The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah. Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" WebAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of 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?" "While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." "Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness." Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt. So he took a bow and arrows. Now David's two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. Far from it! And they leaped about the altar which they made. Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them. "For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger. When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." "The LORD has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David. So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name; and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons." And he said, "Your servant went nowhere." All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness. But he said, "No, for I will die here." And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!, But Jesus said, Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.. but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments, and did not act as Israel did. Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above. For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You." Then Abner replied, "Who are you who calls to the king?" "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.' And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." Then he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house." When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets." 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. I gave you a king in My angerAnd took him away in My wrath. He had large supplies in the cities of Judah, and warriors, valiant men, in Jerusalem. Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few. "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. read more. After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. David was a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, a handsome man, and the LORD was with him. Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. Then the king commanded all the people saying, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it is written in this book of the covenant." "Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me." "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. 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. So they camped one over against the other seven days. So he called her. Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps. Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. "This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes. It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. 21 So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my "If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers. The king said, "Get me a sword." Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country. read more. 3 Praise the Lord of lords. Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. 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. Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. Far be it from me! "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day." 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?" And Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men." Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." Why do you bring him to me? When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.' But there was no voice and no one answered. And Hazael became king in his place. Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her for my wife? So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. "Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched."' Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." All these were of costly stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court. About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. And they made his chariot ready. So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him. It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah." After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. read more. "We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire." And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet. 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. "How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. And when he had called her, she stood before him. Then David said, "You must not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us. I He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish. He acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil. Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. A chariot was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans. And Jonathan's lad picked up the arrow and came to his master. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees. And when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people. 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. 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. Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face each other." The Lord has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. "For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it. Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes. Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back; and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and have not observed the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, but have returned and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water"; your body shall not come to the grave of your fathers.'" "But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD thus shall you say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Regarding the words which you have heard, because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. When Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day. Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi." Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames. And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king." Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands " And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night. And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.' Then they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, "Jehu is king!" And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?" You are to keep My statutes. When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father to the reapers. He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat." But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, Long live the king!. As often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards' room. Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year. Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. Shitrai the Sharonite had charge of the cattle which were grazing in, Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the, So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of. It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords. He called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?" Now the Lord loved him and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the Lords sake. He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; and Saul was lying in the circle of the camp, and the people were camped around him. But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone. In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. Then they arose and went away that night. She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died. It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the kings friend; The kings of the earth take their standAnd the rulers take counsel togetherAgainst the Lord and against His Anointed, saying. Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, "Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him." And what is your further request? Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. No one comes to the Father except through me. "But now your kingdom shall not endure The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you." Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." "As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness'; but my hand shall not be against you. He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he took everything, even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk." What shall we do?" and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his rule at the River. When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. He gives great deliverance to His king,And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,To David and his descendants forever. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. Then the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'" Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king. So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Selah. So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, "We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were." Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one. Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 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. Then in the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
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