Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. 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. And he shot. "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." As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,So the heart of kings is unsearchable. He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made. So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him. And they saddled it. 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. Naaman said, "If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules' load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place. Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him. His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food. In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him. Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah." He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000 and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel to this day. So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. Then he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. He said, "Why will you go to him today? And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 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." These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king's friend; and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor. bible "Now let them give us two oxen; and let them choose one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire under it. "Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him." And he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down. "Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind. "Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you." Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother." But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, "Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not go up or fight against your relatives; return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me."'" He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." "Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.' So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites." So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him." Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, "If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this time." Some years later he went down to visit Ahab at Samaria. Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths None remained except the poorest people of the land. He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. P He said, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and you have followed the Baals. Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the LORD will work for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few." Teach and urge these things. When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of the LORD. And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me." Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years." And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah. They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see." The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head. Only the trees which you know are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls. Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi." He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? WebThe king in the field is making contact with the source of his sustenance, with the underpinnings of his sovereignty. Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." 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." But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Now let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel." "Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD'S anointed.' 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. David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand. At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field. "Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security. "Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?" But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days. And as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, "O man of God, there is death in the pot." Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 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. David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'" "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. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." Who?" So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the. Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. 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. When the king asked the woman, she related it to him. Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him. "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. 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." Saul said to his servants who stood around him, "Hear now, O Benjamites! Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 'Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always.'" Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to death. The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. 'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.' Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please relate to me all the great things that Elisha has done." But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem; because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. So why should my father hide this thing from me? Now the dread of the LORD was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him too, in the chariot " So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. "Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, for the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you." Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the kings friend. "And behold, I will send the lad, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' 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."'" Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, "As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death." But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For you are Saul." One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. 'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. Then Abner replied, "Who are you who calls to the king?" "You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile. All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. Now the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." But He did not answer him on that day. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!" It shall be granted you. In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at Megiddo. He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also, you shall surely set a king over you whom the. And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine " And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you." She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. When your feet enter the city the child will die. "But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away." "Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site. Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. When this king arrives, he will be the embodiment of the power and presence of the God of Israel, and he will bring about the fulfillment of 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." R And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place. 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. Then he answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up." So he was seven years in building it. Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the LORD, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards' room. But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David. The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. read more. "Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains." Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel. read more. 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? In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel with their idols. WebThis is quite a king, whos given some extremely exalted titles: Mighty God, Eternal Father, and famously, Prince of Peace. Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Israel shall be your name." The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. 1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 16 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

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