But she did not tell her husband Nabal. 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?" There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's hand. 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. So please let your word be like one of them and speak favorably." Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them. 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. And she answered, "I live among my own people." I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel;For He is the living God and enduring forever,And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,And His dominion will be forever. And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?" Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me " But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid So Saul took his sword and fell on it. 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. And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. "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." Then all the guests of Adonijah were terrified; and they arose and each went on his way. And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" 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. And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth." But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, "Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people, saying, read more. Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil. The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and has become your adversary? He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of the LORD here that we may inquire of him?" read more. Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house." 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 he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God." "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.". Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi. 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. Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it. Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'" So Edom revolted against Judah to this day Then Libnah revolted at the same time. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." They *said to Him, Caesars. Then He *said to them, From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and, The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, . He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah. It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. Is anything too hard for me? 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." David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this band? Saul said, "Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today. "Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is." And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. Our lord King David has made Solomon king. Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. "When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel. David replied, "Behold the spear of the king! And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. KJ21. 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." Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. So they stationed themselves against the city. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. He said, "Go up and succeed, for they will be given into your hand." Do you see a man skilled in his work?He will stand before kings;He will not stand before obscure men. Therefore they returned and told him. When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you to take you as his wife." And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself. So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria. So he made a covenant with him and let him go. He was hidden with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah reigned over the land. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling. So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the kings palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women. They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge. "When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he counseled with his servants saying, "In such and such a place shall be my camp." Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. '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. Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly." Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, "Now behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" "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." 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. And now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.' But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country." He said, "Open the window toward the east," and he opened it. The men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.'" And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way. In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. Now look after your own house, David!" Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward." Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price. "Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? "He said to me, 'Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? 'Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. For the Lord Most High is to be feared,A great King over all the earth. 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. "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? And he urged him to take it, but he refused. He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people that they may eat." The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. What is my iniquity? Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price. And Jonathan's lad picked up the arrow and came to his master. 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." When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Do not associate with those who are given to change. So he took a bow and arrows. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army?'" So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Do not claim honor in the presence of the king. Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. And they made his chariot ready. And the people were very weary. When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.
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