915>; because she overlaid<WH7901> it.


btext:
And she arose<WH6965> at midnight<WH8432><WH3915>, and took<WH3947> my son<WH1121> from beside<WH681> me, while thine handmaid<WH519> slept<WH3463>, and laid<WH7901> it in her bosom<WH2436>, and laid<WH7901> her dead<WH4191> child<WH1121> in my bosom<WH2436>.


btext:
And when I rose<WH6965> in the morning<WH1242> to give my child<WH1121> suck<WH3243>, behold, it was dead<WH4191>: but when I had considered<WH995> it in the morning<WH1242>, behold, it was not my son<WH1121>, which I did bear<WH3205>.


btext:
And the other<WH312> woman<WH802> said<WH559>, Nay; but the living<WH2416> is my son<WH1121>, and the dead<WH4191> is thy son<WH1121>. And this said<WH559>, No; but the dead<WH4191> is thy son<WH1121>, and the living<WH2416> is my son<WH1121>. Thus they spake<WH1696> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>.


btext:
Then said<WH559> the king<WH4428>, The one<WH2063> saith<WH559>, This is my son<WH1121> that liveth<WH2416>, and thy son<WH1121> is the dead<WH4191>: and the other<WH2063> saith<WH559>, Nay; but thy son<WH1121> is the dead<WH4191>, and my son<WH1121> is the living<WH2416>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, Bring<WH3947> me a sword<WH2719>. And they brought<WH935> a sword<WH2719> before<WH6440> the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, Divide<WH1504> the living<WH2416> child<WH3206> in two<WH8147>, and give<WH5414> half<WH2677> to the one<WH259>, and half<WH2677> to the other<WH259>.


btext:
Then spake<WH559> the woman<WH802> whose the living<WH2416> child<WH1121> was unto the king<WH4428>, for her bowels<WH7356> yearned<WH3648> upon her son<WH1121>, and she said<WH559>, O<WH994> my lord<WH113>, give<WH5414> her the living<WH2416> child<WH3205>, and in no wise<WH4191> slay<WH4191> it. But the other said<WH559>, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide<WH1504> it. / yearned: Heb. were hot


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Give<WH5414> her the living<WH2416> child<WH3205>, and in no wise<WH4191> slay<WH4191> it: she is the mother<WH517> thereof.


btext:
And all Israel<WH3478> heard<WH8085> of the judgment<WH4941> which the king<WH4428> had judged<WH8199>; and they feared<WH3372> the king<WH6440>: for they saw<WH7200> that the wisdom<WH2451> of God<WH430> was in him<WH7130>, to do<WH6213> judgment<WH4941>. / in him: Heb. in the midst of him


btext:
And these were the princes<WH8269> which he had; Azariah<WH5838> the son<WH1121> of Zadok<WH6659> the priest<WH3548>, / priest: or, chief officer


btext:
Elihoreph<WH456> and Ahiah<WH281>, the sons<WH1121> of Shisha<WH7894>, scribes<WH5608>; Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the son<WH1121> of Ahilud<WH286>, the recorder<WH2142>. / scribes: or, secretaries / recorder: or, remembrancer


btext:
And Benaiah<WH1141> the son<WH1121> of Jehoiada<WH3077> was over the host<WH6635>: and Zadok<WH6659> and Abiathar<WH54> were the priests<WH3548>:


btext:
And Azariah<WH5838> the son<WH1121> of Nathan<WH5416> was over the officers<WH5324>: and Zabud<WH2071> the son<WH1121> of Nathan<WH5416> was principal officer<WH3548>, and the king's<WH4428> friend<WH7463>:


btext:
And Ahishar<WH301> was over the household<WH1004>: and Adoniram<WH141> the son<WH1121> of Abda<WH5653> was over the tribute<WH4522>. / tribute: or, levy


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> had twelve<WH8147><WH6240> officers<WH5324> over all Israel<WH3478>, which provided victuals<WH3557> for the king<WH4428> and his household<WH1004>: each man<WH259> his month<WH2320> in a year<WH8141> made provision<WH3557>.


btext:
And these are their names<WH8034>: The son of Hur<WH1133>, in mount<WH2022> Ephraim<WH669>: / The son…: or, Benhur


btext:
The son of Dekar<WH1128><WH1857>, in Makaz<WH4739>, and in Shaalbim<WH8169>, and Bethshemesh<WH1053>, and Elonbethhanan<WH358>: / The son…: or, BenDekar


btext:
The son of Hesed<WH1136><WH2618>, in Aruboth<WH700>; to him pertained Sochoh<WH7755>, and all the land<WH776> of Hepher<WH2660>: / The son…: or, BenHeseb


btext:
The son of Abinadab<WH1125>, in all the region<WH5299> of Dor<WH1756>; which had Taphath<WH2955> the daughter<WH1323> of Solomon<WH8010> to wife<WH802>: / The son…: or, BenaBinadab


btext:
Baana<WH1195> the son<WH1121> of Ahilud<WH286>; to him pertained Taanach<WH8590> and Megiddo<WH4023>, and all Bethshean<WH1052>, which is by<WH681> Zartanah<WH6891> beneath Jezreel<WH3157>, from Bethshean<WH1052> to Abelmeholah<WH65>, even unto the place that is beyond<WH5676> Jokneam<WH3361>:


btext:
The son of Geber<WH1127>, in Ramothgilead<WH1568><WH7433>; to him pertained the towns<WH2333> of Jair<WH2971> the son<WH1121> of Manasseh<WH4519>, which are in Gilead<WH1568>; to him also pertained the region<WH2256> of Argob<WH709>, which is in Bashan<WH1316>, threescore<WH8346> great<WH1419> cities<WH5892> with walls<WH2346> and brasen<WH5178> bars<WH1280>: / The son…: or, BenGeber


btext:
Ahimaaz<WH290> was in Naphtali<WH5321>; he also took<WH3947> Basmath<WH1315> the daughter<WH1323> of Solomon<WH8010> to wife<WH802>:


btext:
Geber<WH1398> the son<WH1121> of Uri<WH221> was in the country<WH776> of Gilead<WH1568>, in the country<WH776> of Sihon<WH5511> king<WH4428> of the Amorites<WH567>, and of Og<WH5747> king<WH4428> of Bashan<WH1316>; and he was the only<WH259> officer<WH5333> which was in the land<WH776>.


btext:
Judah<WH3063> and Israel<WH3478> were many<WH7227>, as the sand<WH2344> which is by the sea<WH3220> in multitude<WH7230>, eating<WH398> and drinking<WH8354>, and making merry<WH8056>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> reigned<WH4910> over all kingdoms<WH4467> from the river<WH5104> unto the land<WH776> of the Philistines<WH6430>, and unto the border<WH1366> of Egypt<WH4714>: they brought<WH5066> presents<WH4503>, and served<WH5647> Solomon<WH8010> all the days<WH3117> of his life<WH2416>.


btext:
And Solomon's<WH8010> provision<WH3899> for one<WH259> day<WH3117> was thirty<WH7970> measures<WH3734> of fine flour<WH5560>, and threescore<WH8346> measures<WH3734> of meal<WH7058>, / provision: Heb. bread / measures: Heb. cors


btext:
Ten<WH6235> fat<WH1277> oxen<WH1241>, and twenty<WH6242> oxen<WH1241> out of the pastures<WH7471>, and an hundred<WH3967> sheep<WH6629>, beside harts<WH354>, and roebucks<WH6643>, and fallowdeer<WH3180>, and fatted<WH75> fowl<WH1257>.


btext:
For he had dominion<WH7287> over all the region on this side<WH5676> the river<WH5104>, from Tiphsah<WH8607> even to Azzah<WH5804>, over all the kings<WH4428> on this side<WH5676> the river<WH5104>: and he had peace<WH7965> on all sides<WH5650><WH5676> round about<WH5439> him.


btext:
And Judah<WH3063> and Israel<WH3478> dwelt<WH3427> safely<WH983>, every man<WH376> under his vine<WH1612> and under his fig tree<WH8384>, from Dan<WH1835> even to Beersheba<WH884>, all the days<WH3117> of Solomon<WH8010>. / safely: Heb. confidently


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> had forty<WH705> thousand<WH505> stalls<WH723> of horses<WH5483> for his chariots<WH4817>, and twelve<WH8147><WH6240> thousand<WH505> horsemen<WH6571>.


btext:
And those officers<WH5324> provided victual<WH3557> for king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>, and for all that came<WH7131> unto king<WH4428> Solomon's<WH8010> table<WH7979>, every man<WH376> in his month<WH2320>: they lacked<WH5737> nothing<WH1697>.


btext:
Barley<WH8184> also and straw<WH8401> for the horses<WH5483> and dromedaries<WH7409> brought<WH935> they unto the place<WH4725> where the officers were, every man<WH376> according to his charge<WH4941>. / dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts


btext:
And God<WH430> gave<WH5414> Solomon<WH8010> wisdom<WH2451> and understanding<WH8394> exceeding<WH3966> much<WH7235>, and largeness<WH7341> of heart<WH3820>, even as the sand<WH2344> that is on the sea<WH3220> shore<WH8193>.


btext:
And Solomon's<WH8010> wisdom<WH2451> excelled<WH7235> the wisdom<WH2451> of all the children<WH1121> of the east country<WH6924>, and all the wisdom<WH2451> of Egypt<WH4714>.


btext:
For he was wiser<WH2449> than all men<WH120>; than Ethan<WH387> the Ezrahite<WH250>, and Heman<WH1968>, and Chalcol<WH3633>, and Darda<WH1862>, the sons<WH1121> of Mahol<WH4235>: and his fame<WH8034> was in all nations<WH1471> round about<WH5439>.


btext:
And he spake<WH1696> three<WH7969> thousand<WH505> proverbs<WH4912>: and his songs<WH7892> were a thousand<WH505> and five<WH2568>.


btext:
And he spake<WH1696> of trees<WH6086>, from the cedar tree<WH730> that is in Lebanon<WH3844> even unto the hyssop<WH231> that springeth out<WH3318> of the wall<WH7023>: he spake<WH1696> also of beasts<WH929>, and of fowl<WH5775>, and of creeping things<WH7431>, and of fishes<WH1709>.


btext:
And there came<WH935> of all people<WH5971> to hear<WH8085> the wisdom<WH2451> of Solomon<WH8010>, from all kings<WH4428> of the earth<WH776>, which had heard<WH8085> of his wisdom<WH2451>.


btext:
And Hiram<WH2438> king<WH4428> of Tyre<WH6865> sent<WH7971> his servants<WH5650> unto Solomon<WH8010>; for he had heard<WH8085> that they had anointed<WH4886> him king<WH4428> in the room of his father<WH1>: for Hiram<WH2438> was ever<WH3117> a lover<WH157> of David<WH1732>.


btext:
Thou knowest<WH3045> how that David<WH1732> my father<WH1> could<WH3201> not build<WH1129> an house<WH1004> unto the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068> his God<WH430> for<WH6440> the wars<WH4421> which were about him on every side<WH5437>, until the LORD<WH3068> put<WH5414> them under the soles<WH3709> of his feet<WH7272>.


btext:
But now the LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430> hath given me rest<WH5117> on every side<WH5439>, so that there is neither adversary<WH7854> nor evil<WH7451> occurrent<WH6294>.


btext:
And, behold, I purpose<WH559> to build<WH1129> an house<WH1004> unto the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430>, as the LORD<WH3068> spake<WH1696> unto David<WH1732> my father<WH1>, saying<WH559>, Thy son<WH1121>, whom I will set<WH5414> upon thy throne<WH3678> in thy room, he shall build<WH1129> an house<WH1004> unto my name<WH8034>. / purpose: Heb. say


btext:
Now therefore command<WH6680> thou that they hew<WH3772> me cedar trees<WH730> out of Lebanon<WH3844>; and my servants<WH5650> shall be with thy servants<WH5650>: and unto thee will I give<WH5414> hire<WH7939> for thy servants<WH5650> according to all that thou shalt appoint<WH559>: for thou knowest<WH3045> that there is not among us any<WH376> that can skill<WH3045> to hew<WH3772> timber<WH6086> like unto the Sidonians<WH6722>. / appoint: Heb. say


btext:
And it came to pass, when Hiram<WH2438> heard<WH8085> the words<WH1697> of Solomon<WH8010>, that he rejoiced<WH8055> greatly<WH3966>, and said<WH559>, Blessed<WH1288> be the LORD<WH3068> this day<WH3117>, which hath given<WH5414> unto David<WH1732> a wise<WH2450> son<WH1121> over this great<WH7227> people<WH5971>.


btext:
And Hiram<WH2438> sent<WH7971> to Solomon<WH8010>, saying<WH559>, I have considered<WH8085> the things which thou sentest<WH7971> to me for: and I will do<WH6213> all thy desire<WH2656> concerning timber<WH6086> of cedar<WH730>, and concerning timber<WH6086> of fir<WH1265>. / considered: Heb. heard


btext:
My servants<WH5650> shall bring them down<WH3381> from Lebanon<WH3844> unto the sea<WH3220>: and I will convey<WH7760> them by sea<WH3220> in floats<WH1702> unto the place<WH4725> that thou shalt appoint<WH7971> me, and will cause them to be discharged<WH5310> there, and thou shalt receive<WH5375> them: and thou shalt accomplish<WH6213> my desire<WH2656>, in giving<WH5414> food<WH3899> for my household<WH1004>. / appoint: Heb. send


btext:
So Hiram<WH2438> gave<WH5414> Solomon<WH8010> cedar<WH730> trees<WH6086> and fir<WH1265> trees<WH6086> according to all his desire<WH2656>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> gave<WH5414> Hiram<WH2438> twenty<WH6242> thousand<WH505> measures<WH3734> of wheat<WH2406> for food<WH4361> to his household<WH1004>, and twenty<WH6242> measures<WH3734> of pure<WH3795> oil<WH8081>: thus gave<WH5414> Solomon<WH8010> to Hiram<WH2438> year<WH8141> by year<WH8141>. / measures: Heb. cors


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> gave<WH5414> Solomon<WH8010> wisdom<WH2451>, as he promised<WH1696> him: and there was peace<WH7965> between Hiram<WH2438> and Solomon<WH8010>; and they two<WH8147> made<WH3772> a league<WH1285> together<WH8147>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> raised<WH5927> a levy<WH4522> out of all Israel<WH3478>; and the levy<WH4522> was thirty<WH7970> thousand<WH505> men<WH376>. / levy: Heb. tribute of men


btext:
And he sent<WH7971> them to Lebanon<WH3844>, ten<WH6235> thousand<WH505> a month<WH2320> by courses<WH2487>: a month<WH2320> they were in Lebanon<WH3844>, and two<WH8147> months<WH2320> at home<WH1004>: and Adoniram<WH141> was over the levy<WH4522>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> had threescore and ten<WH7657> thousand<WH505> that bare<WH5375> burdens<WH5449>, and fourscore<WH8084> thousand<WH505> hewers<WH2672> in the mountains<WH2022>;


btext:
Beside the chief<WH8269> of Solomon's<WH8010> officers<WH5324> which were over the work<WH4399>, three<WH7969> thousand<WH505> and three<WH7969> hundred<WH3967>, which ruled<WH7287> over the people<WH5971> that wrought<WH6213> in the work<WH4399>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> commanded<WH6680>, and they brought<WH5265> great<WH1419> stones<WH68>, costly<WH3368> stones<WH68>, and hewed<WH1496> stones<WH68>, to lay the foundation<WH3245> of the house<WH1004>.


btext:
And Solomon's<WH8010> builders<WH1129> and Hiram's<WH2438> builders<WH1129> did hew<WH6458> them, and the stonesquarers<WH1382>: so they prepared<WH3559> timber<WH6086> and stones<WH68> to build<WH1129> the house<WH1004>. / stonesquares: or, Giblites


btext:
And it came to pass in the four<WH702> hundred<WH3967><WH8141> and eightieth<WH8084> year<WH8141> after the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> were come out<WH3318> of the land<WH776> of Egypt<WH4714>, in the fourth<WH7243> year<WH8141> of Solomon's<WH8010> reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478>, in the month<WH2320> Zif<WH2099>, which is the second<WH8145> month<WH2320>, that he began to build<WH1129> the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>. / began…: Heb. built


btext:
And the house<WH1004> which king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> built<WH1129> for the LORD<WH3068>, the length<WH753> thereof was threescore<WH8346> cubits<WH520>, and the breadth<WH7341> thereof twenty<WH6242> cubits, and the height<WH6967> thereof thirty<WH7970> cubits<WH520>.


btext:
And the porch<WH197> before<WH6440> the temple<WH1964> of the house<WH1004>, twenty<WH6242> cubits<WH520> was the length<WH753> thereof, according to the breadth<WH7341> of the house<WH1004>; and ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520> was the breadth<WH7341> thereof before the house<WH1004>.


btext:
And for the house<WH1004> he made<WH6213> windows<WH2474> of narrow<WH331> lights<WH8261>. / of…: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed


btext:
And against the wall<WH7023> of the house<WH1004> he built<WH1129> chambers<WH3326><WH3326> round about<WH5439>, against the walls<WH7023> of the house<WH1004> round about<WH5439>, both of the temple<WH1964> and of the oracle<WH1687>: and he made<WH6213> chambers<WH6763> round about<WH5439>: / against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall / built chambers: Heb. built floors / made chambers: Heb. made ribs


btext:
The nethermost<WH8481> chamber<WH3326><WH3326> was five<WH2568> cubits<WH520> broad<WH7341>, and the middle<WH8484> was six<WH8337> cubits<WH520> broad<WH7341>, and the third<WH7992> was seven<WH7651> cubits<WH520> broad<WH7341>: for without in the wall of<WH2351> the house<WH1004> he made<WH5414> narrowed rests<WH4052> round about<WH5439>, that the beams should not be fastened<WH270> in the walls<WH7023> of the house<WH1004>. / narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements


btext:
And the house<WH1004>, when it was in building<WH1129>, was built<WH1129> of stone<WH68> made ready<WH8003> before it was brought<WH4551> thither: so that there was neither hammer<WH4717> nor axe<WH1631> nor any tool<WH3627> of iron<WH1270> heard<WH8085> in the house<WH1004>, while it was in building<WH1129>.


btext:
The door<WH6607> for the middle<WH8484> chamber<WH6763> was in the right<WH3233> side<WH3802> of the house<WH1004>: and they went up<WH5927> with winding stairs<WH3883> into the middle<WH8484> chamber, and out of the middle<WH8484> into the third<WH7992>. / side: Heb. shoulder


btext:
So he built<WH1129> the house<WH1004>, and finished<WH3615> it; and covered<WH5603> the house<WH1004> with beams<WH1356> and boards<WH7713> of cedar<WH730>. / with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar


btext:
And then he built<WH1129> chambers<WH3326><WH3326> against all the house<WH1004>, five<WH2568> cubits<WH520> high<WH6967>: and they rested<WH270> on the house<WH1004> with timber<WH6086> of cedar<WH730>.


btext:
Concerning this house<WH1004> which thou art in building<WH1129>, if thou wilt walk<WH3212> in my statutes<WH2708>, and execute<WH6213> my judgments<WH4941>, and keep<WH8104> all my commandments<WH4687> to walk<WH3212> in them; then will I perform<WH6965> my word<WH1697> with thee, which I spake<WH1696> unto David<WH1732> thy father<WH1>:


btext:
And I will dwell<WH7931> among<WH8432> the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, and will not forsake<WH5800> my people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And he built<WH1129> the walls<WH7023> of the house<WH1004> within<WH1004> with boards<WH6763> of cedar<WH730>, both the floor<WH7172> of the house<WH1004>, and the walls<WH7023> of the cieling<WH5604>: and he covered<WH6823> them on the inside<WH1004> with wood<WH6086>, and covered<WH6823> the floor<WH7172> of the house<WH1004> with planks<WH6763> of fir<WH1265>. / both…: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc


btext:
And he built<WH1129> twenty<WH6242> cubits<WH520> on the sides<WH3411> of the house<WH1004>, both<WH4480> the floor<WH7172> and the walls<WH7023> with boards<WH6763> of cedar<WH730>: he even built<WH1129> them for it within<WH1004>, even for the oracle<WH1687>, even for the most<WH6944> holy<WH6944> place.


btext:
And the house<WH1004>, that is, the temple<WH1964> before<WH3942> it, was forty<WH705> cubits<WH520> long.


btext:
And the cedar<WH730> of the house<WH1004> within<WH6441> was carved<WH4734> with knops<WH6497> and open<WH6362> flowers<WH6731>: all was cedar<WH730>; there was no stone<WH68> seen<WH7200>. / knops: or, gourds / open: Heb. openings of


btext:
And the oracle<WH1687> he prepared<WH3559> in<WH8432> the house<WH1004> within<WH6441>, to set<WH5414> there the ark<WH727> of the covenant<WH1285> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And the oracle<WH1687> in the forepart<WH6440> was twenty<WH6242> cubits<WH520> in length<WH753>, and twenty<WH6242> cubits<WH520> in breadth<WH7341>, and twenty<WH6242> cubits<WH520> in the height<WH6967> thereof: and he overlaid<WH6823> it with pure<WH5462> gold<WH2091>; and so covered<WH6823> the altar<WH4196> which was of cedar<WH730>. / pure: Heb. shut up


btext:
So Solomon<WH8010> overlaid<WH6823> the house<WH1004> within<WH6441> with pure<WH5462> gold<WH2091>: and he made a partition<WH5674> by the chains<WH7572><WH7572> of gold<WH2091> before<WH6440> the oracle<WH1687>; and he overlaid<WH6823> it with gold<WH2091>.


btext:
And the whole house<WH1004> he overlaid<WH6823> with gold<WH2091>, until he had finished<WH8552> all the house<WH1004>: also the whole altar<WH4196> that was by the oracle<WH1687> he overlaid<WH6823> with gold<WH2091>.


btext:
And within the oracle<WH1687> he made<WH6213> two<WH8147> cherubims<WH3742> of olive<WH8081> tree<WH6086>, each ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520> high<WH6967>. / olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil


btext:
And five<WH2568> cubits<WH520> was the one<WH259> wing<WH3671> of the cherub<WH3742>, and five<WH2568> cubits<WH520> the other<WH8145> wing<WH3671> of the cherub<WH3742>: from the uttermost part<WH7098> of the one wing<WH3671> unto the uttermost part<WH7098> of the other<WH3671> were ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520>.


btext:
And the other<WH8145> cherub<WH3742> was ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520>: both<WH8147> the cherubims<WH3742> were of one<WH259> measure<WH4060> and one<WH259> size<WH7095>.


btext:
The height<WH6967> of the one<WH259> cherub<WH3742> was ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520>, and so was it of the other<WH8145> cherub<WH3742>.


btext:
And he set<WH5414> the cherubims<WH3742> within<WH8432> the inner<WH6442> house<WH1004>: and they stretched forth<WH6566> the wings<WH3671> of the cherubims<WH3742>, so that the wing<WH3671> of the one<WH259> touched<WH5060> the one wall<WH7023>, and the wing<WH3671> of the other<WH8145> cherub<WH3742> touched<WH5060> the other<WH8145> wall<WH7023>; and their wings<WH3671> touched<WH5060> one<WH3671> another<WH3671> in the midst<WH8432> of the house<WH1004>. / they…: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings


btext:
And he carved<WH7049> all the walls<WH7023> of the house<WH1004> round about<WH4524> with carved<WH6603> figures<WH4734> of cherubims<WH3742> and palm trees<WH8561> and open<WH6362> flowers<WH6731>, within<WH6441> and without<WH2435>. / open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers


btext:
And the floor<WH7172> of the house<WH1004> he overlaid<WH6823> with gold<WH2091>, within<WH6441> and without<WH2435>.


btext:
And for the entering<WH6607> of the oracle<WH1687> he made<WH6213> doors<WH1817> of olive<WH8081> tree<WH6086>: the lintel<WH352> and side posts<WH4201> were a fifth part<WH2549> of the wall. / a fifth…: or, fivesquare


btext:
The two<WH8147> doors<WH1817> also were of olive<WH8081> tree<WH6086>; and he carved<WH7049> upon them carvings<WH4734> of cherubims<WH3742> and palm trees<WH8561> and open<WH6362> flowers<WH6731>, and overlaid<WH6823> them with gold<WH2091>, and spread<WH7286> gold<WH2091> upon the cherubims<WH3742>, and upon the palm trees<WH8561>. / two…: or, leaves of the doors / open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers


btext:
So also made<WH6213> he for the door<WH6607> of the temple<WH1964> posts<WH4201> of olive<WH8081> tree<WH6086>, a fourth part<WH7243> of the wall. / a fourth…: or, foursquare


btext:
And the two<WH8147> doors<WH1817> were of fir<WH1265> tree<WH6086>: the two<WH8147> leaves<WH6763> of the one<WH259> door<WH1817> were folding<WH1550>, and the two<WH8147> leaves<WH7050> of the other<WH8145> door<WH1817> were folding<WH1550>.


btext:
And he carved<WH7049> thereon cherubims<WH3742> and palm trees<WH8561> and open<WH6362> flowers<WH6731>: and covered<WH6823> them with gold<WH2091> fitted<WH3474> upon the carved work<WH2707>.


btext:
And he built<WH1129> the inner<WH6442> court<WH2691> with three<WH7969> rows<WH2905> of hewed stone<WH1496>, and a row<WH2905> of cedar<WH730> beams<WH3773>.


btext:
In the fourth<WH7243> year<WH8141> was the foundation<WH3245> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068> laid<WH3245>, in the month<WH3391> Zif<WH2099>:


btext:
And in the eleventh<WH259><WH6240> year<WH8141>, in the month<WH3391> Bul<WH945>, which is the eighth<WH8066> month<WH2320>, was the house<WH1004> finished<WH3615> throughout all the parts<WH1697> thereof, and according to all the fashion<WH4941> of it. So was he seven<WH7651> years<WH8141> in building<WH1129> it. / through out…: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof


btext:
But Solomon<WH8010> was building<WH1129> his own house<WH1004> thirteen<WH7969><WH6240> years<WH8141>, and he finished<WH3615> all his house<WH1004>.


btext:
He built<WH1129> also the house<WH1004> of the forest<WH3293> of Lebanon<WH3844>; the length<WH753> thereof was an hundred<WH3967> cubits<WH520>, and the breadth<WH7341> thereof fifty<WH2572> cubits<WH520>, and the height<WH6967> thereof thirty<WH7970> cubits<WH520>, upon four<WH702> rows<WH2905> of cedar<WH730> pillars<WH5982>, with cedar<WH730> beams<WH3773> upon the pillars<WH5982>.


btext:
And it was covered<WH5603> with cedar<WH730> above<WH4605> upon the beams<WH6763>, that lay on forty<WH705> five<WH2568> pillars<WH5982>, fifteen<WH6240> in a row<WH2905>. / beams: Heb. ribs


btext:
And there were windows<WH8261> in three<WH7969> rows<WH2905>, and light<WH4237> was against light<WH4237> in three<WH7969> ranks<WH6471>. / light was…: Heb. sight against sight


btext:
And all the doors<WH6607> and posts<WH4201> were square<WH7251>, with the windows<WH8260>: and light<WH4237> was against<WH4136> light<WH4237> in three<WH7969> ranks<WH6471>. / doors…: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect


btext:
And he made<WH6213> a porch<WH197> of pillars<WH5982>; the length<WH753> thereof was fifty<WH2572> cubits<WH520>, and the breadth<WH7341> thereof thirty<WH7970> cubits<WH520>: and the porch<WH197> was before<WH6440> them: and the other pillars<WH5982> and the thick beam<WH5646> were before them. / before them: or, according to them


btext:
Then he made<WH6213> a porch<WH197> for the throne<WH3678> where he might judge<WH8199>, even the porch<WH197> of judgment<WH4941>: and it was covered<WH5603> with cedar<WH730> from one side of the floor<WH7172> to the other<WH7172>. / from…: Heb. from floor to floor


btext:
And his house<WH1004> where he dwelt<WH3427> had another<WH312> court<WH2691> within<WH1004> the porch<WH197>, which was of the like work<WH4639>. Solomon<WH8010> made<WH6213> also an house<WH1004> for Pharaoh's<WH6547> daughter<WH1323>, whom he had taken<WH3947> to wife, like unto this porch<WH197>.


btext:
All these were of costly<WH3368> stones<WH68>, according to the measures<WH4060> of hewed stones<WH1496>, sawed<WH1641> with saws<WH4050>, within<WH1004> and without<WH2351>, even from the foundation<WH4527> unto the coping<WH2947>, and so on the outside<WH2351> toward the great<WH1419> court<WH2691>.


btext:
And the foundation<WH3245> was of costly<WH3368> stones<WH68>, even great<WH1419> stones<WH68>, stones<WH68> of ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520>, and stones<WH68> of eight<WH8083> cubits<WH520>.


btext:
And above<WH4605> were costly<WH3368> stones<WH68>, after the measures<WH4060> of hewed stones<WH1496>, and cedars<WH730>.


btext:
And the great<WH1419> court<WH2691> round about<WH5439> was with three<WH7969> rows<WH2905> of hewed stones<WH1496>, and a row<WH2905> of cedar<WH730> beams<WH3773>, both for the inner<WH6442> court<WH2691> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and for the porch<WH197> of the house<WH1004>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> sent<WH7971> and fetched<WH3947> Hiram<WH2438> out of Tyre<WH6865>.


btext:
He was a widow's<WH802><WH490> son<WH1121> of the tribe<WH4294> of Naphtali<WH5321>, and his father<WH1> was a man<WH376> of Tyre<WH6876>, a worker<WH2790> in brass<WH5178>: and he was filled<WH4390> with wisdom<WH2451>, and understanding<WH8394>, and cunning<WH1847> to work<WH6213> all works<WH4399> in brass<WH5178>. And he came<WH935> to king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>, and wrought<WH6213> all his work<WH4399>. / a widow's…: Heb. the son of a widow woman


btext:
For he cast<WH6696> two<WH8147> pillars<WH5982> of brass<WH5178>, of eighteen<WH8083><WH6240> cubits<WH520> high<WH6967> apiece<WH5982><WH259>: and a line<WH2339> of twelve<WH8147><WH6240> cubits<WH520> did compass<WH5437> either<WH8145> of them about<WH5437>. / cast: Heb. fashioned


btext:
And he made<WH6213> two<WH8147> chapiters<WH3805> of molten<WH3332> brass<WH5178>, to set<WH5414> upon the tops<WH7218> of the pillars<WH5982>: the height<WH6967> of the one<WH259> chapiter<WH3805> was five<WH2568> cubits<WH520>, and the height<WH6967> of the other<WH8145> chapiter<WH3805> was five<WH2568> cubits<WH520>:


btext:
And nets<WH7638> of checker<WH7639> work<WH4639>, and wreaths<WH1434> of chain<WH8333> work<WH4639>, for the chapiters<WH3805> which were upon the top<WH7218> of the pillars<WH5982>; seven<WH7651> for the one<WH259> chapiter<WH3805>, and seven<WH7651> for the other<WH8145> chapiter<WH3805>.


btext:
And he made<WH6213> the pillars<WH5982>, and two<WH8147> rows<WH2905> round about<WH5439> upon the one<WH259> network<WH7639>, to cover<WH3680> the chapiters<WH3805> that were upon the top<WH7218>, with pomegranates<WH7416>: and so did<WH6213> he for the other<WH8145> chapiter<WH3805>.


btext:
And the chapiters<WH3805> that were upon the top<WH7218> of the pillars<WH5982> were of lily<WH7799> work<WH4639> in the porch<WH197>, four<WH702> cubits<WH520>.


btext:
And the chapiters<WH3805> upon the two<WH8147> pillars<WH5982> had pomegranates also above<WH4605>, over against<WH5980> the belly<WH990> which was by<WH5676> the network<WH7639>: and the pomegranates<WH7416> were two hundred<WH3967> in rows<WH2905> round about<WH5439> upon the other<WH8145> chapiter<WH3805>.


btext:
And he set up<WH6965> the pillars<WH5982> in the porch<WH197> of the temple<WH1964>: and he set up<WH6965> the right<WH3233> pillar<WH5982>, and called<WH7121> the name<WH8034> thereof Jachin<WH3199>: and he set up<WH6965> the left<WH8042> pillar<WH5982>, and called<WH7121> the name<WH8034> thereof Boaz<WH1162>. / Jachin: that is, He shall establish / Boaz: that is, In it is strength


btext:
And upon the top<WH7218> of the pillars<WH5982> was lily<WH7799> work<WH4639>: so was the work<WH4399> of the pillars<WH5982> finished<WH8552>.


btext:
And he made<WH6213> a molten<WH3332> sea<WH3220>, ten<WH6235> cubits<WH520> from the one brim<WH8193> to the other<WH8193>: it was round<WH5696> all about<WH5439>, and his height<WH6967> was five<WH2568> cubits<WH520>: and a line<WH6957><WH6961> of thirty<WH7970> cubits<WH520> did compass<WH5437> it round about<WH5439>. / from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim


btext:
And under the brim<WH8193> of it round about<WH5439> there were knops<WH6497> compassing<WH5437> it, ten<WH6235> in a cubit<WH520>, compassing<WH5362> the sea<WH3220> round about<WH5439>: the knops<WH6497> were cast<WH3333> in two<WH8147> rows<WH2905>, when it was cast<WH3332>.


btext:
It stood<WH5975> upon twelve<WH8147><WH6240> oxen<WH1241>, three<WH7969> looking<WH6437> toward the north<WH6828>, and three<WH7969> looking<WH6437> toward the west<WH3220>, and three<WH7969> looking<WH6437> toward the south<WH5045>, and three<WH7969> looking<WH6437> toward the east<WH4217>: and the sea<WH3220> was set above<WH4605> upon them, and all their hinder parts<WH268> were inward<WH1004>.


btext:
And it was an hand breadth<WH2947> thick<WH5672>, and the brim<WH8193> thereof was wrought<WH4639> like the brim<WH8193> of a cup<WH3563>, with flowers<WH6525> of lilies<WH7799>: it contained<WH3557> two thousand<WH505> baths<WH1324>.


btext:
And he made<WH6213> ten<WH6235> bases<WH4350> of brass<WH5178>; four<WH702> cubits<WH520> was the length<WH753> of one<WH259> base<WH4350>, and four<WH702> cubits<WH520> the breadth<WH7341> thereof, and three<WH7969> cubits<WH520> the height<WH6967> of it.


btext:
And the work<WH4639> of the bases<WH4350> was on this manner: they had borders<WH4526>, and the borders<WH4526> were between the ledges<WH7948>:


btext:
And on the borders<WH4526> that were between the ledges<WH7948> were lions<WH738>, oxen<WH1241>, and cherubims<WH3742>: and upon the ledges<WH7948> there was a base<WH3653> above<WH4605>: and beneath the lions<WH738> and oxen<WH1241> were certain additions<WH3914> made of thin<WH4174> work<WH4639>.


btext:
And every<WH259> base<WH4350> had four<WH702> brasen<WH5178> wheels<WH212>, and plates<WH5633> of brass<WH5178>: and the four<WH702> corners<WH6471> thereof had undersetters<WH3802>: under the laver<WH3595> were undersetters<WH3802> molten<WH3332>, at the side<WH5676> of every<WH376> addition<WH3914>.


btext:
And the mouth<WH6310> of it within<WH1004> the chapiter<WH3805> and above<WH4605> was a cubit<WH520>: but the mouth<WH6310> thereof was round<WH5696> after the work<WH4639> of the base<WH3653>, a cubit<WH520> and an half<WH2677>: and also upon the mouth<WH6310> of it were gravings<WH4734> with their borders<WH4526>, foursquare<WH7251>, not round<WH5696>.


btext:
And under<WH8478> the borders<WH4526> were four<WH702> wheels<WH212>; and the axletrees<WH3027> of the wheels<WH212> were joined to the base<WH4350>: and the height<WH6967> of a<WH259> wheel<WH212> was a cubit<WH520> and half<WH2677> a cubit<WH520>. / joined…: Heb. in the base


btext:
And the work<WH4639> of the wheels<WH212> was like the work<WH4639> of a chariot<WH4818> wheel<WH212>: their axletrees<WH3027>, and their naves<WH1354>, and their felloes<WH2839>, and their spokes<WH2840>, were all molten<WH3332>.


btext:
And there were four<WH702> undersetters<WH3802> to the four<WH702> corners<WH6438> of one<WH259> base<WH4350>: and the undersetters<WH3802> were of the very base<WH4350> itself.


btext:
And in the top<WH7218> of the base<WH4350> was there a round<WH5696> compass<WH5439> of half<WH2677> a cubit<WH520> high<WH6967>: and on the top<WH7218> of the base<WH4350> the ledges<WH3027> thereof and the borders<WH4526> thereof were of the same.


btext:
For on the plates<WH3871> of the ledges<WH3027> thereof, and on the borders<WH4526> thereof, he graved<WH6605> cherubims<WH3742>, lions<WH738>, and palm trees<WH8561>, according to the proportion<WH4626> of every one<WH376>, and additions<WH3914> round about<WH5439>. / proportion: Heb. nakedness


btext:
After this manner he made<WH6213> the ten<WH6235> bases<WH4350>: all of them had one<WH259> casting<WH4165>, one<WH259> measure<WH4060>, and one<WH259> size<WH7095>.


btext:
Then made<WH6213> he ten<WH6235> lavers<WH3595> of brass<WH5178>: one<WH259> laver<WH3595> contained<WH3557> forty<WH705> baths<WH1324>: and every<WH259> laver<WH3595> was four<WH702> cubits<WH520>: and upon every one<WH259> of the ten<WH6235> bases<WH4350> one<WH259> laver<WH3595>.


btext:
And he put<WH5414> five<WH2568> bases<WH4350> on the right<WH3225> side<WH3802> of the house<WH1004>, and five<WH2568> on the left<WH8040> side<WH3802> of the house<WH1004>: and he set<WH5414> the sea<WH3220> on the right<WH3233> side<WH3802> of the house<WH1004> eastward<WH6924> over against<WH4136> the south<WH5045>. / side: Heb. shoulder


btext:
And Hiram<WH2438> made<WH6213> the lavers<WH3595>, and the shovels<WH3257>, and the basons<WH4219>. So Hiram<WH2438> made<WH3615> an end of doing<WH6213> all the work<WH4399> that he made<WH6213> king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> for the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>: / And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom


btext:
The two<WH8147> pillars<WH5982>, and the two bowls<WH1543> of the chapiters<WH3805> that were on the top<WH7218> of the two<WH8147> pillars<WH5982>; and the two<WH8147> networks<WH7639>, to cover<WH3680> the two<WH8147> bowls<WH1543> of the chapiters<WH3805> which were upon the top<WH7218> of the pillars<WH5982>;


btext:
And four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> pomegranates<WH7416> for the two<WH8147> networks<WH7639>, even two<WH8147> rows<WH2905> of pomegranates<WH7416> for one<WH259> network<WH7639>, to cover<WH3680> the two<WH8147> bowls<WH1543> of the chapiters<WH3805> that were upon<WH6440> the pillars<WH5982>; / upon…: Heb. upon the face of the pillars


btext:
And the pots<WH5518>, and the shovels<WH3257>, and the basons<WH4219>: and all these vessels<WH3627>, which Hiram<WH2438> made<WH6213> to king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> for the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, were of bright<WH4178> brass<WH5178>. / bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured


btext:
In the plain<WH3603> of Jordan<WH3383> did the king<WH4428> cast<WH3332> them, in the clay<WH4568> ground<WH127> between Succoth<WH5523> and Zarthan<WH6891>. / in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> left<WH3240> all the vessels<WH3627> unweighed, because they were exceeding<WH3966><WH3966> many<WH7230>: neither was the weight<WH4948> of the brass<WH5178> found out<WH2713>. / because…: Heb. for the exceeding multitude / found: Heb. searched


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> made<WH6213> all the vessels<WH3627> that pertained unto the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>: the altar<WH4196> of gold<WH2091>, and the table<WH7979> of gold<WH2091>, whereupon the shewbread<WH3899><WH6440> was,


btext:
And the candlesticks<WH4501> of pure<WH5462> gold<WH2091>, five<WH2568> on the right<WH3225> side, and five<WH2568> on the left<WH8040>, before<WH6440> the oracle<WH1687>, with the flowers<WH6525>, and the lamps<WH5216>, and the tongs<WH4457> of gold<WH2091>,


btext:
And the bowls<WH5592>, and the snuffers<WH4212>, and the basons<WH4219>, and the spoons<WH3709>, and the censers<WH4289> of pure<WH5462> gold<WH2091>; and the hinges<WH6596> of gold<WH2091>, both for the doors<WH1817> of the inner<WH6442> house<WH1004>, the most<WH6944> holy<WH6944> place, and for the doors<WH1817> of the house<WH1004>, to wit, of the temple<WH1964>. / censers: Heb. ash pans


btext:
So was ended<WH7999> all the work<WH4399> that king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> made<WH6213> for the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>. And Solomon<WH8010> brought in<WH935> the things which David<WH1732> his father<WH1> had dedicated<WH6944>; even the silver<WH3701>, and the gold<WH2091>, and the vessels<WH3627>, did he put<WH5414> among the treasures<WH214> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>. / things…: Heb. holy things of David


btext:
Then Solomon<WH8010> assembled<WH6950> the elders<WH2205> of Israel<WH3478>, and all the heads<WH7218> of the tribes<WH4294>, the chief<WH5387> of the fathers<WH1> of the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, unto king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> in Jerusalem<WH3389>, that they might bring up<WH5927> the ark<WH727> of the covenant<WH1285> of the LORD<WH3068> out of the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>, which is Zion<WH6726>. / chief: Heb. princes


btext:
And all the men<WH376> of Israel<WH3478> assembled<WH6950> themselves unto king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> at the feast<WH2282> in the month<WH3391> Ethanim<WH388>, which is the seventh<WH7637> month<WH2320>.


btext:
And all the elders<WH2205> of Israel<WH3478> came<WH935>, and the priests<WH3548> took up<WH5375> the ark<WH727>.


btext:
And they brought up<WH5927> the ark<WH727> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the tabernacle<WH168> of the congregation<WH4150>, and all the holy<WH6944> vessels<WH3627> that were in the tabernacle<WH168>, even those did the priests<WH3548> and the Levites<WH3881> bring up<WH5927>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>, and all the congregation<WH5712> of Israel<WH3478>, that were assembled<WH3259> unto him, were with him before<WH6440> the ark<WH727>, sacrificing<WH2076> sheep<WH6629> and oxen<WH1241>, that could not be told<WH5608> nor numbered<WH4487> for multitude<WH7230>.


btext:
And the priests<WH3548> brought in<WH935> the ark<WH727> of the covenant<WH1285> of the LORD<WH3068> unto his place<WH4725>, into the oracle<WH1687> of the house<WH1004>, to the most<WH6944> holy<WH6944> place, even under the wings<WH3671> of the cherubims<WH3742>.


btext:
For the cherubims<WH3742> spread forth<WH6566> their two wings<WH3671> over the place<WH4725> of the ark<WH727>, and the cherubims<WH3742> covered<WH5526> the ark<WH727> and the staves<WH905> thereof above<WH4605>.


btext:
And they drew out<WH748> the staves<WH905>, that the ends<WH7218> of the staves<WH905> were seen out<WH7200> in the holy<WH6944> place before<WH6440> the oracle<WH1687>, and they were not seen<WH7200> without<WH2351>: and there they are unto this day<WH3117>. / ends: Heb. heads / holy…: or, ark


btext:
There was nothing in the ark<WH727> save<WH7535> the two<WH8147> tables<WH3871> of stone<WH68>, which Moses<WH4872> put<WH3240> there at Horeb<WH2722>, when the LORD<WH3068> made<WH3772> a covenant with the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, when they came out<WH3318> of the land<WH776> of Egypt<WH4714>. / when the: or, where the


btext:
And it came to pass, when the priests<WH3548> were come out<WH3318> of the holy<WH6944> place, that the cloud<WH6051> filled<WH4390> the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>,


btext:
So that the priests<WH3548> could<WH3201> not stand<WH5975> to minister<WH8334> because<WH6440> of the cloud<WH6051>: for the glory<WH3519> of the LORD<WH3068> had filled<WH4390> the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Then spake<WH559> Solomon<WH8010>, The LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> that he would dwell<WH7931> in the thick darkness<WH6205>.


btext:
I have surely<WH1129> built<WH1129> thee an house<WH1004> to dwell in<WH2073>, a settled place<WH4349> for thee to abide in<WH3427> for ever<WH5769>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> turned<WH5437> his face<WH6440> about<WH5437>, and blessed<WH1288> all the congregation<WH6951> of Israel<WH3478>: (and all the congregation<WH6951> of Israel<WH3478> stood<WH5975>;)


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Blessed<WH1288> be the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, which spake<WH1696> with his mouth<WH6310> unto David<WH1732> my father<WH1>, and hath with his hand<WH3027> fulfilled<WH4390> it, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Since the day<WH3117> that I brought forth<WH3318> my people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478> out of Egypt<WH4714>, I chose<WH977> no city<WH5892> out of all the tribes<WH7626> of Israel<WH3478> to build<WH1129> an house<WH1004>, that my name<WH8034> might be therein; but I chose<WH977> David<WH1732> to be over my people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it was in the heart<WH3824> of David<WH1732> my father<WH1> to build<WH1129> an house<WH1004> for the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto David<WH1732> my father<WH1>, Whereas<WH3282><WH834> it was in thine heart<WH3824> to build<WH1129> an house<WH1004> unto my name<WH8034>, thou didst well<WH2895> that it was in thine heart<WH3824>.


btext:
Nevertheless<WH7535> thou shalt not build<WH1129> the house<WH1004>; but thy son<WH1121> that shall come forth out<WH3318> of thy loins<WH2504>, he shall build<WH1129> the house<WH1004> unto my name<WH8034>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> hath performed<WH6965> his word<WH1697> that he spake<WH1696>, and I am risen up<WH6965> in the room of David<WH1732> my father<WH1>, and sit<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478>, as the LORD<WH3068> promised<WH1696>, and have built<WH1129> an house<WH1004> for the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And I have set<WH7760> there a place<WH4725> for the ark<WH727>, wherein is the covenant<WH1285> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he made<WH3772> with our fathers<WH1>, when he brought them out<WH3318> of the land<WH776> of Egypt<WH4714>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> the altar<WH4196> of the LORD<WH3068> in the presence of<WH5048> all the congregation<WH6951> of Israel<WH3478>, and spread forth<WH6566> his hands<WH3709> toward heaven<WH8064>:


btext:
And he said<WH559>, LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, there is no God<WH430> like thee, in heaven<WH8064> above<WH4605>, or on earth<WH776> beneath, who keepest<WH8104> covenant<WH1285> and mercy<WH2617> with thy servants<WH5650> that walk<WH1980> before<WH6440> thee with all their heart<WH3820>:


btext:
Who hast kept<WH8104> with thy servant<WH5650> David<WH1732> my father<WH1> that thou promisedst<WH1696> him: thou spakest<WH1696> also with thy mouth<WH6310>, and hast fulfilled<WH4390> it with thine hand<WH3027>, as it is this day<WH3117>.


btext:
Therefore now, LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, keep<WH8104> with thy servant<WH5650> David<WH1732> my father<WH1> that thou promisedst<WH1696> him, saying<WH559>, There shall not fail<WH3772> thee a man<WH376> in my sight<WH6440> to sit<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478>; so<WH7535> that thy children<WH1121> take heed<WH8104> to their way<WH1870>, that they walk<WH3212> before<WH6440> me as thou hast walked<WH1980> before<WH6440> me. / fail…: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight / so that: Heb. only if


btext:
And now, O God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, let thy word<WH1697>, I pray thee, be verified<WH539>, which thou spakest<WH1696> unto thy servant<WH5650> David<WH1732> my father<WH1>.


btext:
But will God<WH430> indeed<WH552> dwell<WH3427> on the earth<WH776>? behold, the heaven<WH8064> and heaven<WH8064> of heavens<WH8064> cannot contain<WH3557> thee; how much less<WH637> this house<WH1004> that I have builded<WH1129>?


btext:
Yet have thou respect<WH6437> unto the prayer<WH8605> of thy servant<WH5650>, and to his supplication<WH8467>, O LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430>, to hearken<WH8085> unto the cry<WH7440> and to the prayer<WH8605>, which thy servant<WH5650> prayeth<WH6419> before<WH6440> thee to day<WH3117>:


btext:
That thine eyes<WH5869> may be open<WH6605> toward this house<WH1004> night<WH3915> and day<WH3117>, even toward the place<WH4725> of which thou hast said<WH559>, My name<WH8034> shall be there: that thou mayest hearken<WH8085> unto the prayer<WH8605> which thy servant<WH5650> shall make<WH6419> toward this place<WH4725>. / toward this place: or, in this place


btext:
And hearken<WH8085> thou to the supplication<WH8467> of thy servant<WH5650>, and of thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, when they shall pray<WH6419> toward this place<WH4725>: and hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064> thy dwelling<WH3427> place<WH4725>: and when thou hearest<WH8085>, forgive<WH5545>. / toward this place: or, in this place


btext:
If any man<WH376> trespass<WH2398> against his neighbour<WH7453>, and an oath<WH423> be laid<WH5375> upon him to cause him to swear<WH422>, and the oath<WH423> come<WH935> before<WH6440> thine altar<WH4196> in this house<WH1004>: / and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him


btext:
Then hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064>, and do<WH6213>, and judge<WH8199> thy servants<WH5650>, condemning<WH7561> the wicked<WH7563>, to bring<WH5414> his way<WH1870> upon his head<WH7218>; and justifying<WH6663> the righteous<WH6662>, to give<WH5414> him according to his righteousness<WH6666>.


btext:
When thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478> be smitten down<WH5062> before<WH6440> the enemy<WH341>, because they have sinned<WH2398> against thee, and shall turn again<WH7725> to thee, and confess<WH3034> thy name<WH8034>, and pray<WH6419>, and make supplication<WH2603> unto thee in this house<WH1004>: / in: or, toward


btext:
Then hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064>, and forgive<WH5545> the sin<WH2403> of thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, and bring them again<WH7725> unto the land<WH127> which thou gavest<WH5414> unto their fathers<WH1>.


btext:
When heaven<WH8064> is shut up<WH6113>, and there is no rain<WH4306>, because they have sinned<WH2398> against thee; if they pray<WH6419> toward this place<WH4725>, and confess<WH3034> thy name<WH8034>, and turn<WH7725> from their sin<WH2403>, when thou afflictest<WH6031> them:


btext:
Then hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064>, and forgive<WH5545> the sin<WH2403> of thy servants<WH5650>, and of thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, that thou teach<WH3384> them the good<WH2896> way<WH1870> wherein they should walk<WH3212>, and give<WH5414> rain<WH4306> upon thy land<WH776>, which thou hast given<WH5414> to thy people<WH5971> for an inheritance<WH5159>.


btext:
If there be in the land<WH776> famine<WH7458>, if there be pestilence<WH1698>, blasting<WH7711>, mildew<WH3420>, locust<WH697>, or if there be caterpiller<WH2625>; if their enemy<WH341> besiege<WH6887> them in the land<WH776> of their cities<WH8179>; whatsoever plague<WH5061>, whatsoever sickness<WH4245> there be; / cities: or, jurisdiction


btext:
What prayer<WH8605> and supplication<WH8467> soever be made by any man<WH120>, or by all thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, which shall know<WH3045> every man<WH376> the plague<WH5061> of his own heart<WH3824>, and spread forth<WH6566> his hands<WH3709> toward this house<WH1004>:


btext:
Then hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064> thy dwelling<WH3427> place<WH4349>, and forgive<WH5545>, and do<WH6213>, and give<WH5414> to every man<WH376> according to his ways<WH1870>, whose heart<WH3824> thou knowest<WH3045>; (for thou, even thou only, knowest<WH3045> the hearts<WH3824> of all the children<WH1121> of men<WH120>;)


btext:
That they may fear<WH3372> thee all the days<WH3117> that they live<WH2416> in<WH6440> the land<WH127> which thou gavest<WH5414> unto our fathers<WH1>.


btext:
Moreover concerning a stranger<WH5237>, that is not of thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, but cometh out<WH935> of a far<WH7350> country<WH776> for<WH4616> thy name's<WH8034> sake;


btext:
(For they shall hear<WH8085> of thy great<WH1419> name<WH8034>, and of thy strong<WH2389> hand<WH3027>, and of thy stretched out<WH5186> arm<WH2220>;) when he shall come<WH935> and pray<WH6419> toward this house<WH1004>;


btext:
Hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064> thy dwelling<WH3427> place<WH4349>, and do<WH6213> according to all that the stranger<WH5237> calleth<WH7121> to thee for: that all people<WH5971> of the earth<WH776> may know<WH3045> thy name<WH8034>, to fear<WH3372> thee, as do thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>; and that they may know<WH3045> that this house<WH1004>, which I have builded<WH1129>, is called<WH7121> by thy name<WH8034>. / this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house


btext:
If thy people<WH5971> go out<WH3318> to battle<WH4421> against their enemy<WH341>, whithersoever<WH1870> thou shalt send<WH7971> them, and shall pray<WH6419> unto the LORD<WH3068> toward<WH1870> the city<WH5892> which thou hast chosen<WH977>, and toward the house<WH1004> that I have built<WH1129> for thy name<WH8034>: / toward the city: Heb. the way of the city


btext:
Then hear<WH8085> thou in heaven<WH8064> their prayer<WH8605> and their supplication<WH8467>, and maintain<WH6213> their cause<WH4941>. / cause: or, right


btext:
If they sin<WH2398> against thee, (for there is no man<WH120> that sinneth<WH2398> not,) and thou be angry<WH599> with them, and deliver<WH5414> them to the enemy<WH341>, so that they carry them away<WH7617> captives<WH7617> unto<WH6440> the land<WH776> of the enemy<WH341>, far<WH7350> or near<WH7138>;


btext:
Yet if they shall bethink<WH7725> themselves in the land<WH776> whither they were carried captives<WH7617>, and repent<WH7725><WH3820>, and make supplication<WH2603> unto thee in the land<WH776> of them that carried them captives<WH7617>, saying<WH559>, We have sinned<WH2398>, and have done perversely<WH5753>, we have committed wickedness<WH7561>; / bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart


btext:
And so return<WH7725> unto thee with all their heart<WH3824>, and with all their soul<WH5315>, in the land<WH776> of their enemies<WH341>, which led them away captive<WH7617>, and pray<WH6419> unto thee toward<WH1870> their land<WH776>, which thou gavest<WH5414> unto their fathers<WH1>, the city<WH5892> which thou hast chosen<WH977>, and the house<WH1004> which I have built<WH1129> for thy name<WH8034>:


btext:
Then hear<WH8085> thou their prayer<WH8605> and their supplication<WH8467> in heaven<WH8064> thy dwelling<WH3427> place<WH4349>, and maintain<WH6213> their cause<WH4941>, / cause: or, right


btext:
And forgive<WH5545> thy people<WH5971> that have sinned<WH2398> against thee, and all their transgressions<WH6588> wherein they have transgressed<WH6586> against thee, and give<WH5414> them compassion<WH7356> before<WH6440> them who carried them captive<WH7617>, that they may have compassion<WH7355> on them:


btext:
For they be thy people<WH5971>, and thine inheritance<WH5159>, which thou broughtest forth<WH3318> out of Egypt<WH4714>, from the midst<WH8432> of the furnace<WH3564> of iron<WH1270>:


btext:
That thine eyes<WH5869> may be open<WH6605> unto the supplication<WH8467> of thy servant<WH5650>, and unto the supplication<WH8467> of thy people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, to hearken<WH8085> unto them in all that they call<WH7121> for unto thee.


btext:
For thou didst separate<WH914> them from among all the people<WH5971> of the earth<WH776>, to be thine inheritance<WH5159>, as thou spakest<WH1696> by the hand<WH3027> of Moses<WH4872> thy servant<WH5650>, when thou broughtest<WH3318> our fathers<WH1> out of Egypt<WH4714>, O Lord<WH136> GOD<WH3069>.


btext:
And it was so, that when Solomon<WH8010> had made an end<WH3615> of praying<WH6419> all this prayer<WH8605> and supplication<WH8467> unto the LORD<WH3068>, he arose<WH6965> from before<WH6440> the altar<WH4196> of the LORD<WH3068>, from kneeling<WH3766> on his knees<WH1290> with his hands<WH3709> spread up<WH6566> to heaven<WH8064>.


btext:
And he stood<WH5975>, and blessed<WH1288> all the congregation<WH6951> of Israel<WH3478> with a loud<WH1419> voice<WH6963>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Blessed<WH1288> be the LORD<WH3068>, that hath given<WH5414> rest<WH4496> unto his people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>, according to all that he promised<WH1696>: there hath not failed<WH5307> one<WH259> word<WH1697> of all his good<WH2896> promise<WH1697>, which he promised<WH1696> by the hand<WH3027> of Moses<WH4872> his servant<WH5650>. / failed: Heb. fallen


btext:
The LORD<WH3068> our God<WH430> be with us, as he was with our fathers<WH1>: let him not leave<WH5800> us, nor forsake<WH5203> us:


btext:
That he may incline<WH5186> our hearts<WH3824> unto him, to walk<WH3212> in all his ways<WH1870>, and to keep<WH8104> his commandments<WH4687>, and his statutes<WH2706>, and his judgments<WH4941>, which he commanded<WH6680> our fathers<WH1>.


btext:
And let these my words<WH1697>, wherewith I have made supplication<WH2603> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>, be nigh<WH7138> unto the LORD<WH3068> our God<WH430> day<WH3119> and night<WH3915>, that he maintain<WH6213> the cause<WH4941> of his servant<WH5650>, and the cause<WH4941> of his people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478> at all times<WH3117><WH3117>, as the matter<WH1697> shall require: / at all…: Heb. the thing of a day in his day


btext:
That all the people<WH5971> of the earth<WH776> may know<WH3045> that the LORD<WH3068> is God<WH430>, and that there is none else.


btext:
Let your heart<WH3824> therefore be perfect<WH8003> with the LORD<WH3068> our God<WH430>, to walk<WH3212> in his statutes<WH2706>, and to keep<WH8104> his commandments<WH4687>, as at this day<WH3117>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428>, and all Israel<WH3478> with him, offered<WH2076> sacrifice<WH2077> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> offered<WH2076> a sacrifice<WH2077> of peace offerings<WH8002>, which he offered<WH2076> unto the LORD<WH3068>, two<WH8147> and twenty<WH6242> thousand<WH505> oxen<WH1241>, and an hundred<WH3967> and twenty<WH6242> thousand<WH505> sheep<WH6629>. So the king<WH4428> and all the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> dedicated<WH2596> the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
The same day<WH3117> did the king<WH4428> hallow<WH6942> the middle<WH8432> of the court<WH2691> that was before<WH6440> the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>: for there he offered<WH6213> burnt offerings<WH5930>, and meat offerings<WH4503>, and the fat<WH2459> of the peace offerings<WH8002>: because the brasen<WH5178> altar<WH4196> that was before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068> was too little<WH6996> to receive<WH3557> the burnt offerings<WH5930>, and meat offerings<WH4503>, and the fat<WH2459> of the peace offerings<WH8002>.


btext:
And at that time<WH6256> Solomon<WH8010> held<WH6213> a feast<WH2282>, and all Israel<WH3478> with him, a great<WH1419> congregation<WH6951>, from the entering<WH935> in of Hamath<WH2574> unto the river<WH5158> of Egypt<WH4714>, before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068> our God<WH430>, seven<WH7651> days<WH3117> and seven<WH7651> days<WH3117>, even fourteen<WH702><WH6240> days<WH3117>.


btext:
On the eighth<WH8066> day<WH3117> he sent<WH7971> the people<WH5971> away<WH7971>: and they blessed<WH1288> the king<WH4428>, and went<WH3212> unto their tents<WH168> joyful<WH8056> and glad<WH2896> of heart<WH3820> for all the goodness<WH2896> that the LORD<WH3068> had done<WH6213> for David<WH1732> his servant<WH5650>, and for Israel<WH3478> his people<WH5971>. / blessed: or, thanked


btext:
And it came to pass, when Solomon<WH8010> had finished<WH3615> the building<WH1129> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, and all Solomon's<WH8010> desire<WH2837> which he was pleased<WH2654> to do<WH6213>,


btext:
That the LORD<WH3068> appeared<WH7200> to Solomon<WH8010> the second time<WH8145>, as he had appeared<WH7200> unto him at Gibeon<WH1391>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto him, I have heard<WH8085> thy prayer<WH8605> and thy supplication<WH8467>, that thou hast made<WH2603> before<WH6440> me: I have hallowed<WH6942> this house<WH1004>, which thou hast built<WH1129>, to put<WH7760> my name<WH8034> there for<WH5704> ever<WH5769>; and mine eyes<WH5869> and mine heart<WH3820> shall be there perpetually<WH3117>.


btext:
And if thou wilt walk<WH3212> before<WH6440> me, as David<WH1732> thy father<WH1> walked<WH1980>, in integrity<WH8537> of heart<WH3824>, and in uprightness<WH3476>, to do<WH6213> according to all that I have commanded<WH6680> thee, and wilt keep<WH8104> my statutes<WH2706> and my judgments<WH4941>:


btext:
Then I will establish<WH6965> the throne<WH3678> of thy kingdom<WH4467> upon Israel<WH3478> for ever<WH5769>, as I promised<WH1696> to David<WH1732> thy father<WH1>, saying<WH559>, There shall not fail<WH3772> thee a man<WH376> upon the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
But if ye shall at all<WH7725> turn<WH7725> from following<WH310> me, ye or your children<WH1121>, and will not keep<WH8104> my commandments<WH4687> and my statutes<WH2708> which I have set<WH5414> before<WH6440> you, but go<WH1980> and serve<WH5647> other<WH312> gods<WH430>, and worship<WH7812> them:


btext:
Then will I cut off<WH3772> Israel<WH3478> out<WH6440> of the land<WH127> which I have given<WH5414> them; and this house<WH1004>, which I have hallowed<WH6942> for my name<WH8034>, will I cast out<WH7971> of my sight<WH6440>; and Israel<WH3478> shall be a proverb<WH4912> and a byword<WH8148> among all people<WH5971>:


btext:
And at this house<WH1004>, which is high<WH5945>, every one that passeth<WH5674> by it shall be astonished<WH8074>, and shall hiss<WH8319>; and they shall say<WH559>, Why hath the LORD<WH3068> done<WH6213> thus unto this land<WH776>, and to this house<WH1004>?


btext:
And they shall answer<WH559>, Because they forsook<WH5800> the LORD<WH3068> their God<WH430>, who brought forth<WH3318> their fathers<WH1> out of the land<WH776> of Egypt<WH4714>, and have taken hold<WH2388> upon other<WH312> gods<WH430>, and have worshipped<WH7812> them, and served<WH5647> them: therefore hath the LORD<WH3068> brought<WH935> upon them all this evil<WH7451>.


btext:
And it came to pass at the end<WH7097> of twenty<WH6242> years<WH8141>, when Solomon<WH8010> had built<WH1129> the two<WH8147> houses<WH1004>, the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>,


btext:
(Now Hiram<WH2438> the king<WH4428> of Tyre<WH6865> had furnished<WH5375> Solomon<WH8010> with cedar<WH730> trees<WH6086> and fir<WH1265> trees<WH6086>, and with gold<WH2091>, according to all his desire<WH2656>,) that then<WH227> king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> gave<WH5414> Hiram<WH2438> twenty<WH6242> cities<WH5892> in the land<WH776> of Galilee<WH1551>.


btext:
And Hiram<WH2438> came out<WH3318> from Tyre<WH6865> to see<WH7200> the cities<WH5892> which Solomon<WH8010> had given<WH5414> him; and they pleased<WH3474><WH5869> him not. / pleased…: Heb. were not right in his eyes


btext:
And he said<WH559>, What cities<WH5892> are these which thou hast given<WH5414> me, my brother<WH251>? And he called<WH7121> them the land<WH776> of Cabul<WH3521> unto this day<WH3117>. / Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty


btext:
And Hiram<WH2438> sent<WH7971> to the king<WH4428> sixscore<WH3967><WH6242> talents<WH3603> of gold<WH2091>.


btext:
And this is the reason<WH1697> of the levy<WH4522> which king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> raised<WH5927>; for to build<WH1129> the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and his own house<WH1004>, and Millo<WH4407>, and the wall<WH2346> of Jerusalem<WH3389>, and Hazor<WH2674>, and Megiddo<WH4023>, and Gezer<WH1507>.


btext:
For Pharaoh<WH6547> king<WH4428> of Egypt<WH4714> had gone up<WH5927>, and taken<WH3920> Gezer<WH1507>, and burnt<WH8313> it with fire<WH784>, and slain<WH2026> the Canaanites<WH3669> that dwelt<WH3427> in the city<WH5892>, and given<WH5414> it for a present<WH7964> unto his daughter<WH1323>, Solomon's<WH8010> wife<WH802>.


btext:
And all the cities<WH5892> of store<WH4543> that Solomon<WH8010> had, and cities<WH5892> for his chariots<WH7393>, and cities<WH5892> for his horsemen<WH6571>, and that<WH2837> which Solomon<WH8010> desired<WH2836> to build<WH1129> in Jerusalem<WH3389>, and in Lebanon<WH3844>, and in all the land<WH776> of his dominion<WH4475>. / that which…: Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired


btext:
And all the people<WH5971> that were left<WH3498> of the Amorites<WH567>, Hittites<WH2850>, Perizzites<WH6522>, Hivites<WH2340>, and Jebusites<WH2983>, which were not of the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>,


btext:
Their children<WH1121> that were left<WH3498> after<WH310> them in the land<WH776>, whom the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> also were not able<WH3201> utterly to destroy<WH2763>, upon those did Solomon<WH8010> levy<WH5927> a tribute<WH4522> of bondservice<WH5647> unto this day<WH3117>.


btext:
But of the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> did Solomon<WH8010> make<WH5414> no bondmen<WH5650>: but they were men<WH582> of war<WH4421>, and his servants<WH5650>, and his princes<WH8269>, and his captains<WH7991>, and rulers<WH8269> of his chariots<WH7393>, and his horsemen<WH6571>.


btext:
These were the chief<WH8269> of the officers<WH5324> that were over Solomon's<WH8010> work<WH4399>, five<WH2568> hundred<WH3967> and fifty<WH2572>, which bare rule<WH7287> over the people<WH5971> that wrought<WH6213> in the work<WH4399>.


btext:
But Pharaoh's<WH6547> daughter<WH1323> came up<WH5927> out of the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732> unto her house<WH1004> which Solomon had built<WH1129> for her: then did he build<WH1129> Millo<WH4407>.


btext:
And three<WH7969> times<WH6471> in a year<WH8141> did Solomon<WH8010> offer<WH5927> burnt offerings<WH5930> and peace offerings<WH8002> upon the altar<WH4196> which he built<WH1129> unto the LORD<WH3068>, and he burnt incense<WH6999> upon the altar<WH4196> that was before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>. So he finished<WH7999> the house<WH1004>. / upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> made<WH6213> a navy of ships<WH590> in Eziongeber<WH6100>, which is beside Eloth<WH359>, on the shore<WH8193> of the Red<WH5488> sea<WH3220>, in the land<WH776> of Edom<WH123>. / shore: Heb. lip


btext:
And Hiram<WH2438> sent<WH7971> in the navy<WH590> his servants<WH5650>, shipmen<WH582><WH591> that had knowledge<WH3045> of the sea<WH3220>, with the servants<WH5650> of Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
And they came<WH935> to Ophir<WH211>, and fetched<WH3947> from thence gold<WH2091>, four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> and twenty<WH6242> talents<WH3603>, and brought<WH935> it to king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
And when the queen<WH4436> of Sheba<WH7614> heard<WH8085> of the fame<WH8088> of Solomon<WH8010> concerning the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068>, she came<WH935> to prove<WH5254> him with hard questions<WH2420>.


btext:
And she came<WH935> to Jerusalem<WH3389> with a very<WH3966> great<WH3515> train<WH2428>, with camels<WH1581> that bare<WH5375> spices<WH1314>, and very<WH3966> much<WH7227> gold<WH2091>, and precious<WH3368> stones<WH68>: and when she was come<WH935> to Solomon<WH8010>, she communed<WH1696> with him of all that was in her heart<WH3824>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> told<WH5046> her all her questions<WH1697>: there was not any thing<WH1697> hid<WH5956> from the king<WH4428>, which he told<WH5046> her not. / questions: Heb. words


btext:
And when the queen<WH4436> of Sheba<WH7614> had seen<WH7200> all Solomon's<WH8010> wisdom<WH2451>, and the house<WH1004> that he had built<WH1129>,


btext:
And the meat<WH3978> of his table<WH7979>, and the sitting<WH4186> of his servants<WH5650>, and the attendance<WH4612> of his ministers<WH8334>, and their apparel<WH4403>, and his cupbearers<WH8248>, and his ascent<WH5930> by which he went up<WH5927> unto the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>; there was no more spirit<WH7307> in her. / attendance: Heb. standing / cupbearers: or, butlers


btext:
And she said<WH559> to the king<WH4428>, It was a true<WH571> report<WH1697> that I heard<WH8085> in mine own land<WH776> of thy acts<WH1697> and of thy wisdom<WH2451>. / report: Heb. word / acts: or, sayings


btext:
Howbeit I believed<WH539> not the words<WH1697>, until I came<WH935>, and mine eyes<WH5869> had seen<WH7200> it: and, behold, the half<WH2677> was not told<WH5046> me: thy wisdom<WH2451> and prosperity<WH2896> exceedeth<WH3254> the fame<WH8052> which I heard<WH8085>. / thy…: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to


btext:
Happy<WH835> are thy men<WH582>, happy<WH835> are these thy servants<WH5650>, which stand<WH5975> continually<WH8548> before<WH6440> thee, and that hear<WH8085> thy wisdom<WH2451>.


btext:
Blessed<WH1288> be the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430>, which delighted<WH2654> in thee, to set<WH5414> thee on the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478>: because the LORD<WH3068> loved<WH160> Israel<WH3478> for ever<WH5769>, therefore made<WH7760> he thee king<WH4428>, to do<WH6213> judgment<WH4941> and justice<WH6666>.


btext:
And she gave<WH5414> the king<WH4428> an hundred<WH3967> and twenty<WH6242> talents<WH3603> of gold<WH2091>, and of spices<WH1314> very<WH3966> great store<WH7235>, and precious<WH3368> stones<WH68>: there came<WH935> no more such<WH1931> abundance<WH7230> of spices<WH1314> as these which the queen<WH4436> of Sheba<WH7614> gave<WH5414> to king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
And the navy<WH590> also of Hiram<WH2438>, that brought<WH5375> gold<WH2091> from Ophir<WH211>, brought in<WH935> from Ophir<WH211> great<WH3966> plenty<WH7235> of almug<WH484> trees<WH6086>, and precious<WH3368> stones<WH68>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> made<WH6213> of the almug<WH484> trees<WH6086> pillars<WH4552> for the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and for the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, harps<WH3658> also and psalteries<WH5035> for singers<WH7891>: there came<WH935> no such almug<WH484> trees<WH6086>, nor were seen<WH7200> unto this day<WH3117>. / pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> gave<WH5414> unto the queen<WH4436> of Sheba<WH7614> all her desire<WH2656>, whatsoever she asked<WH7592>, beside that which Solomon<WH8010> gave<WH5414> her of his royal<WH4428> bounty<WH3027>. So she turned<WH6437> and went<WH3212> to her own country<WH776>, she and her servants<WH5650>. / of his…: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon


btext:
Now the weight<WH4948> of gold<WH2091> that came<WH935> to Solomon<WH8010> in one<WH259> year<WH8141> was six<WH8337> hundred<WH3967> threescore<WH8346> and six<WH8337> talents<WH3603> of gold<WH2091>,


btext:
Beside that he had of the merchantmen<WH582><WH8446>, and of the traffick<WH4536> of the spice merchants<WH7402>, and of all the kings<WH4428> of Arabia<WH6153>, and of the governors<WH6346> of the country<WH776>. / governors: or, captains


btext:
And king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> made<WH6213> two hundred<WH3967> targets<WH6793> of beaten<WH7820> gold<WH2091>: six<WH8337> hundred<WH3967> shekels of gold<WH2091> went<WH5927> to one<WH259> target<WH6793>.


btext:
And he made three<WH7969> hundred<WH3967> shields<WH4043> of beaten<WH7820> gold<WH2091>; three<WH7969> pound<WH4488> of gold<WH2091> went<WH5927> to one<WH259> shield<WH4043>: and the king<WH4428> put<WH5414> them in the house<WH1004> of the forest<WH3293> of Lebanon<WH3844>.


btext:
Moreover the king<WH4428> made<WH6213> a great<WH1419> throne<WH3678> of ivory<WH8127>, and overlaid<WH6823> it with the best<WH6338> gold<WH2091>.


btext:
The throne<WH3678> had six<WH8337> steps<WH4609>, and the top<WH7218> of the throne<WH3678> was round<WH5696> behind<WH310>: and there were stays<WH3027> on either side on the place<WH4725> of the seat<WH7675>, and two<WH8147> lions<WH738> stood<WH5975> beside<WH681> the stays<WH3027>. / behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereof / stays: Heb. hands


btext:
And twelve<WH8147><WH6240> lions<WH738> stood<WH5975> there on the one side and on the other upon the six<WH8337> steps<WH4609>: there was not the like<WH3651> made<WH6213> in any kingdom<WH4467>. / the like: Heb. so


btext:
And all king<WH4428> Solomon's<WH8010> drinking<WH4945> vessels<WH3627> were of gold<WH2091>, and all the vessels<WH3627> of the house<WH1004> of the forest<WH3293> of Lebanon<WH3844> were of pure<WH5462> gold<WH2091>; none were of silver<WH3701>: it was nothing<WH3972> accounted<WH2803> of in the days<WH3117> of Solomon<WH8010>. / none…: or, there was no silver in them


btext:
For the king<WH4428> had at sea<WH3220> a navy<WH590> of Tharshish<WH8659> with the navy<WH590> of Hiram<WH2438>: once<WH259> in three<WH7969> years<WH8141> came<WH935> the navy<WH590> of Tharshish<WH8659>, bringing<WH5375> gold<WH2091>, and silver<WH3701>, ivory<WH8143>, and apes<WH6971>, and peacocks<WH8500>. / ivory: or, elephants' teeth


btext:
So king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> exceeded<WH1431> all the kings<WH4428> of the earth<WH776> for riches<WH6239> and for wisdom<WH2451>.


btext:
And all the earth<WH776> sought<WH1245> to<WH6440> Solomon<WH8010>, to hear<WH8085> his wisdom<WH2451>, which God<WH430> had put<WH5414> in his heart<WH3820>. / sought to: Heb. sought the face of


btext:
And they brought<WH935> every man<WH376> his present<WH4503>, vessels<WH3627> of silver<WH3701>, and vessels<WH3627> of gold<WH2091>, and garments<WH8008>, and armour<WH5402>, and spices<WH1314>, horses<WH5483>, and mules<WH6505>, a rate<WH1697> year<WH8141> by year<WH8141>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> gathered together<WH622> chariots<WH7393> and horsemen<WH6571>: and he had a thousand<WH505> and four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> chariots<WH7393>, and twelve<WH8147><WH6240> thousand<WH505> horsemen<WH6571>, whom he bestowed<WH5148> in the cities<WH5892> for chariots<WH7393>, and with the king<WH4428> at Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> made<WH5414> silver<WH3701> to be in Jerusalem<WH3389> as stones<WH68>, and cedars<WH730> made<WH5414> he to be as the sycomore trees<WH8256> that are in the vale<WH8219>, for abundance<WH7230>. / made: Heb. gave


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> had horses<WH5483> brought<WH4161> out of Egypt<WH4714>, and linen yarn<WH4723>: the king's<WH4428> merchants<WH5503> received<WH3947> the linen yarn<WH4723> at a price<WH4242>. / And Solomon…: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's


btext:
And a chariot<WH4818> came up<WH5927> and went out<WH3318> of Egypt<WH4714> for six<WH8337> hundred<WH3967> shekels of silver<WH3701>, and an horse<WH5483> for an hundred<WH3967> and fifty<WH2572>: and so for all the kings<WH4428> of the Hittites<WH2850>, and for the kings<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>, did they bring them out<WH3318> by their means<WH3027>. / by their…: Heb. by their hand


btext:
But king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010> loved<WH157> many<WH7227> strange<WH5237> women<WH802>, together with the daughter<WH1323> of Pharaoh<WH6547>, women of the Moabites<WH4125>, Ammonites<WH5984>, Edomites<WH130>, Zidonians<WH6722>, and Hittites<WH2850>; / together…: or, beside


btext:
Of the nations<WH1471> concerning which the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, Ye shall not go in<WH935> to them, neither shall they come in<WH935> unto you: for surely<WH403> they will turn away<WH5186> your heart<WH3824> after<WH310> their gods<WH430>: Solomon<WH8010> clave<WH1692> unto these in love<WH157>.


btext:
And he had seven<WH7651> hundred<WH3967> wives<WH802>, princesses<WH8282>, and three<WH7969> hundred<WH3967> concubines<WH6370>: and his wives<WH802> turned away<WH5186> his heart<WH3820>.


btext:
For it came to pass, when<WH6256> Solomon<WH8010> was old<WH2209>, that his wives<WH802> turned away<WH5186> his heart<WH3824> after<WH310> other<WH312> gods<WH430>: and his heart<WH3824> was not perfect<WH8003> with the LORD<WH3068> his God<WH430>, as was the heart<WH3824> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>.


btext:
For Solomon<WH8010> went<WH3212> after<WH310> Ashtoreth<WH6253> the goddess<WH430> of the Zidonians<WH6722>, and after<WH310> Milcom<WH4445> the abomination<WH8251> of the Ammonites<WH5984>.


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and went not fully<WH4390> after<WH310> the LORD<WH3068>, as did David<WH1732> his father<WH1>. / went…: Heb. fulfilled not after


btext:
Then did Solomon<WH8010> build<WH1129> an high place<WH1116> for Chemosh<WH3645>, the abomination<WH8251> of Moab<WH4124>, in the hill<WH2022> that is before<WH6440> Jerusalem<WH3389>, and for Molech<WH4432>, the abomination<WH8251> of the children<WH1121> of Ammon<WH5983>.


btext:
And likewise did<WH6213> he for all his strange<WH5237> wives<WH802>, which burnt incense<WH6999> and sacrificed<WH2076> unto their gods<WH430>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> was angry<WH599> with Solomon<WH8010>, because his heart<WH3824> was turned<WH5186> from the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, which had appeared<WH7200> unto him twice<WH6471>,


btext:
And had commanded<WH6680> him concerning this thing<WH1697>, that he should not go<WH3212> after<WH310> other<WH312> gods<WH430>: but he kept<WH8104> not that which the LORD<WH3068> commanded<WH6680>.


btext:
Wherefore the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto Solomon<WH8010>, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept<WH8104> my covenant<WH1285> and my statutes<WH2708>, which I have commanded<WH6680> thee, I will surely<WH7167> rend<WH7167> the kingdom<WH4467> from thee, and will give<WH5414> it to thy servant<WH5650>. / is done…: Heb. is with thee


btext:
Notwithstanding in thy days<WH3117> I will not do<WH6213> it for David<WH1732> thy father's<WH1> sake: but I will rend<WH7167> it out of the hand<WH3027> of thy son<WH1121>.


btext:
Howbeit<WH7535> I will not rend away<WH7167> all the kingdom<WH4467>; but will give<WH5414> one<WH259> tribe<WH7626> to thy son<WH1121> for David<WH1732> my servant's<WH5650> sake, and for Jerusalem's<WH3389> sake which I have chosen<WH977>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> stirred up<WH6965> an adversary<WH7854> unto Solomon<WH8010>, Hadad<WH1908> the Edomite<WH130>: he was of the king's<WH4428> seed<WH2233> in Edom<WH123>.


btext:
For it came to pass, when David<WH1732> was in Edom<WH123>, and Joab<WH3097> the captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635> was gone up<WH5927> to bury<WH6912> the slain<WH2491>, after he had smitten<WH5221> every male<WH2145> in Edom<WH123>;


btext:
(For six<WH8337> months<WH2320> did Joab<WH3097> remain<WH3427> there with all Israel<WH3478>, until he had cut off<WH3772> every male<WH2145> in Edom<WH123>:)


btext:
That Hadad<WH111> fled<WH1272>, he and certain<WH582> Edomites<WH130> of his father's<WH1> servants<WH5650> with him, to go<WH935> into Egypt<WH4714>; Hadad<WH1908> being yet a little<WH6996> child<WH5288>.


btext:
And they arose<WH6965> out of Midian<WH4080>, and came<WH935> to Paran<WH6290>: and they took<WH3947> men<WH582> with them out of Paran<WH6290>, and they came<WH935> to Egypt<WH4714>, unto Pharaoh<WH6547> king<WH4428> of Egypt<WH4714>; which gave<WH5414> him an house<WH1004>, and appointed<WH559> him victuals<WH3899>, and gave<WH5414> him land<WH776>.


btext:
And Hadad<WH1908> found<WH4672> great<WH3966> favour<WH2580> in the sight<WH5869> of Pharaoh<WH6547>, so that he gave<WH5414> him to wife<WH802> the sister<WH269> of his own wife<WH802>, the sister<WH269> of Tahpenes<WH8472> the queen<WH1377>.


btext:
And the sister<WH269> of Tahpenes<WH8472> bare<WH3205> him Genubath<WH1592> his son<WH1121>, whom Tahpenes<WH8472> weaned<WH1580> in<WH8432> Pharaoh's<WH6547> house<WH1004>: and Genubath<WH1592> was in Pharaoh's<WH6547> household<WH1004> among<WH8432> the sons<WH1121> of Pharaoh<WH6547>.


btext:
And when Hadad<WH1908> heard<WH8085> in Egypt<WH4714> that David<WH1732> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and that Joab<WH3097> the captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635> was dead<WH4191>, Hadad<WH1908> said<WH559> to Pharaoh<WH6547>, Let me depart<WH7971>, that I may go<WH3212> to mine own country<WH776>. / Let…: Heb. Send me away


btext:
Then Pharaoh<WH6547> said<WH559> unto him, But what hast thou lacked<WH2638> with me, that, behold, thou seekest<WH1245> to go<WH3212> to thine own country<WH776>? And he answered<WH559>, Nothing: howbeit let me go<WH7971> in any wise<WH7971>. / Nothing: Heb. Not


btext:
And God<WH430> stirred him up<WH6965> another adversary<WH7854>, Rezon<WH7331> the son<WH1121> of Eliadah<WH450>, which fled<WH1272> from his lord<WH113> Hadadezer<WH1909> king<WH4428> of Zobah<WH6678>:


btext:
And he gathered<WH6908> men<WH582> unto him, and became captain<WH8269> over a band<WH1416>, when David<WH1732> slew<WH2026> them of Zobah: and they went<WH3212> to Damascus<WH1834>, and dwelt<WH3427> therein, and reigned<WH4427> in Damascus<WH1834>.


btext:
And he was an adversary<WH7854> to Israel<WH3478> all the days<WH3117> of Solomon<WH8010>, beside the mischief<WH7451> that Hadad<WH1908> did: and he abhorred<WH6973> Israel<WH3478>, and reigned<WH4427> over Syria<WH758>.


btext:
And Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, an Ephrathite<WH673> of Zereda<WH6868>, Solomon's<WH8010> servant<WH5650>, whose mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Zeruah<WH6871>, a widow<WH490> woman<WH802>, even he lifted up<WH7311> his hand<WH3027> against the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And this was the cause<WH1697> that he lifted up<WH7311> his hand<WH3027> against the king<WH4428>: Solomon<WH8010> built<WH1129> Millo<WH4407>, and repaired<WH5462> the breaches<WH6556> of the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>. / repaired: Heb. closed


btext:
And the man<WH376> Jeroboam<WH3379> was a mighty man<WH1368> of valour<WH2428>: and Solomon<WH8010> seeing<WH7200> the young man<WH5288> that he was industrious<WH6213><WH4399>, he made him ruler<WH6485> over all the charge<WH5447> of the house<WH1004> of Joseph<WH3130>. / was industrious: Heb. did work / charge: Heb. burden


btext:
And it came to pass at that time<WH6256> when Jeroboam<WH3379> went out<WH3318> of Jerusalem<WH3389>, that the prophet<WH5030> Ahijah<WH281> the Shilonite<WH7888> found<WH4672> him in the way<WH1870>; and he had clad<WH3680> himself with a new<WH2319> garment<WH8008>; and they two<WH8147> were alone in the field<WH7704>:


btext:
And Ahijah<WH281> caught<WH8610> the new<WH2319> garment<WH8008> that was on him, and rent<WH7167> it in twelve<WH8147><WH6240> pieces<WH7168>:


btext:
And he said<WH559> to Jeroboam<WH3379>, Take<WH3947> thee ten<WH6235> pieces<WH7168>: for thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, the God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, Behold, I will rend<WH7167> the kingdom<WH4467> out of the hand<WH3027> of Solomon<WH8010>, and will give<WH5414> ten<WH6235> tribes<WH7626> to thee:


btext:
(But he shall have one<WH259> tribe<WH7626> for my servant<WH5650> David's<WH1732> sake, and for Jerusalem's<WH3389> sake, the city<WH5892> which I have chosen<WH977> out of all the tribes<WH7626> of Israel<WH3478>:)


btext:
Because that they have forsaken<WH5800> me, and have worshipped<WH7812> Ashtoreth<WH6253> the goddess<WH430> of the Zidonians<WH6722>, Chemosh<WH3645> the god<WH430> of the Moabites<WH4124>, and Milcom<WH4445> the god<WH430> of the children<WH1121> of Ammon<WH5983>, and have not walked<WH1980> in my ways<WH1870>, to do<WH6213> that which is right<WH3477> in mine eyes<WH5869>, and to keep my statutes<WH2708> and my judgments<WH4941>, as did David<WH1732> his father<WH1>.


btext:
Howbeit I will not take<WH3947> the whole kingdom<WH4467> out of his hand<WH3027>: but I will make<WH7896> him prince<WH5387> all the days<WH3117> of his life<WH2416> for David<WH1732> my servant's<WH5650> sake, whom I chose<WH977>, because he kept<WH8104> my commandments<WH4687> and my statutes<WH2708>:


btext:
But I will take<WH3947> the kingdom<WH4410> out of his son's<WH1121> hand<WH3027>, and will give<WH5414> it unto thee, even ten<WH6235> tribes<WH7626>.


btext:
And unto his son<WH1121> will I give<WH5414> one<WH259> tribe<WH7626>, that David<WH1732> my servant<WH5650> may have a light<WH5216> alway<WH3117> before<WH6440> me in Jerusalem<WH3389>, the city<WH5892> which I have chosen<WH977> me to put<WH7760> my name<WH8034> there. / light: Heb. lamp, or, candle


btext:
And I will take<WH3947> thee, and thou shalt reign<WH4427> according to all that thy soul<WH5315> desireth<WH183>, and shalt be king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken<WH8085> unto all that I command<WH6680> thee, and wilt walk<WH1980> in my ways<WH1870>, and do<WH6213> that is right<WH3477> in my sight<WH5869>, to keep<WH8104> my statutes<WH2708> and my commandments<WH4687>, as David<WH1732> my servant<WH5650> did<WH6213>; that I will be with thee, and build<WH1129> thee a sure<WH539> house<WH1004>, as I built<WH1129> for David<WH1732>, and will give<WH5414> Israel<WH3478> unto thee.


btext:
Solomon<WH8010> sought<WH1245> therefore to kill<WH4191> Jeroboam<WH3379>. And Jeroboam<WH3379> arose<WH6965>, and fled<WH1272> into Egypt<WH4714>, unto Shishak<WH7895> king<WH4428> of Egypt<WH4714>, and was in Egypt<WH4714> until the death<WH4194> of Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Solomon<WH8010>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and his wisdom<WH2451>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the acts<WH1697> of Solomon<WH8010>? / acts: or, words, or, things


btext:
And the time<WH3117> that Solomon<WH8010> reigned<WH4427> in Jerusalem<WH3389> over all Israel<WH3478> was forty<WH705> years<WH8141>. / time: Heb. days


btext:
And Solomon<WH8010> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>: and Rehoboam<WH7346> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead. / Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam


btext:
And Rehoboam<WH7346> went<WH3212> to Shechem<WH7927>: for all Israel<WH3478> were come<WH935> to Shechem<WH7927> to make him king<WH4427>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who was yet in Egypt<WH4714>, heard<WH8085> of it, (for he was fled<WH1272> from the presence<WH6440> of king<WH4428> Solomon<WH8010>, and Jeroboam<WH3379> dwelt<WH3427> in Egypt<WH4714>;)


btext:
That they sent<WH7971> and called<WH7121> him. And Jeroboam<WH3379> and all the congregation<WH6951> of Israel<WH3478> came<WH935>, and spake<WH1696> unto Rehoboam<WH7346>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Thy father<WH1> made<WH7185> our yoke<WH5923> grievous<WH7185>: now therefore make thou the grievous<WH7186> service<WH5656> of thy father<WH1>, and his heavy<WH3515> yoke<WH5923> which he put<WH5414> upon us, lighter<WH7043>, and we will serve<WH5647> thee.


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto them, Depart<WH3212> yet for three<WH7969> days<WH3117>, then come again<WH7725> to me. And the people<WH5971> departed<WH3212>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Rehoboam<WH7346> consulted<WH3289> with the old men<WH2205>, that stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> Solomon<WH8010> his father<WH1> while he yet lived<WH2416>, and said<WH559>, How do ye advise<WH3289> that I may<WH7725> answer<WH1697> this people<WH5971>?


btext:
And they spake<WH1696> unto him, saying<WH559>, If thou wilt be a servant<WH5650> unto this people<WH5971> this day<WH3117>, and wilt serve<WH5647> them, and answer<WH6030> them, and speak<WH1696> good<WH2896> words<WH1697> to them, then they will be thy servants<WH5650> for ever<WH3117>.


btext:
But he forsook<WH5800> the counsel<WH6098> of the old men<WH2205>, which they had given<WH3289> him, and consulted<WH3289> with the young men<WH3206> that were grown up<WH1431> with him, and which stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> him:


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto them, What counsel give<WH3289> ye that we may<WH7725> answer<WH1697> this people<WH5971>, who have spoken<WH1696> to me, saying<WH559>, Make<WH7043> the yoke<WH5923> which thy father<WH1> did put<WH5414> upon us lighter<WH7043>?


btext:
And the young men<WH3206> that were grown up<WH1431> with him spake<WH1696> unto him, saying<WH559>, Thus shalt thou speak<WH559> unto this people<WH5971> that spake<WH1696> unto thee, saying<WH559>, Thy father<WH1> made<WH3513> our yoke<WH5923> heavy<WH3513>, but make thou it lighter<WH7043> unto us; thus shalt thou say<WH1696> unto them, My little<WH6995> finger shall be thicker<WH5666> than my father's<WH1> loins<WH4975>.


btext:
And now whereas my father<WH1> did lade<WH6006> you with a heavy<WH3515> yoke<WH5923>, I will add<WH3254> to your yoke<WH5923>: my father<WH1> hath chastised<WH3256> you with whips<WH7752>, but I will chastise<WH3256> you with scorpions<WH6137>.


btext:
So Jeroboam<WH3379> and all the people<WH5971> came<WH935> to Rehoboam<WH7346> the third<WH7992> day<WH3117>, as the king<WH4428> had appointed<WH1696>, saying<WH559>, Come to me again<WH7725> the third<WH7992> day<WH3117>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> answered<WH6030> the people<WH5971> roughly<WH7186>, and forsook<WH5800> the old men's<WH2205> counsel<WH6098> that they gave<WH3289> him; / roughly: Heb. hardly


btext:
And spake<WH1696> to them after the counsel<WH6098> of the young men<WH3206>, saying<WH559>, My father<WH1> made<WH3513> your yoke<WH5923> heavy<WH3513>, and I will add<WH3254> to your yoke<WH5923>: my father<WH1> also chastised<WH3256> you with whips<WH7752>, but I will chastise<WH3256> you with scorpions<WH6137>.


btext:
Wherefore the king<WH4428> hearkened<WH8085> not unto the people<WH5971>; for the cause<WH5438> was from the LORD<WH3068>, that he might perform<WH6965> his saying<WH1697>, which the LORD<WH3068> spake<WH1696> by<WH3027> Ahijah<WH281> the Shilonite<WH7888> unto Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>.


btext:
So<WH7725> when all Israel<WH3478> saw<WH7200> that the king<WH4428> hearkened<WH8085> not unto them, the people<WH5971> answered<WH1697> the king<WH4428>, saying<WH559>, What portion<WH2506> have we in David<WH1732>? neither have we inheritance<WH5159> in the son<WH1121> of Jesse<WH3448>: to your tents<WH168>, O Israel<WH3478>: now see<WH7200> to thine own house<WH1004>, David<WH1732>. So Israel<WH3478> departed<WH3212> unto their tents<WH168>.


btext:
But as for the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> which dwelt<WH3427> in the cities<WH5892> of Judah<WH3063>, Rehoboam<WH7346> reigned<WH4427> over them.


btext:
Then king<WH4428> Rehoboam<WH7346> sent<WH7971> Adoram<WH151>, who was over the tribute<WH4522>; and all Israel<WH3478> stoned<WH7275> him with stones<WH68>, that he died<WH4191>. Therefore king<WH4428> Rehoboam<WH7346> made speed<WH553> to get him up<WH5927> to his chariot<WH4818>, to flee<WH5127> to Jerusalem<WH3389>. / made…: Heb. strengthened himself


btext:
So Israel<WH3478> rebelled<WH6586> against the house<WH1004> of David<WH1732> unto this day<WH3117>. / rebelled: or, fell away


btext:
And it came to pass, when all Israel<WH3478> heard<WH8085> that Jeroboam<WH3379> was come again<WH7725>, that they sent<WH7971> and called<WH7121> him unto the congregation<WH5712>, and made him king<WH4427> over all Israel<WH3478>: there was none that followed<WH310> the house<WH1004> of David<WH1732>, but<WH2108> the tribe<WH7626> of Judah<WH3063> only.


btext:
And when Rehoboam<WH7346> was come<WH935> to Jerusalem<WH3389>, he assembled<WH6950> all the house<WH1004> of Judah<WH3063>, with the tribe<WH7626> of Benjamin<WH1144>, an hundred<WH3967> and fourscore<WH8084> thousand<WH505> chosen men<WH977>, which were warriors<WH6213><WH4421>, to fight<WH3898> against the house<WH1004> of Israel<WH3478>, to bring<WH7725> the kingdom<WH4410> again<WH7725> to Rehoboam<WH7346> the son<WH1121> of Solomon<WH8010>.


btext:
But the word<WH1697> of God<WH430> came unto Shemaiah<WH8098> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Speak<WH559> unto Rehoboam<WH7346>, the son<WH1121> of Solomon<WH8010>, king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and unto all the house<WH1004> of Judah<WH3063> and Benjamin<WH1144>, and to the remnant<WH3499> of the people<WH5971>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Ye shall not go up<WH5927>, nor fight<WH3898> against your brethren<WH251> the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>: return<WH7725> every man<WH376> to his house<WH1004>; for this thing<WH1697> is<WH1961> from me. They hearkened<WH8085> therefore to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, and returned<WH7725> to depart<WH3212>, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Then Jeroboam<WH3379> built<WH1129> Shechem<WH7927> in mount<WH2022> Ephraim<WH669>, and dwelt<WH3427> therein; and went out<WH3318> from thence, and built<WH1129> Penuel<WH6439>.


btext:
And Jeroboam<WH3379> said<WH559> in his heart<WH3820>, Now shall the kingdom<WH4467> return<WH7725> to the house<WH1004> of David<WH1732>:


btext:
If this people<WH5971> go up<WH5927> to do<WH6213> sacrifice<WH2077> in the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068> at Jerusalem<WH3389>, then shall the heart<WH3820> of this people<WH5971> turn again<WH7725> unto their lord<WH113>, even unto Rehoboam<WH7346> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and they shall kill<WH2026> me, and go again<WH7725> to Rehoboam<WH7346> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
Whereupon the king<WH4428> took counsel<WH3289>, and made<WH6213> two<WH8147> calves<WH5695> of gold<WH2091>, and said<WH559> unto them, It is too much<WH7227> for you to go up<WH5927> to Jerusalem<WH3389>: behold thy gods<WH430>, O Israel<WH3478>, which brought thee up<WH5927> out of the land<WH776> of Egypt<WH4714>.


btext:
And he set<WH7760> the one<WH259> in Bethel<WH1008>, and the other<WH259> put<WH5414> he in Dan<WH1835>.


btext:
And this thing<WH1697> became a sin<WH2403>: for the people<WH5971> went<WH3212> to worship before<WH6440> the one<WH259>, even unto Dan<WH1835>.


btext:
And he made<WH6213> an house<WH1004> of high places<WH1116>, and made<WH6213> priests<WH3548> of the lowest<WH7098> of the people<WH5971>, which were not of the sons<WH1121> of Levi<WH3878>.


btext:
And Jeroboam<WH3379> ordained<WH6213> a feast<WH2282> in the eighth<WH8066> month<WH2320>, on the fifteenth<WH2568><WH6240> day<WH3117> of the month<WH2320>, like unto the feast<WH2282> that is in Judah<WH3063>, and he offered<WH5927> upon the altar<WH4196>. So did<WH6213> he in Bethel<WH1008>, sacrificing<WH2076> unto the calves<WH5695> that he had made<WH6213>: and he placed<WH5975> in Bethel<WH1008> the priests<WH3548> of the high places<WH1116> which he had made<WH6213>. / offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc / sacrificing: or, to sacrifice


btext:
So he offered<WH5927> upon the altar<WH4196> which he had made<WH6213> in Bethel<WH1008> the fifteenth<WH2568><WH6240> day<WH3117> of the eighth<WH8066> month<WH2320>, even in the month<WH2320> which he had devised<WH908> of his own heart<WH3820>; and ordained<WH6213> a feast<WH2282> unto the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>: and he offered<WH5927> upon the altar<WH4196>, and burnt incense<WH6999>. / offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc / and burnt…: Heb. to burn incense


btext:
And, behold, there came<WH935> a man<WH376> of God<WH430> out of Judah<WH3063> by the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> unto Bethel<WH1008>: and Jeroboam<WH3379> stood<WH5975> by the altar<WH4196> to burn incense<WH6999>. / burn: or, offer


btext:
And he cried<WH7121> against the altar<WH4196> in the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, and said<WH559>, O altar<WH4196>, altar<WH4196>, thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>; Behold, a child<WH1121> shall be born<WH3205> unto the house<WH1004> of David<WH1732>, Josiah<WH2977> by name<WH8034>; and upon thee shall he offer<WH2076> the priests<WH3548> of the high places<WH1116> that burn incense<WH6999> upon thee, and men's<WH120> bones<WH6106> shall be burnt<WH8313> upon thee.


btext:
And he gave<WH5414> a sign<WH4159> the same day<WH3117>, saying<WH559>, This is the sign<WH4159> which the LORD<WH3068> hath spoken<WH1696>; Behold, the altar<WH4196> shall be rent<WH7167>, and the ashes<WH1880> that are upon it shall be poured out<WH8210>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when king<WH4428> Jeroboam<WH3379> heard<WH8085> the saying<WH1697> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, which had cried<WH7121> against the altar<WH4196> in Bethel<WH1008>, that he put forth<WH7971> his hand<WH3027> from the altar<WH4196>, saying<WH559>, Lay hold<WH8610> on him. And his hand<WH3027>, which he put forth<WH7971> against him, dried up<WH3001>, so that he could<WH3201> not pull it in again<WH7725> to him.


btext:
The altar<WH4196> also was rent<WH7167>, and the ashes<WH1880> poured out<WH8210> from the altar<WH4196>, according to the sign<WH4159> which the man<WH376> of God<WH430> had given<WH5414> by the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559> unto the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, Intreat<WH2470> now the face<WH6440> of the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430>, and pray<WH6419> for me, that my hand<WH3027> may be restored me again<WH7725>. And the man<WH376> of God<WH430> besought<WH2470><WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>, and the king's<WH4428> hand<WH3027> was restored him again<WH7725>, and became as it was before<WH7223>. / the LORD, and: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH1696> unto the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, Come<WH935> home<WH1004> with me, and refresh<WH5582> thyself, and I will give<WH5414> thee a reward<WH4991>.


btext:
And the man<WH376> of God<WH430> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428>, If thou wilt give<WH5414> me half<WH2677> thine house<WH1004>, I will not go in<WH935> with thee, neither will I eat<WH398> bread<WH3899> nor drink<WH8354> water<WH4325> in this place<WH4725>:


btext:
For so was it charged<WH6680> me by the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, saying<WH559>, Eat<WH398> no bread<WH3899>, nor drink<WH8354> water<WH4325>, nor turn again<WH7725> by the same way<WH1870> that thou camest<WH1980>.


btext:
So he went<WH3212> another<WH312> way<WH1870>, and returned<WH7725> not by the way<WH1870> that he came<WH935> to Bethel<WH1008>.


btext:
Now there dwelt<WH3427> an<WH259> old<WH2205> prophet<WH5030> in Bethel<WH1008>; and his sons<WH1121> came<WH935> and told<WH5608> him all the works<WH4639> that the man<WH376> of God<WH430> had done<WH6213> that day<WH3117> in Bethel<WH1008>: the words<WH1697> which he had spoken<WH1696> unto the king<WH4428>, them they told<WH5608> also to their father<WH1>.


btext:
And their father<WH1> said<WH1696> unto them, What way<WH1870> went<WH1980> he? For his sons<WH1121> had seen<WH7200> what<WH335> way<WH1870> the man<WH376> of God<WH430> went<WH1980>, which came<WH935> from Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto his sons<WH1121>, Saddle<WH2280> me the ass<WH2543>. So they saddled<WH2280> him the ass<WH2543>: and he rode<WH7392> thereon,


btext:
And went<WH3212> after<WH310> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and found<WH4672> him sitting<WH3427> under an oak<WH424>: and he said<WH559> unto him, Art thou the man<WH376> of God<WH430> that camest<WH935> from Judah<WH3063>? And he said<WH559>, I am.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, I may<WH3201> not return<WH7725> with thee, nor go in<WH935> with thee: neither will I eat<WH398> bread<WH3899> nor drink<WH8354> water<WH4325> with thee in this place<WH4725>:


btext:
For it was said<WH1697> to me by the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, Thou shalt eat<WH398> no bread<WH3899> nor drink<WH8354> water<WH4325> there, nor turn again<WH7725> to go<WH3212> by the way<WH1870> that thou camest<WH1980>. / it…: Heb. a word was


btext:
He said<WH559> unto him, I am a prophet<WH5030> also as thou art; and an angel<WH4397> spake<WH1696> unto me by the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, saying<WH559>, Bring him back<WH7725> with thee into thine house<WH1004>, that he may eat<WH398> bread<WH3899> and drink<WH8354> water<WH4325>. But he lied<WH3584> unto him.


btext:
So he went back<WH7725> with him, and did eat<WH398> bread<WH3899> in his house<WH1004>, and drank<WH8354> water<WH4325>.


btext:
And it came to pass, as they sat<WH3427> at the table<WH7979>, that the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> came unto the prophet<WH5030> that brought him back<WH7725>:


btext:
And he cried<WH7121> unto the man<WH376> of God<WH430> that came<WH935> from Judah<WH3063>, saying<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Forasmuch as<WH3282> thou hast disobeyed<WH4784> the mouth<WH6310> of the LORD<WH3068>, and hast not kept<WH8104> the commandment<WH4687> which the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430> commanded<WH6680> thee,


btext:
But camest back<WH7725>, and hast eaten<WH398> bread<WH3899> and drunk<WH8354> water<WH4325> in the place<WH4725>, of the which the LORD did say<WH1696> to thee, Eat<WH398> no bread<WH3899>, and drink<WH8354> no water<WH4325>; thy carcase<WH5038> shall not come<WH935> unto the sepulchre<WH6913> of thy fathers<WH1>.


btext:
And it came to pass, after<WH310> he had eaten<WH398> bread<WH3899>, and after<WH310> he had drunk<WH8354>, that he saddled<WH2280> for him the ass<WH2543>, to wit, for the prophet<WH5030> whom he had brought back<WH7725>.


btext:
And when he was gone<WH3212>, a lion<WH738> met<WH4672> him by the way<WH1870>, and slew<WH4191> him: and his carcase<WH5038> was cast<WH7993> in the way<WH1870>, and the ass<WH2543> stood<WH5975> by<WH681> it, the lion<WH738> also stood<WH5975> by the carcase<WH5038>.


btext:
And, behold, men<WH582> passed by<WH5674>, and saw<WH7200> the carcase<WH5038> cast<WH7993> in the way<WH1870>, and the lion<WH738> standing<WH5975> by<WH681> the carcase<WH5038>: and they came<WH935> and told<WH1696> it in the city<WH5892> where the old<WH2205> prophet<WH5030> dwelt<WH3427>.


btext:
And when the prophet<WH5030> that brought him back<WH7725> from the way<WH1870> heard<WH8085> thereof, he said<WH559>, It is the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, who was disobedient<WH4784> unto the word<WH6310> of the LORD<WH3068>: therefore the LORD<WH3068> hath delivered<WH5414> him unto the lion<WH738>, which hath torn<WH7665> him, and slain<WH4191> him, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> unto him. / torn: Heb. broken


btext:
And he spake<WH1696> to his sons<WH1121>, saying<WH559>, Saddle<WH2280> me the ass<WH2543>. And they saddled<WH2280> him.


btext:
And he went<WH3212> and found<WH4672> his carcase<WH5038> cast<WH7993> in the way<WH1870>, and the ass<WH2543> and the lion<WH738> standing<WH5975> by<WH681> the carcase<WH5038>: the lion<WH738> had not eaten<WH398> the carcase<WH5038>, nor torn<WH7665> the ass<WH2543>. / torn: Heb. broken


btext:
And the prophet<WH5030> took up<WH5375> the carcase<WH5038> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and laid<WH3240> it upon the ass<WH2543>, and brought it back<WH7725>: and the old<WH2205> prophet<WH5030> came<WH935> to the city<WH5892>, to mourn<WH5594> and to bury<WH6912> him.


btext:
And he laid<WH3240> his carcase<WH5038> in his own grave<WH6913>; and they mourned<WH5594> over him, saying, Alas<WH1945>, my brother<WH251>!


btext:
And it came to pass, after<WH310> he had buried<WH6912> him, that he spake<WH559> to his sons<WH1121>, saying<WH559>, When I am dead<WH4191>, then bury<WH6912> me in the sepulchre<WH6913> wherein the man<WH376> of God<WH430> is buried<WH6912>; lay<WH3240> my bones<WH6106> beside<WH681> his bones<WH6106>:


btext:
For the saying<WH1697> which he cried<WH7121> by the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> against the altar<WH4196> in Bethel<WH1008>, and against all the houses<WH1004> of the high places<WH1116> which are in the cities<WH5892> of Samaria<WH8111>, shall surely come to pass.


btext:
After<WH310> this thing<WH1697> Jeroboam<WH3379> returned<WH7725> not from his evil<WH7451> way<WH1870>, but made<WH6213> again<WH7725> of the lowest<WH7098> of the people<WH5971> priests<WH3548> of the high places<WH1116>: whosoever would<WH2655>, he consecrated<WH4390><WH3027> him, and he became one of the priests<WH3548> of the high places<WH1116>. / made…: Heb. returned and made / consecrated…: Heb. filled his hand


btext:
And this thing<WH1697> became sin<WH2403> unto the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, even to cut it off<WH3582>, and to destroy<WH8045> it from off the face<WH6440> of the earth<WH127>.


btext:
And Jeroboam<WH3379> said<WH559> to his wife<WH802>, Arise<WH6965>, I pray thee, and disguise<WH8138> thyself, that thou be not known<WH3045> to be the wife<WH802> of Jeroboam<WH3379>; and get<WH1980> thee to Shiloh<WH7887>: behold, there is Ahijah<WH281> the prophet<WH5030>, which told<WH1696> me that I should be king<WH4428> over this people<WH5971>.


btext:
And take<WH3947> with thee<WH3027> ten<WH6235> loaves<WH3899>, and cracknels<WH5350>, and a cruse<WH1228> of honey<WH1706>, and go<WH935> to him: he shall tell<WH5046> thee what shall become of the child<WH5288>. / with…: Heb. in thine hand / cracknels: or, cakes / cruse: or, bottle


btext:
And Jeroboam's<WH3379> wife<WH802> did so<WH6213>, and arose<WH6965>, and went<WH3212> to Shiloh<WH7887>, and came<WH935> to the house<WH1004> of Ahijah<WH281>. But Ahijah<WH281> could<WH3201> not see<WH7200>; for his eyes<WH5869> were set<WH6965> by reason of his age<WH7869>. / were…: Heb. stood for his hoariness


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto Ahijah<WH281>, Behold, the wife<WH802> of Jeroboam<WH3379> cometh<WH935> to ask<WH1875> a thing<WH1697> of thee for her son<WH1121>; for he is sick<WH2470>: thus<WH2090> and thus shalt thou say<WH1696> unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in<WH935>, that she shall feign herself to be another<WH5234> woman.


btext:
And it was so, when Ahijah<WH281> heard<WH8085> the sound<WH6963> of her feet<WH7272>, as she came in<WH935> at the door<WH6607>, that he said<WH559>, Come in<WH935>, thou wife<WH802> of Jeroboam<WH3379>; why feignest thou thyself to be another<WH5234>? for I am sent<WH7971> to thee with heavy<WH7186> tidings. / heavy: Heb. hard


btext:
Go<WH3212>, tell<WH559> Jeroboam<WH3379>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, Forasmuch as<WH3282> I exalted<WH7311> thee from among<WH8432> the people<WH5971>, and made<WH5414> thee prince<WH5057> over my people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>,


btext:
And rent<WH7167> the kingdom<WH4467> away<WH7167> from the house<WH1004> of David<WH1732>, and gave<WH5414> it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant<WH5650> David<WH1732>, who kept<WH8104> my commandments<WH4687>, and who followed<WH1980><WH310> me with all his heart<WH3824>, to do<WH6213> that only which was right<WH3477> in mine eyes<WH5869>;


btext:
But hast done<WH6213> evil<WH7489> above all that were before<WH6440> thee: for thou hast gone<WH3212> and made<WH6213> thee other<WH312> gods<WH430>, and molten images<WH4541>, to provoke me to anger<WH3707>, and hast cast<WH7993> me behind<WH310> thy back<WH1458>:


btext:
Therefore, behold, I will bring<WH935> evil<WH7451> upon the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, and will cut off<WH3772> from Jeroboam<WH3379> him that pisseth<WH8366> against the wall<WH7023>, and him that is shut up<WH6113> and left<WH5800> in Israel<WH3478>, and will take away<WH1197> the remnant<WH310> of the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, as a man taketh away<WH1197> dung<WH1557>, till it be all gone<WH8552>.


btext:
Him that dieth<WH4191> of Jeroboam<WH3379> in the city<WH5892> shall the dogs<WH3611> eat<WH398>; and him that dieth<WH4191> in the field<WH7704> shall the fowls<WH5775> of the air<WH8064> eat<WH398>: for the LORD<WH3068> hath spoken<WH1696> it.


btext:
Arise<WH6965> thou therefore, get<WH3212> thee to thine own house<WH1004>: and when thy feet<WH7272> enter<WH935> into the city<WH5892>, the child<WH3206> shall die<WH4191>.


btext:
And all Israel<WH3478> shall mourn<WH5594> for him, and bury<WH6912> him: for he only of Jeroboam<WH3379> shall come<WH935> to the grave<WH6913>, because in him there is found<WH4672> some good<WH2896> thing<WH1697> toward the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> in the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>.


btext:
Moreover the LORD<WH3068> shall raise him up<WH6965> a king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>, who shall cut off<WH3772> the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379> that day<WH3117>: but what? even now.


btext:
For the LORD<WH3068> shall smite<WH5221> Israel<WH3478>, as a reed<WH7070> is shaken<WH5110> in the water<WH4325>, and he shall root up<WH5428> Israel<WH3478> out of this good<WH2896> land<WH127>, which he gave<WH5414> to their fathers<WH1>, and shall scatter<WH2219> them beyond<WH5676> the river<WH5104>, because they have made<WH6213> their groves<WH842>, provoking the LORD<WH3068> to anger<WH3707>.


btext:
And he shall give<WH5414> Israel<WH3478> up<WH5414> because<WH1558> of the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, who did sin<WH2398>, and who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
And Jeroboam's<WH3379> wife<WH802> arose<WH6965>, and departed<WH3212>, and came<WH935> to Tirzah<WH8656>: and when she came<WH935> to the threshold<WH5592> of the door<WH1004>, the child<WH5288> died<WH4191>;


btext:
And they buried<WH6912> him; and all Israel<WH3478> mourned<WH5594> for him, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> by the hand<WH3027> of his servant<WH5650> Ahijah<WH281> the prophet<WH5030>.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, how he warred<WH3898>, and how he reigned<WH4427>, behold, they are written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And the days<WH3117> which Jeroboam<WH3379> reigned<WH4427> were two<WH8147> and twenty<WH6242> years<WH8141>: and he slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and Nadab<WH5070> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead. / slept: Heb. lay down


btext:
And Rehoboam<WH7346> the son<WH1121> of Solomon<WH8010> reigned<WH4427> in Judah<WH3063>. Rehoboam<WH7346> was forty<WH705> and one<WH259> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> when he began to reign<WH4427>, and he reigned<WH4427> seventeen<WH7651><WH6240> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>, the city<WH5892> which the LORD<WH3068> did choose<WH977> out of all the tribes<WH7626> of Israel<WH3478>, to put<WH7760> his name<WH8034> there. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Naamah<WH5279> an Ammonitess<WH5985>.


btext:
And Judah<WH3063> did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and they provoked him to jealousy<WH7065> with their sins<WH2403> which they had committed<WH2398>, above all that their fathers<WH1> had done<WH6213>.


btext:
For they also built<WH1129> them high places<WH1116>, and images<WH4676>, and groves<WH842>, on every high<WH1364> hill<WH1389>, and under every green<WH7488> tree<WH6086>. / images: or, standing images, or, statues


btext:
And there were also sodomites<WH6945> in the land<WH776>: and they did<WH6213> according to all the abominations<WH8441> of the nations<WH1471> which the LORD<WH3068> cast out<WH3423> before<WH6440> the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it came to pass in the fifth<WH2549> year<WH8141> of king<WH4428> Rehoboam<WH7346>, that Shishak<WH7895> king<WH4428> of Egypt<WH4714> came up<WH5927> against Jerusalem<WH3389>:


btext:
And he took away<WH3947> the treasures<WH214> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the treasures<WH214> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>; he even took away<WH3947> all: and he took away<WH3947> all the shields<WH4043> of gold<WH2091> which Solomon<WH8010> had made<WH6213>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Rehoboam<WH7346> made<WH6213> in their stead brasen<WH5178> shields<WH4043>, and committed<WH6485> them unto the hands<WH3027> of the chief<WH8269> of the guard<WH7323>, which kept<WH8104> the door<WH6607> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>. / guard: Heb. runners


btext:
And it was so, when<WH1767> the king<WH4428> went<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, that the guard<WH7323> bare<WH5375> them, and brought them back<WH7725> into the guard<WH7323> chamber<WH8372>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Rehoboam<WH7346>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
And Rehoboam<WH7346> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Naamah<WH5279> an Ammonitess<WH5985>. And Abijam<WH38> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
Now in the eighteenth<WH8083><WH6240> year<WH8141> of king<WH4428> Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028> reigned<WH4427> Abijam<WH38> over Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
Three<WH7969> years<WH8141> reigned<WH4427> he in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Maachah<WH4601>, the daughter<WH1323> of Abishalom<WH53>.


btext:
And he walked<WH3212> in all the sins<WH2403> of his father<WH1>, which he had done<WH6213> before<WH6440> him: and his heart<WH3824> was not perfect<WH8003> with the LORD<WH3068> his God<WH430>, as the heart<WH3824> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>.


btext:
Nevertheless for David's<WH1732> sake did the LORD<WH3068> his God<WH430> give<WH5414> him a lamp<WH5216> in Jerusalem<WH3389>, to set up<WH6965> his son<WH1121> after<WH310> him, and to establish<WH5975> Jerusalem<WH3389>: / lamp: or, candle


btext:
Because David<WH1732> did<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the eyes<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and turned not aside<WH5493> from any thing that he commanded<WH6680> him all the days<WH3117> of his life<WH2416>, save only in the matter<WH1697> of Uriah<WH223> the Hittite<WH2850>.


btext:
And there was war<WH4421> between Rehoboam<WH7346> and Jeroboam<WH3379> all the days<WH3117> of his life<WH2416>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Abijam<WH38>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>? And there was war<WH4421> between Abijam<WH38> and Jeroboam<WH3379>.


btext:
And Abijam<WH38> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>; and they buried<WH6912> him in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>: and Asa<WH609> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And in the twentieth<WH6242> year<WH8141> of Jeroboam<WH3379> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> reigned<WH4427> Asa<WH609> over Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
And forty<WH705> and one<WH259> years<WH8141> reigned<WH4427> he in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Maachah<WH4601>, the daughter<WH1323> of Abishalom<WH53>. / mother's: that is, grandmother's


btext:
And Asa<WH609> did<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the eyes<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, as did David<WH1732> his father<WH1>.


btext:
And he took away<WH5674> the sodomites<WH6945> out of the land<WH776>, and removed<WH5493> all the idols<WH1544> that his fathers<WH1> had made<WH6213>.


btext:
And also Maachah<WH4601> his mother<WH517>, even her he removed<WH5493> from being queen<WH1377>, because she had made<WH6213> an idol<WH4656> in a grove<WH842>; and Asa<WH609> destroyed<WH3772> her idol<WH4656>, and burnt<WH8313> it by the brook<WH5158> Kidron<WH6939>. / destroyed: Heb. cut off


btext:
But the high places<WH1116> were not removed<WH5493>: nevertheless Asa's<WH609> heart<WH3824> was perfect<WH8003> with the LORD<WH3068> all his days<WH3117>.


btext:
And he brought<WH935> in the things<WH6944> which his father<WH1> had dedicated<WH6944>, and the things which himself had dedicated<WH6944>, into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, silver<WH3701>, and gold<WH2091>, and vessels<WH3627>. / things: Heb. holy


btext:
And there was war<WH4421> between Asa<WH609> and Baasha<WH1201> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> all their days<WH3117>.


btext:
And Baasha<WH1201> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> went up<WH5927> against Judah<WH3063>, and built<WH1129> Ramah<WH7414>, that he might not suffer<WH5414> any to go out<WH3318> or come in<WH935> to Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
Then Asa<WH609> took<WH3947> all the silver<WH3701> and the gold<WH2091> that were left<WH3498> in the treasures<WH214> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and the treasures<WH214> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, and delivered<WH5414> them into the hand<WH3027> of his servants<WH5650>: and king<WH4428> Asa<WH609> sent<WH7971> them to Benhadad<WH1130>, the son<WH1121> of Tabrimon<WH2886>, the son<WH1121> of Hezion<WH2383>, king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>, that dwelt<WH3427> at Damascus<WH1834>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
There is a league<WH1285> between me and thee, and between my father<WH1> and thy father<WH1>: behold, I have sent<WH7971> unto thee a present<WH7810> of silver<WH3701> and gold<WH2091>; come<WH3212> and break<WH6565> thy league<WH1285> with Baasha<WH1201> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, that he may depart<WH5927> from me. / depart: Heb. go up


btext:
So Benhadad<WH1130> hearkened<WH8085> unto king<WH4428> Asa<WH609>, and sent<WH7971> the captains<WH8269> of the hosts<WH2428> which he had against the cities<WH5892> of Israel<WH3478>, and smote<WH5221> Ijon<WH5859>, and Dan<WH1835>, and Abelbethmaachah<WH62>, and all Cinneroth<WH3672>, with all the land<WH776> of Naphtali<WH5321>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Baasha<WH1201> heard<WH8085> thereof, that he left off<WH2308> building<WH1129> of Ramah<WH7414>, and dwelt<WH3427> in Tirzah<WH8656>.


btext:
Then king<WH4428> Asa<WH609> made a proclamation<WH8085> throughout all Judah<WH3063>; none was exempted<WH5355>: and they took<WH5375> away the stones<WH68> of Ramah<WH7414>, and the timber<WH6086> thereof, wherewith Baasha<WH1201> had builded<WH1129>; and king<WH4428> Asa<WH609> built<WH1129> with them Geba<WH1387> of Benjamin<WH1144>, and Mizpah<WH4709>. / exempted: Heb. free


btext:
The rest<WH3499> of all the acts<WH1697> of Asa<WH609>, and all his might<WH1369>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and the cities<WH5892> which he built<WH1129>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>? Nevertheless in the time<WH6256> of his old age<WH2209> he was diseased<WH2470> in his feet<WH7272>.


btext:
And Asa<WH609> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>: and Jehoshaphat<WH3092> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead. / Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat


btext:
And Nadab<WH5070> the son<WH1121> of Jeroboam<WH3379> began to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in the second<WH8147> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and reigned<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> two<WH8147> years<WH8141>. / began…: Heb. reigned


btext:
And he did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and walked<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of his father<WH1>, and in his sin<WH2403> wherewith he made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
And Baasha<WH1201> the son<WH1121> of Ahijah<WH281>, of the house<WH1004> of Issachar<WH3485>, conspired<WH7194> against him; and Baasha<WH1201> smote<WH5221> him at Gibbethon<WH1405>, which belonged to the Philistines<WH6430>; for Nadab<WH5070> and all Israel<WH3478> laid siege<WH6696> to Gibbethon<WH1405>.


btext:
Even in the third<WH7969> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> did Baasha<WH1201> slay<WH4191> him, and reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And it came to pass, when he reigned<WH4427>, that he smote<WH5221> all the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>; he left<WH7604> not to Jeroboam<WH3379> any that breathed<WH5397>, until he had destroyed<WH8045> him, according unto the saying<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> by<WH3027> his servant<WH5650> Ahijah<WH281> the Shilonite<WH7888>:


btext:
Because of the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> which he sinned<WH2398>, and which he made Israel<WH3478> sin<WH2398>, by his provocation<WH3708> wherewith he provoked the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> to anger<WH3707>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Nadab<WH5070>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
In the third<WH7969> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began Baasha<WH1201> the son<WH1121> of Ahijah<WH281> to reign<WH4427> over all Israel<WH3478> in Tirzah<WH8656>, twenty<WH6242> and four<WH702> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and walked<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, and in his sin<WH2403> wherewith he made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
Then the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> came to Jehu<WH3058> the son<WH1121> of Hanani<WH2607> against Baasha<WH1201>, saying<WH559>,


btext:
Forasmuch as I exalted<WH7311> thee out of the dust<WH6083>, and made<WH5414> thee prince<WH5057> over my people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478>; and thou hast walked<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, and hast made my people<WH5971> Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>, to provoke me to anger<WH3707> with their sins<WH2403>;


btext:
Behold, I will take away<WH1197> the posterity<WH310> of Baasha<WH1201>, and the posterity<WH310> of his house<WH1004>; and will make<WH5414> thy house<WH1004> like the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>.


btext:
Him that dieth<WH4191> of Baasha<WH1201> in the city<WH5892> shall the dogs<WH3611> eat<WH398>; and him that dieth<WH4191> of his in the fields<WH7704> shall the fowls<WH5775> of the air<WH8064> eat<WH398>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Baasha<WH1201>, and what he did<WH6213>, and his might<WH1369>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
So Baasha<WH1201> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> in Tirzah<WH8656>: and Elah<WH425> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And also by the hand<WH3027> of the prophet<WH5030> Jehu<WH3058> the son<WH1121> of Hanani<WH2607> came the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> against Baasha<WH1201>, and against his house<WH1004>, even for all the evil<WH7451> that he did<WH6213> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, in provoking him to anger<WH3707> with the work<WH4639> of his hands<WH3027>, in being like the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>; and because he killed<WH5221> him.


btext:
In the twenty<WH6242><WH8141> and sixth<WH8337> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began Elah<WH425> the son<WH1121> of Baasha<WH1201> to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Tirzah<WH8656>, two years<WH8141>.


btext:
And his servant<WH5650> Zimri<WH2174>, captain<WH8269> of half<WH4276> his chariots<WH7393>, conspired<WH7194> against him, as he was in Tirzah<WH8656>, drinking<WH8354> himself drunk<WH7910> in the house<WH1004> of Arza<WH777> steward of his house<WH1004> in Tirzah<WH8656>. / steward…: Heb. which was over


btext:
And Zimri<WH2174> went in<WH935> and smote<WH5221> him, and killed<WH4191> him, in the twenty<WH6242> and seventh<WH7651> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And it came to pass, when he began to reign<WH4427>, as soon as he sat<WH3427> on his throne<WH3678>, that he slew<WH5221> all the house<WH1004> of Baasha<WH1201>: he left<WH7604> him not one that pisseth<WH8366> against a wall<WH7023>, neither of his kinsfolks<WH1350>, nor of his friends<WH7453>. / neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends


btext:
Thus did Zimri<WH2174> destroy<WH8045> all the house<WH1004> of Baasha<WH1201>, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> against Baasha<WH1201> by<WH3027> Jehu<WH3058> the prophet<WH5030>, / by: Heb. by the hand of


btext:
For all the sins<WH2403> of Baasha<WH1201>, and the sins<WH2403> of Elah<WH425> his son<WH1121>, by which they sinned<WH2398>, and by which they made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>, in provoking the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> to anger<WH3707> with their vanities<WH1892>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Elah<WH425>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
In the twenty<WH6242><WH8141> and seventh<WH7651> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> did Zimri<WH2174> reign<WH4427> seven<WH7651> days<WH3117> in Tirzah<WH8656>. And the people<WH5971> were encamped<WH2583> against Gibbethon<WH1405>, which belonged to the Philistines<WH6430>.


btext:
And the people<WH5971> that were encamped<WH2583> heard<WH8085> say<WH559>, Zimri<WH2174> hath conspired<WH7194>, and hath also slain<WH5221> the king<WH4428>: wherefore all Israel<WH3478> made Omri<WH6018>, the captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635>, king<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> that day<WH3117> in the camp<WH4264>.


btext:
And Omri<WH6018> went up<WH5927> from Gibbethon<WH1405>, and all Israel<WH3478> with him, and they besieged<WH6696> Tirzah<WH8656>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Zimri<WH2174> saw<WH7200> that the city<WH5892> was taken<WH3920>, that he went<WH935> into the palace<WH759> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, and burnt<WH8313> the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004> over him with fire<WH784>, and died<WH4191>,


btext:
For his sins<WH2403> which he sinned<WH2398> in doing<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, in walking<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, and in his sin<WH2403> which he did<WH6213>, to make Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Zimri<WH2174>, and his treason<WH7195> that he wrought<WH7194>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
Then were the people<WH5971> of Israel<WH3478> divided<WH2505> into two parts<WH2677>: half<WH2677> of the people<WH5971> followed<WH1961><WH310> Tibni<WH8402> the son<WH1121> of Ginath<WH1527>, to make him king<WH4427>; and half<WH2677> followed<WH310> Omri<WH6018>.


btext:
But the people<WH5971> that followed<WH310> Omri<WH6018> prevailed<WH2388> against<WH854> the people<WH5971> that followed<WH310> Tibni<WH8402> the son<WH1121> of Ginath<WH1527>: so Tibni<WH8402> died<WH4191>, and Omri<WH6018> reigned<WH4427>.


btext:
In the thirty<WH7970><WH8141> and first<WH259> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began Omri<WH6018> to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478>, twelve<WH8147><WH6240> years<WH8141>: six<WH8337> years<WH8141> reigned<WH4427> he in Tirzah<WH8656>.


btext:
And he bought<WH7069> the hill<WH2022> Samaria<WH8111> of Shemer<WH8106> for two talents<WH3603> of silver<WH3701>, and built<WH1129> on the hill<WH2022>, and called<WH7121> the name<WH8034> of the city<WH5892> which he built<WH1129>, after the name<WH8034> of Shemer<WH8106>, owner<WH113> of the hill<WH2022>, Samaria<WH8111>. / Samaria: Heb. Shomeron


btext:
But Omri<WH6018> wrought<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the eyes<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and did worse<WH7489> than all that were before<WH6440> him.


btext:
For he walked<WH3212> in all the way<WH1870> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, and in his sin<WH2403> wherewith he made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>, to provoke the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> to anger<WH3707> with their vanities<WH1892>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Omri<WH6018> which he did<WH6213>, and his might<WH1369> that he shewed<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
So Omri<WH6018> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> in Samaria<WH8111>: and Ahab<WH256> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And in the thirty<WH7970><WH8141> and eighth<WH8083> year<WH8141> of Asa<WH609> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began Ahab<WH256> the son<WH1121> of Omri<WH6018> to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478>: and Ahab<WH256> the son<WH1121> of Omri<WH6018> reigned<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111> twenty<WH6242> and two<WH8147> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> the son<WH1121> of Omri<WH6018> did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068> above all that were before<WH6440> him.


btext:
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing<WH7043> for him to walk<WH3212> in the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, that he took<WH3947> to wife<WH802> Jezebel<WH348> the daughter<WH1323> of Ethbaal<WH856> king<WH4428> of the Zidonians<WH6722>, and went<WH3212> and served<WH5647> Baal<WH1168>, and worshipped<WH7812> him. / as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc


btext:
And he reared up<WH6965> an altar<WH4196> for Baal<WH1168> in the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>, which he had built<WH1129> in Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> made<WH6213> a grove<WH842>; and Ahab<WH256> did<WH6213> more<WH3254> to provoke the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> to anger<WH3707> than all the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> that were before<WH6440> him.


btext:
In his days<WH3117> did Hiel<WH2419> the Bethelite<WH1017> build<WH1129> Jericho<WH3405>: he laid the foundation<WH3245> thereof in Abiram<WH48> his firstborn<WH1060>, and set up<WH5324> the gates<WH1817> thereof in his youngest<WH6810> son Segub<WH7687>, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> by<WH3027> Joshua<WH3091> the son<WH1121> of Nun<WH5126>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> the Tishbite<WH8664>, who was of the inhabitants<WH8453> of Gilead<WH1568>, said<WH559> unto Ahab<WH256>, As the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> liveth<WH2416>, before<WH6440> whom I stand<WH5975>, there shall not be dew<WH2919> nor rain<WH4306> these years<WH8141>, but according<WH6310> to my word<WH1697>. / Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias


btext:
Get<WH3212> thee hence, and turn<WH6437> thee eastward<WH6924>, and hide<WH5641> thyself by the brook<WH5158> Cherith<WH3747>, that is before<WH6440> Jordan<WH3383>.


btext:
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink<WH8354> of the brook<WH5158>; and I have commanded<WH6680> the ravens<WH6158> to feed<WH3557> thee there.


btext:
So he went<WH3212> and did<WH6213> according unto the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>: for he went<WH3212> and dwelt<WH3427> by the brook<WH5158> Cherith<WH3747>, that is before<WH6440> Jordan<WH3383>.


btext:
And the ravens<WH6158> brought<WH935> him bread<WH3899> and flesh<WH1320> in the morning<WH1242>, and bread<WH3899> and flesh<WH1320> in the evening<WH6153>; and he drank<WH8354> of the brook<WH5158>.


btext:
And it came to pass after<WH7093> a while<WH3117>, that the brook<WH5158> dried up<WH3001>, because there had been no rain<WH1653> in the land<WH776>. / after…: Heb. at the end of days


btext:
Arise<WH6965>, get<WH3212> thee to Zarephath<WH6886>, which belongeth to Zidon<WH6721>, and dwell<WH3427> there: behold, I have commanded<WH6680> a widow<WH490> woman<WH802> there to sustain<WH3557> thee. / Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta


btext:
So he arose<WH6965> and went<WH3212> to Zarephath<WH6886>. And when he came<WH935> to the gate<WH6607> of the city<WH5892>, behold, the widow<WH490> woman<WH802> was there gathering<WH7197> of sticks<WH6086>: and he called<WH7121> to her, and said<WH559>, Fetch<WH3947> me, I pray thee, a little<WH4592> water<WH4325> in a vessel<WH3627>, that I may drink<WH8354>.


btext:
And as she was going<WH3212> to fetch<WH3947> it, he called<WH7121> to her, and said<WH559>, Bring<WH3947> me, I pray thee, a morsel<WH6595> of bread<WH3899> in thine hand<WH3027>.


btext:
And she said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430> liveth<WH2416>, I have<WH3426> not a cake<WH4580>, but an handful<WH4393><WH3709> of meal<WH7058> in a barrel<WH3537>, and a little<WH4592> oil<WH8081> in a cruse<WH6835>: and, behold, I am gathering<WH7197> two<WH8147> sticks<WH6086>, that I may go in<WH935> and dress<WH6213> it for me and my son<WH1121>, that we may eat<WH398> it, and die<WH4191>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto her, Fear<WH3372> not; go<WH935> and do<WH6213> as thou hast said<WH1697>: but make<WH6213> me thereof<WH8033> a little<WH6996> cake<WH5692> first<WH7223>, and bring<WH3318> it unto me, and after<WH314> make<WH6213> for thee and for thy son<WH1121>.


btext:
For thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, The barrel<WH3537> of meal<WH7058> shall not waste<WH3615>, neither shall the cruse<WH6835> of oil<WH8081> fail<WH2637>, until the day<WH3117> that the LORD<WH3068> sendeth<WH5414> rain<WH1653> upon<WH6440> the earth<WH127>. / sendeth: Heb. giveth


btext:
And she went<WH3212> and did<WH6213> according to the saying<WH1697> of Elijah<WH452>: and she, and he, and her house<WH1004>, did eat<WH398> many days<WH3117>. / many…: or, a full year


btext:
And the barrel<WH3537> of meal<WH7058> wasted<WH3615> not, neither did the cruse<WH6835> of oil<WH8081> fail<WH2638>, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> by<WH3027> Elijah<WH452>. / by: Heb. by the hand of


btext:
And it came to pass after<WH310> these things<WH1697>, that the son<WH1121> of the woman<WH802>, the mistress<WH1172> of the house<WH1004>, fell sick<WH2470>; and his sickness<WH2483> was so<WH3966> sore<WH2389>, that there was no breath<WH5397> left<WH3498> in him.


btext:
And she said<WH559> unto Elijah<WH452>, What have I to do with thee, O thou man<WH376> of God<WH430>? art thou come<WH935> unto me to call<WH2142> my sin<WH5771> to remembrance<WH2142>, and to slay<WH4191> my son<WH1121>?


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto her, Give<WH5414> me thy son<WH1121>. And he took<WH3947> him out of her bosom<WH2436>, and carried him up<WH5927> into a loft<WH5944>, where he abode<WH3427>, and laid<WH7901> him upon his own bed<WH4296>.


btext:
And he cried<WH7121> unto the LORD<WH3068>, and said<WH559>, O LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430>, hast thou also brought evil<WH7489> upon the widow<WH490> with whom I sojourn<WH1481>, by slaying<WH4191> her son<WH1121>?


btext:
And he stretched<WH4058> himself upon the child<WH3206> three<WH7969> times<WH6471>, and cried<WH7121> unto the LORD<WH3068>, and said<WH559>, O LORD<WH3068> my God<WH430>, I pray thee, let this child's<WH3206> soul<WH5315> come<WH7725> into him<WH7130> again<WH7725>. / stretched: Heb. measured / into…: Heb. into his inward parts


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> heard<WH8085> the voice<WH6963> of Elijah<WH452>; and the soul<WH5315> of the child<WH3206> came<WH7725> into him<WH7130> again<WH7725>, and he revived<WH2421>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> took<WH3947> the child<WH3206>, and brought him down<WH3381> out of the chamber<WH5944> into the house<WH1004>, and delivered<WH5414> him unto his mother<WH517>: and Elijah<WH452> said<WH559>, See<WH7200>, thy son<WH1121> liveth<WH2416>.


btext:
And the woman<WH802> said<WH559> to Elijah<WH452>, Now by this<WH2088> I know<WH3045> that thou art a man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and that the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> in thy mouth<WH6310> is truth<WH571>.


btext:
And it came to pass after many<WH7227> days<WH3117>, that the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> came to Elijah<WH452> in the third<WH7992> year<WH8141>, saying<WH559>, Go<WH3212>, shew<WH7200> thyself unto Ahab<WH256>; and I will send<WH5414> rain<WH4306> upon<WH6440> the earth<WH127>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> went<WH3212> to shew<WH7200> himself unto Ahab<WH256>. And there was a sore<WH2389> famine<WH7458> in Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> called<WH7121> Obadiah<WH5662>, which was the governor of his house<WH1004>. (Now Obadiah<WH5662> feared<WH3373> the LORD<WH3068> greatly<WH3966>: / Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu / the governor…: Heb. over his house


btext:
For it was so, when Jezebel<WH348> cut off<WH3772> the prophets<WH5030> of the LORD<WH3068>, that Obadiah<WH5662> took<WH3947> an hundred<WH3967> prophets<WH5030>, and hid<WH2244> them by fifty<WH376><WH2572> in a cave<WH4631>, and fed<WH3557> them with bread<WH3899> and water<WH4325>.) / Jezebel: Heb. Izebel


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> said<WH559> unto Obadiah<WH5662>, Go<WH3212> into the land<WH776>, unto all fountains<WH4599> of water<WH4325>, and unto all brooks<WH5158>: peradventure<WH194> we may find<WH4672> grass<WH2682> to save<WH2421> the horses<WH5483> and mules<WH6505> alive<WH2421>, that we lose<WH3772> not all the beasts<WH929>. / that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts


btext:
So they divided<WH2505> the land<WH776> between them to pass throughout<WH5674> it: Ahab<WH256> went<WH1980> one<WH259> way<WH1870> by himself, and Obadiah<WH5662> went<WH1980> another<WH259> way<WH1870> by himself.


btext:
And as Obadiah<WH5662> was in the way<WH1870>, behold, Elijah<WH452> met<WH7125> him: and he knew<WH5234> him, and fell<WH5307> on his face<WH6440>, and said<WH559>, Art thou that my lord<WH113> Elijah<WH452>?


btext:
And he answered<WH559> him, I am: go<WH3212>, tell<WH559> thy lord<WH113>, Behold, Elijah<WH452> is here.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, What have I sinned<WH2398>, that thou wouldest deliver<WH5414> thy servant<WH5650> into the hand<WH3027> of Ahab<WH256>, to slay<WH4191> me?


btext:
As the LORD<WH3068> thy God<WH430> liveth<WH2416>, there is no<WH3426> nation<WH1471> or kingdom<WH4467>, whither<WH834> my lord<WH113> hath not sent<WH7971> to seek<WH1245> thee: and when they said<WH559>, He is not there; he took an oath<WH7650> of the kingdom<WH4467> and nation<WH1471>, that they found<WH4672> thee not.


btext:
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone<WH3212> from thee, that the Spirit<WH7307> of the LORD<WH3068> shall carry<WH5375> thee whither I know<WH3045> not; and so when I come<WH935> and tell<WH5046> Ahab<WH256>, and he cannot find<WH4672> thee, he shall slay<WH2026> me: but I thy servant<WH5650> fear<WH3372> the LORD<WH3068> from my youth<WH5271>.


btext:
Was it not told<WH5046> my lord<WH113> what I did<WH6213> when Jezebel<WH348> slew<WH2026> the prophets<WH5030> of the LORD<WH3068>, how I hid<WH2244> an hundred<WH3967> men<WH376> of the LORD'S<WH3068> prophets<WH5030> by fifty<WH2572> in a cave<WH4631>, and fed<WH3557> them with bread<WH3899> and water<WH4325>?


btext:
And now thou sayest<WH559>, Go<WH3212>, tell<WH559> thy lord<WH113>, Behold, Elijah<WH452> is here: and he shall slay<WH2026> me.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> of hosts<WH6635> liveth<WH2416>, before<WH6440> whom I stand<WH5975>, I will surely shew<WH7200> myself unto him to day<WH3117>.


btext:
So Obadiah<WH5662> went<WH3212> to meet<WH7125> Ahab<WH256>, and told<WH5046> him: and Ahab<WH256> went<WH3212> to meet<WH7125> Elijah<WH452>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Ahab<WH256> saw<WH7200> Elijah<WH452>, that Ahab<WH256> said<WH559> unto him, Art thou he that troubleth<WH5916> Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And he answered<WH559>, I have not troubled<WH5916> Israel<WH3478>; but thou, and thy father's<WH1> house<WH1004>, in that ye have forsaken<WH5800> the commandments<WH4687> of the LORD<WH3068>, and thou hast followed<WH3212><WH310> Baalim<WH1168>.


btext:
Now therefore send<WH7971>, and gather<WH6908> to me all Israel<WH3478> unto mount<WH2022> Carmel<WH3760>, and the prophets<WH5030> of Baal<WH1168> four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> and fifty<WH2572>, and the prophets<WH5030> of the groves<WH842> four<WH702> hundred<WH3967>, which eat<WH398> at Jezebel's<WH348> table<WH7979>.


btext:
So Ahab<WH256> sent<WH7971> unto all the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, and gathered<WH6908> the prophets<WH5030> together<WH6908> unto mount<WH2022> Carmel<WH3760>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> came<WH5066> unto all the people<WH5971>, and said<WH559>, How long<WH5921> halt<WH6452> ye between two<WH8147> opinions<WH5587>? if the LORD<WH3068> be God<WH430>, follow him: but if Baal<WH1168>, then follow<WH3212><WH310> him. And the people<WH5971> answered<WH6030> him not a word<WH1697>. / opinions: or, thoughts


btext:
Then said<WH559> Elijah<WH452> unto the people<WH5971>, I, even I only, remain<WH3498> a prophet<WH5030> of the LORD<WH3068>; but Baal's<WH1168> prophets<WH5030> are four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> and fifty<WH2572> men<WH376>.


btext:
Let them therefore give<WH5414> us two<WH8147> bullocks<WH6499>; and let them choose<WH977> one<WH259> bullock<WH6499> for themselves, and cut it in pieces<WH5408>, and lay<WH7760> it on wood<WH6086>, and put<WH7760> no fire<WH784> under: and I will dress<WH6213> the other<WH259> bullock<WH6499>, and lay<WH5414> it on wood<WH6086>, and put<WH7760> no fire<WH784> under:


btext:
And call<WH7121> ye on the name<WH8034> of your gods<WH430>, and I will call<WH7121> on the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068>: and the God<WH430> that answereth<WH6030> by fire<WH784>, let him be God<WH430>. And all the people<WH5971> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, It is well<WH2896> spoken<WH1697>. / It is…: Heb. The word is good


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto the prophets<WH5030> of Baal<WH1168>, Choose<WH977> you one<WH259> bullock<WH6499> for yourselves, and dress<WH6213> it first<WH7223>; for ye are many<WH7227>; and call<WH7121> on the name<WH8034> of your gods<WH430>, but put<WH7760> no fire<WH784> under.


btext:
And they took<WH3947> the bullock<WH6499> which was given<WH5414> them, and they dressed<WH6213> it, and called<WH7121> on the name<WH8034> of Baal<WH1168> from morning<WH1242> even until noon<WH6672>, saying<WH559>, O Baal<WH1168>, hear<WH6030> us. But there was no<WH369> voice<WH6963>, nor any that answered<WH6030>. And they leaped<WH6452> upon the altar<WH4196> which was made<WH6213>. / hear: or, answer / answered: or, heard / leaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar


btext:
And it came to pass at noon<WH6672>, that Elijah<WH452> mocked<WH2048> them, and said<WH559>, Cry<WH7121> aloud<WH1419><WH6963>: for he is a god<WH430>; either he is talking<WH7879>, or he is pursuing<WH7873>, or he is in a journey<WH1870>, or peradventure<WH194> he sleepeth<WH3463>, and must be awaked<WH3364>. / aloud: Heb. with a great voice / he is talking: or, he meditateth / is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit


btext:
And they cried<WH7121> aloud<WH6963><WH1419>, and cut<WH1413> themselves after their manner<WH4941> with knives<WH2719> and lancets<WH7420>, till the blood<WH1818> gushed out<WH8210> upon them. / the blood…: Heb. poured out blood upon them


btext:
And it came to pass, when midday<WH6672> was past<WH5674>, and they prophesied<WH5012> until the time of the offering<WH5927> of the evening sacrifice<WH4503>, that there was neither voice<WH6963>, nor any to answer<WH6030>, nor any that regarded<WH7182>. / offering: Heb. ascending / that regarded: Heb. attention


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto all the people<WH5971>, Come near<WH5066> unto me. And all the people<WH5971> came near<WH5066> unto him. And he repaired<WH7495> the altar<WH4196> of the LORD<WH3068> that was broken down<WH2040>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> took<WH3947> twelve<WH8147><WH6240> stones<WH68>, according to the number<WH4557> of the tribes<WH7626> of the sons<WH1121> of Jacob<WH3290>, unto whom the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> came, saying<WH559>, Israel<WH3478> shall be thy name<WH8034>:


btext:
And with the stones<WH68> he built<WH1129> an altar<WH4196> in the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068>: and he made<WH6213> a trench<WH8585> about<WH5439> the altar<WH4196>, as great as would contain<WH1004> two measures<WH5429> of seed<WH2233>.


btext:
And he put<WH6186> the wood<WH6086> in order<WH6186>, and cut<WH5408> the bullock<WH6499> in pieces, and laid<WH7760> him on the wood<WH6086>, and said<WH559>, Fill<WH4390> four<WH702> barrels<WH3537> with water<WH4325>, and pour<WH3332> it on the burnt sacrifice<WH5930>, and on the wood<WH6086>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Do it the second time<WH8138>. And they did it the second time<WH8138>. And he said<WH559>, Do it the third time<WH8027>. And they did it the third time<WH8027>.


btext:
And the water<WH4325> ran<WH3212> round about<WH5439> the altar<WH4196>; and he filled<WH4390> the trench<WH8585> also with water<WH4325>. / ran: Heb. went


btext:
And it came to pass at the time of the offering<WH5927> of the evening sacrifice<WH4503>, that Elijah<WH452> the prophet<WH5030> came near<WH5066>, and said<WH559>, LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Abraham<WH85>, Isaac<WH3327>, and of Israel<WH3478>, let it be known<WH3045> this day<WH3117> that thou art God<WH430> in Israel<WH3478>, and that I am thy servant<WH5650>, and that I have done<WH6213> all these things at thy word<WH1697>.


btext:
Hear<WH6030> me, O LORD<WH3068>, hear<WH6030> me, that this people<WH5971> may know<WH3045> that thou art the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430>, and that thou hast turned<WH5437> their heart<WH3820> back<WH5437> again<WH322>.


btext:
Then the fire<WH784> of the LORD<WH3068> fell<WH5307>, and consumed<WH398> the burnt sacrifice<WH5930>, and the wood<WH6086>, and the stones<WH68>, and the dust<WH6083>, and licked up<WH3897> the water<WH4325> that was in the trench<WH8585>.


btext:
And when all the people<WH5971> saw<WH7200> it, they fell<WH5307> on their faces<WH6440>: and they said<WH559>, The LORD<WH3068>, he is the God<WH430>; the LORD<WH3068>, he is the God<WH430>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto them, Take<WH8610> the prophets<WH5030> of Baal<WH1168>; let not one<WH376> of them escape<WH4422>. And they took<WH8610> them: and Elijah<WH452> brought them down<WH3381> to the brook<WH5158> Kishon<WH7028>, and slew<WH7819> them there. / Take: or, Apprehend


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto Ahab<WH256>, Get thee up<WH5927>, eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354>; for there is a sound<WH6963> of abundance<WH1995> of rain<WH1653>. / a sound…: or, a sound of a noise of rain


btext:
So Ahab<WH256> went up<WH5927> to eat<WH398> and to drink<WH8354>. And Elijah<WH452> went up<WH5927> to the top<WH7218> of Carmel<WH3760>; and he cast himself down<WH1457> upon the earth<WH776>, and put<WH7760> his face<WH6440> between his knees<WH1290>,


btext:
And said<WH559> to his servant<WH5288>, Go up<WH5927> now, look<WH5027> toward<WH1870> the sea<WH3220>. And he went up<WH5927>, and looked<WH5027>, and said<WH559>, There is nothing<WH3972>. And he said<WH559>, Go again<WH7725> seven<WH7651> times<WH6471>.


btext:
And it came to pass at the seventh time<WH7637>, that he said<WH559>, Behold, there ariseth<WH5927> a little<WH6996> cloud<WH5645> out of the sea<WH3220>, like a man's<WH376> hand<WH3709>. And he said<WH559>, Go up<WH5927>, say<WH559> unto Ahab<WH256>, Prepare<WH631> thy chariot, and get thee down<WH3381>, that the rain<WH1653> stop<WH6113> thee not. / Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind


btext:
And it came to pass in the mean while<WH3541>, that the heaven<WH8064> was black<WH6937> with clouds<WH5645> and wind<WH7307>, and there was a great<WH1419> rain<WH1653>. And Ahab<WH256> rode<WH7392>, and went<WH3212> to Jezreel<WH3157>.


btext:
And the hand<WH3027> of the LORD<WH3068> was on Elijah<WH452>; and he girded up<WH8151> his loins<WH4975>, and ran<WH7323> before<WH6440> Ahab<WH256> to the entrance<WH935> of Jezreel<WH3157>. / to the…: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> told<WH5046> Jezebel<WH348> all that Elijah<WH452> had done<WH6213>, and withal how he had slain<WH2026> all the prophets<WH5030> with the sword<WH2719>.


btext:
Then Jezebel<WH348> sent<WH7971> a messenger<WH4397> unto Elijah<WH452>, saying<WH559>, So let the gods<WH430> do<WH6213> to me, and more<WH3254> also, if I make<WH7760> not thy life<WH5315> as the life<WH5315> of one<WH259> of them by to morrow<WH4279> about this time<WH6256>.


btext:
And when he saw<WH7200> that, he arose<WH6965>, and went<WH3212> for his life<WH5315>, and came<WH935> to Beersheba<WH884>, which belongeth to Judah<WH3063>, and left<WH3240> his servant<WH5288> there.


btext:
But he himself went<WH1980> a day's<WH3117> journey<WH1870> into the wilderness<WH4057>, and came<WH935> and sat down<WH3427> under a<WH259> juniper tree<WH7574>: and he requested<WH7592> for himself<WH5315> that he might die<WH4191>; and said<WH559>, It is enough<WH7227>; now, O LORD<WH3068>, take away<WH3947> my life<WH5315>; for I am not better<WH2896> than my fathers<WH1>. / for himself: Heb. for his life


btext:
And as he lay<WH7901> and slept<WH3462> under a<WH259> juniper tree<WH7574>, behold, then an angel<WH4397> touched<WH5060> him, and said<WH559> unto him, Arise<WH6965> and eat<WH398>.


btext:
And he looked<WH5027>, and, behold, there was a cake<WH5692> baken on the coals<WH7529>, and a cruse<WH6835> of water<WH4325> at his head<WH4763>. And he did eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354>, and laid him down<WH7901> again<WH7725>. / head: Heb. bolster


btext:
And the angel<WH4397> of the LORD<WH3068> came again<WH7725> the second time<WH8145>, and touched<WH5060> him, and said<WH559>, Arise<WH6965> and eat<WH398>; because the journey<WH1870> is too great<WH7227> for thee.


btext:
And he arose<WH6965>, and did eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354>, and went<WH3212> in the strength<WH3581> of that meat<WH396> forty<WH705> days<WH3117> and forty<WH705> nights<WH3915> unto Horeb<WH2722> the mount<WH2022> of God<WH430>.


btext:
And he came<WH935> thither unto a cave<WH4631>, and lodged<WH3885> there; and, behold, the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> came to him, and he said<WH559> unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah<WH452>?


btext:
And he said<WH559>, I have been very<WH7065> jealous<WH7065> for the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of hosts<WH6635>: for the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> have forsaken<WH5800> thy covenant<WH1285>, thrown down<WH2040> thine altars<WH4196>, and slain<WH2026> thy prophets<WH5030> with the sword<WH2719>; and I, even I only, am left<WH3498>; and they seek<WH1245> my life<WH5315>, to take it away<WH3947>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Go forth<WH3318>, and stand<WH5975> upon the mount<WH2022> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>. And, behold, the LORD<WH3068> passed by<WH5674>, and a great<WH1419> and strong<WH2389> wind<WH7307> rent<WH6561> the mountains<WH2022>, and brake in pieces<WH7665> the rocks<WH5553> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>; but the LORD<WH3068> was not in the wind<WH7307>: and after<WH310> the wind<WH7307> an earthquake<WH7494>; but the LORD<WH3068> was not in the earthquake<WH7494>:


btext:
And after<WH310> the earthquake<WH7494> a fire<WH784>; but the LORD<WH3068> was not in the fire<WH784>: and after<WH310> the fire<WH784> a still<WH1827> small<WH1851> voice<WH6963>.


btext:
And it was so, when Elijah<WH452> heard<WH8085> it, that he wrapped<WH3874> his face<WH6440> in his mantle<WH155>, and went out<WH3318>, and stood<WH5975> in the entering in<WH6607> of the cave<WH4631>. And, behold, there came a voice<WH6963> unto him, and said<WH559>, What doest thou here, Elijah<WH452>?


btext:
And he said<WH559>, I have been very<WH7065> jealous<WH7065> for the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of hosts<WH6635>: because the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> have forsaken<WH5800> thy covenant<WH1285>, thrown down<WH2040> thine altars<WH4196>, and slain<WH2026> thy prophets<WH5030> with the sword<WH2719>; and I, even I only, am left<WH3498>; and they seek<WH1245> my life<WH5315>, to take it away<WH3947>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto him, Go<WH3212>, return<WH7725> on thy way<WH1870> to the wilderness<WH4057> of Damascus<WH1834>: and when thou comest<WH935>, anoint<WH4886> Hazael<WH2371> to be king<WH4428> over Syria<WH758>:


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> the son<WH1121> of Nimshi<WH5250> shalt thou anoint<WH4886> to be king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>: and Elisha<WH477> the son<WH1121> of Shaphat<WH8202> of Abelmeholah<WH65> shalt thou anoint<WH4886> to be prophet<WH5030> in thy room. / Elisha: Gr. Eliseus


btext:
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth<WH4422> the sword<WH2719> of Hazael<WH2371> shall Jehu<WH3058> slay<WH4191>: and him that escapeth<WH4422> from the sword<WH2719> of Jehu<WH3058> shall Elisha<WH477> slay<WH4191>.


btext:
Yet I have left<WH7604> me seven<WH7651> thousand<WH505> in Israel<WH3478>, all the knees<WH1290> which have not bowed<WH3766> unto Baal<WH1168>, and every mouth<WH6310> which hath not kissed<WH5401> him. / I have…: or, I will leave


btext:
So he departed<WH3212> thence, and found<WH4672> Elisha<WH477> the son<WH1121> of Shaphat<WH8202>, who was plowing<WH2790> with twelve<WH8147><WH6240> yoke<WH6776> of oxen before<WH6440> him, and he with the twelfth<WH8147><WH6240>: and Elijah<WH452> passed<WH5674> by him, and cast<WH7993> his mantle<WH155> upon him.


btext:
And he left<WH5800> the oxen<WH1241>, and ran<WH7323> after<WH310> Elijah<WH452>, and said<WH559>, Let me, I pray thee, kiss<WH5401> my father<WH1> and my mother<WH517>, and then I will follow<WH3212><WH310> thee. And he said<WH559> unto him, Go back<WH3212> again<WH7725>: for what have I done<WH6213> to thee? / Go…: Heb. Go return


btext:
And he returned back<WH7725> from him<WH310>, and took<WH3947> a yoke<WH6776> of oxen<WH1241>, and slew<WH2076> them, and boiled<WH1310> their flesh<WH1320> with the instruments<WH3627> of the oxen<WH1241>, and gave<WH5414> unto the people<WH5971>, and they did eat<WH398>. Then he arose<WH6965>, and went<WH3212> after<WH310> Elijah<WH452>, and ministered<WH8334> unto him.


btext:
And Benhadad<WH1130> the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> gathered<WH6908> all his host<WH2428> together<WH6908>: and there were thirty<WH7970> and two<WH8147> kings<WH4428> with him, and horses<WH5483>, and chariots<WH7393>: and he went up<WH5927> and besieged<WH6696> Samaria<WH8111>, and warred<WH3898> against it.


btext:
And he sent<WH7971> messengers<WH4397> to Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> into the city<WH5892>, and said<WH559> unto him, Thus saith<WH559> Benhadad<WH1130>,


btext:
Thy silver<WH3701> and thy gold<WH2091> is mine; thy wives<WH802> also and thy children<WH1121>, even the goodliest<WH2896>, are mine.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, My lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>, according to thy saying<WH1697>, I am thine, and all that I have.


btext:
And the messengers<WH4397> came again<WH7725>, and said<WH559>, Thus speaketh<WH559> Benhadad<WH1130>, saying<WH559>, Although I have sent<WH7971> unto thee, saying<WH559>, Thou shalt deliver<WH5414> me thy silver<WH3701>, and thy gold<WH2091>, and thy wives<WH802>, and thy children<WH1121>;


btext:
Yet I will send<WH7971> my servants<WH5650> unto thee to morrow<WH4279> about this time<WH6256>, and they shall search<WH2664> thine house<WH1004>, and the houses<WH1004> of thy servants<WH5650>; and it shall be<WH1961>, that whatsoever is pleasant<WH4261> in thine eyes<WH5869>, they shall put<WH7760> it in their hand<WH3027>, and take it away<WH3947>. / pleasant: Heb. desirable


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> called<WH7121> all the elders<WH2205> of the land<WH776>, and said<WH559>, Mark<WH3045>, I pray you, and see<WH7200> how this man seeketh<WH1245> mischief<WH7451>: for he sent<WH7971> unto me for my wives<WH802>, and for my children<WH1121>, and for my silver<WH3701>, and for my gold<WH2091>; and I denied<WH4513> him not. / I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him


btext:
And all the elders<WH2205> and all the people<WH5971> said<WH559> unto him, Hearken<WH8085> not unto him, nor consent<WH14>.


btext:
Wherefore he said<WH559> unto the messengers<WH4397> of Benhadad<WH1130>, Tell<WH559> my lord<WH113> the king<WH4428>, All that thou didst send<WH7971> for to thy servant<WH5650> at the first<WH7223> I will do<WH6213>: but this thing<WH1697> I may<WH3201> not do<WH6213>. And the messengers<WH4397> departed<WH3212>, and brought<WH7725> him word<WH1697> again<WH7725>.


btext:
And Benhadad<WH1130> sent<WH7971> unto him, and said<WH559>, The gods<WH430> do so<WH6213> unto me, and more also<WH3254>, if the dust<WH6083> of Samaria<WH8111> shall suffice<WH5606> for handfuls<WH8168> for all the people<WH5971> that follow<WH7272> me. / follow…: Heb. are at my feet


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Tell<WH1696> him, Let not him that girdeth<WH2296> on his harness boast<WH1984> himself as he that putteth it off<WH6605>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard<WH8085> this message<WH1697>, as he was drinking<WH8354>, he and the kings<WH4428> in the pavilions<WH5521>, that he said<WH559> unto his servants<WH5650>, Set<WH7760> yourselves in array. And they set<WH7760> themselves in array against the city<WH5892>. / message: Heb. word / pavilions: or, tents / Set yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines


btext:
And, behold, there came<WH5066> a<WH259> prophet<WH5030> unto Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, saying<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Hast thou seen<WH7200> all this great<WH1419> multitude<WH1995>? behold, I will deliver<WH5414> it into thine hand<WH3027> this day<WH3117>; and thou shalt know<WH3045> that I am the LORD<WH3068>. / came: Heb. approached


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> said<WH559>, By whom? And he said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Even by the young men<WH5288> of the princes<WH8269> of the provinces<WH4082>. Then he said<WH559>, Who shall order<WH631> the battle<WH4421>? And he answered<WH559>, Thou. / young…: or, servants / order: Heb. bind, or, tie


btext:
Then he numbered<WH6485> the young men<WH5288> of the princes<WH8269> of the provinces<WH4082>, and they were two<WH8147> hundred<WH3967> and thirty<WH7970> two<WH8147>: and after<WH310> them he numbered<WH6485> all the people<WH5971>, even all the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>, being seven<WH7651> thousand<WH505>.


btext:
And they went out<WH3318> at noon<WH6672>. But Benhadad<WH1130> was drinking<WH8354> himself drunk<WH7910> in the pavilions<WH5521>, he and the kings<WH4428>, the thirty<WH7970> and two<WH8147> kings<WH4428> that helped<WH5826> him.


btext:
And the young men<WH5288> of the princes<WH8269> of the provinces<WH4082> went out<WH3318> first<WH7223>; and Benhadad<WH1130> sent out<WH7971>, and they told<WH5046> him, saying<WH559>, There are men<WH582> come out<WH3318> of Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Whether they be come out<WH3318> for peace<WH7965>, take<WH8610> them alive<WH2416>; or whether they be come out<WH3318> for war<WH4421>, take<WH8610> them alive<WH2416>.


btext:
So these young men<WH5288> of the princes<WH8269> of the provinces<WH4082> came out<WH3318> of the city<WH5892>, and the army<WH2428> which followed<WH310> them.


btext:
And they slew<WH5221> every one<WH376> his man<WH376>: and the Syrians<WH758> fled<WH5127>; and Israel<WH3478> pursued<WH7291> them: and Benhadad<WH1130> the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> escaped<WH4422> on an horse<WH5483> with the horsemen<WH6571>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> went out<WH3318>, and smote<WH5221> the horses<WH5483> and chariots<WH7393>, and slew<WH5221> the Syrians<WH758> with a great<WH1419> slaughter<WH4347>.


btext:
And the prophet<WH5030> came<WH5066> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, and said<WH559> unto him, Go<WH3212>, strengthen<WH2388> thyself, and mark<WH3045>, and see<WH7200> what thou doest<WH6213>: for at the return<WH8666> of the year<WH8141> the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> will come up<WH5927> against thee.


btext:
And the servants<WH5650> of the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> said<WH559> unto him, Their gods<WH430> are gods<WH430> of the hills<WH2022>; therefore they were stronger<WH2388> than we; but<WH199> let us fight<WH3898> against them in the plain<WH4334>, and surely<WH3808> we shall be stronger<WH2388> than they.


btext:
And do<WH6213> this thing<WH1697>, Take<WH5493> the kings<WH4428> away, every man<WH376> out of his place<WH4725>, and put<WH7760> captains<WH6346> in their rooms:


btext:
And number<WH4487> thee an army<WH2428>, like the army<WH2428> that thou hast lost<WH5307>, horse<WH5483> for horse<WH5483>, and chariot<WH7393> for chariot<WH7393>: and we will fight<WH3898> against<WH854> them in the plain<WH4334>, and surely we shall be stronger<WH2388> than they. And he hearkened<WH8085> unto their voice<WH6963>, and did so<WH6213>. / that thou…: Heb. that was fallen


btext:
And it came to pass at the return<WH8666> of the year<WH8141>, that Benhadad<WH1130> numbered<WH6485> the Syrians<WH758>, and went up<WH5927> to Aphek<WH663>, to fight<WH4421> against Israel<WH3478>. / to fight…: Heb. to the war with Israel


btext:
And the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> were numbered<WH6485>, and were all present<WH3557>, and went<WH3212> against<WH7125> them: and the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> pitched<WH2583> before them like two<WH8147> little flocks<WH2835> of kids<WH5795>; but the Syrians<WH758> filled<WH4390> the country<WH776>. / were all…: or, were nourished


btext:
And there came<WH5066> a man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and spake<WH559> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, and said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Because the Syrians<WH758> have said<WH559>, The LORD<WH3068> is God<WH430> of the hills<WH2022>, but he is not God<WH430> of the valleys<WH6010>, therefore will I deliver<WH5414> all this great<WH1419> multitude<WH1995> into thine hand<WH3027>, and ye shall know<WH3045> that I am the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And they pitched<WH2583> one<WH428> over against<WH5227> the other<WH428> seven<WH7651> days<WH3117>. And so it was, that in the seventh<WH7637> day<WH3117> the battle<WH4421> was joined<WH7126>: and the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> slew<WH5221> of the Syrians<WH758> an hundred<WH3967> thousand<WH505> footmen<WH7273> in one<WH259> day<WH3117>.


btext:
But the rest<WH3498> fled<WH5127> to Aphek<WH663>, into the city<WH5892>; and there a wall<WH2346> fell<WH5307> upon twenty<WH6242> and seven<WH7651> thousand<WH505> of the men<WH376> that were left<WH3498>. And Benhadad<WH1130> fled<WH5127>, and came<WH935> into the city<WH5892>, into an inner<WH2315> chamber<WH2315>. / into an…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber


btext:
And his servants<WH5650> said<WH559> unto him, Behold now, we have heard<WH8085> that the kings<WH4428> of the house<WH1004> of Israel<WH3478> are merciful<WH2617> kings<WH4428>: let us, I pray thee, put<WH7760> sackcloth<WH8242> on our loins<WH4975>, and ropes<WH2256> upon our heads<WH7218>, and go out<WH3318> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>: peradventure he will save<WH2421> thy life<WH5315>.


btext:
So they girded<WH2296> sackcloth<WH8242> on their loins<WH4975>, and put ropes<WH2256> on their heads<WH7218>, and came<WH935> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, and said<WH559>, Thy servant<WH5650> Benhadad<WH1130> saith<WH559>, I pray thee, let me live<WH2421><WH5315>. And he said<WH559>, Is he yet alive<WH2416>? he is my brother<WH251>.


btext:
Now the men<WH582> did diligently observe<WH5172> whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily<WH4116> catch<WH2480> it: and they said<WH559>, Thy brother<WH251> Benhadad<WH1130>. Then he said<WH559>, Go<WH935> ye, bring<WH3947> him. Then Benhadad<WH1130> came forth<WH3318> to him; and he caused him to come up<WH5927> into the chariot<WH4818>.


btext:
And Benhadad said<WH559> unto him, The cities<WH5892>, which my father<WH1> took<WH3947> from thy father<WH1>, I will restore<WH7725>; and thou shalt make<WH7760> streets<WH2351> for thee in Damascus<WH1834>, as my father<WH1> made<WH7760> in Samaria<WH8111>. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away<WH7971> with this covenant<WH1285>. So he made<WH3772> a covenant<WH1285> with him, and sent him away<WH7971>.


btext:
And a certain<WH259> man<WH376> of the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> said<WH559> unto his neighbour<WH7453> in the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, Smite<WH5221> me, I pray thee. And the man<WH376> refused<WH3985> to smite<WH5221> him.


btext:
Then said<WH559> he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed<WH8085> the voice<WH6963> of the LORD<WH3068>, behold, as soon as thou art departed<WH1980> from me, a lion<WH738> shall slay<WH5221> thee. And as soon as he was departed<WH3212> from him<WH681>, a lion<WH738> found<WH4672> him, and slew<WH5221> him.


btext:
Then he found<WH4672> another<WH312> man<WH376>, and said<WH559>, Smite<WH5221> me, I pray thee. And the man<WH376> smote<WH5221> him, so that in smiting<WH5221> he wounded<WH6481> him. / so that…: Heb. smiting and wounding


btext:
So the prophet<WH5030> departed<WH3212>, and waited<WH5975> for the king<WH4428> by the way<WH1870>, and disguised<WH2664> himself with ashes<WH666> upon his face<WH5869>.


btext:
And as the king<WH4428> passed by<WH5674>, he cried<WH6817> unto the king<WH4428>: and he said<WH559>, Thy servant<WH5650> went out<WH3318> into the midst<WH7130> of the battle<WH4421>; and, behold, a man<WH376> turned aside<WH5493>, and brought<WH935> a man<WH376> unto me, and said<WH559>, Keep<WH8104> this man<WH376>: if by any means<WH6485> he be missing<WH6485>, then shall thy life<WH5315> be for his life<WH5315>, or else thou shalt pay<WH8254> a talent<WH3603> of silver<WH3701>. / pay: Heb. weigh


btext:
And as thy servant<WH5650> was busy<WH6213> here and there, he was gone<WH369>. And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto him, So shall thy judgment<WH4941> be; thyself hast decided<WH2782> it. / he was…: Heb. he was not


btext:
And he hasted<WH4116>, and took the ashes<WH666> away<WH5493> from his face<WH5869>; and the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> discerned<WH5234> him that he was of the prophets<WH5030>.


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto him, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Because thou hast let go<WH7971> out of thy hand<WH3027> a man<WH376> whom I appointed to utter destruction<WH2764>, therefore thy life<WH5315> shall go for his life<WH5315>, and thy people<WH5971> for his people<WH5971>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> went<WH3212> to his house<WH1004> heavy<WH5620> and displeased<WH2198>, and came<WH935> to Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And it came to pass after<WH310> these things<WH1697>, that Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158> had a vineyard<WH3754>, which was in Jezreel<WH3157>, hard by<WH681> the palace<WH1964> of Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> spake<WH1696> unto Naboth<WH5022>, saying<WH559>, Give<WH5414> me thy vineyard<WH3754>, that I may have it for a garden<WH1588> of herbs<WH3419>, because it is near<WH7138> unto<WH681> my house<WH1004>: and I will give<WH5414> thee for it a better<WH2896> vineyard<WH3754> than it; or, if it seem good<WH2896> to thee<WH5869>, I will give<WH5414> thee the worth<WH4242> of it in money<WH3701>. / seem…: Heb. be good in thine eyes


btext:
And Naboth<WH5022> said<WH559> to Ahab<WH256>, The LORD<WH3068> forbid<WH2486> it me, that I should give<WH5414> the inheritance<WH5159> of my fathers<WH1> unto thee.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> came<WH935> into his house<WH1004> heavy<WH5620> and displeased<WH2198> because of the word<WH1697> which Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158> had spoken<WH1696> to him: for he had said<WH559>, I will not give<WH5414> thee the inheritance<WH5159> of my fathers<WH1>. And he laid him down<WH7901> upon his bed<WH4296>, and turned away<WH5437> his face<WH6440>, and would eat<WH398> no bread<WH3899>.


btext:
But Jezebel<WH348> his wife<WH802> came<WH935> to him, and said<WH1696> unto him, Why is thy spirit<WH7307> so sad<WH5620>, that thou eatest<WH398> no bread<WH3899>?


btext:
And he said<WH1696> unto her, Because I spake<WH1696> unto Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158>, and said<WH559> unto him, Give<WH5414> me thy vineyard<WH3754> for money<WH3701>; or else, if it please<WH2655> thee, I will give<WH5414> thee another vineyard<WH3754> for it: and he answered<WH559>, I will not give<WH5414> thee my vineyard<WH3754>.


btext:
And Jezebel<WH348> his wife<WH802> said<WH559> unto him, Dost thou now govern<WH6213> the kingdom<WH4410> of Israel<WH3478>? arise<WH6965>, and eat<WH398> bread<WH3899>, and let thine heart<WH3820> be merry<WH3190>: I will give<WH5414> thee the vineyard<WH3754> of Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158>.


btext:
So she wrote<WH3789> letters<WH5612> in Ahab's<WH256> name<WH8034>, and sealed<WH2856> them with his seal<WH2368>, and sent<WH7971> the letters<WH5612> unto the elders<WH2205> and to the nobles<WH2715> that were in his city<WH5892>, dwelling<WH3427> with Naboth<WH5022>.


btext:
And she wrote<WH3789> in the letters<WH5612>, saying<WH559>, Proclaim<WH7121> a fast<WH6685>, and set<WH3427> Naboth<WH5022> on high<WH7218> among the people<WH5971>: / on high…: Heb. in the top of the people


btext:
And set<WH3427> two<WH8147> men<WH582>, sons<WH1121> of Belial<WH1100>, before him, to bear witness<WH5749> against him, saying<WH559>, Thou didst blaspheme<WH1288> God<WH430> and the king<WH4428>. And then carry him out<WH3318>, and stone<WH5619> him, that he may die<WH4191>.


btext:
And the men<WH582> of his city<WH5892>, even the elders<WH2205> and the nobles<WH2715> who were the inhabitants<WH3427> in his city<WH5892>, did<WH6213> as Jezebel<WH348> had sent<WH7971> unto them, and as it was written<WH3789> in the letters<WH5612> which she had sent<WH7971> unto them.


btext:
They proclaimed<WH7121> a fast<WH6685>, and set<WH3427> Naboth<WH5022> on high<WH7218> among the people<WH5971>.


btext:
And there came<WH935> in two<WH8147> men<WH582>, children<WH1121> of Belial<WH1100>, and sat<WH3427> before him: and the men<WH582> of Belial<WH1100> witnessed<WH5749> against him, even against Naboth<WH5022>, in the presence of the people<WH5971>, saying<WH559>, Naboth<WH5022> did blaspheme<WH1288> God<WH430> and the king<WH4428>. Then they carried him forth<WH3318> out<WH2351> of the city<WH5892>, and stoned<WH5619> him with stones<WH68>, that he died<WH4191>.


btext:
Then they sent<WH7971> to Jezebel<WH348>, saying<WH559>, Naboth<WH5022> is stoned<WH5619>, and is dead<WH4191>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Jezebel<WH348> heard<WH8085> that Naboth<WH5022> was stoned<WH5619>, and was dead<WH4191>, that Jezebel<WH348> said<WH559> to Ahab<WH256>, Arise<WH6965>, take possession<WH3423> of the vineyard<WH3754> of Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158>, which he refused<WH3985> to give<WH5414> thee for money<WH3701>: for Naboth<WH5022> is not alive<WH2416>, but dead<WH4191>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Ahab<WH256> heard<WH8085> that Naboth<WH5022> was dead<WH4191>, that Ahab<WH256> rose up<WH6965> to go down<WH3381> to the vineyard<WH3754> of Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158>, to take possession<WH3423> of it.


btext:
Arise<WH6965>, go down<WH3381> to meet<WH7125> Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, which is in Samaria<WH8111>: behold, he is in the vineyard<WH3754> of Naboth<WH5022>, whither he is gone down<WH3381> to possess<WH3423> it.


btext:
And thou shalt speak<WH1696> unto him, saying<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Hast thou killed<WH7523>, and also taken possession<WH3423>? And thou shalt speak<WH1696> unto him, saying<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, In the place<WH4725> where dogs<WH3611> licked<WH3952> the blood<WH1818> of Naboth<WH5022> shall dogs<WH3611> lick<WH3952> thy blood<WH1818>, even thine.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> said<WH559> to Elijah<WH452>, Hast thou found<WH4672> me, O mine enemy<WH341>? And he answered<WH559>, I have found<WH4672> thee: because thou hast sold<WH4376> thyself to work<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Behold, I will bring<WH935> evil<WH7451> upon thee, and will take away<WH1197> thy posterity<WH310>, and will cut off<WH3772> from Ahab<WH256> him that pisseth<WH8366> against the wall<WH7023>, and him that is shut up<WH6113> and left<WH5800> in Israel<WH3478>,


btext:
And will make<WH5414> thine house<WH1004> like the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, and like the house<WH1004> of Baasha<WH1201> the son<WH1121> of Ahijah<WH281>, for the provocation<WH3708> wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger<WH3707>, and made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
And of Jezebel<WH348> also spake<WH1696> the LORD<WH3068>, saying<WH559>, The dogs<WH3611> shall eat<WH398> Jezebel<WH348> by the wall<WH2426> of Jezreel<WH3157>. / wall: or, ditch


btext:
Him that dieth<WH4191> of Ahab<WH256> in the city<WH5892> the dogs<WH3611> shall eat<WH398>; and him that dieth<WH4191> in the field<WH7704> shall the fowls<WH5775> of the air<WH8064> eat<WH398>.


btext:
But there was none like unto Ahab<WH256>, which did sell<WH4376> himself to work<WH6213> wickedness<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, whom Jezebel<WH348> his wife<WH802> stirred up<WH5496>. / stirred…: or, incited


btext:
And he did very<WH3966> abominably<WH8581> in following<WH3212><WH310> idols<WH1544>, according to all things as did<WH6213> the Amorites<WH567>, whom the LORD<WH3068> cast out<WH3423> before<WH6440> the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when Ahab<WH256> heard<WH8085> those words<WH1697>, that he rent<WH7167> his clothes<WH899>, and put<WH7760> sackcloth<WH8242> upon his flesh<WH1320>, and fasted<WH6684>, and lay<WH7901> in sackcloth<WH8242>, and went<WH1980> softly<WH328>.


btext:
Seest<WH7200> thou how Ahab<WH256> humbleth<WH3665> himself before<WH6440> me? because<WH3282> he humbleth<WH3665> himself before<WH6440> me, I will not bring<WH935> the evil<WH7451> in his days<WH3117>: but in his son's<WH1121> days<WH3117> will I bring<WH935> the evil<WH7451> upon his house<WH1004>.


btext:
And they continued<WH3427> three<WH7969> years<WH8141> without war<WH4421> between Syria<WH758> and Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it came to pass in the third<WH7992> year<WH8141>, that Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> came down<WH3381> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto his servants<WH5650>, Know<WH3045> ye that Ramoth<WH7433> in Gilead<WH1568> is ours, and we be still<WH2814>, and take<WH3947> it not out of the hand<WH3027> of the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>? / still…: Heb. silent from taking it


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, Wilt thou go<WH3212> with me to battle<WH4421> to Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>? And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> said<WH559> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, I am as thou<WH3644> art, my people<WH5971> as thy people<WH5971>, my horses<WH5483> as thy horses<WH5483>.


btext:
And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, Enquire<WH1875>, I pray thee, at the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> to day<WH3117>.


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> gathered<WH6908> the prophets<WH5030> together<WH6908>, about four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> men<WH376>, and said<WH559> unto them, Shall I go<WH3212> against Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568> to battle<WH4421>, or shall I forbear<WH2308>? And they said<WH559>, Go up<WH5927>; for the Lord<WH136> shall deliver<WH5414> it into the hand<WH3027> of the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> said<WH559>, Is there not here a prophet<WH5030> of the LORD<WH3068> besides<WH5750>, that we might enquire<WH1875> of him?


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, There is yet one<WH259> man<WH376>, Micaiah<WH4321> the son<WH1121> of Imlah<WH3229>, by whom we may enquire<WH1875> of the LORD<WH3068>: but I hate<WH8130> him; for he doth not prophesy<WH5012> good<WH2896> concerning me, but evil<WH7451>. And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> said<WH559>, Let not the king<WH4428> say<WH559> so.


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> called<WH7121> an<WH259> officer<WH5631>, and said<WH559>, Hasten<WH4116> hither Micaiah<WH4321> the son<WH1121> of Imlah<WH3229>. / officer: or, eunuch


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> and Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> sat<WH3427> each<WH376> on his throne<WH3678>, having put on<WH3847> their robes<WH899>, in a void place<WH1637> in the entrance<WH6607> of the gate<WH8179> of Samaria<WH8111>; and all the prophets<WH5030> prophesied<WH5012> before<WH6440> them. / void…: Heb. floor


btext:
And Zedekiah<WH6667> the son<WH1121> of Chenaanah<WH3668> made<WH6213> him horns<WH7161> of iron<WH1270>: and he said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, With these shalt thou push<WH5055> the Syrians<WH758>, until thou have consumed<WH3615> them.


btext:
And all the prophets<WH5030> prophesied<WH5012> so, saying<WH559>, Go up<WH5927> to Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>, and prosper<WH6743>: for the LORD<WH3068> shall deliver<WH5414> it into the king's<WH4428> hand<WH3027>.


btext:
And the messenger<WH4397> that was gone<WH1980> to call<WH7121> Micaiah<WH4321> spake<WH1696> unto him, saying<WH559>, Behold now, the words<WH1697> of the prophets<WH5030> declare good<WH2896> unto the king<WH4428> with one<WH259> mouth<WH6310>: let thy word<WH1697>, I pray thee, be like the word<WH1697> of one<WH259> of them, and speak<WH1696> that which is good<WH2896>.


btext:
And Micaiah<WH4321> said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, what the LORD<WH3068> saith<WH559> unto me, that will I speak<WH1696>.


btext:
So he came<WH935> to the king<WH4428>. And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto him, Micaiah<WH4321>, shall we go<WH3212> against Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568> to battle<WH4421>, or shall we forbear<WH2308>? And he answered<WH559> him, Go<WH5927>, and prosper<WH6743>: for the LORD<WH3068> shall deliver<WH5414> it into the hand<WH3027> of the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto him, How many times<WH6471> shall I adjure<WH7650> thee that thou tell<WH1696> me nothing but that which is true<WH571> in the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068>?


btext:
And he said<WH559>, I saw<WH7200> all Israel<WH3478> scattered<WH6327> upon the hills<WH2022>, as sheep<WH6629> that have not a shepherd<WH7462>: and the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559>, These have no master<WH113>: let them return<WH7725> every man<WH376> to his house<WH1004> in peace<WH7965>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, Did I not tell<WH559> thee that he would prophesy<WH5012> no good<WH2896> concerning me, but evil<WH7451>?


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Hear<WH8085> thou therefore the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>: I saw<WH7200> the LORD<WH3068> sitting<WH3427> on his throne<WH3678>, and all the host<WH6635> of heaven<WH8064> standing<WH5975> by him on his right hand<WH3225> and on his left<WH8040>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559>, Who shall persuade<WH6601> Ahab<WH256>, that he may go up<WH5927> and fall<WH5307> at Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>? And one said<WH559> on this manner<WH3541>, and another said<WH559> on that manner<WH3541>. / persuade: or, deceive


btext:
And there came forth<WH3318> a spirit<WH7307>, and stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> the LORD<WH3068>, and said<WH559>, I will persuade<WH6601> him.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto him, Wherewith? And he said<WH559>, I will go forth<WH3318>, and I will be a lying<WH8267> spirit<WH7307> in the mouth<WH6310> of all his prophets<WH5030>. And he said<WH559>, Thou shalt persuade<WH6601> him, and prevail<WH3201> also: go forth<WH3318>, and do<WH6213> so.


btext:
Now therefore, behold, the LORD<WH3068> hath put<WH5414> a lying<WH8267> spirit<WH7307> in the mouth<WH6310> of all these thy prophets<WH5030>, and the LORD<WH3068> hath spoken<WH1696> evil<WH7451> concerning thee.


btext:
But Zedekiah<WH6667> the son<WH1121> of Chenaanah<WH3668> went near<WH5066>, and smote<WH5221> Micaiah<WH4321> on the cheek<WH3895>, and said<WH559>, Which way<WH335> went<WH5674> the Spirit<WH7307> of the LORD<WH3068> from me to speak<WH1696> unto thee?


btext:
And Micaiah<WH4321> said<WH559>, Behold, thou shalt see<WH7200> in that day<WH3117>, when thou shalt go<WH935> into an inner<WH2315> chamber<WH2315> to hide<WH2247> thyself. / into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559>, Take<WH3947> Micaiah<WH4321>, and carry him back<WH7725> unto Amon<WH526> the governor<WH8269> of the city<WH5892>, and to Joash<WH3101> the king's<WH4428> son<WH1121>;


btext:
And say<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the king<WH4428>, Put<WH7760> this fellow in the prison<WH1004><WH3608>, and feed<WH398> him with bread<WH3899> of affliction<WH3906> and with water<WH4325> of affliction<WH3906>, until I come<WH935> in peace<WH7965>.


btext:
And Micaiah<WH4321> said<WH559>, If thou return<WH7725> at all<WH7725> in peace<WH7965>, the LORD<WH3068> hath not spoken<WH1696> by me. And he said<WH559>, Hearken<WH8085>, O people<WH5971>, every one of you.


btext:
So the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> and Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> went up<WH5927> to Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, I will disguise<WH2664> myself, and enter<WH935> into the battle<WH4421>; but put thou on<WH3847> thy robes<WH899>. And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> disguised<WH2664> himself, and went<WH935> into the battle<WH4421>. / I will…: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle


btext:
But the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> commanded<WH6680> his thirty<WH7970> and two<WH8147> captains<WH8269> that had rule over his chariots<WH7393>, saying<WH559>, Fight<WH3898> neither with small<WH6996> nor great<WH1419>, save only with the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when the captains<WH8269> of the chariots<WH7393> saw<WH7200> Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, that they said<WH559>, Surely it is the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>. And they turned aside<WH5493> to fight<WH3898> against him: and Jehoshaphat<WH3092> cried out<WH2199>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when the captains<WH8269> of the chariots<WH7393> perceived<WH7200> that it was not the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, that they turned back<WH7725> from pursuing<WH310> him.


btext:
And a certain man<WH376> drew<WH4900> a bow<WH7198> at a venture<WH8537>, and smote<WH5221> the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> between the joints<WH1694> of the harness<WH8302>: wherefore he said<WH559> unto the driver of his chariot<WH7395>, Turn<WH2015> thine hand<WH3027>, and carry me out<WH3318> of the host<WH4264>; for I am wounded<WH2470>. / at a…: Heb. in his simplicity / joints…: Heb. joints and the breastplate / wounded: Heb. made sick


btext:
And the battle<WH4421> increased<WH5927> that day<WH3117>: and the king<WH4428> was stayed up<WH5975> in his chariot<WH4818> against<WH5227> the Syrians<WH758>, and died<WH4191> at even<WH6153>: and the blood<WH1818> ran out<WH3332> of the wound<WH4347> into the midst<WH2436> of the chariot<WH7393>. / increased: Heb. ascended / midst: Heb. bosom


btext:
And there went<WH5674> a proclamation<WH7440> throughout the host<WH4264> about the going down<WH935> of the sun<WH8121>, saying<WH559>, Every man<WH376> to his city<WH5892>, and every man<WH376> to his own country<WH776>.


btext:
So the king<WH4428> died<WH4191>, and was brought<WH935> to Samaria<WH8111>; and they buried<WH6912> the king<WH4428> in Samaria<WH8111>. / was brought: Heb. came


btext:
And one washed<WH7857> the chariot<WH7393> in the pool<WH1295> of Samaria<WH8111>; and the dogs<WH3611> licked up<WH3952> his blood<WH1818>; and they washed<WH7364> his armour<WH2185>; according unto the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> which he spake<WH1696>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Ahab<WH256>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and the ivory<WH8127> house<WH1004> which he made<WH1129>, and all the cities<WH5892> that he built<WH1129>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
So Ahab<WH256> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>; and Ahaziah<WH274> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the son<WH1121> of Asa<WH609> began to reign<WH4427> over Judah<WH3063> in the fourth<WH702> year<WH8141> of Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
Jehoshaphat<WH3092> was thirty<WH7970> and five<WH2568> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> when he began to reign<WH4427>; and he reigned<WH4427> twenty<WH6242> and five<WH2568> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Azubah<WH5806> the daughter<WH1323> of Shilhi<WH7977>.


btext:
And he walked<WH3212> in all the ways<WH1870> of Asa<WH609> his father<WH1>; he turned not aside<WH5493> from it, doing<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the eyes<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>: nevertheless the high places<WH1116> were not taken away<WH5493>; for the people<WH5971> offered<WH2076> and burnt incense<WH6999> yet in the high places<WH1116>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, and his might<WH1369> that he shewed<WH6213>, and how he warred<WH3898>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
And the remnant<WH3499> of the sodomites<WH6945>, which remained<WH7604> in the days<WH3117> of his father<WH1> Asa<WH609>, he took<WH1197> out of the land<WH776>.


btext:
Jehoshaphat<WH3092> made<WH6213><WH6240> ships<WH591> of Tharshish<WH8659> to go<WH3212> to Ophir<WH211> for gold<WH2091>: but they went<WH1980> not; for the ships<WH591> were broken<WH7665> at Eziongeber<WH6100>. / made…: or, had ten ships


btext:
Then said<WH559> Ahaziah<WH274> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> unto Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, Let my servants<WH5650> go<WH3212> with thy servants<WH5650> in the ships<WH591>. But Jehoshaphat<WH3092> would<WH14> not.


btext:
And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>: and Jehoram<WH3088> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
Ahaziah<WH274> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> began to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111> the seventeenth<WH7651><WH6240> year<WH8141> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and reigned<WH4427> two years<WH8141> over Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and walked<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of his father<WH1>, and in the way<WH1870> of his mother<WH517>, and in the way<WH1870> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>:


btext:
For he served<WH5647> Baal<WH1168>, and worshipped<WH7812> him, and provoked to anger<WH3707> the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, according to all that his father<WH1> had done<WH6213>.


btext:
Then Moab<WH4124> rebelled<WH6586> against Israel<WH3478> after<WH310> the death<WH4194> of Ahab<WH256>.


btext:
And Ahaziah<WH274> fell down<WH5307> through a lattice<WH7639> in his upper chamber<WH5944> that was in Samaria<WH8111>, and was sick<WH2470>: and he sent<WH7971> messengers<WH4397>, and said<WH559> unto them, Go<WH3212>, enquire<WH1875> of Baalzebub<WH1176> the god<WH430> of Ekron<WH6138> whether I shall recover<WH2421> of this disease<WH2483>.


btext:
But the angel<WH4397> of the LORD<WH3068> said<WH1696> to Elijah<WH452> the Tishbite<WH8664>, Arise<WH6965>, go up<WH5927> to meet<WH7125> the messengers<WH4397> of the king<WH4428> of Samaria<WH8111>, and say<WH1696> unto them, Is it not because there is not a God<WH430> in Israel<WH3478>, that ye go<WH1980> to enquire<WH1875> of Baalzebub<WH1176> the god<WH430> of Ekron<WH6138>?


btext:
Now therefore thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Thou shalt not come down<WH3381> from that bed<WH4296> on which thou art gone up<WH5927>, but shalt surely<WH4191> die<WH4191>. And Elijah<WH452> departed<WH3212>. / Thou shalt…: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it


btext:
And when the messengers<WH4397> turned back<WH7725> unto him, he said<WH559> unto them, Why are ye now<WH2088> turned back<WH7725>?


btext:
And they said<WH559> unto him, There came<WH5927> a man<WH376> up<WH5927> to meet<WH7125> us, and said<WH559> unto us, Go<WH3212>, turn again<WH7725> unto the king<WH4428> that sent<WH7971> you, and say<WH1696> unto him, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Is it not because there is not a God<WH430> in Israel<WH3478>, that thou sendest<WH7971> to enquire<WH1875> of Baalzebub<WH1176> the god<WH430> of Ekron<WH6138>? therefore thou shalt not come down<WH3381> from that bed<WH4296> on which thou art gone up<WH5927>, but shalt surely<WH4191> die<WH4191>.


btext:
And he said<WH1696> unto them, What manner<WH4941> of man<WH376> was he which came up<WH5927> to meet<WH7125> you, and told<WH1696> you these words<WH1697>? / What…: Heb. What was the manner of the man


btext:
And they answered<WH559> him, He was an hairy<WH8181> man<WH1167><WH376>, and girt<WH247> with a girdle<WH232> of leather<WH5785> about his loins<WH4975>. And he said<WH559>, It is Elijah<WH452> the Tishbite<WH8664>.


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> sent<WH7971> unto him a captain<WH8269> of fifty<WH2572> with his fifty<WH2572>. And he went up<WH5927> to him: and, behold, he sat<WH3427> on the top<WH7218> of an hill<WH2022>. And he spake<WH1696> unto him, Thou man<WH376> of God<WH430>, the king<WH4428> hath said<WH1696>, Come down<WH3381>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> answered<WH6030> and said<WH1696> to the captain<WH8269> of fifty<WH2572>, If I be a man<WH376> of God<WH430>, then let fire<WH784> come down<WH3381> from heaven<WH8064>, and consume<WH398> thee and thy fifty<WH2572>. And there came down<WH3381> fire<WH784> from heaven<WH8064>, and consumed<WH398> him and his fifty<WH2572>.


btext:
Again<WH7725> also he sent<WH7971> unto him another<WH312> captain<WH8269> of fifty<WH2572> with his fifty<WH2572>. And he answered<WH6030> and said<WH1696> unto him, O man<WH376> of God<WH430>, thus hath the king<WH4428> said<WH559>, Come down<WH3381> quickly<WH4120>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> answered<WH6030> and said<WH1696> unto them, If I be a man<WH376> of God<WH430>, let fire<WH784> come down<WH3381> from heaven<WH8064>, and consume<WH398> thee and thy fifty<WH2572>. And the fire<WH784> of God<WH430> came down<WH3381> from heaven<WH8064>, and consumed<WH398> him and his fifty<WH2572>.


btext:
And he sent<WH7971> again<WH7725> a captain<WH8269> of the third<WH7992> fifty<WH2572> with his fifty<WH2572>. And the third<WH7992> captain<WH8269> of fifty<WH2572> went up<WH5927>, and came<WH935> and fell<WH3766> on his knees<WH1290> before<WH5048> Elijah<WH452>, and besought<WH2603> him, and said<WH1696> unto him, O man<WH376> of God<WH430>, I pray thee, let my life<WH5315>, and the life<WH5315> of these fifty<WH2572> thy servants<WH5650>, be precious<WH3365> in thy sight<WH5869>. / fell: Heb. bowed


btext:
Behold, there came<WH3381> fire<WH784> down<WH3381> from heaven<WH8064>, and burnt up<WH398> the two<WH8147> captains<WH8269> of the former<WH7223> fifties<WH2572> with their fifties<WH2572>: therefore let my life<WH5315> now be precious<WH3365> in thy sight<WH5869>.


btext:
And the angel<WH4397> of the LORD<WH3068> said<WH1696> unto Elijah<WH452>, Go down<WH3381> with him: be not afraid<WH3372> of him<WH6440>. And he arose<WH6965>, and went down<WH3381> with him unto the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And he said<WH1696> unto him, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Forasmuch as thou hast sent<WH7971> messengers<WH4397> to enquire<WH1875> of Baalzebub<WH1176> the god<WH430> of Ekron<WH6138>, is it not because there is no God<WH430> in Israel<WH3478> to enquire<WH1875> of his word<WH1697>? therefore thou shalt not come down<WH3381> off that bed<WH4296> on which thou art gone up<WH5927>, but shalt surely<WH4191> die<WH4191>.


btext:
So he died<WH4191> according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> which Elijah<WH452> had spoken<WH1696>. And Jehoram<WH3088> reigned<WH4427> in his stead in the second<WH8147> year<WH8141> of Jehoram<WH3088> the son<WH1121> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>; because he had no son<WH1121>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Ahaziah<WH274> which he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And it came to pass, when the LORD<WH3068> would take up<WH5927> Elijah<WH452> into heaven<WH8064> by a whirlwind<WH5591>, that Elijah<WH452> went<WH3212> with Elisha<WH477> from Gilgal<WH1537>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto Elisha<WH477>, Tarry<WH3427> here, I pray thee; for the LORD<WH3068> hath sent<WH7971> me to Bethel<WH1008>. And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto him, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, and as thy soul<WH5315> liveth<WH2416>, I will not leave<WH5800> thee. So they went down<WH3381> to Bethel<WH1008>.


btext:
And the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> that were at Bethel<WH1008> came forth<WH3318> to Elisha<WH477>, and said<WH559> unto him, Knowest<WH3045> thou that the LORD<WH3068> will take away<WH3947> thy master<WH113> from thy head<WH7218> to day<WH3117>? And he said<WH559>, Yea, I know<WH3045> it; hold ye your peace<WH2814>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto him, Elisha<WH477>, tarry<WH3427> here, I pray thee; for the LORD<WH3068> hath sent<WH7971> me to Jericho<WH3405>. And he said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, and as thy soul<WH5315> liveth<WH2416>, I will not leave<WH5800> thee. So they came<WH935> to Jericho<WH3405>.


btext:
And the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> that were at Jericho<WH3405> came<WH5066> to Elisha<WH477>, and said<WH559> unto him, Knowest<WH3045> thou that the LORD<WH3068> will take away<WH3947> thy master<WH113> from thy head<WH7218> to day<WH3117>? And he answered<WH559>, Yea, I know<WH3045> it; hold ye your peace<WH2814>.


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto him, Tarry<WH3427>, I pray thee, here; for the LORD<WH3068> hath sent<WH7971> me to Jordan<WH3383>. And he said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, and as thy soul<WH5315> liveth<WH2416>, I will not leave<WH5800> thee. And they two<WH8147> went on<WH3212>.


btext:
And fifty<WH2572> men<WH376> of the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> went<WH1980>, and stood<WH5975> to view<WH5048> afar off<WH7350>: and they two<WH8147> stood<WH5975> by Jordan<WH3383>. / to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against


btext:
And Elijah<WH452> took<WH3947> his mantle<WH155>, and wrapped it together<WH1563>, and smote<WH5221> the waters<WH4325>, and they were divided<WH2673> hither and thither, so that they two<WH8147> went over<WH5674> on dry<WH2724> ground.


btext:
And it came to pass, when they were gone over<WH5674>, that Elijah<WH452> said<WH559> unto Elisha<WH477>, Ask<WH7592> what I shall do<WH6213> for thee, before I be taken away<WH3947> from thee. And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559>, I pray thee, let a double<WH8147> portion<WH6310> of thy spirit<WH7307> be upon me.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Thou hast asked<WH7592> a hard thing<WH7185>: nevertheless, if thou see<WH7200> me when I am taken<WH3947> from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. / Thou hast…: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking


btext:
And it came to pass, as they still<WH1980> went on<WH1980>, and talked<WH1696>, that, behold, there appeared a chariot<WH7393> of fire<WH784>, and horses<WH5483> of fire<WH784>, and parted<WH6504> them both<WH8147> asunder<WH996>; and Elijah<WH452> went up<WH5927> by a whirlwind<WH5591> into heaven<WH8064>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> saw<WH7200> it, and he cried<WH6817>, My father<WH1>, my father<WH1>, the chariot<WH7393> of Israel<WH3478>, and the horsemen<WH6571> thereof. And he saw<WH7200> him no more: and he took hold<WH2388> of his own clothes<WH899>, and rent<WH7167> them in two<WH8147> pieces<WH7168>.


btext:
He took up<WH7311> also the mantle<WH155> of Elijah<WH452> that fell<WH5307> from him, and went back<WH7725>, and stood<WH5975> by the bank<WH8193> of Jordan<WH3383>; / bank: Heb. lip


btext:
And he took<WH3947> the mantle<WH155> of Elijah<WH452> that fell<WH5307> from him, and smote<WH5221> the waters<WH4325>, and said<WH559>, Where is the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Elijah<WH452>? and when he also had smitten<WH5221> the waters<WH4325>, they parted<WH2673> hither and thither: and Elisha<WH477> went over<WH5674>.


btext:
And when the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> which were to view at Jericho<WH3405> saw<WH7200> him, they said<WH559>, The spirit<WH7307> of Elijah<WH452> doth rest<WH5117> on Elisha<WH477>. And they came<WH935> to meet<WH7125> him, and bowed<WH7812> themselves to the ground<WH776> before him.


btext:
And they said<WH559> unto him, Behold now, there be<WH3426> with thy servants<WH5650> fifty<WH2572> strong<WH2428> men<WH1121><WH582>; let them go<WH3212>, we pray thee, and seek<WH1245> thy master<WH113>: lest peradventure the Spirit<WH7307> of the LORD<WH3068> hath taken him up<WH5375>, and cast<WH7993> him upon some<WH259> mountain<WH2022>, or into some<WH259> valley<WH1516>. And he said<WH559>, Ye shall not send<WH7971>. / strong…: Heb. sons of strength / some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains


btext:
And when they urged<WH6484> him till he was ashamed<WH954>, he said<WH559>, Send<WH7971>. They sent<WH7971> therefore fifty<WH2572> men<WH376>; and they sought<WH1245> three<WH7969> days<WH3117>, but found<WH4672> him not.


btext:
And when they came again<WH7725> to him, (for he tarried<WH3427> at Jericho<WH3405>,) he said<WH559> unto them, Did I not say<WH559> unto you, Go<WH3212> not?


btext:
And the men<WH582> of the city<WH5892> said<WH559> unto Elisha<WH477>, Behold, I pray thee, the situation<WH4186> of this city<WH5892> is pleasant<WH2896>, as my lord<WH113> seeth<WH7200>: but the water<WH4325> is naught<WH7451>, and the ground<WH776> barren<WH7921>. / barren: Heb. causing to miscarry


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Bring<WH3947> me a new<WH2319> cruse<WH6746>, and put<WH7760> salt<WH4417> therein. And they brought<WH3947> it to him.


btext:
And he went forth<WH3318> unto the spring<WH4161> of the waters<WH4325>, and cast<WH7993> the salt<WH4417> in there, and said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, I have healed<WH7495> these waters<WH4325>; there shall not be from thence any more death<WH4194> or barren<WH7921> land.


btext:
So the waters<WH4325> were healed<WH7495> unto this day<WH3117>, according to the saying<WH1697> of Elisha<WH477> which he spake<WH1696>.


btext:
And he went up<WH5927> from thence unto Bethel<WH1008>: and as he was going up<WH5927> by the way<WH1870>, there came forth<WH3318> little<WH6996> children<WH5288> out of the city<WH5892>, and mocked<WH7046> him, and said<WH559> unto him, Go up<WH5927>, thou bald head<WH7142>; go up<WH5927>, thou bald head<WH7142>.


btext:
And he turned<WH6437> back<WH310>, and looked<WH7200> on them, and cursed<WH7043> them in the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068>. And there came forth<WH3318> two<WH8147> she bears<WH1677> out of the wood<WH3293>, and tare<WH1234> forty<WH705> and two<WH8147> children<WH3206> of them.


btext:
And he went<WH3212> from thence to mount<WH2022> Carmel<WH3760>, and from thence he returned<WH7725> to Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
Now Jehoram<WH3088> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> began to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111> the eighteenth<WH8083><WH6240> year<WH8141> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and reigned<WH4427> twelve<WH8147><WH6240> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And he wrought<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>; but not like his father<WH1>, and like his mother<WH517>: for he put away<WH5493> the image<WH4676> of Baal<WH1168> that his father<WH1> had made<WH6213>. / image: Heb. statue


btext:
Nevertheless he cleaved<WH1692> unto the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, which made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>; he departed<WH5493> not therefrom.


btext:
And Mesha<WH4338> king<WH4428> of Moab<WH4124> was a sheepmaster<WH5349>, and rendered<WH7725> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> an hundred<WH3967> thousand<WH505> lambs<WH3733>, and an hundred<WH3967> thousand<WH505> rams<WH352>, with the wool<WH6785>.


btext:
But it came to pass, when Ahab<WH256> was dead<WH4194>, that the king<WH4428> of Moab<WH4124> rebelled<WH6586> against the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Jehoram<WH3088> went out<WH3318> of Samaria<WH8111> the same time<WH3117>, and numbered<WH6485> all Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And he went<WH3212> and sent<WH7971> to Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, saying<WH559>, The king<WH4428> of Moab<WH4124> hath rebelled<WH6586> against me: wilt thou go<WH3212> with me against Moab<WH4124> to battle<WH4421>? And he said<WH559>, I will go up<WH5927>: I am as thou art, my people<WH5971> as thy people<WH5971>, and my horses<WH5483> as thy horses<WH5483>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Which way<WH1870> shall we go up<WH5927>? And he answered<WH559>, The way<WH1870> through the wilderness<WH4057> of Edom<WH123>.


btext:
So the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> went<WH3212>, and the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and the king<WH4428> of Edom<WH123>: and they fetched a compass<WH5437> of seven<WH7651> days'<WH3117> journey<WH1870>: and there was no water<WH4325> for the host<WH4264>, and for the cattle<WH929> that followed<WH7272> them. / that…: Heb. at their feet


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559>, Alas<WH162>! that the LORD<WH3068> hath called<WH7121> these three<WH7969> kings<WH4428> together<WH7121>, to deliver<WH5414> them into the hand<WH3027> of Moab<WH4124>!


btext:
But Jehoshaphat<WH3092> said<WH559>, Is there not here a prophet<WH5030> of the LORD<WH3068>, that we may enquire<WH1875> of the LORD<WH3068> by him? And one<WH259> of the king<WH4428> of Israel's<WH3478> servants<WH5650> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Here is Elisha<WH477> the son<WH1121> of Shaphat<WH8202>, which poured<WH3332> water<WH4325> on the hands<WH3027> of Elijah<WH452>.


btext:
And Jehoshaphat<WH3092> said<WH559>, The word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> is<WH3426> with him. So the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> and Jehoshaphat<WH3092> and the king<WH4428> of Edom<WH123> went down<WH3381> to him.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, What have I to do with thee? get<WH3212> thee to the prophets<WH5030> of thy father<WH1>, and to the prophets<WH5030> of thy mother<WH517>. And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto him, Nay: for the LORD<WH3068> hath called<WH7121> these three<WH7969> kings<WH4428> together<WH7121>, to deliver<WH5414> them into the hand<WH3027> of Moab<WH4124>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> of hosts<WH6635> liveth<WH2416>, before<WH6440> whom I stand<WH5975>, surely, were it not that<WH3884> I regard<WH5375> the presence<WH6440> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, I would not look<WH5027> toward thee, nor see<WH7200> thee.


btext:
But now bring<WH3947> me a minstrel<WH5059>. And it came to pass, when the minstrel<WH5059> played<WH5059>, that the hand<WH3027> of the LORD<WH3068> came upon him.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Make<WH6213> this valley<WH5158> full of ditches<WH1356>.


btext:
For thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, Ye shall not see<WH7200> wind<WH7307>, neither shall ye see<WH7200> rain<WH1653>; yet that valley<WH5158> shall be filled<WH4390> with water<WH4325>, that ye may drink<WH8354>, both ye, and your cattle<WH4735>, and your beasts<WH929>.


btext:
And this is but a light thing<WH7043> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>: he will deliver<WH5414> the Moabites<WH4124> also into your hand<WH3027>.


btext:
And ye shall smite<WH5221> every fenced<WH4013> city<WH5892>, and every choice<WH4004> city<WH5892>, and shall fell<WH5307> every good<WH2896> tree<WH6086>, and stop<WH5640> all wells<WH4599> of water<WH4325>, and mar<WH3510> every good<WH2896> piece<WH2513> of land with stones<WH68>. / mar: Heb. grieve


btext:
And it came to pass in the morning<WH1242>, when the meat offering<WH4503> was offered<WH5927>, that, behold, there came<WH935> water<WH4325> by the way<WH1870> of Edom<WH123>, and the country<WH776> was filled<WH4390> with water<WH4325>.


btext:
And when all the Moabites<WH4124> heard<WH8085> that the kings<WH4428> were come up<WH5927> to fight<WH3898> against them, they gathered<WH6817> all that were able to put<WH2296> on armour<WH2290>, and upward<WH4605>, and stood<WH5975> in the border<WH1366>. / gathered: Heb. were cried together / put on…: Heb. gird himself with a girdle


btext:
And they rose up early<WH7925> in the morning<WH1242>, and the sun<WH8121> shone<WH2224> upon the water<WH4325>, and the Moabites<WH4124> saw<WH7200> the water<WH4325> on the other side<WH5048> as red<WH122> as blood<WH1818>:


btext:
And they said<WH559>, This is blood<WH1818>: the kings<WH4428> are surely<WH2717> slain<WH2717>, and they have smitten<WH5221> one<WH376> another<WH7453>: now therefore, Moab<WH4124>, to the spoil<WH7998>. / slain: Heb. destroyed


btext:
And when they came<WH935> to the camp<WH4264> of Israel<WH3478>, the Israelites<WH3478> rose up<WH6965> and smote<WH5221> the Moabites<WH4124>, so that they fled<WH5127> before<WH6440> them: but they went forward<WH5221> smiting<WH5221> the Moabites<WH4124>, even in their country. / they went…: or, they smote in it even smiting


btext:
And they beat down<WH2040> the cities<WH5892>, and on every good<WH2896> piece<WH2513> of land cast<WH7993> every man<WH376> his stone<WH68>, and filled<WH4390> it; and they stopped<WH5640> all the wells<WH4599> of water<WH4325>, and felled<WH5307> all the good<WH2896> trees<WH6086>: only in Kirharaseth<WH7025> left<WH7604> they the stones<WH68> thereof; howbeit the slingers<WH7051> went about<WH5437> it, and smote<WH5221> it. / only in…: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth


btext:
And when the king<WH4428> of Moab<WH4124> saw<WH7200> that the battle<WH4421> was too sore<WH2388> for him, he took<WH3947> with him seven<WH7651> hundred<WH3967> men<WH376> that drew<WH8025> swords<WH2719>, to break through<WH1234> even unto the king<WH4428> of Edom<WH123>: but they could<WH3201> not.


btext:
Then he took<WH3947> his eldest<WH1060> son<WH1121> that should have reigned<WH4427> in his stead, and offered<WH5927> him for a burnt offering<WH5930> upon the wall<WH2346>. And there was great<WH1419> indignation<WH7110> against Israel<WH3478>: and they departed<WH5265> from him, and returned<WH7725> to their own land<WH776>.


btext:
Now there cried<WH6817> a certain<WH259> woman<WH802> of the wives<WH802> of the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> unto Elisha<WH477>, saying<WH559>, Thy servant<WH5650> my husband<WH376> is dead<WH4191>; and thou knowest<WH3045> that thy servant<WH5650> did fear<WH3373> the LORD<WH3068>: and the creditor<WH5383> is come<WH935> to take<WH3947> unto him my two<WH8147> sons<WH3206> to be bondmen<WH5650>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto her, What shall I do<WH6213> for thee? tell<WH5046> me, what hast<WH3426> thou in the house<WH1004>? And she said<WH559>, Thine handmaid<WH8198> hath not any thing in the house<WH1004>, save a pot<WH610> of oil<WH8081>.


btext:
Then he said<WH559>, Go<WH3212>, borrow<WH7592> thee vessels<WH3627> abroad<WH2351> of all thy neighbours<WH7934>, even empty<WH7386> vessels<WH3627>; borrow not a few<WH4591>. / borrow not…: or, scant not


btext:
And when thou art come in<WH935>, thou shalt shut<WH5462> the door<WH1817> upon thee and upon thy sons<WH1121>, and shalt pour out<WH3332> into all those vessels<WH3627>, and thou shalt set aside<WH5265> that which is full<WH4392>.


btext:
So she went<WH3212> from him, and shut<WH5462> the door<WH1817> upon her and upon<WH1157> her sons<WH1121>, who<WH1992> brought<WH5066> the vessels to her; and she poured out<WH3332>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when the vessels<WH3627> were full<WH4390>, that she said<WH559> unto her son<WH1121>, Bring<WH5066> me yet a vessel<WH3627>. And he said<WH559> unto her, There is not a vessel<WH3627> more. And the oil<WH8081> stayed<WH5975>.


btext:
Then she came<WH935> and told<WH5046> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>. And he said<WH559>, Go<WH3212>, sell<WH4376> the oil<WH8081>, and pay<WH7999> thy debt<WH5386>, and live<WH2421> thou and thy children<WH1121> of the rest<WH3498>. / debt: or, creditor


btext:
And it fell on a day<WH3117>, that Elisha<WH477> passed<WH5674> to Shunem<WH7766>, where was a great<WH1419> woman<WH802>; and she constrained<WH2388> him to eat<WH398> bread<WH3899>. And so it was, that as oft<WH1767> as he passed by<WH5674>, he turned<WH5493> in thither to eat<WH398> bread<WH3899>. / it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day / constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him


btext:
And she said<WH559> unto her husband<WH376>, Behold now, I perceive<WH3045> that this is an holy<WH6918> man<WH376> of God<WH430>, which passeth<WH5674> by us continually<WH8548>.


btext:
Let us make<WH6213> a little<WH6996> chamber<WH5944>, I pray thee, on the wall<WH7023>; and let us set<WH7760> for him there a bed<WH4296>, and a table<WH7979>, and a stool<WH3678>, and a candlestick<WH4501>: and it shall be, when he cometh<WH935> to us, that he shall turn<WH5493> in thither.


btext:
And it fell on a day<WH3117>, that he came<WH935> thither, and he turned<WH5493> into the chamber<WH5944>, and lay<WH7901> there.


btext:
And he said<WH559> to Gehazi<WH1522> his servant<WH5288>, Call<WH7121> this Shunammite<WH7767>. And when he had called<WH7121> her, she stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> him.


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto him, Say<WH559> now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful<WH2729> for us with all this care<WH2731>; what is to be done<WH6213> for thee? wouldest<WH3426> thou be spoken<WH1696> for to the king<WH4428>, or to the captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635>? And she answered<WH559>, I dwell<WH3427> among<WH8432> mine own people<WH5971>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, What then is to be done<WH6213> for her? And Gehazi<WH1522> answered<WH559>, Verily<WH61> she hath no child<WH1121>, and her husband<WH376> is old<WH2204>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Call<WH7121> her. And when he had called<WH7121> her, she stood<WH5975> in the door<WH6607>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, About this season<WH4150>, according to the time<WH6256> of life<WH2416>, thou shalt embrace<WH2263> a son<WH1121>. And she said<WH559>, Nay, my lord<WH113>, thou man<WH376> of God<WH430>, do not lie<WH3576> unto thine handmaid<WH8198>. / season: Heb. set time


btext:
And the woman<WH802> conceived<WH2029>, and bare<WH3205> a son<WH1121> at that season<WH4150> that Elisha<WH477> had said<WH1696> unto her, according to the time<WH6256> of life<WH2416>.


btext:
And when the child<WH3206> was grown<WH1431>, it fell on a day<WH3117>, that he went out<WH3318> to his father<WH1> to the reapers<WH7114>.


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto his father<WH1>, My head<WH7218>, my head<WH7218>. And he said<WH559> to a lad<WH5288>, Carry<WH5375> him to his mother<WH517>.


btext:
And when he had taken<WH5375> him, and brought<WH935> him to his mother<WH517>, he sat<WH3427> on her knees<WH1290> till noon<WH6672>, and then died<WH4191>.


btext:
And she went up<WH5927>, and laid<WH7901> him on the bed<WH4296> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and shut<WH5462> the door upon him, and went out<WH3318>.


btext:
And she called<WH7121> unto her husband<WH376>, and said<WH559>, Send<WH7971> me, I pray thee, one<WH259> of the young men<WH5288>, and one<WH259> of the asses<WH860>, that I may run<WH7323> to the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and come again<WH7725>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Wherefore wilt thou go<WH1980> to him to day<WH3117>? it is neither new moon<WH2320>, nor sabbath<WH7676>. And she said<WH559>, It shall be well<WH7965>. / well: Heb. peace


btext:
Then she saddled<WH2280> an ass<WH860>, and said<WH559> to her servant<WH5288>, Drive<WH5090>, and go forward<WH3212>; slack<WH6113> not thy riding<WH7392> for me, except I bid<WH559> thee. / slack…: Heb. restrain not for me to ride


btext:
So she went<WH3212> and came<WH935> unto the man<WH376> of God<WH430> to mount<WH2022> Carmel<WH3760>. And it came to pass, when the man<WH376> of God<WH430> saw her afar off<WH7200>, that he said<WH559> to Gehazi<WH1522> his servant<WH5288>, Behold, yonder is that<WH1975> Shunammite<WH7767>:


btext:
Run<WH7323> now, I pray thee, to meet<WH7125> her, and say<WH559> unto her, Is it well<WH7965> with thee? is it well<WH7965> with thy husband<WH376>? is it well<WH7965> with the child<WH3206>? And she answered<WH559>, It is well<WH7965>.


btext:
And when she came<WH935> to the man<WH376> of God<WH430> to the hill<WH2022>, she caught<WH2388> him by the feet<WH7272>: but Gehazi<WH1522> came near<WH5066> to thrust her away<WH1920>. And the man<WH376> of God<WH430> said<WH559>, Let her alone<WH7503>; for her soul<WH5315> is vexed<WH4843> within her: and the LORD<WH3068> hath hid<WH5956> it from me, and hath not told<WH5046> me. / him…: Heb. by his feet / vexed: Heb. bitter


btext:
Then she said<WH559>, Did I desire<WH7592> a son<WH1121> of my lord<WH113>? did I not say<WH559>, Do not deceive<WH7952> me?


btext:
Then he said<WH559> to Gehazi<WH1522>, Gird up<WH2296> thy loins<WH4975>, and take<WH3947> my staff<WH4938> in thine hand<WH3027>, and go thy way<WH3212>: if thou meet<WH4672> any man<WH376>, salute<WH1288> him not; and if any<WH376> salute<WH1288> thee, answer him not again<WH6030>: and lay<WH7760> my staff<WH4938> upon the face<WH6440> of the child<WH5288>.


btext:
And the mother<WH517> of the child<WH5288> said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, and as thy soul<WH5315> liveth<WH2416>, I will not leave<WH5800> thee. And he arose<WH6965>, and followed<WH3212><WH310> her.


btext:
And Gehazi<WH1522> passed on<WH5674> before<WH6440> them, and laid<WH7760> the staff<WH4938> upon the face<WH6440> of the child<WH5288>; but there was neither voice<WH6963>, nor hearing<WH7182>. Wherefore he went again<WH7725> to meet<WH7125> him, and told<WH5046> him, saying<WH559>, The child<WH5288> is not awaked<WH6974>. / hearing: Heb. attention


btext:
And when Elisha<WH477> was come<WH935> into the house<WH1004>, behold, the child<WH5288> was dead<WH4191>, and laid<WH7901> upon his bed<WH4296>.


btext:
He went in<WH935> therefore, and shut<WH5462> the door<WH1817> upon them twain<WH8147>, and prayed<WH6419> unto the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And he went up<WH5927>, and lay<WH7901> upon the child<WH3206>, and put<WH7760> his mouth<WH6310> upon his mouth<WH6310>, and his eyes<WH5869> upon his eyes<WH5869>, and his hands<WH3709> upon his hands<WH3709>: and he stretched<WH1457> himself upon the child; and the flesh<WH1320> of the child<WH3206> waxed warm<WH2552>.


btext:
Then he returned<WH7725>, and walked<WH3212> in the house<WH1004> to<WH259><WH2008> and fro<WH259><WH2008>; and went up<WH5927>, and stretched<WH1457> himself upon him: and the child<WH5288> sneezed<WH2237> seven<WH7651> times<WH6471>, and the child<WH5288> opened<WH6491> his eyes<WH5869>. / to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither


btext:
And he called<WH7121> Gehazi<WH1522>, and said<WH559>, Call<WH7121> this Shunammite<WH7767>. So he called<WH7121> her. And when she was come in<WH935> unto him, he said<WH559>, Take up<WH5375> thy son<WH1121>.


btext:
Then she went in<WH935>, and fell<WH5307> at his feet<WH7272>, and bowed<WH7812> herself to the ground<WH776>, and took up<WH5375> her son<WH1121>, and went out<WH3318>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> came again<WH7725> to Gilgal<WH1537>: and there was a dearth<WH7458> in the land<WH776>; and the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> were sitting<WH3427> before<WH6440> him: and he said<WH559> unto his servant<WH5288>, Set<WH8239> on the great<WH1419> pot<WH5518>, and seethe<WH1310> pottage<WH5138> for the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030>.


btext:
And one<WH259> went out<WH3318> into the field<WH7704> to gather<WH3950> herbs<WH219>, and found<WH4672> a wild<WH7704> vine<WH1612>, and gathered<WH3950> thereof wild<WH7704> gourds<WH6498> his lap<WH899> full<WH4393>, and came<WH935> and shred<WH6398> them into the pot<WH5518> of pottage<WH5138>: for they knew<WH3045> them not.


btext:
So they poured out<WH3332> for the men<WH582> to eat<WH398>. And it came to pass, as they were eating<WH398> of the pottage<WH5138>, that they cried out<WH6817>, and said<WH559>, O thou man<WH376> of God<WH430>, there is death<WH4194> in the pot<WH5518>. And they could<WH3201> not eat<WH398> thereof.


btext:
But he said<WH559>, Then bring<WH3947> meal<WH7058>. And he cast<WH7993> it into the pot<WH5518>; and he said<WH559>, Pour out<WH3332> for the people<WH5971>, that they may eat<WH398>. And there was no harm<WH1697><WH7451> in the pot<WH5518>. / harm: Heb. evil thing


btext:
And there came<WH935> a man<WH376> from Baalshalisha<WH1190>, and brought<WH935> the man<WH376> of God<WH430> bread<WH3899> of the firstfruits<WH1061>, twenty<WH6242> loaves<WH3899> of barley<WH8184>, and full ears of corn<WH3759> in the husk<WH6861> thereof. And he said<WH559>, Give<WH5414> unto the people<WH5971>, that they may eat<WH398>. / the husk…: or, his scrip, or, garment


btext:
And his servitor<WH8334> said<WH559>, What, should I set<WH5414> this before<WH6440> an hundred<WH3967> men<WH376>? He said again<WH559>, Give<WH5414> the people<WH5971>, that they may eat<WH398>: for thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, They shall eat<WH398>, and shall leave<WH3498> thereof.


btext:
So he set<WH5414> it before<WH6440> them, and they did eat<WH398>, and left<WH3498> thereof, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Now Naaman<WH5283>, captain<WH8269> of the host<WH6635> of the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>, was a great<WH1419> man<WH376> with<WH6440> his master<WH113>, and honourable<WH5375>, because by him the LORD<WH3068> had given<WH5414> deliverance<WH8668> unto Syria<WH758>: he was also a mighty<WH1368> man<WH376> in valour<WH2428>, but he was a leper<WH6879>. / with: Heb. before. honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance. deliverance: or, victory


btext:
And the Syrians<WH758> had gone out<WH3318> by companies<WH1416>, and had brought away captive<WH7617> out of the land<WH776> of Israel<WH3478> a little<WH6996> maid<WH5291>; and she waited on<WH6440> Naaman's<WH5283> wife<WH802>. / waited…: Heb. was before


btext:
And she said<WH559> unto her mistress<WH1404>, Would<WH305> God my lord<WH113> were with<WH6440> the prophet<WH5030> that is in Samaria<WH8111>! for<WH227> he would recover<WH622> him of his leprosy<WH6883>. / with: Heb. before / recover: Heb. gather in


btext:
And one went in<WH935>, and told<WH5046> his lord<WH113>, saying<WH559>, Thus and thus said<WH1696> the maid<WH5291> that is of the land<WH776> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> said<WH559>, Go to<WH3212>, go<WH935>, and I will send<WH7971> a letter<WH5612> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>. And he departed<WH3212>, and took<WH3947> with him<WH3027> ten<WH6235> talents<WH3603> of silver<WH3701>, and six<WH8337> thousand<WH505> pieces of gold<WH2091>, and ten<WH6235> changes<WH2487> of raiment<WH899>. / with…: Heb. in his hand


btext:
And he brought<WH935> the letter<WH5612> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, saying<WH559>, Now when this letter<WH5612> is come<WH935> unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent<WH7971> Naaman<WH5283> my servant<WH5650> to thee, that thou mayest recover<WH622> him of his leprosy<WH6883>.


btext:
And it came to pass, when the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> had read<WH7121> the letter<WH5612>, that he rent<WH7167> his clothes<WH899>, and said<WH559>, Am I God<WH430>, to kill<WH4191> and to make alive<WH2421>, that this man<WH2088> doth send<WH7971> unto me to recover<WH622> a man<WH376> of his leprosy<WH6883>? wherefore<WH389> consider<WH3045>, I pray you, and see<WH7200> how he seeketh a quarrel<WH579> against me.


btext:
And it was so, when Elisha<WH477> the man<WH376> of God<WH430> had heard<WH8085> that the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> had rent<WH7167> his clothes<WH899>, that he sent<WH7971> to the king<WH4428>, saying<WH559>, Wherefore hast thou rent<WH7167> thy clothes<WH899>? let him come<WH935> now to me, and he shall know<WH3045> that there is<WH3426> a prophet<WH5030> in Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
So Naaman<WH5283> came<WH935> with his horses<WH5483> and with his chariot<WH7393>, and stood<WH5975> at the door<WH6607> of the house<WH1004> of Elisha<WH477>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> sent<WH7971> a messenger<WH4397> unto him, saying<WH559>, Go<WH1980> and wash<WH7364> in Jordan<WH3383> seven<WH7651> times<WH6471>, and thy flesh<WH1320> shall come again<WH7725> to thee, and thou shalt be clean<WH2891>.


btext:
But Naaman<WH5283> was wroth<WH7107>, and went away<WH3212>, and said<WH559>, Behold, I thought<WH559>, He will surely<WH3318> come out<WH3318> to me, and stand<WH5975>, and call<WH7121> on the name<WH8034> of the LORD<WH3068> his God<WH430>, and strike<WH5130> his hand<WH3027> over the place<WH4725>, and recover<WH622> the leper<WH6879>. / I thought: Heb. I said. or, I said with my self, He will surely come out, etc. / strike: Heb. move up and down


btext:
Are not Abana<WH71><WH549> and Pharpar<WH6554>, rivers<WH5104> of Damascus<WH1834>, better<WH2896> than all the waters<WH4325> of Israel<WH3478>? may I not wash<WH7364> in them, and be clean<WH2891>? So he turned<WH6437> and went away<WH3212> in a rage<WH2534>. / Abana: or, Amana


btext:
And his servants<WH5650> came near<WH5066>, and spake<WH1696> unto him, and said<WH559>, My father<WH1>, if the prophet<WH5030> had bid<WH1696> thee do some great<WH1419> thing<WH1697>, wouldest thou not have done<WH6213> it? how much rather then<WH637>, when he saith<WH559> to thee, Wash<WH7364>, and be clean<WH2891>?


btext:
Then went he down<WH3381>, and dipped<WH2881> himself seven<WH7651> times<WH6471> in Jordan<WH3383>, according to the saying<WH1697> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430>: and his flesh<WH1320> came again<WH7725> like unto the flesh<WH1320> of a little<WH6996> child<WH5288>, and he was clean<WH2891>.


btext:
And he returned<WH7725> to the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, he and all his company<WH4264>, and came<WH935>, and stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> him: and he said<WH559>, Behold, now I know<WH3045> that there is no God<WH430> in all the earth<WH776>, but in Israel<WH3478>: now therefore, I pray thee, take<WH3947> a blessing<WH1293> of thy servant<WH5650>.


btext:
But he said<WH559>, As the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, before<WH6440> whom I stand<WH5975>, I will receive<WH3947> none. And he urged<WH6484> him to take<WH3947> it; but he refused<WH3985>.


btext:
And Naaman<WH5283> said<WH559>, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given<WH5414> to thy servant<WH5650> two<WH6776> mules'<WH6505> burden<WH4853> of earth<WH127>? for thy servant<WH5650> will henceforth offer<WH6213> neither burnt offering<WH5930> nor sacrifice<WH2077> unto other<WH312> gods<WH430>, but unto the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
In this thing<WH1697> the LORD<WH3068> pardon<WH5545> thy servant<WH5650>, that when my master<WH113> goeth<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of Rimmon<WH7417> to worship<WH7812> there, and he leaneth<WH8172> on my hand<WH3027>, and I bow<WH7812> myself in the house<WH1004> of Rimmon<WH7417>: when I bow down<WH7812> myself in the house<WH1004> of Rimmon<WH7417>, the LORD<WH3068> pardon<WH5545> thy servant<WH5650> in this thing<WH1697>.


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto him, Go<WH3212> in peace<WH7965>. So he departed<WH3212> from him a little<WH3530> way<WH776>. / a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground


btext:
But Gehazi<WH1522>, the servant<WH5288> of Elisha<WH477> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, said<WH559>, Behold, my master<WH113> hath spared<WH2820> Naaman<WH5283> this Syrian<WH761>, in not receiving<WH3947> at his hands<WH3027> that which he brought<WH935>: but, as the LORD<WH3068> liveth<WH2416>, I will run<WH7323> after<WH310> him, and take<WH3947> somewhat<WH3972> of him.


btext:
So Gehazi<WH1522> followed<WH7291> after<WH310> Naaman<WH5283>. And when Naaman<WH5283> saw<WH7200> him running<WH7323> after<WH310> him, he lighted down<WH5307> from the chariot<WH4818> to meet<WH7125> him, and said<WH559>, Is all well<WH7965>? / Is…: Heb. Is there peace?


btext:
And he said<WH559>, All is well<WH7965>. My master<WH113> hath sent<WH7971> me, saying<WH559>, Behold, even now there be come<WH935> to me from mount<WH2022> Ephraim<WH669> two<WH8147> young men<WH5288> of the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030>: give<WH5414> them, I pray thee, a talent<WH3603> of silver<WH3701>, and two<WH8147> changes<WH2487> of garments<WH899>.


btext:
And Naaman<WH5283> said<WH559>, Be content<WH2974>, take<WH3947> two talents<WH3603>. And he urged<WH6555> him, and bound<WH6696> two<WH8147> talents<WH3603> of silver<WH3701> in two<WH8147> bags<WH2754>, with two<WH8147> changes<WH2487> of garments<WH899>, and laid<WH5414> them upon two<WH8147> of his servants<WH5288>; and they bare<WH5375> them before<WH6440> him.


btext:
And when he came<WH935> to the tower<WH6076>, he took<WH3947> them from their hand<WH3027>, and bestowed<WH6485> them in the house<WH1004>: and he let the men<WH582> go<WH7971>, and they departed<WH3212>. / tower: or, secret place


btext:
But he went in<WH935>, and stood<WH5975> before his master<WH113>. And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto him, Whence<WH370> comest thou, Gehazi<WH1522>? And he said<WH559>, Thy servant<WH5650> went<WH1980> no whither<WH575>. / no whither: Heb. not hither or thither


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto him, Went<WH1980> not mine heart<WH3820> with thee, when the man<WH376> turned<WH2015> again from his chariot<WH4818> to meet<WH7125> thee? Is it a time<WH6256> to receive<WH3947> money<WH3701>, and to receive<WH3947> garments<WH899>, and oliveyards<WH2132>, and vineyards<WH3754>, and sheep<WH6629>, and oxen<WH1241>, and menservants<WH5650>, and maidservants<WH8198>?


btext:
The leprosy<WH6883> therefore of Naaman<WH5283> shall cleave<WH1692> unto thee, and unto thy seed<WH2233> for ever<WH5769>. And he went out<WH3318> from his presence<WH6440> a leper<WH6879> as white as snow<WH7950>.


btext:
And the sons<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030> said<WH559> unto<WH6440> Elisha<WH477>, Behold now, the place<WH4725> where we dwell<WH3427> with thee is too strait<WH6862> for us.


btext:
Let us go<WH3212>, we pray thee, unto Jordan<WH3383>, and take<WH3947> thence every man<WH376> a<WH259> beam<WH6982>, and let us make<WH6213> us a place<WH4725> there, where we may dwell<WH3427>. And he answered<WH559>, Go<WH3212> ye.


btext:
And one<WH259> said<WH559>, Be content<WH2974>, I pray thee, and go<WH3212> with thy servants<WH5650>. And he answered<WH559>, I will go<WH3212>.


btext:
So he went<WH3212> with them. And when they came<WH935> to Jordan<WH3383>, they cut down<WH1504> wood<WH6086>.


btext:
But as one<WH259> was felling<WH5307> a beam<WH6982>, the axe head<WH1270> fell<WH5307> into the water<WH4325>: and he cried<WH6817>, and said<WH559>, Alas<WH162>, master<WH113>! for it was borrowed<WH7592>. / axe head: Heb. iron


btext:
And the man<WH376> of God<WH430> said<WH559>, Where<WH575> fell<WH5307> it? And he shewed<WH7200> him the place<WH4725>. And he cut down<WH7094> a stick<WH6086>, and cast<WH7993> it in thither; and the iron<WH1270> did swim<WH6687>.


btext:
Therefore said<WH559> he, Take it up<WH7311> to thee. And he put out<WH7971> his hand<WH3027>, and took<WH3947> it.


btext:
Then the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> warred<WH3898> against Israel<WH3478>, and took counsel<WH3289> with his servants<WH5650>, saying<WH559>, In such<WH6423> and such<WH492> a place<WH4725> shall be my camp<WH8466>. / camp: or, encamping


btext:
And the man<WH376> of God<WH430> sent<WH7971> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, saying<WH559>, Beware<WH8104> that thou pass<WH5674> not such<WH2088> a place<WH4725>; for thither the Syrians<WH758> are come down<WH5185>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> sent<WH7971> to the place<WH4725> which the man<WH376> of God<WH430> told<WH559> him and warned<WH2094> him of, and saved<WH8104> himself there, not once<WH259> nor twice<WH8147>.


btext:
Therefore the heart<WH3820> of the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> was sore troubled<WH5590> for this thing<WH1697>; and he called<WH7121> his servants<WH5650>, and said<WH559> unto them, Will ye not shew<WH5046> me which of us is for the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And one<WH259> of his servants<WH5650> said<WH559>, None, my lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>: but Elisha<WH477>, the prophet<WH5030> that is in Israel<WH3478>, telleth<WH5046> the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> the words<WH1697> that thou speakest<WH1696> in thy bedchamber<WH2315><WH4904>. / None: Heb. No


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Go<WH3212> and spy<WH7200> where<WH351> he is, that I may send<WH7971> and fetch<WH3947> him. And it was told<WH5046> him, saying<WH559>, Behold, he is in Dothan<WH1886>.


btext:
Therefore sent<WH7971> he thither horses<WH5483>, and chariots<WH7393>, and a great<WH3515> host<WH2428>: and they came<WH935> by night<WH3915>, and compassed<WH5362> the city<WH5892> about<WH5362>. / great: Heb. heavy


btext:
And when the servant<WH8334> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430> was risen<WH6965> early<WH7925>, and gone forth<WH3318>, behold, an host<WH2428> compassed<WH5437> the city<WH5892> both with horses<WH5483> and chariots<WH7393>. And his servant<WH5288> said<WH559> unto him, Alas<WH162>, my master<WH113>! how shall we do<WH6213>? / the servant: or, the minister


btext:
And he answered<WH559>, Fear<WH3372> not: for they that be with us are more<WH7227> than they that be with them.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> prayed<WH6419>, and said<WH559>, LORD<WH3068>, I pray thee, open<WH6491> his eyes<WH5869>, that he may see<WH7200>. And the LORD<WH3068> opened<WH6491> the eyes<WH5869> of the young man<WH5288>; and he saw<WH7200>: and, behold, the mountain<WH2022> was full<WH4390> of horses<WH5483> and chariots<WH7393> of fire<WH784> round about<WH5439> Elisha<WH477>.


btext:
And when they came down<WH3381> to him, Elisha<WH477> prayed<WH6419> unto the LORD<WH3068>, and said<WH559>, Smite<WH5221> this people<WH1471>, I pray thee, with blindness<WH5575>. And he smote<WH5221> them with blindness<WH5575> according to the word<WH1697> of Elisha<WH477>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto them, This is not the way<WH1870>, neither is this<WH2090> the city<WH5892>: follow<WH3212><WH310> me, and I will bring<WH3212> you to the man<WH376> whom ye seek<WH1245>. But he led<WH3212> them to Samaria<WH8111>. / follow…: Heb. come ye after me


btext:
And it came to pass, when they were come<WH935> into Samaria<WH8111>, that Elisha<WH477> said<WH559>, LORD<WH3068>, open<WH6491> the eyes<WH5869> of these men, that they may see<WH7200>. And the LORD<WH3068> opened<WH6491> their eyes<WH5869>, and they saw<WH7200>; and, behold, they were in the midst<WH8432> of Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> said<WH559> unto Elisha<WH477>, when he saw<WH7200> them, My father<WH1>, shall I smite<WH5221> them? shall I smite<WH5221> them?


btext:
And he answered<WH559>, Thou shalt not smite<WH5221> them: wouldest thou smite<WH5221> those whom thou hast taken captive<WH7617> with thy sword<WH2719> and with thy bow<WH7198>? set<WH7760> bread<WH3899> and water<WH4325> before<WH6440> them, that they may eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354>, and go<WH3212> to their master<WH113>.


btext:
And he prepared<WH3739> great<WH1419> provision<WH3740> for them: and when they had eaten<WH398> and drunk<WH8354>, he sent them away<WH7971>, and they went<WH3212> to their master<WH113>. So the bands<WH1416> of Syria<WH758> came<WH935> no more<WH3254> into the land<WH776> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And it came to pass after this<WH310>, that Benhadad<WH1130> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> gathered<WH6908> all his host<WH4264>, and went up<WH5927>, and besieged<WH6696> Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And there was a great<WH1419> famine<WH7458> in Samaria<WH8111>: and, behold, they besieged<WH6696> it, until an ass's<WH2543> head<WH7218> was sold for fourscore<WH8084> pieces of silver<WH3701>, and the fourth part<WH7255> of a cab<WH6894> of dove's dung<WH1686><WH3123><WH2755> for five<WH2568> pieces of silver<WH3701>.


btext:
And as the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> was passing by<WH5674> upon the wall<WH2346>, there cried<WH6817> a woman<WH802> unto him, saying<WH559>, Help<WH3467>, my lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, If the LORD<WH3068> do not help<WH3467> thee, whence<WH370> shall I help<WH3467> thee? out of the barnfloor<WH1637>, or out of the winepress<WH3342>? / If…: or, Let not the LORD save thee


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered<WH559>, This woman<WH802> said<WH559> unto me, Give<WH5414> thy son<WH1121>, that we may eat<WH398> him to day<WH3117>, and we will eat<WH398> my son<WH1121> to morrow<WH4279>.


btext:
So we boiled<WH1310> my son<WH1121>, and did eat<WH398> him: and I said<WH559> unto her on the next<WH312> day<WH3117>, Give<WH5414> thy son<WH1121>, that we may eat<WH398> him: and she hath hid<WH2244> her son<WH1121>. / next: Heb. other


btext:
And it came to pass, when the king<WH4428> heard<WH8085> the words<WH1697> of the woman<WH802>, that he rent<WH7167> his clothes<WH899>; and he passed by<WH5674> upon the wall<WH2346>, and the people<WH5971> looked<WH7200>, and, behold, he had sackcloth<WH8242> within<WH1004> upon his flesh<WH1320>.


btext:
Then he said<WH559>, God<WH430> do<WH6213> so and more<WH3254> also to me, if the head<WH7218> of Elisha<WH477> the son<WH1121> of Shaphat<WH8202> shall stand<WH5975> on him this day<WH3117>.


btext:
But Elisha<WH477> sat<WH3427> in his house<WH1004>, and the elders<WH2205> sat<WH3427> with him; and the king sent<WH7971> a man<WH376> from before<WH6440> him: but ere the messenger<WH4397> came<WH935> to him, he said<WH559> to the elders<WH2205>, See<WH7200> ye how this son<WH1121> of a murderer<WH7523> hath sent<WH7971> to take away<WH5493> mine head<WH7218>? look<WH7200>, when the messenger<WH4397> cometh<WH935>, shut<WH5462> the door<WH1817>, and hold him fast<WH3905> at the door<WH1817>: is not the sound<WH6963> of his master's<WH113> feet<WH7272> behind<WH310> him?


btext:
And while he yet talked<WH1696> with them, behold, the messenger<WH4397> came down<WH3381> unto him: and he said<WH559>, Behold, this evil<WH7451> is of the LORD<WH3068>; what should I wait<WH3176> for the LORD<WH3068> any longer?


btext:
Then Elisha<WH477> said<WH559>, Hear<WH8085> ye the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>; Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, To morrow<WH4279> about this time<WH6256> shall a measure<WH5429> of fine flour<WH5560> be sold for a shekel<WH8255>, and two measures<WH5429> of barley<WH8184> for a shekel<WH8255>, in the gate<WH8179> of Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
Then a lord<WH7991> on whose hand<WH3027> the king<WH4428> leaned<WH8172> answered<WH6030> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and said<WH559>, Behold, if the LORD<WH3068> would make<WH6213> windows<WH699> in heaven<WH8064>, might this thing<WH1697> be? And he said<WH559>, Behold, thou shalt see<WH7200> it with thine eyes<WH5869>, but shalt not eat<WH398> thereof. / a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand


btext:
And there were four<WH702> leprous<WH6879> men<WH582> at the entering in<WH6607> of the gate<WH8179>: and they said<WH559> one<WH376> to another<WH7453>, Why sit<WH3427> we here until we die<WH4191>?


btext:
If we say<WH559>, We will enter<WH935> into the city<WH5892>, then the famine<WH7458> is in the city<WH5892>, and we shall die<WH4191> there: and if we sit still<WH3427> here, we die<WH4191> also. Now therefore come<WH3212>, and let us fall<WH5307> unto the host<WH4264> of the Syrians<WH758>: if they save us alive<WH2421>, we shall live<WH2421>; and if they kill<WH4191> us, we shall but die<WH4191>.


btext:
And they rose up<WH6965> in the twilight<WH5399>, to go<WH935> unto the camp<WH4264> of the Syrians<WH758>: and when they were come<WH935> to the uttermost part<WH7097> of the camp<WH4264> of Syria<WH758>, behold, there was no man<WH376> there.


btext:
For the Lord<WH136> had made the host<WH4264> of the Syrians<WH758> to hear<WH8085> a noise<WH6963> of chariots<WH7393>, and a noise<WH6963> of horses<WH5483>, even the noise<WH6963> of a great<WH1419> host<WH2428>: and they said<WH559> one<WH376> to another<WH251>, Lo, the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> hath hired<WH7936> against us the kings<WH4428> of the Hittites<WH2850>, and the kings<WH4428> of the Egyptians<WH4714>, to come<WH935> upon us.


btext:
Wherefore they arose<WH6965> and fled<WH5127> in the twilight<WH5399>, and left<WH5800> their tents<WH168>, and their horses<WH5483>, and their asses<WH2543>, even the camp<WH4264> as it was, and fled<WH5127> for their life<WH5315>.


btext:
And when these lepers<WH6879> came<WH935> to the uttermost part<WH7097> of the camp<WH4264>, they went<WH935> into one<WH259> tent<WH168>, and did eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354>, and carried<WH5375> thence silver<WH3701>, and gold<WH2091>, and raiment<WH899>, and went<WH3212> and hid<WH2934> it; and came again<WH7725>, and entered<WH935> into another<WH312> tent<WH168>, and carried<WH5375> thence also, and went<WH3212> and hid<WH2934> it.


btext:
Then they said<WH559> one<WH376> to another<WH7453>, We do<WH6213> not well: this day<WH3117> is a day<WH3117> of good tidings<WH1309>, and we hold our peace<WH2814>: if we tarry<WH2442> till the morning<WH1242> light<WH216>, some mischief<WH5771> will come<WH4672> upon us: now therefore come<WH3212>, that we may go<WH935> and tell<WH5046> the king's<WH4428> household<WH1004>. / some…: Heb. we shall find punishment


btext:
So they came<WH935> and called<WH7121> unto the porter<WH7778> of the city<WH5892>: and they told<WH5046> them, saying<WH559>, We came<WH935> to the camp<WH4264> of the Syrians<WH758>, and, behold, there was no man<WH376> there, neither voice<WH6963> of man<WH120>, but horses<WH5483> tied<WH631>, and asses<WH2543> tied<WH631>, and the tents<WH168> as they were.


btext:
And he called<WH7121> the porters<WH7778>; and they told<WH5046> it to the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004> within<WH6441>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> arose<WH6965> in the night<WH3915>, and said<WH559> unto his servants<WH5650>, I will now shew<WH5046> you what the Syrians<WH758> have done<WH6213> to us. They know<WH3045> that we be hungry<WH7457>; therefore are they gone out<WH3318> of the camp<WH4264> to hide<WH2247> themselves in the field<WH7704>, saying<WH559>, When they come out<WH3318> of the city<WH5892>, we shall catch<WH8610> them alive<WH2416>, and get<WH935> into the city<WH5892>.


btext:
And one<WH259> of his servants<WH5650> answered<WH6030> and said<WH559>, Let some take<WH3947>, I pray thee, five<WH2568> of the horses<WH5483> that remain<WH7604>, which are left<WH7604> in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude<WH1995> of Israel<WH3478> that are left<WH7604> in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude<WH1995> of the Israelites<WH3478> that are consumed<WH8552>:) and let us send<WH7971> and see<WH7200>. / in the city: Heb. in it


btext:
They took<WH3947> therefore two<WH8147> chariot<WH7393> horses<WH5483>; and the king<WH4428> sent<WH7971> after<WH310> the host<WH4264> of the Syrians<WH758>, saying<WH559>, Go<WH3212> and see<WH7200>.


btext:
And they went<WH3212> after<WH310> them unto Jordan<WH3383>: and, lo, all the way<WH1870> was full<WH4392> of garments<WH899> and vessels<WH3627>, which the Syrians<WH758> had cast away<WH7993> in their haste<WH2648>. And the messengers<WH4397> returned<WH7725>, and told<WH5046> the king<WH4428>.


btext:
And the people<WH5971> went out<WH3318>, and spoiled<WH962> the tents<WH4264> of the Syrians<WH758>. So a measure<WH5429> of fine flour<WH5560> was sold for a shekel<WH8255>, and two measures<WH5429> of barley<WH8184> for a shekel<WH8255>, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> appointed<WH6485> the lord<WH7991> on whose hand<WH3027> he leaned<WH8172> to have the charge of the gate<WH8179>: and the people<WH5971> trode<WH7429> upon him in the gate<WH8179>, and he died<WH4191>, as the man<WH376> of God<WH430> had said<WH1696>, who spake<WH1696> when the king<WH4428> came down<WH3381> to him.


btext:
And it came to pass as the man<WH376> of God<WH430> had spoken<WH1696> to the king<WH4428>, saying<WH559>, Two measures<WH5429> of barley<WH8184> for a shekel<WH8255>, and a measure<WH5429> of fine flour<WH5560> for a shekel<WH8255>, shall be to morrow<WH4279> about this time<WH6256> in the gate<WH8179> of Samaria<WH8111>:


btext:
And that lord<WH7991> answered<WH6030> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and said<WH559>, Now, behold, if the LORD<WH3068> should make<WH6213> windows<WH699> in heaven<WH8064>, might such a thing<WH1697> be? And he said<WH559>, Behold, thou shalt see<WH7200> it with thine eyes<WH5869>, but shalt not eat<WH398> thereof.


btext:
And so it fell out unto him: for the people<WH5971> trode<WH7429> upon him in the gate<WH8179>, and he died<WH4191>.


btext:
Then spake<WH1696> Elisha<WH477> unto the woman<WH802>, whose son<WH1121> he had restored to life<WH2421>, saying<WH559>, Arise<WH6965>, and go<WH3212> thou and thine household<WH1004>, and sojourn<WH1481> wheresoever<WH834> thou canst sojourn<WH1481>: for the LORD<WH3068> hath called<WH7121> for a famine<WH7458>; and it shall also come<WH935> upon the land<WH776> seven<WH7651> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And the woman<WH802> arose<WH6965>, and did<WH6213> after the saying<WH1697> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430>: and she went<WH3212> with her household<WH1004>, and sojourned<WH1481> in the land<WH776> of the Philistines<WH6430> seven<WH7651> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And it came to pass at the seven<WH7651> years'<WH8141> end<WH7097>, that the woman<WH802> returned<WH7725> out of the land<WH776> of the Philistines<WH6430>: and she went forth<WH3318> to cry<WH6817> unto the king<WH4428> for her house<WH1004> and for her land<WH7704>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> talked<WH1696> with Gehazi<WH1522> the servant<WH5288> of the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, saying<WH559>, Tell<WH5608> me, I pray thee, all the great things<WH1419> that Elisha<WH477> hath done<WH6213>.


btext:
And it came to pass, as he was telling<WH5608> the king<WH4428> how he had restored<WH2421> a dead body<WH4191> to life<WH2421>, that, behold, the woman<WH802>, whose son<WH1121> he had restored to life<WH2421>, cried<WH6817> to the king<WH4428> for her house<WH1004> and for her land<WH7704>. And Gehazi<WH1522> said<WH559>, My lord<WH113>, O king<WH4428>, this is the woman<WH802>, and this is her son<WH1121>, whom Elisha<WH477> restored to life<WH2421>.


btext:
And when the king<WH4428> asked<WH7592> the woman<WH802>, she told<WH5608> him. So the king<WH4428> appointed<WH5414> unto her a certain<WH259> officer<WH5631>, saying<WH559>, Restore<WH7725> all that was hers, and all the fruits<WH8393> of the field<WH7704> since the day<WH3117> that she left<WH5800> the land<WH776>, even until now. / officer: or, eunuch


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> came<WH935> to Damascus<WH1834>; and Benhadad<WH1130> the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> was sick<WH2470>; and it was told<WH5046> him, saying<WH559>, The man<WH376> of God<WH430> is come<WH935> hither<WH2008>.


btext:
And the king<WH4428> said<WH559> unto Hazael<WH2371>, Take<WH3947> a present<WH4503> in thine hand<WH3027>, and go<WH3212>, meet<WH7125> the man<WH376> of God<WH430>, and enquire<WH1875> of the LORD<WH3068> by him, saying<WH559>, Shall I recover<WH2421> of this disease<WH2483>?


btext:
So Hazael<WH2371> went<WH3212> to meet<WH7125> him, and took<WH3947> a present<WH4503> with him<WH3027>, even of every good thing<WH2898> of Damascus<WH1834>, forty<WH705> camels'<WH1581> burden<WH4853>, and came<WH935> and stood<WH5975> before<WH6440> him, and said<WH559>, Thy son<WH1121> Benhadad<WH1130> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> hath sent<WH7971> me to thee, saying<WH559>, Shall I recover<WH2421> of this disease<WH2483>? / with…: Heb. in his hand


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto him, Go<WH3212>, say<WH559> unto him, Thou mayest certainly<WH2421> recover<WH2421>: howbeit the LORD<WH3068> hath shewed<WH7200> me that he shall surely<WH4191> die<WH4191>.


btext:
And he settled<WH5975> his countenance<WH6440> stedfastly<WH7760>, until he was ashamed<WH954>: and the man<WH376> of God<WH430> wept<WH1058>. / stedfastly: Heb. and set it


btext:
And Hazael<WH2371> said<WH559>, Why weepeth<WH1058> my lord<WH113>? And he answered<WH559>, Because I know<WH3045> the evil<WH7451> that thou wilt do<WH6213> unto the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478>: their strong holds<WH4013> wilt thou set<WH7971> on fire<WH784>, and their young men<WH970> wilt thou slay<WH2026> with the sword<WH2719>, and wilt dash<WH7376> their children<WH5768>, and rip up<WH1234> their women with child<WH2030>.


btext:
And Hazael<WH2371> said<WH559>, But what, is thy servant<WH5650> a dog<WH3611>, that he should do<WH6213> this great<WH1419> thing<WH1697>? And Elisha<WH477> answered<WH559>, The LORD<WH3068> hath shewed<WH7200> me that thou shalt be king<WH4428> over Syria<WH758>.


btext:
So he departed<WH3212> from Elisha<WH477>, and came<WH935> to his master<WH113>; who said<WH559> to him, What said<WH559> Elisha<WH477> to thee? And he answered<WH559>, He told<WH559> me that thou shouldest surely<WH2421> recover<WH2421>.


btext:
And it came to pass on the morrow<WH4283>, that he took<WH3947> a thick cloth<WH4346>, and dipped<WH2881> it in water<WH4325>, and spread<WH6566> it on his face<WH6440>, so that he died<WH4191>: and Hazael<WH2371> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And in the fifth<WH2568> year<WH8141> of Joram<WH3141> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, Jehoshaphat<WH3092> being then king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, Jehoram<WH3088> the son<WH1121> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began to reign<WH4427>. / began…: Heb. reigned


btext:
Thirty<WH7970> and two<WH8147> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> was he when he began to reign<WH4427>; and he reigned<WH4427> eight<WH8083> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And he walked<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, as did<WH6213> the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256>: for the daughter<WH1323> of Ahab<WH256> was his wife<WH802>: and he did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Yet the LORD<WH3068> would<WH14> not destroy<WH7843> Judah<WH3063> for David<WH1732> his servant's<WH5650> sake, as he promised<WH559> him to give<WH5414> him alway<WH3117> a light<WH5216>, and to his children<WH1121>. / light: Heb. candle, or, lamp


btext:
In his days<WH3117> Edom<WH123> revolted<WH6586> from under the hand<WH3027> of Judah<WH3063>, and made<WH4427> a king<WH4428> over themselves.


btext:
So Joram<WH3141> went over<WH5674> to Zair<WH6811>, and all the chariots<WH7393> with him: and he rose<WH6965> by night<WH3915>, and smote<WH5221> the Edomites<WH123> which compassed him about<WH5437>, and the captains<WH8269> of the chariots<WH7393>: and the people<WH5971> fled<WH5127> into their tents<WH168>.


btext:
Yet Edom<WH123> revolted<WH6586> from under the hand<WH3027> of Judah<WH3063> unto this day<WH3117>. Then Libnah<WH3841> revolted<WH6586> at the same<WH1931> time<WH6256>.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Joram<WH3141>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
And Joram<WH3141> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>: and Ahaziah<WH274> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the twelfth<WH8147><WH6240><WH8141> year<WH8141> of Joram<WH3141> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> did Ahaziah<WH274> the son<WH1121> of Jehoram<WH3088> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> begin to reign<WH4427>.


btext:
Two<WH8147> and twenty<WH6242> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> was Ahaziah<WH274> when he began to reign<WH4427>; and he reigned<WH4427> one<WH259> year<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Athaliah<WH6271>, the daughter<WH1323> of Omri<WH6018> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>. / daughter: or, granddaughter


btext:
And he walked<WH3212> in the way<WH1870> of the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256>, and did<WH6213> evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, as did the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256>: for he was the son in law<WH2860> of the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256>.


btext:
And he went<WH3212> with Joram<WH3141> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> to the war<WH4421> against Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> in Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>; and the Syrians<WH761> wounded<WH5221> Joram<WH3141>.


btext:
And king<WH4428> Joram<WH3141> went back<WH7725> to be healed<WH7495> in Jezreel<WH3157> of the wounds<WH4347> which the Syrians<WH761> had given<WH5221> him at Ramah<WH7414>, when he fought<WH3898> against Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>. And Ahaziah<WH274> the son<WH1121> of Jehoram<WH3088> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> went down<WH3381> to see<WH7200> Joram<WH3141> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> in Jezreel<WH3157>, because he was sick<WH2470>. / which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded / Ramah: called Ramoth / sick: Heb. wounded


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> the prophet<WH5030> called<WH7121> one<WH259> of the children<WH1121> of the prophets<WH5030>, and said<WH559> unto him, Gird up<WH2296> thy loins<WH4975>, and take<WH3947> this box<WH6378> of oil<WH8081> in thine hand<WH3027>, and go<WH3212> to Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>:


btext:
And when thou comest<WH935> thither, look out<WH7200> there Jehu<WH3058> the son<WH1121> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the son<WH1121> of Nimshi<WH5250>, and go in<WH935>, and make him arise up<WH6965> from among<WH8432> his brethren<WH251>, and carry<WH935> him to an inner<WH2315> chamber<WH2315>; / inner…: Heb. chamber in a chamber


btext:
Then take<WH3947> the box<WH6378> of oil<WH8081>, and pour<WH3332> it on his head<WH7218>, and say<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, I have anointed<WH4886> thee king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>. Then open<WH6605> the door<WH1817>, and flee<WH5127>, and tarry<WH2442> not.


btext:
So the young man<WH5288>, even the young man<WH5288> the prophet<WH5030>, went<WH3212> to Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>.


btext:
And when he came<WH935>, behold, the captains<WH8269> of the host<WH2428> were sitting<WH3427>; and he said<WH559>, I have an errand<WH1697> to thee, O captain<WH8269>. And Jehu<WH3058> said<WH559>, Unto which of all us? And he said<WH559>, To thee, O captain<WH8269>.


btext:
And he arose<WH6965>, and went<WH935> into the house<WH1004>; and he poured<WH3332> the oil<WH8081> on his head<WH7218>, and said<WH559> unto him, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, I have anointed<WH4886> thee king<WH4428> over the people<WH5971> of the LORD<WH3068>, even over Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And thou shalt smite<WH5221> the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256> thy master<WH113>, that I may avenge<WH5358> the blood<WH1818> of my servants<WH5650> the prophets<WH5030>, and the blood<WH1818> of all the servants<WH5650> of the LORD<WH3068>, at the hand<WH3027> of Jezebel<WH348>.


btext:
For the whole house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256> shall perish<WH6>: and I will cut off<WH3772> from Ahab<WH256> him that pisseth<WH8366> against the wall<WH7023>, and him that is shut up<WH6113> and left<WH5800> in Israel<WH3478>:


btext:
And I will make<WH5414> the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256> like the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, and like the house<WH1004> of Baasha<WH1201> the son<WH1121> of Ahijah<WH281>:


btext:
And the dogs<WH3611> shall eat<WH398> Jezebel<WH348> in the portion<WH2506> of Jezreel<WH3157>, and there shall be none to bury<WH6912> her. And he opened<WH6605> the door<WH1817>, and fled<WH5127>.


btext:
Then Jehu<WH3058> came forth<WH3318> to the servants<WH5650> of his lord<WH113>: and one said<WH559> unto him, Is all well<WH7965>? wherefore came<WH935> this mad<WH7696> fellow to thee? And he said<WH559> unto them, Ye know<WH3045> the man<WH376>, and his communication<WH7879>.


btext:
And they said<WH559>, It is false<WH8267>; tell<WH5046> us now. And he said<WH559>, Thus and thus spake<WH559> he to me, saying<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the LORD<WH3068>, I have anointed<WH4886> thee king<WH4428> over Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
Then they hasted<WH4116>, and took<WH3947> every man<WH376> his garment<WH899>, and put<WH7760> it under him on the top<WH1634> of the stairs<WH4609>, and blew<WH8628> with trumpets<WH7782>, saying<WH559>, Jehu<WH3058> is king<WH4427>. / is king: Heb. reigneth


btext:
So Jehu<WH3058> the son<WH1121> of Jehoshaphat<WH3092> the son<WH1121> of Nimshi<WH5250> conspired<WH7194> against Joram<WH3141>. (Now Joram<WH3141> had kept<WH8104> Ramothgilead<WH7433><WH1568>, he and all Israel<WH3478>, because<WH6440> of Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>.


btext:
But king<WH4428> Joram<WH3088> was returned<WH7725> to be healed<WH7495> in Jezreel<WH3157> of the wounds<WH4347> which the Syrians<WH761> had given<WH5221> him, when he fought<WH3898> with Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>.) And Jehu<WH3058> said<WH559>, If it be<WH3426> your minds<WH5315>, then let none<WH408> go forth<WH3318> nor escape<WH6412> out of the city<WH5892> to go<WH3212> to tell<WH5046> it in Jezreel<WH3157>. / Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen / had given: Heb. smote / let none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc.


btext:
So Jehu<WH3058> rode in a chariot<WH7392>, and went<WH3212> to Jezreel<WH3157>; for Joram<WH3141> lay<WH7901> there. And Ahaziah<WH274> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> was come down<WH3381> to see<WH7200> Joram<WH3141>.


btext:
And there stood<WH5975> a watchman<WH6822> on the tower<WH4026> in Jezreel<WH3157>, and he spied<WH7200> the company<WH8229> of Jehu<WH3058> as he came<WH935>, and said<WH559>, I see<WH7200> a company<WH8229>. And Joram<WH3088> said<WH559>, Take<WH3947> an horseman<WH7395>, and send<WH7971> to meet<WH7125> them, and let him say<WH559>, Is it peace<WH7965>?


btext:
So there went<WH3212> one on horseback<WH7392><WH5483> to meet<WH7125> him, and said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the king<WH4428>, Is it peace<WH7965>? And Jehu<WH3058> said<WH559>, What hast thou to do with peace<WH7965>? turn<WH5437> thee behind<WH310> me. And the watchman<WH6822> told<WH5046>, saying<WH559>, The messenger<WH4397> came<WH935> to them, but he cometh not again<WH7725>.


btext:
Then he sent out<WH7971> a second<WH8145> on horseback<WH7392><WH5483>, which came<WH935> to them, and said<WH559>, Thus saith<WH559> the king<WH4428>, Is it peace<WH7965>? And Jehu<WH3058> answered<WH559>, What hast thou to do with peace<WH7965>? turn<WH5437> thee behind<WH310> me.


btext:
And the watchman<WH6822> told<WH5046>, saying<WH559>, He came<WH935> even unto them, and cometh not again<WH7725>: and the driving<WH4491> is like the driving<WH4491> of Jehu<WH3058> the son<WH1121> of Nimshi<WH5250>; for he driveth<WH5090> furiously<WH7697>. / driving: or, marching / furiously: Heb. in madness


btext:
And Joram<WH3088> said<WH559>, Make ready<WH631>. And his chariot<WH7393> was made ready<WH631>. And Joram<WH3088> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> and Ahaziah<WH274> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> went out<WH3318>, each<WH376> in his chariot<WH7393>, and they went out<WH3318> against<WH7125> Jehu<WH3058>, and met<WH4672> him in the portion<WH2513> of Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158>. / Make ready: Heb. Bind / met: Heb. found


btext:
And it came to pass, when Joram<WH3088> saw<WH7200> Jehu<WH3058>, that he said<WH559>, Is it peace<WH7965>, Jehu<WH3058>? And he answered<WH559>, What peace<WH7965>, so long as<WH5704> the whoredoms<WH2183> of thy mother<WH517> Jezebel<WH348> and her witchcrafts<WH3785> are so many<WH7227>?


btext:
And Joram<WH3088> turned<WH2015> his hands<WH3027>, and fled<WH5127>, and said<WH559> to Ahaziah<WH274>, There is treachery<WH4820>, O Ahaziah<WH274>.


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> drew a bow<WH7198> with his full<WH4390> strength<WH3027>, and smote<WH5221> Jehoram<WH3088> between his arms<WH2220>, and the arrow<WH2678> went out<WH3318> at his heart<WH3820>, and he sunk down<WH3766> in his chariot<WH7393>. / drew…: Heb. filled his hand with a bow / sunk: Heb. bowed


btext:
Then said<WH559> Jehu to Bidkar<WH920> his captain<WH7991>, Take up<WH5375>, and cast<WH7993> him in the portion<WH2513> of the field<WH7704> of Naboth<WH5022> the Jezreelite<WH3158>: for remember<WH2142> how that, when I and thou rode<WH7392> together<WH6776> after<WH310> Ahab<WH256> his father<WH1>, the LORD<WH3068> laid<WH5375> this burden<WH4853> upon him;


btext:
Surely I have seen<WH7200> yesterday<WH570> the blood<WH1818> of Naboth<WH5022>, and the blood<WH1818> of his sons<WH1121>, saith<WH5002> the LORD<WH3068>; and I will requite<WH7999> thee in this plat<WH2513>, saith<WH5002> the LORD<WH3068>. Now therefore take<WH5375> and cast<WH7993> him into the plat<WH2513> of ground, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>. / blood: Heb. bloods / plat: or, portion


btext:
But when Ahaziah<WH274> the king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> saw<WH7200> this, he fled<WH5127> by the way<WH1870> of the garden<WH1588> house<WH1004>. And Jehu<WH3058> followed<WH7291> after<WH310> him, and said<WH559>, Smite<WH5221> him also in the chariot<WH4818>. And they did so at the going up<WH4608> to Gur<WH1483>, which is by Ibleam<WH2991>. And he fled<WH5127> to Megiddo<WH4023>, and died<WH4191> there.


btext:
And his servants<WH5650> carried<WH7392> him in a chariot to Jerusalem<WH3389>, and buried<WH6912> him in his sepulchre<WH6900> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>.


btext:
And in the eleventh<WH259><WH6240><WH8141> year<WH8141> of Joram<WH3141> the son<WH1121> of Ahab<WH256> began Ahaziah<WH274> to reign<WH4427> over Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
And when Jehu<WH3058> was come<WH935> to Jezreel<WH3157>, Jezebel<WH348> heard<WH8085> of it; and she painted<WH7760><WH6320> her face<WH5869>, and tired<WH3190> her head<WH7218>, and looked out<WH8259> at a window<WH2474>. / painted…: Heb. put her eyes in painting


btext:
And as Jehu<WH3058> entered in<WH935> at the gate<WH8179>, she said<WH559>, Had Zimri<WH2174> peace<WH7965>, who slew<WH2026> his master<WH113>?


btext:
And he lifted up<WH5375> his face<WH6440> to the window<WH2474>, and said<WH559>, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out<WH8259> to him two<WH8147> or three<WH7969> eunuchs<WH5631>. / eunuchs: or, chamberlains


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Throw her down<WH8058>. So they threw her down<WH8058>: and some of her blood<WH1818> was sprinkled<WH5137> on the wall<WH7023>, and on the horses<WH5483>: and he trode her under foot<WH7429>.


btext:
And when he was come in<WH935>, he did eat<WH398> and drink<WH8354>, and said<WH559>, Go<WH6485>, see now this cursed<WH779> woman, and bury<WH6912> her: for she is a king's<WH4428> daughter<WH1323>.


btext:
And they went<WH3212> to bury<WH6912> her: but they found<WH4672> no more of her than<WH518> the skull<WH1538>, and the feet<WH7272>, and the palms<WH3709> of her hands<WH3027>.


btext:
Wherefore they came again<WH7725>, and told<WH5046> him. And he said<WH559>, This is the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> by<WH3027> his servant<WH5650> Elijah<WH452> the Tishbite<WH8664>, saying<WH559>, In the portion<WH2506> of Jezreel<WH3157> shall dogs<WH3611> eat<WH398> the flesh<WH1320> of Jezebel<WH348>: / by: Heb. by the hand of


btext:
And the carcase<WH5038> of Jezebel<WH348> shall be as dung<WH1828> upon the face<WH6440> of the field<WH7704> in the portion<WH2506> of Jezreel<WH3157>; so that they shall not say<WH559>, This is Jezebel<WH348>.


btext:
And Ahab<WH256> had seventy<WH7657> sons<WH1121> in Samaria<WH8111>. And Jehu<WH3058> wrote<WH3789> letters<WH5612>, and sent<WH7971> to Samaria<WH8111>, unto the rulers<WH8269> of Jezreel<WH3157>, to the elders<WH2205>, and to them that brought up<WH539> Ahab's<WH256> children, saying<WH559>, / them…: Heb. nourishers


btext:
Now as soon as this letter<WH5612> cometh<WH935> to you, seeing your master's<WH113> sons<WH1121> are with you, and there are with you chariots<WH7393> and horses<WH5483>, a fenced<WH4013> city<WH5892> also, and armour<WH5402>;


btext:
Look even out<WH7200> the best<WH2896> and meetest<WH3477> of your master's<WH113> sons<WH1121>, and set<WH7760> him on his father's<WH1> throne<WH3678>, and fight<WH3898> for your master's<WH113> house<WH1004>.


btext:
But they were exceedingly<WH3966><WH3966> afraid<WH3372>, and said<WH559>, Behold, two<WH8147> kings<WH4428> stood<WH5975> not before<WH6440> him: how then shall we stand<WH5975>?


btext:
And he that was over the house<WH1004>, and he that was over the city<WH5892>, the elders<WH2205> also, and the bringers up<WH539> of the children, sent<WH7971> to Jehu<WH3058>, saying<WH559>, We are thy servants<WH5650>, and will do<WH6213> all that thou shalt bid<WH559> us; we will not make any<WH376> king<WH4427>: do<WH6213> thou that which is good<WH2896> in thine eyes<WH5869>.


btext:
Then he wrote<WH3789> a letter<WH5612> the second time<WH8145> to them, saying<WH559>, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken<WH8085> unto my voice<WH6963>, take<WH3947> ye the heads<WH7218> of the men<WH582> your master's<WH113> sons<WH1121>, and come<WH935> to me to Jezreel<WH3157> by to morrow<WH4279> this time<WH6256>. Now the king's<WH4428> sons<WH1121>, being seventy<WH7657> persons<WH376>, were with the great men<WH1419> of the city<WH5892>, which brought them up<WH1431>. / mine: Heb. for me


btext:
And it came to pass, when the letter<WH5612> came<WH935> to them, that they took<WH3947> the king's<WH4428> sons<WH1121>, and slew<WH7819> seventy<WH7657> persons<WH376>, and put<WH7760> their heads<WH7218> in baskets<WH1731>, and sent<WH7971> him them to Jezreel<WH3157>.


btext:
And there came<WH935> a messenger<WH4397>, and told<WH5046> him, saying<WH559>, They have brought<WH935> the heads<WH7218> of the king's<WH4428> sons<WH1121>. And he said<WH559>, Lay<WH7760> ye them in two<WH8147> heaps<WH6652> at the entering in<WH6607> of the gate<WH8179> until the morning<WH1242>.


btext:
And it came to pass in the morning<WH1242>, that he went out<WH3318>, and stood<WH5975>, and said<WH559> to all the people<WH5971>, Ye be righteous<WH6662>: behold, I conspired<WH7194> against my master<WH113>, and slew<WH2026> him: but who slew<WH5221> all these?


btext:
Know<WH3045> now<WH645> that there shall fall<WH5307> unto the earth<WH776> nothing of the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which the LORD<WH3068> spake<WH1696> concerning the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256>: for the LORD<WH3068> hath done<WH6213> that which he spake<WH1696> by<WH3027> his servant<WH5650> Elijah<WH452>. / by: Heb. by the hand of


btext:
So Jehu<WH3058> slew<WH5221> all that remained<WH7604> of the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256> in Jezreel<WH3157>, and all his great men<WH1419>, and his kinsfolks<WH3045>, and his priests<WH3548>, until he left<WH7604> him none remaining<WH8300>. / kinsfolks: or, acquaintance


btext:
And he arose<WH6965> and departed<WH935>, and came<WH3212> to Samaria<WH8111>. And as he was at the shearing<WH7462> house<WH1004><WH1044> in the way<WH1870>, / shearing…: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep


btext:
Jehu<WH3058> met<WH4672> with the brethren<WH251> of Ahaziah<WH274> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, and said<WH559>, Who are ye? And they answered<WH559>, We are the brethren<WH251> of Ahaziah<WH274>; and we go down<WH3381> to salute<WH7965> the children<WH1121> of the king<WH4428> and the children<WH1121> of the queen<WH1377>. / met with: Heb. found / to salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Take<WH8610> them alive<WH2416>. And they took<WH8610> them alive<WH2416>, and slew<WH7819> them at the pit<WH953> of the shearing house<WH1044>, even two<WH8147> and forty<WH705> men<WH376>; neither left<WH7604> he any<WH376> of them.


btext:
And when he was departed<WH3212> thence, he lighted<WH4672> on Jehonadab<WH3082> the son<WH1121> of Rechab<WH7394> coming to meet<WH7125> him: and he saluted<WH1288> him, and said<WH559> to him, Is<WH3426> thine heart<WH3824> right<WH3477>, as my heart<WH3824> is with thy heart<WH3824>? And Jehonadab<WH3082> answered<WH559>, It is<WH3426>. If it be, give<WH5414> me thine hand<WH3027>. And he gave<WH5414> him his hand<WH3027>; and he took him up<WH5927> to him into the chariot<WH4818>. / lighted on: Heb. found / saluted: Heb. blessed


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Come<WH3212> with me, and see<WH7200> my zeal<WH7068> for the LORD<WH3068>. So they made him ride<WH7392> in his chariot<WH7393>.


btext:
And when he came<WH935> to Samaria<WH8111>, he slew<WH5221> all that remained<WH7604> unto Ahab<WH256> in Samaria<WH8111>, till he had destroyed<WH8045> him, according to the saying<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068>, which he spake<WH1696> to Elijah<WH452>.


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> gathered<WH6908> all the people<WH5971> together<WH6908>, and said<WH559> unto them, Ahab<WH256> served<WH5647> Baal<WH1168> a little<WH4592>; but Jehu<WH3058> shall serve<WH5647> him much<WH7235>.


btext:
Now therefore call<WH7121> unto me all the prophets<WH5030> of Baal<WH1168>, all his servants<WH5647>, and all his priests<WH3548>; let none<WH376> be wanting<WH6485>: for I have a great<WH1419> sacrifice<WH2077> to do to Baal<WH1168>; whosoever shall be wanting<WH6485>, he shall not live<WH2421>. But Jehu<WH3058> did<WH6213> it in subtilty<WH6122>, to the intent that he might destroy<WH6> the worshippers<WH5647> of Baal<WH1168>.


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> said<WH559>, Proclaim<WH6942> a solemn assembly<WH6116> for Baal<WH1168>. And they proclaimed<WH7121> it. / Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> sent<WH7971> through all Israel<WH3478>: and all the worshippers<WH5647> of Baal<WH1168> came<WH935>, so that there was not a man<WH376> left<WH7604> that came<WH935> not. And they came<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>; and the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168> was full<WH4390> from one end<WH6310> to another<WH6310>. / full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth


btext:
And he said<WH559> unto him that was over the vestry<WH4458>, Bring forth<WH3318> vestments<WH3830> for all the worshippers<WH5647> of Baal<WH1168>. And he brought them forth<WH3318> vestments<WH4403>.


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> went<WH935>, and Jehonadab<WH3082> the son<WH1121> of Rechab<WH7394>, into the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>, and said<WH559> unto the worshippers<WH5647> of Baal<WH1168>, Search<WH2664>, and look<WH7200> that there be<WH3426> here with you none of the servants<WH5650> of the LORD<WH3068>, but the worshippers<WH5647> of Baal<WH1168> only.


btext:
And when they went in<WH935> to offer<WH6213> sacrifices<WH2077> and burnt offerings<WH5930>, Jehu<WH3058> appointed<WH7760> fourscore<WH8084> men<WH376> without<WH2351>, and said<WH559>, If any<WH376> of the men<WH582> whom I have brought<WH935> into your hands<WH3027> escape<WH4422>, he that letteth him go, his life<WH5315> shall be for the life<WH5315> of him.


btext:
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end<WH3615> of offering<WH6213> the burnt offering<WH5930>, that Jehu<WH3058> said<WH559> to the guard<WH7323> and to the captains<WH7991>, Go in<WH935>, and slay<WH5221> them; let none<WH376> come forth<WH3318>. And they smote<WH5221> them with the edge<WH6310> of the sword<WH2719>; and the guard<WH7323> and the captains<WH7991> cast them out<WH7993>, and went<WH3212> to the city<WH5892> of the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>. / the edge: Heb. the mouth


btext:
And they brought forth<WH3318> the images<WH4676> out of the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>, and burned<WH8313> them. / images: Heb. statues


btext:
And they brake down<WH5422> the image<WH4676> of Baal<WH1168>, and brake down<WH5422> the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>, and made<WH7760> it a draught house<WH4163><WH4280> unto this day<WH3117>.


btext:
Howbeit from the sins<WH2399> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>, Jehu<WH3058> departed<WH5493> not from after<WH310> them, to wit, the golden<WH2091> calves<WH5695> that were in Bethel<WH1008>, and that were in Dan<WH1835>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH559> unto Jehu<WH3058>, Because thou hast done well<WH2895> in executing<WH6213> that which is right<WH3477> in mine eyes<WH5869>, and hast done<WH6213> unto the house<WH1004> of Ahab<WH256> according to all that was in mine heart<WH3824>, thy children<WH1121> of the fourth<WH7243> generation shall sit<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
But Jehu<WH3058> took no heed<WH8104> to walk<WH3212> in the law<WH8451> of the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478> with all his heart<WH3824>: for he departed<WH5493> not from the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, which made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>. / took…: Heb. observed not


btext:
In those days<WH3117> the LORD<WH3068> began<WH2490> to cut<WH7096> Israel<WH3478> short<WH7096>: and Hazael<WH2371> smote<WH5221> them in all the coasts<WH1366> of Israel<WH3478>; / to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends


btext:
From Jordan<WH3383> eastward<WH4217><WH8121>, all the land<WH776> of Gilead<WH1568>, the Gadites<WH1425>, and the Reubenites<WH7206>, and the Manassites<WH4520>, from Aroer<WH6177>, which is by the river<WH5158> Arnon<WH769>, even Gilead<WH1568> and Bashan<WH1316>. / eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun / even…: or, even to Gilead and Bashan


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jehu<WH3058>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and all his might<WH1369>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And Jehu<WH3058> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>: and they buried<WH6912> him in Samaria<WH8111>. And Jehoahaz<WH3059> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And the time<WH3117> that Jehu<WH3058> reigned<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111> was twenty<WH6242> and eight<WH8083> years<WH8141>. / the time: Heb. the days were


btext:
And when Athaliah<WH6271> the mother<WH517> of Ahaziah<WH274> saw<WH7200> that her son<WH1121> was dead<WH4191>, she arose<WH6965> and destroyed<WH6> all the seed<WH2233> royal<WH4467>. / seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom


btext:
But Jehosheba<WH3089>, the daughter<WH1323> of king<WH4428> Joram<WH3141>, sister<WH269> of Ahaziah<WH274>, took<WH3947> Joash<WH3101> the son<WH1121> of Ahaziah<WH274>, and stole<WH1589> him from among<WH8432> the king's<WH4428> sons<WH1121> which were slain<WH4191>; and they hid<WH5641> him, even him and his nurse<WH3243>, in the bedchamber<WH2315><WH4296> from<WH6440> Athaliah<WH6271>, so that he was not slain<WH4191>.


btext:
And he was with her hid<WH2244> in the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068> six<WH8337> years<WH8141>. And Athaliah<WH6271> did reign<WH4427> over the land<WH776>.


btext:
And the seventh<WH7637> year<WH8141> Jehoiada<WH3077> sent<WH7971> and fetched<WH3947> the rulers<WH8269> over hundreds<WH3967>, with the captains<WH3746> and the guard<WH7323>, and brought<WH935> them to him into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and made<WH3772> a covenant<WH1285> with them, and took an oath<WH7650> of them in the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and shewed<WH7200> them the king's<WH4428> son<WH1121>.


btext:
And he commanded<WH6680> them, saying<WH559>, This is the thing<WH1697> that ye shall do<WH6213>; A third part<WH7992> of you that enter in<WH935> on the sabbath<WH7676> shall even be keepers<WH8104> of the watch<WH4931> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>;


btext:
And a third part<WH7992> shall be at the gate<WH8179> of Sur<WH5495>; and a third part<WH7992> at the gate<WH8179> behind<WH310> the guard<WH7323>: so shall ye keep<WH8104> the watch<WH4931> of the house<WH1004>, that it be not broken down<WH4535>. / that…: or, from breaking up


btext:
And two<WH8147> parts<WH3027> of all you that go forth<WH3318> on the sabbath<WH7676>, even they shall keep<WH8104> the watch<WH4931> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068> about<WH413> the king<WH4428>. / parts: or, companies: Heb. hands


btext:
And ye shall compass<WH5362> the king<WH4428> round about<WH5439>, every man<WH376> with his weapons<WH3627> in his hand<WH3027>: and he that cometh<WH935> within the ranges<WH7713>, let him be slain<WH4191>: and be ye with the king<WH4428> as he goeth out<WH3318> and as he cometh in<WH935>.


btext:
And the captains<WH8269> over the hundreds<WH3967> did<WH6213> according to all things that Jehoiada<WH3077> the priest<WH3548> commanded<WH6680>: and they took<WH3947> every man<WH376> his men<WH582> that were to come in<WH935> on the sabbath<WH7676>, with them that should go out<WH3318> on the sabbath<WH7676>, and came<WH935> to Jehoiada<WH3077> the priest<WH3548>.


btext:
And to the captains<WH8269> over hundreds<WH3967> did the priest<WH3548> give<WH5414> king<WH4428> David's<WH1732> spears<WH2595> and shields<WH7982>, that were in the temple<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And the guard<WH7323> stood<WH5975>, every man<WH376> with his weapons<WH3627> in his hand<WH3027>, round about<WH5439> the king<WH4428>, from the right<WH3233> corner<WH3802> of the temple<WH1004> to the left<WH8042> corner<WH3802> of the temple<WH1004>, along by the altar<WH4196> and the temple<WH1004>. / corner: Heb. shoulder


btext:
And he brought forth<WH3318> the king's<WH4428> son<WH1121>, and put<WH5414> the crown<WH5145> upon him, and gave him the testimony<WH5715>; and they made him king<WH4427>, and anointed<WH4886> him; and they clapped<WH5221> their hands<WH3709>, and said<WH559>, God save<WH2421> the king<WH4428>. / God…: Heb. Let the king live


btext:
And when Athaliah<WH6271> heard<WH8085> the noise<WH6963> of the guard<WH7323> and of the people<WH5971>, she came<WH935> to the people<WH5971> into the temple<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And when she looked<WH7200>, behold, the king<WH4428> stood<WH5975> by a pillar<WH5982>, as the manner<WH4941> was, and the princes<WH8269> and the trumpeters<WH2689> by the king<WH4428>, and all the people<WH5971> of the land<WH776> rejoiced<WH8056>, and blew<WH8628> with trumpets<WH2689>: and Athaliah<WH6271> rent<WH7167> her clothes<WH899>, and cried<WH7121>, Treason<WH7195>, Treason<WH7195>.


btext:
But Jehoiada<WH3077> the priest<WH3548> commanded<WH6680> the captains<WH8269> of the hundreds<WH3967>, the officers<WH6485> of the host<WH2428>, and said<WH559> unto them, Have her forth<WH3318> without<WH1004> the ranges<WH7713>: and him that followeth<WH935><WH310> her kill<WH4191> with the sword<WH2719>. For the priest<WH3548> had said<WH559>, Let her not be slain<WH4191> in the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
And they laid<WH7760> hands<WH3027> on her; and she went<WH935> by the way<WH1870> by the which the horses<WH5483> came<WH3996> into the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>: and there was she slain<WH4191>.


btext:
And Jehoiada<WH3077> made<WH3772> a covenant<WH1285> between the LORD<WH3068> and the king<WH4428> and the people<WH5971>, that they should be the LORD'S<WH3068> people<WH5971>; between the king<WH4428> also and the people<WH5971>.


btext:
And all the people<WH5971> of the land<WH776> went<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of Baal<WH1168>, and brake it down<WH5422>; his altars<WH4196> and his images<WH6754> brake they in pieces<WH7665> thoroughly<WH3190>, and slew<WH2026> Mattan<WH4977> the priest<WH3548> of Baal<WH1168> before<WH6440> the altars<WH4196>. And the priest<WH3548> appointed<WH7760> officers<WH6485><WH6486> over the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>. / officers: Heb. offices


btext:
And he took<WH3947> the rulers<WH8269> over hundreds<WH3967>, and the captains<WH3746>, and the guard<WH7323>, and all the people<WH5971> of the land<WH776>; and they brought down<WH3381> the king<WH4428> from the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and came<WH935> by the way<WH1870> of the gate<WH8179> of the guard<WH7323> to the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>. And he sat<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of the kings<WH4428>.


btext:
And all the people<WH5971> of the land<WH776> rejoiced<WH8055>, and the city<WH5892> was in quiet<WH8252>: and they slew<WH4191> Athaliah<WH6271> with the sword<WH2719> beside the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>.


btext:
In the seventh<WH7651> year<WH8141> of Jehu<WH3058> Jehoash<WH3060> began to reign<WH4427>; and forty<WH705> years<WH8141> reigned<WH4427> he in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Zibiah<WH6645> of Beersheba<WH884>.


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> did<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068> all his days<WH3117> wherein Jehoiada<WH3077> the priest<WH3548> instructed<WH3384> him.


btext:
But the high places<WH1116> were not taken away<WH5493>: the people<WH5971> still sacrificed<WH2076> and burnt incense<WH6999> in the high places<WH1116>.


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> said<WH559> to the priests<WH3548>, All the money<WH3701> of the dedicated things<WH6944> that is brought<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, even the money<WH3701> of every one<WH376> that passeth<WH5674> the account, the money<WH3701> that every man<WH5315> is set at<WH6187>, and all the money<WH3701> that cometh<WH5927> into any man's<WH376> heart<WH3820> to bring<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, / dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses / that every…: Heb. of the souls of his estimation / cometh…: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man


btext:
Let the priests<WH3548> take<WH3947> it to them, every man<WH376> of his acquaintance<WH4378>: and let them repair<WH2388> the breaches<WH919> of the house<WH1004>, wheresoever any breach<WH919> shall be found<WH4672>.


btext:
But it was so, that in the three<WH7969><WH8141> and twentieth<WH6242> year<WH8141> of king<WH4428> Jehoash<WH3060> the priests<WH3548> had not repaired<WH2388> the breaches<WH919> of the house<WH1004>. / three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year


btext:
Then king<WH4428> Jehoash<WH3060> called<WH7121> for Jehoiada<WH3077> the priest<WH3548>, and the other priests<WH3548>, and said<WH559> unto them, Why repair<WH2388> ye not the breaches<WH919> of the house<WH1004>? now therefore receive<WH3947> no more money<WH3701> of your acquaintance<WH4378>, but deliver<WH5414> it for the breaches<WH919> of the house<WH1004>.


btext:
And the priests<WH3548> consented<WH225> to receive<WH3947> no<WH1115> more money<WH3701> of the people<WH5971>, neither<WH1115> to repair<WH2388> the breaches<WH919> of the house<WH1004>.


btext:
But Jehoiada<WH3077> the priest<WH3548> took<WH3947> a<WH259> chest<WH727>, and bored<WH5344> a hole<WH2356> in the lid<WH1817> of it, and set<WH5414> it beside<WH681> the altar<WH4196>, on the right side<WH3225> as one<WH376> cometh<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>: and the priests<WH3548> that kept<WH8104> the door<WH5592> put<WH5414> therein all the money<WH3701> that was brought<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>. / door: Heb. threshold


btext:
And it was so, when they saw<WH7200> that there was much<WH7227> money<WH3701> in the chest<WH727>, that the king's<WH4428> scribe<WH5608> and the high<WH1419> priest<WH3548> came up<WH5927>, and they put up in bags<WH6696>, and told<WH4487> the money<WH3701> that was found<WH4672> in the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>. / scribe: or, secretary / put…: Heb. bound up


btext:
And they gave<WH5414> the money<WH3701>, being told<WH8505>, into the hands<WH3027> of them that did<WH6213> the work<WH4399>, that had the oversight<WH6485><WH6485> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>: and they laid it out<WH3318> to the carpenters<WH2796><WH6086> and builders<WH1129>, that wrought<WH6213> upon the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, / laid…: Heb. brought it forth


btext:
And to masons<WH1443>, and hewers<WH2672> of stone<WH68>, and to buy<WH7069> timber<WH6086> and hewed<WH4274> stone<WH68> to repair<WH2388> the breaches<WH919> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and for all that was laid out<WH3318> for the house<WH1004> to repair<WH2394> it. / was…: Heb. went forth


btext:
Howbeit there were not made<WH6213> for the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068> bowls<WH5592> of silver<WH3701>, snuffers<WH4212>, basons<WH4219>, trumpets<WH2689>, any vessels<WH3627> of gold<WH2091>, or vessels<WH3627> of silver<WH3701>, of the money<WH3701> that was brought<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>:


btext:
But they gave<WH5414> that to the workmen<WH4399><WH6213>, and repaired<WH2388> therewith the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Moreover they reckoned<WH2803> not with the men<WH582>, into whose hand<WH3027> they delivered<WH5414> the money<WH3701> to be bestowed<WH5414> on workmen<WH4399>: for they dealt<WH6213> faithfully<WH530>.


btext:
The trespass<WH817> money<WH3701> and sin<WH2403> money<WH3701> was not brought<WH935> into the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>: it was the priests'<WH3548>.


btext:
Then Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> went up<WH5927>, and fought<WH3898> against Gath<WH1661>, and took<WH3920> it: and Hazael<WH2371> set<WH7760> his face<WH6440> to go up<WH5927> to Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> took<WH3947> all the hallowed things<WH6944> that Jehoshaphat<WH3092>, and Jehoram<WH3088>, and Ahaziah<WH274>, his fathers<WH1>, kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, had dedicated<WH6942>, and his own hallowed things<WH6944>, and all the gold<WH2091> that was found<WH4672> in the treasures<WH214> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and in the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, and sent<WH7971> it to Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>: and he went away<WH5927> from Jerusalem<WH3389>. / went…: Heb. went up


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Joash<WH3101>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
And his servants<WH5650> arose<WH6965>, and made<WH7194> a conspiracy<WH7195>, and slew<WH5221> Joash<WH3101> in the house<WH1004> of Millo<WH4407><WH1037>, which goeth down<WH3381> to Silla<WH5538>. / the house…: or, Bethmillo


btext:
For Jozachar<WH3108> the son<WH1121> of Shimeath<WH8100>, and Jehozabad<WH3075> the son<WH1121> of Shomer<WH7763>, his servants<WH5650>, smote<WH5221> him, and he died<WH4191>; and they buried<WH6912> him with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>: and Amaziah<WH558> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the three<WH7969><WH8141> and twentieth<WH6242> year<WH8141> of Joash<WH3101> the son<WH1121> of Ahaziah<WH274> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> Jehoahaz<WH3059> the son<WH1121> of Jehu<WH3058> began to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111>, and reigned seventeen<WH7651><WH6240> years<WH8141>. / three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, and followed<WH3212><WH310> the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, which made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>; he departed<WH5493> not therefrom. / followed: Heb. walked after


btext:
And the anger<WH639> of the LORD<WH3068> was kindled<WH2734> against Israel<WH3478>, and he delivered<WH5414> them into the hand<WH3027> of Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>, and into the hand<WH3027> of Benhadad<WH1130> the son<WH1121> of Hazael<WH2371>, all their days<WH3117>.


btext:
And Jehoahaz<WH3059> besought<WH2470> the LORD<WH3068>, and the LORD<WH3068> hearkened<WH8085> unto<WH6440> him: for he saw<WH7200> the oppression<WH3906> of Israel<WH3478>, because the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> oppressed<WH3905> them.


btext:
(And the LORD<WH3068> gave<WH5414> Israel<WH3478> a saviour<WH3467>, so that they went out<WH3318> from under the hand<WH3027> of the Syrians<WH758>: and the children<WH1121> of Israel<WH3478> dwelt<WH3427> in their tents<WH168>, as beforetime<WH8032><WH8543>. / as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, and third day


btext:
Nevertheless they departed<WH5493> not from the sins<WH2403> of the house<WH1004> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, who made Israel<WH3478> sin<WH2398>, but walked<WH1980> therein: and there remained<WH5975> the grove<WH842> also in Samaria<WH8111>.) / walked: Heb. he walked / remained: Heb. stood


btext:
Neither did he leave<WH7604> of the people<WH5971> to Jehoahaz<WH3059> but fifty<WH2572> horsemen<WH6571>, and ten<WH6235> chariots<WH7393>, and ten<WH6235> thousand<WH505> footmen<WH7273>; for the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> had destroyed<WH6> them, and had made<WH7760> them like the dust<WH6083> by threshing<WH1758>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jehoahaz<WH3059>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and his might<WH1369>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And Jehoahaz<WH3059> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>; and they buried<WH6912> him in Samaria<WH8111>: and Joash<WH3101> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the thirty<WH7970><WH8141> and seventh<WH7651> year<WH8141> of Joash<WH3101> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began Jehoash<WH3060> the son<WH1121> of Jehoahaz<WH3059> to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111>, and reigned sixteen<WH8337><WH6240> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>; he departed<WH5493> not from all the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> sin<WH2398>: but he walked<WH1980> therein.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Joash<WH3101>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and his might<WH1369> wherewith he fought<WH3898> against Amaziah<WH558> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And Joash<WH3101> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>; and Jeroboam<WH3379> sat<WH3427> upon his throne<WH3678>: and Joash<WH3101> was buried<WH6912> in Samaria<WH8111> with the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
Now Elisha<WH477> was fallen sick<WH2470> of his sickness<WH2483> whereof he died<WH4191>. And Joash<WH3101> the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> came down<WH3381> unto him, and wept<WH1058> over his face<WH6440>, and said<WH559>, O my father<WH1>, my father<WH1>, the chariot<WH7393> of Israel<WH3478>, and the horsemen<WH6571> thereof.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> said<WH559> unto him, Take<WH3947> bow<WH7198> and arrows<WH2671>. And he took<WH3947> unto him bow<WH7198> and arrows<WH2671>.


btext:
And he said<WH559> to the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, Put<WH7392> thine hand<WH3027> upon the bow<WH7198>. And he put<WH7392> his hand<WH3027> upon it: and Elisha<WH477> put<WH7760> his hands<WH3027> upon the king's<WH4428> hands<WH3027>. / Put thine…: Heb. Make thine hand to ride


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Open<WH6605> the window<WH2474> eastward<WH6924>. And he opened<WH6605> it. Then Elisha<WH477> said<WH559>, Shoot<WH3384>. And he shot<WH3384>. And he said<WH559>, The arrow<WH2671> of the LORD'S<WH3068> deliverance<WH8668>, and the arrow<WH2671> of deliverance<WH8668> from Syria<WH758>: for thou shalt smite<WH5221> the Syrians<WH758> in Aphek<WH663>, till thou have consumed<WH3615> them.


btext:
And he said<WH559>, Take<WH3947> the arrows<WH2671>. And he took<WH3947> them. And he said<WH559> unto the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, Smite<WH5221> upon the ground<WH776>. And he smote<WH5221> thrice<WH7969><WH6471>, and stayed<WH5975>.


btext:
And the man<WH376> of God<WH430> was wroth<WH7107> with him, and said<WH559>, Thou shouldest have smitten<WH5221> five<WH2568> or six<WH8337> times<WH6471>; then hadst thou smitten<WH5221> Syria<WH758> till thou hadst consumed<WH3615> it: whereas now thou shalt smite<WH5221> Syria<WH758> but thrice<WH7969><WH6471>.


btext:
And Elisha<WH477> died<WH4191>, and they buried<WH6912> him. And the bands<WH1416> of the Moabites<WH4124> invaded<WH935> the land<WH776> at the coming in<WH935> of the year<WH8141>.


btext:
And it came to pass, as they were burying<WH6912> a man<WH376>, that, behold, they spied<WH7200> a band<WH1416> of men; and they cast<WH7993> the man<WH376> into the sepulchre<WH6913> of Elisha<WH477>: and when the man<WH376> was let down<WH3212>, and touched<WH5060> the bones<WH6106> of Elisha<WH477>, he revived<WH2421>, and stood up<WH6965> on his feet<WH7272>. / was…: Heb. went down


btext:
But Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> oppressed<WH3905> Israel<WH3478> all the days<WH3117> of Jehoahaz<WH3059>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> was gracious<WH2603> unto them, and had compassion<WH7355> on them, and had respect<WH6437> unto them, because of<WH4616> his covenant<WH1285> with Abraham<WH85>, Isaac<WH3327>, and Jacob<WH3290>, and would<WH14> not destroy<WH7843> them, neither cast<WH7993> he them from his presence<WH6440> as yet<WH5704>. / presence: Heb. face


btext:
So Hazael<WH2371> king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758> died<WH4191>; and Benhadad<WH1130> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> the son<WH1121> of Jehoahaz<WH3059> took<WH3947> again<WH7725> out of the hand<WH3027> of Benhadad<WH1130> the son<WH1121> of Hazael<WH2371> the cities<WH5892>, which he had taken<WH3947> out of the hand<WH3027> of Jehoahaz<WH3059> his father<WH1> by war<WH4421>. Three<WH7969> times<WH6471> did Joash<WH3101> beat<WH5221> him, and recovered<WH7725> the cities<WH5892> of Israel<WH3478>. / took…: Heb. returned and took


btext:
In the second<WH8147> year<WH8141> of Joash<WH3101> son<WH1121> of Jehoahaz<WH3099> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> reigned<WH4427> Amaziah<WH558> the son<WH1121> of Joash<WH3101> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
He was twenty<WH6242> and five<WH2568> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> when he began to reign<WH4427>, and reigned<WH4427> twenty<WH6242> and nine<WH8672> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Jehoaddan<WH3086> of Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, yet<WH7535> not like David<WH1732> his father<WH1>: he did<WH6213> according to all things as Joash<WH3101> his father<WH1> did<WH6213>.


btext:
Howbeit the high places<WH1116> were not taken away<WH5493>: as yet<WH5750> the people<WH5971> did sacrifice<WH2076> and burnt incense<WH6999> on the high places<WH1116>.


btext:
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom<WH4467> was confirmed<WH2388> in his hand<WH3027>, that he slew<WH5221> his servants<WH5650> which had slain<WH5221> the king<WH4428> his father<WH1>.


btext:
But the children<WH1121> of the murderers<WH5221> he slew<WH4191> not: according unto that which is written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the law<WH8451> of Moses<WH4872>, wherein the LORD<WH3068> commanded<WH6680>, saying<WH559>, The fathers<WH1> shall not be put to death<WH4191> for the children<WH1121>, nor the children<WH1121> be put to death<WH4191> for the fathers<WH1>; but every man<WH376> shall be put to death<WH4191> for his own sin<WH2399>.


btext:
He slew<WH5221> of Edom<WH123> in the valley<WH1516> of salt<WH4417> ten<WH6235> thousand<WH505>, and took<WH8610> Selah<WH5554> by war<WH4421>, and called<WH7121> the name<WH8034> of it Joktheel<WH3371> unto this day<WH3117>. / Selah: or, the rock


btext:
Then Amaziah<WH558> sent<WH7971> messengers<WH4397> to Jehoash<WH3060>, the son<WH1121> of Jehoahaz<WH3059> son<WH1121> of Jehu<WH3058>, king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>, saying<WH559>, Come<WH3212>, let us look<WH7200> one another in the face<WH6440>.


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> the king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> sent<WH7971> to Amaziah<WH558> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, saying<WH559>, The thistle<WH2336> that was in Lebanon<WH3844> sent<WH7971> to the cedar<WH730> that was in Lebanon<WH3844>, saying<WH559>, Give<WH5414> thy daughter<WH1323> to my son<WH1121> to wife<WH802>: and there passed<WH5674> by a wild<WH7704> beast<WH2416> that was in Lebanon<WH3844>, and trode down<WH7429> the thistle<WH2336>.


btext:
Thou hast indeed<WH5221> smitten<WH5221> Edom<WH123>, and thine heart<WH3820> hath lifted thee up<WH5375>: glory<WH3513> of this, and tarry<WH3427> at home<WH1004>: for why shouldest thou meddle<WH1624> to thy hurt<WH7451>, that thou shouldest fall<WH5307>, even thou, and Judah<WH3063> with thee? / at home: Heb. at thy house


btext:
But Amaziah<WH558> would not hear<WH8085>. Therefore Jehoash<WH3060> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> went up<WH5927>; and he and Amaziah<WH558> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> looked<WH7200> one another in the face<WH6440> at Bethshemesh<WH1053>, which belongeth to Judah<WH3063>.


btext:
And Judah<WH3063> was put to the worse<WH5062> before<WH6440> Israel<WH3478>; and they fled<WH5127> every man<WH376> to their tents<WH168>. / put…: Heb. smitten


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> took<WH8610> Amaziah<WH558> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, the son<WH1121> of Jehoash<WH3060> the son<WH1121> of Ahaziah<WH274>, at Bethshemesh<WH1053>, and came<WH935> to Jerusalem<WH3389>, and brake down<WH6555> the wall<WH2346> of Jerusalem<WH3389> from the gate<WH8179> of Ephraim<WH669> unto the corner<WH6438> gate<WH8179>, four<WH702> hundred<WH3967> cubits<WH520>.


btext:
And he took<WH3947> all the gold<WH2091> and silver<WH3701>, and all the vessels<WH3627> that were found<WH4672> in the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>, and in the treasures<WH214> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, and hostages<WH1121><WH8594>, and returned<WH7725> to Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jehoash<WH3060> which he did<WH6213>, and his might<WH1369>, and how he fought<WH3898> with Amaziah<WH558> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And Jehoash<WH3060> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> in Samaria<WH8111> with the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>; and Jeroboam<WH3379> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And Amaziah<WH558> the son<WH1121> of Joash<WH3101> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> lived<WH2421> after<WH310> the death<WH4194> of Jehoash<WH3060> son<WH1121> of Jehoahaz<WH3059> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> fifteen<WH2568><WH6240> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Amaziah<WH558>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
Now they made<WH7194> a conspiracy<WH7195> against him in Jerusalem<WH3389>: and he fled<WH5127> to Lachish<WH3923>; but they sent<WH7971> after<WH310> him to Lachish<WH3923>, and slew<WH4191> him there.


btext:
And they brought<WH5375> him on horses<WH5483>: and he was buried<WH6912> at Jerusalem<WH3389> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>.


btext:
And all the people<WH5971> of Judah<WH3063> took<WH3947> Azariah<WH5838>, which was sixteen<WH8337><WH6240> years<WH8141> old<WH1121>, and made him king<WH4427> instead of his father<WH1> Amaziah<WH558>.


btext:
He built<WH1129> Elath<WH359>, and restored<WH7725> it to Judah<WH3063>, after<WH310> that the king<WH4428> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>.


btext:
In the fifteenth<WH2568><WH6240><WH8141> year<WH8141> of Amaziah<WH558> the son<WH1121> of Joash<WH3101> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Joash<WH3101> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> began to reign<WH4427> in Samaria<WH8111>, and reigned forty<WH705> and one<WH259> years<WH8141>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>: he departed<WH5493> not from all the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
He restored<WH7725> the coast<WH1366> of Israel<WH3478> from the entering<WH935> of Hamath<WH2574> unto the sea<WH3220> of the plain<WH6160>, according to the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> God<WH430> of Israel<WH3478>, which he spake<WH1696> by the hand<WH3027> of his servant<WH5650> Jonah<WH3124>, the son<WH1121> of Amittai<WH573>, the prophet<WH5030>, which was of Gathhepher<WH1662>.


btext:
For the LORD<WH3068> saw<WH7200> the affliction<WH6040> of Israel<WH3478>, that it was very<WH3966> bitter<WH4784>: for there was not<WH657> any shut up<WH6113>, nor any left<WH5800>, nor any helper<WH5826> for Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> said<WH1696> not that he would blot out<WH4229> the name<WH8034> of Israel<WH3478> from under heaven<WH8064>: but he saved<WH3467> them by the hand<WH3027> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Joash<WH3101>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jeroboam<WH3379>, and all that he did<WH6213>, and his might<WH1369>, how he warred<WH3898>, and how he recovered<WH7725> Damascus<WH1834>, and Hamath<WH2574>, which belonged to Judah<WH3063>, for Israel<WH3478>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And Jeroboam<WH3379> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, even with the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>; and Zachariah<WH2148> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the twenty<WH6242><WH8141> and seventh<WH7651> year<WH8141> of Jeroboam<WH3379> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> began Azariah<WH5838> son<WH1121> of Amaziah<WH558> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> to reign<WH4427>.


btext:
Sixteen<WH8337><WH6240> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> was he when he began to reign<WH4427>, and he reigned<WH4427> two<WH8147> and fifty<WH2572> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Jecholiah<WH3203> of Jerusalem<WH3389>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, according to all that his father<WH1> Amaziah<WH558> had done<WH6213>;


btext:
Save that the high places<WH1116> were not removed<WH5493>: the people<WH5971> sacrificed<WH2076> and burnt incense<WH6999> still on the high places<WH1116>.


btext:
And the LORD<WH3068> smote<WH5060> the king<WH4428>, so that he was a leper<WH6879> unto the day<WH3117> of his death<WH4194>, and dwelt<WH3427> in a several<WH2669> house<WH1004>. And Jotham<WH3147> the king's<WH4428> son<WH1121> was over the house<WH1004>, judging<WH8199> the people<WH5971> of the land<WH776>.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Azariah<WH5838>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
So Azariah<WH5838> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>; and they buried<WH6912> him with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732>: and Jotham<WH3147> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the thirty<WH7970><WH8141> and eighth<WH8083> year<WH8141> of Azariah<WH5838> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> did Zachariah<WH2148> the son<WH1121> of Jeroboam<WH3379> reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111> six<WH8337> months<WH2320>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>, as his fathers<WH1> had done<WH6213>: he departed<WH5493> not from the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
And Shallum<WH7967> the son<WH1121> of Jabesh<WH3003> conspired<WH7194> against him, and smote<WH5221> him before<WH6905> the people<WH5971>, and slew<WH4191> him, and reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Zachariah<WH2148>, behold, they are written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
This was the word<WH1697> of the LORD<WH3068> which he spake<WH1696> unto Jehu<WH3058>, saying<WH559>, Thy sons<WH1121> shall sit<WH3427> on the throne<WH3678> of Israel<WH3478> unto the fourth<WH7243> generation. And so it came to pass.


btext:
Shallum<WH7967> the son<WH1121> of Jabesh<WH3003> began to reign<WH4427> in the nine<WH8672> and thirtieth<WH7970> year<WH8141> of Uzziah<WH5818> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>; and he reigned<WH4427> a full<WH3117> month<WH3391> in Samaria<WH8111>. / Uzziah: Gr. Ozias / a full…: Heb. a month of days


btext:
For Menahem<WH4505> the son<WH1121> of Gadi<WH1424> went up<WH5927> from Tirzah<WH8656>, and came<WH935> to Samaria<WH8111>, and smote<WH5221> Shallum<WH7967> the son<WH1121> of Jabesh<WH3003> in Samaria<WH8111>, and slew<WH4191> him, and reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Shallum<WH7967>, and his conspiracy<WH7195> which he made<WH7194>, behold, they are written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
Then Menahem<WH4505> smote<WH5221> Tiphsah<WH8607>, and all that were therein, and the coasts<WH1366> thereof from Tirzah<WH8656>: because they opened<WH6605> not to him, therefore he smote<WH5221> it; and all the women therein that were with child<WH2030> he ripped up<WH1234>.


btext:
In the nine<WH8672><WH8141> and thirtieth<WH7970> year<WH8141> of Azariah<WH5838> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began Menahem<WH4505> the son<WH1121> of Gadi<WH1424> to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478>, and reigned ten<WH6235> years<WH8141> in Samaria<WH8111>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>: he departed<WH5493> not all his days<WH3117> from the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
And Pul<WH6322> the king<WH4428> of Assyria<WH804> came<WH935> against the land<WH776>: and Menahem<WH4505> gave<WH5414> Pul<WH6322> a thousand<WH505> talents<WH3603> of silver<WH3701>, that his hand<WH3027> might be with him to confirm<WH2388> the kingdom<WH4467> in his hand<WH3027>.


btext:
And Menahem<WH4505> exacted<WH3318> the money<WH3701> of Israel<WH3478>, even of all the mighty men<WH1368> of wealth<WH2428>, of each<WH259> man<WH376> fifty<WH2572> shekels<WH8255> of silver<WH3701>, to give<WH5414> to the king<WH4428> of Assyria<WH804>. So the king<WH4428> of Assyria<WH804> turned back<WH7725>, and stayed<WH5975> not there in the land<WH776>. / exacted: Heb. caused to come forth


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Menahem<WH4505>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>?


btext:
And Menahem<WH4505> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>; and Pekahiah<WH6494> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the fiftieth<WH2572><WH8141> year<WH8141> of Azariah<WH5838> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> Pekahiah<WH6494> the son<WH1121> of Menahem<WH4505> began to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111>, and reigned two years<WH8141>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was evil<WH7451> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>: he departed<WH5493> not from the sins<WH2403> of Jeroboam<WH3379> the son<WH1121> of Nebat<WH5028>, who made Israel<WH3478> to sin<WH2398>.


btext:
But Pekah<WH6492> the son<WH1121> of Remaliah<WH7425>, a captain<WH7991> of his, conspired<WH7194> against him, and smote<WH5221> him in Samaria<WH8111>, in the palace<WH759> of the king's<WH4428> house<WH1004>, with Argob<WH709> and Arieh<WH745>, and with him fifty<WH2572> men<WH376> of the Gileadites<WH1121><WH1569>: and he killed<WH4191> him, and reigned<WH4427> in his room.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Pekahiah<WH6494>, and all that he did<WH6213>, behold, they are written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
In the two<WH8147><WH8141> and fiftieth<WH2572> year<WH8141> of Azariah<WH5838> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> Pekah<WH6492> the son<WH1121> of Remaliah<WH7425> began to reign<WH4427> over Israel<WH3478> in Samaria<WH8111>, and reigned twenty<WH6242> years<WH8141>.


btext:
In the days<WH3117> of Pekah<WH6492> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> came<WH935> Tiglathpileser<WH8407> king<WH4428> of Assyria<WH804>, and took<WH3947> Ijon<WH5859>, and Abelbethmaachah<WH62>, and Janoah<WH3239>, and Kedesh<WH6943>, and Hazor<WH2674>, and Gilead<WH1568>, and Galilee<WH1551>, all the land<WH776> of Naphtali<WH5321>, and carried them captive<WH1540> to Assyria<WH804>.


btext:
And Hoshea<WH1954> the son<WH1121> of Elah<WH425> made<WH7194> a conspiracy<WH7195> against Pekah<WH6492> the son<WH1121> of Remaliah<WH7425>, and smote<WH5221> him, and slew<WH4191> him, and reigned<WH4427> in his stead, in the twentieth<WH6242> year<WH8141> of Jotham<WH3147> the son<WH1121> of Uzziah<WH5818>.


btext:
And the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Pekah<WH6492>, and all that he did<WH6213>, behold, they are written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478>.


btext:
In the second<WH8147> year<WH8141> of Pekah<WH6492> the son<WH1121> of Remaliah<WH7425> king<WH4428> of Israel<WH3478> began Jotham<WH3147> the son<WH1121> of Uzziah<WH5818> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> to reign<WH4427>.


btext:
Five<WH2568> and twenty<WH6242> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> was he when he began to reign<WH4427>, and he reigned<WH4427> sixteen<WH8337><WH6240> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>. And his mother's<WH517> name<WH8034> was Jerusha<WH3388>, the daughter<WH1323> of Zadok<WH6659>.


btext:
And he did<WH6213> that which was right<WH3477> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068>: he did<WH6213> according to all that his father<WH1> Uzziah<WH5818> had done<WH6213>.


btext:
Howbeit the high places<WH1116> were not removed<WH5493>: the people<WH5971> sacrificed<WH2076> and burned incense<WH6999> still in the high places<WH1116>. He built<WH1129> the higher<WH5945> gate<WH8179> of the house<WH1004> of the LORD<WH3068>.


btext:
Now the rest<WH3499> of the acts<WH1697> of Jotham<WH3147>, and all that he did<WH6213>, are they not written<WH3789> in the book<WH5612> of the chronicles<WH1697><WH3117> of the kings<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063>?


btext:
In those days<WH3117> the LORD<WH3068> began<WH2490> to send<WH7971> against Judah<WH3063> Rezin<WH7526> the king<WH4428> of Syria<WH758>, and Pekah<WH6492> the son<WH1121> of Remaliah<WH7425>.


btext:
And Jotham<WH3147> slept<WH7901> with his fathers<WH1>, and was buried<WH6912> with his fathers<WH1> in the city<WH5892> of David<WH1732> his father<WH1>: and Ahaz<WH271> his son<WH1121> reigned<WH4427> in his stead.


btext:
In the seventeenth<WH7651><WH6240><WH8141> year<WH8141> of Pekah<WH6492> the son<WH1121> of Remaliah<WH7425> Ahaz<WH271> the son<WH1121> of Jotham<WH3147> king<WH4428> of Judah<WH3063> began to reign<WH4427>.


btext:
Twenty<WH6242> years<WH8141> old<WH1121> was Ahaz<WH271> when he began to reign<WH4427>, and reigned<WH4427> sixteen<WH8337><WH6240> years<WH8141> in Jerusalem<WH3389>, and did<WH6213> not that which was right<WH3477> in the sight<WH5869> of the LORD<WH3068> his God<WH430>, like David<WH1732> his father<WH1>.


