And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats' hair at its head. But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? For he left to Jehoahaz of the army not more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. 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. So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." "Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians." And the one who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight." So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured. Amen. 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." 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 all the prophets were prophesying before them. Could I not wash in them and be clean?" He answered, Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female. Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. 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? Jehoash was seven years old when he became king. Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. "But they forgot the LORD their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. When its limbs are dry, they are broken off;Women come and make a fire with them,For they are not a people of discernment,Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.And their Creator will not be gracious to them. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel." K Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the city of David, which is Zion. He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 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. Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake! 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. Also from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils. BIBLE 20 Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. Then Saul said, "I have sinned. "Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?" David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The word of the LORD came to him, saying, "Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. And he brought them to Samaria. 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. "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. read more. "Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood." If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.' Jonathan said to David, "Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD will be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'" ", and they said to him, Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. New King James Version Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him. Then David inquired of the LORD once more. They arose from Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land. "But if I say to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you,' go, for the LORD has sent you away. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. Now the three oldest followed Saul, but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem. And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" Righteous lips are the delight of kings,And he who speaks right is loved. Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One,In Your splendor and Your majesty! Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly. Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD. Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath. And he sought many wives for them. And they made his chariot ready. "Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, for the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you." And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. 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. But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen. And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face each other." And David took them off. Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." I will also make the land drink the discharge of your bloodAs far as the mountains,And the ravines will be full of you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." One of his servants said, "Please, let some men take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city. Selah. But the people did not answer him a word. Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." 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." He makes me lie down in green pastures. Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved ' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death." The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head. And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. It is neither new moon nor sabbath." So the work of the pillars was finished. Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. Do not claim honor in the presence of the king,And do not stand in the place of great men; So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel. And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, "If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this time." Numbers 21:21-24 KJV - bible.com So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events from the LORD, that He might establish His word, which the LORD spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. So David's young men retraced their way and went back; and they came and told him according to all these words. Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower." They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. It is not so!" Song of Solomon 7:11 WMB - Come, my beloved! Lets go out into Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around. The king said to Queen Esther, The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. E Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city." So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous." "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.' The LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'" So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' "Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab." And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go. Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him. Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old." So a horseman went to meet him and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes." Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD? And all the people said, "That is a good idea." 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!