Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the. He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. "Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. Then he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today." When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel. There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram." In those days the LORD began to cut off portions from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel: from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 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. Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 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." Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" Then he would cure him of his leprosy." Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that he went to Joram For when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. "If he says, 'It is good,' your servant will be safe; but if he is very angry, know that he has decided on evil. I am about to go the way of all the earth. Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.' When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is this you, you troubler of Israel?" Then David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?" This was their muster according to their fathers' households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 valiant warriors; and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him 200,000 valiant warriors; and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield; and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 equipped for war. For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great." Then it came about, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the royal officers, "Go in, kill them; let none come out." Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." "How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! The sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh. Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." "Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, Treason! And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died. Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. 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. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" And he sat on the throne of the kings. So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, behold, I have done according to your words Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it. The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely it is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out. Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites." What is my iniquity? Selah. "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." By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft tongue breaks the bone. Thus Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel. Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king ' Then take him out and stone him to death." Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 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. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse Every man to your tents, O Israel; Now look after your own house, David " So all Israel departed to their tents. Spin in this verse is a reference to spinning thread, a labour-intensive but necessary part of making clothing. So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 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. So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something " And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel." Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil. Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead." He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones. 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. J In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. He placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured. All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. And they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath." Bible.org So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to the LORD. But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers." When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' It shall be with him and he shall read it. Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it. 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. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him. Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. 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." But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush. Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. Then Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness! Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. So he departed from Elisha and returned to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood. Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle." So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped in Gilboa. Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars." 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." Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And the Lord helped David wherever he went. So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. Then the king of Aram said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." And Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" 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."'" "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." 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. "Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place."'" So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan. Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. Ahab also made the Asherah Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. '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.'" Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, "See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter." Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah, Imla's son." It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. 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. Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" And what is your request? 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. David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. For this reason he has not come to the king's table." Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean." Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. So he sent and brought him in. Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them. 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." The King is in the Field - It Is Finished But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!" Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand." Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords. 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. And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. In a multitude of people is a kings glory. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly, even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. "And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."' 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?" 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? Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. 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. Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 men of the Arameans. Then Saul said, "I have sinned. '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.' Lilies Of The Field, Matthew 6:28-34 KJV - KING JAMES BIBLE So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD. So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor. So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. Now the men took this as an omen, and quickly catching his word said, "Your brother Ben-hadad." So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. So he turned and went away in a rage. The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death And he lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
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