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And the king said, What wouldest thou?","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.16"},{"verseId":11001017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) unto thine handmaid, _saying_, Assuredly [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.17"},{"verseId":11001018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And now, behold, [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest _it_ not:","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.18"},{"verseId":11001019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priest, and [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the captain of the host: but [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) thy servant hath he not called.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.19"},{"verseId":11001020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.20"},{"verseId":11001021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) shall be counted offenders.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.21"},{"verseId":11001022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet also came in.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.22"},{"verseId":11001023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And they told the king, saying, Behold [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.23"},{"verseId":11001024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.24"},{"verseId":11001025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"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](/person/abiathar_20) the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, [God](/person/god_1324) save king [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97).","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.25"},{"verseId":11001026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"But me, _even_ me thy servant, and [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest, and [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792), and thy servant [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), hath he not called.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.26"},{"verseId":11001027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed _it_ unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.27"},{"verseId":11001028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Then king [David](/person/david_994) answered and said, Call me [Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416). And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.28"},{"verseId":11001029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And the king sware, and said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.29"},{"verseId":11001030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Even as I sware unto thee by the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, saying, Assuredly [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.30"},{"verseId":11001031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Then [Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416) bowed with _her_ face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king [David](/person/david_994) live for ever.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.31"},{"verseId":11001032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And king [David](/person/david_994) said, Call me [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest, and [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet, and [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792). And they came before the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.32"},{"verseId":11001033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to [Gihon](/place/gihon_473):","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.33"},{"verseId":11001034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And let [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest and [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, [God](/person/god_1324) save king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.34"},{"verseId":11001035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"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](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.35"},{"verseId":11001036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792) answered the king, and said, Amen: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of my lord the king say so _too_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.36"},{"verseId":11001037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"As the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.37"},{"verseId":11001038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"So [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest, and [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet, and [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792), and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) to ride upon king [David’s](/person/david_994) mule, and brought him to [Gihon](/place/gihon_473).","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.38"},{"verseId":11001039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762). And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [God](/person/god_1324) save king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.39"},{"verseId":11001040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.40"},{"verseId":11001041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) and all the guests that _were_ with him heard _it_ as they had made an end of eating. And when [Joab](/person/joab_1617) heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore _is_ _this_ noise of the city being in an uproar?","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.41"},{"verseId":11001042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And while he yet spake, behold, [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1693) the son of [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priest came: and [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) said unto him, Come in; for thou _art_ a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.42"},{"verseId":11001043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1693) answered and said to [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97), Verily our lord king [David](/person/david_994) hath made [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.43"},{"verseId":11001044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"And the king hath sent with him [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest, and [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet, and [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792), and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.44"},{"verseId":11001045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"And [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest and [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet have anointed him king in [Gihon](/place/gihon_473): and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This _is_ the noise that ye have heard.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.45"},{"verseId":11001046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"And also [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.46"},{"verseId":11001047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king [David](/person/david_994), saying, [God](/person/god_1324) make the name of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.47"},{"verseId":11001048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"And also thus said the king, Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, which hath given _one_ to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing _it_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.48"},{"verseId":11001049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"And all the guests that _were_ with [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.49"},{"verseId":11001050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"And [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) feared because of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.50"},{"verseId":11001051,"verseNum":51,"mdText":"And it was told [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), saying, Behold, [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) feareth king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762): for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.51"},{"verseId":11001052,"verseNum":52,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) said, If he will shew 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.52"},{"verseId":11001053,"verseNum":53,"mdText":"So king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762): and [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) said unto him, Go to thine house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.1.53"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 2","chapterNum":2,"osisRef":"1Kgs.2","verses":[{"verseId":11002001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now the days of [David](/person/david_994) drew nigh that he should die; and he charged [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) his son, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.1"},{"verseId":11002002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.2"},{"verseId":11002003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And keep the charge of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), 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](/person/moses_2108), that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.3"},{"verseId":11002004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"That the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.4"},{"verseId":11002005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Moreover thou knowest also what [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) did to me, _and_ what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), and unto [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) the son of [Jether](/person/jether_907), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.5"},{"verseId":11002006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.6"},{"verseId":11002007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"But shew kindness unto the sons of [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411) 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](/person/absalom_59) thy brother.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.7"},{"verseId":11002008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And, behold, _thou_ _hast_ with thee [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) the son of [Gera](/person/gera_1299), a Benjamite of [Bahurim](/place/bahurim_154), which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756): but he came down to meet me at [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), and I sware to him by the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.8"},{"verseId":11002009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.9"},{"verseId":11002010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.10"},{"verseId":11002011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the days that [David](/person/david_994) reigned over Israel _were_ forty years: seven years reigned he in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), and thirty and three years reigned he in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.11"},{"verseId":11002012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Then sat [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) upon the throne of [David](/person/david_994) his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.12"},{"verseId":11002013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) the son of [Haggith](/person/haggith_1353) came to [Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416) the mother of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762). And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.13"},{"verseId":11002014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.14"},{"verseId":11002015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.15"},{"verseId":11002016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.16"},{"verseId":11002017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) the king, (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me [Abishag](/person/abishag_49) the Shunammite to wife.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.17"},{"verseId":11002018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416) said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.18"},{"verseId":11002019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"[Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416) therefore went unto king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), to speak unto him for [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97). 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.19"},{"verseId":11002020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.20"},{"verseId":11002021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And she said, Let [Abishag](/person/abishag_49) the Shunammite be given to [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) thy brother to wife.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.21"},{"verseId":11002022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask [Abishag](/person/abishag_49) the Shunammite for [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97)? ask for him the kingdom also; for he _is_ mine elder brother; even for him, and for [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priest, and for [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.22"},{"verseId":11002023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Then king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sware by the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, [God](/person/god_1324) do so to me, and more also, if [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) have not spoken this word against his own life.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.23"},{"verseId":11002024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Now therefore, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of [David](/person/david_994) my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) shall be put to death this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.24"},{"verseId":11002025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sent by the hand of [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792); and he fell upon him that he died.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.25"},{"verseId":11002026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And unto [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priest said the king, Get thee to [Anathoth](/place/anathoth_63), 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](/person/god_1324) GOD before [David](/person/david_994) my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.26"},{"verseId":11002027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"So [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) thrust out [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) from being priest unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324); that he might fulfil the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake concerning the house of [Eli](/person/eli_1072) in [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.27"},{"verseId":11002028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Then tidings came to [Joab](/person/joab_1617): for [Joab](/person/joab_1617) had turned after [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97), though he turned not after [Absalom](/person/absalom_59). And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) fled unto the tabernacle of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and caught hold on the horns of the altar.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.28"},{"verseId":11002029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And it was told king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) that [Joab](/person/joab_1617) was fled unto the tabernacle of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); and, behold, _he_ _is_ by the altar. Then [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sent [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792), saying, Go, fall upon him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.29"},{"verseId":11002030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) came to the tabernacle of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) brought the king word again, saying, Thus said [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and thus he answered me.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.30"},{"verseId":11002031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"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](/person/joab_1617) shed, from me, and from the house of my father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.31"},{"verseId":11002032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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](/person/david_994) not knowing _thereof_, _to_ _wit_, [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), captain of the host of Israel, and [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) the son of [Jether](/person/jether_907), captain of the host of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.32"},{"verseId":11002033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon [David](/person/david_994), and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.33"},{"verseId":11002034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"So [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792) went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.34"},{"verseId":11002035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And the king put [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792) in his room over the host: and [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest did the king put in the room of [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.35"},{"verseId":11002036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And the king sent and called for [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684), and said unto him, Build thee an house in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.36"},{"verseId":11002037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"For it shall be, _that_ on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook [Kidron](/place/kidron_687), thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.37"},{"verseId":11002038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) said unto the king, The saying _is_ good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) dwelt in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) many days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.38"},{"verseId":11002039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) ran away unto [Achish](/person/achish_66) son of [Maachah](/person/maachah_1934) king of [Gath](/place/gath_442). And they told [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684), saying, Behold, thy servants _be_ in [Gath](/place/gath_442).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.39"},{"verseId":11002040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"And [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) arose, and saddled his ass, and went to [Gath](/place/gath_442) to [Achish](/person/achish_66) to seek his servants: and [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) went, and brought his servants from [Gath](/place/gath_442).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.40"},{"verseId":11002041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And it was told [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) that [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) had gone from [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) to [Gath](/place/gath_442), and was come again.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.41"},{"verseId":11002042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And the king sent and called for [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684), and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the [LORD](/person/god_1324), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.42"},{"verseId":11002043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the commandment that I have charged thee with?","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.43"},{"verseId":11002044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"The king said moreover to [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684), Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to [David](/person/david_994) my father: therefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.44"},{"verseId":11002045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) _shall_ _be_ blessed, and the throne of [David](/person/david_994) shall be established before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) for ever.","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.45"},{"verseId":11002046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"So the king commanded [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792); which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.2.46"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 3","chapterNum":3,"osisRef":"1Kgs.3","verses":[{"verseId":11003001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) made affinity with [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and took [Pharaoh’s](/person/pharaoh_2331) [daughter](/person/daughter_of_pharaoh_989), and brought her into the city of [David](/person/david_994), until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the wall of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) round about.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.1"},{"verseId":11003002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), until those days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.2"},{"verseId":11003003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) loved the [LORD](/person/god_1324), walking in the statutes of [David](/person/david_994) his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.3"},{"verseId":11003004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the king went to [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470) to sacrifice there; for that _was_ the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) offer upon that altar.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.4"},{"verseId":11003005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"In [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470) the [LORD](/person/god_1324) appeared to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) in a dream by night: and [God](/person/god_1324) said, Ask what I shall give thee.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.5"},{"verseId":11003006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.6"},{"verseId":11003007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And now, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324), thou hast made thy servant king instead of [David](/person/david_994) my father: and I _am_ _but_ a little child: I know not _how_ to go out or come in.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.7"},{"verseId":11003008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.8"},{"verseId":11003009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.9"},{"verseId":11003010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the speech pleased the [Lord](/person/god_1324), that [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had asked this thing.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.10"},{"verseId":11003011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [God](/person/god_1324) 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;","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.11"},{"verseId":11003012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.12"},{"verseId":11003013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.13"},{"verseId":11003014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father [David](/person/david_994) did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.14"},{"verseId":11003015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) awoke; and, behold, _it_ _was_ a dream. And he came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and stood before the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.15"},{"verseId":11003016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then came there two women, _that_ _were_ harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.16"},{"verseId":11003017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.17"},{"verseId":11003018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.18"},{"verseId":11003019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.19"},{"verseId":11003020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.20"},{"verseId":11003021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.21"},{"verseId":11003022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.22"},{"verseId":11003023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.23"},{"verseId":11003024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.24"},{"verseId":11003025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.25"},{"verseId":11003026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"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_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.26"},{"verseId":11003027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she _is_ the mother thereof.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.27"},{"verseId":11003028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) _was_ in him, to do judgment.","osisRef":"1Kgs.3.28"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 4","chapterNum":4,"osisRef":"1Kgs.4","verses":[{"verseId":11004001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"So king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) was king over all Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.1"},{"verseId":11004002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And these _were_ the princes which he had; [Azariah](/person/azariah_373) the son of [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest,","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.2"},{"verseId":11004003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"[Elihoreph](/person/elihoreph_1125) and [Ahiah](/person/ahiah_127), the sons of [Shisha](/person/shavsha_2493), scribes; [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_806) the son of [Ahilud](/person/ahilud_142), the recorder.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.3"},{"verseId":11004004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792) _was_ over the host: and [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) _were_ the priests:","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.4"},{"verseId":11004005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Azariah](/person/azariah_374) the son of [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) _was_ over the officers: and [Zabud](/person/zabud_2959) the son of [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) _was_ principal officer, _and_ the king’s friend:","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.5"},{"verseId":11004006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Ahishar](/person/ahishar_161) _was_ over the household: and [Adoniram](/person/adoniram_102) the son of [Abda](/person/abda_4) _was_ over the tribute.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.6"},{"verseId":11004007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.7"},{"verseId":11004008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And these _are_ their names: The son of [Hur](/person/hur_1573), in mount [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.8"},{"verseId":11004009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"The son of [Dekar](/person/dekar_1000), in [Makaz](/place/makaz_758), and in [Shaalbim](/place/shaalbim_1053), and [Beth-shemesh](/place/beth-shemesh_234), and [Elon-beth-hanan](/place/elonbeth-hanan_374):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.9"},{"verseId":11004010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"The son of [Hesed](/person/hesed_1509), in [Aruboth](/place/arubboth_97); to him _pertained_ Sochoh, and all the land of [Hepher](/place/hepher_561):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.10"},{"verseId":11004011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"The son of [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_45), in all the region of [Dor](/place/naphath-dor_875); which had [Taphath](/person/taphath_2825) the daughter of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) to wife:","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.11"},{"verseId":11004012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"[Baana](/person/baana_580) the son of [Ahilud](/person/ahilud_142); _to_ _him_ _pertained_ [Taanach](/place/taanach_1124) and [Megiddo](/place/megiddo_777), and all [Beth-shean](/place/beth-shean_233), which _is_ by [Zartanah](/place/zarethan_1243) beneath [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), from [Beth-shean](/place/beth-shean_233) to [Abel-meholah](/place/abel-meholah_8), _even_ unto _the_ _place_ _that_ _is_ beyond [Jokneam](/place/jokmeam_647):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.12"},{"verseId":11004013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"The son of [Geber](/person/geber_1285), in [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984); to him _pertained_ the towns of [Jair](/person/jair_708) the son of [Manasseh](/person/manasseh_1928), which _are_ in [Gilead](/place/gilead_475); to him _also_ _pertained_ the region of [Argob](/place/argob_88), which _is_ in [Bashan](/place/bashan_159), threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.13"},{"verseId":11004014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"[Ahinadab](/person/ahinadab_151) the son of [Iddo](/person/iddo_1591) _had_ [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.14"},{"verseId":11004015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"[Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_145) _was_ in [Naphtali](/person/naphtali_2149); he also took [Basmath](/person/basmath_415) the daughter of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) to wife:","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.15"},{"verseId":11004016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"[Baanah](/person/baanah_584) the son of [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) _was_ in [Asher](/person/asher_337) and in [Aloth](/place/bealoth_162):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.16"},{"verseId":11004017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"[Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_807) the son of [Paruah](/person/paruah_2278), in [Issachar](/person/issachar_645):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.17"},{"verseId":11004018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"[Shimei](/person/shimei_2685) the son of [Elah](/person/elah_1044), in [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463):","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.18"},{"verseId":11004019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"[Geber](/person/geber_1286) the son of [Uri](/person/uri_2896) _was_ in the country of [Gilead](/place/gilead_475), _in_ the country of [Sihon](/person/sihon_2739) king of the Amorites, and of [Og](/person/og_2238) king of [Bashan](/place/bashan_159); and _he_ _was_ the only officer which _was_ in the land.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.19"},{"verseId":11004020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"[Judah](/person/judah_1751) and Israel _were_ many, as the sand which _is_ by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.20"},{"verseId":11004021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) reigned over all kingdoms from the [river](/place/euphrates_421) unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362): they brought presents, and served [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) all the days of his life.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.21"},{"verseId":11004022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.22"},{"verseId":11004023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.23"},{"verseId":11004025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Judah](/person/judah_1751) and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323) even to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170), all the days of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.25"},{"verseId":11004026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.26"},{"verseId":11004027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And those officers provided victual for king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), and for all that came unto king [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.27"},{"verseId":11004028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where _the_ _officers_ were, every man according to his charge.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.28"},{"verseId":11004029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [God](/person/god_1324) gave [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that _is_ on the sea shore.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.29"},{"verseId":11004030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.30"},{"verseId":11004031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"For he was wiser than all men; than [Ethan](/person/ethan_1222) the Ezrahite, and [Heman](/person/heman_1488), and [Chalcol](/person/chalcol_924), and [Darda](/person/darda_977), the sons of [Mahol](/person/mahol_1898): and his fame was in all nations round about.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.31"},{"verseId":11004032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.32"},{"verseId":11004033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that _is_ in [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720) even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.33"},{"verseId":11004034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.","osisRef":"1Kgs.4.34"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 5","chapterNum":5,"osisRef":"1Kgs.5","verses":[{"verseId":11005001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) king of [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184) sent his servants unto [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762); for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) was ever a lover of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.1"},{"verseId":11005002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sent to [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532), saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.2"},{"verseId":11005003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Thou knowest how that [David](/person/david_994) my father could not build an house unto the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324) for the wars which were about him on every side, until the [LORD](/person/god_1324) put them under the soles of his feet.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.3"},{"verseId":11005004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"But now the [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324) hath given me rest on every side, _so_ _that_ _there_ _is_ neither adversary nor evil occurrent.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.4"},{"verseId":11005005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324), as the [LORD](/person/god_1324) spake unto [David](/person/david_994) my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.5"},{"verseId":11005006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720); 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.6"},{"verseId":11005007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) heard the words of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) this day, which hath given unto [David](/person/david_994) a wise son over this great people.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.7"},{"verseId":11005008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) sent to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.8"},{"verseId":11005009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"My servants shall bring _them_ down from [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.9"},{"verseId":11005010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"So [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) gave [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) cedar trees and fir trees _according_ _to_ all his desire.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.10"},{"verseId":11005011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) gave [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) twenty thousand measures of wheat _for_ food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) to [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) year by year.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.11"},{"verseId":11005012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) gave [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) and [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762); and they two made a league together.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.12"},{"verseId":11005013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.13"},{"verseId":11005014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he sent them to [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720), ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720), _and_ two months at home: and [Adoniram](/person/adoniram_102) _was_ over the levy.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.14"},{"verseId":11005015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.15"},{"verseId":11005016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Beside the chief of [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) officers which _were_ over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.16"},{"verseId":11005017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, _and_ hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.17"},{"verseId":11005018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) builders and [Hiram’s](/person/hiram_1532) builders did hew _them_, and the [stonesquarers](/place/gebal_449): so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.5.18"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 6","chapterNum":6,"osisRef":"1Kgs.6","verses":[{"verseId":11006001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) were come out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), in the fourth year of [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which _is_ the second month, that he began to build the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.1"},{"verseId":11006002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the house which king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) built for the [LORD](/person/god_1324), the length thereof _was_ threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty _cubits_, and the height thereof thirty cubits.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.2"},{"verseId":11006003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.3"},{"verseId":11006004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.4"},{"verseId":11006005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.5"},{"verseId":11006006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.6"},{"verseId":11006007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.7"},{"verseId":11006008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.8"},{"verseId":11006009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.9"},{"verseId":11006010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And _then_ he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house _with_ timber of cedar.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.10"},{"verseId":11006011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.11"},{"verseId":11006012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"_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](/person/david_994) thy father:","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.12"},{"verseId":11006013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And I will dwell among the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), and will not forsake my people Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.13"},{"verseId":11006014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"So [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) built the house, and finished it.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.14"},{"verseId":11006015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: _and_ he covered _them_ on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.15"},{"verseId":11006016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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](/place/most_holy_place_827)_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.16"},{"verseId":11006017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the house, that _is_, the temple before it, was forty cubits _long_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.17"},{"verseId":11006018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the cedar of the house within _was_ carved with knops and open flowers: all _was_ cedar; there was no stone seen.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.18"},{"verseId":11006019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.19"},{"verseId":11006020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.20"},{"verseId":11006021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"So [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.21"},{"verseId":11006022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.22"},{"verseId":11006023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And within the oracle he made two cherubims _of_ olive tree, _each_ ten cubits high.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.23"},{"verseId":11006024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.24"},{"verseId":11006025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And the other cherub _was_ ten cubits: both the cherubims _were_ of one measure and one size.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.25"},{"verseId":11006026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"The height of the one cherub _was_ ten cubits, and so _was_ _it_ of the other cherub.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.26"},{"verseId":11006027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.27"},{"verseId":11006028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.28"},{"verseId":11006029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.29"},{"verseId":11006030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.30"},{"verseId":11006031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"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_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.31"},{"verseId":11006032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"The two doors also _were_ _of_ olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid _them_ with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.32"},{"verseId":11006033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"So also made he for the door of the temple posts _of_ olive tree, a fourth part _of_ _the_ _wall_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.33"},{"verseId":11006034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.34"},{"verseId":11006035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And he carved _thereon_ cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered _them_ with gold fitted upon the carved work.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.35"},{"verseId":11006036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.36"},{"verseId":11006037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) laid, in the month Zif:","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.37"},{"verseId":11006038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.6.38"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 7","chapterNum":7,"osisRef":"1Kgs.7","verses":[{"verseId":11007001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"But [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.1"},{"verseId":11007002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"He built also the house of the forest of [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_585); 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.2"},{"verseId":11007003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And _it_ _was_ covered with cedar above upon the beams, that _lay_ on forty five pillars, fifteen _in_ a row.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.3"},{"verseId":11007004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And _there_ _were_ windows _in_ three rows, and light _was_ against light _in_ three ranks.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.4"},{"verseId":11007005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And all the doors and posts _were_ square, with the windows: and light _was_ against light _in_ three ranks.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.5"},{"verseId":11007006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he made a porch of [pillars](/place/pillars_512); the length thereof _was_ fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch _was_ before them: and the _other_ [pillars](/place/pillars_512) and the thick beam _were_ before them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.6"},{"verseId":11007007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then he made a porch for the [throne](/place/throne_513) where he might judge, _even_ the porch of [judgment](/place/judgment_511): and _it_ _was_ covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.7"},{"verseId":11007008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And his house where he dwelt _had_ another court within the porch, _which_ was of the like work. [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) made also an house for [Pharaoh’s](/person/pharaoh_2331) [daughter](/person/daughter_of_pharaoh_989), whom he had taken _to_ _wife_, like unto this porch.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.8"},{"verseId":11007009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.9"},{"verseId":11007010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the foundation _was_ _of_ costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.10"},{"verseId":11007011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And above _were_ costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.11"},{"verseId":11007012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324), and for the porch of the house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.12"},{"verseId":11007013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sent and fetched [Hiram](/person/hiram_1533) out of [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184).","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.13"},{"verseId":11007014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"He _was_ a widow’s son of the tribe of [Naphtali](/person/naphtali_2149), and his father _was_ a man of [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184), 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](/person/solomon_2762), and wrought all his work.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.14"},{"verseId":11007015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.15"},{"verseId":11007016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.16"},{"verseId":11007017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"_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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.17"},{"verseId":11007018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.18"},{"verseId":11007019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the chapiters that _were_ upon the top of the pillars _were_ of lily work in the porch, four cubits.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.19"},{"verseId":11007020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.20"},{"verseId":11007021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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](/person/boaz_519).","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.21"},{"verseId":11007022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And upon the top of the pillars _was_ lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.22"},{"verseId":11007023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.23"},{"verseId":11007024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.24"},{"verseId":11007025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.25"},{"verseId":11007026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.26"},{"verseId":11007027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.27"},{"verseId":11007028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And the work of the bases _was_ on this _manner_: they had borders, and the borders _were_ between the ledges:","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.28"},{"verseId":11007029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And on the borders that _were_ between the ledges _were_ lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges _there_ _was_ a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen _were_ certain additions made of thin work.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.29"},{"verseId":11007030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver _were_ undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.30"},{"verseId":11007031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.31"},{"verseId":11007032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.32"},{"verseId":11007033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.33"},{"verseId":11007034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And _there_ _were_ four undersetters to the four corners of one base: _and_ the undersetters _were_ of the very base itself.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.34"},{"verseId":11007035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.35"},{"verseId":11007036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.36"},{"verseId":11007037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"After this _manner_ he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, _and_ one size.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.37"},{"verseId":11007038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.38"},{"verseId":11007039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.39"},{"verseId":11007040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1533) made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So [Hiram](/person/hiram_1533) made an end of doing all the work that he made king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) for the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324):","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.40"},{"verseId":11007041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"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;","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.41"},{"verseId":11007042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"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;","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.42"},{"verseId":11007043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.43"},{"verseId":11007044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.44"},{"verseId":11007045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which [Hiram](/person/hiram_1533) made to king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) for the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _were_ _of_ bright brass.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.45"},{"verseId":11007046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"In the plain of [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) did the king cast them, in the clay ground between [Succoth](/place/succoth_1113) and Zarthan.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.46"},{"verseId":11007047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) left all the vessels _unweighed_, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.47"},{"verseId":11007048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) made all the vessels that _pertained_ unto the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread _was_,","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.48"},{"verseId":11007049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"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,","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.49"},{"verseId":11007050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, 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](/place/most_holy_place_827)_, _and_ for the doors of the house, _to_ _wit_, of the temple.","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.50"},{"verseId":11007051,"verseNum":51,"mdText":"So was ended all the work that king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) made for the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) brought in the things which [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.7.51"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 8","chapterNum":8,"osisRef":"1Kgs.8","verses":[{"verseId":11008001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), unto king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) out of the city of [David](/person/david_994), which _is_ [Zion](/place/zion_1263).","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.1"},{"verseId":11008002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) at the feast in the month Ethanim, which _is_ the seventh month.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.2"},{"verseId":11008003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.3"},{"verseId":11008004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And they brought up the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.4"},{"verseId":11008005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.5"},{"verseId":11008006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) unto his [place](/place/most_holy_place_827), into the oracle of the house, to the most holy _[place](/place/most_holy_place_827)_, _even_ under the wings of the cherubims.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.6"},{"verseId":11008007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"For the cherubims spread forth _their_ two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.7"},{"verseId":11008008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy _[place](/place/holy_place_575)_ before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.8"},{"verseId":11008009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"_There_ _was_ nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which [Moses](/person/moses_2108) put there at [Horeb](/place/horeb_576), when the [LORD](/person/god_1324) made _a_ _covenant_ with the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), when they came out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.9"},{"verseId":11008010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy _[place](/place/holy_place_575)_, that the cloud filled the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324),","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.10"},{"verseId":11008011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had filled the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.11"},{"verseId":11008012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Then spake [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), The [LORD](/person/god_1324) said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.12"},{"verseId":11008013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled [place](/place/most_holy_place_827) for thee to abide in for ever.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.13"},{"verseId":11008014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood);","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.14"},{"verseId":11008015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he said, Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto [David](/person/david_994) my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled _it_, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.15"},{"verseId":11008016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), 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](/person/david_994) to be over my people Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.16"},{"verseId":11008017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And it was in the heart of [David](/person/david_994) my father to build an house for the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.17"},{"verseId":11008018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [David](/person/david_994) my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.18"},{"verseId":11008019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.19"},{"verseId":11008020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of [David](/person/david_994) my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the [LORD](/person/god_1324) promised, and have built an house for the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.20"},{"verseId":11008021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein _is_ the covenant of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.21"},{"verseId":11008022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) stood before the altar of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.22"},{"verseId":11008023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And he said, [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, _there_ _is_ no [God](/person/god_1324) 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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.23"},{"verseId":11008024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Who hast kept with thy servant [David](/person/david_994) my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled _it_ with thine hand, as _it_ _is_ this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.24"},{"verseId":11008025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Therefore now, [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, keep with thy servant [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.25"},{"verseId":11008026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And now, O [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant [David](/person/david_994) my father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.26"},{"verseId":11008027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But will [God](/person/god_1324) indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.27"},{"verseId":11008028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324), to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.28"},{"verseId":11008029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.29"},{"verseId":11008030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.30"},{"verseId":11008031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.31"},{"verseId":11008032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.32"},{"verseId":11008033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.33"},{"verseId":11008034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.34"},{"verseId":11008035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.35"},{"verseId":11008036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.36"},{"verseId":11008037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, _or_ if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness _there_ _be_;","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.37"},{"verseId":11008038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.38"},{"verseId":11008039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"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);","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.39"},{"verseId":11008040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.40"},{"verseId":11008041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"Moreover concerning a stranger, that _is_ not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.41"},{"verseId":11008042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"(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;","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.42"},{"verseId":11008043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.43"},{"verseId":11008044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) toward the city which thou hast chosen, and _toward_ the house that I have built for thy name:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.44"},{"verseId":11008045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.45"},{"verseId":11008046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"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;","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.46"},{"verseId":11008047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"_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;","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.47"},{"verseId":11008048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.48"},{"verseId":11008049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.49"},{"verseId":11008050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.50"},{"verseId":11008051,"verseNum":51,"mdText":"For they _be_ thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), from the midst of the furnace of iron:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.51"},{"verseId":11008052,"verseNum":52,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.52"},{"verseId":11008053,"verseNum":53,"mdText":"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](/person/moses_2108) thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), O [Lord](/person/god_1324) GOD.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.53"},{"verseId":11008054,"verseNum":54,"mdText":"And it was _so_, that when [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), he arose from before the altar of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.54"},{"verseId":11008055,"verseNum":55,"mdText":"And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.55"},{"verseId":11008056,"verseNum":56,"mdText":"Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324), 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](/person/moses_2108) his servant.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.56"},{"verseId":11008057,"verseNum":57,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324) be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.57"},{"verseId":11008058,"verseNum":58,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.58"},{"verseId":11008059,"verseNum":59,"mdText":"And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), be nigh unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324) 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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.59"},{"verseId":11008060,"verseNum":60,"mdText":"That all the people of the earth may know that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ [God](/person/god_1324), _and_ _that_ _there_ _is_ none else.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.60"},{"verseId":11008061,"verseNum":61,"mdText":"Let your heart therefore be perfect with the [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324), to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.61"},{"verseId":11008062,"verseNum":62,"mdText":"And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.62"},{"verseId":11008063,"verseNum":63,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) dedicated the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.63"},{"verseId":11008064,"verseNum":64,"mdText":"The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that _was_ before the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that _was_ before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _was_ too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.64"},{"verseId":11008065,"verseNum":65,"mdText":"And at that time [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of [Hamath](/place/lebo-hamath_723) unto the river of [Egypt](/place/egypt_259), before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) our [God](/person/god_1324), seven days and seven days, _even_ fourteen days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.65"},{"verseId":11008066,"verseNum":66,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) had done for [David](/person/david_994) his servant, and for Israel his people.","osisRef":"1Kgs.8.66"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 9","chapterNum":9,"osisRef":"1Kgs.9","verses":[{"verseId":11009001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had finished the building of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the king’s house, and all [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) desire which he was pleased to do,","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.1"},{"verseId":11009002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"That the [LORD](/person/god_1324) appeared to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) the second time, as he had appeared unto him at [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.2"},{"verseId":11009003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.3"},{"verseId":11009004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And if thou wilt walk before me, as [David](/person/david_994) 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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.4"},{"verseId":11009005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to [David](/person/david_994) thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.5"},{"verseId":11009006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"_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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.6"},{"verseId":11009007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.7"},{"verseId":11009008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) done thus unto this land, and to this house?","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.8"},{"verseId":11009009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And they shall answer, Because they forsook the [LORD](/person/god_1324) their [God](/person/god_1324), who brought forth their fathers out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the [LORD](/person/god_1324) brought upon them all this evil.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.9"},{"verseId":11009010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had built the two houses, the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the king’s house,","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.10"},{"verseId":11009011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"(_Now_ [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) the king of [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184) had furnished [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) gave [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) twenty cities in the land of [Galilee](/place/galilee_433).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.11"},{"verseId":11009012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) came out from [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184) to see the cities which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had given him; and they pleased him not.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.12"},{"verseId":11009013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he said, What cities _are_ these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of [Cabul](/place/cabul_265) unto this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.13"},{"verseId":11009014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.14"},{"verseId":11009015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And this _is_ the reason of the levy which king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) raised; for to build the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and his own house, and [Millo](/place/millo_802), and the wall of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and [Hazor](/place/hazor_545), and [Megiddo](/place/megiddo_777), and [Gezer](/place/gezer_463).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.15"},{"verseId":11009016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"_For_ [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) had gone up, and taken [Gezer](/place/gezer_463), 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](/person/solomon_2762) wife.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.16"},{"verseId":11009017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) built [Gezer](/place/gezer_463), and [Beth-horon](/place/beth-horon_733) the nether,","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.17"},{"verseId":11009018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Baalath](/place/baalath_137), and [Tadmor](/place/tamar_1134) in the wilderness, in the land,","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.18"},{"verseId":11009019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And all the cities of store that [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) desired to build in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and in [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_720), and in all the land of his dominion.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.19"},{"verseId":11009020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"_And_ all the people _that_ _were_ left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which _were_ not of the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682),","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.20"},{"verseId":11009021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.21"},{"verseId":11009022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But of the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) did [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.22"},{"verseId":11009023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"These _were_ the chief of the officers that _were_ over [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.23"},{"verseId":11009024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"But [Pharaoh’s](/person/pharaoh_2331) [daughter](/person/daughter_of_pharaoh_989) came up out of the city of [David](/person/david_994) unto her house which _[Solomon](/person/solomon_2762)_ had built for her: then did he build [Millo](/place/millo_802).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.24"},{"verseId":11009025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And three times in a year did [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and he burnt incense upon the altar that _was_ before the [LORD](/person/god_1324). So he finished the house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.25"},{"verseId":11009026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) made a navy of ships in [Ezion-geber](/place/ezion-geber_423), which _is_ beside [Eloth](/place/eloth_375), on the shore of the [Red](/place/red_sea_986) [sea](/place/red_sea_986), in the land of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.26"},{"verseId":11009027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.27"},{"verseId":11009028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And they came to [Ophir](/place/ophir_911), and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought _it_ to king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.9.28"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 10","chapterNum":10,"osisRef":"1Kgs.10","verses":[{"verseId":11010001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And when the [queen](/person/queen_of_sheba_2379) of [Sheba](/place/sheba_1067) heard of the fame of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) concerning the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), she came to prove him with hard questions.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.1"},{"verseId":11010002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And she came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), she communed with him of all that was in her heart.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.2"},{"verseId":11010003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) told her all her questions: there was not _any_ thing hid from the king, which he told her not.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.3"},{"verseId":11010004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And when the [queen](/person/queen_of_sheba_2379) of [Sheba](/place/sheba_1067) had seen all [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) wisdom, and the house that he had built,","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.4"},{"verseId":11010005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); there was no more spirit in her.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.5"},{"verseId":11010006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.6"},{"verseId":11010007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen _it_: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.7"},{"verseId":11010008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Happy _are_ thy men, happy _are_ these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, _and_ that hear thy wisdom.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.8"},{"verseId":11010009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Blessed be the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.9"},{"verseId":11010010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the [queen](/person/queen_of_sheba_2379) of [Sheba](/place/sheba_1067) gave to king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.10"},{"verseId":11010011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the navy also of [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532), that brought gold from [Ophir](/place/ophir_911), brought in from [Ophir](/place/ophir_911) great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.11"},{"verseId":11010012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.12"},{"verseId":11010013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) gave unto the [queen](/person/queen_of_sheba_2379) of [Sheba](/place/sheba_1067) all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside _that_ which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.13"},{"verseId":11010014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Now the weight of gold that came to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.14"},{"verseId":11010015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Beside _that_ _he_ _had_ of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.15"},{"verseId":11010016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) made two hundred targets _of_ beaten gold: six hundred _shekels_ of gold went to one target.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.16"},{"verseId":11010017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And _he_ _made_ three hundred shields _of_ beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_585).","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.17"},{"verseId":11010018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.18"},{"verseId":11010019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne _was_ round behind: and _there_ _were_ stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.19"},{"verseId":11010020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.20"},{"verseId":11010021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And all king [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) drinking vessels _were_ _of_ gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of [Lebanon](/place/lebanon_585) _were_ _of_ pure gold; none _were_ _of_ silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.21"},{"verseId":11010022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"For the king had at sea a navy of [Tharshish](/place/tarshish_1139) with the navy of [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532): once in three years came the navy of [Tharshish](/place/tarshish_1139), bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.22"},{"verseId":11010023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"So king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.23"},{"verseId":11010024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And all the earth sought to [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), to hear his wisdom, which [God](/person/god_1324) had put in his heart.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.24"},{"verseId":11010025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.25"},{"verseId":11010026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.26"},{"verseId":11010027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And the king made silver _to_ _be_ in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) as stones, and cedars made he _to_ _be_ as the sycomore [trees](/place/shephelah_1074) that _are_ in the vale, for abundance.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.27"},{"verseId":11010028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had horses brought out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.28"},{"verseId":11010029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And a chariot came up and went out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) for six hundred _shekels_ of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of [Syria](/place/syria_1122), did they bring _them_ out by their means.","osisRef":"1Kgs.10.29"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 11","chapterNum":11,"osisRef":"1Kgs.11","verses":[{"verseId":11011001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"But king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) loved many strange women, together with the [daughter](/person/daughter_of_pharaoh_989) of [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332), women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, _and_ Hittites;","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.1"},{"verseId":11011002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Of the nations _concerning_ which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), 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](/person/solomon_2762) clave unto these in love.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.2"},{"verseId":11011003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.3"},{"verseId":11011004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"For it came to pass, when [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) was old, _that_ his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the [LORD](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324), as _was_ the heart of [David](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.4"},{"verseId":11011005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"For [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) went after [Ashtoreth](/person/ashtoreth_341) the goddess of the Zidonians, and after [Milcom](/person/milcom_2084) the abomination of the Ammonites.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.5"},{"verseId":11011006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and went not fully after the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as _did_ [David](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.6"},{"verseId":11011007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then did [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) build an high place for [Chemosh](/person/chemosh_931), the abomination of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), in the hill that _is_ before [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and for [Molech](/person/molech_2104), the abomination of the children of Ammon.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.7"},{"verseId":11011008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.8"},{"verseId":11011009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was angry with [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), because his heart was turned from the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.9"},{"verseId":11011010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.10"},{"verseId":11011011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Wherefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.11"},{"verseId":11011012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for [David](/person/david_994) thy father’s sake: _but_ I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.12"},{"verseId":11011013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; _but_ will give one tribe to thy son for [David](/person/david_994) my servant’s sake, and for [Jerusalem’s](/place/jerusalem_636) sake which I have chosen.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.13"},{"verseId":11011014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) stirred up an adversary unto [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) the [Edomite](/person/esau_1216): he _was_ of the king’s seed in [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357).","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.14"},{"verseId":11011015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"For it came to pass, when [David](/person/david_994) was in [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357), and [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357);","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.15"},{"verseId":11011016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"(For six months did [Joab](/person/joab_1617) remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357)):","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.16"},{"verseId":11011017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"That [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into [Egypt](/place/egypt_362); [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) _being_ yet a little child.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.17"},{"verseId":11011019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) found great favour in the sight of [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332), so that he gave him to wife the [sister](/person/sister_of_tahpenes_2759) of his own wife, the [sister](/person/sister_of_tahpenes_2759) of [Tahpenes](/person/tahpenes_2817) the queen.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.19"},{"verseId":11011020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the [sister](/person/sister_of_tahpenes_2759) of [Tahpenes](/person/tahpenes_2817) bare him [Genubath](/person/genubath_1297) his son, whom [Tahpenes](/person/tahpenes_2817) weaned in [Pharaoh’s](/person/pharaoh_2332) house: and [Genubath](/person/genubath_1297) was in [Pharaoh’s](/person/pharaoh_2331) household among the sons of [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332).","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.20"},{"verseId":11011021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And when [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) heard in [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) that [David](/person/david_994) slept with his fathers, and that [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the captain of the host was dead, [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) said to [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332), Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.21"},{"verseId":11011022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then [Pharaoh](/person/pharaoh_2332) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.22"},{"verseId":11011023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [God](/person/god_1324) stirred him up _another_ adversary, [Rezon](/person/rezon_2437) the son of [Eliadah](/person/eliadah_1080), which fled from his lord [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340) king of [Zobah](/place/zobah_1272):","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.23"},{"verseId":11011024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when [David](/person/david_994) slew them _of_ _Zobah_: and they went to [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), and dwelt therein, and reigned in [Damascus](/place/damascus_322).","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.24"},{"verseId":11011025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), beside the mischief that [Hadad](/person/hadad_1339) _did_: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over [Syria](/place/syria_1122).","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.25"},{"verseId":11011026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), an Ephrathite of [Zereda](/place/zeredah_1254), [Solomon’s](/person/solomon_2762) servant, whose mother’s name _was_ [Zeruah](/person/zeruah_3053), a widow woman, even he lifted up _his_ hand against the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.26"},{"verseId":11011027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And this _was_ the cause that he lifted up _his_ hand against the king: [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) built [Millo](/place/millo_802), _and_ repaired the breaches of the city of [David](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.27"},{"verseId":11011028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And the man [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) _was_ a mighty man of valour: and [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of [Joseph](/person/joseph_1710).","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.28"},{"verseId":11011029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And it came to pass at that time when [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) went out of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), that the prophet [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two _were_ alone in the field:","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.29"},{"verseId":11011030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) caught the new garment that _was_ on him, and rent it _in_ twelve pieces:","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.30"},{"verseId":11011031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And he said to [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), and will give ten tribes to thee:","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.31"},{"verseId":11011032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"(But he shall have one tribe for my servant [David’s](/person/david_994) sake, and for [Jerusalem’s](/place/jerusalem_636) sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel):","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.32"},{"verseId":11011033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped [Ashtoreth](/person/ashtoreth_341) the goddess of the Zidonians, [Chemosh](/person/chemosh_931) the god of the [Moabites](/place/moab_815), and [Milcom](/person/milcom_2084) 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](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.33"},{"verseId":11011034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"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](/person/david_994) my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.34"},{"verseId":11011035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, _even_ ten tribes.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.35"},{"verseId":11011036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And unto his son will I give one tribe, that [David](/person/david_994) my servant may have a light alway before me in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.36"},{"verseId":11011037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.37"},{"verseId":11011038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"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](/person/david_994) my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for [David](/person/david_994), and will give Israel unto thee.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.38"},{"verseId":11011039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And I will for this afflict the seed of [David](/person/david_994), but not for ever.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.39"},{"verseId":11011040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"[Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) sought therefore to kill [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872). And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) arose, and fled into [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), unto [Shishak](/person/shishak_2712) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), and was in [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) until the death of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.40"},{"verseId":11011041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), and all that he did, and his wisdom, _are_ they not written in the book of the acts of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.41"},{"verseId":11011042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And the time that [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) reigned in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) over all Israel _was_ forty years.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.42"},{"verseId":11011043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of [David](/person/david_994) his father: and [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.11.43"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 12","chapterNum":12,"osisRef":"1Kgs.12","verses":[{"verseId":11012001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) went to [Shechem](/place/shechem_1069): for all Israel were come to [Shechem](/place/shechem_1069) to make him king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.1"},{"verseId":11012002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who was yet in [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), heard _of_ _it_, (for he was fled from the presence of king [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) dwelt in [Egypt](/place/egypt_362));","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.2"},{"verseId":11012003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"That they sent and called him. And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412), saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.3"},{"verseId":11012004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.4"},{"verseId":11012005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And he said unto them, Depart yet _for_ three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.5"},{"verseId":11012006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And king [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) consulted with the old men, that stood before [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.6"},{"verseId":11012007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.7"},{"verseId":11012008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.8"},{"verseId":11012009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.9"},{"verseId":11012010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.10"},{"verseId":11012011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.11"},{"verseId":11012012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"So [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) and all the people came to [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.12"},{"verseId":11012013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.13"},{"verseId":11012014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.14"},{"verseId":11012015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that he might perform his saying, which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) spake by [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) the Shilonite unto [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.15"},{"verseId":11012016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in [David](/person/david_994)? neither _have_ _we_ inheritance in the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903): to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, [David](/person/david_994). So Israel departed unto their tents.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.16"},{"verseId":11012017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"But _as_ _for_ the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) which dwelt in the cities of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) reigned over them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.17"},{"verseId":11012018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then king [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) sent [Adoram](/person/adoniram_102), who _was_ over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.18"},{"verseId":11012019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"So Israel rebelled against the house of [David](/person/david_994) unto this day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.19"},{"verseId":11012020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) 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](/person/david_994), but the tribe of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) only.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.20"},{"verseId":11012021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And when [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) was come to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), he assembled all the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), with the tribe of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) the son of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.21"},{"verseId":11012022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But the word of [God](/person/god_1324) came unto [Shemaiah](/person/shemaiah_2619) the man of [God](/person/god_1324), saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.22"},{"verseId":11012023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Speak unto [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412), the son of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762), king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and unto all the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) and [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), and to the remnant of the people, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.23"},{"verseId":11012024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682): return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and returned to depart, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.24"},{"verseId":11012025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Then [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) built [Shechem](/place/shechem_1069) in mount [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206), and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built [Penuel](/place/penuel_931).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.25"},{"verseId":11012026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of [David](/person/david_994):","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.26"},{"verseId":11012027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, _even_ unto [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and they shall kill me, and go again to [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.27"},{"verseId":11012028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"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](/place/jerusalem_636): behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.28"},{"verseId":11012029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And he set the one in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), and the other put he in [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.29"},{"verseId":11012030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And this thing became a sin: for the people went _to_ _worship_ before the one, _even_ unto [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.30"},{"verseId":11012031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"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](/person/levi_1820).","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.31"},{"verseId":11012032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that _is_ in [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and he offered upon the altar. So did he in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202) the priests of the high places which he had made.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.32"},{"verseId":11012033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"So he offered upon the altar which he had made in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202) 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](/person/israel_682): and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.","osisRef":"1Kgs.12.33"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 13","chapterNum":13,"osisRef":"1Kgs.13","verses":[{"verseId":11013001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And, behold, there came a man of [God](/person/god_1324) out of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) unto [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202): and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) stood by the altar to burn incense.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.1"},{"verseId":11013002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he cried against the altar in the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324); Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of [David](/person/david_994), [Josiah](/person/josiah_1730) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.2"},{"verseId":11013003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This _is_ the sign which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that _are_ upon it shall be poured out.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.3"},{"verseId":11013004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when king [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) heard the saying of the man of [God](/person/god_1324), which had cried against the altar in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.4"},{"verseId":11013005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of [God](/person/god_1324) had given by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.5"},{"verseId":11013006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the king answered and said unto the man of [God](/person/god_1324), Intreat now the face of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of [God](/person/god_1324) besought the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as _it_ _was_ before.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.6"},{"verseId":11013007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the king said unto the man of [God](/person/god_1324), Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.7"},{"verseId":11013008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the man of [God](/person/god_1324) 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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.8"},{"verseId":11013009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"For so was it charged me by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.9"},{"verseId":11013010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202).","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.10"},{"verseId":11013011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Now there dwelt an old prophet in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202); and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of [God](/person/god_1324) had done that day in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202): the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.11"},{"verseId":11013012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of [God](/person/god_1324) went, which came from [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.12"},{"verseId":11013013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.13"},{"verseId":11013014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And went after the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, _Art_ thou the man of [God](/person/god_1324) that camest from [Judah](/person/judah_1751)? And he said, I _am_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.14"},{"verseId":11013015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.15"},{"verseId":11013016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.16"},{"verseId":11013017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"For it was said to me by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.17"},{"verseId":11013018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"He said unto him, I _am_ a prophet also as thou _art_; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. _But_ he lied unto him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.18"},{"verseId":11013019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.19"},{"verseId":11013020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came unto the prophet that brought him back:","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.20"},{"verseId":11013021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And he cried unto the man of [God](/person/god_1324) that came from [Judah](/person/judah_1751), saying, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and hast not kept the commandment which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) commanded thee,","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.21"},{"verseId":11013022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which _the_ _[LORD](/person/god_1324)_ did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.22"},{"verseId":11013023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.23"},{"verseId":11013024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.24"},{"verseId":11013025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told _it_ in the city where the old prophet dwelt.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.25"},{"verseId":11013026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard _thereof_, he said, It _is_ the man of [God](/person/god_1324), who was disobedient unto the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): therefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake unto him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.26"},{"verseId":11013027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled _him_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.27"},{"verseId":11013028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.28"},{"verseId":11013029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of [God](/person/god_1324), and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.29"},{"verseId":11013030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, _saying_, Alas, my brother!","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.30"},{"verseId":11013031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) _is_ buried; lay my bones beside his bones:","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.31"},{"verseId":11013032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"For the saying which he cried by the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) against the altar in [Beth-el](/place/bethel_202), and against all the houses of the high places which _are_ in the cities of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), shall surely come to pass.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.32"},{"verseId":11013033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"After this thing [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.33"},{"verseId":11013034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And this thing became sin unto the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), even to cut _it_ off, and to destroy _it_ from off the face of the earth.","osisRef":"1Kgs.13.34"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 14","chapterNum":14,"osisRef":"1Kgs.14","verses":[{"verseId":11014001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"At that time [Abijah](/person/abijah_35) the son of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) fell sick.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.1"},{"verseId":11014002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872); and get thee to [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081): behold, there _is_ [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) the prophet, which told me that _I_ _should_ _be_ king over this people.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.2"},{"verseId":11014003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.3"},{"verseId":11014004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam’s](/person/jeroboam_872) wife did so, and arose, and went to [Shiloh](/place/shiloh_1081), and came to the house of [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135). But [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.4"},{"verseId":11014005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135), Behold, the wife of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) 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_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.5"},{"verseId":11014006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And it was _so_, when [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872); why feignest thou thyself _to_ _be_ another? for I _am_ sent to thee _with_ heavy _tidings_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.6"},{"verseId":11014007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Go, tell [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.7"},{"verseId":11014008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And rent the kingdom away from the house of [David](/person/david_994), and gave it thee: and _yet_ thou hast not been as my servant [David](/person/david_994), who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do _that_ only _which_ _was_ right in mine eyes;","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.8"},{"verseId":11014009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.9"},{"verseId":11014010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), and will cut off from [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) 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](/person/jeroboam_872), as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.10"},{"verseId":11014011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Him that dieth of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath spoken _it_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.11"},{"verseId":11014012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: _and_ when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.12"},{"verseId":11014013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) shall come to the grave, because in him there is found _some_ good thing toward the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel in the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872).","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.13"},{"verseId":11014014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Moreover the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) that day: but what? even now.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.14"},{"verseId":11014015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"For the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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](/place/euphrates_421), because they have made their groves, provoking the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to anger.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.15"},{"verseId":11014016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.16"},{"verseId":11014017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Jeroboam’s](/person/jeroboam_872) wife arose, and departed, and came to [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170): _and_ when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.17"},{"verseId":11014018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake by the hand of his servant [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) the prophet.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.18"},{"verseId":11014019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the rest of the acts of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they _are_ written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.19"},{"verseId":11014020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the days which [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) reigned _were_ two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and [Nadab](/person/nadab_2129) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.20"},{"verseId":11014021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) the son of [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) reigned in [Judah](/person/judah_1751). [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) _was_ forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), the city which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name _was_ [Naamah](/person/naamah_2119) an Ammonitess.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.21"},{"verseId":11014022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Judah](/person/judah_1751) did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.22"},{"verseId":11014023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.23"},{"verseId":11014024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And there were also sodomites in the land: _and_ they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) cast out before the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682).","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.24"},{"verseId":11014025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the fifth year of king [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412), _that_ [Shishak](/person/shishak_2712) king of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362) came up against [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636):","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.25"},{"verseId":11014026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And he took away the treasures of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762) had made.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.26"},{"verseId":11014027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And king [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) made in their stead brasen shields, and committed _them_ unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.27"},{"verseId":11014028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And it was _so_, when the king went into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.28"},{"verseId":11014029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.29"},{"verseId":11014030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And there was war between [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) all _their_ days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.30"},{"verseId":11014031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994). And his mother’s name _was_ [Naamah](/person/naamah_2119) an Ammonitess. And [Abijam](/person/abijah_38) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.14.31"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 15","chapterNum":15,"osisRef":"1Kgs.15","verses":[{"verseId":11015001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now in the eighteenth year of king [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165) reigned [Abijam](/person/abijah_38) over [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.1"},{"verseId":11015002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Three years reigned he in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Maachah](/person/maachah_1841), the daughter of [Abishalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.2"},{"verseId":11015003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324), as the heart of [David](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.3"},{"verseId":11015004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Nevertheless for [David’s](/person/david_994) sake did the [LORD](/person/god_1324) his [God](/person/god_1324) give him a lamp in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), to set up his son after him, and to establish [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636):","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.4"},{"verseId":11015005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Because [David](/person/david_994) did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the eyes of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and turned not aside from any _thing_ that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.5"},{"verseId":11015006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And there was war between [Rehoboam](/person/rehoboam_2412) and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) all the days of his life.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.6"},{"verseId":11015007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Abijam](/person/abijah_38), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)? And there was war between [Abijam](/person/abijah_38) and [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.7"},{"verseId":11015008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Abijam](/person/abijah_38) slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of [David](/person/david_994): and [Asa](/person/asa_318) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.8"},{"verseId":11015009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And in the twentieth year of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) king of Israel reigned [Asa](/person/asa_318) over [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.9"},{"verseId":11015010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And forty and one years reigned he in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Maachah](/person/maachah_1841), the daughter of [Abishalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.10"},{"verseId":11015011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Asa](/person/asa_318) did _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the eyes of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as _did_ [David](/person/david_994) his father.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.11"},{"verseId":11015012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.12"},{"verseId":11015013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And also [Maachah](/person/maachah_1841) his mother, even her he removed from _being_ queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and [Asa](/person/asa_318) destroyed her idol, and burnt _it_ by the brook [Kidron](/place/kidron_687).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.13"},{"verseId":11015014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"But the high places were not removed: nevertheless [Asa’s](/person/asa_318) heart was perfect with the [LORD](/person/god_1324) all his days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.14"},{"verseId":11015015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), silver, and gold, and vessels.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.15"},{"verseId":11015016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And there was war between [Asa](/person/asa_318) and [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) king of Israel all their days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.16"},{"verseId":11015017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) king of Israel went up against [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and built [Ramah](/place/ramah_972), that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.17"},{"verseId":11015018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then [Asa](/person/asa_318) took all the silver and the gold _that_ _were_ left in the treasures of the house of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king [Asa](/person/asa_318) sent them to [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452), the son of [Tabrimon](/person/tabrimon_2811), the son of [Hezion](/person/hezion_1515), king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122), that dwelt at [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.18"},{"verseId":11015019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"_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](/person/baasha_589) king of Israel, that he may depart from me.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.19"},{"verseId":11015020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"So [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) hearkened unto king [Asa](/person/asa_318), and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote [Ijon](/place/ijon_594), and [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323), and [Abel-beth-maachah](/place/abel-beth-maacah_5), and all [Cinneroth](/place/chinneroth_295), with all the land of [Naphtali](/person/naphtali_2149).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.20"},{"verseId":11015021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) heard _thereof_, that he left off building of [Ramah](/place/ramah_972), and dwelt in [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.21"},{"verseId":11015022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then king [Asa](/person/asa_318) made a proclamation throughout all [Judah](/person/judah_1751); none _was_ exempted: and they took away the stones of [Ramah](/place/ramah_972), and the timber thereof, wherewith [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) had builded; and king [Asa](/person/asa_318) built with them [Geba](/place/geba_447) of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), and Mizpah.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.22"},{"verseId":11015023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"The rest of all the acts of [Asa](/person/asa_318), 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](/person/judah_1751)? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.23"},{"verseId":11015024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Asa](/person/asa_318) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994) his father: and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.24"},{"verseId":11015025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Nadab](/person/nadab_2129) the son of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) began to reign over Israel in the second year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and reigned over Israel two years.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.25"},{"verseId":11015026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And he did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.26"},{"verseId":11015027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) the son of [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_136), of the house of [Issachar](/person/issachar_645), conspired against him; and [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) smote him at [Gibbethon](/place/gibbethon_465), which _belonged_ to the Philistines; for [Nadab](/person/nadab_2129) and all Israel laid siege to [Gibbethon](/place/gibbethon_465).","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.27"},{"verseId":11015028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Even in the third year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) did [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) slay him, and reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.28"},{"verseId":11015029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when he reigned, _that_ he smote all the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872); he left not to [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake by his servant [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_135) the Shilonite:","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.29"},{"verseId":11015030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Because of the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel to anger.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.30"},{"verseId":11015031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Nadab](/person/nadab_2129), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.31"},{"verseId":11015032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And there was war between [Asa](/person/asa_318) and [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) king of Israel all their days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.32"},{"verseId":11015033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"In the third year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) the son of [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_136) to reign over all Israel in [[Tirzah](/person/tirzah_2868)](/place/tirzah_1170), twenty and four years.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.33"},{"verseId":11015034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And he did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and walked in the way of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"1Kgs.15.34"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 16","chapterNum":16,"osisRef":"1Kgs.16","verses":[{"verseId":11016001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came to [Jehu](/person/jehu_816) the son of [Hanani](/person/hanani_1379) against [Baasha](/person/baasha_589), saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.1"},{"verseId":11016002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.2"},{"verseId":11016003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Behold, I will take away the posterity of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589), and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.3"},{"verseId":11016004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Him that dieth of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.4"},{"verseId":11016005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589), and what he did, and his might, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.5"},{"verseId":11016006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) slept with his fathers, and was buried in [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170): and [Elah](/person/elah_1045) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.6"},{"verseId":11016007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And also by the hand of the prophet [Jehu](/person/jehu_816) the son of [Hanani](/person/hanani_1379) came the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) against [Baasha](/person/baasha_589), and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872); and because he killed him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.7"},{"verseId":11016009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And his servant [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088), captain of half _his_ chariots, conspired against him, as he was in [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170), drinking himself drunk in the house of [Arza](/person/arza_317) steward of _his_ house in [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.9"},{"verseId":11016010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088) went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.10"},{"verseId":11016011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, _that_ he slew all the house of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589): he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.11"},{"verseId":11016012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Thus did [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088) destroy all the house of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589), according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake against [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) by [Jehu](/person/jehu_816) the prophet,","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.12"},{"verseId":11016013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"For all the sins of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589), and the sins of [Elah](/person/elah_1045) his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel to anger with their vanities.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.13"},{"verseId":11016014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Elah](/person/elah_1045), and all that he did, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.14"},{"verseId":11016015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"In the twenty and seventh year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) did [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088) reign seven days in [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170). And the people _were_ encamped against [Gibbethon](/place/gibbethon_465), which _belonged_ to the Philistines.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.15"},{"verseId":11016016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the people _that_ _were_ encamped heard say, [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088) hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made [Omri](/person/omri_2243), the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.16"},{"verseId":11016017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Omri](/person/omri_2243) went up from [Gibbethon](/place/gibbethon_465), and all Israel with him, and they besieged [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.17"},{"verseId":11016018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088) saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.18"},{"verseId":11016019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), in walking in the way of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872), and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.19"},{"verseId":11016020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Zimri](/person/zimri_3088), and his treason that he wrought, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.20"},{"verseId":11016021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed [Tibni](/person/tibni_2853) the son of [Ginath](/person/ginath_1320), to make him king; and half followed [Omri](/person/omri_2243).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.21"},{"verseId":11016022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"But the people that followed [Omri](/person/omri_2243) prevailed against the people that followed [Tibni](/person/tibni_2853) the son of [Ginath](/person/ginath_1320): so [Tibni](/person/tibni_2853) died, and [Omri](/person/omri_2243) reigned.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.22"},{"verseId":11016023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"In the thirty and first year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began [Omri](/person/omri_2243) to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in [Tirzah](/place/tirzah_1170).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.23"},{"verseId":11016024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And he bought the hill [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) of [Shemer](/person/shemer_2649) for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of [Shemer](/person/shemer_2649), owner of the hill, [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.24"},{"verseId":11016025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But [Omri](/person/omri_2243) wrought evil in the eyes of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and did worse than all that _were_ before him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.25"},{"verseId":11016026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"For he walked in all the way of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel to anger with their vanities.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.26"},{"verseId":11016027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Omri](/person/omri_2243) which he did, and his might that he shewed, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.27"},{"verseId":11016028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"So [Omri](/person/omri_2243) slept with his fathers, and was buried in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022): and [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.28"},{"verseId":11016029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And in the thirty and eighth year of [Asa](/person/asa_318) king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) began [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) the son of [Omri](/person/omri_2243) to reign over Israel: and [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) the son of [Omri](/person/omri_2243) reigned over Israel in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) twenty and two years.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.29"},{"verseId":11016030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) the son of [Omri](/person/omri_2243) did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) above all that _were_ before him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.30"},{"verseId":11016031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), that he took to wife [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) the daughter of [Ethbaal](/person/ethbaal_1225) king of the Zidonians, and went and served [Baal](/person/baal_573), and worshipped him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.31"},{"verseId":11016032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And he reared up an altar for [Baal](/person/baal_573) in the house of [Baal](/person/baal_573), which he had built in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.32"},{"verseId":11016033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) made a grove; and [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) did more to provoke the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.33"},{"verseId":11016034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"In his days did [Hiel](/person/hiel_1522) the Beth-elite build [Jericho](/place/jericho_634): he laid the foundation thereof in [Abiram](/person/abiram_48) his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest _son_ [Segub](/person/segub_2483), according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake by [Joshua](/person/joshua_1727) the son of [Nun](/person/nun_2214).","osisRef":"1Kgs.16.34"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 17","chapterNum":17,"osisRef":"1Kgs.17","verses":[{"verseId":11017001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the [Tishbite](/place/tishbe_1171), _who_ _was_ of the inhabitants of [Gilead](/place/gilead_475), said unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.1"},{"verseId":11017002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came unto him, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.2"},{"verseId":11017003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook [Cherith](/place/cherith_286), that _is_ before [Jordan](/place/jordan_653).","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.3"},{"verseId":11017004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And it shall be, _that_ thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.4"},{"verseId":11017006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.6"},{"verseId":11017007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.7"},{"verseId":11017008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came unto him, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.8"},{"verseId":11017009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Arise, get thee to [Zarephath](/place/zarephath_1242), which _belongeth_ to [Zidon](/place/sidon_1093), and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.9"},{"verseId":11017010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"So he arose and went to [Zarephath](/place/zarephath_1242). And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman _was_ there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.10"},{"verseId":11017011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And as she was going to fetch _it_, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.11"},{"verseId":11017012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And she said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I _am_ gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.12"},{"verseId":11017013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto her, Fear not; go _and_ do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring _it_ unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.13"},{"verseId":11017014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"For thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day _that_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sendeth rain upon the earth.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.14"},{"verseId":11017015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And she went and did according to the saying of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131): and she, and he, and her house, did eat _many_ days.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.15"},{"verseId":11017016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"_And_ the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which he spake by [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131).","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.16"},{"verseId":11017017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And it came to pass after these things, _that_ the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.17"},{"verseId":11017018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And she said unto [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), What have I to do with thee, O thou man of [God](/person/god_1324)? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.18"},{"verseId":11017019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.19"},{"verseId":11017020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And he cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324), hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.20"},{"verseId":11017021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324), I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.21"},{"verseId":11017022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) heard the voice of [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131); and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.22"},{"verseId":11017023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said, See, thy son liveth.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.23"},{"verseId":11017024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the woman said to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), Now by this I know that thou _art_ a man of [God](/person/god_1324), _and_ that the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in thy mouth _is_ truth.","osisRef":"1Kgs.17.24"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 18","chapterNum":18,"osisRef":"1Kgs.18","verses":[{"verseId":11018001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass _after_ many days, that the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113); and I will send rain upon the earth.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.1"},{"verseId":11018002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) went to shew himself unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113). And _there_ _was_ a sore famine in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.2"},{"verseId":11018003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) called [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215), which _was_ the governor of _his_ house. (Now [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215) feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324) greatly:","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.3"},{"verseId":11018004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"For it was _so_, when [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) cut off the prophets of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215) took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.4"},{"verseId":11018005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) said unto [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215), Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.5"},{"verseId":11018006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) went one way by himself, and [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215) went another way by himself.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.6"},{"verseId":11018007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And as [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215) was in the way, behold, [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, _Art_ thou that my lord [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.7"},{"verseId":11018008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he answered him, I _am_: go, tell thy lord, Behold, [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) _is_ _here_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.8"},{"verseId":11018009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), to slay me?","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.9"},{"verseId":11018010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"_As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, _He_ _is_ not _there_; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.10"},{"verseId":11018011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) _is_ _here_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.11"},{"verseId":11018012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And it shall come to pass, _as_ _soon_ _as_ I am gone from thee, that the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall carry thee whither I know not; and _so_ when I come and tell [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the [LORD](/person/god_1324) from my youth.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.12"},{"verseId":11018013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Was it not told my lord what I did when [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) slew the prophets of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), how I hid an hundred men of the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.13"},{"verseId":11018014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) _is_ _here_: and he shall slay me.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.14"},{"verseId":11018015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.15"},{"verseId":11018016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"So [Obadiah](/person/obadiah_2215) went to meet [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), and told him: and [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) went to meet [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.16"},{"verseId":11018017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) saw [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), that [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) said unto him, _Art_ thou he that troubleth Israel?","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.17"},{"verseId":11018018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and thou hast followed Baalim.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.18"},{"verseId":11018019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Now therefore send, _and_ gather to me all Israel unto mount [Carmel](/place/mount_carmel_831), and the prophets of [Baal](/person/baal_573) four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at [Jezebel’s](/person/jezebel_1605) table.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.19"},{"verseId":11018020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"So [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) sent unto all the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), and gathered the prophets together unto mount [Carmel](/place/mount_carmel_831).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.20"},{"verseId":11018021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _be_ [God](/person/god_1324), follow him: but if [Baal](/person/baal_573), _then_ follow him. And the people answered him not a word.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.21"},{"verseId":11018022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then said [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) unto the people, I, _even_ I only, remain a prophet of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); but [Baal’s](/person/baal_573) prophets _are_ four hundred and fifty men.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.22"},{"verseId":11018023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay _it_ on wood, and put no fire _under_: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay _it_ on wood, and put no fire _under_:","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.23"},{"verseId":11018024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and the [God](/person/god_1324) that answereth by fire, let him be [God](/person/god_1324). And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.24"},{"verseId":11018025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto the prophets of [Baal](/person/baal_573), Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress _it_ first; for ye _are_ many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire _under_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.25"},{"verseId":11018026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed _it_, and called on the name of [Baal](/person/baal_573) from morning even until noon, saying, O [Baal](/person/baal_573), hear us. But _there_ _was_ no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.26"},{"verseId":11018027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And it came to pass at noon, that [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he _is_ a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, _or_ peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.27"},{"verseId":11018028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.28"},{"verseId":11018029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the _time_ of the offering of the _evening_ sacrifice, that _there_ _was_ neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.29"},{"verseId":11018030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _that_ _was_ broken down.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.30"},{"verseId":11018031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of [Jacob](/person/israel_682), unto whom the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.31"},{"verseId":11018032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.32"},{"verseId":11018033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid _him_ on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour _it_ on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.33"},{"verseId":11018034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And he said, Do _it_ the second time. And they did _it_ the second time. And he said, Do _it_ the third time. And they did _it_ the third time.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.34"},{"verseId":11018035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.35"},{"verseId":11018036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And it came to pass at _the_ _time_ _of_ the offering of the _evening_ sacrifice, that [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the prophet came near, and said, [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of [Abraham](/person/abraham_58), [Isaac](/person/isaac_616), and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou _art_ [God](/person/god_1324) in Israel, and _that_ I _am_ thy servant, and _that_ I have done all these things at thy word.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.36"},{"verseId":11018037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"Hear me, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), hear me, that this people may know that thou _art_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God, and _that_ thou hast turned their heart back again.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.37"},{"verseId":11018038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"Then the fire of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that _was_ in the trench.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.38"},{"verseId":11018039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And when all the people saw _it_, they fell on their faces: and they said, The [LORD](/person/god_1324), he _is_ the [God](/person/god_1324); the [LORD](/person/god_1324), he _is_ the [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.39"},{"verseId":11018040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto them, Take the prophets of [Baal](/person/baal_573); let not one of them escape. And they took them: and [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) brought them down to the brook [Kishon](/place/kishon_705), and slew them there.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.40"},{"verseId":11018041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) said unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), Get thee up, eat and drink; for _there_ _is_ a sound of abundance of rain.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.41"},{"verseId":11018042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"So [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) went up to eat and to drink. And [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) went up to the top of [Carmel](/place/mount_carmel_831); and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.42"},{"verseId":11018043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, _There_ _is_ nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.43"},{"verseId":11018044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), Prepare _thy_ _chariot_, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.44"},{"verseId":11018045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) rode, and went to [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.45"},{"verseId":11018046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"And the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was on [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131); and he girded up his loins, and ran before [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) to the entrance of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643).","osisRef":"1Kgs.18.46"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 19","chapterNum":19,"osisRef":"1Kgs.19","verses":[{"verseId":11019001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) told [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) all that [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.1"},{"verseId":11019002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Then [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) sent a messenger unto [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), saying, So let the gods do _to_ _me_, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.2"},{"verseId":11019003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And when he saw _that_, he arose, and went for his life, and came to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170), which _belongeth_ to [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and left his servant there.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.3"},{"verseId":11019004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), take away my life; for I _am_ not better than my fathers.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.4"},{"verseId":11019005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise _and_ eat.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.5"},{"verseId":11019006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he looked, and, behold, _there_ _was_ a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.6"},{"verseId":11019007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the angel of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise _and_ eat; because the journey _is_ too great for thee.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.7"},{"verseId":11019008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto [Horeb](/place/horeb_576) the mount of [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.8"},{"verseId":11019009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _came_ to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.9"},{"verseId":11019010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And he said, I have been very jealous for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of hosts: for the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, _even_ I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.10"},{"verseId":11019011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And, behold, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the [LORD](/person/god_1324); _but_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _was_ not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; _but_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _was_ not in the earthquake:","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.11"},{"verseId":11019012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And after the earthquake a fire; _but_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _was_ not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.12"},{"verseId":11019013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And it was _so_, when [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) heard _it_, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, _there_ _came_ a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.13"},{"verseId":11019014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he said, I have been very jealous for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of hosts: because the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, _even_ I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.14"},{"verseId":11019015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of [Damascus](/place/damascus_322): and when thou comest, anoint [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) _to_ _be_ king over [Syria](/place/syria_1122):","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.15"},{"verseId":11019016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) the son of [Nimshi](/person/nimshi_2207) shalt thou anoint _to_ _be_ king over Israel: and [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the son of [Shaphat](/person/shaphat_2553) of [Abelmeholah](/place/abel-meholah_8) shalt thou anoint _to_ _be_ prophet in thy room.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.16"},{"verseId":11019017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And it shall come to pass, _that_ him that escapeth the sword of [Hazael](/person/hazael_1463) shall [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of [Jehu](/person/jehu_817) shall [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) slay.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.17"},{"verseId":11019019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"So he departed thence, and found [Elisha](/person/elisha_1153) the son of [Shaphat](/person/shaphat_2553), who _was_ plowing _with_ twelve yoke _of_ _oxen_ before him, and he with the twelfth: and [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.19"},{"verseId":11019020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And he left the oxen, and ran after [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and _then_ I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.20"},{"verseId":11019021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), and ministered unto him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.19.21"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 20","chapterNum":20,"osisRef":"1Kgs.20","verses":[{"verseId":11020001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) gathered all his host together: and _there_ _were_ thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022), and warred against it.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.1"},{"verseId":11020002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he sent messengers to [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452),","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.2"},{"verseId":11020003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Thy silver and thy gold _is_ mine; thy wives also and thy children, _even_ the goodliest, _are_ mine.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.3"},{"verseId":11020004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I _am_ thine, and all that I have.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.4"},{"verseId":11020005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452), saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.5"},{"verseId":11020006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, _that_ whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put _it_ in their hand, and take _it_ away.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.6"},{"verseId":11020007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, [Mark](/person/mark_1679), I pray you, and see how this _man_ seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.7"},{"verseId":11020008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not _unto_ _him_, nor consent.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.8"},{"verseId":11020009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Wherefore he said unto the messengers of [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452), Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.9"},{"verseId":11020010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022) shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.10"},{"verseId":11020011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell _him_, Let not him that girdeth on _his_ _harness_ boast himself as he that putteth it off.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.11"},{"verseId":11020012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when _Ben-hadad_ heard this message, as he _was_ drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set _yourselves_ _in_ _array_. And they set _themselves_ _in_ _array_ against the city.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.12"},{"verseId":11020013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And, behold, there came a prophet unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I _am_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.13"},{"verseId":11020014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _Even_ by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.14"},{"verseId":11020015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, _even_ all the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), _being_ seven thousand.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.15"},{"verseId":11020016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And they went out at noon. But [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) _was_ drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.16"},{"verseId":11020017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.17"},{"verseId":11020018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.18"},{"verseId":11020019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.19"},{"verseId":11020020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) escaped on an horse with the horsemen.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.20"},{"verseId":11020021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.21"},{"verseId":11020022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) will come up against thee.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.22"},{"verseId":11020023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the servants of the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) said unto him, Their gods _are_ gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.23"},{"verseId":11020024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.24"},{"verseId":11020025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, _and_ surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.25"},{"verseId":11020026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And it came to pass at the return of the year, that [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) numbered the Syrians, and went up to [Aphek](/place/aphek_73), to fight against Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.26"},{"verseId":11020027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the [Syrians](/place/syria_1122) filled the country.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.27"},{"verseId":11020028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And there came a man of [God](/person/god_1324), and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Because the Syrians have said, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ [God](/person/god_1324) of the hills, but he _is_ not [God](/person/god_1324) of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I _am_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.28"},{"verseId":11020029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And _so_ it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) slew of the [Syrians](/place/syria_1122) an hundred thousand footmen in one day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.29"},{"verseId":11020030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"But the rest fled to [Aphek](/place/aphek_73), into the city; and _there_ a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men _that_ _were_ left. And [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.30"},{"verseId":11020031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel _are_ merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.31"},{"verseId":11020032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and _put_ ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, _Is_ he yet alive? he _is_ my brother.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.32"},{"verseId":11020033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Now the men did diligently observe whether _any_ _thing_ _would_ _come_ from him, and did hastily catch _it_: and they said, Thy brother [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452). Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then [Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452) came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.33"},{"verseId":11020034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And _[Ben-hadad](/person/ben-hadad_452)_ said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in [Damascus](/place/damascus_322), as my father made in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022). Then _said_ _[Ahab](/person/ahab_113)_, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.34"},{"verseId":11020035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.35"},{"verseId":11020036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.36"},{"verseId":11020037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded _him_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.37"},{"verseId":11020038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.38"},{"verseId":11020039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.39"},{"verseId":11020040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So _shall_ thy judgment _be_; thyself hast decided _it_.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.40"},{"verseId":11020041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he _was_ of the prophets.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.41"},{"verseId":11020042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And he said unto him, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Because thou hast let go out of _thy_ hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.42"},{"verseId":11020043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.20.43"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 21","chapterNum":21,"osisRef":"1Kgs.21","verses":[{"verseId":11021001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass after these things, _that_ [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which _was_ in [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), hard by the palace of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.1"},{"verseId":11021002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) spake unto [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127), saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it _is_ near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; _or_, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.2"},{"verseId":11021003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) said to [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), The [LORD](/person/god_1324) forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.3"},{"verseId":11021004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.4"},{"verseId":11021005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"But [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.5"},{"verseId":11021006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he said unto her, Because I spake unto [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee _another_ vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.6"},{"verseId":11021007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, _and_ eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.7"},{"verseId":11021008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"So she wrote letters in [Ahab’s](/person/ahab_113) name, and sealed _them_ with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that _were_ in his city, dwelling with [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127).","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.8"},{"verseId":11021009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) on high among the people:","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.9"},{"verseId":11021010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme [God](/person/god_1324) and the king. And _then_ carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.10"},{"verseId":11021011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the men of his city, _even_ the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) had sent unto them, _and_ as it _was_ written in the letters which she had sent unto them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.11"},{"verseId":11021012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"They proclaimed a fast, and set [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) on high among the people.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.12"},{"verseId":11021013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, _even_ against [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127), in the presence of the people, saying, [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) did blaspheme [God](/person/god_1324) and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.13"},{"verseId":11021014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then they sent to [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605), saying, [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) is stoned, and is dead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.14"},{"verseId":11021015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) heard that [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) was stoned, and was dead, that [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) said to [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), Arise, take possession of the vineyard of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) is not alive, but dead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.15"},{"verseId":11021016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) heard that [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) was dead, that [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) rose up to go down to the vineyard of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.16"},{"verseId":11021017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the Tishbite, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.17"},{"verseId":11021018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Arise, go down to meet [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel, which _is_ in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022): behold, _he_ _is_ in the vineyard of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127), whither he is gone down to possess it.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.18"},{"verseId":11021019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), In the place where dogs licked the blood of [Naboth](/person/naboth_2127) shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.19"},{"verseId":11021020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) said to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131), Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found _thee_: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.20"},{"verseId":11021021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.21"},{"verseId":11021022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And will make thine house like the house of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), and like the house of [Baasha](/person/baasha_589) the son of [Ahijah](/person/ahijah_136), for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked _me_ to anger, and made Israel to sin.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.22"},{"verseId":11021023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And of [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) also spake the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, The dogs shall eat [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) by the wall of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643).","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.23"},{"verseId":11021024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Him that dieth of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.24"},{"verseId":11021025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But there was none like unto [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), whom [Jezebel](/person/jezebel_1605) his wife stirred up.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.25"},{"verseId":11021026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all _things_ as did the Amorites, whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) cast out before the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682).","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.26"},{"verseId":11021027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.27"},{"verseId":11021028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came to [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the Tishbite, saying,","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.28"},{"verseId":11021029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Seest thou how [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: _but_ in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.","osisRef":"1Kgs.21.29"}]},{"title":"1Kgs 22","chapterNum":22,"osisRef":"1Kgs.22","verses":[{"verseId":11022001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And they continued three years without war between [Syria](/place/syria_1122) and Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.1"},{"verseId":11022002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the third year, that [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) came down to the king of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.2"},{"verseId":11022003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that [Ramoth](/place/ramoth-gilead_984) in [Gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984) _is_ ours, and we _be_ still, _and_ take it not out of the hand of the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.3"},{"verseId":11022004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And he said unto [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), Wilt thou go with me to battle to [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984)? And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) said to the king of Israel, I _am_ as thou _art_, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.4"},{"verseId":11022005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to day.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.5"},{"verseId":11022006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984) to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the [Lord](/person/god_1324) shall deliver _it_ into the hand of the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.6"},{"verseId":11022007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) said, _Is_ _there_ not here a prophet of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) besides, that we might enquire of him?","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.7"},{"verseId":11022008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said unto [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), _There_ _is_ yet one man, [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) the son of [Imlah](/person/imla_597), by whom we may enquire of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) said, Let not the king say so.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.8"},{"verseId":11022009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten _hither_ [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) the son of [Imlah](/person/imla_597).","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.9"},{"verseId":11022010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the king of Israel and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022); and all the prophets prophesied before them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.10"},{"verseId":11022011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_3029) the son of [Chenaanah](/person/chenaanah_932) made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.11"},{"verseId":11022012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984), and prosper: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall deliver _it_ into the king’s hand.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.12"},{"verseId":11022013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the messenger that was gone to call [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.13"},{"verseId":11022014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, what the [LORD](/person/god_1324) saith unto me, that will I speak.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.14"},{"verseId":11022015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054), shall we go against [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984) to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall deliver _it_ into the hand of the king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.15"},{"verseId":11022017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.17"},{"verseId":11022018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said unto [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.18"},{"verseId":11022019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): I saw the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.19"},{"verseId":11022020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said, Who shall persuade [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), that he may go up and fall at [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984)? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.20"},{"verseId":11022021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and said, I will persuade him.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.21"},{"verseId":11022022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.22"},{"verseId":11022024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"But [Zedekiah](/person/zedekiah_3029) the son of [Chenaanah](/person/chenaanah_932) went near, and smote [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) on the cheek, and said, Which way went the [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) from me to speak unto thee?","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.24"},{"verseId":11022025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.25"},{"verseId":11022026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said, Take [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054), and carry him back unto [Amon](/person/amon_235) the governor of the city, and to [Joash](/person/joash_1631) the king’s son;","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.26"},{"verseId":11022027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.27"},{"verseId":11022028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Micaiah](/person/micaiah_2054) said, If thou return at all in peace, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.28"},{"verseId":11022029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"So the king of Israel and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) the king of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) went up to [Ramoth-gilead](/place/ramoth-gilead_984).","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.29"},{"verseId":11022030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the king of Israel said unto [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.30"},{"verseId":11022031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"But the king of [Syria](/place/syria_1122) 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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.31"},{"verseId":11022032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), that they said, Surely it _is_ the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) cried out.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.32"},{"verseId":11022033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.33"},{"verseId":11022034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.34"},{"verseId":11022035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.35"},{"verseId":11022036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.36"},{"verseId":11022037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"So the king died, and was brought to [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022); and they buried the king in [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022).","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.37"},{"verseId":11022038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And _one_ washed the chariot in the pool of [Samaria](/place/samaria_1022); and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) which he spake.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.38"},{"verseId":11022039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113), 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?","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.39"},{"verseId":11022040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"So [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) slept with his fathers; and [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_120) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.40"},{"verseId":11022041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) the son of [Asa](/person/asa_318) began to reign over [Judah](/person/judah_1751) in the fourth year of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) king of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.41"},{"verseId":11022042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"[Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) _was_ thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636). And his mother’s name _was_ [Azubah](/person/azubah_567) the daughter of [Shilhi](/person/shilhi_2676).","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.42"},{"verseId":11022043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And he walked in all the ways of [Asa](/person/asa_318) his father; he turned not aside from it, doing _that_ _which_ _was_ right in the eyes of the [LORD](/person/god_1324): nevertheless the high places were not taken away; _for_ the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.43"},{"verseId":11022044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) made peace with the king of Israel.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.44"},{"verseId":11022045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"Now the rest of the acts of [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, _are_ they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)?","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.45"},{"verseId":11022046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father [Asa](/person/asa_318), he took out of the land.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.46"},{"verseId":11022047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"_There_ _was_ then no king in [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357): a deputy _was_ king.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.47"},{"verseId":11022048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"[Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) made ships of [Tharshish](/place/tarshish_1139) to go to [Ophir](/place/ophir_911) for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at [Ezion-geber](/place/ezion-geber_423).","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.48"},{"verseId":11022049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"Then said [Ahaziah](/person/ahaziah_120) the son of [Ahab](/person/ahab_113) unto [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808), Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) would not.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.49"},{"verseId":11022050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"And [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_808) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of [David](/person/david_994) his father: and [Jehoram](/person/jehoram_803) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.50"},{"verseId":11022052,"verseNum":52,"mdText":"And he did evil in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of [Jeroboam](/person/jeroboam_872) the son of [Nebat](/person/nebat_2165), who made Israel to sin:","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.52"},{"verseId":11022053,"verseNum":53,"mdText":"For he served [Baal](/person/baal_573), and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.","osisRef":"1Kgs.22.53"}]}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"1kgs"}}}