,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #aa #a ,kings #jja3jja ,now king ,david was old and stricken in years2 and they covered him with clothes1 but he got no heat4 #jja3jjb ,therefore his servants said to him1 ,let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin3 and let her stand before the king1 and cherish him2 and let her lie in your bosom1 that my lord the king may keep warm4 #jja3jjc ,so they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of ,israel1 and found ,abishag the ,shunammite1 and brought her to the king4 #jja3jjd ,the young lady was very beautiful2 and she cherished the king1 and ministered to him2 but the king didn't know her intimately4 #jja3jje ,then ,adonijah the son of ,haggith exalted himself1 saying1 ,i will be king3 and he prepared him chariots and horsemen1 and fifty men to run before him4 #jja3jjf ,his father had not displeased him at any time in saying1 ,why have you done so8 and he was also a very goodly man2 and he was born after ,absalom4 #jja3jjg ,he conferred with ,joab the son of ,zeruiah1 and with ,abiathar the priest3 and they following ,adonijah helped him4 #jja3jjh ,but ,zadok the priest1 and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 and ,nathan the prophet1 and ,shimei1 and ,rei1 and the mighty men who belonged to ,david1 were not with ,adonijah4 #jja3jji ,adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of ,zoheleth1 which is beside ,en ,rogel2 and he called all his brothers1 the king's sons1 and all the men of ,judah1 the king's servants3 #jja3jaj but ,nathan the prophet1 and ,benaiah1 and the mighty men1 and ,solomon his brother1 he didn't call4 #jja3jaa ,then ,nathan spoke to ,bathsheba the mother of ,solomon1 saying1 ,haven't you heard that ,adonijah the son of ,haggith reigns1 and ,david our lord doesn't know it8 #jja3jab ,now therefore come1 please let me give you counsel1 that you may save your own life1 and the life of your son ,solomon4 #jja3jac ,go and get you in to king ,david1 and tell him1 ,didn't you1 my lord1 king1 swear to your handmaid1 saying1 ,assuredly ,solomon your son shall reign after me1 and he shall sit on my throne8 why then does ,adonijah reign8 #jja3jad ,behold1 while you yet talk there with the king1 ,i also will come in after you1 and confirm your words4 #jja3jae ,bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber3 and the king was very old2 and ,abishag the ,shunammite was ministering to the king4 #jja3jaf ,bathsheba bowed1 and did obeisance to the king4 ,the king said1 ,what would you8 #jja3jag ,she said to him1 ,my lord1 you swore by ,yahweh your ,god to your handmaid1 saying1 ,assuredly ,solomon your son shall reign after me1 and he shall sit on my throne4 #jja3jah ,now1 behold1 ,adonijah reigns2 and you1 my lord the king1 don't know it3 #jja3jai and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance1 and has called all the sons of the king1 and ,abiathar the priest1 and ,joab the captain of the army2 but he hasn't called ,solomon your servant4 #jja3jbj ,you1 my lord the king1 the eyes of all ,israel are on you1 that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him4 #jja3jba ,otherwise it will happen1 when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers1 that ,i and my son ,solomon shall be counted offenders4 #jja3jbb ,behold1 while she yet talked with the king1 ,nathan the prophet came in4 #jja3jbc ,they told the king1 saying1 ,behold1 ,nathan the prophet4 ,when he was come in before the king1 he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground4 #jja3jbd ,nathan said1 ,my lord1 king1 have you said1 ,adonijah shall reign after me1 and he shall sit on my throne8 #jja3jbe ,for he is gone down this day1 and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance1 and has called all the king's sons1 and the captains of the army1 and ,abiathar the priest2 and behold1 they are eating and drinking before him1 and say1 ,long live king ,adonijah4 #jja3jbf ,but he hasn't called me1 even me your servant1 and ,zadok the priest1 and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 and your servant ,solomon4 #jja3jbg ,is this thing done by my lord the king1 and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him8 #jja3jbh ,then king ,david answered1 ,call to me ,bathsheba4 ,she came into the king's presence1 and stood before the king4 #jja3jbi ,the king swore1 and said1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity1 #jja3jcj most certainly as ,i swore to you by ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 saying1 ,assuredly ,solomon your son shall reign after me1 and he shall sit on my throne in my place2 most certainly so will ,i do this day4 #jja3jca ,then ,bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth1 and did obeisance to the king1 and said1 ,let my lord king ,david live forever4 #jja3jcb ,king ,david said1 ,call to me ,zadok the priest1 and ,nathan the prophet1 and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada4 ,they came before the king4 #jja3jcc ,the king said to them1 ,take with you the servants of your lord1 and cause ,solomon my son to ride on my own mule1 and bring him down to ,gihon3 #jja3jcd and let ,zadok the priest and ,nathan the prophet anoint him there king over ,israel2 and blow you the trumpet1 and say1 ,long live king ,solomon4 #jja3jce ,then you shall come up after him1 and he shall come and sit on my throne2 for he shall be king in my place2 and ,i have appointed him to be prince over ,israel and over ,judah4 #jja3jcf ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada answered the king1 and said1 ,amen3 ,yahweh1 the ,god of my lord the king1 say so too4 #jja3jcg ,as ,yahweh has been with my lord the king1 even so be he with ,solomon1 and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king ,david4 #jja3jch ,so ,zadok the priest1 and ,nathan the prophet1 and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 and the ,cherethites and the ,pelethites1 went down1 and caused ,solomon to ride on king ,david's mule1 and brought him to ,gihon4 #jja3jci ,zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the ,tent1 and anointed ,solomon4 ,they blew the trumpet2 and all the people said1 ,long live king ,solomon4 #jja3jdj ,all the people came up after him1 and the people piped with pipes1 and rejoiced with great joy1 so that the earth shook with the sound of them4 #jja3jda ,adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating4 ,when ,joab heard the sound of the trumpet1 he said1 ,why is this noise of the city being in an uproar8 #jja3jdb ,while he yet spoke1 behold1 ,jonathan the son of ,abiathar the priest came3 and ,adonijah said1 ,come in2 for you are a worthy man1 and bring good news4 #jja3jdc ,jonathan answered ,adonijah1 ,most certainly our lord king ,david has made ,solomon king3 #jja3jdd and the king has sent with him ,zadok the priest1 and ,nathan the prophet1 and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 and the ,cherethites and the ,pelethites2 and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule2 #jja3jde and ,zadok the priest and ,nathan the prophet have anointed him king in ,gihon2 and they are come up from there rejoicing1 so that the city rang again4 ,this is the noise that you have heard4 #jja3jdf ,also ,solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom4 #jja3jdg ,moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king ,david1 saying1 ,your ,god make the name of ,solomon better than your name1 and make his throne greater than your throne3 and the king bowed himself on the bed4 #jja3jdh ,also thus said the king1 ,blessed be ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 who has given one to sit on my throne this day1 my eyes even seeing it4 #jja3jdi ,all the guests of ,adonijah were afraid1 and rose up1 and went every man his way4 #jja3jej ,adonijah feared because of ,solomon2 and he arose1 and went1 and caught hold on the horns of the altar4 #jja3jea ,it was told ,solomon1 saying1 ,behold1 ,adonijah fears king ,solomon2 for1 behold1 he has laid hold on the horns of the altar1 saying1 ,let king ,solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword4 #jja3jeb ,solomon said1 ,if he shall show himself a worthy man1 there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth2 but if wickedness be found in him1 he shall die4 #jja3jec ,so king ,solomon sent1 and they brought him down from the altar4 ,he came and did obeisance to king ,solomon2 and ,solomon said to him1 ,go to your house4 #jjb3jja ,now the days of ,david drew near that he should die2 and he charged ,solomon his son1 saying1 #jjb3jjb ,i am going the way of all the earth3 be you strong therefore1 and show yourself a man2 #jjb3jjc and keep the charge of ,yahweh your ,god1 to walk in his ways1 to keep his statutes1 and his commandments1 and his ordinances1 and his testimonies1 according to that which is written in the law of ,moses1 that you may prosper in all that you do1 and wherever you turn yourself4 #jjb3jjd ,that ,yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me1 saying1 ,if your children take heed to their way1 to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul1 there shall not fail you 7said he7 a man on the throne of ,israel4 #jjb3jje ,moreover you know also what ,joab the son of ,zeruiah did to me1 even what he did to the two captains of the armies of ,israel1 to ,abner the son of ,ner1 and to ,amasa the son of ,jether1 whom he killed1 and shed the blood of war in peace1 and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist1 and in his shoes that were on his feet4 #jjb3jjf ,do therefore according to your wisdom1 and don't let his gray head go down to ,sheol in peace4 #jjb3jjg ,but show kindness to the sons of ,barzillai the ,gileadite1 and let them be of those who eat at your table2 for so they came to me when ,i fled from ,absalom your brother4 #jjb3jjh ,behold1 there is with you ,shimei the son of ,gera1 the ,benjamite1 of ,bahurim1 who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when ,i went to ,mahanaim2 but he came down to meet me at the ,jordan1 and ,i swore to him by ,yahweh1 saying1 ,i will not put you to death with the sword4 #jjb3jji ,now therefore don't hold him guiltless1 for you are a wise man2 and you will know what you ought to do to him1 and you shall bring his gray head down to ,sheol with blood4 #jjb3jaj ,david slept with his fathers1 and was buried in the city of ,david4 #jjb3jaa ,the days that ,david reigned over ,israel were forty years2 seven years reigned he in ,hebron1 and thirty-three years reigned he in ,jerusalem4 #jjb3jab ,solomon sat on the throne of ,david his father2 and his kingdom was established greatly4 #jjb3jac ,then ,adonijah the son of ,haggith came to ,bathsheba the mother of ,solomon4 ,she said1 ,come you peaceably8 ,he said1 ,peaceably4 #jjb3jad ,he said moreover1 ,i have somewhat to tell you4 ,she said1 ,say on4 #jjb3jae ,he said1 ,you know that the kingdom was mine1 and that all ,israel set their faces on me1 that ,i should reign3 however the kingdom is turned about1 and is become my brother's2 for it was his from ,yahweh4 #jjb3jaf ,now ,i ask one petition of you2 don't deny me4 ,she said to him1 ,say on4 #jjb3jag ,he said1 ,please speak to ,solomon the king 7for he will not tell you 'no'71 that he give me ,abishag the ,shunammite as wife4 #jjb3jah ,bathsheba said1 ,well2 ,i will speak for you to the king4 #jjb3jai ,bathsheba therefore went to king ,solomon1 to speak to him for ,adonijah4 ,the king rose up to meet her1 and bowed himself to her1 and sat down on his throne1 and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother2 and she sat on his right hand4 #jjb3jbj ,then she said1 ,i ask one small petition of you2 don't deny me4 ,the king said to her1 ,ask on1 my mother2 for ,i will not deny you4 #jjb3jba ,she said1 ,let ,abishag the ,shunammite be given to ,adonijah your brother as wife4 #jjb3jbb ,king ,solomon answered his mother1 ,why do you ask ,abishag the ,shunammite for ,adonijah8 ask for him the kingdom also2 for he is my elder brother2 even for him1 and for ,abiathar the priest1 and for ,joab the son of ,zeruiah4 #jjb3jbc ,then king ,solomon swore by ,yahweh1 saying1 ,god do so to me1 and more also1 if ,adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life4 #jjb3jbd ,now therefore as ,yahweh lives1 who has established me1 and set me on the throne of ,david my father1 and who has made me a house1 as he promised1 surely ,adonijah shall be put to death this day4 #jjb3jbe ,king ,solomon sent by ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada2 and he fell on him1 so that he died4 #jjb3jbf ,to ,abiathar the priest said the king1 ,get you to ,anathoth1 to your own fields2 for you are worthy of death3 but ,i will not at this time put you to death1 because you bear the ark of the ,lord ,yahweh before ,david my father1 and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted4 #jjb3jbg ,so ,solomon thrust out ,abiathar from being priest to ,yahweh1 that he might fulfill the word of ,yahweh1 which he spoke concerning the house of ,eli in ,shiloh4 #jjb3jbh ,the news came to ,joab2 for ,joab had turned after ,adonijah1 though he didn't turn after ,absalom4 ,joab fled to the ,tent of ,yahweh1 and caught hold on the horns of the altar4 #jjb3jbi ,it was told king ,solomon1 ,joab is fled to the ,tent of ,yahweh1 and behold1 he is by the altar4 ,then ,solomon sent ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 saying1 ,go1 fall on him4 #jjb3jcj ,benaiah came to the ,tent of ,yahweh1 and said to him1 ,thus says the king1 ,come forth4 ,he said1 ,no2 but ,i will die here4 ,benaiah brought the king word again1 saying1 ,thus said ,joab1 and thus he answered me4 #jjb3jca ,the king said to him1 ,do as he has said1 and fall on him1 and bury him2 that you may take away the blood1 which ,joab shed without cause1 from me and from my father's house4 #jjb3jcb ,yahweh will return his blood on his own head1 because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he1 and killed them with the sword1 and my father ,david didn't know it1 to wit1 ,abner the son of ,ner1 captain of the army of ,israel1 and ,amasa the son of ,jether1 captain of the army of ,judah4 #jjb3jcc ,so shall their blood return on the head of ,joab1 and on the head of his seed forever3 but to ,david1 and to his seed1 and to his house1 and to his throne1 shall there be peace for ever from ,yahweh4 #jjb3jcd ,then ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada went up1 and fell on him1 and killed him2 and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness4 #jjb3jce ,the king put ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada in his room over the army2 and ,zadok the priest did the king put in the room of ,abiathar4 #jjb3jcf ,the king sent and called for ,shimei1 and said to him1 ,build yourself a house in ,jerusalem1 and dwell there1 and don't go forth from there any where4 #jjb3jcg ,for on the day you go out1 and pass over the brook ,kidron1 know you for certain that you shall surely die3 your blood shall be on your own head4 #jjb3jch ,shimei said to the king1 ,the saying is good3 as my lord the king has said1 so will your servant do4 ,shimei lived in ,jerusalem many days4 #jjb3jci ,it happened at the end of three years1 that two of the servants of ,shimei ran away to ,achish1 son of ,maacah1 king of ,gath4 ,they told ,shimei1 saying1 ,behold1 your servants are in ,gath4 #jjb3jdj ,shimei arose1 and saddled his donkey1 and went to ,gath to ,achish1 to seek his servants2 and ,shimei went1 and brought his servants from ,gath4 #jjb3jda ,it was told ,solomon that ,shimei had gone from ,jerusalem to ,gath1 and was come again4 #jjb3jdb ,the king sent and called for ,shimei1 and said to him1 ,didn't ,i adjure you by ,yahweh1 and protest to you1 saying1 ,know for certain1 that on the day you go out1 and walk abroad any where1 you shall surely die8 and you said to me1 ,the saying that ,i have heard is good4 #jjb3jdc ,why then have you not kept the oath of ,yahweh1 and the commandment that ,i have charged you with8 #jjb3jdd ,the king said moreover to ,shimei1 ,you know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to1 that you did to ,david my father3 therefore ,yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head4 #jjb3jde ,but king ,solomon shall be blessed1 and the throne of ,david shall be established before ,yahweh forever4 #jjb3jdf ,so the king commanded ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada2 and he went out1 and fell on him1 so that he died4 ,the kingdom was established in the hand of ,solomon4 #jjc3jja ,solomon made affinity with ,pharaoh king of ,egypt1 and took ,pharaoh's daughter1 and brought her into the city of ,david1 until he had made an end of building his own house1 and the house of ,yahweh1 and the wall of ,jerusalem round about4 #jjc3jjb ,only the people sacrificed in the high places1 because there was no house built for the name of ,yahweh until those days4 #jjc3jjc ,solomon loved ,yahweh1 walking in the statutes of ,david his father3 only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places4 #jjc3jjd ,the king went to ,gibeon to sacrifice there2 for that was the great high place3 a thousand burnt offerings did ,solomon offer on that altar4 #jjc3jje ,in ,gibeon ,yahweh appeared to ,solomon in a dream by night2 and ,god said1 ,ask what ,i shall give you4 #jjc3jjf ,solomon said1 ,you have shown to your servant ,david my father great loving kindness1 according as he walked before you in truth1 and in righteousness1 and in uprightness of heart with you2 and you have kept for him this great loving kindness1 that you have given him a son to sit on his throne1 as it is this day4 #jjc3jjg ,now1 ,yahweh my ,god1 you have made your servant king instead of ,david my father3 and ,i am but a little child2 ,i don't know how to go out or come in4 #jjc3jjh ,your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen1 a great people1 that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude4 #jjc3jji ,give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people1 that ,i may discern between good and evil2 for who is able to judge this your great people8 #jjc3jaj ,the speech pleased the ,lord1 that ,solomon had asked this thing4 #jjc3jaa ,god said to him1 ,because you have asked this thing1 and have not asked for yourself long life1 neither have asked riches for yourself1 nor have asked the life of your enemies1 but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice2 #jjc3jab behold1 ,i have done according to your word3 behold1 ,i have given you a wise and an understanding heart2 so that there has been none like you before you1 neither after you shall any arise like you4 #jjc3jac ,i have also given you that which you have not asked1 both riches and honor1 so that there shall not be any among the kings like you1 all your days4 #jjc3jad ,if you will walk in my ways1 to keep my statutes and my commandments1 as your father ,david did walk1 then ,i will lengthen your days4 #jjc3jae ,solomon awoke2 and behold1 it was a dream3 and he came to ,jerusalem1 and stood before the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh1 and offered up burnt offerings1 and offered peace offerings1 and made a feast to all his servants4 #jjc3jaf ,then there came two women who were prostitutes1 to the king1 and stood before him4 #jjc3jag ,the one woman said1 ,oh1 my lord1 ,i and this woman dwell in one house2 and ,i was delivered of a child with her in the house4 #jjc3jah ,it happened the third day after ,i was delivered1 that this woman was delivered also2 and we were together2 there was no stranger with us in the house1 save we two in the house4 #jjc3jai ,this woman's child died in the night1 because she lay on it4 #jjc3jbj ,she arose at midnight1 and took my son from beside me1 while your handmaid slept1 and laid it in her bosom1 and laid her dead child in my bosom4 #jjc3jba ,when ,i rose in the morning to give my child suck1 behold1 it was dead2 but when ,i had looked at it in the morning1 behold1 it was not my son1 whom ,i bore4 #jjc3jbb ,the other woman said1 ,no2 but the living is my son1 and the dead is your son4 ,this said1 ,no2 but the dead is your son1 and the living is my son4 ,thus they spoke before the king4 #jjc3jbc ,then said the king1 ,the one says1 ,this is my son who lives1 and your son is the dead3 and the other says1 ,no2 but your son is the dead1 and my son is the living4 #jjc3jbd ,the king said1 ,get me a sword4 ,they brought a sword before the king4 #jjc3jbe ,the king said1 ,divide the living child in two1 and give half to the one1 and half to the other4 #jjc3jbf ,then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king1 for her heart yearned over her son1 and she said1 ,oh1 my lord1 give her the living child1 and in no way kill it4 ,but the other said1 ,it shall be neither mine nor yours2 divide it4 #jjc3jbg ,then the king answered1 ,give her the living child1 and in no way kill it3 she is the mother of it4 #jjc3jbh ,all ,israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged2 and they feared the king3 for they saw that the wisdom of ,god was in him1 to do justice4 #jjd3jja ,king ,solomon was king over all ,israel4 #jjd3jjb ,these were the princes whom he had3 ,azariah the son of ,zadok1 the priest2 #jjd3jjc ,elihoreph and ,ahijah1 the sons of ,shisha1 scribes2 ,jehoshaphat the son of ,ahilud1 the recorder2 #jjd3jjd and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada was over the army2 and ,zadok and ,abiathar were priests2 #jjd3jje and ,azariah the son of ,nathan was over the officers2 and ,zabud the son of ,nathan was chief minister1 and the king's friend2 #jjd3jjf and ,ahishar was over the household2 and ,adoniram the son of ,abda was over the men subject to forced labor4 #jjd3jjg ,solomon had twelve officers over all ,israel1 who provided food for the king and his household3 each man had to make provision for a month in the year4 #jjd3jjh ,these are their names3 ,ben ,hur1 in the hill country of ,ephraim2 #jjd3jji ,ben ,deker1 in ,makaz1 and in ,shaalbim1 and ,beth ,shemesh1 and ,elon ,beth ,hanan2 #jjd3jaj ,ben ,hesed1 in ,arubboth 7to him pertained ,socoh1 and all the land of ,hepher72 #jjd3jaa ,ben ,abinadab1 in all the height of ,dor 7he had ,taphath the daughter of ,solomon as wife72 #jjd3jab ,baana the son of ,ahilud1 in ,taanach and ,megiddo1 and all ,beth ,shean which is beside ,zarethan1 beneath ,jezreel1 from ,beth ,shean to ,abel ,meholah1 as far as beyond ,jokmeam2 #jjd3jac ,ben ,geber1 in ,ramoth ,gilead 7to him pertained the towns of ,jair the son of ,manasseh1 which are in ,gilead2 even to him pertained the region of ,argob1 which is in ,bashan1 sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars72 #jjd3jad ,ahinadab the son of ,iddo1 in ,mahanaim2 #jjd3jae ,ahimaaz1 in ,naphtali 7he also took ,basemath the daughter of ,solomon as wife72 #jjd3jaf ,baana the son of ,hushai1 in ,asher and ,bealoth2 #jjd3jag ,jehoshaphat the son of ,paruah1 in ,issachar2 #jjd3jah ,shimei the son of ,ela1 in ,benjamin2 #jjd3jai ,geber the son of ,uri1 in the land of ,gilead1 the country of ,sihon king of the ,amorites and of ,og king of ,bashan2 and he was the only officer who was in the land4 #jjd3jbj ,judah and ,israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude1 eating and drinking and making merry4 #jjd3jba ,solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the ,river to the land of the ,philistines1 and to the border of ,egypt3 they brought tribute1 and served ,solomon all the days of his life4 #jjd3jbb ,solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour1 and sixty measures of meal1 #jjd3jbc ten fat oxen1 and twenty oxen out of the pastures1 and one hundred sheep1 besides harts1 and gazelles1 and roebucks1 and fattened fowl4 #jjd3jbd ,for he had dominion over all the region on this side the ,river1 from ,tiphsah even to ,gaza1 over all the kings on this side the ,river3 and he had peace on all sides round about him4 #jjd3jbe ,judah and ,israel lived safely1 every man under his vine and under his fig tree1 from ,dan even to ,beersheba1 all the days of ,solomon4 #jjd3jbf ,solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots1 and twelve thousand horsemen4 #jjd3jbg ,those officers provided food for king ,solomon1 and for all who came to king ,solomon's table1 every man in his month2 they let nothing be lacking4 #jjd3jbh ,barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were1 every man according to his charge4 #jjd3jbi ,god gave ,solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much1 and very great understanding1 even as the sand that is on the seashore4 #jjd3jcj ,solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east1 and all the wisdom of ,egypt4 #jjd3jca ,for he was wiser than all men2 than ,ethan the ,ezrahite1 and ,heman1 and ,calcol1 and ,darda1 the sons of ,mahol3 and his fame was in all the nations round about4 #jjd3jcb ,he spoke three thousand proverbs2 and his songs were one thousand five4 #jjd3jcc ,he spoke of trees1 from the cedar that is in ,lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall2 he spoke also of animals1 and of birds1 and of creeping things1 and of fish4 #jjd3jcd ,there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of ,solomon1 from all kings of the earth1 who had heard of his wisdom4 #jje3jja ,hiram king of ,tyre sent his servants to ,solomon2 for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father3 for ,hiram was ever a lover of ,david4 #jje3jjb ,solomon sent to ,hiram1 saying1 #jje3jjc ,you know how that ,david my father could not build a house for the name of ,yahweh his ,god for the wars which were about him on every side1 until ,yahweh put them under the soles of his feet4 #jje3jjd ,but now ,yahweh my ,god has given me rest on every side2 there is neither adversary1 nor evil occurrence4 #jje3jje ,behold1 ,i purpose to build a house for the name of ,yahweh my ,god1 as ,yahweh spoke to ,david my father1 saying1 ,your son1 whom ,i will set on your throne in your room1 he shall build the house for my name4 #jje3jjf ,now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of ,lebanon2 and my servants shall be with your servants2 and ,i will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say3 for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the ,sidonians4 #jje3jjg ,it happened1 when ,hiram heard the words of ,solomon1 that he rejoiced greatly1 and said1 ,blessed be ,yahweh this day1 who has given to ,david a wise son over this great people4 #jje3jjh ,hiram sent to ,solomon1 saying1 ,i have heard the message which you have sent to me3 ,i will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar1 and concerning timber of fir4 #jje3jji ,my servants shall bring them down from ,lebanon to the sea2 and ,i will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me1 and will cause them to be broken up there1 and you shall receive them2 and you shall accomplish my desire1 in giving food for my household4 #jje3jaj ,so ,hiram gave ,solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire4 #jje3jaa ,solomon gave ,hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household1 and twenty measures of pure oil3 thus gave ,solomon to ,hiram year by year4 #jje3jab ,yahweh gave ,solomon wisdom1 as he promised him2 and there was peace between ,hiram and ,solomon2 and they two made a league together4 #jje3jac ,king ,solomon raised a levy out of all ,israel2 and the levy was thirty thousand men4 #jje3jad ,he sent them to ,lebanon1 ten thousand a month by courses2 a month they were in ,lebanon1 and two months at home2 and ,adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor4 #jje3jae ,solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens1 and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains2 #jje3jaf besides ,solomon's chief officers who were over the work1 three thousand and three hundred1 who bore rule over the people who labored in the work4 #jje3jag ,the king commanded1 and they hewed out great stones1 costly stones1 to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone4 #jje3jah ,solomon's builders and ,hiram's builders and the ,gebalites did fashion them1 and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house4 #jjf3jja ,it happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of ,israel were come out of the land of ,egypt1 in the fourth year of ,solomon's reign over ,israel1 in the month ,ziv1 which is the second month1 that he began to build the house of ,yahweh4 #jjf3jjb ,the house which king ,solomon built for ,yahweh1 the length of it was sixty cubits1 and the breadth of it twenty cubits1 and the height of it thirty cubits4 #jjf3jjc ,the porch before the temple of the house1 twenty cubits was the length of it1 according to the breadth of the house2 and ten cubits was the breadth of it before the house4 #jjf3jjd ,for the house he made windows of fixed lattice work4 #jjf3jje ,against the wall of the house he built stories round about1 against the walls of the house round about1 both of the temple and of the oracle2 and he made side chambers round about4 #jjf3jjf ,the nethermost story was five cubits broad1 and the middle was six cubits broad1 and the third was seven cubits broad2 for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about1 that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house4 #jjf3jjg ,the house1 when it was in building1 was built of stone made ready at the quarry2 and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house1 while it was in building4 #jjf3jjh ,the door for the middle side chambers was in the right side of the house3 and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story1 and out of the middle into the third4 #jjf3jji ,so he built the house1 and finished it2 and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar4 #jjf3jaj ,he built the stories against all the house1 each five cubits high3 and they rested on the house with timber of cedar4 #jjf3jaa ,the word of ,yahweh came to ,solomon1 saying1 #jjf3jab ,concerning this house which you are building1 if you will walk in my statutes1 and execute my ordinances1 and keep all my commandments to walk in them2 then will ,i establish my word with you1 which ,i spoke to ,david your father4 #jjf3jac ,i will dwell among the children of ,israel1 and will not forsake my people ,israel4 #jjf3jad ,so ,solomon built the house1 and finished it4 #jjf3jae ,he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar3 from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling1 he covered them on the inside with wood2 and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir4 #jjf3jaf ,he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls of the ceiling3 he built them for it within1 for an oracle1 even for the most holy place4 #jjf3jag ,the house1 that is1 the temple before the oracle1 was forty cubits long4 #jjf3jah ,there was cedar on the house within1 carved with buds and open flowers3 all was cedar2 there was no stone seen4 #jjf3jai ,he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within1 to set there the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh4 #jjf3jbj ,within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length1 and twenty cubits in breadth1 and twenty cubits in the height of it2 and he overlaid it with pure gold3 and he covered the altar with cedar4 #jjf3jba ,so ,solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold3 and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle2 and he overlaid it with gold4 #jjf3jbb ,the whole house he overlaid with gold1 until all the house was finished3 also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold4 #jjf3jbc ,in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood1 each ten cubits high4 #jjf3jbd ,five cubits was the one wing of the cherub1 and five cubits the other wing of the cherub3 from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits4 #jjf3jbe ,the other cherub was ten cubits3 both the cherubim were of one measure and one form4 #jjf3jbf ,the height of the one cherub was ten cubits1 and so was it of the other cherub4 #jjf3jbg ,he set the cherubim within the inner house2 and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth1 so that the wing of the one touched the one wall1 and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall2 and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house4 #jjf3jbh ,he overlaid the cherubim with gold4 #jjf3jbi ,he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers1 inside and outside4 #jjf3jcj ,the floor of the house he overlaid with gold1 inside and outside4 #jjf3jca ,for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood3 the lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall4 #jjf3jcb ,so he made two doors of olive wood2 and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers1 and overlaid them with gold2 and he spread the gold on the cherubim1 and on the palm trees4 #jjf3jcc ,so also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood1 out of a fourth part of the wall2 #jjf3jcd and two doors of fir wood3 the two leaves of the one door were folding1 and the two leaves of the other door were folding4 #jjf3jce ,he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers2 and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work4 #jjf3jcf ,he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone1 and a course of cedar beams4 #jjf3jcg ,in the fourth year was the foundation of the house of ,yahweh laid1 in the month ,ziv4 #jjf3jch ,in the eleventh year1 in the month ,bul1 which is the eighth month1 was the house finished throughout all the parts of it1 and according to all the fashion of it4 ,so was he seven years in building it4 #jjg3jja ,solomon was building his own house thirteen years1 and he finished all his house4 #jjg3jjb ,for he built the house of the forest of ,lebanon2 the length of it was one hundred cubits1 and the breadth of it fifty cubits1 and the height of it thirty cubits1 on four rows of cedar pillars1 with cedar beams on the pillars4 #jjg3jjc ,it was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams1 that were on the pillars2 fifteen in a row4 #jjg3jjd ,there were beams in three rows1 and window was over against window in three ranks4 #jjg3jje ,all the doors and posts were made square with beams3 and window was over against window in three ranks4 #jjg3jjf ,he made the porch of pillars2 the length of it was fifty cubits1 and the breadth of it thirty cubits2 and a porch before them2 and pillars and a threshold before them4 #jjg3jjg ,he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge1 even the porch of judgment3 and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor4 #jjg3jjh ,his house where he was to dwell1 the other court within the porch1 was of the like work4 ,he made also a house for ,pharaoh's daughter 7whom ,solomon had taken as wife71 like this porch4 #jjg3jji ,all these were of costly stones1 even of hewn stone1 according to measure1 sawed with saws1 inside and outside1 even from the foundation to the coping1 and so on the outside to the great court4 #jjg3jaj ,the foundation was of costly stones1 even great stones1 stones of ten cubits1 and stones of eight cubits4 #jjg3jaa ,above were costly stones1 even hewn stone1 according to measure1 and cedar wood4 #jjg3jab ,the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone1 and a course of cedar beams2 like as the inner court of the house of ,yahweh1 and the porch of the house4 #jjg3jac ,king ,solomon sent and fetched ,hiram out of ,tyre4 #jjg3jad ,he was the son of a widow of the tribe of ,naphtali1 and his father was a man of ,tyre1 a worker in brass2 and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill1 to work all works in brass4 ,he came to king ,solomon1 and performed all his work4 #jjg3jae ,for he fashioned the two pillars of brass1 eighteen cubits high apiece3 and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about4 #jjg3jaf ,he made two capitals of molten brass1 to set on the tops of the pillars3 the height of the one capital was five cubits1 and the height of the other capital was five cubits4 #jjg3jag ,there were nets of checker work1 and wreaths of chain work1 for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars2 seven for the one capital1 and seven for the other capital4 #jjg3jah ,so he made the pillars2 and there were two rows round about on the one network1 to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars3 and so did he for the other capital4 #jjg3jai ,the capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work1 four cubits4 #jjg3jbj ,there were capitals above also on the two pillars1 close by the belly which was beside the network3 and the pomegranates were two hundred1 in rows round about on the other capital4 #jjg3jba ,he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple3 and he set up the right pillar1 and called the name of it ,jachin2 and he set up the left pillar1 and called the name of it ,boaz4 #jjg3jbb ,on the top of the pillars was lily work3 so was the work of the pillars finished4 #jjg3jbc ,he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim1 round in compass1 and the height of it was five cubits2 and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about4 #jjg3jbd ,under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it1 for ten cubits1 compassing the sea round about3 the buds were in two rows1 cast when it was cast4 #jjg3jbe ,it stood on twelve oxen1 three looking toward the north1 and three looking toward the west1 and three looking toward the south1 and three looking toward the east2 and the sea was set on them above1 and all their hinder parts were inward4 #jjg3jbf ,it was a handbreadth thick3 and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup1 like the flower of a lily3 it held two thousand baths4 #jjg3jbg ,he made the ten bases of brass2 four cubits was the length of one base1 and four cubits the breadth of it1 and three cubits the height of it4 #jjg3jbh ,the work of the bases was on this manner3 they had panels2 and there were panels between the ledges2 #jjg3jbi and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions1 oxen1 and cherubim2 and on the ledges there was a pedestal above2 and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work4 #jjg3jcj ,every base had four bronze wheels1 and axles of brass2 and the four feet of it had supports3 beneath the basin were the supports molten1 with wreaths at the side of each4 #jjg3jca ,the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit3 and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal1 a cubit and a half2 and also on the mouth of it were engravings1 and their panels were foursquare1 not round4 #jjg3jcb ,the four wheels were underneath the panels2 and the axles of the wheels were in the base3 and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit4 #jjg3jcc ,the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel3 their axles1 and their rims1 and their spokes1 and their naves1 were all molten4 #jjg3jcd ,there were four supports at the four corners of each base3 the supports of it were of the base itself4 #jjg3jce ,in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high2 and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same4 #jjg3jcf ,on the plates of the stays of it1 and on the panels of it1 he engraved cherubim1 lions1 and palm trees1 according to the space of each1 with wreaths round about4 #jjg3jcg ,after this manner he made the ten bases3 all of them had one casting1 one measure1 and one form4 #jjg3jch ,he made ten basins of brass3 one basin contained forty baths2 and every basin was four cubits2 and on very one of the ten bases one basin4 #jjg3jci ,he set the bases1 five on the right side of the house1 and five on the left side of the house3 and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward1 toward the south4 #jjg3jdj ,hiram made the basins1 and the shovels1 and the basins4 ,so ,hiram made an end of doing all the work that he worked for king ,solomon in the house of ,yahweh3 #jjg3jda the two pillars1 and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars2 and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars2 #jjg3jdb and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks2 two rows of pomegranates for each network1 to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars2 #jjg3jdc and the ten bases1 and the ten basins on the bases2 #jjg3jdd and the one sea1 and the twelve oxen under the sea2 #jjg3jde and the pots1 and the shovels1 and the basins3 even all these vessels1 which ,hiram made for king ,solomon1 in the house of ,yahweh1 were of burnished brass4 #jjg3jdf ,in the plain of the ,jordan did the king cast them1 in the clay ground between ,succoth and ,zarethan4 #jjg3jdg ,solomon left all the vessels unweighed1 because they were exceeding many3 the weight of the brass could not be found out4 #jjg3jdh ,solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of ,yahweh3 the golden altar1 and the table whereupon the show bread was1 of gold2 #jjg3jdi and the lampstands1 five on the right side1 and five on the left1 before the oracle1 of pure gold2 and the flowers1 and the lamps1 and the tongs1 of gold2 #jjg3jej and the cups1 and the snuffers1 and the basins1 and the spoons1 and the fire pans1 of pure gold2 and the hinges1 both for the doors of the inner house1 the most holy place1 and for the doors of the house1 to wit1 of the temple1 of gold4 #jjg3jea ,thus all the work that king ,solomon worked in the house of ,yahweh was finished4 ,solomon brought in the things which ,david his father had dedicated1 even the silver1 and the gold1 and the vessels1 and put them in the treasuries of the house of ,yahweh4 #jjh3jja ,then ,solomon assembled the elders of ,israel1 and all the heads of the tribes1 the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of ,israel1 to king ,solomon in ,jerusalem1 to bring up the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh out of the city of ,david1 which is ,zion4 #jjh3jjb ,all the men of ,israel assembled themselves to king ,solomon at the feast1 in the month ,ethanim1 which is the seventh month4 #jjh3jjc ,all the elders of ,israel came1 and the priests took up the ark4 #jjh3jjd ,they brought up the ark of ,yahweh1 and the tent of meeting1 and all the holy vessels that were in the ,tent2 even these did the priests and the ,levites bring up4 #jjh3jje ,king ,solomon and all the congregation of ,israel1 who were assembled to him1 were with him before the ark1 sacrificing sheep and oxen1 that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude4 #jjh3jjf ,the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of ,yahweh to its place1 into the oracle of the house1 to the most holy place1 even under the wings of the cherubim4 #jjh3jjg ,for the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark1 and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles of it above4 #jjh3jjh ,the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle2 but they were not seen outside3 and there they are to this day4 #jjh3jji ,there was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which ,moses put there at ,horeb1 when ,yahweh made a covenant with the children of ,israel1 when they came out of the land of ,egypt4 #jjh3jaj ,it came to pass1 when the priests were come out of the holy place1 that the cloud filled the house of ,yahweh1 #jjh3jaa so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud2 for the glory of ,yahweh filled the house of ,yahweh4 #jjh3jab ,then spoke ,solomon1 ,yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness4 #jjh3jac ,i have surely built you a house of habitation1 a place for you to dwell in forever4 #jjh3jad ,the king turned his face about1 and blessed all the assembly of ,israel3 and all the assembly of ,israel stood4 #jjh3jae ,he said1 ,blessed be ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 who spoke with his mouth to ,david your father1 and has with his hand fulfilled it1 saying1 #jjh3jaf ,since the day that ,i brought forth my people ,israel out of ,egypt1 ,i chose no city out of all the tribes of ,israel to build a house1 that my name might be there2 but ,i chose ,david to be over my people ,israel4 #jjh3jag ,now it was in the heart of ,david my father to build a house for the name of ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel4 #jjh3jah ,but ,yahweh said to ,david my father1 ,whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name1 you did well that it was in your heart3 #jjh3jai nevertheless you shall not build the house2 but your son who shall come forth out of your body1 he shall build the house for my name4 #jjh3jbj ,yahweh has established his word that he spoke2 for ,i am risen up in the room of ,david my father1 and sit on the throne of ,israel1 as ,yahweh promised1 and have built the house for the name of ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel4 #jjh3jba ,there have ,i set a place for the ark1 in which is the covenant of ,yahweh1 which he made with our fathers1 when he brought them out of the land of ,egypt4 #jjh3jbb ,solomon stood before the altar of ,yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of ,israel1 and spread forth his hands toward heaven2 #jjh3jbc and he said1 ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 there is no ,god like you1 in heaven above1 or on earth beneath2 who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants1 who walk before you with all their heart2 #jjh3jbd who have kept with your servant ,david my father that which you did promise him3 yes1 you spoke with your mouth1 and have fulfilled it with your hand1 as it is this day4 #jjh3jbe ,now therefore1 ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 keep with your servant ,david my father that which you have promised him1 saying1 ,there shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of ,israel1 if only your children take heed to their way1 to walk before me as you have walked before me4 #jjh3jbf ,now therefore1 ,god of ,israel1 ,please let your word be verified1 which you spoke to your servant ,david my father4 #jjh3jbg ,but will ,god in very deed dwell on the earth8 behold1 heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you2 how much less this house that ,i have built6 #jjh3jbh ,yet have respect for the prayer of your servant1 and for his supplication1 ,yahweh my ,god1 to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day2 #jjh3jbi that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day1 even toward the place of which you have said1 ,my name shall be there2 to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place4 #jjh3jcj ,listen you to the supplication of your servant1 and of your people ,israel1 when they shall pray toward this place3 yes1 hear in heaven1 your dwelling place2 and when you hear1 forgive4 #jjh3jca ,if a man sin against his neighbor1 and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear1 and he come and swear before your altar in this house2 #jjh3jcb then hear you in heaven1 and do1 and judge your servants1 condemning the wicked1 to bring his way on his own head1 and justifying the righteous1 to give him according to his righteousness4 #jjh3jcc ,when your people ,israel are struck down before the enemy1 because they have sinned against you2 if they turn again to you1 and confess your name1 and pray and make supplication to you in this house3 #jjh3jcd then hear you in heaven1 and forgive the sin of your people ,israel1 and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers4 #jjh3jce ,when the sky is shut up1 and there is no rain1 because they have sinned against you2 if they pray toward this place1 and confess your name1 and turn from their sin1 when you do afflict them3 #jjh3jcf then hear in heaven1 and forgive the sin of your servants1 and of your people ,israel1 when you teach them the good way in which they should walk2 and send rain on your land1 which you have given to your people for an inheritance4 #jjh3jcg ,if there be in the land famine1 if there be pestilence1 if there is blight or mildew1 locust or caterpillar2 if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities2 whatever plague1 whatever sickness there be2 #jjh3jch whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man1 or by all your people ,israel1 who shall know every man the plague of his own heart1 and spread forth his hands toward this house3 #jjh3jci then hear in heaven1 your dwelling place1 and forgive1 and do1 and render to every man according to all his ways1 whose heart you know2 7for you1 even you only1 know the hearts of all the children of men27 #jjh3jdj that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers4 #jjh3jda ,moreover concerning the foreigner1 who is not of your people ,israel1 when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake #jjh3jdb 7for they shall hear of your great name1 and of your mighty hand1 and of your outstretched arm72 when he shall come and pray toward this house2 #jjh3jdc hear in heaven1 your dwelling place1 and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for2 that all the peoples of the earth may know your name1 to fear you1 as does your people ,israel1 and that they may know that this house which ,i have built is called by my name4 #jjh3jdd ,if your people go out to battle against their enemy1 by whatever way you shall send them1 and they pray to ,yahweh toward the city which you have chosen1 and toward the house which ,i have built for your name2 #jjh3jde then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication1 and maintain their cause4 #jjh3jdf ,if they sin against you 7for there is no man who doesn't sin71 and you are angry with them1 and deliver them to the enemy1 so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy1 far off or near2 #jjh3jdg yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive1 and turn again1 and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive1 saying1 ,we have sinned1 and have done perversely1 we have dealt wickedly2 #jjh3jdh if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies1 who carried them captive1 and pray to you toward their land1 which you gave to their fathers1 the city which you have chosen1 and the house which ,i have built for your name3 #jjh3jdi then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven1 your dwelling place1 and maintain their cause2 #jjh3jej and forgive your people who have sinned against you1 and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you2 and give them compassion before those who carried them captive1 that they may have compassion on them #jjh3jea 7for they are your people1 and your inheritance1 which you brought forth out of ,egypt1 from the midst of the furnace of iron72 #jjh3jeb that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant1 and to the supplication of your people ,israel1 to listen to them whenever they cry to you4 #jjh3jec ,for you did separate them from among all the peoples of the earth1 to be your inheritance1 as you spoke by ,moses your servant1 when you brought our fathers out of ,egypt1 ,lord ,yahweh4 #jjh3jed ,it was so1 that when ,solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to ,yahweh1 he arose from before the altar of ,yahweh1 from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven4 #jjh3jee ,he stood1 and blessed all the assembly of ,israel with a loud voice1 saying1 #jjh3jef ,blessed be ,yahweh1 who has given rest to his people ,israel1 according to all that he promised3 there has not failed one word of all his good promise1 which he promised by ,moses his servant4 #jjh3jeg ,yahweh our ,god be with us1 as he was with our fathers3 let him not leave us1 nor forsake us2 #jjh3jeh that he may incline our hearts to him1 to walk in all his ways1 and to keep his commandments1 and his statutes1 and his ordinances1 which he commanded our fathers4 #jjh3jei ,let these my words1 with which ,i have made supplication before ,yahweh1 be near to ,yahweh our ,god day and night1 that he maintain the cause of his servant1 and the cause of his people ,israel1 as every day shall require2 #jjh3jfj that all the peoples of the earth may know that ,yahweh1 he is ,god2 there is none else4 #jjh3jfa ,let your heart therefore be perfect with ,yahweh our ,god1 to walk in his statutes1 and to keep his commandments1 as at this day4 #jjh3jfb ,the king1 and all ,israel with him1 offered sacrifice before ,yahweh4 #jjh3jfc ,solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings1 which he offered to ,yahweh1 two and twenty thousand oxen1 and one hundred twenty thousand sheep4 ,so the king and all the children of ,israel dedicated the house of ,yahweh4 #jjh3jfd ,the same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of ,yahweh2 for there he offered the burnt offering1 and the meal offering1 and the fat of the peace offerings1 because the bronze altar that was before ,yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering1 and the meal offering1 and the fat of the peace offerings4 #jjh3jfe ,so ,solomon held the feast at that time1 and all ,israel with him1 a great assembly1 from the entrance of ,hamath to the brook of ,egypt1 before ,yahweh our ,god1 seven days and seven days1 even fourteen days4 #jjh3jff ,on the eighth day he sent the people away2 and they blessed the king1 and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that ,yahweh had shown to ,david his servant1 and to ,israel his people4 #jji3jja ,it happened1 when ,solomon had finished the building of the house of ,yahweh1 and the king's house1 and all ,solomon's desire which he was pleased to do1 #jji3jjb that ,yahweh appeared to ,solomon the second time1 as he had appeared to him at ,gibeon4 #jji3jjc ,yahweh said to him1 ,i have heard your prayer and your supplication1 that you have made before me3 ,i have made this house holy1 which you have built1 to put my name there forever2 and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually4 #jji3jjd ,as for you1 if you will walk before me1 as ,david your father walked1 in integrity of heart1 and in uprightness1 to do according to all that ,i have commanded you1 and will keep my statutes and my ordinances2 #jji3jje then ,i will establish the throne of your kingdom over ,israel forever1 according as ,i promised to ,david your father1 saying1 ,there shall not fail you a man on the throne of ,israel4 #jji3jjf ,but if you shall turn away from following me1 you or your children1 and not keep my commandments and my statutes which ,i have set before you1 but shall go and serve other gods1 and worship them2 #jji3jjg then will ,i cut off ,israel out of the land which ,i have given them2 and this house1 which ,i have made holy for my name1 will ,i cast out of my sight2 and ,israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples4 #jji3jjh ,though this house is so high1 yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished1 and shall hiss2 and they shall say1 ,why has ,yahweh done thus to this land1 and to this house8 #jji3jji and they shall answer1 ,because they forsook ,yahweh their ,god1 who brought forth their fathers out of the land of ,egypt1 and laid hold on other gods1 and worshiped them1 and served them3 therefore has ,yahweh brought all this evil on them4 #jji3jaj ,it happened at the end of twenty years1 in which ,solomon had built the two houses1 the house of ,yahweh and the king's house #jji3jaa 7now ,hiram the king of ,tyre had furnished ,solomon with cedar trees and fir trees1 and with gold1 according to all his desire71 that then king ,solomon gave ,hiram twenty cities in the land of ,galilee4 #jji3jab ,hiram came out from ,tyre to see the cities which ,solomon had given him2 and they didn't please him4 #jji3jac ,he said1 ,what cities are these which you have given me1 my brother8 ,he called them the land of ,cabul to this day4 #jji3jad ,hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold4 #jji3jae ,this is the reason of the levy which king ,solomon raised1 to build the house of ,yahweh1 and his own house1 and ,millo1 and the wall of ,jerusalem1 and ,hazor1 and ,megiddo1 and ,gezer4 #jji3jaf ,pharaoh king of ,egypt had gone up1 and taken ,gezer1 and burnt it with fire1 and slain the ,canaanites who lived in the city1 and given it for a portion to his daughter1 ,solomon's wife4 #jji3jag ,solomon built ,gezer1 and ,beth ,horon the lower1 #jji3jah and ,baalath1 and ,tamar in the wilderness1 in the land1 #jji3jai and all the storage cities that ,solomon had1 and the cities for his chariots1 and the cities for his horsemen1 and that which ,solomon desired to build for his pleasure in ,jerusalem1 and in ,lebanon1 and in all the land of his dominion4 #jji3jbj ,as for all the people who were left of the ,amorites1 the ,hittites1 the ,perizzites1 the ,hivites1 and the ,jebusites1 who were not of the children of ,israel2 #jji3jba their children who were left after them in the land1 whom the children of ,israel were not able utterly to destroy1 of them did ,solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day4 #jji3jbb ,but of the children of ,israel did ,solomon make no bondservants2 but they were the men of war1 and his servants1 and his princes1 and his captains1 and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen4 #jji3jbc ,these were the chief officers who were over ,solomon's work1 five hundred fifty1 who bore rule over the people who labored in the work4 #jji3jbd ,but ,pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of ,david to her house which ,solomon had built for her3 then did he build ,millo4 #jji3jbe ,three times a year did ,solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to ,yahweh1 burning incense therewith1 on the altar that was before ,yahweh4 ,so he finished the house4 #jji3jbf ,king ,solomon made a navy of ships in ,ezion ,geber1 which is beside ,eloth1 on the shore of the ,red ,seaor1 ,sea of ,reeds1 in the land of ,edom4 #jji3jbg ,hiram sent in the navy his servants1 sailors who had knowledge of the sea1 with the servants of ,solomon4 #jji3jbh ,they came to ,ophir1 and fetched from there gold1 four hundred and twenty talents1 and brought it to king ,solomon4 #jaj3jja ,when the queen of ,sheba heard of the fame of ,solomon concerning the name of ,yahweh1 she came to prove him with hard questions4 #jaj3jjb ,she came to ,jerusalem with a very great train1 with camels that bore spices1 and very much gold1 and precious stones2 and when she was come to ,solomon1 she talked with him of all that was in her heart4 #jaj3jjc ,solomon told her all her questions3 there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her4 #jaj3jjd ,when the queen of ,sheba had seen all the wisdom of ,solomon1 and the house that he had built1 #jaj3jje and the food of his table1 and the sitting of his servants1 and the attendance of his ministers1 and their clothing1 and his cup bearers1 and his ascent by which he went up to the house of ,yahweh2 there was no more spirit in her4 #jaj3jjf ,she said to the king1 ,it was a true report that ,i heard in my own land of your acts1 and of your wisdom4 #jaj3jjg ,however ,i didn't believe the words1 until ,i came1 and my eyes had seen it3 and behold1 the half was not told me2 your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which ,i heard4 #jaj3jjh ,happy are your men1 happy are these your servants1 who stand continually before you1 and who hear your wisdom4 #jaj3jji ,blessed be ,yahweh your ,god1 who delighted in you1 to set you on the throne of ,israel3 because ,yahweh loved ,israel forever1 therefore made he you king1 to do justice and righteousness4 #jaj3jaj ,she gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold1 and of spices very great store1 and precious stones3 there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of ,sheba gave to king ,solomon4 #jaj3jaa ,the navy also of ,hiram1 that brought gold from ,ophir1 brought in from ,ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones4 #jaj3jab ,the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of ,yahweh1 and for the king's house1 harps also and stringed instruments for the singers3 there came no such almug trees1 nor were seen1 to this day4 #jaj3jac ,king ,solomon gave to the queen of ,sheba all her desire1 whatever she asked1 besides that which ,solomon gave her of his royal bounty4 ,so she turned1 and went to her own land1 she and her servants4 #jaj3jad ,now the weight of gold that came to ,solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold1 #jaj3jae besides that which the traders brought1 and the traffic of the merchants1 and of all the kings of the mixed people1 and of the governors of the country4 #jaj3jaf ,king ,solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold2 six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler4 #jaj3jag he made three hundred shields of beaten gold2 three minas of gold went to one shield3 and the king put them in the house of the forest of ,lebanon4 #jaj3jah ,moreover the king made a great throne of ivory1 and overlaid it with the finest gold4 #jaj3jai ,there were six steps to the throne1 and the top of the throne was round behind2 and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat1 and two lions standing beside the stays4 #jaj3jbj ,twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps3 there was nothing like it made in any kingdom4 #jaj3jba ,all king ,solomon's drinking vessels were of gold1 and all the vessels of the house of the forest of ,lebanon were of pure gold3 none were of silver2 it was nothing accounted of in the days of ,solomon4 #jaj3jbb ,for the king had at sea a navy of ,tarshish with the navy of ,hiram3 once every three years came the navy of ,tarshish1 bringing gold1 and silver1 ivory1 and apes1 and peacocks4 #jaj3jbc ,so king ,solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom4 #jaj3jbd ,all the earth sought the presence of ,solomon1 to hear his wisdom1 which ,god had put in his heart4 #jaj3jbe ,they brought every man his tribute1 vessels of silver1 and vessels of gold1 and clothing1 and armor1 and spices1 horses1 and mules1 a rate year by year4 #jaj3jbf ,solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen3 and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots1 and twelve thousand horsemen1 that he bestowed in the chariot cities1 and with the king at ,jerusalem4 #jaj3jbg ,the king made silver to be in ,jerusalem as stones1 and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland1 for abundance4 #jaj3jbh ,the horses which ,solomon had were brought out of ,egypt2 and the king's merchants received them in droves1 each drove at a price4 #jaj3jbi ,a chariot came up and went out of ,egypt for six hundred shekels of silver1 and a horse for one hundred fifty2 and so for all the kings of the ,hittites1 and for the kings of ,syria1 did they bring them out by their means4 #jaa3jja ,now king ,solomon loved many foreign women1 together with the daughter of ,pharaoh1 women of the ,moabites1 ,ammonites1 ,edomites1 ,sidonians1 and ,hittites2 #jaa3jjb of the nations concerning which ,yahweh said to the children of ,israel1 ,you shall not go among them1 neither shall they come among you2 for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods3 ,solomon joined to these in love4 #jaa3jjc ,he had seven hundred wives1 princesses1 and three hundred concubines2 and his wives turned away his heart4 #jaa3jjd ,for it happened1 when ,solomon was old1 that his wives turned away his heart after other gods2 and his heart was not perfect with ,yahweh his ,god1 as was the heart of ,david his father4 #jaa3jje ,for ,solomon went after ,ashtoreth the goddess of the ,sidonians1 and after ,milcom the abomination of the ,ammonites4 #jaa3jjf ,solomon did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 and didn't go fully after ,yahweh1 as did ,david his father4 #jaa3jjg ,then did ,solomon build a high place for ,chemosh the abomination of ,moab1 on the mountain that is before ,jerusalem1 and for ,molech the abomination of the children of ,ammon4 #jaa3jjh ,so did he for all his foreign wives1 who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods4 #jaa3jji ,yahweh was angry with ,solomon1 because his heart was turned away from ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 who had appeared to him twice1 #jaa3jaj and had commanded him concerning this thing1 that he should not go after other gods3 but he didn't keep that which ,yahweh commanded4 #jaa3jaa ,therefore ,yahweh said to ,solomon1 ,because this is done of you1 and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes1 which ,i have commanded you1 ,i will surely tear the kingdom from you1 and will give it to your servant4 #jaa3jab ,notwithstanding in your days ,i will not do it1 for ,david your father's sake3 but ,i will tear it out of the hand of your son4 #jaa3jac ,however ,i will not tear away all the kingdom2 but ,i will give one tribe to your son1 for ,david my servant's sake1 and for ,jerusalem's sake which ,i have chosen4 #jaa3jad ,yahweh raised up an adversary to ,solomon1 ,hadad the ,edomite3 he was of the king's seed in ,edom4 #jaa3jae ,for it happened1 when ,david was in ,edom1 and ,joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain1 and had struck every male in ,edom #jaa3jaf 7for ,joab and all ,israel remained there six months1 until he had cut off every male in ,edom72 #jaa3jag that ,hadad fled1 he and certain ,edomites of his father's servants with him1 to go into ,egypt1 ,hadad being yet a little child4 #jaa3jah ,they arose out of ,midian1 and came to ,paran2 and they took men with them out of ,paran1 and they came to ,egypt1 to ,pharaoh king of ,egypt1 who gave him a house1 and appointed him food1 and gave him land4 #jaa3jai ,hadad found great favor in the sight of ,pharaoh1 so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife1 the sister of ,tahpenes the queen4 #jaa3jbj ,the sister of ,tahpenes bore him ,genubath his son1 whom ,tahpenes weaned in ,pharaoh's house2 and ,genubath was in ,pharaoh's house among the sons of ,pharaoh4 #jaa3jba ,when ,hadad heard in ,egypt that ,david slept with his fathers1 and that ,joab the captain of the army was dead1 ,hadad said to ,pharaoh1 ,let me depart1 that ,i may go to my own country4 #jaa3jbb ,then ,pharaoh said to him1 ,but what have you lacked with me1 that behold1 you seek to go to your own country8 ,he answered1 ,nothing3 however only let me depart4 #jaa3jbc ,god raised up another adversary to him1 ,rezon the son of ,eliada1 who had fled from his lord ,hadadezer king of ,zobah4 #jaa3jbd ,he gathered men to him1 and became captain over a troop1 when ,david killed them of ,zobah3 and they went to ,damascus1 and lived therein1 and reigned in ,damascus4 #jaa3jbe ,he was an adversary to ,israel all the days of ,solomon1 besides the mischief that ,hadad did3 and he abhorred ,israel1 and reigned over ,syria4 #jaa3jbf ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat1 an ,ephraimite of ,zeredah1 a servant of ,solomon1 whose mother's name was ,zeruah1 a widow1 he also lifted up his hand against the king4 #jaa3jbg ,this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king3 ,solomon built ,millo1 and repaired the breach of the city of ,david his father4 #jaa3jbh ,the man ,jeroboam was a mighty man of valor2 and ,solomon saw the young man that he was industrious1 and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of ,joseph4 #jaa3jbi ,it happened at that time1 when ,jeroboam went out of ,jerusalem1 that the prophet ,ahijah the ,shilonite found him in the way2 now ,ahijah had clad himself with a new garment2 and they two were alone in the field4 #jaa3jcj ,ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him1 and tore it in twelve pieces4 #jaa3jca ,he said to ,jeroboam1 ,take ten pieces2 for thus says ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,behold1 ,i will tear the kingdom out of the hand of ,solomon1 and will give ten tribes to you #jaa3jcb 7but he shall have one tribe1 for my servant ,david's sake and for ,jerusalem's sake1 the city which ,i have chosen out of all the tribes of ,israel72 #jaa3jcc because that they have forsaken me1 and have worshiped ,ashtoreth the goddess of the ,sidonians1 ,chemosh the god of ,moab1 and ,milcom the god of the children of ,ammon2 and they have not walked in my ways1 to do that which is right in my eyes1 and to keep my statutes and my ordinances1 as did ,david his father4 #jaa3jcd ,however ,i will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand2 but ,i will make him prince all the days of his life1 for ,david my servant's sake whom ,i chose1 who kept my commandments and my statutes2 #jaa3jce but ,i will take the kingdom out of his son's hand1 and will give it to you1 even ten tribes4 #jaa3jcf ,to his son will ,i give one tribe1 that ,david my servant may have a lamp always before me in ,jerusalem1 the city which ,i have chosen me to put my name there4 #jaa3jcg ,i will take you1 and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires1 and shall be king over ,israel4 #jaa3jch ,it shall be1 if you will listen to all that ,i command you1 and will walk in my ways1 and do that which is right in my eyes1 to keep my statutes and my commandments1 as ,david my servant did2 that ,i will be with you1 and will build you a sure house1 as ,i built for ,david1 and will give ,israel to you4 #jaa3jci ,i will for this afflict the seed of ,david1 but not forever4 #jaa3jdj ,solomon sought therefore to kill ,jeroboam2 but ,jeroboam arose1 and fled into ,egypt1 to ,shishak king of ,egypt1 and was in ,egypt until the death of ,solomon4 #jaa3jda ,now the rest of the acts of ,solomon1 and all that he did1 and his wisdom1 aren't they written in the book of the acts of ,solomon8 #jaa3jdb ,the time that ,solomon reigned in ,jerusalem over all ,israel was forty years4 #jaa3jdc ,solomon slept with his fathers1 and was buried in the city of ,david his father3 and ,rehoboam his son reigned in his place4 #jab3jja ,rehoboam went to ,shechem3 for all ,israel were come to ,shechem to make him king4 #jab3jjb ,it happened1 when ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat heard of it 7for he was yet in ,egypt1 where he had fled from the presence of king ,solomon1 and ,jeroboam lived in ,egypt1 #jab3jjc and they sent and called him71 that ,jeroboam and all the assembly of ,israel came1 and spoke to ,rehoboam1 saying1 #jab3jjd ,your father made our yoke grievous3 now therefore make you the grievous service of your father1 and his heavy yoke which he put on us1 lighter1 and we will serve you4 #jab3jje ,he said to them1 ,depart yet for three days1 then come again to me4 ,the people departed4 #jab3jjf ,king ,rehoboam took counsel with the old men1 who had stood before ,solomon his father while he yet lived1 saying1 ,what counsel give you me to return answer to this people8 #jab3jjg ,they spoke to him1 saying1 ,if you will be a servant to this people this day1 and will serve them1 and answer them1 and speak good words to them1 then they will be your servants forever4 #jab3jjh ,but he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him1 and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him1 who stood before him4 #jab3jji ,he said to them1 ,what counsel do you give1 that we may return answer to this people1 who have spoken to me1 saying1 ,make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter8 #jab3jaj ,the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him1 saying1 ,thus shall you tell this people who spoke to you1 saying1 ,your father made our yoke heavy1 but make you it lighter to us2 thus shall you speak to them1 ,my little finger is thicker than my father's waist4 #jab3jaa ,now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke1 ,i will add to your yoke3 my father chastised you with whips1 but ,i will chastise you with scorpions4 #jab3jab ,so ,jeroboam and all the people came to ,rehoboam the third day1 as the king bade1 saying1 ,come to me again the third day4 #jab3jac ,the king answered the people roughly1 and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him1 #jab3jad and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men1 saying1 ,my father made your yoke heavy1 but ,i will add to your yoke3 my father chastised you with whips1 but ,i will chastise you with scorpions4 #jab3jae ,so the king didn't listen to the people2 for it was a thing brought about of ,yahweh1 that he might establish his word1 which ,yahweh spoke by ,ahijah the ,shilonite to ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat4 #jab3jaf ,when all ,israel saw that the king didn't listen to them1 the people answered the king1 saying1 ,what portion have we in ,david8 neither have we inheritance in the son of ,jesse3 to your tents1 ,israel3 now see to your own house1 ,david4 ,so ,israel departed to their tents4 #jab3jag ,but as for the children of ,israel who lived in the cities of ,judah1 ,rehoboam reigned over them4 #jab3jah ,then king ,rehoboam sent ,adoram1 who was over the men subject to forced labor2 and all ,israel stoned him to death with stones4 ,king ,rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot1 to flee to ,jerusalem4 #jab3jai ,so ,israel rebelled against the house of ,david to this day4 #jab3jbj ,it happened1 when all ,israel heard that ,jeroboam was returned1 that they sent and called him to the congregation1 and made him king over all ,israel3 there was none who followed the house of ,david1 but the tribe of ,judah only4 #jab3jba ,when ,rehoboam was come to ,jerusalem1 he assembled all the house of ,judah1 and the tribe of ,benjamin1 a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men1 who were warriors1 to fight against the house of ,israel1 to bring the kingdom again to ,rehoboam the son of ,solomon4 #jab3jbb ,but the word of ,god came to ,shemaiah the man of ,god1 saying1 #jab3jbc ,speak to ,rehoboam the son of ,solomon1 king of ,judah1 and to all the house of ,judah and ,benjamin1 and to the rest of the people1 saying1 #jab3jbd ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,you shall not go up1 nor fight against your brothers the children of ,israel3 return every man to his house2 for this thing is of me4 ,so they listened to the word of ,yahweh1 and returned and went their way1 according to the word of ,yahweh4 #jab3jbe ,then ,jeroboam built ,shechem in the hill country of ,ephraim1 and lived therein2 and he went out from there1 and built ,penuel4 #jab3jbf ,jeroboam said in his heart1 ,now will the kingdom return to the house of ,david3 #jab3jbg if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of ,yahweh at ,jerusalem1 then will the heart of this people turn again to their lord1 even to ,rehoboam king of ,judah2 and they will kill me1 and return to ,rehoboam king of ,judah4 #jab3jbh ,whereupon the king took counsel1 and made two calves of gold2 and he said to them1 ,it is too much for you to go up to ,jerusalem3 see your gods1 ,israel1 which brought you up out of the land of ,egypt4 #jab3jbi ,he set the one in ,bethel1 and the other put he in ,dan4 #jab3jcj ,this thing became a sin2 for the people went to worship before the one1 even to ,dan4 #jab3jca ,he made houses of high places1 and made priests from among all the people1 who were not of the sons of ,levi4 #jab3jcb ,jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month1 on the fifteenth day of the month1 like the feast that is in ,judah1 and he went up to the altar2 so did he in ,bethel1 sacrificing to the calves that he had made3 and he placed in ,bethel the priests of the high places that he had made4 #jab3jcc ,he went up to the altar which he had made in ,bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month1 even in the month which he had devised of his own heart3 and he ordained a feast for the children of ,israel1 and went up to the altar1 to burn incense4 #jac3jja ,behold1 there came a man of ,god out of ,judah by the word of ,yahweh to ,beth ,el3 and ,jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense4 #jac3jjb ,he cried against the altar by the word of ,yahweh1 and said1 altar1 altar1 thus says ,yahweh3 ,behold1 a son shall be born to the house of ,david1 ,josiah by name2 and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you1 and men's bones shall they burn on you4 #jac3jjc ,he gave a sign the same day1 saying1 ,this is the sign which ,yahweh has spoken3 ,behold1 the altar shall be torn1 and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out4 #jac3jjd ,it happened1 when the king heard the saying of the man of ,god1 which he cried against the altar in ,bethel1 that ,jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar1 saying1 ,lay hold on him4 ,his hand1 which he put forth against him1 dried up1 so that he could not draw it back again to him4 #jac3jje ,the altar also was torn1 and the ashes poured out from the altar1 according to the sign which the man of ,god had given by the word of ,yahweh4 #jac3jjf ,the king answered the man of ,god1 ,entreat now the favor of ,yahweh your ,god1 and pray for me1 that my hand may be restored me again4 ,the man of ,god entreated ,yahweh1 and the king's hand was restored him again1 and became as it was before4 #jac3jjg ,the king said to the man of ,god1 ,come home with me1 and refresh yourself1 and ,i will give you a reward4 #jac3jjh ,the man of ,god said to the king1 ,if you will give me half your house1 ,i will not go in with you1 neither will ,i eat bread nor drink water in this place2 #jac3jji for so was it charged me by the word of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,you shall eat no bread1 nor drink water1 neither return by the way that you came4 #jac3jaj ,so he went another way1 and didn't return by the way that he came to ,bethel4 #jac3jaa ,now there lived an old prophet in ,bethel2 and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of ,god had done that day in ,bethel3 the words which he had spoken to the king1 them also they told to their father4 #jac3jab ,their father said to them1 ,which way did he go8 ,now his sons had seen which way the man of ,god went1 who came from ,judah4 #jac3jac ,he said to his sons1 ,saddle me the donkey4 ,so they saddled him the donkey2 and he rode thereon4 #jac3jad ,he went after the man of ,god1 and found him sitting under an oak2 and he said to him1 ,are you the man of ,god who came from ,judah8 ,he said1 ,i am4 #jac3jae ,then he said to him1 ,come home with me1 and eat bread4 #jac3jaf ,he said1 ,i may not return with you1 nor go in with you2 neither will ,i eat bread nor drink water with you in this place3 #jac3jag for it was said to me by the word of ,yahweh1 ,you shall eat no bread nor drink water there1 nor turn again to go by the way that you came4 #jac3jah ,he said to him1 ,i also am a prophet as you are2 and an angel spoke to me by the word of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,bring him back with you into your house1 that he may eat bread and drink water4 ,but he lied to him4 #jac3jai ,so he went back with him1 and ate bread in his house1 and drank water4 #jac3jbj ,it happened1 as they sat at the table1 that the word of ,yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back2 #jac3jba and he cried to the man of ,god who came from ,judah1 saying1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,because you have been disobedient to the mouth of ,yahweh1 and have not kept the commandment which ,yahweh your ,god commanded you1 #jac3jbb but came back1 and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you1 ,eat no bread1 and drink no water2 your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers4 #jac3jbc ,it happened1 after he had eaten bread1 and after he had drunk1 that he saddled for him the donkey1 to wit1 for the prophet whom he had brought back4 #jac3jbd ,when he was gone1 a lion met him by the way1 and killed him3 and his body was cast in the way1 and the donkey stood by it2 the lion also stood by the body4 #jac3jbe ,behold1 men passed by1 and saw the body cast in the way1 and the lion standing by the body2 and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived4 #jac3jbf ,when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it1 he said1 ,it is the man of ,god1 who was disobedient to the mouth of ,yahweh3 therefore ,yahweh has delivered him to the lion1 which has torn him1 and slain him1 according to the word of ,yahweh1 which he spoke to him4 #jac3jbg ,he spoke to his sons1 saying1 ,saddle me the donkey4 ,they saddled it4 #jac3jbh ,he went and found his body cast in the way1 and the donkey and the lion standing by the body3 the lion had not eaten the body1 nor torn the donkey4 #jac3jbi ,the prophet took up the body of the man of ,god1 and laid it on the donkey1 and brought it back2 and he came to the city of the old prophet1 to mourn1 and to bury him4 #jac3jcj ,he laid his body in his own grave2 and they mourned over him1 saying1 ,alas1 my brother6 #jac3jca ,it happened1 after he had buried him1 that he spoke to his sons1 saying1 ,when ,i am dead1 then bury me in the tomb in which the man of ,god is buried2 lay my bones beside his bones4 #jac3jcb ,for the saying which he cried by the word of ,yahweh against the altar in ,bethel1 and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of ,samaria1 shall surely happen4 #jac3jcc ,after this thing ,jeroboam didn't return from his evil way1 but made again from among all the people priests of the high places3 whoever would1 he consecrated him1 that there might be priests of the high places4 #jac3jcd ,this thing became sin to the house of ,jeroboam1 even to cut it off1 and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth4 #jad3jja ,at that time ,abijah the son of ,jeroboam fell sick4 #jad3jjb ,jeroboam said to his wife1 ,please get up and disguise yourself1 that you not be known to be the wife of ,jeroboam2 and get you to ,shiloh3 behold1 there is ,ahijah the prophet1 who spoke concerning me that ,i should be king over this people4 #jad3jjc ,take with you ten loaves1 and cakes1 and a jar of honey1 and go to him3 he will tell you what shall become of the child4 #jad3jjd ,jeroboam's wife did so1 and arose1 and went to ,shiloh1 and came to the house of ,ahijah4 ,now ,ahijah could not see2 for his eyes were set by reason of his age4 #jad3jje ,yahweh said to ,ahijah1 ,behold1 the wife of ,jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son2 for he is sick3 thus and thus shall you tell her2 for it will be1 when she comes in1 that she will feign herself to be another woman4 #jad3jjf ,it was so1 when ,ahijah heard the sound of her feet1 as she came in at the door1 that he said1 ,come in1 you wife of ,jeroboam2 why feign you yourself to be another8 for ,i am sent to you with heavy news4 #jad3jjg ,go1 tell ,jeroboam1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,because ,i exalted you from among the people1 and made you prince over my people ,israel1 #jad3jjh and tore the kingdom away from the house of ,david1 and gave it you2 and yet you have not been as my servant ,david1 who kept my commandments1 and who followed me with all his heart1 to do that only which was right in my eyes1 #jad3jji but have done evil above all who were before you1 and have gone and made you other gods1 and molten images1 to provoke me to anger1 and have cast me behind your back3 #jad3jaj therefore1 behold1 ,i will bring evil on the house of ,jeroboam1 and will cut off from ,jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall1or1 male him who is shut up and him who is left at large in ,israel1 and will utterly sweep away the house of ,jeroboam1 as a man sweeps away dung1 until it be all gone4 #jad3jaa ,him who dies of ,jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat2 and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat3 for ,yahweh has spoken it4 #jad3jab ,arise you therefore1 get you to your house3 and when your feet enter into the city1 the child shall die4 #jad3jac ,all ,israel shall mourn for him1 and bury him2 for he only of ,jeroboam shall come to the grave1 because in him there is found some good thing toward ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 in the house of ,jeroboam4 #jad3jad ,moreover ,yahweh will raise him up a king over ,israel1 who shall cut off the house of ,jeroboam that day3 but what8 even now4 #jad3jae ,for ,yahweh will strike ,israel1 as a reed is shaken in the water2 and he will root up ,israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers1 and will scatter them beyond the ,river1 because they have made their ,asherim1 provoking ,yahweh to anger4 #jad3jaf ,he will give ,israel up because of the sins of ,jeroboam1 which he has sinned1 and with which he has made ,israel to sin4 #jad3jag ,jeroboam's wife arose1 and departed1 and came to ,tirzah3 and as she came to the threshold of the house1 the child died4 #jad3jah ,all ,israel buried him1 and mourned for him1 according to the word of ,yahweh1 which he spoke by his servant ,ahijah the prophet4 #jad3jai ,the rest of the acts of ,jeroboam1 how he warred1 and how he reigned1 behold1 they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel4 #jad3jbj ,the days which ,jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years3 and he slept with his fathers1 and ,nadab his son reigned in his place4 #jad3jba ,rehoboam the son of ,solomon reigned in ,judah4 ,rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned seventeen years in ,jerusalem1 the city which ,yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of ,israel1 to put his name there3 and his mother's name was ,naamah the ,ammonitess4 #jad3jbb ,judah did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed1 above all that their fathers had done4 #jad3jbc ,for they also built them high places1 and pillars1 and ,asherim1 on every high hill1 and under every green tree2 #jad3jbd and there were also sodomites in the land3 they did according to all the abominations of the nations which ,yahweh drove out before the children of ,israel4 #jad3jbe ,it happened in the fifth year of king ,rehoboam1 that ,shishak king of ,egypt came up against ,jerusalem2 #jad3jbf and he took away the treasures of the house of ,yahweh1 and the treasures of the king's house2 he even took away all3 and he took away all the shields of gold which ,solomon had made4 #jad3jbg ,king ,rehoboam made in their place shields of brass1 and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard1 who kept the door of the king's house4 #jad3jbh ,it was so1 that as often as the king went into the house of ,yahweh1 the guard bore them1 and brought them back into the guard chamber4 #jad3jbi ,now the rest of the acts of ,rehoboam1 and all that he did1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,judah8 #jad3jcj ,there was war between ,rehoboam and ,jeroboam continually4 #jad3jca ,rehoboam slept with his fathers1 and was buried with his fathers in the city of ,david3 and his mother's name was ,naamah the ,ammonitess4 ,abijam his son reigned in his place4 #jae3jja ,now in the eighteenth year of king ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat began ,abijam to reign over ,judah4 #jae3jjb ,three years reigned he in ,jerusalem3 and his mother's name was ,maacah the daughter of ,abishalom4 #jae3jjc ,he walked in all the sins of his father1 which he had done before him2 and his heart was not perfect with ,yahweh his ,god1 as the heart of ,david his father4 #jae3jjd ,nevertheless for ,david's sake did ,yahweh his ,god give him a lamp in ,jerusalem1 to set up his son after him1 and to establish ,jerusalem2 #jae3jje because ,david did that which was right in the eyes of ,yahweh1 and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life1 except only in the matter of ,uriah the ,hittite4 #jae3jjf ,now there was war between ,rehoboam and ,jeroboam all the days of his life4 #jae3jjg ,the rest of the acts of ,abijam1 and all that he did1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,judah8 ,there was war between ,abijam and ,jeroboam4 #jae3jjh ,abijam slept with his fathers2 and they buried him in the city of ,david3 and ,asa his son reigned in his place4 #jae3jji ,in the twentieth year of ,jeroboam king of ,israel began ,asa to reign over ,judah4 #jae3jaj ,forty-one years reigned he in ,jerusalem3 and his mother's name was ,maacah the daughter of ,abishalom4 #jae3jaa ,asa did that which was right in the eyes of ,yahweh1 as did ,david his father4 #jae3jab ,he put away the sodomites out of the land1 and removed all the idols that his fathers had made4 #jae3jac ,also ,maacah his mother he removed from being queen1 because she had made an abominable image for an ,asherah2 and ,asa cut down her image1 and burnt it at the brook ,kidron4 #jae3jad ,but the high places were not taken away3 nevertheless the heart of ,asa was perfect with ,yahweh all his days4 #jae3jae ,he brought into the house of ,yahweh the things that his father had dedicated1 and the things that himself had dedicated1 silver1 and gold1 and vessels4 #jae3jaf ,there was war between ,asa and ,baasha king of ,israel all their days4 #jae3jag ,baasha king of ,israel went up against ,judah1 and built ,ramah1 that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to ,asa king of ,judah4 #jae3jah ,then ,asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of ,yahweh1 and the treasures of the king's house1 and delivered them into the hand of his servants2 and king ,asa sent them to ,ben ,hadad1 the son of ,tabrimmon1 the son of ,hezion1 king of ,syria1 who lived at ,damascus1 saying1 #jae3jai ,there is a league between me and you1 between my father and your father3 behold1 ,i have sent to you a present of silver and gold2 go1 break your league with ,baasha king of ,israel1 that he may depart from me4 #jae3jbj ,ben ,hadad listened to king ,asa1 and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of ,israel1 and struck ,ijon1 and ,dan1 and ,abel ,beth ,maacah1 and all ,chinneroth1 with all the land of ,naphtali4 #jae3jba ,it happened1 when ,baasha heard of it1 that he left off building ,ramah1 and lived in ,tirzah4 #jae3jbb ,then king ,asa made a proclamation to all ,judah2 none was exempted3 and they carried away the stones of ,ramah1 and the timber of it1 with which ,baasha had built2 and king ,asa built therewith ,geba of ,benjamin1 and ,mizpah4 #jae3jbc ,now the rest of all the acts of ,asa1 and all his might1 and all that he did1 and the cities which he built1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,judah8 ,but in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet4 #jae3jbd ,asa slept with his fathers1 and was buried with his fathers in the city of ,david his father2 and ,jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place4 #jae3jbe ,nadab the son of ,jeroboam began to reign over ,israel in the second year of ,asa king of ,judah2 and he reigned over ,israel two years4 #jae3jbf ,he did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 and walked in the way of his father1 and in his sin with which he made ,israel to sin4 #jae3jbg ,baasha the son of ,ahijah1 of the house of ,issachar1 conspired against him2 and ,baasha struck him at ,gibbethon1 which belonged to the ,philistines2 for ,nadab and all ,israel were laying siege to ,gibbethon4 #jae3jbh ,even in the third year of ,asa king of ,judah did ,baasha kill him1 and reigned in his place4 #jae3jbi ,it happened that1 as soon as he was king1 he struck all the house of ,jeroboam3 he didn't leave to ,jeroboam any who breathed1 until he had destroyed him2 according to the saying of ,yahweh1 which he spoke by his servant ,ahijah the ,shilonite2 #jae3jcj for the sins of ,jeroboam which he sinned1 and with which he made ,israel to sin1 because of his provocation with which he provoked ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 to anger4 #jae3jca ,now the rest of the acts of ,nadab1 and all that he did1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel8 #jae3jcb ,there was war between ,asa and ,baasha king of ,israel all their days4 #jae3jcc ,in the third year of ,asa king of ,judah began ,baasha the son of ,ahijah to reign over all ,israel in ,tirzah1 and reigned twenty-four years4 #jae3jcd ,he did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 and walked in the way of ,jeroboam1 and in his sin with which he made ,israel to sin4 #jaf3jja ,the word of ,yahweh came to ,jehu the son of ,hanani against ,baasha1 saying1 #jaf3jjb ,because ,i exalted you out of the dust1 and made you prince over my people ,israel1 and you have walked in the way of ,jeroboam1 and have made my people ,israel to sin1 to provoke me to anger with their sins2 #jaf3jjc behold1 ,i will utterly sweep away ,baasha and his house2 and ,i will make your house like the house of ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat4 #jaf3jjd ,him who dies of ,baasha in the city shall the dogs eat2 and him who dies of his in the field shall the birds of the sky eat4 #jaf3jje ,now the rest of the acts of ,baasha1 and what he did1 and his might1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel8 #jaf3jjf ,baasha slept with his fathers1 and was buried in ,tirzah2 and ,elah his son reigned in his place4 #jaf3jjg ,moreover by the prophet ,jehu the son of ,hanani came the word of ,yahweh against ,baasha1 and against his house1 both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of ,yahweh1 to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands1 in being like the house of ,jeroboam1 and because he struck him4 #jaf3jjh ,in the twenty-sixth year of ,asa king of ,judah began ,elah the son of ,baasha to reign over ,israel in ,tirzah1 and reigned two years4 #jaf3jji ,his servant ,zimri1 captain of half his chariots1 conspired against him4 ,now he was in ,tirzah1 drinking himself drunk in the house of ,arza1 who was over the household in ,tirzah3 #jaf3jaj and ,zimri went in and struck him1 and killed him1 in the twenty-seventh year of ,asa king of ,judah1 and reigned in his place4 #jaf3jaa ,it happened1 when he began to reign1 as soon as he sat on his throne1 that he struck all the house of ,baasha3 he didn't leave him a single one who urinates on a wall1or1 male neither of his relatives1 nor of his friends4 #jaf3jab ,thus did ,zimri destroy all the house of ,baasha1 according to the word of ,yahweh1 which he spoke against ,baasha by ,jehu the prophet1 #jaf3jac for all the sins of ,baasha1 and the sins of ,elah his son1 which they sinned1 and with which they made ,israel to sin1 to provoke ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 to anger with their vanities4 #jaf3jad ,now the rest of the acts of ,elah1 and all that he did1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel8 #jaf3jae ,in the twenty-seventh year of ,asa king of ,judah did ,zimri reign seven days in ,tirzah4 ,now the people were encamped against ,gibbethon1 which belonged to the ,philistines4 #jaf3jaf ,the people who were encamped heard say1 ,zimri has conspired1 and has also struck the king3 therefore all ,israel made ,omri1 the captain of the army1 king over ,israel that day in the camp4 #jaf3jag ,omri went up from ,gibbethon1 and all ,israel with him1 and they besieged ,tirzah4 #jaf3jah ,it happened1 when ,zimri saw that the city was taken1 that he went into the castle of the king's house1 and burnt the king's house over him with fire1 and died1 #jaf3jai for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 in walking in the way of ,jeroboam1 and in his sin which he did1 to make ,israel to sin4 #jaf3jbj ,now the rest of the acts of ,zimri1 and his treason that he did1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel8 #jaf3jba ,then were the people of ,israel divided into two parts3 half of the people followed ,tibni the son of ,ginath1 to make him king2 and half followed ,omri4 #jaf3jbb ,but the people who followed ,omri prevailed against the people who followed ,tibni the son of ,ginath3 so ,tibni died1 and ,omri reigned4 #jaf3jbc ,in the thirty-first year of ,asa king of ,judah began ,omri to reign over ,israel1 and reigned twelve years3 six years reigned he in ,tirzah4 #jaf3jbd ,he bought the hill ,samaria of ,shemer for two talents of silver2 and he built on the hill1 and called the name of the city which he built1 after the name of ,shemer1 the owner of the hill1 ,samaria4 #jaf3jbe ,omri did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 and dealt wickedly above all who were before him4 #jaf3jbf ,for he walked in all the way of ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat1 and in his sins with which he made ,israel to sin1 to provoke ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 to anger with their vanities4 #jaf3jbg ,now the rest of the acts of ,omri which he did1 and his might that he shown1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel8 #jaf3jbh ,so ,omri slept with his fathers1 and was buried in ,samaria2 and ,ahab his son reigned in his place4 #jaf3jbi ,in the thirty-eighth year of ,asa king of ,judah began ,ahab the son of ,omri to reign over ,israel3 and ,ahab the son of ,omri reigned over ,israel in ,samaria twenty-two years4 #jaf3jcj ,ahab the son of ,omri did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh above all that were before him4 #jaf3jca ,it happened1 as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat1 that he took as wife ,jezebel the daughter of ,ethbaal king of the ,sidonians1 and went and served ,baal1 and worshiped him4 #jaf3jcb ,he reared up an altar for ,baal in the house of ,baal1 which he had built in ,samaria4 #jaf3jcc ,ahab made the ,asherah2 and ,ahab did yet more to provoke ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 to anger than all the kings of ,israel who were before him4 #jaf3jcd ,in his days did ,hiel the ,bethelite build ,jericho3 he laid the foundation of it with the loss of ,abiram his firstborn1 and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest son ,segub1 according to the word of ,yahweh1 which he spoke by ,joshua the son of ,nun4 #jag3jja ,elijah the ,tishbite1 who was of the foreigners of ,gilead1 said to ,ahab1 ,as ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 lives1 before whom ,i stand1 there shall not be dew nor rain these years1 but according to my word4 #jag3jjb ,the word of ,yahweh came to him1 saying1 #jag3jjc ,get you hence1 and turn you eastward1 and hide yourself by the brook ,cherith1 that is before the ,jordan4 #jag3jjd ,it shall be1 that you shall drink of the brook2 and ,i have commanded the ravens to feed you there4 #jag3jje ,so he went and did according to the word of ,yahweh2 for he went and lived by the brook ,cherith1 that is before the ,jordan4 #jag3jjf ,the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning1 and bread and flesh in the evening2 and he drank of the brook4 #jag3jjg ,it happened after a while1 that the brook dried up1 because there was no rain in the land4 #jag3jjh ,the word of ,yahweh came to him1 saying1 #jag3jji ,arise1 get you to ,zarephath1 which belongs to ,sidon1 and dwell there3 behold1 ,i have commanded a widow there to sustain you4 #jag3jaj ,so he arose and went to ,zarephath2 and when he came to the gate of the city1 behold1 a widow was there gathering sticks3 and he called to her1 and said1 ,please get me a little water in a vessel1 that ,i may drink4 #jag3jaa ,as she was going to get it1 he called to her1 and said1 ,please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand4 #jag3jab ,she said1 ,as ,yahweh your ,god lives1 ,i don't have a cake1 but a handful of meal in the jar1 and a little oil in the jar3 and behold1 ,i am gathering two sticks1 that ,i may go in and bake it for me and my son1 that we may eat it1 and die4 #jag3jac ,elijah said to her1 ,don't be afraid2 go and do as you have said2 but make me of it a little cake first1 and bring it forth to me1 and afterward make for you and for your son4 #jag3jad ,for thus says ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,the jar of meal shall not empty1 neither shall the jar of oil fail1 until the day that ,yahweh sends rain on the earth4 #jag3jae ,she went and did according to the saying of ,elijah3 and she1 and he1 and her house1 ate many days4 #jag3jaf ,the jar of meal didn't empty1 neither did the jar of oil fail1 according to the word of ,yahweh1 which he spoke by ,elijah4 #jag3jag ,it happened after these things1 that the son of the woman1 the mistress of the house1 fell sick2 and his sickness was so sore1 that there was no breath left in him4 #jag3jah ,she said to ,elijah1 ,what have ,i to do with you1 you man of ,god8 ,you have come to me to bring my sin to memory1 and to kill my son6 #jag3jai ,he said to her1 ,give me your son4 ,he took him out of her bosom1 and carried him up into the chamber1 where he abode1 and laid him on his own bed4 #jag3jbj ,he cried to ,yahweh1 and said1 ,yahweh my ,god1 have you also brought evil on the widow with whom ,i sojourn1 by killing her son8 #jag3jba ,he stretched himself on the child three times1 and cried to ,yahweh1 and said1 ,yahweh my ,god1 please let this child's soul come into him again4 #jag3jbb ,yahweh listened to the voice of ,elijah2 and the soul of the child came into him again1 and he revived4 #jag3jbc ,elijah took the child1 and brought him down out of the chamber into the house1 and delivered him to his mother2 and ,elijah said1 ,behold1 your son lives4 #jag3jbd ,the woman said to ,elijah1 ,now ,i know that you are a man of ,god1 and that the word of ,yahweh in your mouth is truth4 #jah3jja ,it happened after many days1 that the word of ,yahweh came to ,elijah1 in the third year1 saying1 ,go1 show yourself to ,ahab2 and ,i will send rain on the earth4 #jah3jjb ,elijah went to show himself to ,ahab4 ,the famine was sore in ,samaria4 #jah3jjc ,ahab called ,obadiah1 who was over the household4 7,now ,obadiah feared ,yahweh greatly3 #jah3jjd for it was so1 when ,jezebel cut off the prophets of ,yahweh1 that ,obadiah took one hundred prophets1 and hid them by fifty in a cave1 and fed them with bread and water47 #jah3jje ,ahab said to ,obadiah1 ,go through the land1 to all the springs of water1 and to all the brooks3 peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive1 that we not lose all the animals4 #jah3jjf ,so they divided the land between them to pass throughout it3 ,ahab went one way by himself1 and ,obadiah went another way by himself4 #jah3jjg ,as ,obadiah was in the way1 behold1 ,elijah met him3 and he knew him1 and fell on his face1 and said1 ,is it you1 my lord ,elijah8 #jah3jjh ,he answered him1 ,it is ,i3 go1 tell your lord1 ,behold1 ,elijah is here4 #jah3jji ,he said1 ,wherein have ,i sinned1 that you would deliver your servant into the hand of ,ahab1 to kill me8 #jah3jaj ,as ,yahweh your ,god lives1 there is no nation or kingdom1 where my lord has not sent to seek you3 and when they said1 ,he is not here1 he took an oath of the kingdom and nation1 that they didn't find you4 #jah3jaa ,now you say1 ,go1 tell your lord1 ,behold1 ,elijah is here4 #jah3jab ,it will happen1 as soon as ,i am gone from you1 that the ,spirit of ,yahweh will carry you ,i don't know where2 and so when ,i come and tell ,ahab1 and he can't find you1 he will kill me3 but ,i your servant fear ,yahweh from my youth4 #jah3jac ,wasn't it told my lord what ,i did when ,jezebel killed the prophets of ,yahweh1 how ,i hid one hundred men of ,yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave1 and fed them with bread and water8 #jah3jad ,now you say1 ,go1 tell your lord1 ,behold1 ,elijah is here2 and he will kill me4 #jah3jae ,elijah said1 ,as ,yahweh of ,armies lives1 before whom ,i stand1 ,i will surely show myself to him today4 #jah3jaf ,so ,obadiah went to meet ,ahab1 and told him2 and ,ahab went to meet ,elijah4 #jah3jag ,it happened1 when ,ahab saw ,elijah1 that ,ahab said to him1 ,is it you1 you troubler of ,israel8 #jah3jah ,he answered1 ,i have not troubled ,israel2 but you1 and your father's house1 in that you have forsaken the commandments of ,yahweh1 and you have followed the ,baals4 #jah3jai ,now therefore send1 and gather to me all ,israel to ,mount ,carmel1 and the prophets of ,baal four hundred fifty1 and the prophets of the ,asherah four hundred1 who eat at ,jezebel's table4 #jah3jbj ,so ,ahab sent to all the children of ,israel1 and gathered the prophets together to ,mount ,carmel4 #jah3jba ,elijah came near to all the people1 and said1 ,how long will you waver between the two sides8 ,if ,yahweh is ,god1 follow him2 but if ,baal1 then follow him4 ,the people answered him not a word4 #jah3jbb ,then ,elijah said to the people1 ,i1 even ,i only1 am left a prophet of ,yahweh2 but ,baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men4 #jah3jbc ,let them therefore give us two bulls2 and let them choose one bull for themselves1 and cut it in pieces1 and lay it on the wood1 and put no fire under2 and ,i will dress the other bull1 and lay it on the wood1 and put no fire under4 #jah3jbd ,you call on the name of your god1 and ,i will call on the name of ,yahweh2 and the ,god who answers by fire1 let him be ,god4 ,all the people answered1 ,it is well said4 #jah3jbe ,elijah said to the prophets of ,baal1 ,choose one bull for yourselves1 and dress it first2 for you are many2 and call on the name of your god1 but put no fire under it4 #jah3jbf ,they took the bull which was given them1 and they dressed it1 and called on the name of ,baal from morning even until noon1 saying1 ,baal1 hear us4 ,but there was no voice1 nor any who answered4 ,they leaped about the altar which was made4 #jah3jbg ,it happened at noon1 that ,elijah mocked them1 and said1 ,cry aloud2 for he is a god3 either he is musing1 or he is gone aside1 or he is on a journey1 or peradventure he sleeps and must be awakened4 #jah3jbh ,they cried aloud1 and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances1 until the blood gushed out on them4 #jah3jbi ,it was so1 when midday was past1 that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening offering2 but there was neither voice1 nor any to answer1 nor any who regarded4 #jah3jcj ,elijah said to all the people1 ,come near to me2 and all the people came near to him4 ,he repaired the altar of ,yahweh that was thrown down4 #jah3jca ,elijah took twelve stones1 according to the number of the tribes of the sons of ,jacob1 to whom the word of ,yahweh came1 saying1 ,israel shall be your name4 #jah3jcb ,with the stones he built an altar in the name of ,yahweh2 and he made a trench about the altar1 as great as would contain two measures of seed4 #jah3jcc ,he put the wood in order1 and cut the bull in pieces1 and laid it on the wood4 ,he said1 ,fill four jars with water1 and pour it on the burnt offering1 and on the wood4 #jah3jcd ,he said1 ,do it the second time2 and they did it the second time4 ,he said1 ,do it the third time2 and they did it the third time4 #jah3jce ,the water ran round about the altar2 and he filled the trench also with water4 #jah3jcf ,it happened at the time of the offering of the evening offering1 that ,elijah the prophet came near1 and said1 ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,abraham1 of ,isaac1 and of ,israel1 let it be known this day that you are ,god in ,israel1 and that ,i am your servant1 and that ,i have done all these things at your word4 #jah3jcg ,hear me1 ,yahweh1 hear me1 that this people may know that you1 ,yahweh1 are ,god1 and that you have turned their heart back again4 #jah3jch ,then the fire of ,yahweh fell1 and consumed the burnt offering1 and the wood1 and the stones1 and the dust1 and licked up the water that was in the trench4 #jah3jci ,when all the people saw it1 they fell on their faces3 and they said1 ,yahweh1 he is ,god2 ,yahweh1 he is ,god4 #jah3jdj and ,elijah said to them1 ,take the prophets of ,baal2 don't let one of them escape4 ,they took them2 and ,elijah brought them down to the brook ,kishon1 and killed them there4 #jah3jda ,elijah said to ,ahab1 ,get you up1 eat and drink2 for there is the sound of abundance of rain4 #jah3jdb ,so ,ahab went up to eat and to drink4 ,elijah went up to the top of ,carmel2 and he bowed himself down on the earth1 and put his face between his knees4 #jah3jdc ,he said to his servant1 ,go up now1 look toward the sea4 ,he went up1 and looked1 and said1 ,there is nothing4 ,he said1 ,go again seven times4 #jah3jdd ,it happened at the seventh time1 that he said1 ,behold1 a small cloud1 like a man's hand1 is rising out of the sea4 ,he said1 ,go up1 tell ,ahab1 ,make ready your chariot1 and get you down1 that the rain not stop you4 #jah3jde ,it happened in a little while1 that the sky grew black with clouds and wind1 and there was a great rain4 ,ahab rode1 and went to ,jezreel3 #jah3jdf and the hand of ,yahweh was on ,elijah2 and he girded up his waist1 and ran before ,ahab to the entrance of ,jezreel4 #jai3jja ,ahab told ,jezebel all that ,elijah had done1 and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword4 #jai3jjb ,then ,jezebel send a messenger to ,elijah1 saying1 ,so let the gods do to me1 and more also1 if ,i don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time4 #jai3jjc ,when he saw that1 he arose1 and went for his life1 and came to ,beersheba1 which belongs to ,judah1 and left his servant there4 #jai3jjd ,but he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness1 and came and sat down under a juniper tree3 and he requested for himself that he might die1 and said1 ,it is enough2 now1 ,o ,yahweh1 take away my life2 for ,i am not better than my fathers4 #jai3jje ,he lay down and slept under a juniper tree2 and behold1 an angel touched him1 and said to him1 ,arise and eat4 #jai3jjf ,he looked1 and behold1 there was at his head a cake baked on the coals1 and a jar of water4 ,he ate and drink1 and laid him down again4 #jai3jjg ,the angel of ,yahweh came again the second time1 and touched him1 and said1 ,arise and eat1 because the journey is too great for you4 #jai3jjh ,he arose1 and ate and drink1 and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to ,horeb the ,mount of ,god4 #jai3jji ,he came there to a cave1 and lodged there2 and behold1 the word of ,yahweh came to him1 and he said to him1 ,what are you doing here1 ,elijah8 #jai3jaj ,he said1 ,i have been very jealous for ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,armies2 for the children of ,israel have forsaken your covenant1 thrown down your altars1 and slain your prophets with the sword3 and ,i1 even ,i only1 am left2 and they seek my life1 to take it away4 #jai3jaa ,he said1 ,go forth1 and stand on the mountain before ,yahweh4 ,behold1 ,yahweh passed by1 and a great and strong wind tore the mountains1 and broke in pieces the rocks before ,yahweh2 but ,yahweh was not in the wind3 and after the wind an earthquake2 but ,yahweh was not in the earthquake3 #jai3jab and after the earthquake a fire2 but ,yahweh was not in the fire3 and after the fire a still small voice4 #jai3jac ,it was so1 when ,elijah heard it1 that he wrapped his face in his mantle1 and went out1 and stood in the entrance of the cave4 ,behold1 there came a voice to him1 and said1 ,what are you doing here1 ,elijah8 #jai3jad ,he said1 ,i have been very jealous for ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,armies2 for the children of ,israel have forsaken your covenant1 thrown down your altars1 and slain your prophets with the sword2 and ,i1 even ,i only1 am left2 and they seek my life1 to take it away4 #jai3jae ,yahweh said to him1 ,go1 return on your way to the wilderness of ,damascus3 and when you come1 you shall anoint ,hazael to be king over ,syria2 #jai3jaf and ,jehu the son of ,nimshi shall you anoint to be king over ,israel2 and ,elisha the son of ,shaphat of ,abel ,meholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room4 #jai3jag ,it shall happen1 that he who escapes from the sword of ,hazael shall ,jehu kill2 and he who escapes from the sword of ,jehu shall ,elisha kill4 #jai3jah ,yet will ,i leave me seven thousand in ,israel1 all the knees which have not bowed to ,baal1 and every mouth which has not kissed him4 #jai3jai ,so he departed there1 and found ,elisha the son of ,shaphat1 who was plowing1 with twelve yoke of oxen before him1 and he with the twelfth3 and ,elijah passed over to him1 and cast his mantle on him4 #jai3jbj ,he left the oxen1 and ran after ,elijah1 and said1 ,let me1 ,i pray you1 kiss my father and my mother1 and then ,i will follow you4 ,he said to him1 ,go back again2 for what have ,i done to you8 #jai3jba ,he returned from following him1 and took the yoke of oxen1 and killed them1 and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen1 and gave to the people1 and they ate4 ,then he arose1 and went after ,elijah1 and ministered to him4 #jbj3jja ,ben ,hadad the king of ,syria gathered all his army together2 and there were thirty-two kings with him1 and horses and chariots3 and he went up and besieged ,samaria1 and fought against it4 #jbj3jjb ,he sent messengers to ,ahab king of ,israel1 into the city1 and said to him1 ,thus says ,ben ,hadad1 #jbj3jjc ,your silver and your gold is mine2 your wives also and your children1 even the best1 are mine4 #jbj3jjd ,the king of ,israel answered1 ,it is according to your saying1 my lord1 ,o king2 ,i am yours1 and all that ,i have4 #jbj3jje ,the messengers came again1 and said1 ,thus speaks ,ben ,hadad1 saying1 ,i sent indeed to you1 saying1 ,you shall deliver me your silver1 and your gold1 and your wives1 and your children2 #jbj3jjf but ,i will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time1 and they shall search your house1 and the houses of your servants2 and it shall be1 that whatever is pleasant in your eyes1 they shall put it in their hand1 and take it away4 #jbj3jjg ,then the king of ,israel called all the elders of the land1 and said1 ,please notice how this man seeks mischief3 for he sent to me for my wives1 and for my children1 and for my silver1 and for my gold2 and ,i didn't deny him4 #jbj3jjh ,all the elders and all the people said to him1 ,don't you listen1 neither consent4 #jbj3jji ,therefore he said to the messengers of ,ben ,hadad1 ,tell my lord the king1 ,all that you did send for to your servant at the first ,i will do2 but this thing ,i may not do4 ,the messengers departed1 and brought him word again4 #jbj3jaj ,ben ,hadad sent to him1 and said1 ,the gods do so to me1 and more also1 if the dust of ,samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me4 #jbj3jaa ,the king of ,israel answered1 ,tell him1 ,don't let him who girds on his armor boast himself as he who puts it off4 #jbj3jab ,it happened1 when ,ben ,hadad heard this message1 as he was drinking1 he and the kings1 in the pavilions1 that he said to his servants1 ,set yourselves in array4 ,they set themselves in array against the city4 #jbj3jac ,behold1 a prophet came near to ,ahab king of ,israel1 and said1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,have you seen all this great multitude8 behold1 ,i will deliver it into your hand this day2 and you shall know that ,i am ,yahweh4 #jbj3jad ,ahab said1 ,by whom8 ,he said1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,by the young men of the princes of the provinces4 ,then he said1 ,who shall begin the battle8 ,he answered1 ,you4 #jbj3jae ,then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces1 and they were two hundred and thirty-two3 and after them he mustered all the people1 even all the children of ,israel1 being seven thousand4 #jbj3jaf ,they went out at noon4 ,but ,ben ,hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions1 he and the kings1 the thirty-two kings who helped him4 #jbj3jag ,the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first2 and ,ben ,hadad sent out1 and they told him1 saying1 ,there are men come out from ,samaria4 #jbj3jah ,he said1 ,whether they are come out for peace1 take them alive1 or whether they are come out for war1 taken them alive4 #jbj3jai ,so these went out of the city1 the young men of the princes of the provinces1 and the army which followed them4 #jbj3jbj ,they killed everyone his man2 and the ,syrians fled1 and ,israel pursued them3 and ,ben ,hadad the king of ,syria escaped on a horse with horsemen4 #jbj3jba ,the king of ,israel went out1 and struck the horses and chariots1 and killed the ,syrians with a great slaughter4 #jbj3jbb ,the prophet came near to the king of ,israel1 and said to him1 ,go1 strengthen yourself1 and mark1 and see what you do2 for at the return of the year the king of ,syria will come up against you4 #jbj3jbc ,the servants of the king of ,syria said to him1 ,their god is a god of the hills2 therefore they were stronger than we3 but let us fight against them in the plain1 and surely we shall be stronger than they4 #jbj3jbd ,do this thing3 take the kings away1 every man out of his place1 and put captains in their room2 #jbj3jbe and number you an army1 like the army that you have lost1 horse for horse1 and chariot for chariot2 and we will fight against them in the plain1 and surely we shall be stronger than they4 ,he listened to their voice1 and did so4 #jbj3jbf ,it happened at the return of the year1 that ,ben ,hadad mustered the ,syrians1 and went up to ,aphek1 to fight against ,israel4 #jbj3jbg ,the children of ,israel were mustered1 and were provisioned1 and went against them3 and the children of ,israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids2 but the ,syrians filled the country4 #jbj3jbh ,a man of ,god came near and spoke to the king of ,israel1 and said1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,because the ,syrians have said1 ,yahweh is a god of the hills1 but he is not a god of the valleys2 therefore will ,i deliver all this great multitude into your hand1 and you shall know that ,i am ,yahweh4 #jbj3jbi ,they encamped one over against the other seven days4 ,so it was1 that in the seventh day the battle was joined2 and the children of ,israel killed of the ,syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day4 #jbj3jcj ,but the rest fled to ,aphek1 into the city2 and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left4 ,ben ,hadad fled1 and came into the city1 into an inner chamber4 #jbj3jca ,his servants said to him1 ,see now1 we have heard that the kings of the house of ,israel are merciful kings3 let us1 we pray you1 put sackcloth on our bodies1 and ropes on our heads1 and go out to the king of ,israel3 peradventure he will save your life4 #jbj3jcb ,so they girded sackcloth on their bodies1 and put ropes on their heads1 and came to the king of ,israel1 and said1 ,your servant ,ben ,hadad says1 please let me live4 ,he said1 ,is he yet alive8 he is my brother4 #jbj3jcc ,now the men observed diligently1 and hurried to catch whether it were his mind2 and they said1 ,your brother ,ben ,hadad4 ,then he said1 ,go you1 bring him4 ,then ,ben ,hadad came forth to him2 and he caused him to come up into the chariot4 #jbj3jcd ,ben ,hadad said to him1 ,the cities which my father took from your father ,i will restore2 and you shall make streets for you in ,damascus1 as my father made in ,samaria4 ,i1 said ,ahab1 will let you go with this covenant4 ,so he made a covenant with him1 and let him go4 #jbj3jce ,a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of ,yahweh1 ,please strike me4 ,the man refused to strike him4 #jbj3jcf ,then said he to him1 ,because you have not obeyed the voice of ,yahweh1 behold1 as soon as you are departed from me1 a lion shall kill you4 ,as soon as he was departed from him1 a lion found him1 and killed him4 #jbj3jcg ,then he found another man1 and said1 ,please strike me4 ,the man struck him1 smiting and wounding him4 #jbj3jch ,so the prophet departed1 and waited for the king by the way1 and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes4 #jbj3jci ,as the king passed by1 he cried to the king2 and he said1 ,your servant went out into the midst of the battle2 and behold1 a man turned aside1 and brought a man to me1 and said1 ,keep this man3 if by any means he be missing1 then shall your life be for his life1 or else you shall pay a talent of silver4 #jbj3jdj ,as your servant was busy here and there1 he was gone4 ,the king of ,israel said to him1 ,so shall your judgment be2 yourself have decided it4 #jbj3jda ,he hurried1 and took the headband away from his eyes2 and the king of ,israel discerned him that he was of the prophets4 #jbj3jdb ,he said to him1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,because you have let go out of your hand the man whom ,i had devoted to destruction1 therefore your life shall go for his life1 and your people for his people4 #jbj3jdc ,the king of ,israel went to his house sullen and angry1 and came to ,samaria4 #jba3jja ,it happened after these things1 that ,naboth the ,jezreelite had a vineyard1 which was in ,jezreel1 hard by the palace of ,ahab king of ,samaria4 #jba3jjb ,ahab spoke to ,naboth1 saying1 ,give me your vineyard1 that ,i may have it for a garden of herbs1 because it is near to my house2 and ,i will give you for it a better vineyard than it3 or1 if it seem good to you1 ,i will give you the worth of it in money4 #jba3jjc ,naboth said to ,ahab1 ,yahweh forbid it me1 that ,i should give the inheritance of my fathers to you4 #jba3jjd ,ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which ,naboth the ,jezreelite had spoken to him2 for he had said1 ,i will not give you the inheritance of my fathers4 ,he laid him down on his bed1 and turned away his face1 and would eat no bread4 #jba3jje ,but ,jezebel his wife came to him1 and said to him1 ,why is your spirit so sad1 that you eat no bread8 #jba3jjf ,he said to her1 ,because ,i spoke to ,naboth the ,jezreelite1 and said to him1 ,give me your vineyard for money2 or else1 if it please you1 ,i will give you another vineyard for it3 and he answered1 ,i will not give you my vineyard4 #jba3jjg ,jezebel his wife said to him1 ,do you now govern the kingdom of ,israel8 arise1 and eat bread1 and let your heart be merry3 ,i will give you the vineyard of ,naboth the ,jezreelite4 #jba3jjh ,so she wrote letters in ,ahab's name1 and sealed them with his seal1 and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city1 and who lived with ,naboth4 #jba3jji ,she wrote in the letters1 saying1 ,proclaim a fast1 and set ,naboth on high among the people3 #jba3jaj and set two men1 base fellows1 before him1 and let them testify against him1 saying1 ,you did curse ,god and the king4 ,then carry him out1 and stone him to death4 #jba3jaa ,the men of his city1 even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city1 did as ,jezebel had sent to them1 according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them4 #jba3jab ,they proclaimed a fast1 and set ,naboth on high among the people4 #jba3jac ,the two men1 the base fellows1 came in and sat before him3 and the base fellows bore witness against him1 even against ,naboth1 in the presence of the people1 saying1 ,naboth did curse ,god and the king4 ,then they carried him forth out of the city1 and stoned him to death with stones4 #jba3jad ,then they sent to ,jezebel1 saying1 ,naboth is stoned1 and is dead4 #jba3jae ,it happened1 when ,jezebel heard that ,naboth was stoned1 and was dead1 that ,jezebel said to ,ahab1 ,arise1 take possession of the vineyard of ,naboth the ,jezreelite1 which he refused to give you for money2 for ,naboth is not alive1 but dead4 #jba3jaf ,it happened1 when ,ahab heard that ,naboth was dead1 that ,ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of ,naboth the ,jezreelite1 to take possession of it4 #jba3jag ,the word of ,yahweh came to ,elijah the ,tishbite1 saying1 #jba3jah ,arise1 go down to meet ,ahab king of ,israel1 who dwells in ,samaria3 behold1 he is in the vineyard of ,naboth1 where he is gone down to take possession of it4 #jba3jai ,you shall speak to him1 saying1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,have you killed and also taken possession8 ,you shall speak to him1 saying1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,in the place where dogs licked the blood of ,naboth shall dogs lick your blood1 even yours4 #jba3jbj ,ahab said to ,elijah1 ,have you found me1 my enemy8 ,he answered1 ,i have found you1 because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of ,yahweh4 #jba3jba ,behold1 ,i will bring evil on you1 and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from ,ahab everyone who urinates against a wall1or1 male and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in ,israel3 #jba3jbb and ,i will make your house like the house of ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat1 and like the house of ,baasha the son of ,ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger1 and have made ,israel to sin4 #jba3jbc ,of ,jezebel also spoke ,yahweh1 saying1 ,the dogs shall eat ,jezebel by the rampart of ,jezreel4 #jba3jbd ,him who dies of ,ahab in the city the dogs shall eat2 and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat4 #jba3jbe 7,but there was none like ,ahab1 who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 whom ,jezebel his wife stirred up4 #jba3jbf ,he did very abominably in following idols1 according to all that the ,amorites did1 whom ,yahweh cast out before the children of ,israel47 #jba3jbg ,it happened1 when ,ahab heard those words1 that he tore his clothes1 and put sackcloth on his flesh1 and fasted1 and lay in sackcloth1 and went softly4 #jba3jbh ,the word of ,yahweh came to ,elijah the ,tishbite1 saying1 #jba3jbi ,see you how ,ahab humbles himself before me8 because he humbles himself before me1 ,i will not bring the evil in his days2 but in his son's days will ,i bring the evil on his house4 #jbb3jja ,they continued three years without war between ,syria and ,israel4 #jbb3jjb ,it happened in the third year1 that ,jehoshaphat the king of ,judah came down to the king of ,israel4 #jbb3jjc ,the king of ,israel said to his servants1 ,you know that ,ramoth ,gilead is ours1 and we are still1 and don't take it out of the hand of the king of ,syria8 #jbb3jjd ,he said to ,jehoshaphat1 ,will you go with me to battle to ,ramoth ,gilead8 ,jehoshaphat said to the king of ,israel1 ,i am as you are1 my people as your people1 my horses as your horses4 #jbb3jje ,jehoshaphat said to the king of ,israel1 ,please inquire first for the word of ,yahweh4 #jbb3jjf ,then the king of ,israel gathered the prophets together1 about four hundred men1 and said to them1 ,shall ,i go against ,ramoth ,gilead to battle1 or shall ,i forbear8 ,they said1 ,go up2 for the ,lord will deliver it into the hand of the king4 #jbb3jjg ,but ,jehoshaphat said1 ,isn't there here a prophet of ,yahweh besides1 that we may inquire of him8 #jbb3jjh ,the king of ,israel said to ,jehoshaphat1 there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of ,yahweh1 ,micaiah the son of ,imlah3 but ,i hate him2 for he does not prophesy good concerning me1 but evil4 ,jehoshaphat said1 ,don't let the king say so4 #jbb3jji ,then the king of ,israel called an officer1 and said1 ,get quickly ,micaiah the son of ,imlah4 #jbb3jaj ,now the king of ,israel and ,jehoshaphat the king of ,judah were sitting each on his throne1 arrayed in their robes1 in an open place at the entrance of the gate of ,samaria2 and all the prophets were prophesying before them4 #jbb3jaa ,zedekiah the son of ,chenaanah made him horns of iron1 and said1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,with these shall you push the ,syrians1 until they be consumed4 #jbb3jab ,all the prophets prophesied so1 saying1 ,go up to ,ramoth ,gilead1 and prosper2 for ,yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king4 #jbb3jac ,the messenger who went to call ,micaiah spoke to him1 saying1 ,see now1 the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth3 please let your word be like the word of one of them1 and speak you good4 #jbb3jad ,micaiah said1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 what ,yahweh says to me1 that will ,i speak4 #jbb3jae ,when he was come to the king1 the king said to him1 ,micaiah1 shall we go to ,ramoth ,gilead to battle1 or shall we forbear8 ,he answered him1 ,go up and prosper2 and ,yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king4 #jbb3jaf ,the king said to him1 ,how many times shall ,i adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of ,yahweh8 #jbb3jag ,he said1 ,i saw all ,israel scattered on the mountains1 as sheep that have no shepherd3 and ,yahweh said1 ,these have no master2 let them return every man to his house in peace4 #jbb3jah ,the king of ,israel said to ,jehoshaphat1 ,didn't ,i tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me1 but evil8 #jbb3jai ,micaiah said1 ,therefore hear the word of ,yahweh3 ,i saw ,yahweh sitting on his throne1 and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left4 #jbb3jbj ,yahweh said1 ',who shall entice ,ahab1 that he may go up and fall at ,ramoth ,gilead8' ,one said on this manner2 and another said on that manner4 #jbb3jba ,there came forth a spirit1 and stood before ,yahweh1 and said1 ',i will entice him4' #jbb3jbb ,yahweh said to him1 ',how8' ,he said1 ',i will go forth1 and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets4' ,he said1 ',you shall entice him1 and shall prevail also3 go forth1 and do so4' #jbb3jbc ,now therefore1 behold1 ,yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets2 and ,yahweh has spoken evil concerning you4 #jbb3jbd ,then ,zedekiah the son of ,chenaanah came near1 and struck ,micaiah on the cheek1 and said1 ,which way went the ,spirit of ,yahweh from me to speak to you8 #jbb3jbe ,micaiah said1 ,behold1 you shall see on that day1 when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself4 #jbb3jbf ,the king of ,israel said1 ,take ,micaiah1 and carry him back to ,amon the governor of the city1 and to ,joash the king's son2 #jbb3jbg and say1 ,thus says the king1 ,put this fellow in the prison1 and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction1 until ,i come in peace4 #jbb3jbh ,micaiah said1 ,if you return at all in peace1 ,yahweh has not spoken by me4 ,he said1 ,hear1 you peoples1 all of you4 #jbb3jbi ,so the king of ,israel and ,jehoshaphat the king of ,judah went up to ,ramoth ,gilead4 #jbb3jcj ,the king of ,israel said to ,jehoshaphat1 ,i will disguise myself1 and go into the battle2 but put you on your robes4 ,the king of ,israel disguised himself1 and went into the battle4 #jbb3jca ,now the king of ,syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots1 saying1 ,fight neither with small nor great1 save only with the king of ,israel4 #jbb3jcb ,it happened1 when the captains of the chariots saw ,jehoshaphat1 that they said1 ,surely it is the king of ,israel2 and they turned aside to fight against him3 and ,jehoshaphat cried out4 #jbb3jcc ,it happened1 when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of ,israel1 that they turned back from pursuing him4 #jbb3jcd ,a certain man drew his bow at a venture1 and struck the king of ,israel between the joints of the armor3 therefore he said to the driver of his chariot1 ,turn your hand1 and carry me out of the army2 for ,i am severely wounded4 #jbb3jce ,the battle increased that day3 and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the ,syrians1 and died at even2 and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot4 #jbb3jcf ,there went a cry throughout the army about the going down of the sun1 saying1 ,every man to his city1 and every man to his country4 #jbb3jcg ,so the king died1 and was brought to ,samaria2 and they buried the king in ,samaria4 #jbb3jch ,they washed the chariot by the pool of ,samaria2 and the dogs licked up his blood 7now the prostitutes washed themselves there72 according to the word of ,yahweh which he spoke4 #jbb3jci ,now the rest of the acts of ,ahab1 and all that he did1 and the ivory house which he built1 and all the cities that he built1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,israel8 #jbb3jdj ,so ,ahab slept with his fathers2 and ,ahaziah his son reigned in his place4 #jbb3jda ,jehoshaphat the son of ,asa began to reign over ,judah in the fourth year of ,ahab king of ,israel4 #jbb3jdb ,jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign2 and he reigned twenty-five years in ,jerusalem4 ,his mother's name was ,azubah the daughter of ,shilhi4 #jbb3jdc ,he walked in all the way of ,asa his father2 ,he didn't turn aside from it1 doing that which was right in the eyes of ,yahweh3 however the high places were not taken away2 the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places4 #jbb3jdd ,jehoshaphat made peace with the king of ,israel4 #jbb3jde ,now the rest of the acts of ,jehoshaphat1 and his might that he shown1 and how he warred1 aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of ,judah8 #jbb3jdf ,the remnant of the sodomites1 that remained in the days of his father ,asa1 he put away out of the land4 #jbb3jdg ,there was no king in ,edom3 a deputy was king4 #jbb3jdh ,jehoshaphat made ships of ,tarshish to go to ,ophir for gold3 but they didn't go2 for the ships were broken at ,ezion ,geber4 #jbb3jdi ,then said ,ahaziah the son of ,ahab to ,jehoshaphat1 ,let my servants go with your servants in the ships4 ,but ,jehoshaphat would not4 #jbb3jej ,jehoshaphat slept with his fathers1 and was buried with his fathers in the city of ,david his father2 ,jehoram his son reigned in his place4 #jbb3jea ,ahaziah the son of ,ahab began to reign over ,israel in ,samaria in the seventeenth year of ,jehoshaphat king of ,judah1 and he reigned two years over ,israel4 #jbb3jeb ,he did that which was evil in the sight of ,yahweh1 and walked in the way of his father1 and in the way of his mother1 and in the way of ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat1 in which he made ,israel to sin4 #jbb3jec ,he served ,baal1 and worshiped him1 and provoked to anger ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 according to all that his father had done4