\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 Kings}
{\MT The First Book of the Kings
\par }{\MTB Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
king
David was
old
{\ADD{and}}
stricken in
years; and they
covered him with
clothes, but he gat no
heat.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
stricken…: Heb. entered into days}
\VS{2}Wherefore his
servants
said unto him, Let there be
sought for my
lord the
king a
young
virgin: and let her
stand
before the
king, and let her
cherish him, and let her
lie in thy
bosom, that my
lord the
king may get
heat.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:2 }
Let there…: Heb. Let them seek}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:2 }
a young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgin}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:2 }
cherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him}
\VS{3}So they
sought for a
fair
damsel throughout all the
coasts of
Israel, and
found
Abishag a
Shunammite, and
brought her to the
king.
\VS{4}And the
damsel
{\ADD{was}}
very
fair, and
cherished the
king, and
ministered to him: but the
king
knew her not.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ Then
Adonijah the
son of
Haggith
exalted himself,
saying, I will be
king: and he
prepared him
chariots and
horsemen, and
fifty
men to
run
before him.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:5 }
be king: Heb. reign}
\VS{6}And his
father had not
displeased him at any
time in
saying, Why hast thou done
so? and he also
{\ADD{was a}}
very
goodly
{\ADD{man;}} and
{\ADD{his mother}}
bare him
after
Absalom.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:6 }
at any…: Heb. from his days}
\VS{7}And he
conferred with
Joab the
son of
Zeruiah, and with
Abiathar the
priest: and they
following
Adonijah
helped
{\ADD{him}}.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:7 }
he…: Heb. his words were with}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:7 }
following…: Heb. helped after Adonijah}
\VS{8}But
Zadok the
priest, and
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada, and
Nathan the
prophet, and
Shimei, and
Rei, and the mighty
men which
{\ADD{belonged}} to
David, were not with
Adonijah.
\VS{9}And
Adonijah
slew
sheep and
oxen and fat
cattle by the
stone of
Zoheleth, which
{\ADD{is}}
by
En-rogel, and
called all his
brethren the
king’s
sons, and all the
men of
Judah the
king’s
servants:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:9 }
En-rogel: or, the well Rogel}
\VS{10}But
Nathan the
prophet, and
Benaiah, and the mighty
men, and
Solomon his
brother, he
called not.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶ Wherefore
Nathan
spake unto
Bath-sheba the
mother of
Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not
heard that
Adonijah the
son of
Haggith doth
reign, and
David our
lord
knoweth
{\ADD{it}} not?
\VS{12}Now therefore
come, let me, I pray thee, give thee
counsel, that thou mayest
save thine own
life, and the
life of thy
son
Solomon.
\VS{13}Go and get thee
in unto
king
David, and
say unto him, Didst not thou, my
lord, O
king,
swear unto thine
handmaid,
saying,
Assuredly
Solomon thy
son shall
reign
after me, and he shall
sit upon my
throne? why then doth
Adonijah
reign?
\VS{14}Behold, while thou yet
talkest there with the
king, I also will come
in
after thee, and
confirm thy
words.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:14 }
confirm: Heb. fill up}
\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ And
Bath-sheba went
in unto the
king into the
chamber: and the
king was
very
old; and
Abishag the
Shunammite
ministered unto the
king.
\VS{16}And
Bath-sheba
bowed, and did
obeisance unto the
king. And the
king
said, What wouldest thou?\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:16 }
What…: Heb. What to thee?}
\VS{17}And she
said unto him, My
lord, thou
swarest by the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God unto thine
handmaid,
{\ADD{saying}}, Assuredly
Solomon thy
son shall
reign
after me, and he shall
sit upon my
throne.
\VS{18}And now, behold,
Adonijah
reigneth; and now, my
lord the
king, thou
knowest
{\ADD{it}} not:
\VS{19}And he hath
slain
oxen and fat
cattle and
sheep in
abundance, and hath
called all the
sons of the
king, and
Abiathar the
priest, and
Joab the
captain of the
host: but
Solomon thy
servant hath he not
called.
\VS{20}And thou, my
lord, O
king, the
eyes of all
Israel
{\ADD{are}} upon thee, that thou shouldest
tell them who shall
sit on the
throne of my
lord the
king
after him.
\VS{21}Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my
lord the
king shall
sleep with his
fathers, that I and my
son
Solomon shall be counted
offenders.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:21 }
offenders: Heb. sinners}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}¶ And, lo, while she yet
talked with the
king,
Nathan the
prophet also came
in.
\VS{23}And they
told the
king,
saying, Behold
Nathan the
prophet. And when he was come
in
before the
king, he
bowed himself before the
king with his
face to the
ground.
\VS{24}And
Nathan
said, My
lord, O
king, hast thou
said,
Adonijah shall
reign
after me, and he shall
sit upon my
throne?
\VS{25}For he is gone
down this
day, and hath
slain
oxen and fat
cattle and
sheep in
abundance, and hath
called all the
king’s
sons, and the
captains of the
host, and
Abiathar the
priest; and, behold, they
eat and
drink
before him, and
say, God
save
king
Adonijah.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:25 }
God…: Heb. Let king Adonijah live}
\VS{26}But me,
{\ADD{even}} me thy
servant, and
Zadok the
priest, and
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada, and thy
servant
Solomon, hath he not
called.
\VS{27}Is this
thing
done by my
lord the
king, and thou hast not
shewed
{\ADD{it}} unto thy
servant, who should
sit on the
throne of my
lord the
king
after him?
\par }{\PP \VS{28}¶ Then
king
David
answered and
said,
Call me
Bath-sheba. And she
came into the
king’s
presence, and
stood
before the
king.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:28 }
into…: Heb. before the king}
\VS{29}And the
king
sware, and
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
liveth, that hath
redeemed my
soul out of all
distress,
\VS{30}Even as I
sware unto thee by the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel,
saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy
son shall
reign
after me, and he shall
sit upon my
throne in my stead; even so will I certainly
do this
day.
\VS{31}Then
Bath-sheba
bowed with
{\ADD{her}}
face to the
earth, and did
reverence to the
king, and
said, Let my
lord
king
David
live for
ever.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}¶ And
king
David
said,
Call me
Zadok the
priest, and
Nathan the
prophet, and
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada. And they
came
before the
king.
\VS{33}The
king also
said unto them,
Take with you the
servants of your
lord, and cause
Solomon my
son to
ride upon mine own
mule, and bring him
down to
Gihon:\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:33 }
mine…: Heb. which belongeth to me}
\VS{34}And let
Zadok the
priest and
Nathan the
prophet
anoint him there
king over
Israel: and
blow ye with the
trumpet, and
say, God
save
king
Solomon.
\VS{35}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.
\VS{36}And
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada
answered the
king, and
said,
Amen: the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of my
lord the
king
say so
{\ADD{too}}.
\VS{37}As the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath been with my
lord the
king, even so be he with
Solomon, and
make his
throne
greater than the
throne of my
lord
king
David.
\VS{38}So
Zadok the
priest, and
Nathan the
prophet, and
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada, and the
Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, went
down, and caused
Solomon to
ride upon
king
David’s
mule, and
brought him to
Gihon.
\VS{39}And
Zadok the
priest
took an
horn of
oil out of the
tabernacle, and
anointed
Solomon. And they
blew the
trumpet; and all the
people
said, God
save
king
Solomon.
\VS{40}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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:40 }
pipes: or, flutes}
\par }{\PP \VS{41}¶ And
Adonijah and all the
guests that
{\ADD{were}} with him
heard
{\ADD{it}} as they had made an
end of
eating. And when
Joab
heard the
sound of the
trumpet, he
said, Wherefore
{\ADD{is this}}
noise of the
city being in an
uproar?
\VS{42}And while he yet
spake, behold,
Jonathan the
son of
Abiathar the
priest
came: and
Adonijah
said unto him, Come
in; for thou
{\ADD{art}} a
valiant
man, and
bringest
good
tidings.
\VS{43}And
Jonathan
answered and
said to
Adonijah,
Verily our
lord
king
David hath made
Solomon
king.
\VS{44}And the
king hath
sent with him
Zadok the
priest, and
Nathan the
prophet, and
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada, and the
Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and they have caused him to
ride upon the
king’s
mule:
\VS{45}And
Zadok the
priest and
Nathan the
prophet have
anointed him
king in
Gihon: and they are come
up from thence
rejoicing, so that the
city rang
again. This
{\ADD{is}} the
noise that ye have
heard.
\VS{46}And also
Solomon
sitteth on the
throne of the
kingdom.
\VS{47}And moreover the
king’s
servants
came to
bless our
lord
king
David,
saying,
God make the
name of
Solomon
better than thy
name, and
make his
throne
greater than thy
throne. And the
king
bowed himself upon the
bed.
\VS{48}And also thus
said the
king,
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel, which hath
given
{\ADD{one}} to
sit on my
throne this
day, mine
eyes even
seeing
{\ADD{it}}.
\VS{49}And all the
guests that
{\ADD{were}} with
Adonijah were
afraid, and rose
up, and
went every
man his
way.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}¶ And
Adonijah
feared
because of
Solomon, and
arose, and
went, and caught
hold on the
horns of the
altar.
\VS{51}And it was
told
Solomon,
saying, Behold,
Adonijah
feareth
king
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught
hold on the
horns of the
altar,
saying, Let
king
Solomon
swear unto me to
day that he will not
slay his
servant with the
sword.
\VS{52}And
Solomon
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.
\VS{53}So
king
Solomon
sent, and they brought him
down from the
altar. And he
came and
bowed himself to
king
Solomon: and
Solomon
said unto him,
Go to thine
house.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now the
days of
David drew
nigh that he should
die; and he
charged
Solomon his
son,
saying,
\VS{2}I
go the
way of all the
earth: be thou
strong therefore, and shew thyself a
man;
\VS{3}And
keep the
charge of the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God, to
walk in his
ways, to
keep his
statutes, and his
commandments, and his
judgments, and his
testimonies, as it is
written in the
law of
Moses, that thou mayest
prosper in all that thou
doest, and whithersoever thou
turnest thyself:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:3 }
prosper: or, do wisely}
\VS{4}That the
{\ND{
LORD}} may
continue his
word which he
spake concerning me,
saying, If thy
children take
heed to their
way, to
walk
before me in
truth with all their
heart and with all their
soul, there shall not
fail thee (said he) a
man on the
throne of
Israel.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:4 }
fail…: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne}
\VS{5}Moreover thou
knowest also what
Joab the
son of
Zeruiah
did to me,
{\ADD{and}} what he
did to the
two
captains of the
hosts of
Israel, unto
Abner the
son of
Ner, and unto
Amasa the
son of
Jether, whom he
slew, and
shed the
blood of
war in
peace, and
put the
blood of
war upon his
girdle that
{\ADD{was}} about his
loins, and in his
shoes that
{\ADD{were}} on his
feet.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:5 }
shed: Heb. put}
\VS{6}Do therefore according to thy
wisdom, and let not his hoar
head go
down to the
grave in
peace.
\VS{7}But
shew
kindness unto the
sons of
Barzillai the
Gileadite, and let them be of those that
eat at thy
table: for so they
came to me when I
fled
because of
Absalom thy
brother.
\VS{8}And, behold,
{\ADD{thou hast}} with thee
Shimei the
son of
Gera, a
Benjamite of
Bahurim, which
cursed me with a
grievous
curse in the
day when I
went to
Mahanaim: but he came
down to
meet me at
Jordan, and I
sware to him by the
{\ND{
LORD}},
saying, I will not put thee to
death with the
sword.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:8 }
grievous: Heb. strong}
\VS{9}Now therefore hold him not
guiltless: for thou
{\ADD{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.
\VS{10}So
David
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in the
city of
David.
\VS{11}And the
days that
David
reigned over
Israel
{\ADD{were}}
forty
years:
seven
years
reigned he in
Hebron, and
thirty and
three
years
reigned he in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ Then
sat
Solomon upon the
throne of
David his
father; and his
kingdom was
established
greatly.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ And
Adonijah the
son of
Haggith
came to
Bath-sheba the
mother of
Solomon. And she
said,
Comest thou
peaceably? And he
said,
Peaceably.
\VS{14}He
said moreover, I have somewhat to
say unto thee. And she
said, Say
on.
\VS{15}And he
said, Thou
knowest that the
kingdom was mine, and
{\ADD{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
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{16}And now I
ask
one
petition of thee,
deny
me not. And she
said unto him, Say
on.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:16 }
deny…: Heb. turn not away my face}
\VS{17}And he
said,
Speak, I pray thee, unto
Solomon the
king, (for he will not
say
thee
nay,) that he
give me
Abishag the
Shunammite to
wife.
\VS{18}And
Bath-sheba
said,
Well; I will
speak for thee unto the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶
Bath-sheba therefore
went unto
king
Solomon, to
speak unto him for
Adonijah. And the
king rose
up to
meet her, and
bowed himself unto her, and sat
down on his
throne, and caused a
seat to be
set for the
king’s
mother; and she
sat on his right
hand.
\VS{20}Then she
said, I
desire
one
small
petition of thee;
{\ADD{I pray thee}},
say
me not
nay. And the
king
said unto her, Ask
on, my
mother: for I will not
say
thee
nay.
\VS{21}And she
said, Let
Abishag the
Shunammite be
given to
Adonijah thy
brother to
wife.
\VS{22}And
king
Solomon
answered and
said unto his
mother, And why dost thou
ask
Abishag the
Shunammite for
Adonijah?
ask for him the
kingdom also; for he
{\ADD{is}} mine
elder
brother; even for him, and for
Abiathar the
priest, and for
Joab the
son of
Zeruiah.
\VS{23}Then
king
Solomon
sware by the
{\ND{
LORD}},
saying,
God
do so to me, and more
also, if
Adonijah have not
spoken this
word against his own
life.
\VS{24}Now therefore,
{\ADD{as}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
liveth, which hath
established me, and
set me on the
throne of
David my
father, and who hath
made me an
house, as he
promised,
Adonijah shall be put to
death this
day.
\VS{25}And
king
Solomon
sent by the
hand of
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada; and he
fell upon him that he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}¶ And unto
Abiathar the
priest
said the
king,
Get thee to
Anathoth, unto thine own
fields; for thou
{\ADD{art}}
worthy of
death: but I will not at this
time put thee to
death, because thou
barest the
ark of the
Lord
{\ND{
GOD}}
before
David my
father, and because thou hast been
afflicted in all wherein my
father was
afflicted.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:26 }
worthy…: Heb. a man of death}
\VS{27}So
Solomon thrust
out
Abiathar from being
priest unto the
{\ND{
LORD}}; that he might
fulfil the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake concerning the
house of
Eli in
Shiloh.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}¶ Then
tidings
came to
Joab: for
Joab had
turned
after
Adonijah, though he
turned not
after
Absalom. And
Joab
fled unto the
tabernacle of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and caught
hold on the
horns of the
altar.
\VS{29}And it was
told
king
Solomon that
Joab was
fled unto the
tabernacle of the
{\ND{
LORD}}; and, behold,
{\ADD{he is}}
by the
altar. Then
Solomon
sent
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada,
saying,
Go,
fall upon him.
\VS{30}And
Benaiah
came to the
tabernacle of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
said unto him, Thus
saith the
king, Come
forth. And he
said, Nay; but I will
die here. And
Benaiah
brought the
king
word
again,
saying, Thus
said
Joab, and thus he
answered me.
\VS{31}And the
king
said unto him,
Do as he hath
said, and
fall upon him, and
bury him; that thou mayest take
away the
innocent
blood, which
Joab
shed, from me, and from the
house of my
father.
\VS{32}And the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall
return his
blood upon his own
head, who
fell upon
two
men more
righteous and
better than he, and
slew them with the
sword, my
father
David not
knowing
{\ADD{thereof, to wit}},
Abner the
son of
Ner,
captain of the
host of
Israel, and
Amasa the
son of
Jether,
captain of the
host of
Judah.
\VS{33}Their
blood shall therefore
return upon the
head of
Joab, and upon the
head of his
seed for
ever: but upon
David, and upon his
seed, and upon his
house, and upon his
throne, shall there be
peace
for
ever from the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{34}So
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada went
up, and
fell upon him, and
slew him: and he was
buried in his own
house in the
wilderness.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}¶ And the
king
put
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada in his room over the
host: and
Zadok the
priest did the
king
put in the room of
Abiathar.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}¶ And the
king
sent and
called for
Shimei, and
said unto him,
Build thee an
house in
Jerusalem, and
dwell there, and go not
forth thence any
whither.
\VS{37}For it shall be,
{\ADD{that}} on the
day thou goest
out, and passest
over the
brook
Kidron, thou shalt
know for
certain that thou shalt
surely
die: thy
blood shall be upon thine own
head.
\VS{38}And
Shimei
said unto the
king, The
saying
{\ADD{is}}
good: as my
lord the
king hath
said, so will thy
servant
do. And
Shimei
dwelt in
Jerusalem
many
days.
\VS{39}And it came to pass at the
end of
three
years, that
two of the
servants of
Shimei ran
away unto
Achish
son of
Maachah
king of
Gath. And they
told
Shimei,
saying, Behold, thy
servants
{\ADD{be}} in
Gath.
\VS{40}And
Shimei
arose, and
saddled his
ass, and
went to
Gath to
Achish to
seek his
servants: and
Shimei
went, and
brought his
servants from
Gath.
\VS{41}And it was
told
Solomon that
Shimei had
gone from
Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come
again.
\VS{42}And the
king
sent and
called for
Shimei, and
said unto him, Did I not make thee to
swear by the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
protested unto thee,
saying,
Know for a
certain, on the
day thou goest
out, and
walkest abroad any
whither, that thou shalt
surely
die? and thou
saidst unto me, The
word
{\ADD{that}} I have
heard
{\ADD{is}}
good.
\VS{43}Why then hast thou not
kept the
oath of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
commandment that I have
charged thee with?
\VS{44}The
king
said moreover to
Shimei, Thou
knowest all the
wickedness which thine
heart is privy
to, that thou
didst to
David my
father: therefore the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall
return thy
wickedness upon thine own
head;
\VS{45}And
king
Solomon
{\ADD{shall be}}
blessed, and the
throne of
David shall be
established
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}
for
ever.
\VS{46}So the
king
commanded
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada; which went
out, and
fell upon him, that he
died. And the
kingdom was
established in the
hand of
Solomon.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Solomon made
affinity with
Pharaoh
king of
Egypt, and
took
Pharaoh’s
daughter, and
brought her into the
city of
David, until he had made an
end of
building his own
house, and the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
wall of
Jerusalem round
about.
\VS{2}Only the
people
sacrificed in high
places, because there was no
house
built unto the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, until those
days.
\VS{3}And
Solomon
loved the
{\ND{
LORD}},
walking in the
statutes of
David his
father: only he
sacrificed and burnt
incense in high
places.
\VS{4}And the
king
went to
Gibeon to
sacrifice there; for
that
{\ADD{was}} the
great high
place: a
thousand burnt
offerings did
Solomon
offer upon that
altar.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ In
Gibeon the
{\ND{
LORD}}
appeared to
Solomon in a
dream by
night: and
God
said,
Ask what I shall
give thee.
\VS{6}And
Solomon
said, Thou hast
shewed unto thy
servant
David my
father
great
mercy, according as he
walked
before thee in
truth, and in
righteousness, and in
uprightness of
heart with thee; and thou hast
kept for him this
great
kindness, that thou hast
given him a
son to
sit on his
throne, as
{\ADD{it is}} this
day.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:6 }
mercy: or, bounty}
\VS{7}And now, O
{\ND{
LORD}} my
God, thou hast made thy
servant
king instead of
David my
father: and I
{\ADD{am but}} a
little
child: I
know not
{\ADD{how}} to go
out or come
in.
\VS{8}And thy
servant
{\ADD{is}} in the
midst of thy
people which thou hast
chosen, a
great
people, that cannot be
numbered nor
counted for
multitude.
\VS{9}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?\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:9 }
understanding: Heb. hearing}
\VS{10}And the
speech
pleased the
Lord, that
Solomon had
asked this
thing.
\VS{11}And
God
said unto him, Because thou hast
asked this
thing, and hast not
asked for thyself
long
life; neither hast
asked
riches for thyself, nor hast
asked the
life of thine
enemies; but hast
asked for thyself
understanding to
discern
judgment;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:11 }
long life: Heb. many days}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:11 }
discern: Heb. hear}
\VS{12}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.
\VS{13}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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:13 }
shall…: or, hath not been}
\VS{14}And if thou wilt
walk in my
ways, to
keep my
statutes and my
commandments, as thy
father
David did
walk, then I will
lengthen thy
days.
\VS{15}And
Solomon
awoke; and, behold,
{\ADD{it was}} a
dream. And he
came to
Jerusalem, and
stood
before the
ark of the
covenant of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and offered
up burnt
offerings, and
offered peace
offerings, and
made a
feast to all his
servants.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶ Then
came there
two
women,
{\ADD{that were}}
harlots, unto the
king, and
stood
before him.
\VS{17}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.
\VS{18}And it came to pass the
third
day after that I was
delivered, that this
woman was
delivered also: and we
{\ADD{were}}
together;
{\ADD{there was}} no
stranger with us in the
house,
save we
two in the
house.
\VS{19}And this
woman’s
child
died in the
night; because she
overlaid it.
\VS{20}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.
\VS{21}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.
\VS{22}And the
other
woman
said, Nay; but the
living
{\ADD{is}} my
son, and the
dead
{\ADD{is}} thy
son. And this
said, No; but the
dead
{\ADD{is}} thy
son, and the
living
{\ADD{is}} my
son. Thus they
spake
before the
king.
\VS{23}Then
said the
king, The
one
saith, This
{\ADD{is}} my
son that
liveth, and thy
son
{\ADD{is}} the
dead: and the
other
saith, Nay; but thy
son
{\ADD{is}} the
dead, and my
son
{\ADD{is}} the
living.
\VS{24}And the
king
said,
Bring me a
sword. And they
brought a
sword
before the
king.
\VS{25}And the
king
said,
Divide the
living
child in
two, and
give
half to the
one, and
half to the
other.
\VS{26}Then
spake the
woman whose the
living
child
{\ADD{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,
{\ADD{but}}
divide
{\ADD{it}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:26 }
yearned: Heb. were hot}
\VS{27}Then the
king
answered and
said,
Give her the
living
child, and in no
wise
slay it: she
{\ADD{is}} the
mother thereof.
\VS{28}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
{\ADD{was}} in
him, to
do
judgment.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:28 }
in him: Heb. in the midst of him}

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
king
Solomon was
king over all
Israel.
\VS{2}And these
{\ADD{were}} the
princes which he had;
Azariah the
son of
Zadok the
priest,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:2 }
priest: or, chief officer}
\VS{3}Elihoreph and
Ahiah, the
sons of
Shisha,
scribes;
Jehoshaphat the
son of
Ahilud, the
recorder.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:3 }
scribes: or, secretaries}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:3 }
recorder: or, remembrancer}
\VS{4}And
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada
{\ADD{was}} over the
host: and
Zadok and
Abiathar
{\ADD{were}} the
priests:
\VS{5}And
Azariah the
son of
Nathan
{\ADD{was}} over the
officers: and
Zabud the
son of
Nathan
{\ADD{was}} principal
officer,
{\ADD{and}} the
king’s
friend:
\VS{6}And
Ahishar
{\ADD{was}} over the
household: and
Adoniram the
son of
Abda
{\ADD{was}} over the
tribute.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4:6 }
tribute: or, levy}
\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ And
Solomon had
twelve
officers over all
Israel, which provided
victuals for the
king and his
household: each
man his
month in a
year made
provision.
\VS{8}And these
{\ADD{are}} their
names: The son of
Hur, in
mount
Ephraim:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:8 }
The son…: or, Ben-hur}
\VS{9}The son of
Dekar, in
Makaz, and in
Shaalbim, and
Beth-shemesh, and
Elon-beth-hanan:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:9 }
The son…: or, Ben-dekar}
\VS{10}The son of
Hesed, in
Aruboth; to him
{\ADD{pertained}}
Sochoh, and all the
land of
Hepher:\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:10 }
The son…: or, Ben-hesed}
\VS{11}The son of
Abinadab, in all the
region of
Dor; which had
Taphath the
daughter of
Solomon to
wife:\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4:11 }
The son…: or, Ben-abinadab}
\VS{12}Baana the
son of
Ahilud;
{\ADD{to him pertained}}
Taanach and
Megiddo, and all
Beth-shean, which
{\ADD{is}}
by
Zartanah beneath
Jezreel, from
Beth-shean to
Abel-meholah,
{\ADD{even}} unto
{\ADD{the place that is}}
beyond
Jokneam:
\VS{13}The son of
Geber, in
Ramoth-gilead; to him
{\ADD{pertained}} the
towns of
Jair the
son of
Manasseh, which
{\ADD{are}} in
Gilead; to him
{\ADD{also pertained}} the
region of
Argob, which
{\ADD{is}} in
Bashan,
threescore
great
cities with
walls and
brasen
bars:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:13 }
The son…: or, Ben-geber}
\VS{14}Ahinadab the
son of
Iddo
{\ADD{had}}
Mahanaim:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:14 }
Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim}
\VS{15}Ahimaaz
{\ADD{was}} in
Naphtali; he also
took
Basmath the
daughter of
Solomon to
wife:
\VS{16}Baanah the
son of
Hushai
{\ADD{was}} in
Asher and in
Aloth:
\VS{17}Jehoshaphat the
son of
Paruah, in
Issachar:
\VS{18}Shimei the
son of
Elah, in
Benjamin:
\VS{19}Geber the
son of
Uri
{\ADD{was}} in the
country of
Gilead,
{\ADD{in}} the
country of
Sihon
king of the
Amorites, and of
Og
king of
Bashan; and
{\ADD{he was}} the
only
officer which
{\ADD{was}} in the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}¶
Judah and
Israel
{\ADD{were}}
many, as the
sand which
{\ADD{is}} by the
sea in
multitude,
eating and
drinking, and making
merry.
\VS{21}And
Solomon
reigned over all
kingdoms from the
river unto the
land of the
Philistines, and unto the
border of
Egypt: they
brought
presents, and
served
Solomon all the
days of his
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}¶ And
Solomon’s
provision for
one
day was
thirty
measures of fine
flour, and
threescore
measures of
meal,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:22 }
provision: Heb. bread}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4:22 }
measures: Heb. cors}
\VS{23}Ten
fat
oxen, and
twenty
oxen out of the
pastures, and an
hundred
sheep, beside
harts, and
roebucks, and
fallowdeer, and
fatted
fowl.
\VS{24}For he had
dominion over all
{\ADD{the region}} on this
side the
river, from
Tiphsah even to
Azzah, over all the
kings on this
side the
river: and he had
peace on all
sides round
about him.
\VS{25}And
Judah and
Israel
dwelt
safely, every
man under his
vine and under his fig
tree, from
Dan even to
Beer-sheba, all the
days of
Solomon.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:25 }
safely: Heb. confidently}
\par }{\PP \VS{26}¶ And
Solomon had
forty
thousand
stalls of
horses for his
chariots, and
twelve
thousand
horsemen.
\VS{27}And those
officers provided
victual for
king
Solomon, and for all that
came unto
king
Solomon’s
table, every
man in his
month: they
lacked
nothing.
\VS{28}Barley also and
straw for the
horses and
dromedaries
brought they unto the
place where
{\ADD{the officers}} were, every
man according to his
charge.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:28 }
dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}¶ And
God
gave
Solomon
wisdom and
understanding
exceeding
much, and
largeness of
heart, even as the
sand that
{\ADD{is}} on the
sea
shore.
\VS{30}And
Solomon’s
wisdom
excelled the
wisdom of all the
children of the east
country, and all the
wisdom of
Egypt.
\VS{31}For he was
wiser than all
men; than
Ethan the
Ezrahite, and
Heman, and
Chalcol, and
Darda, the
sons of
Mahol: and his
fame was in all
nations round
about.
\VS{32}And he
spake
three
thousand
proverbs: and his
songs were a
thousand and
five.
\VS{33}And he
spake of
trees, from the cedar
tree that
{\ADD{is}} in
Lebanon 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.
\VS{34}And there
came of all
people to
hear the
wisdom of
Solomon, from all
kings of the
earth, which had
heard of his
wisdom.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Hiram
king of
Tyre
sent his
servants unto
Solomon; for he had
heard that they had
anointed him
king in the room of his
father: for
Hiram was
ever a
lover of
David.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:1 }
Hiram: also called, Huram}
\VS{2}And
Solomon
sent to
Hiram,
saying,
\VS{3}Thou
knowest how that
David my
father
could not
build an
house unto the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}} his
God
for the
wars which were about him on every
side, until the
{\ND{
LORD}}
put them under the
soles of his
feet.
\VS{4}But now the
{\ND{
LORD}} my
God hath given me
rest on every
side,
{\ADD{so that there is}} neither
adversary nor
evil
occurrent.
\VS{5}And, behold, I
purpose to
build an
house unto the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}} my
God, as the
{\ND{
LORD}}
spake unto
David my
father,
saying, Thy
son, whom I will
set upon thy
throne in thy room, he shall
build an
house unto my
name.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:5 }
purpose: Heb. say}
\VS{6}Now therefore
command thou that they
hew me cedar
trees out of
Lebanon; and my
servants shall be with thy
servants: and unto thee will I
give
hire for thy
servants according to all that thou shalt
appoint: for thou
knowest that
{\ADD{there is}} not among us
any that can
skill to
hew
timber like unto the
Sidonians.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5:6 }
appoint: Heb. say}
\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ And it came to pass, when
Hiram
heard the
words of
Solomon, that he
rejoiced
greatly, and
said,
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the
{\ND{
LORD}} this
day, which hath
given unto
David a
wise
son over this
great
people.
\VS{8}And
Hiram
sent to
Solomon,
saying, I have
considered the things which thou
sentest to me for:
{\ADD{and}} I will
do all thy
desire concerning
timber of
cedar, and concerning
timber of
fir.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5:8 }
considered: Heb. heard}
\VS{9}My
servants shall bring
{\ADD{them}}
down from
Lebanon unto the
sea: and I will
convey them by
sea in
floats unto the
place that thou shalt
appoint me, and will cause them to be
discharged there, and thou shalt
receive
{\ADD{them:}} and thou shalt
accomplish my
desire, in
giving
food for my
household.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:9 }
appoint: Heb. send}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
Hiram
gave
Solomon
cedar
trees and
fir
trees
{\ADD{according to}} all his
desire.
\VS{11}And
Solomon
gave
Hiram
twenty
thousand
measures of
wheat
{\ADD{for}}
food to his
household, and
twenty
measures of
pure
oil: thus
gave
Solomon to
Hiram
year by
year.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:11 }
measures: Heb. cors}
\VS{12}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
gave
Solomon
wisdom, as he
promised him: and there was
peace between
Hiram and
Solomon; and they
two
made a
league
together.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ And
king
Solomon
raised a
levy out of all
Israel; and the
levy was
thirty
thousand
men.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5:13 }
levy: Heb. tribute of men}
\VS{14}And he
sent them to
Lebanon,
ten
thousand a
month by
courses: a
month they were in
Lebanon,
{\ADD{and}}
two
months at
home: and
Adoniram
{\ADD{was}} over the
levy.
\VS{15}And
Solomon had threescore and
ten
thousand that
bare
burdens, and
fourscore
thousand
hewers in the
mountains;
\VS{16}Beside the
chief of
Solomon’s
officers which
{\ADD{were}} over the
work,
three
thousand and
three
hundred, which
ruled over the
people that
wrought in the
work.
\VS{17}And the
king
commanded, and they
brought
great
stones,
costly
stones,
{\ADD{and}}
hewed
stones, to lay the
foundation of the
house.
\VS{18}And
Solomon’s
builders and
Hiram’s
builders did
hew
{\ADD{them}}, and the
stonesquarers: so they
prepared
timber and
stones to
build the
house.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5:18 }
stonesquarers: or, Giblites}

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass in the
four
hundred and
eightieth
year after the
children of
Israel were come
out of the
land of
Egypt, in the
fourth
year of
Solomon’s
reign over
Israel, in the
month
Zif, which
{\ADD{is}} the
second
month, that he began to
build the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:1 }
began…: Heb. built}
\VS{2}And the
house which
king
Solomon
built for the
{\ND{
LORD}}, the
length thereof
{\ADD{was}}
threescore
cubits, and the
breadth thereof
twenty
{\ADD{cubits}}, and the
height thereof
thirty
cubits.
\VS{3}And the
porch
before the
temple of the
house,
twenty
cubits
{\ADD{was}} the
length thereof, according to the
breadth of the
house;
{\ADD{and}}
ten
cubits
{\ADD{was}} the
breadth thereof before the
house.
\VS{4}And for the
house he
made
windows of
narrow
lights.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:4 }
of…: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed}
\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ And against the
wall of the
house he
built
chambers round
about,
{\ADD{against}} the
walls of the
house round
about,
{\ADD{both}} of the
temple and of the
oracle: and he
made
chambers round
about:\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:5 }
against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6:5 }
built chambers: Heb. built floors}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:5 }
made chambers: Heb. made ribs}
\VS{6}The
nethermost
chamber
{\ADD{was}}
five
cubits
broad, and the
middle
{\ADD{was}}
six
cubits
broad, and the
third
{\ADD{was}}
seven
cubits
broad: for without
{\ADD{in the wall}}
of the
house he
made narrowed
rests round
about, that
{\ADD{the beams}} should not be
fastened in the
walls of the
house.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:6 }
narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements}
\VS{7}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
{\ADD{nor}} any
tool of
iron
heard in the
house, while it was in
building.
\VS{8}The
door for the
middle
chamber
{\ADD{was}} in the
right
side of the
house: and they went
up with winding
stairs into the
middle
{\ADD{chamber}}, and out of the
middle into the
third.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:8 }
side: Heb. shoulder}
\VS{9}So he
built the
house, and
finished it; and
covered the
house with
beams and
boards of
cedar.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6:9 }
with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar}
\VS{10}And
{\ADD{then}} he
built
chambers against all the
house,
five
cubits
high: and they
rested on the
house
{\ADD{with}}
timber of
cedar.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶ And the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came to
Solomon,
saying,
\VS{12}{\ADD{Concerning}} this
house which thou art in
building, if thou wilt
walk in my
statutes, and
execute my
judgments, and
keep all my
commandments to
walk in them; then will I
perform my
word with thee, which I
spake unto
David thy
father:
\VS{13}And I will
dwell
among the
children of
Israel, and will not
forsake my
people
Israel.
\VS{14}So
Solomon
built the
house, and
finished it.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}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:
{\ADD{and}} he
covered
{\ADD{them}} on the
inside with
wood, and
covered the
floor of the
house with
planks of
fir.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:15 }
both…: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc}
\VS{16}And he
built
twenty
cubits on the
sides of the
house,
both the
floor and the
walls with
boards of
cedar: he even
built
{\ADD{them}} for it
within,
{\ADD{even}} for the
oracle,
{\ADD{even}} for the
most
holy
{\ADD{place}}.
\VS{17}And the
house, that
{\ADD{is}}, the
temple
before it, was
forty
cubits
{\ADD{long}}.
\VS{18}And the
cedar of the
house
within
{\ADD{was}}
carved with
knops and
open
flowers: all
{\ADD{was}}
cedar; there was no
stone
seen.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:18 }
knops: or, gourds}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:18 }
open: Heb. openings of}
\VS{19}And the
oracle he
prepared
in the
house
within, to
set there the
ark of the
covenant of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{20}And the
oracle in the
forepart
{\ADD{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
{\ADD{so}}
covered the
altar
{\ADD{which was of}}
cedar.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6:20 }
pure: Heb. shut up}
\VS{21}So
Solomon
overlaid the
house
within with
pure
gold: and he made a
partition by the
chains of
gold
before the
oracle; and he
overlaid it with
gold.
\VS{22}And the whole
house he
overlaid with
gold, until he had
finished all the
house: also the whole
altar that
{\ADD{was}} by the
oracle he
overlaid with
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ And within the
oracle he
made
two
cherubims
{\ADD{of}}
olive
tree,
{\ADD{each}}
ten
cubits
high.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:23 }
olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil}
\VS{24}And
five
cubits
{\ADD{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
{\ADD{were}}
ten
cubits.
\VS{25}And the
other
cherub
{\ADD{was}}
ten
cubits:
both the
cherubims
{\ADD{were}} of
one
measure and
one
size.
\VS{26}The
height of the
one
cherub
{\ADD{was}}
ten
cubits, and so
{\ADD{was it}} of the
other
cherub.
\VS{27}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
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:27 }
they…: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings}
\VS{28}And he
overlaid the
cherubims with
gold.
\VS{29}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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:29 }
open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers}
\VS{30}And the
floor of the
house he
overlaid with
gold,
within and
without.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}¶ And for the
entering of the
oracle he
made
doors
{\ADD{of}}
olive
tree: the
lintel
{\ADD{and}} side
posts
{\ADD{were}} a fifth
part
{\ADD{of the wall}}.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6:31 }
a fifth…: or, fivesquare}
\VS{32}The
two
doors also
{\ADD{were of}}
olive
tree; and he
carved upon them
carvings of
cherubims and palm
trees and
open
flowers, and
overlaid
{\ADD{them}} with
gold, and
spread
gold upon the
cherubims, and upon the palm
trees.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:32 }
two…: or, leaves of the doors}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:32 }
open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers}
\VS{33}So also
made he for the
door of the
temple
posts
{\ADD{of}}
olive
tree, a fourth
part
{\ADD{of the wall}}.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:33 }
a fourth…: or, foursquare}
\VS{34}And the
two
doors
{\ADD{were of}}
fir
tree: the
two
leaves of the
one
door
{\ADD{were}}
folding, and the
two
leaves of the
other
door
{\ADD{were}}
folding.
\VS{35}And he
carved
{\ADD{thereon}}
cherubims and palm
trees and
open
flowers: and
covered
{\ADD{them}} with
gold
fitted upon the carved
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}¶ And he
built the
inner
court with
three
rows of hewed
stone, and a
row of
cedar
beams.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}¶ In the
fourth
year was the
foundation of the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
laid, in the
month
Zif:
\VS{38}And in the
eleventh
year, in the
month
Bul, which
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 6:38 }
throughout…: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof}

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
Solomon was
building his own
house
thirteen
years, and he
finished all his
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}¶ He
built also the
house of the
forest of
Lebanon; the
length thereof
{\ADD{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.
\VS{3}And
{\ADD{it was}}
covered with
cedar
above upon the
beams, that
{\ADD{lay}} on
forty
five
pillars,
fifteen
{\ADD{in}} a
row.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:3 }
beams: Heb. ribs}
\VS{4}And
{\ADD{there were}}
windows
{\ADD{in}}
three
rows, and
light
{\ADD{was}} against
light
{\ADD{in}}
three
ranks.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:4 }
light was…: Heb. sight against sight}
\VS{5}And all the
doors and
posts
{\ADD{were}}
square, with the
windows: and
light
{\ADD{was}}
against
light
{\ADD{in}}
three
ranks.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:5 }
doors…: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect}
\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ And he
made a
porch of
pillars; the
length thereof
{\ADD{was}}
fifty
cubits, and the
breadth thereof
thirty
cubits: and the
porch
{\ADD{was}}
before them: and the
{\ADD{other}}
pillars and the thick
beam
{\ADD{were}} before them.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 7:6 }
before them: or, according to them}
\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ Then he
made a
porch for the
throne where he might
judge,
{\ADD{even}} the
porch of
judgment: and
{\ADD{it was}}
covered with
cedar from one side of the
floor to the
other.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:7 }
from…: Heb. from floor to floor}
\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And his
house where he
dwelt
{\ADD{had}}
another
court
within the
porch,
{\ADD{which}} was of the like
work.
Solomon
made also an
house for
Pharaoh’s
daughter, whom he had
taken
{\ADD{to wife}}, like unto this
porch.
\VS{9}All these
{\ADD{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
{\ADD{so}} on the
outside toward the
great
court.
\VS{10}And the
foundation
{\ADD{was of}}
costly
stones, even
great
stones,
stones of
ten
cubits, and
stones of
eight
cubits.
\VS{11}And
above
{\ADD{were}}
costly
stones, after the
measures of hewed
stones, and
cedars.
\VS{12}And the
great
court round
about
{\ADD{was}} with
three
rows of hewed
stones, and a
row of
cedar
beams, both for the
inner
court of the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and for the
porch of the
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ And
king
Solomon
sent and
fetched
Hiram out of
Tyre.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:13 }
Hiram: also called, Huram}
\VS{14}He
{\ADD{was}} a
widow’s
son of the
tribe of
Naphtali, and his
father
{\ADD{was}} a
man of
Tyre, a
worker in
brass: and he was
filled with
wisdom, and
understanding, and
cunning to
work all
works in
brass. And he
came to
king
Solomon, and
wrought all his
work.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:14 }
a widow’s…: Heb. the son of a widow woman}
\VS{15}For he
cast
two
pillars of
brass, of
eighteen
cubits
high
apiece: and a
line of
twelve
cubits did
compass
either of them
about.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 7:15 }
cast: Heb. fashioned}
\VS{16}And he
made
two
chapiters
{\ADD{of}}
molten
brass, to
set upon the
tops of the
pillars: the
height of the
one
chapiter
{\ADD{was}}
five
cubits, and the
height of the
other
chapiter
{\ADD{was}}
five
cubits:
\VS{17}{\ADD{And}}
nets of
checker
work, and
wreaths of
chain
work, for the
chapiters which
{\ADD{were}} upon the
top of the
pillars;
seven for the
one
chapiter, and
seven for the
other
chapiter.
\VS{18}And he
made the
pillars, and
two
rows round
about upon the
one
network, to
cover the
chapiters that
{\ADD{were}} upon the
top, with
pomegranates: and so
did he for the
other
chapiter.
\VS{19}And the
chapiters that
{\ADD{were}} upon the
top of the
pillars
{\ADD{were}} of
lily
work in the
porch,
four
cubits.
\VS{20}And the
chapiters upon the
two
pillars
{\ADD{had pomegranates}} also
above, over
against the
belly which
{\ADD{was}}
by the
network: and the
pomegranates
{\ADD{were}} two
hundred in
rows round
about upon the
other
chapiter.
\VS{21}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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:21 }
Jachin: that is, He shall establish}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:21 }
Boaz: that is, In it is strength}
\VS{22}And upon the
top of the
pillars
{\ADD{was}}
lily
work: so was the
work of the
pillars
finished.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ And he
made a
molten
sea,
ten
cubits from the one
brim to the
other:
{\ADD{it was}}
round all
about, and his
height
{\ADD{was}}
five
cubits: and a
line of
thirty
cubits did
compass it round
about.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:23 }
from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim}
\VS{24}And under the
brim of it round
about
{\ADD{there were}}
knops
compassing it,
ten in a
cubit,
compassing the
sea round
about: the
knops
{\ADD{were}}
cast in
two
rows, when it was
cast.
\VS{25}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
{\ADD{was set}}
above upon them, and all their hinder
parts
{\ADD{were}}
inward.
\VS{26}And it
{\ADD{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.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}¶ And he
made
ten
bases of
brass;
four
cubits
{\ADD{was}} the
length of
one
base, and
four
cubits the
breadth thereof, and
three
cubits the
height of it.
\VS{28}And the
work of the
bases
{\ADD{was}} on this
{\ADD{manner:}} they had
borders, and the
borders
{\ADD{were}} between the
ledges:
\VS{29}And on the
borders that
{\ADD{were}} between the
ledges
{\ADD{were}}
lions,
oxen, and
cherubims: and upon the
ledges
{\ADD{there was}} a
base
above: and beneath the
lions and
oxen
{\ADD{were}} certain
additions made of
thin
work.
\VS{30}And
every
base had
four
brasen
wheels, and
plates of
brass: and the
four
corners thereof had
undersetters: under the
laver
{\ADD{were}}
undersetters
molten, at the
side of
every
addition.
\VS{31}And the
mouth of it
within the
chapiter and
above
{\ADD{was}} a
cubit: but the
mouth thereof
{\ADD{was}}
round
{\ADD{after}} the
work of the
base, a
cubit and an
half: and also upon the
mouth of it
{\ADD{were}}
gravings with their
borders,
foursquare, not
round.
\VS{32}And
under the
borders
{\ADD{were}}
four
wheels; and the
axletrees of the
wheels
{\ADD{were joined}} to the
base: and the
height of
a
wheel
{\ADD{was}} a
cubit and
half a
cubit.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 7:32 }
joined…: Heb. in the base}
\VS{33}And the
work of the
wheels
{\ADD{was}} like the
work of a
chariot
wheel: their
axletrees, and their
naves, and their
felloes, and their
spokes,
{\ADD{were}} all
molten.
\VS{34}And
{\ADD{there were}}
four
undersetters to the
four
corners of
one
base:
{\ADD{and}} the
undersetters
{\ADD{were}} of the very
base itself.
\VS{35}And in the
top of the
base
{\ADD{was there}} a
round
compass of
half a
cubit
high: and on the
top of the
base the
ledges thereof and the
borders thereof
{\ADD{were}} of the same.
\VS{36}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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:36 }
proportion: Heb. nakedness}
\VS{37}After this
{\ADD{manner}} he
made the
ten
bases: all of them had
one
casting,
one
measure,
{\ADD{and}}
one
size.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}¶ Then
made he
ten
lavers of
brass:
one
laver
contained
forty
baths:
{\ADD{and}}
every
laver was
four
cubits:
{\ADD{and}} upon every
one of the
ten
bases
one
laver.
\VS{39}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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:39 }
side: Heb. shoulder}
\par }{\PP \VS{40}¶ And
Hiram
made the
lavers, and the
shovels, and the
basons. So
Hiram
made an end of
doing all the
work that he
made
king
Solomon for the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}:\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:40 }
And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom}
\VS{41}The
two
pillars, and the
{\ADD{two}}
bowls of the
chapiters that
{\ADD{were}} on the
top of the
two
pillars; and the
two
networks, to
cover the
two
bowls of the
chapiters which
{\ADD{were}} upon the
top of the
pillars;
\VS{42}And
four
hundred
pomegranates for the
two
networks,
{\ADD{even}}
two
rows of
pomegranates for
one
network, to
cover the
two
bowls of the
chapiters that
{\ADD{were}}
upon the
pillars;\FTNT{§}{{\FR 7:42 }
upon…: Heb. upon the face of the pillars}
\VS{43}And the
ten
bases, and
ten
lavers on the
bases;
\VS{44}And
one
sea, and
twelve
oxen under the
sea;
\VS{45}And the
pots, and the
shovels, and the
basons: and all these
vessels, which
Hiram
made to
king
Solomon for the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}},
{\ADD{were of}}
bright
brass.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:45 }
bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured}
\VS{46}In the
plain of
Jordan did the
king
cast them, in the
clay
ground between
Succoth and
Zarthan.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:46 }
in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground}
\VS{47}And
Solomon
left all the
vessels
{\ADD{unweighed}}, because they were
exceeding
many: neither was the
weight of the
brass found
out.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:47 }
because…: Heb. for the exceeding multitude}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 7:47 }
found: Heb. searched}
\par }{\PP \VS{48}And
Solomon
made all the
vessels that
{\ADD{pertained}} unto the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: the
altar of
gold, and the
table of
gold, whereupon the
shewbread
{\ADD{was}},
\VS{49}And the
candlesticks of
pure
gold,
five on the
right
{\ADD{side}}, and
five on the
left,
before the
oracle, with the
flowers, and the
lamps, and the
tongs
{\ADD{of}}
gold,
\VS{50}And the
bowls, and the
snuffers, and the
basons, and the
spoons, and the
censers
{\ADD{of}}
pure
gold; and the
hinges
{\ADD{of}}
gold,
{\ADD{both}} for the
doors of the
inner
house, the
most
holy
{\ADD{place, and}} for the
doors of the
house,
{\ADD{to wit}}, of the
temple.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:50 }
censers: Heb. ash pans}
\VS{51}So was
ended all the
work that
king
Solomon
made for the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}. And
Solomon brought
in the things which
David his
father had
dedicated;
{\ADD{even}} the
silver, and the
gold, and the
vessels, did he
put among the
treasures of the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:51 }
things…: Heb. holy things of David}

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Solomon
assembled the
elders of
Israel, and all the
heads of the
tribes, the
chief of the
fathers of the
children of
Israel, unto
king
Solomon in
Jerusalem, that they might bring
up the
ark of the
covenant of the
{\ND{
LORD}} out of the
city of
David, which
{\ADD{is}}
Zion.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:1 }
chief: Heb. princes}
\VS{2}And all the
men of
Israel
assembled themselves unto
king
Solomon at the
feast in the
month
Ethanim, which
{\ADD{is}} the
seventh
month.
\VS{3}And all the
elders of
Israel
came, and the
priests took
up the
ark.
\VS{4}And they brought
up the
ark of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the
holy
vessels that
{\ADD{were}} in the
tabernacle, even those did the
priests and the
Levites bring
up.
\VS{5}And
king
Solomon, and all the
congregation of
Israel, that were
assembled unto him,
{\ADD{were}} with him
before the
ark,
sacrificing
sheep and
oxen, that could not be
told nor
numbered for
multitude.
\VS{6}And the
priests brought
in the
ark of the
covenant of the
{\ND{
LORD}} unto his
place, into the
oracle of the
house, to the
most
holy
{\ADD{place, even}} under the
wings of the
cherubims.
\VS{7}For the
cherubims spread
forth
{\ADD{their}} two
wings over the
place of the
ark, and the
cherubims
covered the
ark and the
staves thereof
above.
\VS{8}And they drew
out the
staves, that the
ends of the
staves were seen
out in the
holy
{\ADD{place}}
before the
oracle, and they were not
seen
without: and there they are unto this
day.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:8 }
ends: Heb. heads}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:8 }
holy…: or, ark}
\VS{9}{\ADD{There was}} nothing in the
ark
save the
two
tables of
stone, which
Moses
put there at
Horeb, when the
{\ND{
LORD}}
made
{\ADD{a covenant}} with the
children of
Israel, when they came
out of the
land of
Egypt.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 8:9 }
when the: or, where the}
\VS{10}And it came to pass, when the
priests were come
out of the
holy
{\ADD{place}}, that the
cloud
filled the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}},
\VS{11}So that the
priests
could not
stand to
minister
because of the
cloud: for the
glory of the
{\ND{
LORD}} had
filled the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ Then
spake
Solomon, The
{\ND{
LORD}}
said that he would
dwell in the thick
darkness.
\VS{13}I have
surely
built thee an
house to dwell
in, a settled
place for thee to abide
in for
ever.
\VS{14}And the
king
turned his
face
about, and
blessed all the
congregation of
Israel: (and all the
congregation of
Israel
stood;)
\VS{15}And he
said,
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel, which
spake with his
mouth unto
David my
father, and hath with his
hand
fulfilled
{\ADD{it}},
saying,
\VS{16}Since the
day that I brought
forth my
people
Israel out of
Egypt, I
chose no
city out of all the
tribes of
Israel to
build an
house, that my
name might be therein; but I
chose
David to be over my
people
Israel.
\VS{17}And it was in the
heart of
David my
father to
build an
house for the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel.
\VS{18}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto
David my
father,
Whereas it was in thine
heart to
build an
house unto my
name, thou didst
well that it was in thine
heart.
\VS{19}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.
\VS{20}And the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath
performed his
word that he
spake, and I am risen
up in the room of
David my
father, and
sit on the
throne of
Israel, as the
{\ND{
LORD}}
promised, and have
built an
house for the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel.
\VS{21}And I have
set there a
place for the
ark, wherein
{\ADD{is}} the
covenant of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
made with our
fathers, when he brought them
out of the
land of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}¶ And
Solomon
stood
before the
altar of the
{\ND{
LORD}} in the presence
of all the
congregation of
Israel, and spread
forth his
hands toward
heaven:
\VS{23}And he
said,
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel,
{\ADD{there is}} no
God like thee, in
heaven
above, or on
earth beneath, who
keepest
covenant and
mercy with thy
servants that
walk
before thee with all their
heart:
\VS{24}Who hast
kept with thy
servant
David my
father that thou
promisedst him: thou
spakest also with thy
mouth, and hast
fulfilled
{\ADD{it}} with thine
hand, as
{\ADD{it is}} this
day.
\VS{25}Therefore now,
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel,
keep with thy
servant
David my
father that thou
promisedst him,
saying, There shall not
fail thee a
man in my
sight to
sit on the
throne of
Israel;
so that thy
children take
heed to their
way, that they
walk
before me as thou hast
walked
before me.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:25 }
fail…: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:25 }
so that: Heb. only if}
\VS{26}And now, O
God of
Israel, let thy
word, I pray thee, be
verified, which thou
spakest unto thy
servant
David my
father.
\VS{27}But will
God
indeed
dwell on the
earth? behold, the
heaven and
heaven of
heavens cannot
contain thee; how much
less this
house that I have
builded?
\VS{28}Yet have thou
respect unto the
prayer of thy
servant, and to his
supplication, O
{\ND{
LORD}} my
God, to
hearken unto the
cry and to the
prayer, which thy
servant
prayeth
before thee to
day:
\VS{29}That thine
eyes may be
open toward this
house
night and
day,
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:29 }
toward this place: or, in this place}
\VS{30}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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 8:30 }
toward this place: or, in this place}
\par }{\PP \VS{31}¶ 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:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:31 }
and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him}
\VS{32}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.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}¶ 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:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:33 }
in: or, toward}
\VS{34}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.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}¶ 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:
\VS{36}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.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}¶ If there be in the
land
famine, if there be
pestilence,
blasting,
mildew,
locust,
{\ADD{or}} if there be
caterpiller; if their
enemy
besiege them in the
land of their
cities; whatsoever
plague, whatsoever
sickness
{\ADD{there be;}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:37 }
cities: or, jurisdiction}
\VS{38}What
prayer and
supplication soever be
{\ADD{made}} by any
man,
{\ADD{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:
\VS{39}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,
{\ADD{even}} thou only,
knowest the
hearts of all the
children of
men;)
\VS{40}That they may
fear thee all the
days that they
live
in the
land which thou
gavest unto our
fathers.
\VS{41}Moreover concerning a
stranger, that
{\ADD{is}} not of thy
people
Israel, but cometh
out of a
far
country
for thy
name’s sake;
\VS{42}(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;
\VS{43}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
{\ADD{do}} thy
people
Israel; and that they may
know that this
house, which I have
builded, is
called by thy
name.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 8:43 }
this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house}
\par }{\PP \VS{44}¶ If thy
people go
out to
battle against their
enemy,
whithersoever thou shalt
send them, and shall
pray unto the
{\ND{
LORD}}
toward the
city which thou hast
chosen, and
{\ADD{toward}} the
house that I have
built for thy
name:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:44 }
toward the city: Heb. the way of the city}
\VS{45}Then
hear thou in
heaven their
prayer and their
supplication, and
maintain their
cause.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:45 }
cause: or, right}
\VS{46}If they
sin against thee, (for
{\ADD{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;
\VS{47}{\ADD{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;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:47 }
bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart}
\VS{48}And
{\ADD{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:
\VS{49}Then
hear thou their
prayer and their
supplication in
heaven thy
dwelling
place, and
maintain their
cause,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 8:49 }
cause: or, right}
\VS{50}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:
\VS{51}For they
{\ADD{be}} thy
people, and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest
forth out of
Egypt, from the
midst of the
furnace of
iron:
\VS{52}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.
\VS{53}For thou didst
separate them from among all the
people of the
earth,
{\ADD{to be}} thine
inheritance, as thou
spakest by the
hand of
Moses thy
servant, when thou
broughtest our
fathers out of
Egypt, O
Lord
{\ND{
GOD}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{54}And it was
{\ADD{so}}, that when
Solomon had made an
end of
praying all this
prayer and
supplication unto the
{\ND{
LORD}}, he
arose from
before the
altar of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, from
kneeling on his
knees with his
hands spread
up to
heaven.
\VS{55}And he
stood, and
blessed all the
congregation of
Israel with a
loud
voice,
saying,
\VS{56}Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}, that hath
given
rest unto his
people
Israel, according to all that he
promised: there hath not
failed
one
word of all his
good
promise, which he
promised by the
hand of
Moses his
servant.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:56 }
failed: Heb. fallen}
\VS{57}The
{\ND{
LORD}} our
God be with us, as he was with our
fathers: let him not
leave us, nor
forsake us:
\VS{58}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.
\VS{59}And let these my
words, wherewith I have made
supplication
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}, be
nigh unto the
{\ND{
LORD}} our
God
day and
night, that he
maintain the
cause of his
servant, and the
cause of his
people
Israel at all
times, as the
matter shall require:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:59 }
at all…: Heb. the thing of a day in his day}
\VS{60}That all the
people of the
earth may
know that the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{is}}
God,
{\ADD{and that there is}} none else.
\VS{61}Let your
heart therefore be
perfect with the
{\ND{
LORD}} our
God, to
walk in his
statutes, and to
keep his
commandments, as at this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{62}¶ And the
king, and all
Israel with him,
offered
sacrifice
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{63}And
Solomon
offered a
sacrifice of peace
offerings, which he
offered unto the
{\ND{
LORD}},
two and
twenty
thousand
oxen, and an
hundred and
twenty
thousand
sheep. So the
king and all the
children of
Israel
dedicated the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{64}The same
day did the
king
hallow the
middle of the
court that
{\ADD{was}}
before the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: for there he
offered burnt
offerings, and meat
offerings, and the
fat of the peace
offerings: because the
brasen
altar that
{\ADD{was}}
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{was}} too
little to
receive the burnt
offerings, and meat
offerings, and the
fat of the peace
offerings.
\VS{65}And at that
time
Solomon
held a
feast, and all
Israel with him, a
great
congregation, from the
entering in of
Hamath unto the
river of
Egypt,
before the
{\ND{
LORD}} our
God,
seven
days and
seven
days,
{\ADD{even}}
fourteen
days.
\VS{66}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
{\ND{
LORD}} had
done for
David his
servant, and for
Israel his
people.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:66 }
blessed: or, thanked}

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass, when
Solomon had
finished the
building of the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
king’s
house, and all
Solomon’s
desire which he was
pleased to
do,
\VS{2}That the
{\ND{
LORD}}
appeared to
Solomon the second
time, as he had
appeared unto him at
Gibeon.
\VS{3}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto him, I have
heard thy
prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast
made
before me: I have
hallowed this
house, which thou hast
built, to
put my
name there
for
ever; and mine
eyes and mine
heart shall be there
perpetually.
\VS{4}And if thou wilt
walk
before me, as
David thy
father
walked, in
integrity of
heart, and in
uprightness, to
do according to all that I have
commanded thee,
{\ADD{and}} wilt
keep my
statutes and my
judgments:
\VS{5}Then I will
establish the
throne of thy
kingdom upon
Israel for
ever, as I
promised to
David thy
father,
saying, There shall not
fail thee a
man upon the
throne of
Israel.
\VS{6}{\ADD{But}} if ye shall at
all
turn from
following me, ye or your
children, and will not
keep my
commandments
{\ADD{and}} my
statutes which I have
set
before you, but
go and
serve
other
gods, and
worship them:
\VS{7}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:
\VS{8}And at this
house,
{\ADD{which}} is
high, every one that
passeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall
hiss; and they shall
say, Why hath the
{\ND{
LORD}}
done thus unto this
land, and to this
house?
\VS{9}And they shall
answer, Because they
forsook the
{\ND{
LORD}} their
God, who brought
forth their
fathers out of the
land of
Egypt, and have taken
hold upon
other
gods, and have
worshipped them, and
served them: therefore hath the
{\ND{
LORD}}
brought upon them all this
evil.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ And it came to pass at the
end of
twenty
years, when
Solomon had
built the
two
houses, the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
king’s
house,
\VS{11}({\ADD{Now}}
Hiram the
king of
Tyre had
furnished
Solomon with
cedar
trees and
fir
trees, and with
gold, according to all his
desire,) that
then
king
Solomon
gave
Hiram
twenty
cities in the
land of
Galilee.
\VS{12}And
Hiram came
out from
Tyre to
see the
cities which
Solomon had
given him; and they
pleased him not.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:12 }
pleased…: Heb. were not right in his eyes}
\VS{13}And he
said, What
cities
{\ADD{are}} these which thou hast
given me, my
brother? And he
called them the
land of
Cabul unto this
day.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 9:13 }
Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty}
\VS{14}And
Hiram
sent to the
king
sixscore
talents of
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ And this
{\ADD{is}} the
reason of the
levy which
king
Solomon
raised; for to
build the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and his own
house, and
Millo, and the
wall of
Jerusalem, and
Hazor, and
Megiddo, and
Gezer.
\VS{16}{\ADD{For}}
Pharaoh
king of
Egypt had gone
up, and
taken
Gezer, and
burnt it with
fire, and
slain the
Canaanites that
dwelt in the
city, and
given it
{\ADD{for}} a
present unto his
daughter,
Solomon’s
wife.
\VS{17}And
Solomon
built
Gezer, and
Beth-horon the
nether,
\VS{18}And
Baalath, and
Tadmor in the
wilderness, in the
land,
\VS{19}And all the
cities of
store that
Solomon had, and
cities for his
chariots, and
cities for his
horsemen, and
that which
Solomon
desired to
build in
Jerusalem, and in
Lebanon, and in all the
land of his
dominion.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 9:19 }
that which…: Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired}
\VS{20}{\ADD{And}} all the
people
{\ADD{that were}}
left of the
Amorites,
Hittites,
Perizzites,
Hivites, and
Jebusites, which
{\ADD{were}} not of the
children of
Israel,
\VS{21}Their
children that were
left
after them in the
land, whom the
children of
Israel also were not
able utterly to
destroy, upon those did
Solomon
levy a
tribute of
bondservice unto this
day.
\VS{22}But of the
children of
Israel did
Solomon
make no
bondmen: but they
{\ADD{were}}
men of
war, and his
servants, and his
princes, and his
captains, and
rulers of his
chariots, and his
horsemen.
\VS{23}These
{\ADD{were}} the
chief of the
officers that
{\ADD{were}} over
Solomon’s
work,
five
hundred and
fifty, which bare
rule over the
people that
wrought in the
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ But
Pharaoh’s
daughter came
up out of the
city of
David unto her
house which
{\ADD{Solomon}} had
built for her: then did he
build
Millo.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ And
three
times in a
year did
Solomon
offer burnt
offerings and peace
offerings upon the
altar which he
built unto the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and he burnt
incense upon the
altar that
{\ADD{was}}
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}. So he
finished the
house.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 9:25 }
upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc}
\par }{\PP \VS{26}¶ And
king
Solomon
made a navy of
ships in
Ezion-geber, which
{\ADD{is}} beside
Eloth, on the
shore of the
Red
sea, in the
land of
Edom.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:26 }
shore: Heb. lip}
\VS{27}And
Hiram
sent in the
navy his
servants,
shipmen that had
knowledge of the
sea, with the
servants of
Solomon.
\VS{28}And they
came to
Ophir, and
fetched from thence
gold,
four
hundred and
twenty
talents, and
brought
{\ADD{it}} to
king
Solomon.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And when the
queen of
Sheba
heard of the
fame of
Solomon concerning the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, she
came to
prove him with hard
questions.
\VS{2}And she
came to
Jerusalem with a
very
great
train, with
camels that
bare
spices, and
very
much
gold, and
precious
stones: and when she was
come to
Solomon, she
communed with him of all that was in her
heart.
\VS{3}And
Solomon
told her all her
questions: there was not
{\ADD{any}}
thing
hid from the
king, which he
told her not.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:3 }
questions: Heb. words}
\VS{4}And when the
queen of
Sheba had
seen all
Solomon’s
wisdom, and the
house that he had
built,
\VS{5}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
{\ND{
LORD}}; there was no more
spirit in her.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10:5 }
attendance: Heb. standing}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10:5 }
cupbearers: or, butlers}
\VS{6}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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10:6 }
report: Heb. word}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:6 }
acts: or, sayings}
\VS{7}Howbeit I
believed not the
words, until I
came, and mine
eyes had
seen
{\ADD{it:}} and, behold, the
half was not
told me: thy
wisdom and
prosperity
exceedeth the
fame which I
heard.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10:7 }
thy…: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to}
\VS{8}Happy
{\ADD{are}} thy
men,
happy
{\ADD{are}} these thy
servants, which
stand
continually
before thee,
{\ADD{and}} that
hear thy
wisdom.
\VS{9}Blessed be the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God, which
delighted in thee, to
set thee on the
throne of
Israel: because the
{\ND{
LORD}}
loved
Israel for
ever, therefore
made he thee
king, to
do
judgment and
justice.
\VS{10}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 of
Sheba
gave to
king
Solomon.
\VS{11}And the
navy also of
Hiram, that
brought
gold from
Ophir, brought
in from
Ophir
great
plenty of
almug
trees, and
precious
stones.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10:11 }
almug…: also called, algum trees}
\VS{12}And the
king
made of the
almug
trees
pillars for the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and for the
king’s
house,
harps also and
psalteries for
singers: there
came no such
almug
trees, nor were
seen unto this
day.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10:12 }
pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop}
\VS{13}And
king
Solomon
gave unto the
queen of
Sheba all her
desire, whatsoever she
asked, beside
{\ADD{that}} which
Solomon
gave her of his
royal
bounty. So she
turned and
went to her own
country, she and her
servants.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:13 }
of his…: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon}
\par }{\PP \VS{14}¶ Now the
weight of
gold that
came to
Solomon in
one
year was
six
hundred
threescore and
six
talents of
gold,
\VS{15}Beside
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10:15 }
governors: or, captains}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶ And
king
Solomon
made two
hundred
targets
{\ADD{of}}
beaten
gold:
six
hundred
{\ADD{shekels}} of
gold
went to
one
target.
\VS{17}And
{\ADD{he made}}
three
hundred
shields
{\ADD{of}}
beaten
gold;
three
pound of
gold
went to
one
shield: and the
king
put them in the
house of the
forest of
Lebanon.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ Moreover the
king
made a
great
throne of
ivory, and
overlaid it with the
best
gold.
\VS{19}The
throne had
six
steps, and the
top of the
throne
{\ADD{was}}
round
behind: and
{\ADD{there were}}
stays on either side on the
place of the
seat, and
two
lions
stood
beside the
stays.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10:19 }
behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereof}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10:19 }
stays: Heb. hands}
\VS{20}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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:20 }
the like: Heb. so}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And all
king
Solomon’s
drinking
vessels
{\ADD{were of}}
gold, and all the
vessels of the
house of the
forest of
Lebanon
{\ADD{were of}}
pure
gold; none
{\ADD{were of}}
silver: it was
nothing
accounted of in the
days of
Solomon.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10:21 }
none…: or, there was no silver in them}
\VS{22}For the
king had at
sea a
navy of
Tharshish with the
navy of
Hiram:
once in
three
years
came the
navy of
Tharshish,
bringing
gold, and
silver,
ivory, and
apes, and
peacocks.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10:22 }
ivory: or, elephants’ teeth}
\VS{23}So
king
Solomon
exceeded all the
kings of the
earth for
riches and for
wisdom.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ And all the
earth
sought
to
Solomon, to
hear his
wisdom, which
God had
put in his
heart.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 10:24 }
sought to: Heb. sought the face of}
\VS{25}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.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}¶ And
Solomon 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.
\VS{27}And the
king
made
silver
{\ADD{to be}} in
Jerusalem as
stones, and
cedars
made he
{\ADD{to be}} as the sycomore
trees that
{\ADD{are}} in the
vale, for
abundance.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:27 }
made: Heb. gave}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}¶ And
Solomon had
horses
brought out of
Egypt, and linen
yarn: the
king’s
merchants
received the linen
yarn at a
price.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 10:28 }
And Solomon…: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s}
\VS{29}And a
chariot came
up and went
out of
Egypt for
six
hundred
{\ADD{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, did they bring
{\ADD{them}}
out by their
means.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 10:29 }
by their…: Heb. by their hand}

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
king
Solomon
loved
many
strange
women, together with the
daughter of
Pharaoh, women of the
Moabites,
Ammonites,
Edomites,
Zidonians,
{\ADD{and}}
Hittites;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:1 }
together…: or, beside}
\VS{2}Of the
nations
{\ADD{concerning}} which the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto the
children of
Israel, Ye shall not go
in to them, neither shall they come
in unto you:
{\ADD{for}}
surely they will turn
away your
heart
after their
gods:
Solomon
clave unto these in
love.
\VS{3}And he had
seven
hundred
wives,
princesses, and
three
hundred
concubines: and his
wives turned
away his
heart.
\VS{4}For it came to pass,
when
Solomon was
old,
{\ADD{that}} his
wives turned
away his
heart
after
other
gods: and his
heart was not
perfect with the
{\ND{
LORD}} his
God, as
{\ADD{was}} the
heart of
David his
father.
\VS{5}For
Solomon
went
after
Ashtoreth the
goddess of the
Zidonians, and
after
Milcom the
abomination of the
Ammonites.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 11:5 }
Milcom: also called, Molech}
\VS{6}And
Solomon
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and went not
fully
after the
{\ND{
LORD}}, as
{\ADD{did}}
David his
father.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 11:6 }
went…: Heb. fulfilled not after}
\VS{7}Then did
Solomon
build an high
place for
Chemosh, the
abomination of
Moab, in the
hill that
{\ADD{is}}
before
Jerusalem, and for
Molech, the
abomination of the
children of
Ammon.
\VS{8}And likewise
did he for all his
strange
wives, which burnt
incense and
sacrificed unto their
gods.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ And the
{\ND{
LORD}} was
angry with
Solomon, because his
heart was
turned from the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel, which had
appeared unto him
twice,
\VS{10}And had
commanded him concerning this
thing, that he should not
go
after
other
gods: but he
kept not that which the
{\ND{
LORD}}
commanded.
\VS{11}Wherefore the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto
Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not
kept my
covenant and my
statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will
surely
rend the
kingdom from thee, and will
give it to thy
servant.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 11:11 }
is done…: Heb. is with thee}
\VS{12}Notwithstanding in thy
days I will not
do it for
David thy
father’s sake:
{\ADD{but}} I will
rend it out of the
hand of thy
son.
\VS{13}Howbeit I will not rend
away all the
kingdom;
{\ADD{but}} will
give
one
tribe to thy
son for
David my
servant’s sake, and for
Jerusalem’s sake which I have
chosen.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}¶ And the
{\ND{
LORD}} stirred
up an
adversary unto
Solomon,
Hadad the
Edomite: he
{\ADD{was}} of the
king’s
seed in
Edom.
\VS{15}For it came to pass, when
David was in
Edom, and
Joab the
captain of the
host was gone
up to
bury the
slain, after he had
smitten every
male in
Edom;
\VS{16}(For
six
months did
Joab
remain there with all
Israel, until he had cut
off every
male in
Edom:)
\VS{17}That
Hadad
fled, he and
certain
Edomites of his
father’s
servants with him, to
go into
Egypt;
Hadad
{\ADD{being}} yet a
little
child.
\VS{18}And they
arose out of
Midian, and
came to
Paran: and they
took
men with them out of
Paran, and they
came to
Egypt, unto
Pharaoh
king of
Egypt; which
gave him an
house, and
appointed him
victuals, and
gave him
land.
\VS{19}And
Hadad
found
great
favour in the
sight of
Pharaoh, so that he
gave him to
wife the
sister of his own
wife, the
sister of
Tahpenes the
queen.
\VS{20}And the
sister of
Tahpenes
bare him
Genubath his
son, whom
Tahpenes
weaned
in
Pharaoh’s
house: and
Genubath was in
Pharaoh’s
household
among the
sons of
Pharaoh.
\VS{21}And when
Hadad
heard in
Egypt that
David
slept with his
fathers, and that
Joab the
captain of the
host was
dead,
Hadad
said to
Pharaoh, Let me
depart, that I may
go to mine own
country.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:21 }
Let…: Heb. Send me away}
\VS{22}Then
Pharaoh
said unto him, But what hast thou
lacked with me, that, behold, thou
seekest to
go to thine own
country? And he
answered, Nothing: howbeit let me
go in any
wise.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 11:22 }
Nothing: Heb. Not}
\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ And
God stirred him
up
{\ADD{another}}
adversary,
Rezon the
son of
Eliadah, which
fled from his
lord
Hadadezer
king of
Zobah:
\VS{24}And he
gathered
men unto him, and became
captain over a
band, when
David
slew them
{\ADD{of Zobah:}} and they
went to
Damascus, and
dwelt therein, and
reigned in
Damascus.
\VS{25}And he was an
adversary to
Israel all the
days of
Solomon, beside the
mischief that
Hadad
{\ADD{did:}} and he
abhorred
Israel, and
reigned over
Syria.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}¶ And
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, an
Ephrathite of
Zereda,
Solomon’s
servant, whose
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Zeruah, a
widow
woman, even he lifted
up
{\ADD{his}}
hand against the
king.
\VS{27}And this
{\ADD{was}} the
cause that he lifted
up
{\ADD{his}}
hand against the
king:
Solomon
built
Millo,
{\ADD{and}}
repaired the
breaches of the
city of
David his
father.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 11:27 }
repaired: Heb. closed}
\VS{28}And the
man
Jeroboam
{\ADD{was}} a mighty
man of
valour: and
Solomon
seeing the young
man that he was
industrious, he made him
ruler over all the
charge of the
house of
Joseph.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 11:28 }
was industrious: Heb. did work}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:28 }
charge: Heb. burden}
\VS{29}And it came to pass at that
time when
Jeroboam went
out of
Jerusalem, that the
prophet
Ahijah the
Shilonite
found him in the
way; and he had
clad himself with a
new
garment; and they
two
{\ADD{were}} alone in the
field:
\VS{30}And
Ahijah
caught the
new
garment that
{\ADD{was}} on him, and
rent it
{\ADD{in}}
twelve
pieces:
\VS{31}And he
said to
Jeroboam,
Take thee
ten
pieces: for thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, the
God of
Israel, Behold, I will
rend the
kingdom out of the
hand of
Solomon, and will
give
ten
tribes to thee:
\VS{32}(But he shall have
one
tribe for my
servant
David’s sake, and for
Jerusalem’s sake, the
city which I have
chosen out of all the
tribes of
Israel:)
\VS{33}Because that they have
forsaken me, and have
worshipped
Ashtoreth the
goddess of the
Zidonians,
Chemosh the
god of the
Moabites, and
Milcom the
god of the
children of
Ammon, and have not
walked in my
ways, to
do
{\ADD{that which is}}
right in mine
eyes, and
{\ADD{to keep}} my
statutes and my
judgments, as
{\ADD{did}}
David his
father.
\VS{34}Howbeit I will not
take the whole
kingdom out of his
hand: but I will
make him
prince all the
days of his
life for
David my
servant’s sake, whom I
chose, because he
kept my
commandments and my
statutes:
\VS{35}But I will
take the
kingdom out of his
son’s
hand, and will
give it unto thee,
{\ADD{even}}
ten
tribes.
\VS{36}And unto his
son will I
give
one
tribe, that
David my
servant may have a
light
alway
before me in
Jerusalem, the
city which I have
chosen me to
put my
name there.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 11:36 }
light: Heb. lamp, or, candle}
\VS{37}And I will
take thee, and thou shalt
reign according to all that thy
soul
desireth, and shalt be
king over
Israel.
\VS{38}And it shall be, if thou wilt
hearken unto all that I
command thee, and wilt
walk in my
ways, and
do
{\ADD{that is}}
right in my
sight, to
keep my
statutes and my
commandments, as
David my
servant
did; that I will be with thee, and
build thee a
sure
house, as I
built for
David, and will
give
Israel unto thee.
\VS{39}And I will for this
afflict the
seed of
David, but not for
ever.
\VS{40}Solomon
sought therefore to
kill
Jeroboam. And
Jeroboam
arose, and
fled into
Egypt, unto
Shishak
king of
Egypt, and was in
Egypt until the
death of
Solomon.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}¶ And the
rest of the
acts of
Solomon, and all that he
did, and his
wisdom,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
acts of
Solomon?\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 11:41 }
acts: or, words, or, things}
\VS{42}And the
time that
Solomon
reigned in
Jerusalem over all
Israel
{\ADD{was}}
forty
years.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 11:42 }
time: Heb. days}
\VS{43}And
Solomon
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in the
city of
David his
father: and
Rehoboam his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:43 }
Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam}

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Rehoboam
went to
Shechem: for all
Israel were
come to
Shechem to make him
king.
\VS{2}And it came to pass, when
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who was yet in
Egypt,
heard
{\ADD{of it}}, (for he was
fled from the
presence of
king
Solomon, and
Jeroboam
dwelt in
Egypt;)
\VS{3}That they
sent and
called him. And
Jeroboam and all the
congregation of
Israel
came, and
spake unto
Rehoboam,
saying,
\VS{4}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.
\VS{5}And he
said unto them,
Depart yet
{\ADD{for}}
three
days, then come
again to me. And the
people
departed.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ And
king
Rehoboam
consulted with the old
men, that
stood
before
Solomon his
father while he yet
lived, and
said, How do ye
advise that I
may
answer this
people?
\VS{7}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.
\VS{8}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,
{\ADD{and}} which
stood
before him:
\VS{9}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?
\VS{10}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
{\ADD{it}}
lighter unto us; thus shalt thou
say unto them, My
little
{\ADD{finger}} shall be
thicker than my
father’s
loins.
\VS{11}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.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}¶ So
Jeroboam and all the
people
came to
Rehoboam the
third
day, as the
king had
appointed,
saying, Come to me
again the
third
day.
\VS{13}And the
king
answered the
people
roughly, and
forsook the old
men’s
counsel that they
gave him;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:13 }
roughly: Heb. hardly}
\VS{14}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
{\ADD{also}}
chastised you with
whips, but I will
chastise you with
scorpions.
\VS{15}Wherefore the
king
hearkened not unto the
people; for the
cause was from the
{\ND{
LORD}}, that he might
perform his
saying, which the
{\ND{
LORD}}
spake
by
Ahijah the
Shilonite unto
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶
So when all
Israel
saw that the
king
hearkened not unto them, the
people
answered the
king,
saying, What
portion have we in
David? neither
{\ADD{have we}}
inheritance in the
son of
Jesse: to your
tents, O
Israel: now
see to thine own
house,
David. So
Israel
departed unto their
tents.
\VS{17}But
{\ADD{as for}} the
children of
Israel which
dwelt in the
cities of
Judah,
Rehoboam
reigned over them.
\VS{18}Then
king
Rehoboam
sent
Adoram, who
{\ADD{was}} over the
tribute; and all
Israel
stoned him with
stones, that he
died. Therefore
king
Rehoboam made
speed to get him
up to his
chariot, to
flee to
Jerusalem.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 12:18 }
made…: Heb. strengthened himself}
\VS{19}So
Israel
rebelled against the
house of
David unto this
day.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 12:19 }
rebelled: or, fell away}
\VS{20}And it came to pass, when all
Israel
heard that
Jeroboam was come
again, that they
sent and
called him unto the
congregation, and made him
king over all
Israel: there was none that
followed the
house of
David,
but the
tribe of
Judah only.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And when
Rehoboam was
come to
Jerusalem, he
assembled all the
house of
Judah, with the
tribe of
Benjamin, an
hundred and
fourscore
thousand chosen
men, which were
warriors, to
fight against the
house of
Israel, to
bring the
kingdom
again to
Rehoboam the
son of
Solomon.
\VS{22}But the
word of
God came unto
Shemaiah the
man of
God,
saying,
\VS{23}Speak unto
Rehoboam, the
son of
Solomon,
king of
Judah, and unto all the
house of
Judah and
Benjamin, and to the
remnant of the
people,
saying,
\VS{24}Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Ye shall not go
up, nor
fight against your
brethren the
children of
Israel:
return every
man to his
house; for this
thing
is from me. They
hearkened therefore to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
returned to
depart, according to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ Then
Jeroboam
built
Shechem in
mount
Ephraim, and
dwelt therein; and went
out from thence, and
built
Penuel.
\VS{26}And
Jeroboam
said in his
heart, Now shall the
kingdom
return to the
house of
David:
\VS{27}If this
people go
up to
do
sacrifice in the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}} at
Jerusalem, then shall the
heart of this
people turn
again unto their
lord,
{\ADD{even}} unto
Rehoboam
king of
Judah, and they shall
kill me, and go
again to
Rehoboam
king of
Judah.
\VS{28}Whereupon the
king took
counsel, and
made
two
calves
{\ADD{of}}
gold, and
said unto them, It is too
much for you to go
up to
Jerusalem: behold thy
gods, O
Israel, which brought thee
up out of the
land of
Egypt.
\VS{29}And he
set the
one in
Beth-el, and the
other
put he in
Dan.
\VS{30}And this
thing became a
sin: for the
people
went
{\ADD{to worship}}
before the
one,
{\ADD{even}} unto
Dan.
\VS{31}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.
\VS{32}And
Jeroboam
ordained a
feast in the
eighth
month, on the
fifteenth
day of the
month, like unto the
feast that
{\ADD{is}} in
Judah, and he
offered upon the
altar. So
did he in
Beth-el,
sacrificing unto the
calves that he had
made: and he
placed in
Beth-el the
priests of the high
places which he had
made.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 12:32 }
offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:32 }
sacrificing: or, to sacrifice}
\VS{33}So he
offered upon the
altar which he had
made in
Beth-el the
fifteenth
day of the
eighth
month,
{\ADD{even}} in the
month which he had
devised of his own
heart; and
ordained a
feast unto the
children of
Israel: and he
offered upon the
altar, and burnt
incense.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 12:33 }
offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 12:33 }
and burnt…: Heb. to burn incense}

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And, behold, there
came a
man of
God out of
Judah by the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} unto
Beth-el: and
Jeroboam
stood by the
altar to burn
incense.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:1 }
burn: or, offer}
\VS{2}And he
cried against the
altar in the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
said, O
altar,
altar, thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}; Behold, a
child shall be
born unto the
house of
David,
Josiah by
name; and upon thee shall he
offer the
priests of the high
places that burn
incense upon thee, and
men’s
bones shall be
burnt upon thee.
\VS{3}And he
gave a
sign the same
day,
saying, This
{\ADD{is}} the
sign which the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath
spoken; Behold, the
altar shall be
rent, and the
ashes that
{\ADD{are}} upon it shall be poured
out.
\VS{4}And it came to pass, when
king
Jeroboam
heard the
saying of the
man of
God, which had
cried against the
altar in
Beth-el, 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.
\VS{5}The
altar also was
rent, and the
ashes poured
out from the
altar, according to the
sign which the
man of
God had
given by the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{6}And the
king
answered and
said unto the
man of
God,
Intreat now the
face of the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God, and
pray for me, that my
hand may be restored me
again. And the
man of
God
besought the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
king’s
hand was restored him
again, and became as
{\ADD{it was}}
before.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 13:6 }
the

{\ND{LORD}}, and: Heb. the face of the
{\ND{LORD}}, etc}
\VS{7}And the
king
said unto the
man of
God,
Come
home with me, and
refresh thyself, and I will
give thee a
reward.
\VS{8}And the
man of
God
said unto the
king, If thou wilt
give me
half thine
house, I will not go
in with thee, neither will I
eat
bread nor
drink
water in this
place:
\VS{9}For so was it
charged me by the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}},
saying,
Eat no
bread, nor
drink
water, nor turn
again by the same
way that thou
camest.
\VS{10}So he
went
another
way, and
returned not by the
way that he
came to
Beth-el.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶ Now there
dwelt
an
old
prophet in
Beth-el; and his
sons
came and
told him all the
works that the
man of
God had
done that
day in
Beth-el: the
words which he had
spoken unto the
king, them they
told also to their
father.
\VS{12}And their
father
said unto them, What
way
went he? For his
sons had
seen
what
way the
man of
God
went, which
came from
Judah.
\VS{13}And he
said unto his
sons,
Saddle me the
ass. So they
saddled him the
ass: and he
rode thereon,
\VS{14}And
went
after the
man of
God, and
found him
sitting under an
oak: and he
said unto him,
{\ADD{Art}} thou the
man of
God that
camest from
Judah? And he
said, I
{\ADD{am}}.
\VS{15}Then he
said unto him,
Come
home with me, and
eat
bread.
\VS{16}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:
\VS{17}For it was
said to me by the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Thou shalt
eat no
bread nor
drink
water there, nor turn
again to
go by the
way that thou
camest.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 13:17 }
it…: Heb. a word was}
\VS{18}He
said unto him, I
{\ADD{am}} a
prophet also as thou
{\ADD{art;}} and an
angel
spake unto me by the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}},
saying, Bring him
back with thee into thine
house, that he may
eat
bread and
drink
water.
{\ADD{But}} he
lied unto him.
\VS{19}So he went
back with him, and did
eat
bread in his
house, and
drank
water.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}¶ And it came to pass, as they
sat at the
table, that the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came unto the
prophet that brought him
back:
\VS{21}And he
cried unto the
man of
God that
came from
Judah,
saying, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Forasmuch
as thou hast
disobeyed the
mouth of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and hast not
kept the
commandment which the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God
commanded thee,
\VS{22}But camest
back, and hast
eaten
bread and
drunk
water in the
place, of the which
{\ADD{the
{\ND{Lord}}}} did
say to thee,
Eat no
bread, and
drink no
water; thy
carcase shall not
come unto the
sepulchre of thy
fathers.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ And it came to pass,
after he had
eaten
bread, and
after he had
drunk, that he
saddled for him the
ass,
{\ADD{to wit}}, for the
prophet whom he had brought
back.
\VS{24}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.
\VS{25}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
{\ADD{it}} in the
city where the
old
prophet
dwelt.
\VS{26}And when the
prophet that brought him
back from the
way
heard
{\ADD{thereof}}, he
said, It
{\ADD{is}} the
man of
God, who was
disobedient unto the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: therefore the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath
delivered him unto the
lion, which hath
torn him, and
slain him, according to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake unto him.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 13:26 }
torn: Heb. broken}
\VS{27}And he
spake to his
sons,
saying,
Saddle me the
ass. And they
saddled
{\ADD{him}}.
\VS{28}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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:28 }
torn: Heb. broken}
\VS{29}And the
prophet took
up the
carcase of the
man of
God, and
laid it upon the
ass, and brought it
back: and the
old
prophet
came to the
city, to
mourn and to
bury him.
\VS{30}And he
laid his
carcase in his own
grave; and they
mourned over him,
{\ADD{saying}},
Alas, my
brother!
\VS{31}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
{\ADD{is}}
buried;
lay my
bones
beside his
bones:
\VS{32}For the
saying which he
cried by the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} against the
altar in
Beth-el, and against all the
houses of the high
places which
{\ADD{are}} in the
cities of
Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}¶
After this
thing
Jeroboam
returned not from his
evil
way, but
made
again of the
lowest of the
people
priests of the high
places: whosoever
would, he
consecrated him, and he became
{\ADD{one}} of the
priests of the high
places.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 13:33 }
made…: Heb. returned and made}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 13:33 }
consecrated…: Heb. filled his hand}
\VS{34}And this
thing became
sin unto the
house of
Jeroboam, even to cut
{\ADD{it}}
off, and to
destroy
{\ADD{it}} from off the
face of the
earth.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}At that
time
Abijah the
son of
Jeroboam fell
sick.
\VS{2}And
Jeroboam
said to his
wife,
Arise, I pray thee, and
disguise thyself, that thou be not
known to be the
wife of
Jeroboam; and
get thee to
Shiloh: behold, there
{\ADD{is}}
Ahijah the
prophet, which
told me that
{\ADD{I should be}}
king over this
people.
\VS{3}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.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:3 }
with…: Heb. in thine hand}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 14:3 }
cracknels: or, cakes}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 14:3 }
cruse: or, bottle}
\VS{4}And
Jeroboam’s
wife did
so, and
arose, and
went to
Shiloh, and
came to the
house of
Ahijah. But
Ahijah
could not
see; for his
eyes were
set by reason of his
age.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 14:4 }
were…: Heb. stood for his hoariness}
\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto
Ahijah, Behold, the
wife of
Jeroboam
cometh to
ask a
thing of thee for her
son; for he
{\ADD{is}}
sick:
thus and thus shalt thou
say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh
in, that she shall feign herself
{\ADD{to be}}
another
{\ADD{woman}}.
\VS{6}And it was
{\ADD{so}}, when
Ahijah
heard the
sound of her
feet, as she came
in at the
door, that he
said, Come
in, thou
wife of
Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself
{\ADD{to be}}
another? for I
{\ADD{am}}
sent to thee
{\ADD{with}}
heavy
{\ADD{tidings}}.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:6 }
heavy: Heb. hard}
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Go,
tell
Jeroboam, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel, Forasmuch
as I
exalted thee from
among the
people, and
made thee
prince over my
people
Israel,
\VS{8}And
rent the
kingdom
away from the
house of
David, and
gave it thee: and
{\ADD{yet}} thou hast not been as my
servant
David, who
kept my
commandments, and who
followed me with all his
heart, to
do
{\ADD{that}} only
{\ADD{which was}}
right in mine
eyes;
\VS{9}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:
\VS{10}Therefore, behold, I will
bring
evil upon the
house of
Jeroboam, and will cut
off from
Jeroboam him that
pisseth against the
wall,
{\ADD{and}} him that is shut
up and
left in
Israel, and will take
away the
remnant of the
house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh
away
dung, till it be all
gone.
\VS{11}Him that
dieth of
Jeroboam in the
city shall the
dogs
eat; and him that
dieth in the
field shall the
fowls of the
air
eat: for the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath
spoken
{\ADD{it}}.
\VS{12}Arise thou therefore,
get thee to thine own
house:
{\ADD{and}} when thy
feet
enter into the
city, the
child shall
die.
\VS{13}And all
Israel shall
mourn for him, and
bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall
come to the
grave, because in him there is
found
{\ADD{some}}
good
thing toward the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel in the
house of
Jeroboam.
\VS{14}Moreover the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall raise him
up a
king over
Israel, who shall cut
off the
house of
Jeroboam that
day: but what? even now.
\VS{15}For the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall
smite
Israel, as a
reed is
shaken in the
water, and he shall root
up
Israel out of this
good
land, which he
gave to their
fathers, and shall
scatter them
beyond the
river, because they have
made their
groves, provoking the
{\ND{
LORD}} to
anger.
\VS{16}And he shall
give
Israel
up
because of the
sins of
Jeroboam, who did
sin, and who made
Israel to
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And
Jeroboam’s
wife
arose, and
departed, and
came to
Tirzah:
{\ADD{and}} when she
came to the
threshold of the
door, the
child
died;
\VS{18}And they
buried him; and all
Israel
mourned for him, according to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake by the
hand of his
servant
Ahijah the
prophet.
\VS{19}And the
rest of the
acts of
Jeroboam, how he
warred, and how he
reigned, behold, they
{\ADD{are}}
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel.
\VS{20}And the
days which
Jeroboam
reigned
{\ADD{were}}
two and
twenty
years: and he
slept with his
fathers, and
Nadab his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 14:20 }
slept: Heb. lay down}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ And
Rehoboam the
son of
Solomon
reigned in
Judah.
Rehoboam
{\ADD{was}}
forty and
one
years
old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned
seventeen
years in
Jerusalem, the
city which the
{\ND{
LORD}} did
choose out of all the
tribes of
Israel, to
put his
name there. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Naamah an
Ammonitess.
\VS{22}And
Judah
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and they provoked him to
jealousy with their
sins which they had
committed, above all that their
fathers had
done.
\VS{23}For they also
built them high
places, and
images, and
groves, on every
high
hill, and under every
green
tree.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 14:23 }
images: or, standing images, or, statues}
\VS{24}And there were also
sodomites in the
land:
{\ADD{and}} they
did according to all the
abominations of the
nations which the
{\ND{
LORD}} cast
out
before the
children of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ And it came to pass in the
fifth
year of
king
Rehoboam,
{\ADD{that}}
Shishak
king of
Egypt came
up against
Jerusalem:
\VS{26}And he took
away the
treasures of the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
treasures of the
king’s
house; he even took
away all: and he took
away all the
shields of
gold which
Solomon had
made.
\VS{27}And
king
Rehoboam
made in their stead
brasen
shields, and
committed
{\ADD{them}} unto the
hands of the
chief of the
guard, which
kept the
door of the
king’s
house.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 14:27 }
guard: Heb. runners}
\VS{28}And it was
{\ADD{so}},
when the
king
went into the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, that the
guard
bare them, and brought them
back into the
guard
chamber.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Rehoboam, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?
\VS{30}And there was
war between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all
{\ADD{their}}
days.
\VS{31}And
Rehoboam
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Naamah an
Ammonitess. And
Abijam his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:31 }
Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia}

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now in the
eighteenth
year of
king
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat
reigned
Abijam over
Judah.
\VS{2}Three
years
reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Maachah, the
daughter of
Abishalom.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:2 }
Maachah…: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 15:2 }
Abishalom: also called, Absalom}
\VS{3}And he
walked in all the
sins of his
father, which he had
done
before him: and his
heart was not
perfect with the
{\ND{
LORD}} his
God, as the
heart of
David his
father.
\VS{4}Nevertheless for
David’s sake did the
{\ND{
LORD}} his
God
give him a
lamp in
Jerusalem, to set
up his
son
after him, and to
establish
Jerusalem:\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 15:4 }
lamp: or, candle}
\VS{5}Because
David
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
eyes of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and turned not
aside from any
{\ADD{thing}} that he
commanded him all the
days of his
life, save only in the
matter of
Uriah the
Hittite.
\VS{6}And there was
war between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the
days of his
life.
\VS{7}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Abijam, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah? And there was
war between
Abijam and
Jeroboam.
\VS{8}And
Abijam
slept with his
fathers; and they
buried him in the
city of
David: and
Asa his
son
reigned in his stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ And in the
twentieth
year of
Jeroboam
king of
Israel
reigned
Asa over
Judah.
\VS{10}And
forty and
one
years
reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Maachah, the
daughter of
Abishalom.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 15:10 }
mother’s: that is, grandmother’s}
\VS{11}And
Asa
did
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
eyes of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, as
{\ADD{did}}
David his
father.
\VS{12}And he took
away the
sodomites out of the
land, and
removed all the
idols that his
fathers had
made.
\VS{13}And also
Maachah his
mother, even her he
removed from
{\ADD{being}}
queen, because she had
made an
idol in a
grove; and
Asa
destroyed her
idol, and
burnt
{\ADD{it}} by the
brook
Kidron.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:13 }
destroyed: Heb. cut off}
\VS{14}But the high
places were not
removed: nevertheless
Asa’s
heart was
perfect with the
{\ND{
LORD}} all his
days.
\VS{15}And he
brought in the
things which his
father had
dedicated, and the things which himself had
dedicated, into the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}},
silver, and
gold, and
vessels.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 15:15 }
things: Heb. holy}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}¶ And there was
war between
Asa and
Baasha
king of
Israel all their
days.
\VS{17}And
Baasha
king of
Israel went
up against
Judah, and
built
Ramah, that he might not
suffer any to go
out or come
in to
Asa
king of
Judah.
\VS{18}Then
Asa
took all the
silver and the
gold
{\ADD{that were}}
left in the
treasures of the
house of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and the
treasures of the
king’s
house, and
delivered them into the
hand of his
servants: and
king
Asa
sent them to
Ben-hadad, the
son of
Tabrimon, the
son of
Hezion,
king of
Syria, that
dwelt at
Damascus,
saying,
\VS{19}{\ADD{There is}} a
league between me and thee,
{\ADD{and}} between my
father and thy
father: behold, I have
sent unto thee a
present of
silver and
gold;
come and
break thy
league with
Baasha
king of
Israel, that he may
depart from me.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 15:19 }
depart: Heb. go up}
\VS{20}So
Ben-hadad
hearkened unto
king
Asa, and
sent the
captains of the
hosts which he had against the
cities of
Israel, and
smote
Ijon, and
Dan, and
Abel-beth-maachah, and all
Cinneroth, with all the
land of
Naphtali.
\VS{21}And it came to pass, when
Baasha
heard
{\ADD{thereof}}, that he left
off
building of
Ramah, and
dwelt in
Tirzah.
\VS{22}Then
king
Asa made a
proclamation throughout all
Judah; none
{\ADD{was}}
exempted: and they
took away the
stones of
Ramah, and the
timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha had
builded; and
king
Asa
built with them
Geba of
Benjamin, and
Mizpah.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 15:22 }
exempted: Heb. free}
\VS{23}The
rest of all the
acts of
Asa, and all his
might, and all that he
did, and the
cities which he
built,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah? Nevertheless in the
time of his old
age he was
diseased in his
feet.
\VS{24}And
Asa
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David his
father: and
Jehoshaphat his
son
reigned in his stead.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:24 }
Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat}
\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ And
Nadab the
son of
Jeroboam began to
reign over
Israel in the
second
year of
Asa
king of
Judah, and
reigned over
Israel
two
years.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 15:25 }
began…: Heb. reigned}
\VS{26}And he
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
walked in the
way of his
father, and in his
sin wherewith he made
Israel to
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}¶ And
Baasha the
son of
Ahijah, of the
house of
Issachar,
conspired against him; and
Baasha
smote him at
Gibbethon, which
{\ADD{belonged}} to the
Philistines; for
Nadab and all
Israel laid
siege to
Gibbethon.
\VS{28}Even in the
third
year of
Asa
king of
Judah did
Baasha
slay him, and
reigned in his stead.
\VS{29}And it came to pass, when he
reigned,
{\ADD{that}} he
smote all the
house of
Jeroboam; he
left not to
Jeroboam any that
breathed, until he had
destroyed him, according unto the
saying of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake
by his
servant
Ahijah the
Shilonite:
\VS{30}Because of the
sins of
Jeroboam which he
sinned, and which he made
Israel
sin, by his
provocation wherewith he provoked the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel to
anger.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}¶ Now the
rest of the
acts of
Nadab, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?
\VS{32}And there was
war between
Asa and
Baasha
king of
Israel all their
days.
\VS{33}In the
third
year of
Asa
king of
Judah began
Baasha the
son of
Ahijah to
reign over all
Israel in
Tirzah,
twenty and
four
years.
\VS{34}And he
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
walked in the
way of
Jeroboam, and in his
sin wherewith he made
Israel to
sin.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came to
Jehu the
son of
Hanani against
Baasha,
saying,
\VS{2}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, and hast made my
people
Israel to
sin, to provoke me to
anger with their
sins;
\VS{3}Behold, I will take
away the
posterity of
Baasha, and the
posterity of his
house; and will
make thy
house like the
house of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat.
\VS{4}Him that
dieth of
Baasha in the
city shall the
dogs
eat; and him that
dieth of his in the
fields shall the
fowls of the
air
eat.
\VS{5}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Baasha, and what he
did, and his
might,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?
\VS{6}So
Baasha
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Tirzah: and
Elah his
son
reigned in his stead.
\VS{7}And also by the
hand of the
prophet
Jehu the
son of
Hanani came the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} against
Baasha, and against his
house, even for all the
evil that he
did in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, in provoking him to
anger with the
work of his
hands, in being like the
house of
Jeroboam; and because he
killed him.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ In the
twenty and
sixth
year of
Asa
king of
Judah began
Elah the
son of
Baasha to
reign over
Israel in
Tirzah, two
years.
\VS{9}And his
servant
Zimri,
captain of
half
{\ADD{his}}
chariots,
conspired against him, as he was in
Tirzah,
drinking himself
drunk in the
house of
Arza steward of
{\ADD{his}}
house in
Tirzah.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:9 }
steward…: Heb. which was over}
\VS{10}And
Zimri went
in and
smote him, and
killed him, in the
twenty and
seventh
year of
Asa
king of
Judah, and
reigned in his stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}¶ And it came to pass, when he began to
reign, as soon as he
sat on his
throne,
{\ADD{that}} he
slew all the
house of
Baasha: he
left him not one that
pisseth against a
wall, neither of his
kinsfolks, nor of his
friends.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 16:11 }
neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends}
\VS{12}Thus did
Zimri
destroy all the
house of
Baasha, according to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake against
Baasha
by
Jehu the
prophet,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 16:12 }
by: Heb. by the hand of}
\VS{13}For all the
sins of
Baasha, and the
sins of
Elah his
son, by which they
sinned, and by which they made
Israel to
sin, in provoking the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel to
anger with their
vanities.
\VS{14}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Elah, and all that he
did,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?
\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ In the
twenty and
seventh
year of
Asa
king of
Judah did
Zimri
reign
seven
days in
Tirzah. And the
people
{\ADD{were}}
encamped against
Gibbethon, which
{\ADD{belonged}} to the
Philistines.
\VS{16}And the
people
{\ADD{that were}}
encamped
heard
say,
Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also
slain the
king: wherefore all
Israel made
Omri, the
captain of the
host,
king over
Israel that
day in the
camp.
\VS{17}And
Omri went
up from
Gibbethon, and all
Israel with him, and they
besieged
Tirzah.
\VS{18}And it came to pass, when
Zimri
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,
\VS{19}For his
sins which he
sinned in
doing
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, in
walking in the
way of
Jeroboam, and in his
sin which he
did, to make
Israel to
sin.
\VS{20}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Zimri, and his
treason that he
wrought,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?
\par }{\PP \VS{21}¶ Then were the
people of
Israel
divided into two
parts:
half of the
people
followed
Tibni the
son of
Ginath, to make him
king; and
half
followed
Omri.
\VS{22}But the
people that
followed
Omri
prevailed
against the
people that
followed
Tibni the
son of
Ginath: so
Tibni
died, and
Omri
reigned.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}¶ In the
thirty and
first
year of
Asa
king of
Judah began
Omri to
reign over
Israel,
twelve
years:
six
years
reigned he in
Tirzah.
\VS{24}And he
bought the
hill
Samaria of
Shemer 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,
owner of the
hill,
Samaria.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 16:24 }
Samaria: Heb. Shomeron}
\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ But
Omri
wrought
evil in the
eyes of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and did
worse than all that
{\ADD{were}}
before him.
\VS{26}For he
walked in all the
way of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, and in his
sin wherewith he made
Israel to
sin, to provoke the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel to
anger with their
vanities.
\VS{27}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Omri which he
did, and his
might that he
shewed,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?
\VS{28}So
Omri
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Samaria: and
Ahab his
son
reigned in his stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}¶ And in the
thirty and
eighth
year of
Asa
king of
Judah began
Ahab the
son of
Omri to
reign over
Israel: and
Ahab the
son of
Omri
reigned over
Israel in
Samaria
twenty and
two
years.
\VS{30}And
Ahab the
son of
Omri
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}} above all that
{\ADD{were}}
before him.
\VS{31}And it came to pass, as if it had been a light
thing for him to
walk in the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, that he
took to
wife
Jezebel the
daughter of
Ethbaal
king of the
Zidonians, and
went and
served
Baal, and
worshipped him.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:31 }
as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc}
\VS{32}And he reared
up an
altar for
Baal in the
house of
Baal, which he had
built in
Samaria.
\VS{33}And
Ahab
made a
grove; and
Ahab
did
more to provoke the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel to
anger than all the
kings of
Israel that were
before him.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}¶ In his
days did
Hiel the
Beth-elite
build
Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in
Abiram his
firstborn, and set
up the
gates thereof in his
youngest
{\ADD{son}}
Segub, according to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake
by
Joshua the
son of
Nun.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Elijah the
Tishbite,
{\ADD{who was}} of the
inhabitants of
Gilead,
said unto
Ahab,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel
liveth,
before whom I
stand, there shall not be
dew nor
rain these
years, but
according to my
word.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17:1 }
Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias}
\VS{2}And the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came unto him,
saying,
\VS{3}Get thee hence, and
turn thee
eastward, and
hide thyself by the
brook
Cherith, that
{\ADD{is}}
before
Jordan.
\VS{4}And it shall be,
{\ADD{that}} thou shalt
drink of the
brook; and I have
commanded the
ravens to
feed thee there.
\VS{5}So he
went and
did according unto the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: for he
went and
dwelt by the
brook
Cherith, that
{\ADD{is}}
before
Jordan.
\VS{6}And the
ravens
brought him
bread and
flesh in the
morning, and
bread and
flesh in the
evening; and he
drank of the
brook.
\VS{7}And it came to pass
after a
while, that the
brook dried
up, because there had been no
rain in the
land.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 17:7 }
after…: Heb. at the end of days}
\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came unto him,
saying,
\VS{9}Arise,
get thee to
Zarephath, which
{\ADD{belongeth}} to
Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a
widow
woman there to
sustain thee.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 17:9 }
Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta}
\VS{10}So he
arose and
went to
Zarephath. And when he
came to the
gate of the
city, behold, the
widow
woman
{\ADD{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.
\VS{11}And as she was
going to
fetch
{\ADD{it}}, he
called to her, and
said,
Bring me, I pray thee, a
morsel of
bread in thine
hand.
\VS{12}And she
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God
liveth, I
have not a
cake, but an
handful of
meal in a
barrel, and a
little
oil in a
cruse: and, behold, I
{\ADD{am}}
gathering
two
sticks, that I may go
in and
dress it for me and my
son, that we may
eat it, and
die.
\VS{13}And
Elijah
said unto her,
Fear not;
go
{\ADD{and}}
do as thou hast
said: but
make me
thereof a
little
cake
first, and
bring
{\ADD{it}} unto me, and
after
make for thee and for thy
son.
\VS{14}For thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel, The
barrel of
meal shall not
waste, neither shall the
cruse of
oil
fail, until the
day
{\ADD{that}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
sendeth
rain
upon the
earth.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 17:14 }
sendeth: Heb. giveth}
\VS{15}And she
went and
did according to the
saying of
Elijah: and she, and he, and her
house, did
eat
{\ADD{many}}
days.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17:15 }
many…: or, a full year}
\VS{16}{\ADD{And}} the
barrel of
meal
wasted not, neither did the
cruse of
oil
fail, according to the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, which he
spake
by
Elijah.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 17:16 }
by: Heb. by the hand of}
\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And it came to pass
after these
things,
{\ADD{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.
\VS{18}And she
said unto
Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou
man of
God? art thou
come unto me to
call my
sin to
remembrance, and to
slay my
son?
\VS{19}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.
\VS{20}And he
cried unto the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
said, O
{\ND{
LORD}} my
God, hast thou also brought
evil upon the
widow with whom I
sojourn, by
slaying her
son?
\VS{21}And he
stretched himself upon the
child
three
times, and
cried unto the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
said, O
{\ND{
LORD}} my
God, I pray thee, let this
child’s
soul
come into
him
again.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 17:21 }
stretched: Heb. measured}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 17:21 }
into…: Heb. into his inward parts}
\VS{22}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
heard the
voice of
Elijah; and the
soul of the
child
came into
him
again, and he
revived.
\VS{23}And
Elijah
took the
child, and brought him
down out of the
chamber into the
house, and
delivered him unto his
mother: and
Elijah
said,
See, thy
son
liveth.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}¶ And the
woman
said to
Elijah, Now by
this I
know that thou
{\ADD{art}} a
man of
God,
{\ADD{and}} that the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} in thy
mouth
{\ADD{is}}
truth.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass
{\ADD{after}}
many
days, that the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came to
Elijah in the
third
year,
saying,
Go,
shew thyself unto
Ahab; and I will
send
rain
upon the
earth.
\VS{2}And
Elijah
went to
shew himself unto
Ahab. And
{\ADD{there was}} a
sore
famine in
Samaria.
\VS{3}And
Ahab
called
Obadiah, which
{\ADD{was}} the governor of
{\ADD{his}}
house. (Now
Obadiah
feared the
{\ND{
LORD}}
greatly:\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:3 }
Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18:3 }
the governor…: Heb. over his house}
\VS{4}For it was
{\ADD{so}}, when
Jezebel cut
off the
prophets of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, that
Obadiah
took an
hundred
prophets, and
hid them by
fifty in a
cave, and
fed them with
bread and
water.)\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18:4 }
Jezebel: Heb. Izebel}
\VS{5}And
Ahab
said unto
Obadiah,
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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18:5 }
that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts}
\VS{6}So they
divided the
land between them to pass
throughout it:
Ahab
went
one
way by himself, and
Obadiah
went
another
way by himself.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}¶ And as
Obadiah was in the
way, behold,
Elijah
met him: and he
knew him, and
fell on his
face, and
said,
{\ADD{Art}} thou that my
lord
Elijah?
\VS{8}And he
answered him, I
{\ADD{am:}}
go,
tell thy
lord, Behold,
Elijah
{\ADD{is here}}.
\VS{9}And he
said, What have I
sinned, that thou wouldest
deliver thy
servant into the
hand of
Ahab, to
slay me?
\VS{10}{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{
LORD}} thy
God
liveth, there is
no
nation or
kingdom,
whither my
lord hath not
sent to
seek thee: and when they
said,
{\ADD{He is}} not
{\ADD{there;}} he took an
oath of the
kingdom and
nation, that they
found thee not.
\VS{11}And now thou
sayest,
Go,
tell thy
lord, Behold,
Elijah
{\ADD{is here}}.
\VS{12}And it shall come to pass,
{\ADD{as soon as}} I am
gone from thee, that the
Spirit of the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall
carry thee whither I
know not; and
{\ADD{so}} when I
come and
tell
Ahab, and he cannot
find thee, he shall
slay me: but I thy
servant
fear the
{\ND{
LORD}} from my
youth.
\VS{13}Was it not
told my
lord what I
did when
Jezebel
slew the
prophets of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, how I
hid an
hundred
men of the
{\ND{
LORD’s}}
prophets by
fifty in a
cave, and
fed them with
bread and
water?
\VS{14}And now thou
sayest,
Go,
tell thy
lord, Behold,
Elijah
{\ADD{is here:}} and he shall
slay me.
\VS{15}And
Elijah
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{
LORD}} of
hosts
liveth,
before whom I
stand, I will surely
shew myself unto him to
day.
\VS{16}So
Obadiah
went to
meet
Ahab, and
told him: and
Ahab
went to
meet
Elijah.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And it came to pass, when
Ahab
saw
Elijah, that
Ahab
said unto him,
{\ADD{Art}} thou he that
troubleth
Israel?
\VS{18}And he
answered, I have not
troubled
Israel; but thou, and thy
father’s
house, in that ye have
forsaken the
commandments of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and thou hast
followed
Baalim.
\VS{19}Now therefore
send,
{\ADD{and}}
gather to me all
Israel unto
mount
Carmel, and the
prophets of
Baal
four
hundred and
fifty, and the
prophets of the
groves
four
hundred, which
eat at
Jezebel’s
table.
\VS{20}So
Ahab
sent unto all the
children of
Israel, and
gathered the
prophets
together unto
mount
Carmel.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}And
Elijah
came unto all the
people, and
said, How
long
halt ye between
two
opinions? if the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{be}}
God, follow him: but if
Baal,
{\ADD{then}}
follow him. And the
people
answered him not a
word.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:21 }
opinions: or, thoughts}
\VS{22}Then
said
Elijah unto the
people, I,
{\ADD{even}} I only,
remain a
prophet of the
{\ND{
LORD}}; but
Baal’s
prophets
{\ADD{are}}
four
hundred and
fifty
men.
\VS{23}Let them therefore
give us
two
bullocks; and let them
choose
one
bullock for themselves, and cut it in
pieces, and
lay
{\ADD{it}} on
wood, and
put no
fire
{\ADD{under:}} and I will
dress the
other
bullock, and
lay
{\ADD{it}} on
wood, and
put no
fire
{\ADD{under:}}
\VS{24}And
call ye on the
name of your
gods, and I will
call on the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: and the
God that
answereth by
fire, let him be
God. And all the
people
answered and
said, It is
well
spoken.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18:24 }
It is…: Heb. The word is good}
\VS{25}And
Elijah
said unto the
prophets of
Baal,
Choose you
one
bullock for yourselves, and
dress
{\ADD{it}}
first; for ye
{\ADD{are}}
many; and
call on the
name of your
gods, but
put no
fire
{\ADD{under}}.
\VS{26}And they
took the
bullock which was
given them, and they
dressed
{\ADD{it}}, and
called on the
name of
Baal from
morning even until
noon,
saying, O
Baal,
hear us. But
{\ADD{there was}}
no
voice, nor any that
answered. And they
leaped upon the
altar which was
made.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18:26 }
hear: or, answer}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18:26 }
answered: or, heard}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:26 }
leaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar}
\VS{27}And it came to pass at
noon, that
Elijah
mocked them, and
said,
Cry
aloud: for he
{\ADD{is}} a
god; either he is
talking, or he is
pursuing, or he is in a
journey,
{\ADD{or}}
peradventure he
sleepeth, and must be
awaked.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18:27 }
aloud: Heb. with a great voice}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18:27 }
he is talking: or, he meditateth}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18:27 }
is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit}
\VS{28}And they
cried
aloud, and
cut themselves after their
manner with
knives and
lancets, till the
blood gushed
out upon them.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:28 }
the blood…: Heb. poured out blood upon them}
\VS{29}And it came to pass, when
midday was
past, and they
prophesied until the
{\ADD{time}} of the
offering of the
{\ADD{evening}}
sacrifice, that
{\ADD{there was}} neither
voice, nor any to
answer, nor any that
regarded.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18:29 }
offering: Heb. ascending}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18:29 }
that regarded: Heb. attention}
\VS{30}And
Elijah
said unto all the
people, Come
near unto me. And all the
people came
near unto him. And he
repaired the
altar of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{that was}} broken
down.
\VS{31}And
Elijah
took
twelve
stones, according to the
number of the
tribes of the
sons of
Jacob, unto whom the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came,
saying,
Israel shall be thy
name:
\VS{32}And with the
stones he
built an
altar in the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: and he
made a
trench
about the
altar, as great as would
contain two
measures of
seed.
\VS{33}And he
put the
wood in
order, and
cut the
bullock in pieces, and
laid
{\ADD{him}} on the
wood, and
said,
Fill
four
barrels with
water, and
pour
{\ADD{it}} on the burnt
sacrifice, and on the
wood.
\VS{34}And he
said, Do
{\ADD{it}} the second
time. And they did
{\ADD{it}} the second
time. And he
said, Do
{\ADD{it}} the third
time. And they did
{\ADD{it}} the third
time.
\VS{35}And the
water
ran round
about the
altar; and he
filled the
trench also with
water.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18:35 }
ran: Heb. went}
\VS{36}And it came to pass at
{\ADD{the time of}} the
offering of the
{\ADD{evening}}
sacrifice, that
Elijah the
prophet came
near, and
said,
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Abraham,
Isaac, and of
Israel, let it be
known this
day that thou
{\ADD{art}}
God in
Israel, and
{\ADD{that}} I
{\ADD{am}} thy
servant, and
{\ADD{that}} I have
done all these things at thy
word.
\VS{37}Hear me, O
{\ND{
LORD}},
hear me, that this
people may
know that thou
{\ADD{art}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God, and
{\ADD{that}} thou hast
turned their
heart
back
again.
\VS{38}Then the
fire of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
fell, and
consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the
wood, and the
stones, and the
dust, and licked
up the
water that
{\ADD{was}} in the
trench.
\VS{39}And when all the
people
saw
{\ADD{it}}, they
fell on their
faces: and they
said, The
{\ND{
LORD}}, he
{\ADD{is}} the
God; the
{\ND{
LORD}}, he
{\ADD{is}} the
God.
\VS{40}And
Elijah
said unto them,
Take the
prophets of
Baal; let not
one of them
escape. And they
took them: and
Elijah brought them
down to the
brook
Kishon, and
slew them there.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:40 }
Take: or, Apprehend}
\par }{\PP \VS{41}¶ And
Elijah
said unto
Ahab, Get thee
up,
eat and
drink; for
{\ADD{there is}} a
sound of
abundance of
rain.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 18:41 }
a sound…: or, a sound of a noise of rain}
\VS{42}So
Ahab went
up to
eat and to
drink. And
Elijah went
up to the
top of
Carmel; and he cast himself
down upon the
earth, and
put his
face between his
knees,
\VS{43}And
said to his
servant, Go
up now,
look
toward the
sea. And he went
up, and
looked, and
said,
{\ADD{There is}}
nothing. And he
said, Go
again
seven
times.
\VS{44}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,
Prepare
{\ADD{thy chariot}}, and get thee
down, that the
rain
stop thee not.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 18:44 }
Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind}
\VS{45}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
rode, and
went to
Jezreel.
\VS{46}And the
hand of the
{\ND{
LORD}} was on
Elijah; and he girded
up his
loins, and
ran
before
Ahab to the
entrance of
Jezreel.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 18:46 }
to the…: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel}

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Ahab
told
Jezebel all that
Elijah had
done, and withal how he had
slain all the
prophets with the
sword.
\VS{2}Then
Jezebel
sent a
messenger unto
Elijah,
saying, So let the
gods
do
{\ADD{to me}}, and
more also, if I
make not thy
life as the
life of
one of them by to
morrow about this
time.
\VS{3}And when he
saw
{\ADD{that}}, he
arose, and
went for his
life, and
came to
Beer-sheba, which
{\ADD{belongeth}} to
Judah, and
left his
servant there.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ 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
{\ND{
LORD}}, take
away my
life; for I
{\ADD{am}} not
better than my
fathers.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:4 }
for himself: Heb. for his life}
\VS{5}And as he
lay and
slept under
a juniper
tree, behold, then an
angel
touched him, and
said unto him,
Arise
{\ADD{and}}
eat.
\VS{6}And he
looked, and, behold,
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 19:6 }
head: Heb. bolster}
\VS{7}And the
angel of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came
again the second
time, and
touched him, and
said,
Arise
{\ADD{and}}
eat; because the
journey
{\ADD{is}} too
great for thee.
\VS{8}And he
arose, and did
eat and
drink, and
went in the
strength of that
meat
forty
days and
forty
nights unto
Horeb the
mount of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ And he
came thither unto a
cave, and
lodged there; and, behold, the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{came}} to him, and he
said unto him, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
\VS{10}And he
said, I have been
very
jealous for the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
hosts: for the
children of
Israel have
forsaken thy
covenant, thrown
down thine
altars, and
slain thy
prophets with the
sword; and I,
{\ADD{even}} I only, am
left; and they
seek my
life, to take it
away.
\VS{11}And he
said, Go
forth, and
stand upon the
mount
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}. And, behold, the
{\ND{
LORD}} passed
by, and a
great and
strong
wind
rent the
mountains, and brake in
pieces the
rocks
before the
{\ND{
LORD}};
{\ADD{but}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{was}} not in the
wind: and
after the
wind an
earthquake;
{\ADD{but}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{was}} not in the
earthquake:
\VS{12}And
after the
earthquake a
fire;
{\ADD{but}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{was}} not in the
fire: and
after the
fire a
still
small
voice.
\VS{13}And it was
{\ADD{so}}, when
Elijah
heard
{\ADD{it}}, that he
wrapped his
face in his
mantle, and went
out, and
stood in the entering
in of the
cave. And, behold,
{\ADD{there came}} a
voice unto him, and
said, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
\VS{14}And he
said, I have been
very
jealous for the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
hosts: because the
children of
Israel have
forsaken thy
covenant, thrown
down thine
altars, and
slain thy
prophets with the
sword; and I,
{\ADD{even}} I only, am
left; and they
seek my
life, to take it
away.
\VS{15}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto him,
Go,
return on thy
way to the
wilderness of
Damascus: and when thou
comest,
anoint
Hazael
{\ADD{to be}}
king over
Syria:
\VS{16}And
Jehu the
son of
Nimshi shalt thou
anoint
{\ADD{to be}}
king over
Israel: and
Elisha the
son of
Shaphat of
Abel-meholah shalt thou
anoint
{\ADD{to be}}
prophet in thy room.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 19:16 }
Elisha: Gr. Eliseus}
\VS{17}And it shall come to pass,
{\ADD{that}} him that
escapeth the
sword of
Hazael shall
Jehu
slay: and him that
escapeth from the
sword of
Jehu shall
Elisha
slay.
\VS{18}Yet I have
left
{\ADD{me}}
seven
thousand in
Israel, all the
knees which have not
bowed unto
Baal, and every
mouth which hath not
kissed him.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 19:18 }
I have…: or, I will leave}
\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶ So he
departed thence, and
found
Elisha the
son of
Shaphat, who
{\ADD{was}}
plowing
{\ADD{with}}
twelve
yoke
{\ADD{of oxen}}
before him, and he with the
twelfth: and
Elijah
passed by him, and
cast his
mantle upon him.
\VS{20}And he
left the
oxen, and
ran
after
Elijah, and
said, Let me, I pray thee,
kiss my
father and my
mother, and
{\ADD{then}} I will
follow thee. And he
said unto him, Go
back
again: for what have I
done to thee?\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:20 }
Go…: Heb. Go return}
\VS{21}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, and
ministered unto him.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Ben-hadad the
king of
Syria
gathered all his
host
together: and
{\ADD{there were}}
thirty and
two
kings with him, and
horses, and
chariots: and he went
up and
besieged
Samaria, and
warred against it.
\VS{2}And he
sent
messengers to
Ahab
king of
Israel into the
city, and
said unto him, Thus
saith
Ben-hadad,
\VS{3}Thy
silver and thy
gold
{\ADD{is}} mine; thy
wives also and thy
children,
{\ADD{even}} the
goodliest,
{\ADD{are}} mine.
\VS{4}And the
king of
Israel
answered and
said, My
lord, O
king, according to thy
saying, I
{\ADD{am}} thine, and all that I have.
\VS{5}And the
messengers came
again, and
said, Thus
speaketh
Ben-hadad,
saying, Although I have
sent unto thee,
saying, Thou shalt
deliver me thy
silver, and thy
gold, and thy
wives, and thy
children;
\VS{6}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,
{\ADD{that}} whatsoever is
pleasant in thine
eyes, they shall
put
{\ADD{it}} in their
hand, and take
{\ADD{it}}
away.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:6 }
pleasant: Heb. desirable}
\VS{7}Then the
king of
Israel
called all the
elders of the
land, and
said,
Mark, I pray you, and
see how this
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 20:7 }
I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him}
\VS{8}And all the
elders and all the
people
said unto him,
Hearken not
{\ADD{unto him}}, nor
consent.
\VS{9}Wherefore he
said unto the
messengers of
Ben-hadad,
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.
\VS{10}And
Ben-hadad
sent unto him, and
said, The
gods do
so unto me, and more
also, if the
dust of
Samaria shall
suffice for
handfuls for all the
people that
follow me.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 20:10 }
follow…: Heb. are at my feet}
\VS{11}And the
king of
Israel
answered and
said,
Tell
{\ADD{him}}, Let not him that
girdeth on
{\ADD{his harness}}
boast himself as he that putteth it
off.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And it came to pass, when
{\ADD{Ben-hadad}}
heard this
message, as he
{\ADD{was}}
drinking, he and the
kings in the
pavilions, that he
said unto his
servants,
Set
{\ADD{yourselves in array}}. And they
set
{\ADD{themselves in array}} against the
city.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 20:12 }
message: Heb. word}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:12 }
pavilions: or, tents}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 20:12 }
Set yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ And, behold, there
came
a
prophet unto
Ahab
king of
Israel,
saying, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Hast thou
seen all this
great
multitude? behold, I will
deliver it into thine
hand this
day; and thou shalt
know that I
{\ADD{am}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 20:13 }
came: Heb. approached}
\VS{14}And
Ahab
said, By whom? And he
said, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}},
{\ADD{Even}} by the young
men of the
princes of the
provinces. Then he
said, Who shall
order the
battle? And he
answered, Thou.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 20:14 }
young…: or, servants}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:14 }
order: Heb. bind, or, tie}
\VS{15}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,
{\ADD{even}} all the
children of
Israel,
{\ADD{being}}
seven
thousand.
\VS{16}And they went
out at
noon. But
Ben-hadad
{\ADD{was}}
drinking himself
drunk in the
pavilions, he and the
kings, the
thirty and
two
kings that
helped him.
\VS{17}And the young
men of the
princes of the
provinces went
out
first; and
Ben-hadad sent
out, and they
told him,
saying, There are
men come
out of
Samaria.
\VS{18}And he
said, Whether they be come
out for
peace,
take them
alive; or whether they be come
out for
war,
take them
alive.
\VS{19}So these young
men of the
princes of the
provinces came
out of the
city, and the
army which
followed them.
\VS{20}And they
slew every
one his
man: and the
Syrians
fled; and
Israel
pursued them: and
Ben-hadad the
king of
Syria
escaped on an
horse with the
horsemen.
\VS{21}And the
king of
Israel went
out, and
smote the
horses and
chariots, and
slew the
Syrians with a
great
slaughter.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}¶ 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 will come
up against thee.
\VS{23}And the
servants of the
king of
Syria
said unto him, Their
gods
{\ADD{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.
\VS{24}And
do this
thing,
Take the
kings away, every
man out of his
place, and
put
captains in their rooms:
\VS{25}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,
{\ADD{and}} surely we shall be
stronger than they. And he
hearkened unto their
voice, and did
so.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 20:25 }
that thou…: Heb. that was fallen}
\VS{26}And it came to pass at the
return of the
year, that
Ben-hadad
numbered the
Syrians, and went
up to
Aphek, to
fight against
Israel.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 20:26 }
to fight…: Heb. to the war with Israel}
\VS{27}And the
children of
Israel were
numbered, and were all
present, and
went
against them: and the
children of
Israel
pitched before them like
two little
flocks of
kids; but the
Syrians
filled the
country.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 20:27 }
were all…: or, were nourished}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}¶ And there
came a
man of
God, and
spake unto the
king of
Israel, and
said, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Because the
Syrians have
said, The
{\ND{
LORD}}
{\ADD{is}}
God of the
hills, but he
{\ADD{is}} not
God of the
valleys, therefore will I
deliver all this
great
multitude into thine
hand, and ye shall
know that I
{\ADD{am}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{29}And they
pitched
one over
against the
other
seven
days. And
{\ADD{so}} it was, that in the
seventh
day the
battle was
joined: and the
children of
Israel
slew of the
Syrians an
hundred
thousand
footmen in
one
day.
\VS{30}But the
rest
fled to
Aphek, into the
city; and
{\ADD{there}} a
wall
fell upon
twenty and
seven
thousand of the
men
{\ADD{that were}}
left. And
Ben-hadad
fled, and
came into the
city, into an
inner
chamber.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:30 }
into an…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}
\par }{\PP \VS{31}¶ And his
servants
said unto him, Behold now, we have
heard that the
kings of the
house of
Israel
{\ADD{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.
\VS{32}So they
girded
sackcloth on their
loins, and
{\ADD{put}}
ropes on their
heads, and
came to the
king of
Israel, and
said, Thy
servant
Ben-hadad
saith, I pray thee, let me
live. And he
said,
{\ADD{Is}} he yet
alive? he
{\ADD{is}} my
brother.
\VS{33}Now the
men did diligently
observe whether
{\ADD{any thing would come}} from him, and did
hastily
catch
{\ADD{it:}} and they
said, Thy
brother
Ben-hadad. Then he
said,
Go ye,
bring him. Then
Ben-hadad came
forth to him; and he caused him to come
up into the
chariot.
\VS{34}And
{\ADD{Ben-hadad}}
said unto him, The
cities, which my
father
took from thy
father, I will
restore; and thou shalt
make
streets for thee in
Damascus, as my
father
made in
Samaria. Then
{\ADD{said Ahab}}, I will send thee
away with this
covenant. So he
made a
covenant with him, and sent him
away.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 20:34 }
streets: or, market places}
\par }{\PP \VS{35}¶ And a
certain
man of the
sons of the
prophets
said unto his
neighbour in the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}},
Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man
refused to
smite him.
\VS{36}Then
said he unto him, Because thou hast not
obeyed the
voice of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, 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.
\VS{37}Then he
found
another
man, and
said,
Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man
smote him, so that in
smiting he
wounded
{\ADD{him}}.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 20:37 }
so that…: Heb. smiting and wounding}
\VS{38}So the
prophet
departed, and
waited for the
king by the
way, and
disguised himself with
ashes upon his
face.
\VS{39}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.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 20:39 }
pay: Heb. weigh}
\VS{40}And as thy
servant was
busy here and there, he was
gone. And the
king of
Israel
said unto him, So
{\ADD{shall}} thy
judgment
{\ADD{be;}} thyself hast
decided
{\ADD{it}}.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:40 }
he was…: Heb. he was not}
\VS{41}And he
hasted, and took the
ashes
away from his
face; and the
king of
Israel
discerned him that he
{\ADD{was}} of the
prophets.
\VS{42}And he
said unto him, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Because thou hast let
go out of
{\ADD{thy}}
hand a
man whom I appointed to utter
destruction, therefore thy
life shall go for his
life, and thy
people for his
people.
\VS{43}And the
king of
Israel
went to his
house
heavy and
displeased, and
came to
Samaria.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And it came to pass
after these
things,
{\ADD{that}}
Naboth the
Jezreelite had a
vineyard, which
{\ADD{was}} in
Jezreel, hard
by the
palace of
Ahab
king of
Samaria.
\VS{2}And
Ahab
spake unto
Naboth,
saying,
Give me thy
vineyard, that I may have it for a
garden of
herbs, because it
{\ADD{is}}
near
unto my
house: and I will
give thee for it a
better
vineyard than it;
{\ADD{or}}, if it seem
good to
thee, I will
give thee the
worth of it in
money.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:2 }
seem…: Heb. be good in thine eyes}
\VS{3}And
Naboth
said to
Ahab, The
{\ND{
LORD}}
forbid it me, that I should
give the
inheritance of my
fathers unto thee.
\VS{4}And
Ahab
came into his
house
heavy and
displeased because of the
word which
Naboth 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.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}¶ But
Jezebel his
wife
came to him, and
said unto him, Why is thy
spirit so
sad, that thou
eatest no
bread?
\VS{6}And he
said unto her, Because I
spake unto
Naboth the
Jezreelite, and
said unto him,
Give me thy
vineyard for
money; or else, if it
please thee, I will
give thee
{\ADD{another}}
vineyard for it: and he
answered, I will not
give thee my
vineyard.
\VS{7}And
Jezebel his
wife
said unto him, Dost thou now
govern the
kingdom of
Israel?
arise,
{\ADD{and}}
eat
bread, and let thine
heart be
merry: I will
give thee the
vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite.
\VS{8}So she
wrote
letters in
Ahab’s
name, and
sealed
{\ADD{them}} with his
seal, and
sent the
letters unto the
elders and to the
nobles that
{\ADD{were}} in his
city,
dwelling with
Naboth.
\VS{9}And she
wrote in the
letters,
saying,
Proclaim a
fast, and
set
Naboth on
high among the
people:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 21:9 }
on high…: Heb. in the top of the people}
\VS{10}And
set
two
men,
sons of
Belial, before him, to bear
witness against him,
saying, Thou didst
blaspheme
God and the
king. And
{\ADD{then}} carry him
out, and
stone him, that he may
die.
\VS{11}And the
men of his
city,
{\ADD{even}} the
elders and the
nobles who were the
inhabitants in his
city,
did as
Jezebel had
sent unto them,
{\ADD{and}} as it
{\ADD{was}}
written in the
letters which she had
sent unto them.
\VS{12}They
proclaimed a
fast, and
set
Naboth on
high among the
people.
\VS{13}And there
came in
two
men,
children of
Belial, and
sat before him: and the
men of
Belial
witnessed against him,
{\ADD{even}} against
Naboth, in the presence of the
people,
saying,
Naboth did
blaspheme
God and the
king. Then they carried him
forth
out of the
city, and
stoned him with
stones, that he
died.
\VS{14}Then they
sent to
Jezebel,
saying,
Naboth is
stoned, and is
dead.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ And it came to pass, when
Jezebel
heard that
Naboth was
stoned, and was
dead, that
Jezebel
said to
Ahab,
Arise, take
possession of the
vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite, which he
refused to
give thee for
money: for
Naboth is not
alive, but
dead.
\VS{16}And it came to pass, when
Ahab
heard that
Naboth was
dead, that
Ahab rose
up to go
down to the
vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite, to take
possession of it.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ And the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying,
\VS{18}Arise, go
down to
meet
Ahab
king of
Israel, which
{\ADD{is}} in
Samaria: behold,
{\ADD{he is}} in the
vineyard of
Naboth, whither he is gone
down to
possess it.
\VS{19}And thou shalt
speak unto him,
saying, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, Hast thou
killed, and also taken
possession? And thou shalt
speak unto him,
saying, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, In the
place where
dogs
licked the
blood of
Naboth shall
dogs
lick thy
blood, even thine.
\VS{20}And
Ahab
said to
Elijah, Hast thou
found me, O mine
enemy? And he
answered, I have
found
{\ADD{thee:}} because thou hast
sold thyself to
work
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}.
\VS{21}Behold, I will
bring
evil upon thee, and will take
away thy
posterity, and will cut
off from
Ahab him that
pisseth against the
wall, and him that is shut
up and
left in
Israel,
\VS{22}And will
make thine
house like the
house of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, and like the
house of
Baasha the
son of
Ahijah, for the
provocation wherewith thou hast provoked
{\ADD{me}} to
anger, and made
Israel to
sin.
\VS{23}And of
Jezebel also
spake the
{\ND{
LORD}},
saying, The
dogs shall
eat
Jezebel by the
wall of
Jezreel.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 21:23 }
wall: or, ditch}
\VS{24}Him that
dieth of
Ahab in the
city the
dogs shall
eat; and him that
dieth in the
field shall the
fowls of the
air
eat.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}¶ But there was none like unto
Ahab, which did
sell himself to
work
wickedness in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, whom
Jezebel his
wife stirred
up.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 21:25 }
stirred…: or, incited}
\VS{26}And he did
very
abominably in
following
idols, according to all
{\ADD{things}} as
did the
Amorites, whom the
{\ND{
LORD}} cast
out
before the
children of
Israel.
\VS{27}And it came to pass, when
Ahab
heard those
words, that he
rent his
clothes, and
put
sackcloth upon his
flesh, and
fasted, and
lay in
sackcloth, and
went
softly.
\VS{28}And the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} came to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying,
\VS{29}Seest thou how
Ahab
humbleth himself
before me?
because he
humbleth himself
before me, I will not
bring the
evil in his
days:
{\ADD{but}} in his
son’s
days will I
bring the
evil upon his
house.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And they
continued
three
years without
war between
Syria and
Israel.
\VS{2}And it came to pass in the
third
year, that
Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah came
down to the
king of
Israel.
\VS{3}And the
king of
Israel
said unto his
servants,
Know ye that
Ramoth in
Gilead
{\ADD{is}} ours, and we
{\ADD{be}}
still,
{\ADD{and}}
take it not out of the
hand of the
king of
Syria?\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:3 }
still…: Heb. silent from taking it}
\VS{4}And he
said unto
Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou
go with me to
battle to
Ramoth-gilead? And
Jehoshaphat
said to the
king of
Israel, I
{\ADD{am}} as
thou
{\ADD{art}}, my
people as thy
people, my
horses as thy
horses.
\VS{5}And
Jehoshaphat
said unto the
king of
Israel,
Enquire, I pray thee, at the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} to
day.
\VS{6}Then the
king of
Israel
gathered the
prophets
together, about
four
hundred
men, and
said unto them, Shall I
go against
Ramoth-gilead to
battle, or shall I
forbear? And they
said, Go
up; for the
Lord shall
deliver
{\ADD{it}} into the
hand of the
king.
\VS{7}And
Jehoshaphat
said,
{\ADD{Is there}} not here a
prophet of the
{\ND{
LORD}}
besides, that we might
enquire of him?
\VS{8}And the
king of
Israel
said unto
Jehoshaphat,
{\ADD{There is}} yet
one
man,
Micaiah the
son of
Imlah, by whom we may
enquire of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: but I
hate him; for he doth not
prophesy
good concerning me, but
evil. And
Jehoshaphat
said, Let not the
king
say so.
\VS{9}Then the
king of
Israel
called
an
officer, and
said,
Hasten
{\ADD{hither}}
Micaiah the
son of
Imlah.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22:9 }
officer: or, eunuch}
\VS{10}And the
king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah
sat
each on his
throne, having put
on their
robes, in a void
place in the
entrance of the
gate of
Samaria; and all the
prophets
prophesied
before them.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 22:10 }
void…: Heb. floor}
\VS{11}And
Zedekiah the
son of
Chenaanah
made him
horns of
iron: and he
said, Thus
saith the
{\ND{
LORD}}, With these shalt thou
push the
Syrians, until thou have
consumed them.
\VS{12}And all the
prophets
prophesied so,
saying, Go
up to
Ramoth-gilead, and
prosper: for the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall
deliver
{\ADD{it}} into the
king’s
hand.
\VS{13}And the
messenger that was
gone to
call
Micaiah
spake unto him,
saying, Behold now, the
words of the
prophets
{\ADD{declare}}
good unto the
king with
one
mouth: let thy
word, I pray thee, be like the
word of
one of them, and
speak
{\ADD{that which is}}
good.
\VS{14}And
Micaiah
said,
{\ADD{As}} the
{\ND{
LORD}}
liveth, what the
{\ND{
LORD}}
saith unto me, that will I
speak.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}¶ So he
came to the
king. And the
king
said unto him,
Micaiah, shall we
go against
Ramoth-gilead to
battle, or shall we
forbear? And he
answered him,
Go, and
prosper: for the
{\ND{
LORD}} shall
deliver
{\ADD{it}} into the
hand of the
king.
\VS{16}And the
king
said unto him, How many
times shall I
adjure thee that thou
tell me nothing but
{\ADD{that which is}}
true in the
name of the
{\ND{
LORD}}?
\VS{17}And he
said, I
saw all
Israel
scattered upon the
hills, as
sheep that have not a
shepherd: and the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said, These have no
master: let them
return every
man to his
house in
peace.
\VS{18}And the
king of
Israel
said unto
Jehoshaphat, Did I not
tell thee that he would
prophesy no
good concerning me, but
evil?
\VS{19}And he
said,
Hear thou therefore the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: I
saw the
{\ND{
LORD}}
sitting on his
throne, and all the
host of
heaven
standing by him on his right
hand and on his
left.
\VS{20}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said, Who shall
persuade
Ahab, that he may go
up and
fall at
Ramoth-gilead? And one
said on this
manner, and another
said on that
manner.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 22:20 }
persuade: or, deceive}
\VS{21}And there came
forth a
spirit, and
stood
before the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
said, I will
persuade him.
\VS{22}And the
{\ND{
LORD}}
said unto him, Wherewith? And he
said, I will go
forth, and I will be a
lying
spirit in the
mouth of all his
prophets. And he
said, Thou shalt
persuade
{\ADD{him}}, and
prevail also: go
forth, and
do so.
\VS{23}Now therefore, behold, the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath
put a
lying
spirit in the
mouth of all these thy
prophets, and the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath
spoken
evil concerning thee.
\VS{24}But
Zedekiah the
son of
Chenaanah went
near, and
smote
Micaiah on the
cheek, and
said, Which
way
went the
Spirit of the
{\ND{
LORD}} from me to
speak unto thee?
\VS{25}And
Micaiah
said, Behold, thou shalt
see in that
day, when thou shalt
go into an
inner
chamber to
hide thyself.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:25 }
into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber}
\VS{26}And the
king of
Israel
said,
Take
Micaiah, and carry him
back unto
Amon the
governor of the
city, and to
Joash the
king’s
son;
\VS{27}And
say, Thus
saith the
king,
Put this
{\ADD{fellow}} in the
prison, and
feed him with
bread of
affliction and with
water of
affliction, until I
come in
peace.
\VS{28}And
Micaiah
said, If thou
return at
all in
peace, the
{\ND{
LORD}} hath not
spoken by me. And he
said,
Hearken, O
people, every one of you.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}So the
king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah went
up to
Ramoth-gilead.
\VS{30}And the
king of
Israel
said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will
disguise myself, and
enter into the
battle; but put thou
on thy
robes. And the
king of
Israel
disguised himself, and
went into the
battle.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22:30 }
I will…: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle}
\VS{31}But the
king of
Syria
commanded his
thirty and
two
captains that had rule over his
chariots,
saying,
Fight neither with
small nor
great, save only with the
king of
Israel.
\VS{32}And it came to pass, when the
captains of the
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat, that they
said, Surely it
{\ADD{is}} the
king of
Israel. And they turned
aside to
fight against him: and
Jehoshaphat cried
out.
\VS{33}And it came to pass, when the
captains of the
chariots
perceived that it
{\ADD{was}} not the
king of
Israel, that they turned
back from
pursuing him.
\VS{34}And a
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 22:34 }
at a…: Heb. in his simplicity}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 22:34 }
joints…: Heb. joints and the breastplate}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:34 }
wounded: Heb. made sick}
\VS{35}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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22:35 }
increased: Heb. ascended}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 22:35 }
midst: Heb. bosom}
\VS{36}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.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}¶ So the
king
died, and was
brought to
Samaria; and they
buried the
king in
Samaria.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 22:37 }
was brought: Heb. came}
\VS{38}And
{\ADD{one}}
washed the
chariot in the
pool of
Samaria; and the
dogs licked
up his
blood; and they
washed his
armour; according unto the
word of the
{\ND{
LORD}} which he
spake.
\VS{39}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Ahab, and all that he
did, and the
ivory
house which he
made, and all the
cities that he
built,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel?
\VS{40}So
Ahab
slept with his
fathers; and
Ahaziah his
son
reigned in his stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}¶ And
Jehoshaphat the
son of
Asa began to
reign over
Judah in the
fourth
year of
Ahab
king of
Israel.
\VS{42}Jehoshaphat
{\ADD{was}}
thirty and
five
years
old when he began to
reign; and he
reigned
twenty and
five
years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother’s
name
{\ADD{was}}
Azubah the
daughter of
Shilhi.
\VS{43}And he
walked in all the
ways of
Asa his
father; he turned not
aside from it,
doing
{\ADD{that which was}}
right in the
eyes of the
{\ND{
LORD}}: nevertheless the high
places were not taken
away;
{\ADD{for}} the
people
offered and burnt
incense yet in the high
places.
\VS{44}And
Jehoshaphat made
peace with the
king of
Israel.
\VS{45}Now the
rest of the
acts of
Jehoshaphat, and his
might that he
shewed, and how he
warred,
{\ADD{are}} they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah?
\VS{46}And the
remnant of the
sodomites, which
remained in the
days of his
father
Asa, he
took out of the
land.
\VS{47}{\ADD{There was}} then no
king in
Edom: a
deputy
{\ADD{was}}
king.
\VS{48}Jehoshaphat
made
ships of
Tharshish to
go to
Ophir for
gold: but they
went not; for the
ships were
broken at
Ezion-geber.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:48 }
made…: or, had ten ships}
\VS{49}Then
said
Ahaziah the
son of
Ahab unto
Jehoshaphat, Let my
servants
go with thy
servants in the
ships. But
Jehoshaphat
would not.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}¶ And
Jehoshaphat
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David his
father: and
Jehoram his
son
reigned in his stead.
\par }{\PP \VS{51}¶
Ahaziah the
son of
Ahab began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria the
seventeenth
year of
Jehoshaphat
king of
Judah, and
reigned two
years over
Israel.
\VS{52}And he
did
evil in the
sight of the
{\ND{
LORD}}, and
walked in the
way of his
father, and in the
way of his
mother, and in the
way of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, who made
Israel to
sin:
\VS{53}For he
served
Baal, and
worshipped him, and provoked to
anger the
{\ND{
LORD}}
God of
Israel, according to all that his
father had
done.
\par }