After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. "The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the temporary shelters with the thirty-two kings who helped him. So he took a bow and arrows. But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." Could I not wash in them and be clean?" The king said to Barzillai, You cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem with me.. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. The king said to him, "Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father's house the blood which Joab shed without cause. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!" So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you? read more. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 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. Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. And the LORD said to him, 'How?' For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house. He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed. He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!" He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you. Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band." And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. But he did not tell his father. "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat." Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph. Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. When your feet enter the city the child will die. Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel. Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? "Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay. So he was seven years in building it. It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,The scepter of rulers, and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you., As they drank their wine at the banquet, the king said to Esther, What is your petition, for it shall be granted to you. His attendant said, "What, will I set this before a hundred men?" He did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. Amen. And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. And he sought many wives for them. Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. All the shining lights in the heavensI will darken over youAnd will set darkness on your land,Declares the Lord God. Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before. So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD. Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord, as you have said. 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 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." Selah I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. "Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? "The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule. For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord. Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. "Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe." He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze. And he came and prostrated himself before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house." Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. And Jonathan's lad picked up the arrow and came to his master. Then the messengers returned and told the king. And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword. He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks. "Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what He spoke through His servant Elijah." They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage. Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. 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. So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. He acted wickedly in so doing. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. "But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. read more. Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city And Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists. He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? read more. So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. "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. Then Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the sacred things which is brought into the house of the LORD, in current money, both the money of each man's assessment and all the money which any man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD, let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found." She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place. All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king. It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought As the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him." So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?" When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. He said, "All is well My master has sent me, saying, 'Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.'" "The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go." Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared. And the oil stopped. So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders.. "Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning. "Please run now to meet her and say to her, 'Is it well with you? Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, "Take him up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the LORD laid this oracle against him: 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says the LORD, 'and I will repay you in this property,' says the LORD. "As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father. From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze. Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. But Amaziah would not listen. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. For the Lord Most High is to be feared,A great King over all the earth. Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him. So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place. He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much. They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;They will enter into the Kings palace. But certain worthless men said, How can this one deliver us? And they despised him and did not bring him any present. A certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people in the house of the LORD. Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down to take possession of it.