I and my young women will also fast as you do. So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died. So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously." Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. 1 Timothy 6:15-16. which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of "But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother. For the LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab." Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" 'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.' Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? "They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying, 'Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.' yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." "Let our lord now command your servants who are before you. For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him. Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night. And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death And he lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land. Now the, and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the, Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the. He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work. Righteous lips are the delight of kings,And he who speaks right is loved. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." And he answered, "You." So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal, ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. He leads me beside still waters. When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor." So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. And they answered, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother." Samuel said, Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? He was hidden with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah reigned over the land. Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!" But they feared greatly and said, "Behold, the two kings did not stand before him; how then can we stand?" Selah. Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. "Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? So Saul said, "Bring to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush. Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household." For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him. Then he opened the door and fled. And he came to the circle of the camp while the army was going out in battle array shouting the war cry. Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me." And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him. When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? "Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. So the people departed. I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king." Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and, Shimei the Ramathite had charge of the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite had charge of the. Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. So the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here." Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" "I have surely built You a lofty house, A place for Your dwelling forever." So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." Then Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to pay the king of Assyria. Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." So he finished the house. Then he would cure him of his leprosy." "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' Selah And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn. Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah. Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph; and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's. Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites arose and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land, slaughtering the Moabites. On the following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, so that he died. And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left. He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD." And let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. David swore to Saul. He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. For to which of the angels did God ever say, You are my Son, today I have begotten you? Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father. Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death. He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them. He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." "But now your kingdom shall not endure The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you." When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying. Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, "Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? "Is it not the wheat harvest today? "When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king. WebAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?