The altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron. So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah. Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" So the LORD established the kingdom in his control, and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing." Ask for him also the kingdom--for he is my older brother--even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!" Solomons wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart." For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us." "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. "He will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin." He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people. And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes (but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel), because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did. Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, "I am going the way of all the earth Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. Then he said, "What is this monument that I see?" So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. And the. So he ate and drank and lay down again. Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel." 'Why have you despised the word of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child and he was clean. So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Lets lodge in the villages.- World Messianic Bible Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? "For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the command of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him." So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. "Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed. Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife." Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him. Now when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah. So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men. Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here." BIBLE Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD: to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir, and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach, and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go." They killed each his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen. The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. When the messenger came and told him, saying, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons," he said, "Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning." "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. And now, see where the king's spear is and the jug of water that was at his head." Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them. They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place. However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always. They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because the Arameans have said, "The LORD is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys," therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'" So they listened to the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam. Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. In a multitude of people is a kings glory,But in the dearth of people is a princes ruin. Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. ", So he sent and brought him in. And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River. Which he will display at the proper timehe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.. Ben-hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria." Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. Then Elisha came to Damascus Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here." Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, read more. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lords anointed?, So he said to his men, Far be it from me because of the Lord that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lords anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the Lords anointed., When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, Surely the Lords anointed is before Him.. Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. Shimei then said to the king, "The word is good. "Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?" We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse Every man to your tents, O Israel; Now look after your own house, David " So all Israel departed to their tents. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, "This is David's spoil." "So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son." Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames. And when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. Then he would cure him of his leprosy." So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!" When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. The KJV does not get more original or authentic than this. One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, "The one who permits any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape shall give up his life in exchange." So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy." For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD. Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. And Jonathan called after the lad, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" Then he said, "I have something to say to you." But the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.. However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. Who is this King of glory? Surely at the command of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive. Then there was no harm in the pot. Turn behind me." Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom And Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. And they were unable to eat. You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.. Then Hazael said, "But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?"
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