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1 08 Ruth 004 David
001- Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
002- And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
003- And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
004- And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
005- Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
006- And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
007- Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel.
008- Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
009- And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
010- Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
011- And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
012- And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
013- So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
014- And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
015- And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
016- And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
017- And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
018- Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
019- And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
020- And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
021- And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
022- And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
2 09 1 Samuel 016 David
001- And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
002- And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
003- And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
004- And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
005- And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
006- And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
007- But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
008- Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
009- Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
010- Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
011- And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
012- And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
013- Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
014- But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
015- And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
016- Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
017- And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
018- Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
019- Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
020- And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
021- And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
022- And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight.
023- And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
3 09 1 Samuel 017 David
001- Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
002- And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
003- And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
004- And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
005- And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
006- And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
007- And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
008- And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
009- If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
010- And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
011- When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
012- Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
013- And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
014- And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
015- But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
016- And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
017- And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren;
018- And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
019- Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
020- And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
021- For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
022- And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
023- And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
024- And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
025- And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
026- And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
027- And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
028- And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
029- And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
030- And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
031- And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
032- And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
033- And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
034- And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
035- And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
036- Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
037- David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
038- And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
039- And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
040- And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
041- And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
042- And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
043- And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
044- And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
045- Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
046- This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
047- And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
048- And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
049- And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
050- So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
051- Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
052- And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
053- And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
054- And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
055- And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
056- And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
057- And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
058- And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
4 09 1 Samuel 018 David
001- And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
002- And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
003- Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
004- And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
005- And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
006- And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
007- And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
008- And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
009- And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
010- And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
011- And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
012- And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
013- Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
014- And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
015- Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
016- But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
017- And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
018- And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
019- But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
020- And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
021- And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
022- And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
023- And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
024- And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
025- And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
026- And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
027- Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
028- And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
029- And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
030- Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
5 09 1 Samuel 019 David
001- And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
002- But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
003- And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
004- And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
005- For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
006- And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
007- And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
008- And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
009- And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
010- And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
011- Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
012- So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
013- And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
014- And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
015- And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
016- And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
017- And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
018- So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
019- And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
020- And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
021- And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
022- Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
023- And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
024- And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
6 09 1 Samuel 020 David
001- And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
002- And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
003- And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
004- Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
005- And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
006- If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
007- If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
008- Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
009- And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
010- Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
011- And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
012- And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee;
013- The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
014- And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
015- But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
016- So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
017- And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
018- Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
019- And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
020- And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
021- And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
022- But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
023- And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
024- So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
025- And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
026- Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
027- And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
028- And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
029- And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
030- Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
031- For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
032- And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
033- And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
034- So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
035- And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
036- And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
037- And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
038- And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
039- But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
040- And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
041- And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
042- And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
7 09 1 Samuel 021 David
001- Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
002- And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
003- Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
004- And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
005- And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
006- So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
007- Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
008- And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
009- And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
010- And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
011- And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
012- And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
013- And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
014- Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
015- Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
8 09 1 Samuel 022 David
001- David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
002- And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
003- And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
004- And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
005- And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
006- When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
007- Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
008- That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
009- Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
010- And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
011- Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
012- And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
013- And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
014- Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?
015- Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
016- And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
017- And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
018- And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
019- And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
020- And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
021- And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
022- And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
023- Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
9 09 1 Samuel 023 David
001- Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
002- Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
003- And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
004- Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
005- So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
006- And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
007- And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
008- And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
009- And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
010- Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
011- Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
012- Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
013- Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
014- And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
015- And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
016- And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
017- And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
018- And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
019- Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
020- Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
021- And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
022- Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
023- See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
024- And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
025- Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
026- And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
027- But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
028- Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
029- And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
10 09 1 Samuel 024 David
001- And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
002- Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
003- And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
004- And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
005- And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
006- And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
007- So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
008- David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
009- And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
010- Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
011- Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
012- The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
013- As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
014- After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
015- The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
016- And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
017- And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
018- And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
019- For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
020- And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
021- Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
022- And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
11 09 1 Samuel 025 David
001- And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
002- And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
003- Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
004- And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
005- And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
006- And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
007- And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
008- Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
009- And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
010- And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
011- Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
012- So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
013- And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
014- But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
015- But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
016- They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
017- Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
018- Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
019- And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
020- And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
021- Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
022- So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
023- And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
024- And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
025- Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
026- Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
027- And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
028- I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
029- Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
030- And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
031- That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
032- And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
033- And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
034- For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
035- So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
036- And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
037- But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
038- And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
039- And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
040- And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
041- And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
042- And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
043- David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
044- But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
12 09 1 Samuel 026 David
001- And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
002- Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
003- And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
004- David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
005- And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
006- Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
007- So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
008- Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
009- And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
010- David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
011- The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
012- So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
013- Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
014- And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
015- And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
016- This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
017- And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
018- And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
019- Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
020- Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
021- Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
022- And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
023- The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
024- And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
025- Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
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001- And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
002- And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
003- And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
004- And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
005- And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
006- Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
007- And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
008- And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
009- And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
010- And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
011- And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
012- And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
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001- And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
002- And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
003- Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
004- And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
005- And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
006- And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
007- Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
008- And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
009- And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
010- And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
011- Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
012- And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
013- And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
014- And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
015- And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
016- Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
017- And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David:
018- Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
019- Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
020- Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
021- And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
022- Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
023- But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
024- And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
025- And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
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001- Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
002- And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
003- Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
004- And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
005- Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
006- Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
007- Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
008- And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
009- And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
010- Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
011- So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
16 09 1 Samuel 030 David
001- And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
002- And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
003- So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
004- Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
005- And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
006- And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
007- And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
008- And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
009- So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
010- But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
011- And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
012- And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
013- And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
014- We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
015- And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
016- And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
017- And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
018- And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
019- And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
020- And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
021- And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
022- Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
023- Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
024- For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
025- And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
026- And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
027- To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
028- And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
029- And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
030- And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
031- And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
17 10 2 Samuel 001 David
001- Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
002- It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
003- And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
004- And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
005- And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
006- And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
007- And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
008- And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
009- He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
010- So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
011- Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
012- And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
013- And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
014- And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
015- And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
016- And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
017- And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
018- (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
019- The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
020- Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
021- Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
022- From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
023- Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
024- Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
025- How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
026- I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
027- How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
18 10 2 Samuel 002 David
001- And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
002- So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
003- And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
004- And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
005- And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
006- And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
007- Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
008- But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
009- And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
010- Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
011- And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
012- And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
013- And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
014- And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
015- Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
016- And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
017- And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
018- And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
019- And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
020- Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
021- And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
022- And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
023- Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
024- Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
025- And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
026- Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
027- And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
028- So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
029- And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
030- And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
031- But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
032- And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
19 10 2 Samuel 003 David
001- Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
002- And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
003- And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
004- And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
005- And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
006- And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
007- And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
008- Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
009- So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
010- To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
011- And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
012- And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
013- And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
014- And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
015- And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
016- And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
017- And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
018- Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
019- And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
020- So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
021- And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
022- And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
023- When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
024- Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
025- Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
026- And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
027- And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
028- And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
029- Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
030- So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
031- And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
032- And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
033- And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
034- Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
035- And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
036- And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
037- For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
038- And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
039- And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
20 10 2 Samuel 004 David
001- And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
002- And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.
003- And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
004- And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
005- And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
006- And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
007- For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
008- And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
009- And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
010- When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
011- How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
012- And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
21 10 2 Samuel 005 David
001- Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
002- Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
003- So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
004- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
005- In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
006- And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
007- Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
008- And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
009- So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
010- And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
011- And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
012- And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
013- And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
014- And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
015- Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
016- And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
017- But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
018- The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
019- And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
020- And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
021- And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
022- And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
023- And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
024- And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
025- And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
22 10 2 Samuel 006 David
001- Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
002- And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubim.
003- And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
004- And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
005- And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
006- And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
007- And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
008- And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
009- And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
010- So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
011- And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
012- And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
013- And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
014- And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
015- So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
016- And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
017- And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
018- And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
019- And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
020- Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
021- And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
022- And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honor.
023- Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
23 10 2 Samuel 007 David
001- And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
002- That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
003- And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
004- And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
005- Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
006- Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
007- In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
008- Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
009- And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
010- Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
011- And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
012- And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
013- He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
014- I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
015- But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
016- And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
017- According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
018- Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
019- And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
020- And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
021- For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
022- Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
023- And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
024- For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
025- And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
026- And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
027- For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
028- And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
029- Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
24 10 2 Samuel 008 David
001- And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
002- And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
003- David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
004- And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
005- And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
006- Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
007- And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
008- And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
009- When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
010- Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
011- Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
012- Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
013- And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
014- And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
015- And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
016- And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
017- And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
018- And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
25 10 2 Samuel 009 David
001- And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
002- And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
003- And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
004- And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
005- Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
006- Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
007- And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
008- And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
009- Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
010- Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
011- Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
012- And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
013- So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
26 10 2 Samuel 010 David
001- And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
002- Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
003- And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
004- Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
005- When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
006- And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
007- And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
008- And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
009- When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
010- And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
011- And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
012- Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
013- And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
014- And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
015- And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
016- And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
017- And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
018- And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
019- And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
27 10 2 Samuel 011 David
001- And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
002- And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
003- And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
004- And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
005- And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
006- And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
007- And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
008- And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
009- But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
010- And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
011- And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
012- And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
013- And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
014- And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
015- And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
016- And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
017- And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
018- Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
019- And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
020- And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
021- Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
022- So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
023- And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
024- And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
025- Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
026- And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
027- And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
28 10 2 Samuel 012 David
001- And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
002- The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
003- But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
004- And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
005- And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
006- And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
007- And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
008- And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
009- Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
010- Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
011- Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
012- For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
013- And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
014- Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
015- And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
016- David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
017- And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
018- And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
019- But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
020- Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
021- Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
022- And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
023- But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
024- And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
025- And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
026- And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
027- And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
028- Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
029- And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
030- And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
031- And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
29 10 2 Samuel 013 David
001- And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
002- And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
003- But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
004- And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
005- And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
006- So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
007- Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
008- So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
009- And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
010- And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
011- And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
012- And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
013- And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
014- Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
015- Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
016- And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
017- Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
018- And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
019- And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
020- And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
021- But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
022- And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
023- And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
024- And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
025- And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
026- Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
027- But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
028- Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
029- And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
030- And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
031- Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
032- And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
033- Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
034- But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
035- And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
036- And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
037- But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
038- So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
039- And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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001- And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
002- And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
003- And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
004- Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
005- And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
006- And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
007- And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
008- For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
009- And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
010- But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
011- And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
012- And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
013- And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
014- And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
015- And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
016- And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
017- And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
018- And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
019- Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
020- Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
021- And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
022- And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
023- And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
024- And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
025- And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
026- But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
027- The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
028- See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
029- Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
030- And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
031- And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
032- And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
033- Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
034- But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
035- And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
036- Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
037- So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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001- And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
002- And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
003- And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
004- Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
005- And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
006- And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
007- And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
008- The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
009- Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
010- And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
011- And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
012- It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
013- And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
014- And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
015- And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
016- And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
017- And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
018- And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
019- And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
020- Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
021- And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
022- So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
023- And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
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001- Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
002- And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
003- And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
004- And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
005- Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
006- And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
007- And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
008- For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
009- Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
010- And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
011- Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
012- So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
013- Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
014- And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
015- Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
016- Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
017- Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
018- Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
019- And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
020- And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
021- And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you.
022- Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
023- And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
024- Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
025- And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
026- So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
027- And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
028- Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
029- And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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001- And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
002- And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
003- But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succor us out of the city.
004- And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
005- And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
006- So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
007- Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
008- For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
009- And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
010- And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
011- And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
012- And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
013- Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
014- Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
015- And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
016- And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
017- And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
018- Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
019- Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
020- And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
021- Then said Joab to Cushy, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushy bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
022- Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushy. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
023- But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushy.
024- And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
025- And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
026- And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
027- And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
028- And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
029- And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
030- And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
031- And, behold, Cushy came; and Cushy said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
032- And the king said unto Cushy, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushy answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
033- And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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001- And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
002- And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
003- And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
004- But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
005- And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
006- In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
007- Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
008- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
009- And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
010- And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
011- And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
012- Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
013- And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
014- And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
015- So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
016- And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
017- And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
018- And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
019- And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
020- For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
021- But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
022- And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
023- Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
024- And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
025- And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
026- And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
027- And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
028- For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
029- And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
030- And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
031- And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
032- Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
033- And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
034- And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
035- I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
036- Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
037- Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
038- And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
039- And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
040- Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
041- And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
042- And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
043- And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
35 10 2 Samuel 020 David
001- And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
002- So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
003- And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
004- Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
005- So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
006- And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
007- And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
008- When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
009- And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
010- But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
011- And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
012- And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
013- When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
014- And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
015- And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
016- Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
017- And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
018- Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
019- I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
020- And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
021- The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
022- Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
023- Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
024- And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
025- And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
026- And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
36 10 2 Samuel 021 David
001- Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
002- And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
003- Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
004- And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
005- And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
006- Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
007- But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
008- But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
009- And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
010- And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
011- And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
012- And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
013- And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
014- And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
015- Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
016- And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
017- But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
018- And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
019- And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
020- And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
021- And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
022- These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
37 10 2 Samuel 022 David
001- And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
002- And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
003- The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
004- I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
005- When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
006- The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
007- In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
008- Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
009- There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
010- He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
011- And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
012- And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
013- Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
014- The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
015- And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
016- And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
017- He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
018- He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
019- They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
020- He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
021- The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
022- For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
023- For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
024- I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
025- Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
026- With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.
027- With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavory.
028- And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
029- For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
030- For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
031- As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
032- For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
033- God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
034- He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
035- He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
036- Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
037- Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
038- I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
039- And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
040- For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
041- Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
042- They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
043- Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
044- Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
045- Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
046- Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
047- The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
048- It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
049- And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
050- Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
051- He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
38 10 2 Samuel 023 David
001- Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
002- The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
003- The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
004- And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
005- Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
006- But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
007- But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
008- These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
009- And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
010- He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
011- And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines.
012- But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
013- And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
014- And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
015- And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
016- And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
017- And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
018- And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
019- Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
020- And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
021- And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
022- These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
023- He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
024- Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
025- Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
026- Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
027- Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
028- Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
029- Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
030- Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
031- Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
032- Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
033- Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
034- Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
035- Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
036- Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
037- Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
038- Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
039- Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
39 10 2 Samuel 024 David
001- And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
002- For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
003- And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
004- Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
005- And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
006- Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
007- And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
008- So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
009- And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
010- And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
011- For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
012- Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
013- So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
014- And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
015- So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
016- And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
017- And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
018- And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
019- And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
020- And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
021- And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
022- And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
023- All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
024- And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
025- And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
40 11 1 Kings 001 David
001- Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
002- Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
003- So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
004- And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
005- Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
006- And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
007- And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
008- But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
009- And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
010- But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
011- Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
012- Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
013- Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
014- Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
015- And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
016- And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
017- And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
018- And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
019- And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
020- And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
021- Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
022- And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
023- And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
024- And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
025- For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
026- But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
027- Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
028- Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
029- And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
030- Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
031- Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
032- And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
033- The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
034- And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
035- Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
036- And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
037- As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
038- So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
039- And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
040- And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
041- And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
042- And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
043- And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
044- And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
045- And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
046- And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
047- And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
048- And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
049- And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
050- And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
051- And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
052- And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
053- So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
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001- Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
002- I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
003- And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
004- That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
005- Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
006- Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
007- But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
008- And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
009- Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
010- So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
011- And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
012- Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
013- And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
014- He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
015- And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
016- And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
017- And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
018- And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
019- Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
020- Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
021- And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
022- And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
023- Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
024- Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
025- And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
026- And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
027- So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
028- Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
029- And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
030- And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
031- And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
032- And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
033- Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
034- So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
035- And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
036- And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
037- For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
038- And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
039- And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
040- And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
041- And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
042- And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
043- Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
044- The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
045- And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
046- So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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001- And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
002- Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
003- And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
004- And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
005- In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
006- And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
007- And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
008- And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
009- Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
010- And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
011- And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
012- Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
013- And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
014- And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
015- And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
016- Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
017- And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
018- And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
019- And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
020- And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
021- And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
022- And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
023- Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
024- And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
025- And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
026- Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
027- Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
028- And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
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001- And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
002- And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
003- Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
004- But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
005- And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
006- Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
007- And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
008- And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
009- My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
010- So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
011- And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
012- And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
013- And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
014- And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
015- And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
016- Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
017- And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
018- And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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001- And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
002- And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
003- And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
004- And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
005- And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
006- The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
007- And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
008- The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
009- So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
010- And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
011- And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
012- Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
013- And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
014- So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
015- And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
016- And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
017- And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
018- And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
019- And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
020- And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
021- So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
022- And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
023- And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
024- And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
025- And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size.
026- The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
027- And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
028- And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
029- And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
030- And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
031- And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
032- The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.
033- So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
034- And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
035- And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
036- And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
037- In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
038- And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
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001- But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
002- He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
003- And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
004- And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
005- And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
006- And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
007- Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
008- And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
009- All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
010- And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
011- And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
012- And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
013- And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
014- He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
015- For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
016- And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
017- And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
018- And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
019- And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
020- And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
021- And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
022- And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
023- And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
024- And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
025- It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
026- And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
027- And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
028- And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
029- And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
030- And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
031- And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
032- And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
033- And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
034- And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
035- And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
036- For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
037- After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
038- Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
039- And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
040- And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
041- The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
042- And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
043- And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
044- And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
045- And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
046- In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
047- And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
048- And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
049- And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
050- And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
051- So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
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001- Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
002- And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
003- And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
004- And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
005- And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
006- And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
007- For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
008- And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
009- There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
010- And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
011- So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
012- Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
013- I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
014- And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
015- And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
016- Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
017- And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
018- And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
019- Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
020- And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
021- And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
022- And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
023- And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
024- Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
025- Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
026- And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
027- But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
028- Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
029- That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
030- And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
031- If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
032- Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
033- When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
034- Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
035- When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
036- Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
037- If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
038- What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
039- Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
040- That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
041- Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
042- (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
043- Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
044- If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
045- Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
046- If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
047- Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
048- And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
049- Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
050- And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
051- For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
052- That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
053- For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.
054- And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
055- And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
056- Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
057- The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
058- That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
059- And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
060- That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
061- Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
062- And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
063- And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
064- The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
065- And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
066- On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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001- And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
002- That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
003- And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
004- And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
005- Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
006- But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
007- Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
008- And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
009- And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
010- And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
011- (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
012- And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
013- And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
014- And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
015- And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
016- For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
017- And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
018- And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
019- And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
020- And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
021- Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
022- But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
023- These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
024- But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
025- And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
026- And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
027- And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
028- And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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001- But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
002- Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
003- And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
004- For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
005- For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
006- And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
007- Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
008- And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
009- And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
010- And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
011- Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
012- Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
013- Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
014- And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
015- For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
016- (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
017- That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
018- And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
019- And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
020- And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
021- And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
022- Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
023- And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
024- And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
025- And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
026- And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
027- And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
028- And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
029- And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
030- And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
031- And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
032- (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
033- Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
034- Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
035- But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
036- And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
037- And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
038- And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
039- And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
040- Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
041- And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
042- And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
043- And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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001- And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
002- And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
003- That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
004- Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
005- And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
006- And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
007- And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
008- But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
009- And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
010- And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
011- And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
012- So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
013- And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
014- And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
015- Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
016- So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
017- But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
018- Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
019- So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
020- And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
021- And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
022- But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
023- Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
024- Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
025- Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
026- And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
027- If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
028- Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
029- And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
030- And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
031- And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
032- And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
033- So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
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001- And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
002- And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
003- And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
004- And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
005- The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
006- And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
007- And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
008- And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
009- For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
010- So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
011- Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
012- And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
013- And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
014- And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
015- Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
016- And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
017- For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
018- He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
019- So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
020- And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
021- And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
022- But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
023- And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
024- And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass.
025- And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
026- And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
027- And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
028- And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass.
029- And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
030- And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
031- And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
032- For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
033- After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
034- And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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001- At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
002- And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
003- And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
004- And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
005- And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
006- And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
007- Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
008- And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
009- But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
010- Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
011- Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
012- Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
013- And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
014- Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
015- For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
016- And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
017- And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
018- And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
019- And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
020- And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
021- And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
022- And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
023- For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
024- And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
025- And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
026- And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
027- And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
028- And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
029- Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
030- And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
031- And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
002- Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
003- And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
004- Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
005- Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
006- And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
007- Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
008- And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
009- And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
010- And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
011- And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
012- And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
013- And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
014- But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
015- And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
016- And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
017- And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
018- Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
019- There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
020- So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
021- And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
022- Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
023- The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
024- And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
025- And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
026- And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
027- And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
028- Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
029- And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
030- Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
031- Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
032- And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
033- In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
034- And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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001- And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
002- And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
003- And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
004- And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
005- And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
006- Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
007- And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
008- And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
009- Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
010- And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
011- And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
012- And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
013- And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
014- And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
015- So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
016- And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
017- And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
018- And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
019- And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
020- And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
021- And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
022- And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
023- Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
024- But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
025- And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
026- And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
027- And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
028- And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
029- So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
030- And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
031- But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
032- And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
033- And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
034- And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
035- And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
036- And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
037- So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
038- And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
039- Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
040- So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
041- And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
042- Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
043- And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
044- And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
045- Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
046- And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
047- There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
048- Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
049- Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
050- And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
002- And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
003- And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
004- And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
005- And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
006- And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
007- And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
008- And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
009- So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
010- And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.
011- And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
012- And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
013- And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
014- So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
015- And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
016- And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
017- Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
018- And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
019- Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
020- In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
021- So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
022- Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
023- And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
024- And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
025- In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
026- Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
027- And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
028- And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
029- And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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001- And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
002- And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
003- Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
004- So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
005- And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
006- And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
007- And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
008- For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
009- And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
010- And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
011- Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
012- And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
013- Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
014- So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
015- But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
016- So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
017- And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
018- So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
019- Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
020- And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
021- And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
022- And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
023- And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
024- And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
025- Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
026- Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
027- But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
028- And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
029- And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
030- And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
031- And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
032- And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
033- And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
034- And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
035- And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
036- Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
037- And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
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001- And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
002- But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
003- And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
004- And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.
005- And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
006- And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
007- And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
008- And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
009- And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
010- And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
011- And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
012- And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
013- And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
014- And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
015- But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
016- And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
017- And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.
018- And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
019- And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
020- And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
021- Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
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001- In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
002- And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
003- But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
004- And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
005- Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
006- But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
007- Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
008- And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
009- But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
010- And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
011- And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
012- And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
013- Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
014- But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
015- Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
016- The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
017- Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
018- And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
019- And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
020- And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
021- For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
002- He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
003- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
004- Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
005- And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
006- But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
007- He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
008- Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
009- And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
010- Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
011- But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
012- And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
013- And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
014- And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
015- Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
016- And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
017- And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
018- And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
019- Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
020- And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
021- And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
022- He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
023- In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
024- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
025- He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
026- For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
027- And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
028- Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
029- And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
002- Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
003- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
004- Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
005- And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
006- And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
007- So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
008- In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
009- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
010- And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
011- And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
012- This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
013- Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
014- For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
015- And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
016- Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
017- In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
018- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
019- And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
020- And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
021- And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
022- And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
023- In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
024- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
025- But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
026- And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
027- In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
028- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
029- In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
030- And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
031- And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
032- In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
033- Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
034- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
035- Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
036- Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
037- In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
038- And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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001- In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
002- Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
003- But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
004- And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
005- Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
006- At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
007- So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
008- And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
009- And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
010- And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
011- And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
012- And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
013- And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
014- And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
015- And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
016- Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
017- And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.
018- And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
019- Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
020- And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
002- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
003- Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
004- And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
005- Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
006- In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
007- For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
008- And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
009- And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
010- And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
011- And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
012- For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
013- Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
014- Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
015- And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
016- And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
017- And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
018- Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
019- Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
020- And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
021- For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
022- For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
023- Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
024- And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
025- And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
026- Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
027- Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
028- Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
029- Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
030- And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
031- And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
032- So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
033- They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
034- Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
035- With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
036- But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
037- And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
038- And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
039- But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
040- Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
041- So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
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001- Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
002- Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
003- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
004- He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
005- He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
006- For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
007- And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
008- He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
009- And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
010- And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
011- And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
012- Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
013- Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
014- And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
015- And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
016- At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
017- And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
018- And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
019- And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
020- Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
021- Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
022- But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
023- Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
024- How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
025- Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
026- Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
027- But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
028- Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
029- Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
030- Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
031- Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
032- Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
033- Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
034- Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
035- Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
036- But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
037- Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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001- And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
002- And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
003- And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
004- It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
005- So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
006- And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
007- Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
008- So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
009- And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
010- Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
011- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
012- Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
013- Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
014- And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
015- And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
016- LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
017- Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
018- And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
019- Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
020- Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
021- This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
022- Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
023- By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
024- I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
025- Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
026- Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
027- But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
028- Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
029- And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
030- And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
031- For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
032- Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
033- By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
034- For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
035- And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
036- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
037- And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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001- In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
002- Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
003- I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
004- And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
005- Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
006- And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
007- And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
008- And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
009- And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
010- And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
011- And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
012- At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
013- And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.
014- Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
015- And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
016- And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
017- Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
018- And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
019- Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
020- And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
021- And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
002- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
003- For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
004- And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
005- And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
006- And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
007- And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
008- Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
009- But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
010- And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
011- Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
012- Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
013- And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
014- And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
015- Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
016- Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
017- Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
018- And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
019- Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
020- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
021- And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
022- And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
023- And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
024- And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
025- Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
026- And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
002- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
003- And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
004- Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
005- And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
006- Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
007- Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
008- And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
009- And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
010- And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
011- And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
012- And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
013- Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
014- So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
015- And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
016- Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
017- Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
018- But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
019- Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
020- Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
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001- These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
002- Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
003- The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
004- And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
005- The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
006- And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
007- And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
008- And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
009- The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
010- And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
011- And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
012- And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
013- And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
014- Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
015- Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
016- Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
017- And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
018- And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
019- And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
020- And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
021- And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
022- And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
023- And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
024- And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
025- And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
026- Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
027- And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
028- And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
029- And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
030- And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
031- And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
032- And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
033- And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
034- Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
035- And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
036- And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
037- And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
038- And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
039- And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
040- And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
041- And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
042- Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
043- And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
044- And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
045- And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
046- And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
047- And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
048- Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
049- She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
050- These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
051- Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
052- And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
053- And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
054- The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
055- And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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001- Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
002- The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
003- The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
004- These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
005- And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
006- Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
007- And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
008- And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
009- These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
010- And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
011- Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
012- Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
013- Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
014- Amon his son, Josiah his son.
015- And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
016- And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
017- And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
018- Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
019- And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
020- And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.
021- And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
022- And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
023- And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
024- And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
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001- The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
002- And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
003- And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
004- And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
005- And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
006- And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
007- And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
008- And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
009- And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
010- And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
011- And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
012- And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
013- And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
014- And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
015- And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
016- And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
017- And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
018- And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
019- And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
020- And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
021- The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
022- And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
023- These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
024- The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
025- Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
026- And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
027- And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
028- And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
029- And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
030- And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
031- And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
032- And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
033- And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
034- And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
035- And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
036- And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
037- And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
038- These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
039- And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
040- And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
041- And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
042- And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
043- And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
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001- The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
002- And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
003- And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
004- Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
005- And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
006- And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
007- Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
008- And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
009- And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
010- And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
011- And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
012- And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
013- And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
014- And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
015- And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
016- The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
017- And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
018- And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
019- The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
020- Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
021- Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
022- The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
023- Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
024- Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
025- And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
026- As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
027- Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
028- And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
029- The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
030- Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
031- And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
032- And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
033- And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
034- The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
035- The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
036- The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
037- The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
038- The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
039- And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
040- The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
041- The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
042- The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
043- The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
044- And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
045- The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
046- The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
047- The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
048- Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
049- But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
050- And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
051- Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
052- Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
053- Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
054- Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
055- And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
056- But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
057- And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
058- And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
059- And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
060- And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
061- And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
062- And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
063- Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
064- And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
065- And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
066- And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
067- And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
068- And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
069- And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
070- And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
071- Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
072- And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
073- And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
074- And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
075- And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
076- And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
077- Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
078- And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
079- Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
080- And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
081- And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
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001- Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
002- And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
003- And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
004- And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
005- And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
006- The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
007- And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
008- And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
009- And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
010- The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
011- All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
012- Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
013- The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
014- The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
015- And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
016- And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
017- And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
018- And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
019- And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
020- And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
021- And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
022- And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
023- And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
024- (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
025- And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
026- Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
027- Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
028- And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
029- And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
030- The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
031- And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
032- And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
033- And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
034- And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
035- And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
036- The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
037- Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
038- And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
039- And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
040- All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
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001- So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
002- Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
003- And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
004- Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
005- And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
006- And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
007- And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
008- And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
009- And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
010- And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
011- And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
012- And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
013- And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
014- And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
015- And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
016- And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
017- And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
018- Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
019- And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
020- And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
021- And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
022- All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
023- So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
024- In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
025- And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
026- For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
027- And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
028- And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
029- Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
030- And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
031- And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
032- And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
033- And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
034- These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
035- And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
036- And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.
037- And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
038- And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
039- And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
040- And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.
041- And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
042- And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
043- And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
044- And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
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001- Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
002- And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
003- And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
004- Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
005- And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
006- So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
007- And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
008- And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
009- And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
010- And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
011- And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
012- They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
013- So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
014- And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
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001- Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
002- And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
003- Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
004- And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
005- And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
006- And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
007- And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
008- And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
009- So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
010- These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
011- And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
012- And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
013- He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
014- And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
015- Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
016- And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
017- And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
018- And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
019- And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
020- And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
021- Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
022- Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
023- And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
024- These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
025- Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
026- Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
027- Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
028- Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
029- Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
030- Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
031- Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
032- Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
033- Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
034- The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
035- Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
036- Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
037- Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
038- Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
039- Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
040- Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
041- Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
042- Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
043- Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
044- Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
045- Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
046- Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
047- Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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001- Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
002- They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
003- The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
004- And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
005- Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
006- Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
007- And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
008- And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
009- Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
010- Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
011- Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
012- Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
013- Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
014- These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
015- These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
016- And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
017- And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
018- Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
019- And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
020- As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
021- And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.
022- For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
023- And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
024- The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
025- Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
026- Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
027- And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
028- And Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
029- And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
030- And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
031- And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
032- And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
033- Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
034- And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
035- And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
036- And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
037- And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
038- All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
039- And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
040- Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
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001- And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
002- And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
003- And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.
004- And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
005- So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
006- And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.
007- And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
008- And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
009- And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
010- And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
011- And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
012- And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
013- So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
014- And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
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001- Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
002- And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
003- And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
004- Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
005- And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
006- And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
007- And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
008- And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
009- And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
010- And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
011- So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
012- And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
013- And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
014- Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
015- And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
016- David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
017- And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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001- And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
002- Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
003- And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
004- And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
005- Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
006- Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
007- Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
008- Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
009- Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
010- Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
011- And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
012- And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
013- For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
014- So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
015- And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
016- And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
017- So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
018- And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
019- So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
020- And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
021- And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
022- And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
023- And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
024- And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
025- So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
026- And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
027- And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
028- Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
029- And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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001- So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
002- And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
003- And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
004- And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
005- Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
006- Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
007- Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
008- Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
009- Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
010- Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
011- Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
012- Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
013- O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
014- He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
015- Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
016- Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
017- And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
018- Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
019- When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
020- And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
021- He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
022- Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
023- Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation.
024- Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all nations.
025- For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
026- For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
027- Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
028- Give unto the LORD, ye kindred of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
029- Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
030- Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
031- Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
032- Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
033- Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
034- O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
035- And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
036- Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
037- So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
038- And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
039- And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
040- To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
041- And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
042- And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
043- And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
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001- Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
002- Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
003- And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
004- Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
005- For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
006- Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
007- Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
008- And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
009- Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
010- And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
011- And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
012- He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
013- I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
014- But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
015- According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
016- And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
017- And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
018- What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
019- O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
020- O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
021- And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
022- For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
023- Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
024- Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
025- For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
026- And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
027- Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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001- Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
002- And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
003- And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
004- And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
005- And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
006- Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
007- And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
008- Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
009- Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
010- He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
011- Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
012- Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
013- And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
014- So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
015- And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
016- And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
017- And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
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001- Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
002- And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
003- But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
004- Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
005- Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
006- And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
007- So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
008- And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
009- And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
010- Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
011- And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
012- And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
013- Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
014- So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
015- And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
016- And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
017- And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
018- But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
019- And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
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001- And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
002- And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
003- And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
004- And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
005- And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
006- And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
007- But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
008- These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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001- And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
002- And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
003- And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
004- Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
005- And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
006- But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
007- And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
008- And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
009- And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
010- Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
011- So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
012- Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
013- And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
014- So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
015- And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
016- And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
017- And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
018- Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
019- And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
020- And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
021- And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
022- Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
023- And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
024- And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
025- So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
026- And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
027- And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
028- At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
029- For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
030- But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
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001- Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
002- And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
003- And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
004- Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
005- And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
006- Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
007- And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
008- But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
009- Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
010- He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
011- Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
012- Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
013- Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
014- Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
015- Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
016- Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
017- David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
018- Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
019- Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
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001- So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
002- And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
003- Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
004- Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
005- Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
006- And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
007- Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
008- The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
009- The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
010- And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
011- And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
012- The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
013- The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
014- Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
015- The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
016- Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
017- And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
018- Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
019- Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
020- Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
021- The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
022- And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
023- The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
024- These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
025- For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
026- And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
027- For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
028- Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
029- Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
030- And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even:
031- And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
032- And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
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001- Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
002- But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
003- And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
004- And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
005- Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
006- And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
007- Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
008- The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
009- The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
010- The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
011- The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
012- The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
013- The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
014- The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
015- The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
016- The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
017- The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
018- The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
019- These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
020- And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
021- Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
022- Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
023- And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
024- Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
025- The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
026- The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
027- The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
028- Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
029- Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
030- The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
031- These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
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001- Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
002- Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
003- Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
004- Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
005- All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
006- All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
007- So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
008- And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
009- Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
010- The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
011- The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
012- The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
013- The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
014- The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
015- The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
016- The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
017- The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
018- The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
019- The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
020- The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
021- The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
022- The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
023- The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
024- The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
025- The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
026- The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
027- The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
028- The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
029- The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
030- The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
031- The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
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001- Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
002- And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
003- Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
004- Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth.
005- Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
006- Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valor.
007- The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
008- All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
009- And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
010- Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
011- Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
012- Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
013- And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
014- And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
015- To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
016- To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
017- Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
018- At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
019- These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
020- And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
021- As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
022- The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
023- Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
024- And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
025- And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
026- Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
027- Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
028- And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
029- Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
030- And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
031- Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
032- And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
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001- Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
002- Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
003- Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
004- And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
005- The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
006- This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
007- The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
008- The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
009- The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
010- The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
011- The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
012- The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
013- The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
014- The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
015- The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
016- Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
017- Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
018- Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
019- Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
020- Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
021- Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
022- Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
023- But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
024- Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
025- And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
026- And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
027- And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
028- And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
029- And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
030- Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
031- And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
032- Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
033- And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:
034- And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
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001- And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
002- Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
003- But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
004- Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
005- And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
006- And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
007- Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
008- Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
009- And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
010- Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
011- Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
012- And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
013- Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
014- He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
015- Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
016- And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
017- Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver:
018- And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
019- All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
020- And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
021- And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skillful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
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001- Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
002- Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
003- Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
004- Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
005- The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
006- Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
007- And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
008- And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
009- Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
010- Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
011- Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
012- Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
013- Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
014- But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
015- For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
016- O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
017- I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
018- O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
019- And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
020- And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
021- And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
022- And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
023- Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
024- And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
025- And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
026- Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
027- And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
028- And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
029- Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
030- With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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001- And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
002- Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
003- So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
004- But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
005- Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
006- And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
007- In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
008- And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
009- Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
010- Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
011- And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
012- Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
013- Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
014- And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
015- And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
016- And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
017- And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
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001- And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
002- And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
003- And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
004- Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
005- And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
006- But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
007- Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
008- Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
009- Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
010- And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
011- Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
012- Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
013- And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
014- The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
015- Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
016- And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
017- And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
018- And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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001- Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
002- And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
003- Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
004- And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
005- And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
006- And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
007- He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
008- And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
009- And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
010- And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
011- And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
012- And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
013- The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
014- And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
015- Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
016- And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
017- And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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001- Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
002- Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
003- Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
004- And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
005- And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
006- Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
007- And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim:
008- For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
009- And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
010- There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
011- And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
012- Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
013- It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
014- So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
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001- Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
002- But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
003- And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
004- And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
005- Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
006- But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
007- Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
008- But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
009- Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
010- The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
011- And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
012- And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
013- For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
014- And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
015- Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
016- Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
017- Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
018- But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
019- Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
020- That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
021- Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
022- If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
023- Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
024- And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
025- Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
026- When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
027- Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
028- If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
029- Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
030- Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
031- That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
032- Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
033- Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
034- If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
035- Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
036- If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
037- Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
038- If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
039- Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
040- Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
041- Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
042- O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
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001- Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
002- And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
003- And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
004- Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
005- And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
006- And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
007- Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
008- Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
009- And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
010- And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
011- Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
012- And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
013- If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
014- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
015- Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
016- For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
017- And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
018- Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
019- But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
020- Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
021- And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
022- And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
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001- And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
002- That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
003- And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
004- And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
005- Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
006- And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
007- As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
008- But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
009- But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
010- And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
011- And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
012- Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
013- Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
014- And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
015- And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
016- Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
017- Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
018- And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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001- And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
002- And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
003- And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
004- And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
005- And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
006- Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
007- Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
008- Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
009- And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
010- And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
011- And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
012- And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
013- Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
014- Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
015- And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
016- And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
017- Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
018- And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
019- And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
020- And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
021- For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
022- And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
023- And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
024- And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
025- And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
026- And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
027- And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
028- And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
029- Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
030- And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
031- And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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001- And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
002- And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
003- And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
004- Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
005- And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
006- And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
007- And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
008- But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
009- And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
010- And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
011- For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
012- So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
013- And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
014- And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
015- So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
016- And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
017- But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
018- Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
019- And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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001- And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
002- But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
003- Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
004- Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
005- And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
006- He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
007- And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
008- And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
009- And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
010- And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
011- And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
012- And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
013- And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
014- For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
015- And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
016- And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
017- So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
018- And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
019- Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
020- And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
021- And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
022- And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
023- And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
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001- And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
002- And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
003- With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
004- And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
005- Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
006- Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
007- And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
008- Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
009- So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
010- Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
011- And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
012- And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
013- So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
014- And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
015- Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
016- And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
002- He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
003- And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor.
004- And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
005- Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
006- Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
007- And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
008- And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
009- Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
010- But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
011- And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
012- And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
013- But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
014- And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
015- Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
016- And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
017- And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
018- Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
019- And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.
020- Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
021- But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
022- And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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001- So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
002- And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
003- For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
004- And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
005- Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
006- And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
007- Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
008- And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
009- And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
010- Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
011- And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
012- So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
013- And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
014- And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
015- They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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001- In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
002- Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
003- There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
004- And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
005- And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
006- Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
007- And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
008- Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
009- For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
010- Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
011- And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
012- And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
013- And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
014- And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odorous and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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001- And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
002- And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
003- And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
004- But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
005- Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
006- And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
007- Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
008- And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
009- And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
010- And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
011- Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
012- And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
013- And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.
014- And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand.
015- And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
016- And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
017- And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
018- And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
019- These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
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001- Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
002- And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
003- And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
004- Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
005- Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
006- And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
007- Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
008- In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
009- Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
010- So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
011- Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
012- And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
013- But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
014- Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
015- And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
016- Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
017- And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
018- And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
019- And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
020- Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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001- And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
002- And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
003- And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
004- This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
005- And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
006- But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
007- And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
008- So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
009- Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
010- And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
011- Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
012- Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
013- And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
014- Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
015- So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
016- And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
017- Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
018- Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
019- And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
020- And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
021- And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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001- Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
002- And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
003- And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
004- And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
005- And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
006- And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
007- For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
008- And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
009- And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
010- And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
011- Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
012- And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
013- So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
014- And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
015- But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
016- And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
017- Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
018- And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
019- Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
020- And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
021- And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
022- Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
023- And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
024- For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
025- And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
026- And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
027- Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
002- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
003- He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
004- Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
005- He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
006- So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
007- Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
008- He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
009- And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
002- For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
003- Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
004- He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
005- Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
006- For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
007- And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
008- And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
009- But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
010- And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
011- Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
012- Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
013- And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
014- So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
015- And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
016- At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
017- For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
018- The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
019- For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
020- And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
021- For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
022- And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
023- For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
024- And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
025- And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
026- Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
027- And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
002- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
003- He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
004- And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
005- And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
006- For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
007- Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
008- Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
009- For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
010- Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
011- My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
012- Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
013- And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
014- And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
015- And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
016- And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
017- Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
018- Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
019- Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
020- Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
021- And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
022- So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
023- And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
024- And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
025- And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
026- And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
027- And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
028- And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
029- And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
030- Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
031- Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
032- And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
033- And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
034- But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
035- And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
036- And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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001- And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
002- For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
003- For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
004- And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
005- So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
006- So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
007- And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
008- Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
009- For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
010- So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
011- Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
012- Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
013- And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
014- And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
015- Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
016- And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
017- For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
018- For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
019- That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
020- And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
021- And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
022- And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
023- And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
024- For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
025- And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
026- So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
027- Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
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001- After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
002- And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
003- He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
004- So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
005- Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
006- And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
007- Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
008- With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
009- After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
010- Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
011- Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
012- Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
013- Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
014- Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
015- Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
016- And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
017- He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
018- Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
019- And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
020- And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
021- And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
022- Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
023- And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
024- In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
025- But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
026- Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
027- And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
028- Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
029- Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
030- This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
031- Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
032- Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
033- And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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001- Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
002- But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
003- For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
004- Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
005- And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
006- And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
007- And he set a carved image, 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 before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
008- Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
009- So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
010- And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
011- Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
012- And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
013- And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
014- Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
015- And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
016- And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
017- Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
018- Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
019- His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
020- So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
021- Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
022- But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
023- And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
024- And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
025- But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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001- Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
002- And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
003- For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
004- And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
005- And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
006- And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
007- And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
008- Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
009- And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
010- And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
011- Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
012- And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.
013- Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
014- And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
015- And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
016- And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
017- And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
018- Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
019- And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
020- And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
021- Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
022- And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
023- And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
024- Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
025- Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
026- And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
027- Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
028- Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
029- Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
030- And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
031- And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
032- And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
033- And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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001- Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
002- And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
003- And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
004- And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
005- And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
006- So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
007- And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
008- And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.
009- Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
010- So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
011- And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
012- And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
013- And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
014- And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
015- And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
016- So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
017- And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
018- And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
019- In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
020- After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
021- But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
022- Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
023- And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
024- His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
025- And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
026- Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
027- And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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001- And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
002- Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
003- And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
004- They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
005- And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
006- From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
007- They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
008- Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
009- Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
010- And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
011- And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
012- But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
013- So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
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001- These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
002- Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
003- Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
004- Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
005- Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
006- Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
007- And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
008- And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
009- Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
010- And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
011- And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
012- And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
013- And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
014- Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
015- And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
016- Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
017- And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
018- And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
019- And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
020- Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
021- Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
022- For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
023- So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
024- Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
025- And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
026- I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
027- Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
028- And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
029- Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
030- So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
031- Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
032- And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
033- Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
034- By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
035- Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
036- And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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001- Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
002- And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
003- But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
004- And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
005- And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
006- Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
007- And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
008- Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
009- And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
010- And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
011- Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
012- And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
013- The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
014- But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
015- But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
016- After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
017- After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
018- After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
019- And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
020- After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
021- After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
022- And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
023- After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
024- After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
025- Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
026- Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
027- After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
028- From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
029- After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
030- After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
031- After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
032- And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
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001- Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
002- Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
003- Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
004- Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
005- Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
006- Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
007- Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
008- Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
009- Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
010- And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
011- And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
012- And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
013- Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
014- Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
015- Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
016- Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
017- Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
018- Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
019- And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
020- Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
021- Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
022- The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
023- The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
024- And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
025- Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
026- These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
027- And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
028- And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
029- Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
030- And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
031- Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
032- And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
033- And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
034- Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
035- And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
036- And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
037- And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
038- And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
039- And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
040- So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
041- And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
042- And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
043- Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
044- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
045- And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
046- For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
047- And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
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001- I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
002- The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
003- I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
004- The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
005- The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
006- In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
007- Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
008- There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
009- He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
010- And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
011- He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
012- At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
013- The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
014- Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
015- Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
016- He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
017- He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
018- They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
019- He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
020- The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
021- For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
022- For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
023- I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
024- Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
025- With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
026- With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
027- For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
028- For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
029- For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
030- As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
031- For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
032- It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
033- He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
034- He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
035- Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
036- Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
037- I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
038- I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
039- For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
040- Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
041- They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
042- Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
043- Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
044- As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
045- The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
046- The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
047- It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
048- He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
049- Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
050- Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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001- Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
002- I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
003- Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
004- We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
005- For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
006- That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
007- That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
008- And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
009- The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
010- They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
011- And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
012- Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
013- He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
014- In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
015- He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
016- He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
017- And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
018- And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
019- Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
020- Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
021- Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
022- Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
023- Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
024- And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
025- Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
026- He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
027- He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
028- And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
029- So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
030- They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
031- The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
032- For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
033- Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
034- When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
035- And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
036- Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
037- For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
038- But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
039- For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
040- How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
041- Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
042- They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
043- How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
044- And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
045- He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
046- He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
047- He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
048- He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
049- He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
050- He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
051- And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
052- But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
053- And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
054- And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
055- He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
056- Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
057- But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
058- For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
059- When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
060- So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
061- And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
062- He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
063- The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
064- Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
065- Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
066- And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
067- Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
068- But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
069- And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
070- He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
071- From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
072- So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
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001- I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
002- For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
003- I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
004- Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
005- And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
006- For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
007- God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
008- O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
009- Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
010- Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
011- The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
012- The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
013- Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
014- Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
015- Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
016- In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
017- For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
018- For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
019- Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
020- I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
021- With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
022- The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
023- And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
024- But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
025- I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
026- He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
027- Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
028- My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
029- His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
030- If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
031- If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
032- Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
033- Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
034- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
035- Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
036- His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
037- It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
038- But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
039- Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
040- Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
041- All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
042- Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
043- Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
044- Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
045- The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
046- How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
047- Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
048- What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
049- Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
050- Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
051- Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
052- Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
126 19 Psalms 122 David
001- I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
002- Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
003- Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
004- Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
005- For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
006- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
007- Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
008- For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
009- Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
127 19 Psalms 132 David
001- Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
002- How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
003- Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
004- I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
005- Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
006- Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
007- We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
008- Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
009- Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
010- For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
011- The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
012- If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
013- For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
014- This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
015- I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
016- I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
017- There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
018- His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
128 19 Psalms 144 David
001- Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
002- My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
003- LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
004- Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
005- Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
006- Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
007- Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
008- Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
009- I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
010- It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
011- Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
012- That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
013- That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
014- That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
015- Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
129 20 Proverbs 001 David
001- The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
002- To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
003- To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
004- To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
005- A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
006- To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
007- The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
008- My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
009- For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
010- My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
011- If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
012- Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
013- We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
014- Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
015- My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
016- For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
017- Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
018- And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
019- So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
020- Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
021- She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
022- How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
023- Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
024- Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
025- But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
026- I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
027- When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
028- Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
029- For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
030- They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
031- Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
032- For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
033- But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
130 21 Ecclesiastes 001 David
001- The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
002- Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
003- What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
004- One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
005- The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
006- The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
007- All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
008- All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
009- The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
010- Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
011- There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
012- I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
013- And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
014- I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
015- That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
016- I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
017- And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
018- For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
131 22 Song of Solomon 004 David
001- Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
002- Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
003- Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
004- Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
005- Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
006- Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
007- Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
008- Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
009- Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
010- How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
011- Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
012- A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
013- Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
014- Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
015- A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
016- Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
132 23 Isaiah 007 David
001- And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
002- And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
003- Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
004- And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
005- Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
006- Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
007- Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
008- For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
009- And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
010- Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
011- Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
012- But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
013- And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
014- Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
015- Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
016- For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
017- The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
018- And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
019- And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
020- In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
021- And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
022- And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
023- And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
024- With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
025- And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
133 23 Isaiah 009 David
001- Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
002- The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
003- Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
004- For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
005- For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
006- For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
007- Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
008- The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
009- And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
010- The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
011- Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
012- The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
013- For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
014- Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
015- The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
016- For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
017- Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
018- For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
019- Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
020- And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
021- Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
134 23 Isaiah 016 David
001- Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
002- For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
003- Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
004- Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
005- And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
006- We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
007- Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
008- For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
009- Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
010- And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
011- Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
012- And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
013- This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
014- But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
135 23 Isaiah 022 David
001- The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
002- Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
003- All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
004- Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
005- For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
006- And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
007- And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
008- And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
009- Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
010- And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
011- Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
012- And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
013- And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
014- And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
015- Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
016- What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
017- Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
018- He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
019- And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
020- And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
021- And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
022- And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
023- And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
024- And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
025- In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
136 23 Isaiah 029 David
001- Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
002- Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
003- And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
004- And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
005- Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
006- Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
007- And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
008- It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
009- Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
010- For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
011- And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
012- And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
013- Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
014- Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
015- Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
016- Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
017- Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
018- And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
019- The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
020- For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
021- That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
022- Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
023- But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
024- They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
137 23 Isaiah 037 David
001- And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
002- And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
003- And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
004- It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
005- So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
006- And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
007- Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
008- So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
009- And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
010- Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
011- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
012- Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
013- Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
014- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
015- And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
016- O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
017- Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
018- Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
019- And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
020- Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
021- Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
022- This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
023- Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
024- By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
025- I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
026- Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
027- Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
028- But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
029- Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
030- And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
031- And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
032- For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
033- Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
034- By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
035- For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
036- Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
037- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
038- And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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001- In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
002- Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
003- And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
004- Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
005- Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
006- And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
007- And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
008- Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
009- The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
010- I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
011- I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
012- Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
013- I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
014- Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
015- What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
016- O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
017- Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
018- For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
019- The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
020- The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
021- For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
022- Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
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001- Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
002- Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
003- Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
004- Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
005- Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
006- Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
007- Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
008- For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
009- For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
010- For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
011- So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
012- For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
013- Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
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001- Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
002- So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
003- And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
004- Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
005- So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
006- And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
007- Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
008- Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
009- Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
010- This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
011- For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
012- Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
013- Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
014- And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
015- Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
016- Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
017- But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.
018- Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
019- The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
020- Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
021- What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
022- And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
023- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
024- Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
025- This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
026- Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
027- I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
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001- The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
002- Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
003- O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
004- And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
005- Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
006- For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
007- Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
008- For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
009- The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
010- I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
011- As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
012- A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
013- O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
014- Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
015- Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
016- As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
017- Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
018- Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
019- Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
020- And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
021- Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
022- Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
023- But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
024- And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
025- Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
026- And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
027- But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
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001- The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
002- Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
003- Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
004- Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
005- And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
006- And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
007- And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
008- And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
009- He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
010- For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
011- And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
012- O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
013- Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
014- But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
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001- Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
002- And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
003- Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
004- For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
005- But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
006- For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
007- And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
008- And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
009- Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
010- Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
011- For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
012- But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
013- Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
014- That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
015- Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
016- He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
017- But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
018- Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
019- He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
020- Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
021- I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
022- The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
023- O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
024- As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
025- And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
026- And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
027- But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
028- Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
029- O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
030- Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
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001- Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
002- Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
003- And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
004- And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
005- Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
006- In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
007- Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
008- But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
009- Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
010- For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
011- For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
012- Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
013- And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
014- I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
015- Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
016- Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
017- They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
018- For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
019- Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
020- The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
021- I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
022- But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
023- Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
024- Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
025- I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
026- How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
027- Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
028- The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
029- Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
030- Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
031- Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
032- Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
033- And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
034- And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
035- Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
036- And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
037- Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
038- But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
039- Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
040- And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
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001- Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
002- (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
003- By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
004- Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
005- Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
006- Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
007- And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
008- For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
009- For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
010- For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
011- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
012- Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
013- And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
014- And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
015- Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
016- Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
017- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
018- And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
019- Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
020- Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
021- Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
022- And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
023- Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
024- Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
025- Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
026- The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
027- Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
028- For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
029- And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
030- Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
031- Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
032- Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
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001- The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
002- Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
003- For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
004- And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
005- For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
006- Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
007- Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
008- For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
009- But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
010- Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
011- For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
012- For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
013- There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
014- All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
015- Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
016- Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
017- For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
018- Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
019- And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
020- Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
021- And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
022- And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
023- Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
024- The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
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001- Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
002- Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
003- Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
004- For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
005- They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
006- Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
007- And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
008- And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
009- And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
010- Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
011- The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
012- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
013- In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
014- Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
015- In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
016- In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
017- For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
018- Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
019- And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
020- Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
021- Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
022- As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
023- Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
024- Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
025- Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
026- Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
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001- And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
002- Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
003- It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
004- Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
005- And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
006- Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
007- It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
008- And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.
009- And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
010- Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.
011- When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
012- Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
013- Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
014- Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
015- And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
016- Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
017- And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
018- Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
019- Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
020- And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
021- So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
022- Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
023- And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
024- Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
025- Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
026- But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
027- Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
028- Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
029- And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
030- Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
031- And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
032- Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
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001- And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
002- Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
003- Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
004- The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
005- And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
006- My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
007- Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
008- As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
009- Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
010- Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
011- For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
012- As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
013- And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
014- I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
015- I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
016- I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
017- And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
018- Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
019- And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
020- Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
021- Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
022- Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
023- And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
024- And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
025- And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
026- And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
027- And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
028- And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
029- And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
030- Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
031- And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
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001- The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
002- And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
003- And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
004- Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
005- Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
006- And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
007- So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
008- And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
009- Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
010- So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
011- Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
012- Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
013- And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
014- And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
015- The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
016- Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
017- And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
018- And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
019- Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
020- And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
021- And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
022- And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
023- Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
024- And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
025- And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
026- Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
027- My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
028- And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
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001- Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
002- So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
003- And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
004- For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
005- Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
152 30 Amos 006 David
001- Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
002- Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
003- Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
004- That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
005- That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
006- That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
007- Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
008- The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
009- And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
010- And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
011- For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
012- Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
013- Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
014- But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
153 30 Amos 009 David
001- I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
002- Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
003- And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
004- And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
005- And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
006- It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
007- Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
008- Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
009- For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
010- All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
011- In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
012- That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
013- Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
014- And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
015- And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
154 38 Zechariah 012 David
001- The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
002- Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
003- And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
004- In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
005- And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
006- In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
007- The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
008- In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
009- And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
010- And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
011- In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
012- And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
013- The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
014- All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
155 38 Zechariah 013 David
001- In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
002- And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
003- And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
004- And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
005- But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
006- And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
007- Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
008- And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
009- And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
156 40 Matthew 001 David
001- The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
002- Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
003- And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
004- And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
005- And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
006- And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
007- And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
008- And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
009- And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
010- And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
011- And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
012- And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
013- And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
014- And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
015- And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
016- And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
017- So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
018- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
019- Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
020- But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
021- And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
022- Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
023- Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
024- Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
025- And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
157 40 Matthew 009 David
001- And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
002- And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
003- And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
004- And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
005- For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
006- But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
007- And he arose, and departed to his house.
008- But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
009- And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
010- And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
011- And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
012- But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
013- But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
014- Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
015- And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
016- No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
017- Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
018- While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
019- And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
020- And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
021- For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
022- But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
023- And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
024- He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
025- But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
026- And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
027- And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
028- And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
029- Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
030- And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
031- But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
032- As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
033- And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
034- But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
035- And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
036- But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
037- Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
038- Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
158 40 Matthew 012 David
001- At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
002- But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
003- But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
004- How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
005- Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
006- But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
007- But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
008- For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
009- And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
010- And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
011- And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
012- How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
013- Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
014- Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
015- But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
016- And charged them that they should not make him known:
017- That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
018- Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
019- He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
020- A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
021- And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
022- Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
023- And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
024- But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
025- And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
026- And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
027- And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
028- But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
029- Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
030- He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
031- Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
032- And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
033- Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
034- O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
035- A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
036- But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
037- For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
038- Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
039- But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
040- For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
041- The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
042- The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
043- When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
044- Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
045- Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
046- While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
047- Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
048- But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
049- And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
050- For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
159 40 Matthew 015 David
001- Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
002- Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
003- But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
004- For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
005- But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
006- And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
007- Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
008- This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
009- But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
010- And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
011- Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
012- Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
013- But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
014- Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
015- Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
016- And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
017- Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
018- But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
019- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
020- These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
021- Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
022- And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
023- But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
024- But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
025- Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
026- But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
027- And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
028- Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
029- And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
030- And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
031- Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
032- Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
033- And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
034- And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
035- And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
036- And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
037- And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
038- And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
039- And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
160 40 Matthew 020 David
001- For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
002- And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
003- And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
004- And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
005- Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
006- And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
007- They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
008- So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
009- And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
010- But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
011- And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
012- Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
013- But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
014- Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
015- Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
016- So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
017- And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
018- Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
019- And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
020- Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
021- And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
022- But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
023- And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
024- And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
025- But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
026- But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
027- And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
028- Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
029- And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
030- And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
031- And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
032- And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
033- They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
034- So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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001- And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
002- Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
003- And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
004- All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
005- Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
006- And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
007- And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
008- And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
009- And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
010- And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
011- And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
012- And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
013- And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
014- And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
015- And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
016- And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
017- And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
018- Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
019- And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
020- And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
021- Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
022- And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
023- And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
024- And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
025- The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
026- But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
027- And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
028- But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
029- He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
030- And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
031- Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
032- For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
033- Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
034- And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
035- And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
036- Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
037- But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
038- But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
039- And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
040- When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
041- They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
042- Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
043- Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
044- And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
045- And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
046- But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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001- And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
002- The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
003- And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
004- Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
005- But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
006- And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
007- But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
008- Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
009- Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
010- So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
011- And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
012- And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
013- Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
014- For many are called, but few are chosen.
015- Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
016- And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
017- Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
018- But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
019- Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
020- And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
021- They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
022- When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
023- The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
024- Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
025- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
026- Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
027- And last of all the woman died also.
028- Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
029- Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
030- For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
031- But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
032- I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
033- And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
034- But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
035- Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
036- Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
037- Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
038- This is the first and great commandment.
039- And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
040- On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
041- While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
042- Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
043- He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
044- The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
045- If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
046- And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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001- And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
002- And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
003- And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
004- And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
005- When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
006- But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
007- Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
008- And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
009- Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
010- But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
011- I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
012- And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
013- And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
014- And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
015- And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
016- And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
017- When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
018- And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
019- And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
020- But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
021- No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
022- And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
023- And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
024- And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
025- And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
026- How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
027- And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
028- Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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001- And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
002- And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
003- And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
004- And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
005- And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
006- But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
007- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
008- And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
009- What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
010- And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
011- And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
012- And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
013- And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
014- But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
015- Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
016- And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
017- And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
018- And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
019- Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
020- And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
021- Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
022- And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
023- And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
024- And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
025- It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
026- And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
027- And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
028- Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
029- And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
030- But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
031- But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
032- And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
033- Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
034- And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
035- And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
036- And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
037- They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
038- But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
039- And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
040- But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
041- And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
042- But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
043- But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
044- And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
045- For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
046- And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
047- And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
048- And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
049- And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
050- And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
051- And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
052- And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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001- And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
002- And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
003- And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
004- And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
005- And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
006- And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
007- And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
008- And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
009- And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
010- Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
011- And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
012- And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
013- And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
014- And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
015- And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
016- And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
017- And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
018- And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
019- And when even was come, he went out of the city.
020- And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
021- And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
022- And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
023- For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
024- Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
025- And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
026- But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
027- And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
028- And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
029- And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
030- The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
031- And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
032- But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
033- And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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001- And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
002- And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
003- And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
004- And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
005- And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
006- Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
007- But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.
008- And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
009- What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
010- And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
011- This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
012- And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
013- And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
014- And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
015- Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
016- And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
017- And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
018- Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
019- Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
020- Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
021- And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
022- And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
023- In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
024- And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
025- For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
026- And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
027- He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
028- And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
029- And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
030- And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
031- And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
032- And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
033- And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
034- And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
035- And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
036- For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
037- David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
038- And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
039- And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
040- Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
041- And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
042- And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
043- And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
044- For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
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001- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
002- Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
003- It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
004- That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
005- THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
006- And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
007- And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
008- And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
009- According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
010- And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
011- And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
012- And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
013- But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
014- And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
015- For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
016- And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
017- And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
018- And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
019- And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
020- And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
021- And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
022- And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
023- And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
024- And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
025- Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
026- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
027- To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
028- And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
029- And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
030- And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
031- And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
032- He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
033- And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
034- Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
035- And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
036- And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
037- For with God nothing shall be impossible.
038- And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
039- And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
040- And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
041- And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
042- And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
043- And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
044- For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
045- And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
046- And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
047- And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
048- For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
049- For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
050- And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
051- He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
052- He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
053- He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
054- He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
055- As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
056- And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
057- Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
058- And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
059- And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
060- And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
061- And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
062- And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
063- And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
064- And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
065- And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
066- And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
067- And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
068- Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
069- And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
070- As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
071- That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
072- To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
073- The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
074- That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
075- In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
076- And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
077- To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
078- Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
079- To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
080- And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
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001- And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
002- (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
003- And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
004- And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
005- To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
006- And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
007- And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
008- And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
009- 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.
010- And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
011- For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
012- And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
013- And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
014- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
015- And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
016- And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
017- And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
018- And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
019- But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
020- And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
021- And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
022- And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
023- (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
024- And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
025- And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
026- And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
027- And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
028- Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
029- Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
030- For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
031- Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
032- A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
033- And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
034- And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
035- (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
036- And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
037- And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
038- And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
039- And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
040- And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
041- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
042- And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
043- And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
044- But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
045- And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
046- And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
047- And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
048- And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
049- And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
050- And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
051- And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
052- And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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001- Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
002- Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
003- And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
004- As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
005- Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
006- And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
007- Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
008- Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
009- And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
010- And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
011- He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
012- Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
013- And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
014- And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
015- And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
016- John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
017- Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
018- And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
019- But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
020- Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
021- Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
022- And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
023- And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
024- Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
025- Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
026- Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
027- Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
028- Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
029- Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
030- Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
031- Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
032- Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
033- Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
034- Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
035- Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
036- Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
037- Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
038- Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
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001- And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
002- And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
003- And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
004- How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
005- And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
006- And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
007- And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
008- But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
009- Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
010- And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
011- And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
012- And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
013- And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
014- Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
015- Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
016- And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
017- And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
018- And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
019- And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
020- And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
021- Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
022- Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
023- Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
024- But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
025- Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
026- Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
027- But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
028- Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
029- And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
030- Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
031- And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
032- For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
033- And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
034- And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
035- But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
036- Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
037- Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
038- Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
039- And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
040- The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
041- And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
042- Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
043- For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
044- For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
045- A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
046- And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
047- Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
048- He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
049- But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
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001- And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
002- Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
003- And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
004- And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
005- Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
006- And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
007- And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
008- I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
009- And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
010- Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
011- The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
012- I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
013- And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
014- I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
015- And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
016- But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
017- Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
018- And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
019- And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
020- Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
021- And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
022- Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
023- And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
024- And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
025- For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
026- And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
027- And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
028- Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
029- And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
030- Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
031- Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
032- For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
033- And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
034- And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
035- And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
036- And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
037- And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
038- And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
039- And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
040- And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
041- Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
042- And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
043- And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
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001- And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
002- And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
003- And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
004- The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
005- And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
006- But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
007- And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
008- And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
009- Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
010- And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
011- And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
012- And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
013- Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
014- But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
015- So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
016- He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
017- And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
018- Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
019- And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
020- And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
021- And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
022- Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
023- But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
024- Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
025- And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
026- And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
027- Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
028- Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
029- There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
030- And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
031- And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
032- Last of all the woman died also.
033- Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
034- And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
035- But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
036- Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
037- Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
038- For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
039- Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
040- And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
041- And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
042- And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
043- Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
044- David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
045- Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
046- Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
047- Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
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001- After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
002- Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
003- His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
004- For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
005- For neither did his brethren believe in him.
006- Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
007- The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
008- Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
009- When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
010- But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
011- Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
012- And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
013- Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
014- Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
015- And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
016- Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
017- If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
018- He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
019- Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
020- The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
021- Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
022- Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
023- If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
024- Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
025- Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
026- But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
027- Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
028- Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
029- But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
030- Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
031- And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
032- The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
033- Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
034- Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
035- Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
036- What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
037- In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
038- He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
039- (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
040- Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
041- Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
042- Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
043- So there was a division among the people because of him.
044- And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
045- Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
046- The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
047- Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
048- Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
049- But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
050- Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
051- Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
052- They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
053- And every man went unto his own house.
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001- The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
002- Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
003- To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
004- And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
005- For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
006- When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
007- And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
008- But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
009- And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
010- And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
011- Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
012- Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
013- And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
014- These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
015- And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
016- Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
017- For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
018- Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
019- And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
020- For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
021- Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
022- Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
023- And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
024- And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
025- That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
026- And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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001- And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
002- And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
003- And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
004- And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
005- And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
006- Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
007- And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
008- And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
009- Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
010- Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
011- Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
012- And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
013- Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
014- But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
015- For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
016- But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
017- And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
018- And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
019- And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
020- The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
021- And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
022- Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
023- Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
024- Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
025- For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
026- Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
027- Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
028- Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
029- Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
030- Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
031- He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
032- This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
033- Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
034- For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
035- Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
036- Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
037- Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
038- Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
039- For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
040- And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
041- Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
042- And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
043- And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
044- And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
045- And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
046- And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
047- Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
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001- And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
002- Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
003- And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
004- Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
005- And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
006- And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
007- And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
008- Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
009- If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
010- Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
011- This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
012- Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
013- Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
014- And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
015- But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
016- Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
017- But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
018- And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
019- But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
020- For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
021- So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
022- For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
023- And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
024- And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
025- Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
026- The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
027- For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
028- For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
029- And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
030- By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
031- And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
032- And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
033- And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
034- Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
035- And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
036- And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
037- Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
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001- Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
002- And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
003- And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
004- Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
005- And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
006- And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
007- And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
008- And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
009- And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
010- And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
011- Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
012- But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
013- And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
014- Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
015- So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
016- And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
017- But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
018- Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
019- The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
020- In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
021- And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
022- And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
023- And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
024- And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
025- For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
026- And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
027- But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
028- Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
029- Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
030- And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
031- When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,
032- Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
033- Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
034- I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
035- This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
036- He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
037- This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
038- This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
039- To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
040- Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
041- And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
042- Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
043- Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
044- Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
045- Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
046- Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
047- But Solomon built him an house.
048- Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
049- Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
050- Hath not my hand made all these things?
051- Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
052- Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
053- Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
054- When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
055- But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
056- And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
057- Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
058- And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
059- And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
060- And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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001- Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
002- As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
003- And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
004- So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
005- And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
006- And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
007- Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
008- But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
009- Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
010- And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
011- And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
012- Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
013- Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
014- But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
015- And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
016- Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
017- The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
018- And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
019- And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
020- And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
021- And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
022- And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
023- Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
024- When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
025- And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
026- Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
027- For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
028- And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
029- And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
030- But God raised him from the dead:
031- And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
032- And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
033- God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
034- And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
035- Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
036- For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
037- But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
038- Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
039- And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
040- Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
041- Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
042- And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
043- Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
044- And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
045- But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
046- Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
047- For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
048- And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
049- And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
050- But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
051- But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
052- And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
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001- And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
002- When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
003- And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
004- And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
005- But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
006- And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
007- And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
008- And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
009- And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
010- Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
011- But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
012- Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
013- And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
014- Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
015- And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
016- After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
017- That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
018- Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
019- Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
020- But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
021- For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
022- Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
023- And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
024- Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
025- It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
026- Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
027- We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
028- For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
029- That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
030- So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
031- Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
032- And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
033- And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
034- Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
035- Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
036- And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.
037- And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
038- But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
039- And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
040- And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
041- And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
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001- Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
002- (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
003- Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
004- And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
005- By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
006- Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
007- To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
008- First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
009- For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
010- Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
011- For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
012- That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
013- Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
014- I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
015- So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
016- For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
017- For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
018- For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
019- Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
020- For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
021- Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
022- Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
023- And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
024- Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
025- Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
026- For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
027- And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
028- And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
029- Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
030- Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
031- Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
032- Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
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001- What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
002- For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
003- For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
004- Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
005- But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
006- Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
007- Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
008- Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
009- Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
010- How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
011- And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
012- And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
013- For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
014- For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
015- Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
016- Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
017- (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
018- Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
019- And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
020- He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
021- And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
022- And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
023- Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
024- But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
025- Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
182 45 Romans 011 David
001- I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
002- God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,
003- Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
004- But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
005- Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
006- And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
007- What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
008- (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
009- And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
010- Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
011- I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
012- Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
013- For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
014- If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
015- For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
016- For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
017- And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
018- Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
019- Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
020- Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
021- For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
022- Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
023- And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
024- For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
025- For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
026- And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
027- For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
028- As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
029- For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
030- For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
031- Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
032- For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
033- O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
034- For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
035- Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
036- For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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001- Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
002- And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
003- Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
004- No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
005- And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
006- The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
007- Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
008- Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
009- Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
010- Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
011- It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
012- If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
013- If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
014- Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
015- Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
016- But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
017- And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
018- Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
019- Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
020- But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
021- If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
022- Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
023- But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
024- And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
025- In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
026- And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
184 58 Hebrews 004 David
001- Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
002- For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
003- For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
004- For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
005- And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
006- Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
007- Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
008- For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
009- There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
010- For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
011- Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
012- For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
013- Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
014- Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
015- For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
016- Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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001- Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
002- For by it the elders obtained a good report.
003- Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
004- By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
005- By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
006- But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
007- By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
008- By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
009- By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
010- For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
011- Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
012- Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
013- These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
014- For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
015- And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
016- But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
017- By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
018- Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
019- Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
020- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
021- By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
022- By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
023- By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
024- By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
025- Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
026- Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
027- By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
028- Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
029- By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
030- By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
031- By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
032- And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
033- Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
034- Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
035- Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
036- And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
037- They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
038- (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
039- And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
040- God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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001- And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
002- Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
003- Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
004- Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
005- He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
006- He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
007- And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
008- I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
009- Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
010- Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
011- Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
012- Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
013- He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
014- And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
015- I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
016- So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
017- Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
018- I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
019- As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
020- Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
021- To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
022- He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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001- And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
002- And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
003- And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
004- And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
005- And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
006- And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
007- And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
008- And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
009- And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
010- And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
011- And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
012- Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
013- And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
014- And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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001- And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
002- In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
003- And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
004- And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
005- And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
006- And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
007- Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
008- And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
009- Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
010- And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
011- He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
012- And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
013- I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
014- Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
015- For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
016- I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
017- And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
018- For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
019- And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
020- He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.