The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority.Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties. Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" So the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria. "You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table regularly." But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house. Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, "If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this time." He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations. "Now, my father, see! "You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm. Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, "My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? I will also make the land drink the discharge of your bloodAs far as the mountains,And the ravines will be full of you. But the sons of the slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin." WebAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Then she came and told the man of God. Then Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You will surely recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will certainly die." Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Then he said, "I have something to say to you." Turn behind me." And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know." "However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen." But Amaziah would not listen. King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?" He also walked according to their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. So he finished the house. So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king's house. At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. WebThe king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass. When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him too, in the chariot " So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the LORD, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards' room. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house. Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him. So the king of Assyria returned and did not remain there in the land. David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, 'Behold, David seeks to harm you'? Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. And be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in." "The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. The king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. Ahab said, "And I will let you go with this covenant." Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?" Now Hazael king of Aram had oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and buried him For they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt. Now let one of the young men come over and take it. Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these." If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.' Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah. He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them food in abundance. He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy." Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be empty. But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?" So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd. "If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us." I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood. Then he arose and departed and went to Samaria. So he said, "Go." Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! As the LORD lives, all of you must surely die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD'S anointed. Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph; and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's. But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, No, but set a king over us! Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him. When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. But the lad was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter. And the one who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight." Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the LORD will work for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few." Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah, Imla's son." "Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood." Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet. David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years. David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly." So please let your word be like one of them and speak favorably." He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan." The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today." The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy. Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' May he not leave us or forsake us. Then he said, "Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife." Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" Then Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time." When Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking with the kings in the temporary shelters, he said to his servants, "Station yourselves." Why did this mad fellow come to you?" Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her for my wife? Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house. Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and she took up her son and went out. Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them. Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city." But he did not tell his father. King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?" Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" And the king said to the guards who were attending him, "Turn around and put the priests of the LORD to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me " But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the LORD. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. Shitrai the Sharonite had charge of the cattle which were grazing in Sharon; and Shaphat the son of Adlai had charge of the cattle in the valleys. Then he put the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses." But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me." When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant." Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard. But he said, "Now bring meal." Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you. Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around. As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?" The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD'S battles " For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? "Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you." And they killed them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the royal officers threw them out, and went to the inner room of the house of Baal. And who is like you in Israel? When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.