They gave the money which was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD; and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. And the. "Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. He did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 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. He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, O Israel! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. David swore to Saul. Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. "Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there." Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. 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?" And he said, "I am." Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." 'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel. He said, "Take them alive." It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him. So they stationed themselves against the city. read more. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him. 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, Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also., Thus I will harden Pharaohs heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the, Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaohs daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the, In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the. Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. WebNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. "Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him." which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. WebThis is quite a king, whos given some extremely exalted titles: Mighty God, Eternal Father, and famously, Prince of Peace. Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. He fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept. All the priests of the high places who were there he slaughtered on the altars and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem. Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. Now what is your petition? Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. So he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded." "Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?" Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me." And the men of the city told him, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel." Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah, Imla's son." 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?" 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. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. "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. The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, "Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. "Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? As he was relating to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and for her field. This is the noise which you have heard. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days. And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, although only to the LORD their God. And Jehonadab answered, "It is " Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. 'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel. 'Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.' And he said, "I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago. Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel. 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. "Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again." He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way. 'Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'" Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD'S battles " For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." Let them seek a man who is a skillful player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will be well." Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them. He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,All his ministers become wicked. "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him. And the LORD said to him, 'How?' Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. 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? Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? "Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God." He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring. Why does it have strange spelling? From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five of the kings advisers who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him. Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD. "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." Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 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. but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. read more. He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. He brought into the house of the LORD the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils. Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. He put garrisons in Edom. "Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand." So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Turn behind me." For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?" The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. "Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day. Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. There was joy indeed in Israel. So all the people came near to him. Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. David took from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. 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." Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Gods love never "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.' Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. All the kings servants and the people of the kings provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully. And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. But the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king." He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they. So David arose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper and took the supplies and went as Jesse had commanded him. Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her. In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. 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. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience sake.