read more. But he said, "No, for I will die here." The king, though sequestered behind the palace walls and bureaucracy, though glimpsed, if at "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God." But the lad was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight; for I am severely wounded." Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? 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. Ben-hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria." 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. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. But not one of all the people answered him. And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom." "For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria." Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who were before him. Then the king of Aram said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. 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. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him. 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 he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. 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. Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them. So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. 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. Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'" "Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind. Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts,For a throne is established on righteousness. "So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's household." And Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." '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. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand. But of the Son He says,Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the, Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and, Moreover, the king made a great throne of, And the righteous scepter is the scepter of, All the kings servants and the people of the kings provinces know that for any man or woman who. Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you. Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth." He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. Then Joram said, "Get ready." "He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." Then they arose and went away that night. Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations. A Maskil of David. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you. All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me but always evil. Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, "Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God." "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" 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 Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? "And behold, I will send the lad, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now. The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously." Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Amen. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" 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. This event became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to blot it out and destroy it from off the face of the earth. So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him." Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back; and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and have not observed the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, but have returned and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water"; your body shall not come to the grave of your fathers.'" Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel. The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands." Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? But they feared greatly and said, "Behold, the two kings did not stand before him; how then can we stand?" So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way. "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." Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. "Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water? Then he said, "Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife." The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other." Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands." So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child and he was clean. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel. Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. 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. He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD. Treason!, 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!, Again he prostrated himself and said, What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?. Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab. So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And he said to him, "Speak!" So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house. But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's palace He took everything; he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made. Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp crag on the other side, and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. Why does it have strange spelling? 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.