He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. 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 they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead." He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. His house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship. 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. Whom are you pursuing? Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel. She is his mother." 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. As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.. Or what evil is in my hand? Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people. Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely, the LORD has not spoken by me." In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!" He said, "Call her." And they leaped about the altar which they made. He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day. Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do, that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle. "Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat." So both of them went out to the field. And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Now when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah. The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. "When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me." The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die." So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. So they ate and drank that day before the, And they made Solomon the son of David king, All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with. And he said to them, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country. For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord. They brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal and burned them. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes. He said to the judges, "Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment. It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. 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. Then the messengers returned and told the king. 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. So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers. 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. Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? But the lad was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter. He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar. When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" 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. Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today." Biblia - Fabulis Explicavit: The Shepherds Visit Jesus in Bethlehem He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. So he departed from him some distance. But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. 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." Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death. All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. In a multitude of people is a kings glory,But in the dearth of people is a princes ruin. A truth from which He will not turn back: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber. Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets. Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. "And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."' But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house. As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. 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.' And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." 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. Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. He acted wickedly in so doing. When your feet enter the city the child will die. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time. And all the people entered into the covenant. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "Do you come in peace?" But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers." So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought As the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him." I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. 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. 'Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes; but I will take the kingdom from his son's hand and give it to you, even ten tribes. Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread." And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes. Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. "Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman in my presence? He was hidden with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah reigned over the land. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. I have carried out the command of the LORD." 25 Beautiful Bible Verses About Lilies Of The Field (Valley) Bible Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?" 'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'" Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers. Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" 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. Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him. read more. Davids Resum. By me kings reign,And rulers decree justice. "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." 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." He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal which his father had made. Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see " And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! Shall I overtake them?" Now the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place. Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD." 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. So he departed from Elisha and returned to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" 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?" Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?" As the lad was running, he shot an arrow past him. Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master." The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He said, "Which way shall we go up?" 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. But not one of all the people answered him. T So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish. What then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces! She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me." Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, "Behold, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. Ish-bosheth, Sauls son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. "For on the day you go out and cross over the brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head." He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. ASV. Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000 and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel to this day. Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? The mother of the lad said, "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. 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. So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish. Then she said to the king, "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 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." So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. 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. 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!" So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. So he said, "Go." There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. Kings will be your guardians,And their princesses your nurses.They will bow down to you with their faces to the earthAnd lick the dust of your feet;And you will know that I am the Lord;Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame. He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house. 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. One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? "When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,' you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And David said, "It is my voice, my lord 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. And he said to her, "There is not one vessel more."