He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him. 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 king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him, and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." Amen. Is it well with the child?'" Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him. Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together. Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Sauls shepherds. 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. So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, "Go up to your house in peace See, I have listened to you and granted your request." And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm. And he said, "You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today." So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd; And the LORD said, 'These have no master. They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. "Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully." So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle. He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. 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. Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here." He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" And he sat on the throne of the kings. If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution. "Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'". Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. "Moreover the LORD will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known. When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died. Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?" Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. "How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" 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. So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, "Thus the king has said, 'Come out.'" 'You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. read more. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. Then he brought the king's son out and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!" Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. Now the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?" namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed. Do you not say, There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Therefore, Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, "Give a perfect lot." The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. But Jehu did it in cunning, so that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal. "But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 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." Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD." Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year. About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died. He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, "Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people, saying, read more. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying. So Edom revolted against Judah to this day Then Libnah revolted at the same time. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. He put garrisons in Edom. So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. Therefore they have named that place "The Valley of Beracah" until today. Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites." Turn behind me." And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever follows her put to death with the sword." The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand. The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. "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. But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he scorned them. 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.'" And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. A warrior is not delivered by great strength. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant. But he went in and stood before his master. When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. So the people departed. read more. Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself. Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 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. So he made him ride in his chariot. She said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to me, thus says the LORD, "Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. He said to her, "What is his form?" "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. 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. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD'S anointed and be without guilt?" 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. David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. "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." So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans. For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. "He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. 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? Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. 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. And Ahab slaughtered many sheep and oxen for him and the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead. When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him." "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people. Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously, who went up with them all around in the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not. 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? Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" 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. read more. "My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household." Then Rehoboam took as a wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, and she bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah and Zaham. Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house." So he made a covenant with him and let him go. So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall., For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth., Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; and they said to him, Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways.
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