\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 KINGS}
{\MTB This book contains the account of King Solomon’s reign and of Israel being divided into two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, after his death. We call this book
\par }{\MT 1 Kings

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH When King David was an old man
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
King
David
was
very
old [IDM, DOU],
even
though
his
servants
put
many blankets
on
top
of
him,
he
was
unable
to
become
warm.
\VS{2}So
they
said
to
him, “Your
Majesty,
allow
us
to
search
for
a
young
virgin
who
can
stay
with
you
and
take
care
of
you.
She
can
sleep
close
to
you
and
enable
you
to
become
warm.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
The
king
gave
them
permission,
}}
so
they
searched
throughout
Israel
for
a
beautiful
young
woman.
They
found
a
woman
named
Abishag,
from
Shunem
{\ADD{
town}},
and
brought
her
to
the
king.
\VS{4}She
was
{\ADD{
truly}}
very
beautiful.
She
took
care
of [DOU]
the
king,
but
the
king
did
not
have
sexual
relations
with
her.
\par }{\SH Adonijah
tried
to
become
the
king
\par }{\PP \VS{5-6}{\ADD{
After
Absalom
died}},
David’s
oldest
surviving
son
was
Adonijah,
whose
mother
was
Haggith.
He
was
a
very
handsome/good-looking
man.
But
David
had
never
rebuked
him
about
anything
he
did.
{\ADD{
After
Absalom
died,
Adonijah
thought
that
he
would
become
king}}.
So
he
started
to
boast,
saying “I
will
become
king
{\ADD{
now}}.”
Then
he
provided
for
himself
some
chariots,
and
men
to
drive
them,
and
horses
{\ADD{
to
pull
them}},
and 50
men
to
run
{\ADD{
as
his bodyguards}}
in
front
of
those
chariots
{\ADD{
wherever
he
went}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}One
day
he
conferred
with
Joab,
{\ADD{
David’s
army
commander}},
and
Abiathar
the
priest,
and
they
promised/agreed
to
help/support
Adonijah.
\VS{8}But
Zadok,
who
was
also
a
priest,
Benaiah
{\ADD{
who
had
supervised
David’s bodyguards}},
Nathan
the
prophet,
Shimei
and
Rei,
and
David’s
most
capable
soldiers
refused
to
help/support
Adonijah.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}One
day
Adonijah
went
to
Snake
Rock
near
En-Rogel
{\ADD{
Spring,
which
is
near
Jerusalem}},
to
sacrifice
some
sheep
and
oxen
and
fattened
cattle.
He
invited
most
of
his
brothers,
King
David’s
other
sons,
to
come.
He
also
invited
all
of
the
king’s
officials
from
Judah
to
come
to
the
celebration.
\VS{10}But
he
did
not
invite
Nathan
or
Benaiah
or
the
king’s
most
capable
soldiers
or
his
{\ADD{
younger/half}}-brother
Solomon.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Nathan
{\ADD{
found
out
what
they
were
doing,
so
he
went
to}}
Solomon’s
mother
Bathsheba
{\ADD{
and}}
asked
her, “Have
you
not
heard
that
Haggith’s
son
Adonijah
is
declared
himself
to
be
the
king?
And
King
David
does
not
know
about
it!
\VS{12}So
if
you
want
to
save
yourself
and
your
son
Solomon
from
being
killed,
allow
me
to
tell
you
what
you
should
do.
\VS{13}Go
immediately
to
King
David.
Say
to
him, ‘Your
Majesty,
you
solemnly
promised
me [RHQ]
that
my
son
Solomon
would
become
the
king
after
you
{\ADD{
die}},
and
that
he
would
sit
on
your
throne
{\ADD{
and
rule}}.
So
why
is
it
that
Adonijah
{\ADD{
has
said
that
he}}
is
now
the
king?’
\VS{14}Then,
while
you
are
still
talking
to
the
king,
I
will
come
in
and
tell
him
that
what
you
are
saying
to
him
{\ADD{
about
Adonijah}}
is
true.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
Bathsheba
went
to
see
the
king
in
his
bedroom.
He
was
very
old,
and
Abishag
was
taking
care
of
him.
\VS{16}Bathsheba
bowed
very
low
in
front
of
the
king,
and
the
king
asked
her, “What
do
you
want?”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}She
replied, “Your
Majesty,
you
solemnly
promised
me,
knowing
that
Yahweh
our
God
{\ADD{
was
listening}} [IDM],
that
my
son
Solomon
would
become
king
after
you
{\ADD{
die}},
and
that
he
would
sit
on
your
throne
{\ADD{
and
rule}}.
\VS{18}But
now,
believe
it
or
not,
Adonijah
has
become
king,
and
you
do
not
know
anything
about
it.
\VS{19}He
has
sacrificed
a
lot
of
oxen
and
fattened
cattle
and
sheep,
and
he
has
invited
all
of
your
other
sons
to
the
celebration.
He
has
also
invited
Abiathar
the
priest
and
Joab
the
commander
of
your
army,
but
he
did
not
invite
your
son
Solomon.
\VS{20}Your
Majesty,
all
the
people [SYN]
of
Israel
are expecting
you
to
tell
them
who
is
the
one
who
will
become
king
after
you
are
no
longer
the
king.
\VS{21}If
you
do
not
do
that,
what
will
happen
is
that
after
you
die [EUP]
people
will
consider
that
my
son
Solomon
and
I
are
rebelling,
{\ADD{
and
they
will
execute
us
because
we
did
not
help
Adonijah
to
become
king}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}While
she
was
still
talking
to
the
king,
Nathan
came
{\ADD{
to
the
palace}}.
\VS{23}The
king’s
servants/advisors
told
David, “Nathan
the
prophet
has
come.”
So
{\ADD{
Bathsheba
left,
and}}
Nathan
went
into
where
the
king
was
and
knelt
down,
with
his
face
on
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
Nathan
said, “Your
Majesty,
have
you
declared
that
Adonijah
will
become
king
after
you
are
no
longer
the
king?
\VS{25}{\ADD{
I
say
that
}}
because
today
he
has
gone
down
{\ADD{
to
En-Rogel
Spring}}
and
has
sacrificed
a
lot
of
oxen,
fattened
cattle,
and
sheep.
And
he
has
invited
all
of
your
other
sons,
Joab
the
army
commander,
and
Abiathar
the
priest.
They
are
all
eating
and
drinking
with
him
and
saying ‘We
hope/desire
that
King
Adonijah
will
live
a
long
time!’
\VS{26}But
he
did
not
invite
me
or
Zadok
the
priest
or
Benaiah
or
Solomon.
\VS{27}Did
you,
as
the
king,
say
that
they
should
do
this
without
telling
your
other
officials
who
you
want
to
become
king [MTY]
after
you
are
no
longer
the
king?”
\par }{\SH David
arranged
for
Solomon
to
be
declared
king
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Then
{\ADD{
after
Nathan
left
the
room,}}
King
David
said
{\ADD{
to
one
of
his
servants}}, “Tell
Bathsheba
to
come
in
here
again.”
So
{\ADD{
he
went
and
told
her,
and}}
she
came
in
and
stood
in
front
of
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{29-30}Then
the
king
said, “Yahweh
has
rescued
me
from
all
my
troubles.
I
promised
you,
with
Yahweh
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}
listening,
that
your
son
Solomon
would
be
king
after
I
am
no
longer
the
king.
Today,
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
{\ADD{
I
solemnly
declare
that}}
I
will
do
what
I
promised.”
\VS{31}Bathsheba
knelt
down
with
her
face
on
the
ground
and
said, “Your
Majesty,
I
hope/desire
that
you
will
live
for
many
more
years [HYP]!”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
King
David
said, “Summon
Zadok
the
priest,
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
Benaiah.”
{\ADD{
So
someone
went
and
summoned
them.}}
When
they
came
in,
\VS{33}he
said
to
them, “Put
my
son
Solomon
on
my
mule.
Take
him
with
my
officials
down
to
Gihon
{\ADD{
Spring}}.
\VS{34}There,
you
two,
Zadok
and
Nathan,
should
anoint
him,
{\ADD{
with
olive
oil
to
appoint
him
to
be}}
the
king
of
Israel.
Then
you
must
blow
trumpets,
and
{\ADD{
all
the
people
there
must}}
shout, ‘We
hope/desire
that
King
Solomon
will
live
for
many
years!’
\VS{35}Then
follow
him
back
here,
and
he
will
come
and
sit
on
my
throne.
He
will
then
become
king
instead
of
me.
I
have
appointed
him
to
be
the
ruler
of
{\ADD{
all
the
people
of}}
Israel
and
of
Judah.”
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Benaiah
replied, “We
will
do
that!
We
hope/wish
that
Yahweh,
who
is
your
God
{\ADD{
and
our
God}},
will
cause
it
to
happen!
\VS{37}King
David,
Yahweh
has
helped
you;
we
hope/wish
that
he
will
also
help
Solomon
and
enable
him
to
become
a
greater
king
than
you
have
been.”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}So
Zadok,
Nathan,
Benaiah,
and
the
two
groups
of
men
who
were
the
king’s bodyguards
went
and
put
Solomon
on
King
David’s
mule
and
escorted
him
down
to
Gihon
{\ADD{
Spring}}.
\VS{39}There
Zadok
took
the
container
of
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
from
the
Sacred
Tent
and ◄anointed/poured
some
oil
on►
Solomon.
Then
the
trumpets
were
blown,
and
all
the
people
shouted, “We
hope/wish
that
King
Solomon
will
live
for
many
years!”
\VS{40}Then
all
the
people
followed
him
back
up
{\ADD{
to
the
city}},
shouting
joyfully
and
playing
flutes.
They
shouted
very
loudly,
with
the
result
that
the
ground
shook.
\par }{\SH Adonijah’s reaction
\par }{\PP \VS{41}When
Adonijah
and
all ◄his
guests/the
people
whom
he
had
invited►
were
finishing
eating
at
their
celebration,
they
heard
the
noise.
When
Joab
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpets,
he
asked, “What
is causinng
all
that
noise
in
the
city?”
\par }{\PP \VS{42}While
he
was
still
speaking,
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Abiathar
the
priest,
arrived.
Adonijah
said, “Come
in!
You
are
a
man
whom
we
can
trust,
so
you
must
be
bringing
us
good
news!”
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Jonathan
replied, “No,
{\ADD{
I
do
not
have
good
news}}!
His
Majesty,
King
David,
has
caused
Solomon
to
be
the
king!
\VS{44}He
sent
Zadok,
Nathan,
Benaiah,
and
his
own
group
of bodyguards
to
go
with
Solomon.
They
put
Solomon
on
King
David’s
mule.
\VS{45}They
{\ADD{
went
down
to}}
Gihon
{\ADD{
Spring}},
and
there
Zadok
and
Nathan
anointed
him
to
become
the
king.
Now
they
have
returned
from
there
to
the
city,
shouting
joyfully.
That
is
why
there
is
that
great/loud
noise
that
you
are
hearing.
\VS{46}So
Solomon
is
now
our
king [MTY].
\VS{47}Furthermore,
the
palace
officials
came
to
His
Majesty,
King
David,
to
tell
him
that
they
approved
of
what
he
had
done.
They
said, ‘We
wish/hope
that
our
God
will
enable
Solomon [MTY]
to
become
more
famous
than
you
have
been
and
enable
him
to
be
a
better
king
than
you
have
been.’
When
they
said
that,
the
king,
lying
on
his
bed,
bowed
his
head
to
worship
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}.
\VS{48}Then
he
said, ‘I
praise
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
because
he
has
allowed
one
of
my
sons
to
become
the
king
today,
and
has
permitted
me
to
see
it
happen.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{49}Then
all
of
Adonijah’s
guests ◄trembled/were
afraid►,
so
they
all
immediately
got
up
and
left
and
scattered.
\VS{50}Adonijah
was
afraid
of
what
Solomon
{\ADD{
would
do}},
so
he
went
{\ADD{
to
the
Sacred
Tent}}
and
grabbed
the
projections
at
the
corners
of
the
altar,
{\ADD{
because
he
knew
that
no
one
would
kill
him
there}}.
\VS{51}But
someone
told
Solomon, “Hey/Listen,
Adonijah
is
afraid
of
you,
so
he
{\ADD{
has
gone
to
the
Sacred
Tent
and
}}
is
holding
on
to
the
corners
of
the
altar.
He
is
saying, ‘{\ADD{
Before
I
leave,}}
I
want
King
Solomon
to
solemnly
promise
that
he
will
not
command
that
I
be
executed.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{52}Solomon
replied, “If
he
proves
that
he
is
loyal
to
me,
I
will
not
harm
him
at
all [IDM].
But
if
he
does
anything
that
is
wrong,
he
will
be
executed.”
\VS{53}So
King
Solomon
sent
{\ADD{
some
men
to
Adonijah}},
and
they
brought
him
back
from
the
altar.
He
came
to
Solomon
and
bowed
down
in
front
of
him.
Then
Solomon
said
to
him, “Go
home.”

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH David’s final instructions before he died
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
David
{\ADD{
knew
that
he}}
was
about
to
die,
he
gave
these
final
instructions
to
his
son
Solomon:
\par }{\PP \VS{2}“I
am
about
to
die [EUP],
like
everyone
else
on
earth
does.
Be
courageous
and
conduct
yourself
as
an adult
should.
\VS{3}Do
what
Yahweh
our
God
tells
you
to
do.
Conduct
yourself
as
he
wants
you
to
do.
Obey
all
of
his
laws
and
commands
and
precepts
and
instructions
that
are
written
in
the
laws
that
Moses
{\ADD{
gave
us}}.
Do
this
in
order
that
you
will
prosper
in
all
that
you
do
and
wherever
you
go.
\VS{4}If
you
continually
do
that,
Yahweh
will
do
what
he
promised
me:
He
said, ‘If
your
descendants
do
what
I
tell
them
to
do,
and
faithfully
obey
my
commands
with
all
their
inner
beings,
they
will
always
be [LIT]
the
ones
who
will
rule [MTY]
Israel.’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“here
is
something
else
{\ADD{
that
I
want
you
to
do}}.
You
know
what
Joab
did
to
me.
He
killed
my
two
army
commanders,
Abner
and
Amasa.
He
murdered
them
violently [MTY]
during
a
time
of
peace,
pretending
that
it
was
a
time
of
war.
Those
two
men ◄were
innocent/had
not
done
what
was
wrong►.
But
Joab
{\ADD{
killed
them
and
}}caused
their
blood
to
stain
his
belt
and
his
sandals.
\VS{6}Because
you
are
wise,
do
to
him
what
you
think
is
best
{\ADD{
for
you
to
do}},
but
do
not
allow
him
to
become
old [MTY]
and
then
die [IDM]
peacefully.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“ut
be
kind
to
the
sons
of
Barzillai,
the
man
from
{\ADD{
the
}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}},
and
be
sure
that
they
always
have
enough
food
to
eat [MTY].
Do
that
because
Barzillai
helped
me
when
I
was
running
away
from
your
older
brother
Absalom.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Also,
{\ADD{
you
remember}} Gera’s
son
Shimei
from
Bahurim
{\ADD{
town}}
in
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Benjamin
live.
{\ADD{
You
know
what
he
did
to
me}}.
He
cursed
me
terribly
on
the
day
I
{\ADD{
left
Jerusalem
and}}
went
to
Mahanaim
{\ADD{
town}}.
But
when
he
later
came
down
to
see
me
at
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
I
solemnly
promised,
while
Yahweh
listened [MTY],
that
I
would
not
cause
him
to
be
executed.
\VS{9}But
now
you
must [LIT]
surely
punish
him.
You
are
a
wise
man,
so
you
will
know
what
you
should
do
to
him.
He
is
an
old
man [MTY],
but
be
sure
that
he
{\ADD{
loses/sheds}}
a
lot
of
blood
when
you
kill
him [MTY].”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
David
died [EUP]
and
was
buried
in
{\ADD{
that
part
of
Jerusalem
which
was
called}} ‘The
City
of David’.
\VS{11}David
had
been
the
king
of
Israel
for 40
years:
He
ruled
for
seven
years
in
Hebron
and
for 33
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{12}Solomon
became
the
ruler/king [MTY]
to
take
the
place
of
his
father
David
and
took
control
of
all
of
the
kingdom.
\par }{\SH Solomon
had
Adonijah
killed
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
One
day}}
Adonijah
came
to
Solomon’s
mother
Bathsheba.
She
said
to
him, “Have
you
come
because
you
want
things
to
go
well?”
He
replied, “Yes.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
then
he
said, “I
have
something
to
ask
you
to
do.”
She
said, “Tell
me
{\ADD{
what
you
want
me
to
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}He
said, “You
know
that
all
the Israeli
people
expected
me
to
be
their
king
{\ADD{
because
I
am
David’s
oldest
surviving
son}}.
But
that
did
not
happen.
Instead,
my
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
became
king,
because
that
is
what
Yahweh
wanted.
\VS{16}Now
I
have
one
thing
that
I
ask
you
to
do.
Please
do
not
refuse
to
do
it.”
She
replied, “Tell
me
{\ADD{
what
you
want
me
to
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}He
said, “Please
ask
King
Solomon
to
give
to
me
Abishag,
the
woman
from
Shunem
{\ADD{
town}},
to
be
my
wife.
{\ADD{
I
am
sure
that}}
he
will
not
refuse.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Bathsheba
replied, “Okay,
I
will
speak
to
the
king
for
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
Bathsheba
went
to
King
Solomon,
to
tell
him
what
Adonijah
wanted.
The
king
got
up
{\ADD{
from
his
throne}}
and
went
to
greet
her
and
bowed
down
to
her.
Then
he
sat
on
his
throne
again
and
asked
someone
to
bring
a
chair
for
her.
So
she
sat
down
at
the
king’s
right
side.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
she
said, “I
have
one
small
thing
which
I
want
you
to
do;
please
do
not
say
that
you
will
not
do
it.”
The
king
replied, “Mother,
what
do
you
want?
I
will
not
refuse
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}She
said, “Allow
Abishag
to
be
given
to
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brother
Adonijah
to
be
his
wife.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
king
replied
{\ADD{
angrily}}, “What?
Are
you requesting
me
to
give
Abishag
to
Adonijah?
{\ADD{
Does
he
want
me}}
to
allow
him
to
rule
the
kingdom,
too?
Because
he
is
my
older
brother,
{\ADD{
does
he
think
that
he
should
be
the
king}}?
Does
he
think
that
Abiathar
should
be
the
priest
{\ADD{
instead
of
Zadok}},
and
that
Joab
{\ADD{
should
be
the
army
commander
instead
of
Benaiah}}
because
they
supported
him
{\ADD{
when
he
tried
to
become
the
king}}?”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Solomon
solemnly
promised, requesting
Yahweh
to
listen, “I
wish
God
would
strike
me
and
kill
me
if
I
do
not
cause
Adonijah
to
be
executed
for requesting
this!
\VS{24}Yahweh
has
appointed
me
to
be
the
king
and
placed
me
here
to
rule [MTY]
as
my
father
David
did.
He
has
promised
that
my
descendants [MTY]
will
be
the
kings
of
Israel.
So
just
as
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
I
solemnly
promise
that
Adonijah
will
be
executed
today!”
\VS{25}So
King
Solomon
gave
orders
to
Benaiah
to
{\ADD{
go
and}}
kill
Adonijah,
and
Benaiah
did
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Then
Solomon
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest, “Go
to
Anathoth
{\ADD{
town}},
to
your
land
there.
You
deserve
to
be
killed,
but
I
will
not
execute
you
now,
because
you
were
the
one
who
{\ADD{
supervised
the
men
who}}
carried
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Chest
for
David
my
father,
and
you
endured
all
the
troubles
that
my
father
endured.”
\VS{27}So
Solomon
dismissed
Abiathar
from
being
the
priest
of
Yahweh.
By
doing
that
he
caused
to
happen
what
Yahweh
had
said
{\ADD{
many
years
previously}}
at
Shiloh,
{\ADD{
that
some
day
he
would
get
rid}}
of
the
descendants [MTY]
of
Eli.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Joab
had
not
supported
Absalom
{\ADD{
when
he
tried
to
become
the
king}},
but
he
had
supported
Adonijah.
So
when
Joab
heard
what
had
happened,
he
ran
to
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
he
grasped
the
projections
on
the
corners
of
the
altar,
{\ADD{
because
he
knew
that
no
one
would
kill
him
there}}.
\VS{29}When
someone
told
Solomon
that
Joab
had
run
to
the
Sacred
Tent
and
was
standing
alongside
the
altar,
Solomon
told
Benaiah, “Go
and
execute
Joab.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}So
Benaiah
went
to
the
Sacred
Tent
and
said
to
Joab, “The
king
commands
you
to
come
out!”
But
Joab
replied, “No,
I
will
die
here.”
So
Benaiah
went
back
to
the
king
and
reported
{\ADD{
what
he
had
said
to
Joab,
and}}
what
Joab
had
replied.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}The
king
replied
to
him, “Do
what
he
has
requested.
Kill
him
and
bury
his
body.
If
you
do
that,
my
descendants [MTY]
and
I
will
no
longer
be
punished
for
what
Joab
did
when
he
killed [MTY]
two
men
who ◄were
innocent/had
not
done
anything
that
is
wrong►.
\VS{32}But
Yahweh
will
punish [MTY]
Joab
for
attacking
and
killing
Abner,
the
commander
of
the
army
of
Israel,
and
Amasa,
the
commander
of
the
army
of
Judah,
two
men
who
were
more
righteous
and
better [DOU]
men
than
he
is.
My
father
David
did
not
even
know
that
Joab
{\ADD{
was
planning
to
murder
them}}.
\VS{33}Joab
and
his
descendants
will
be
punished [IDM]
forever
for
his murdering
Abner
and
Amasa.
But
things
will
forever
go
well
for
David’s
descendants [MTY]
who
rule [MTY]
as
King
David
did.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}So
Benaiah
went
{\ADD{
into
the
Sacred
Tent}}
and
killed
Joab.
Joab
was
buried
on
his
property
in
the
desert
{\ADD{
part
of
Judah}}.
\VS{35}Then
the
king
appointed
Benaiah
to
be
the
commander
of
the
army
instead
of
Joab,
and
he
appointed
Zadok
to
be
the
priest
instead
of
Abiathar.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Then
the
king
sent
{\ADD{
a
messenger}}
to
summon
Shimei,
and
the
king
said
to
him, “Build
a
house
for
yourself
here
in
Jerusalem.
Remain
there
and
do
not
leave
the
city
to
go
anywhere.
\VS{37}Be
sure
that
the
day
that
you
leave
Jerusalem
and
go
across
the
Kidron
Brook,
you
will
be
executed,
and
it
will
be ◄your
own
fault/what
you
deserve►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Shimei
replied, “Your
Majesty,
what
you
say
is
good.
I
will
do
what
you
have
said.”
So
Shimei
remained
in
Jerusalem
for
several
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}But
three
years
later,
two
of Shimei’s
slaves
ran
away.
They
went
to
stay
with Maacah’s
son
Achish,
the
king
of
Gath
{\ADD{
city}}.
When
someone
told
Shimei
that
they
were
in
Gath,
\VS{40}he
put
a
saddle
on
his
donkey
and
{\ADD{
got
on
it
and}}
went
to
Gath.
He
found
his
slaves
staying
with
King
Achish
and
brought
them
back
home.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}But
someone
told
King
Solomon
that
Shimei
had
gone
from
Jerusalem
to
Gath
and
had
returned.
\VS{42}So
the
king
sent
{\ADD{
a
soldier}}
to
summon
Shimei
and
said
to
him, “I
told
you
to
solemnly
promise,
knowing
that
Yahweh [MTY]
was
listening,
that
you
must
not
leave
Jerusalem.
I
told
you [RHQ], ‘Be
sure
that
if
you
ever
leave
Jerusalem,
you
will
be
executed.’
And
you
replied [RHQ]
to
me, ‘What
you
have
said
is
good;
I
will
do
what
you
have
said.’
\VS{43}So
why
did
you
not
do
what
you
solemnly
promised
to
Yahweh?
Why
did
you
disobey
what
I
commanded
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{44}The
king
also
said
to
Shimei, “You
know
all
the
evil
things
that
you
did
to
my
father
David.
So
Yahweh
will
now
punish
you
for
the
evil
things
that
you
did.
\VS{45}But
Yahweh
will
bless
me,
and
he
will
enable
David’s
descendants [MTY]
to
rule
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Then
the
king
gave
an
order
to
Benaiah,
and
he
went
and
killed
Shimei.
\par }{\PP So
Solomon
was
completely
in
control
of
the
kingdom.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Solomon requested wisdom
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Solomon
went
to
see
the
king
of
Egypt.
Solomon
{\ADD{
made
an
agreement
with
him
to}}
marry
his
daughter.
They
also
made
an
alliance/agreement
{\ADD{
that
their
armies
would
not
attack
each
other}}.
Then
Solomon
brought
the
king’s
daughter
to
live
in
{\ADD{
the
part
of
Jerusalem
called}} ‘The
City
of David’.
{\ADD{
She
lived
there}}
until
Solomon’s
workers
had
finished
building
his
house
and
the
temple
of
Yahweh
and
the
wall
around
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
At
that
time}}
the
temple
of
Yahweh
had
not
yet
been
built,
so
the Israeli
people
were
still
offering
sacrifices
at
many
other
places
of
worship.
\VS{3}Solomon
loved
Yahweh,
and
he
obeyed
all
the
instructions
that
his
father
David
had
given
him.
But
he
also
offered
sacrifices
and
burned
incense
at
various
altars.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}One
day
the
king
went
to
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}
to
offer
a
sacrifice
there,
because
that
was
where
the
most
famous/important
altar
was.
In
previous
years
he
had
offered
hundreds
of
sacrifices
on
that
altar.
\VS{5}That
night,
Yahweh
appeared
to
him
in
a
dream.
He
asked
Solomon, “What
would
you
like
me
to
give
to
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Solomon
replied, “You
always
greatly
and
faithfully
loved
my
father
David,
who
served
you
{\ADD{
well}}.
You
did
that
because
he ◄was
faithful
to/faithfully
obeyed►
you
and
acted
righteously
and
honestly
toward
you.
And
you
have
showed
how
greatly
and
faithfully
you
loved
him
by
giving
to
him
me,
his
son,
and
now
I
am
ruling [MTY]
as
he
did
{\ADD{
before
he
died}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“ow,
Yahweh
my
God,
you
have
appointed
me
to
be
the
king
like
my
father
was.
But
I
am
{\ADD{
very
young,
like}}
a
little
child [MET].
I
do
not
know
how
to
lead/rule
my
people
at
all [IDM].
\VS{8}I
am
here
among
the
people
whom
you
have
chosen.
They
are
a
very
large
group
of
people;
there
are
very,
very
many
of
them,
with
the
result
that
no
one
can
count
them [DOU].
\VS{9}So
please
enable
me
to
think
clearly,
in
order
that
I
may
rule
your
people
{\ADD{
well}}.
Enable
me
to
know
what
is
good
and
what
is
evil.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
not
do
that,}}
I
will
never [RHQ]
be
able
to
rule
this
great
group
of
people
who
belong
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Yahweh
was
very
pleased
that
Solomon
had
requested
that.
\VS{11}God
said
to
him, “You
did
not
request
that
you
live
for
many
years
or
that
you
become
very
rich
or
that
you
be
able
to
kill
all
your
enemies.
Instead,
you
have
requested
that
I
enable
you
to
be
wise,
in
order
that
you
will
be
able
to
know
{\ADD{
and
to
do}}
what
is
right
{\ADD{
while
you
govern
these
people}}.
\VS{12}So,
I
will
certainly
do
what
you
requested.
I
will
enable
you
to
be
very
wise [DOU].
The
result
will
be
that
no
one
who
has
lived
before
you
or
who
will
live
after
you
will
be
as
{\ADD{
wise
as}}
you
are.
\VS{13}I
will
also
give
you
things
that
you
did
not
request:
I
will
enable
you
to
become
very
rich
and
honored,
as
long
as
you
live.
You
will
be
richer
and
more
honored
than
any
other
king.
\VS{14}If
you
conduct
your
life [IDM]
as
I
want
you
to,
and
if
you
obey
all
my
laws
and
commandments,
as
your
father
David
did,
I
will
enable
you
to
live
for
many
years.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Solomon
awoke,
and
he
realized
that
{\ADD{
God
had
spoken
to
him
in}}
a
dream.
Then
he
went
to
Jerusalem
and
stood
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
Sacred
Tent
where}}
the
Sacred
Chest
{\ADD{
was}},
and
he
offered
many
sacrifices
that
were
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
Then
he
made
a
feast
for
all
his
officials.
\par }{\SH Solomon
made
a
very
wise
decision
concerning
two
women
\par }{\PP \VS{16}One
day
two
prostitutes
came
and
stood
in
front
of
King
Solomon.
\VS{17}One
of
them
said, “Your
Majesty,
this
woman
and
I
live
in
the
same
house.
I
gave
birth
to
a
baby
while
she
was
there
in
the
house.
\VS{18}Three
days
after
my
baby
was
born,
this
woman
also
gave
birth
to
a
baby.
Only
the
two
of
us
were
in
the
house;
there
was
no
one
else
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“ut
one
night
this
woman’s
baby
died
because
she
{\ADD{
accidentally}}
rolled
on
top
of
her
baby
{\ADD{
while
sleeping
and smothered
it}}.
\VS{20}So
she
got
up
at
midnight
and
took
my
baby
boy
who
was
lying
beside
me
while
I
was
sleeping.
She
carried
him
to
her
bed
and
brought
her
dead
baby
and
put
it
in
my
bed.
\VS{21}When
I
awoke
the
next
morning
and
was
ready
to
nurse
my
baby,
I
saw
that
it
was
dead.
But
when
I
looked
at
it
closely
in
the
morning
light,
I
saw
that
it
was
not
my
baby!”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}But
the
other
woman
said, “That
is
not
true!
The
baby
that
is
alive
is
mine,
and
the
baby
that
is
dead
is
yours!”
Then
the
first
woman
said, “No,
the
dead
baby
is
yours,
and
the
one
that
is
alive
is
mine!”
And
they
continued
to
argue
in
front
of
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
the
king
said, “Both
of
you
are
saying, ‘My
baby
is
the
one
that
is
alive
and
the
one
that
is
dead
is
yours.’ ”
\VS{24}So
he
said
to
one
of
his
servants, “Bring
me
a
sword.”
So
the
servant
brought
a
sword
to
the
king.
\VS{25}Then
the
king
said
to
the
servant, “Cut
the
baby
that
is
alive
into
two
parts.
Give
one
part
to
each
of
the
women.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}But
the
woman
whose
baby
was
alive
loved
her
baby
very
much,
so
she
said
to
the
king, “No,
Your
Majesty!
Do
not
allow
him
to
kill
the
baby!
Give
her
the
child
that
is
alive!”
But
the
other
woman
said
to
the
king, “No,
cut
it
in
half.
Then
it
will
not
be
her
baby
or
my
baby.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
the
king
said
to
the
servant, “Do
not
kill
the
baby.
Give
the
baby
to
the
woman
who
said ‘Do
not
cut
the
baby
in
half,’
because
she
is
truly
the baby’s
mother.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}All
the Israeli
people
heard
about
what
the
king
had
decided,
and
they
revered
him.
They
realized
that
God
had
truly
enabled
him
to
be
very
wise,
to
judge
people’s
matters
fairly.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Solomon’s governors and officials
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Solomon
was
the
king
who
ruled
all
of
Israel,
\VS{2}and
these
were
his
most
important
officials:
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI Zadok’s
son
Azariah
was
the
priest.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}Shisha’s
sons
Elihoreph
and
Ahijah
were
the
{\ADD{
official}}
secretaries.
\par }{\LI Ahilud’s
son
Jehoshaphat
was
the
one
who
announced
to
the
people
the
king’s
decisions.
\par }{\LI \VS{4}Benaiah
was
the
commander
of
the
army.
\par }{\LI Zadok
and
Abiathar
were
also
priests.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}Nathan’s
son
Azariah
was
the
administrator
of
the
governors.
\par }{\LI Another
of Nathan’s
sons,
Zabud,
was
a
priest
and
the
king’s
chief advisor.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}Ahishar
supervised
the
servants
who
worked
in
the
palace.
\par }{\LI Abda’s
son
Adoniram
supervised
the
men
who
were
forced
to
do
work
{\ADD{
for
the
government}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}Solomon
appointed
twelve
men,
one
to
govern
{\ADD{
each
of
the
regions
}}
in
Israel.
They
also
were
required
to
provide
food
for
the
king
and
all
the
others
who
lived
and
worked
in
the
palace.
Each
man
was
required
to
provide
from
his
own
region
the
food
for
one
month
each
year.
\VS{8}Their
names
were:
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI Ben-Hur,
for
the hilly
area
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}Ben-Deker,
for
Makaz,
Shaalbim,
Beth-Shemesh,
and Elon-Bethhanan
{\ADD{
cities}};
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Ben-Hesed,
for
Arubboth
and
Socoh
{\ADD{
towns}}
and
the
area
near
Hepher
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Ben-Abinadab,
who
was
married
to
Solomon’s
daughter
Taphath,
for
all
the
Dor
district;
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Ahilud’s
son
Baana,
for
Taanach
and
Megiddo
{\ADD{
towns}},
and
all
the
region
near
Zarethan
{\ADD{
city}},
and
from
Beth-Shan
{\ADD{
city}}
south
of
Jezreel
as
far
as
Abel-Meholah
{\ADD{
town}}
and
Jokmeam
{\ADD{
city}};
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Ben-Geber,
for
Ramoth
{\ADD{
city}}
in
{\ADD{
the
}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}},
and
for
the
villages
in
Gilead
that
belonged
to
Jair,
who
was
a
descendant
of
Manasseh,
and
the
Argob
area
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}}.
There
were 60
large
towns
in
that
region
altogether,
each
town
with
a
wall
around
it
and
bronze
bars
across
the
gates.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}Iddo’s
son
Ahinadab,
for
Mahanaim
{\ADD{
city
east
of
the
Jordan
River}};
\par }{\LI \VS{15}Ahimaaz,
who
had
married
Solomon’s
daughter
Basemath,
for
{\ADD{
the
territory
of
the
tribe
of}}
Naphtali;
\par }{\LI \VS{16}Hushai’s
son
Baana,
for
{\ADD{
the
territory
of
the
tribe
of}}
Asher
and
for
Aloth
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LI \VS{17}Paruah’s
son
Jehoshaphat,
for
{\ADD{
the
territory
of
the
tribe
of}}
Issachar;
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Ela’s
son
Shimei,
for
{\ADD{
the
territory
of
the
tribe
of}}
Benjamin;
\par }{\LI \VS{19}Uri’s
son
Geber,
for
the
Gilead
region,
the
land
that
Sihon
the
king
of
the Amor people-group
{\ADD{
formerly
ruled}},
and
the
Bashan
{\ADD{
area}},
which
was
the
area
that
Og
{\ADD{
formerly
ruled}}.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
In
addition
to
all
those}},
Solomon
appointed
one
governor
for
the
{\ADD{
territory
of
the}}
tribe
of
Judah.
\par }{\SH Solomon’s
kingdom
\par }{\PP \VS{20}There
were
as
many
people
in
Judah
and
Israel
as
there
are
grains
of
sand [HYP]
on
the
seashore.
They
{\ADD{
had
plenty
to}}
eat
and
drink
and
they
were
happy.
\VS{21}Solomon’s
kingdom
extended
from
the
Euphrates
{\ADD{
River
in
the northeast}}
to
the
Philistia
area
{\ADD{
in
the
west}}
and
to
the
border
of
Egypt
{\ADD{
in
the
south}}.
The
{\ADD{
conquered}}
people
in
those
areas
paid
taxes
and
were
under
Solomon’s
control
for
the
rest
of
his
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}{\ADD{
To
feed
the
people
in
his
palace
and
his
guests}}
Solomon
needed
people
to
bring
to
him
every
day 150 bushels
of
fine
flour
and 300 bushels
of
wheat,
\VS{23}ten
cattle
that
were
kept
in
stalls/barns, 20
cattle
that
were
kept
in
pastures, 100
sheep,
and ◄deer
and
gazelles
and
roebucks/three
kinds
of
deer►,
and poultry.
\VS{24}Solomon
ruled
over
all
the
area
west
of
the
Euphrates
{\ADD{
River}},
from
Tiphsah
{\ADD{
city
in
the northeast}}
to
Gaza
{\ADD{
city
in
the southwest}}.
He
ruled
over
all
the
kings
in
that
area.
And
there
was
peace
between
his
{\ADD{
government}}
and
the
{\ADD{governments
of}}
nearby
countries.
\VS{25}All
during
the
years
that
Solomon
ruled,
the
people
of
Judah
and
Israel
lived
safely.
Each
family
had
its
own grapevines
and
fig
trees.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Solomon
had 4,000
stalls
for
the
horses
{\ADD{
that
pulled}}
his
chariots
and 12,000
men
who
rode
on
horses (OR,
in
the
chariots).
\par }{\PP \VS{27}His
twelve
governors
supplied
the
food
that
King
Solomon
needed
for
himself
and
for
all
those
who
ate
in
the
palace.
Each
governor
supplied
food
for
one
month
each
year.
They
provided
everything [LIT]
that
Solomon
required.
\VS{28}They
also
brought
{\ADD{
stalks
of}}
barley
and
wheat
for
the
fast
horses
{\ADD{
that
pulled
the
chariots}}
and
for
the
{\ADD{
other
work}}
horses.
They
brought
it
to
the
places
where
the
horses
were
kept.
\par }{\SH Solomon’s
wisdom
\par }{\PP \VS{29}God
enabled
Solomon
to
be
extremely
wise
and
to
have
great
insight/understanding.
He
understood
about
more
things
than
the
number
of
grains
of
sand
on
the
seashore [HYP].
\VS{30}He
was
wiser
than
all
the
wise
men
in
Arabia
and
Mesopotamia
and
all
the
wise
men
in
Egypt.
\VS{31}Ethan
from
Ezrah
and
Heman
and
Calcol
and
Darda
and
the
sons
of
Mahol
were
{\ADD{
considered
to
be}}
very
wise,
but
Solomon
was
wiser
than
all
of
them.
People
in
all
the
nearby
countries
heard
about
Solomon.
\VS{32}He
composed/wrote 3,000 ◄proverbs/wise
sayings►
and
more
than 1,000
songs.
\VS{33}He
talked
about
various
kinds
of
plants,
from
the
{\ADD{
huge}}
cedar
trees
in
Lebanon
to
the
{\ADD{tiny}}
hyssop
plants
that
grow
in
cracks
in
walls.
He
also
talked
about
wild
animals
and
birds
and
reptiles
and
fish.
\VS{34}People
came
from
all
over
the
world
to
hear
the
wise
things
that
Solomon
said.
Many
kings
sent
men
to
listen
to
him
{\ADD{
and
then
return
and
tell
them
what
Solomon
said}}.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH Preparations for building the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hiram,
the
king
of
Tyre
{\ADD{
city}},
had
always
been
a
close
friend
of
King
David.
When
he
heard
that
Solomon
had
been
appointed
to
become
the
king
after
his
father
was
no
longer
king,
he
sent
some
messengers
to
Solomon
{\ADD{
to
congratulate
him}}.
\VS{2}Solomon
{\ADD{
gave
those
messengers}}
this
message
to
take
back
to
Hiram:
\par }{\PI \VS{3}“You
know
that
my
father
David
{\ADD{
led
his
soldiers
to}}
fight
many
wars
against
his
enemies
in
the
nearby
countries.
So
he
could
not
{\ADD{
arrange
to}}
build
a
temple
in
which
we [MTY]
could
worship
Yahweh
our
God,
until
after
Yahweh
enabled
{\ADD{
the Israeli
army}}
to
defeat [IDM]
all
his
enemies.
\VS{4}But
now
Yahweh
our
God
has
enabled
us
to
have
peace
with
all
the
surrounding
countries.
{\ADD{◄There
is
no
danger
that/We
do
not
need
to
worry
that►}}
we
will
be
attacked.
\VS{5}Yahweh
promised
my
father
David, ‘Your
son,
whom
I
will
enable
to
be
king
after
you
are
no
longer
king,
will
build
a
temple
for
me [MTY].’
Because
of
that,
I
have
decided
to
build
a
temple
in
which
we
can
worship [MTY]
Yahweh
our
God.
\par }{\PI \VS{6}“o
{\ADD{
I
am requesting
that}}
you
command
your
workers
to
cut
cedar
trees
for
me.
My
men
will
work
with
them,
and
I
will
pay
your
workers
whatever
you
decide.
{\ADD{
But}}
my
men
{\ADD{
cannot
do
the
work
alone,}}
because
they
do
not
know
how
to
cut
down
trees
like
your
workers
from
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}}
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
Hiram
heard
the
message
from
Solomon,
he
was
very
happy
and
said, “I
praise
Yahweh
today
for
giving
David
a
very
wise
son
to
rule
that
great
nation!”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}He
sent
this
message
back
to
Solomon: “I
have
heard
the
message
that
you
sent
to
me,
and
I
am
ready
to
do
what
you
ask.
I
will
provide
cedar
and
cypress
logs.
\VS{9}My
workers
will
bring
the
logs
down
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Lebanon
{\ADD{
mountains}}
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
sea.
Then
they
will
{\ADD{
tie
them
together
to}}
make
rafts
to
float
them
{\ADD{
in
the
water}}
along
the
coast
to
the
place
that
you indicate.
Then
my
workers
will untie
the
logs,
and
your
workers
will
take
them
from
there.
What
I
want
you
to
do
is
to
supply
food
for
the
people
who
work
in
my
palace.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So
Hiram
{\ADD{
arranged
for
his
workers
to}}
supply
all
the
cedar
and
cypress
logs
that
Solomon
wanted.
\VS{11}Each
year
Solomon
gave
Hiram 100,000 bushels
of
wheat
and 110,000
gallons
of
pure
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
to
feed
the
people
who
worked
in
his
palace.
\VS{12}Yahweh
enabled
Solomon
to
be
wise,
just
like
he
had
promised.
Solomon
and
Hiram
made
a
treaty/agreement
that
there
would
be
peace
between
their
{\ADD{
two governments/countries}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}King
Solomon
forced 30,000
men
from
all
over
Israel
to
become
his
workers.
\VS{14}Adoniram
was
their boss.
Solomon
divided
the
men
into
three
groups.
Each
month 10,000
of
them
went
to
Lebanon
and
worked
for
a
month
there,
and
then
they
came
back
home
for
two
months.
\VS{15}Solomon
also
forced 80,000
men
to
cut
stones
in
the hilly
area
and 70,000
men
to
haul
the
stones
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}}.
\VS{16}And
he
also
assigned 3,600
men
to
supervise
their
work.
\VS{17}The
king
also
commanded
his
workers
to
cut
huge
blocks
of
stones
from
the
quarries
and
to
smooth
the
sides
of
the
stones.
Those
huge
stones
were
for
the
foundation
of
the
temple.
\VS{18}Solomon’s
workers
and
Hiram’s
workers
and
men
from
Gebal/Byblos
{\ADD{
city}}
shaped
the
stones
and
prepared
the
timber
to
build
the
temple.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH Solomon’s men built the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}480
years
after
the Israeli
people
left
Egypt,
during
the
fourth
year
that
Solomon
ruled
Israel,
early
in
May,
Solomon’s
workers
began
to
build
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Inside,
{\ADD{
the
main
part
of}}
the
temple
was 90
feet
long, 30
feet
wide,
and 45
feet
high.
\VS{3}The
entrance
room
was 15
feet
long
and 30
feet
wide,
just
as
wide
as
the
main
part
of
the
temple.
\VS{4}There
were
windows
in
{\ADD{
the
walls
of}}
the
temple.
The
windows
were
narrower
on
the
outside
than
on
the
inside.
\VS{5}Against
the
two
sides
and
against
the
back
of
the
temple
walls,
they
built
a
structure/building
that
had
rooms
in
it.
{\ADD{
This
structure
had
three levels/stories
and
each
was 7-1/2
feet
high}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Each
room
in}}
the
lowest
level/story
was 7-1/2
feet
wide.
{\ADD{
Each
room
in}}
the
middle
level/story
was
nine
feet
wide.
{\ADD{
The
rooms
in}}
the
top
level/story
were 10-1/2
feet
wide.
The
wall
of
the
temple
at
the
top
level/story
was thinner
than
the
wall
at
the
middle
level/story,
and
the
wall
of
the
middle
level/story
was thinner
than
the
wall
at
the
bottom
level/story.
The
result
was
that
the
rooms
could
be
supported
by
the
wall
underneath
them,
and
did
not
require
wooden
beams
to
support
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
huge
stones
for
{\ADD{
the
foundation
of}}
the
temple
were
cut
and
shaped
at
the
quarry
{\ADD{
to
become
very
smooth}}.
The
result
was
that
while
the
workers
were
building
the
temple
there
was
no
noise,
because
they
did
not
use
hammers
or chisels
or
any
other
iron
tools
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
entrance
to
the
bottom
level/story
{\ADD{
of
that
attached
structure}}
was
on
the
south
side
of
the
temple.
There
were
stairs
from
the
bottom
level/story
to
the
middle
and
top
level/story.
\VS{9}So
Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
finished
building
the
{\ADD{
framework
of
the}}
temple.
They
made
the
ceiling
from
cedar
beams
and
boards.
\VS{10}They
built
the
structure
that
had
three levels/stories,
that
was
against
the
walls
of
the
temple.
Each
level/story
was 7-1/2
feet
high,
and
was
joined
to
the
temple
with
cedar
beams.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Yahweh
said
this
to
Solomon:
\VS{12}“{\ADD{
I
want
to
tell
you}}
about
this
temple
that
you
are
building.
If
you
continually
obey
all
my
statutes
and
laws
and
commands,
I
will
do
for
you
what
I
promised
to
your
father
David.
\VS{13}I
will
live
among
the Israeli
people,
{\ADD{
in
this
temple,}}
and
I
will
never
abandon
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers
}}
finished
building
the
temple.
\VS{15}On
the
inside,
they
lined/covered
the
walls
with
cedar
boards.
They
lined/covered
them
from
the
floor
to
the
ceiling.
They
made
the
floor
from
cypress
boards.
\VS{16}Inside
the
back
part
of
the
temple
they
built
an
inner
room,
called
the
Very
Holy
Place.
It
was 30
feet
long.
All
the
walls
of
this
room
were
lined
with
cedar
boards.
\VS{17}In
front
of
the
Very
Holy
Place
there
was
a
room
that
was 60
feet
long.
\VS{18}The
cedar
{\ADD{
boards
on
the
walls}}
inside
the
temple
were
decorated
with
carvings
of
gourds
and
flowers.
{\ADD{
The
walls
were}}
completely
covered
with
cedar
boards,
with
the
result
that
the
stones
{\ADD{
of
the
walls
behind
them}}
could
not
be
seen.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}At
the
back
of
the
temple
they
made
the
Very
Holy
Place,
where
the
Sacred
Chest
would
be
put.
\VS{20}That
room
was 30
feet
long, 30
feet
wide,
and 30
feet
high.
They
covered
the
walls
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
pure
gold.
{\ADD{
For
burning
incense}}
they
also
made
an
altar
of
cedar
{\ADD{
boards}}.
\VS{21}Solomon
told
them
to
cover
the
other
walls
inside
the
temple
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
pure
gold
and
to
fasten
gold
chains
across
the
entrance
to
the
Very
Holy
Place.
\VS{22}They
covered
all
the
walls
of
the
temple
and
the
altar
that
was
outside
the
Very
Holy
Place
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Inside
the
Very
Holy
Place,
they
made
from
olive
tree
wood
{\ADD{
large
statues
of}}
two
creatures
with
wings.
Each
one
was 15
feet
tall.
\VS{24-26}They
each
were
the
same
size
and
had
the
same
shape.
They
each
had
two
wings
{\ADD{
which
were
spread
out}}.
Each
wing
was 7-1/2
feet
long,
with
the
result
that
the
distance
between
the
outer
ends
of
the
two
wings
was 15
feet.
\VS{27}They
put
those
statues
next
to
each
other
in
the
Very
Holy
Place
so
that
the
wing
of
the
one
touched
the
one
wing
of
the
other
in
the
center
of
the
room,
and
the
outer
wings
touched
the
walls.
\VS{28}They
covered
the
statues
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\ADD{
Solomon
told
them
to}}
decorate
the
walls
of
the
main
room
and
the
Very
Holy
Place
by
carving representations
of
winged
creatures
and
palm
trees
and
flowers.
\VS{30}They
also
covered
the
floor
of
both
rooms
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}They
made
a
set
of
doors
from
olive
tree
wood,
and
placed
them
at
the
entrance
to
the
Very
Holy
Place.
The
doorposts
joined
at
the
top
to
form
a pointed arch.
\VS{32}The
doors
were
decorated
by
carving
on
them representations
of
winged
creatures,
palm
trees,
and
flowers.
All
of
these
things
were
covered
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
gold.
\VS{33}They
made
a rectangular
door
frame
from
olive
tree
wood,
and
put
it
{\ADD{
between
the
entrance
room
and}}
the
main
room.
\VS{34}They
made
two
folding
doors
from
cypress
wood
{\ADD{
and
fastened
them
to
the
door
frame}}.
\VS{35}The
doors
were
also
decorated
with
wood
carvings
of
winged
creatures,
palm
trees,
and
flowers,
and
they
were
also
covered
evenly
with
{\ADD{
very
thin
sheets
of}}
gold.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}They
built
a
courtyard
in
front
of
the
temple.
The
walls
around
the
courtyard
were
made
of
cedar
and
stone;
to
make
the
walls,
between
each
layer
of
cedar
beams
they
put
down
two
layers
of
stone.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}They
laid
the
foundation
of
the
temple
of
Yahweh
in
early
May,
in
the
fourth
year
{\ADD{
that
Solomon
ruled}}.
\VS{38}In
the
eleventh
year
{\ADD{
that
he
ruled}},
in
the
middle
of October,
they
finished
building
the
temple
and
all
of
its
parts,
doing
exactly
what
Solomon
told
them
to
do.
It
required
seven
years
to
build
it.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH They built a palace for Solomon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}They
also
built
a
palace
for
Solomon,
but
it
required 13
years
to
build
it.
\VS{2}One
of
the
buildings
they
constructed
was
{\ADD{
a}}
large
{\ADD{
ceremonial
hall}}.
It
was
called
the
Hall
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon.
It
was 150
feet
long, 75
feet
wide,
and 45
feet
high.
It
was
supported/held
up
by
four
rows
of
pillars
of
{\ADD{
wood
from}}
cedar
{\ADD{
trees}}.
There
were 15
pillars
in
each
row.
There
were
cedar
beams
across
each
row.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
To
support
the
roof}}
there
were
cedar
beams
that
connected
the
rows
of
pillars.
\VS{4}On
each
of
the
two
side
walls
there
were
three
rows
of
windows.
\VS{5}All
the
windows
and
doorways
had rectangular
frames.
The
windows
along
the
long
wall
on
one
side
faced
the
windows
on
the
other
side.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}They
also
built
another
building
called
the
Hall
of
Pillars.
It
was 75
feet
long
and 45
feet
wide.
It
had
a
covered
porch
{\ADD{
whose
roof
was}}
supported
by
pillars.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
they
made
a
building
called
the
Hall
of
the
Throne.
It
was
also
called
the
Hall
of
Judgment.
That
was
where
Solomon
decided/judged
concerning
people’s
disputes.
The
walls
were
covered
with
cedar
boards,
from
the
floor
to
the
rafters.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}In
the
courtyard
behind
the
Hall
of
Judgment
they
built
a
house
for
Solomon
to
live
in
that
was
made
like
the
other
buildings.
They
also
built
the
same
kind
of
house
for
his
wife,
who
was
the
daughter
of
the
king
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}All
of
those
buildings
and
the
walls
around
the
palace
courtyard
were
made
from
costly
blocks
of
stone,
from
the
foundations
up
to
the eaves.
The
stones
were
cut
{\ADD{
at
the
quarry}},
according
to
the sizes
that
were
needed,
and
the
sides
of
the
stones
were
shaped
by
cutting/smoothing
them
with
saws.
\VS{10}The
foundations
were
also
made
from
huge
blocks
of
stone
{\ADD{
that
were
prepared
at
the
quarry}}.
Some
of
them
were
twelve
feet
long
and
some
were
fifteen
feet
long.
\VS{11}On
top
of
the
foundation
stones
were
other
blocks
of
stone
that
were
cut
according
to
the sizes
they
needed,
and
cedar
beams.
\VS{12}The
palace
courtyard,
the
inner
courtyard
in
front
of
the
temple,
and
the
entrance
room
of
the
temple
had
walls
made
by
putting
down
three
layers
of
cut
stones
between
each
layer
of
cedar
beams.
\par }{\SH Other
things
for
the
temple
area
\par }{\PP \VS{13-14}There
was
a
man
who
lived
in
Tyre
{\ADD{
city}}
whose
name
was
Huram.
He
knew
how
to
make
very
nice
things
from
bronze.
His
father
had
also
lived
in
Tyre
and
had
also
been
very
skilled
at
making
things
from
bronze,
but
Huram’s
father
was
no
longer
living.
His
mother
was
from
the
tribe
of
Naphtali.
Huram
was
very
wise
and
intelligent
and
was
very
skilled
at
making
things
from
bronze.
Solomon
invited
him
to
come
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem
and
supervise}}
all
the
work
of
making
things
from
bronze,
and
Huram
agreed.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}He
made
two
bronze
pillars.
Each
one
was 27
feet
tall
and 18
feet
around.
Each
was
hollow,
and
the
walls
of
the
pillars
were 3
in./7.4 cm.
thick.
\VS{16}He
also
made
two
bronze
caps
to
be
put
on
top
of
the
pillars.
Each cap
was 7-1/2
feet
tall.
\VS{17}Then
he
made
bronze
wreaths
of
chains
to
decorate
the
top
part
of
each
pillar.
\VS{18}He
also
made
bronze
{\ADD{
figures
that
resembled}}
pomegranates.
He
put
two
rows
of
pomegranates
over
the
top
parts
of
each
pillar.
\VS{19}The
top
part
over
each
pillar
was
shaped
like
a
lily.
Each
{\ADD{
lily
leaf}}
was
six
feet
tall.
\VS{20}These
top
parts
were
placed
on
a
bowl-shaped
section
around
which
was draped
the
wreaths
of
chains.
He
made 200
{\ADD{
figures
that represented}}
pomegranates
and
put
them
in
two
rows
around
the
top/head
of
each
pillar.
\VS{21}His
{\ADD{
helpers}}
set
up
the
pillars
in
front
of
the
entrance
of
the
temple.
The
pillar
on
the
south
side
was
named
Jakin,
and
the
pillar
on
the
north
side
was
named
Boaz.
\VS{22}The
bronze
top
parts
that
were
shaped
like
lilies
were
placed
on
top
of
the
pillars.
\par }{\PP So
Huram
and
his
helpers
finished
making
the
bronze
pillars.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Huram
also
constructed
a
very
large
round
bronze tank
that
was
made
of
metal
and
cast
{\ADD{
in
a
clay
mold}}.
It
was 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters
high, 30
feet/9 meters
across/wide,
and 45
feet/13.5 meters
around
it.
\VS{24}Around
the
outer
edge
of
the
rim
of
the tank
were
two
rows
of
gourds
that
were
made
of
bronze.
{\ADD{
But}}
the
gourds
{\ADD{
were
not
cast separately;
they}}
were
cast
in
the
same
mold
as
the
rest
of
the tank.
For
each
foot
of
length
around
the
rim
of
the tank
there
were
six
{\ADD{
figures
of}}
gourds.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Huram
{\ADD{
also
cast}}
twelve
{\ADD{
bronze
statues
of}}
oxen.
He
placed
them
to
face
outward.
He
placed
three
of
them
to
face
north,
three
to
face
west,
three
to
face
south,
and
three
to
face
east.
His
helpers
put
the
bronze tank
on
the
backs
of
{\ADD{
the
statues
of}}
the
oxen.
\VS{26}The
sides
{\ADD{
of
the tank}}
were 3
in./8 cm.
thick.
The
rim
was
like
the
rim
of
a
cup.
It
{\ADD{
curved
outward,}}
like
the petals
of
a
lily.
{\ADD{
When
the tank
was
full,}}
it
held
about 10,000
gallons
{\ADD{
of
water}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Huram
also
made
ten
bronze
carts.
Each
was
six
feet
long
and
six
feet
wide
and 4-1/2
feet
tall.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
On
the
sides
of
the
carts}}
there
were panels
which
were
set
in
frames.
\VS{29}On
those panels
were
{\ADD{
bronze
figures
of}}
lions,
bulls,
and
winged
creatures.
Below
and
above
the
lions
and
bulls
there
were decorations
of
bronze
wreaths.
\VS{30}Each
cart
had
four
bronze
wheels
and
two
axles
made
of
bronze.
At
the
top
corners
of
each
cart
were
bronze
supports
to
hold
up
a
basin.
On
these
supports
were
also decorations
of
bronze
wreaths.
\VS{31}On
top
of
each
cart,
{\ADD{
under
each
basin,}}
was
a
frame
{\ADD{
that
resembled}}
a
circular
collar.
The
top
of
each
circular
frame
was 18
inches
above
the
top
of
the
cart,
and
the
bottom
of
it
was
nine
inches
below
the
top
of
the
cart.
There
were
also decorations
of
bronze
wreaths
on
the
frame
engraved
within
square panels.
\VS{32}The
wheels
were 27
inches
high.
They
were
below
the panels.
The
wheels
were
connected
to
axles
that
had
been
cast
in
the
same
mold
as
the
rest
of
the
cart.
\VS{33}The
wheels
of
the
carts
were
like
the
wheels
of
chariots.
The
axles,
the
rims,
the
spokes,
and
the
hubs
were
all
cast
{\ADD{
from
bronze}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}At
the
top
corners
of
each
cart
there
were
handles.
These
were
cast
in
the
same
mold
as
the
rest
of
the
cart.
\VS{35}There
was
a nine-inch
bronze
band
around
the
top
of
each
cart.
There
were braces
attached
to
the
corners
of
each
cart.
The
bands
and
the braces
were
cast
in
the
same
mold
as
the
rest
of
the
cart.
\VS{36}The braces
and
the panels
{\ADD{
on
the
sides
of
the
carts}}
were
also
decorated
with
{\ADD{
figures
of}}
winged
creatures,
lions,
and
palm
trees,
whenever
there
was
space
for
them,
and
there
were
bronze
wreaths
all
around
them.
\VS{37}That
is
how
Huram
made
the
ten
carts.
They
{\ADD{
were
all
cast
in
the
same
mold,
so
they}}
were
all
alike:
They
all
were
the
same
size
and
had
the
same
shape.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Huram
also
made
ten
bronze
basins,
one
for
each
cart.
Each
basin
was
six
feet
across
and
held 200
gallons
{\ADD{
of
water}}.
\VS{39}Huram
placed
five
of
the
carts
on
the
south
side
of
the
temple
and
five
on
the
north
side.
He
put
the
big tank
at
the
southeast
corner.
\VS{40}Huram
also
made
pots,
shovels
{\ADD{
for
carrying
ashes}},
and
bowls
{\ADD{
for
carrying
the
blood
of
the
animals
that
would
be
sacrificed}}.
He
completed
all
the
work
that
King
Solomon
requested
him
to
do
for
the
temple.
{\ADD{
This
is
a
list
of
the
bronze
things
he
made}}:
\par }{\LI \VS{41}the
two
pillars;
\par }{\LI the
two
top
parts
to
be
put
over
the
pillars;
\par }{\LI the
two
wreaths
of
chains
to
decorate
the
tops
of
the
pillars;
\par }{\LI \VS{42}the 400
{\ADD{
figures
of}}
pomegranates,
in
two
rows,
with 100
in
each
row,
that
were
placed
over
the
top
parts
of
the
pillars;
\par }{\LI \VS{43}the
ten
carts;
\par }{\LI the
ten
basins;
\par }{\LI \VS{44}the
big tank;
\par }{\LI the
twelve
{\ADD{
statues
of}}
oxen
on
whose
backs
the tank
was
placed;
\par }{\LI \VS{45}the
pots,
shovels
{\ADD{
for
the
ashes
of
the
altar}},
and
bowls.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP Huram
{\ADD{
and
his
workers}}
made
all
these
things
for
King
Solomon
and
put
them
outside
the
temple.
They
were
all
made
of
polished
bronze.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}They
made
them
by
pouring
melted
bronze
into
the
clay molds
that
Huram
had
set
up
near
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
Valley,
between
{\ADD{
the
cities
of}}
Succoth
and
Zarethan.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}Solomon
did
not
{\ADD{
tell
his
workers
to}}
weigh
those
bronze
objects,
because
there
were
many
items.
So
no
one
ever
knew
what
they
weighed.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{48}Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
also
made
all
the
gold
items
for
the
temple:
\par }{\LI the
altar;
\par }{\LI the
table
on
which
the
priests
put
the
sacred
bread
placed
before
God;
\par }{\LI \VS{49}the
ten
lampstands
{\ADD{
that
were
put}}
in
front
of
the
Very
Holy
Place,
five
on
the
south
side
and
five
on
the
north
side;
\par }{\LI the
{\ADD{decorations
that
resembled}}
flowers;
\par }{\LI the
lamps;
\par }{\LI the
tongs
{\ADD{
to
grasp
the
hot
coals}};
\par }{\LI \VS{50}the
cups,
the
gold
lamp
wick
snuffers,
the
small
lamp
bowls,
the
dishes
for
incense,
the
pans
{\ADD{
for
carrying
the
hot
coals}},
and
the
hinges
for
the
doors
at
the
entrance
to
the
Very
Holy
Place
and
for
the
doors
at
the
entrance
{\ADD{
to
the
main
room}}
of
the
temple.
\par }{\LI Those
things
were
all
made
of
gold.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{51}So
Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
finished
all
the
work
for
the
temple.
Then
they
placed
in
the
temple storerooms
all
the
things
that
his
father
David
had
dedicated
to
Yahweh—all
the
silver
and
gold,
and
the
other
valuable
items.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH The sacred chest was brought to the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Solomon
then
summoned
to
Jerusalem
all
the
elders
of
Israel,
all
the
leaders
of
the
tribes,
and
the
leaders
of
the
clans.
He
wanted
them
to
join
in
bringing
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Chest
from
Zion
{\ADD{
Hill
to
the
temple}},
where
it
was
in
the
part
of
the
city
called ‘The
City
of David’.
\VS{2}So
all
the Israeli
leaders
came
to
King
Solomon
during
the
Festival
of
{\ADD{
Living
in
Temporary}}
Shelters,
in October.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
they
had
all
arrived,
the
priests
lifted
up
the
Sacred
Chest
\VS{4}and
brought
it
to
the
temple.
The
descendants
of
Levi
{\ADD{
who
assisted
the
priests}}
helped
them
to
carry
to
the
temple
the
Sacred
Tent
and
all
the
sacred
things
that
had
been
in
the
tent.
\VS{5}Then
King
Solomon
and
many
of
the Israeli
people
who
had
gathered
in
front
of
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Chest
sacrificed
a
huge
amount
of
sheep
and
oxen.
No
one
was
able
to
count
the
sacrifices
{\ADD{
because
there
were
so
many}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
the
priests
then
brought
the
Sacred
Chest
into
the
Very
Holy
Place
in
the
temple,
and
they
placed
it
under
the
wings
of
the
{\ADD{
statues
of
the}}
winged
creatures.
\VS{7}The
wings
of
those
statues
spread
out
over
the
Sacred
Chest
and
over
the
poles
by
which
it
was
carried.
\VS{8}The
poles
were
so
long
that
the
ends
of
the
poles
could
be
seen
{\ADD{
by
people
who
were
standing}}
at
the
entrance
to
the
Most
Holy
Place,
but
they
could
not
be
seen
{\ADD{
by
people
standing}}
outside
the
temple.
Those
poles
are
still
there.
\VS{9}The
only
things
that
were
in
the
Sacred
Chest
were
the
two
stone
tablets
that
Moses
had
put
there
at
Sinai
{\ADD{
Mountain}},
where
Yahweh
made
an
agreement
with
the
people
after
they
left
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
the
priests
came
out
of
the
temple,
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
it
was
filled
with
a
cloud.
\VS{11}It
was rhe
glory/radiance
of
Yahweh
that
filled
the
temple,
with
the
result
that
the
priests
were
not
able
to
continue
their
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Solomon
prayed
this:
\par }{\Q “Yahweh,
you
have
placed
the
sun
in
the
sky,
\par }{\Q but
you
have
decided
that
you
would
live
in
very
dark
{\ADD{
clouds}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
have
built
for
you
a
magnificent
temple,
\par }{\QB a
place
for
you
to
live
in
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then,
while
all
the
people
stood
there,
the
king
turned
around
and
faced
them,
and
he
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
them.
\VS{15}He
said, “Praise
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
belong!
By
his
own
power
he
has
done
what
he
promised
to
give
to
my
father
David.
What
he
promised
was
this:
\par }{\PI \VS{16}‘rom
the
time
that
I
brought
my
people
out
of
Egypt,
I
have
never
chosen
any
city
in
Israel
in
which
a
temple
should
be
built
for
my
people
to
worship
me
there.
But
I
chose
you,
David,
to
rule
my
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
Then
Solomon
said}}, “My
father
David
wanted
to
build
a
temple
in
order
that
we Israeli
people
could
worship
Yahweh
our
God
there.
\VS{18}But
Yahweh
said
to
him, ‘You
have
wanted
to
build
a
temple
for
me,
and
what
you
wanted
to
do
was
good.
\VS{19}However,
you
are
not
the
one
{\ADD{
who
I
want}}
to
build
it.
It
is
one
of
your
sons,
who
{\ADD{
I
want
to}}
build
a
temple
for
me.’
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
now
Yahweh
has
done
what
he
promised
to
do.
I
have
become
the
king
of
Israel
to
succeed
my
father,
and
I
am
ruling
my
people,
like
Yahweh
promised.
I
have
{\ADD{
arranged
for}}
this
temple
{\ADD{
to
be}}
built
for
us Israelis
to
worship
Yahweh,
the
God,
to
whom
we Israelis
belong.
\VS{21}I
have
also
provided
a
place
{\ADD{
in
the
temple}}
for
the
Sacred
Chest
in
which
are
the
two
stone
tablets
{\ADD{
on
which
are
engraved
the
Ten
Commandments
of}}
the
agreement
that
Yahweh
made
with
our
ancestors
when
he
brought
them
out
of
Egypt.”
\par }{\SH Solomon’s
prayer
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Solomon
stood
in
front
of
the
altar
which
was
facing
the Israeli
people
who
had
gathered
there.
He
spread
out
his
arms
toward
heaven,
\VS{23}and
he
prayed,
\par }{\PI “Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israeli
people
{\ADD{
belong
to/worship}},
there
is
no
god
like
you
up
in
heaven
or
down
here
on
the
earth.
You
solemnly
promised
that
you
would
faithfully
love
us.
And
that
is
what
you
have
done
for
us
who
earnestly
do
what
you
want
us
to
do.
\par }{\PI \VS{24}You
have
done
the
things
that
you
promised
my
father
David,
who
served
you
{\ADD{
very
well}},
that
you
would
do.
Truly,
you
promised
to
do
these
things
for
him,
and
today
we
see
that
by
your
power
you
have
done
them.
\par }{\PI \VS{25}So
now,
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
belong
to/worship}},
please
do
the
things
that
you
promised
my
father
that
you
would
do.
You
told
him
that
there
would
always
be
some
of
his
descendants
who
would
rule
Israel,
if
they
would
conduct
their
lives
as
he
did.
\VS{26}So
now,
God
of
us Israeli
people,
cause
what
you
promised
to
do
for
my
father
David,
who
served
you
{\ADD{
well}},
to
happen.
\par }{\PI \VS{27}But
God,
you
cannot
really
live
on
the
earth.
There
is
surely
not
enough
space
for
you
in
the
sky,
or
even
in
the
heaven.
So
there
is
surely
not
enough
space
for
you
to
live
in
this
temple
that
my
workers
have
built.
\VS{28}But
Yahweh,
my
God,
please
listen
to
me
while
I
am
praying
to
you
this
day,
\VS{29}Please
keep
protecting
this
temple
night
and
day.
This
is
the
place
about
which
you
have
said, ‘I
will
always
be
there.’
I
request
that
you
listen
to
me
whenever
I
turn
toward
this
temple
and
pray.
\VS{30}I
request
that
when
I
pray
to
you
and
your
people
pray
to
you
while
they
turn
toward
this
place,
that
in
your
home
in
heaven
you
will
hear
us
and
forgive
us
{\ADD{
for
the
sins
that
we
have
committed}}.
\par }{\PI \VS{31}If
someone
is
accused
of
doing
something
wrong
to
another
person,
and
they
bring
him
to
your
altar
outside
this
holy
temple,
and
if
he
says, ‘I
did
not
do
that;
may
God
punish
me
if
I
am
not
telling
the
truth,’
\VS{32}then
you
listen
from
heaven,
and
decide
who
is
telling
the
truth.
Then
punish
the
person
who
is
guilty
as
he
deserves
to
be
punished,
and
declare
that
the
other
person
is
innocent.
\par }{\PI \VS{33}And
when
your Israeli
people
are
defeated
by
their
enemies
{\ADD{
in
a
battle}}
because
they
have
sinned
against
you,
{\ADD{
and
if
they
are
forced
to
go
to
some
distant
country,}}
if
they
turn
away
from
their
sinful
behavior
and
turn
toward
this
temple
and
admit
that
you
{\ADD{
have
justly
punished
them}},
and
if
they
plead
{\ADD{
that
you
will
forgive
them}},
\VS{34}listen
to
them
from
heaven,
and
forgive
your Israeli
people
for
the
sins
that
they
{\ADD{
have
committed}},
and
bring
them
back
to
this
land
that
you
gave
to
our
ancestors.
\par }{\PI \VS{35}And
when
you
do
not
allow
any
rain
to
fall
on
the
land
because
your
people
have
sinned
against
you,
if
they
turn
toward
this
temple
and
admit
that
you
{\ADD{
have
justly
punished
them}},
if
they
turn
away
from
their
sinful
behavior
and
{\ADD{
humbly}}
pray
to
you,
\VS{36}listen
to
them
from
heaven,
and
forgive
your Israeli
people
for
the
sins
{\ADD{
that
they
have
committed}}.
Teach
them
the
right
way
to
conduct
their
lives.
Then
send
rain
on
this
land
that
you
have
given
to
your
people
to
belong
to
them
{\ADD{
permanently}}.
\par }{\PI \VS{37}And
when
the
people
of
this
land
experience
famines,
or
if
there
is
a
plague/illness
that
causes
many
people
to
become
sick,
or
if
{\ADD{
their
crops
are
destroyed
by}}
very
hot
winds
or
{\ADD{
by
}}
mildew
or
{\ADD{
by
}}
locusts
or
grasshoppers,
or
when
their
enemies
surround
any
of
their
cities
{\ADD{
in
order
to
attack
them}},
if
any
of
those
bad
things
happen
to
them,
\VS{38}when
your Israeli
people
earnestly
plead
with
you
knowing
that
they
are
suffering
because
they
{\ADD{
have
sinned}},
and
if
they
stretch
out
their
arms
toward
this
temple
and
pray,
\VS{39}listen
to
them
from
your
home
in
heaven,
and
forgive
them,
and
help
them.
You
are
the
only
one
who
knows
what
people
are
thinking,
so
act
toward everyonee
as
they
deserve,
\VS{40}in
order
that
your
people
may
then
have
an
awesome
respect
for
you,
all
the
years
that
they
live
in
this
land
that
you
gave
to
our
ancestors.
\par }{\PI \VS{41-42}There
will
be
some
foreigners
who
do
not
belong
to
your Israeli
people
who
have
come
here
from
countries
far
away
because
they
have
heard
that
you
are
very
great
and
that
you
perform
great
miracles.
If
they
come
here
to
this
temple
to
worship
you
and
pray,
\VS{43}in
your
home
in
heaven,
listen
to
their
prayers,
and
do
for
them
what
they
request
you
to
do.
Do
that
so
that
all
the people-groups
in
the
world
will
know
about
you
and
revere
you,
like
we
your Israeli
people
do.
And
then
they
will
know
that
this
temple
that
I
have
{\ADD{
caused
to
be}}
built
to
honor
you,
is
where
you
{\ADD{
should
be
worshiped}}.
\par }{\PI \VS{44}And
if
you
send
your
people
to
go
to
fight
against
their
enemies,
if
they
pray
to
you,
wherever
they
are,
if
they
turn
toward
this
city
that
you
have
chosen
and
toward
this
temple
that
I
have
caused
to
be
built
for
you,
\VS{45}listen
in
heaven
to
their
prayers;
listen
to
what
they
plead
for
you
to
do,
and
assist
them.
\par }{\PI \VS{46}{\ADD{
It
is
true
that}}
everyone
sins.
So,
if
your
people
sin
against
you,
and
you
become
angry
with
them,
you
may
allow
their
enemies
to
defeat
them
and
capture
them
and
take
them
away
to
their
enemies’
country,
even
to
countries
that
are
far
away.
\VS{47}If
that
happens,
while
they
are
in
those
countries
to
which
they
were
forced
to
go,
if
they
sincerely
repent
and
plead
with
you
there
saying ‘We
have
sinned
and
have
done
things
that
are
very
wicked,’
\VS{48}if
they
very
sincerely
repent,
and
turn
toward
this
land
that
you
gave
to
our
ancestors,
and
toward
this
city
that
you
have
chosen
{\ADD{
to
be
the
place
where
we
should
worship
you}},
and
toward
this
temple
that
I
have
{\ADD{
caused
to
be}}
built
for
you,
and
if
they
pray,
\VS{49}then
from
your
home
in
heaven
listen
to
them
while
they
plead
{\ADD{
for
your
help}},
and
assist
them.
\VS{50}Forgive
them
for
all
the
sins
that
they
{\ADD{
have
committed}}
against
you,
and
cause
their
enemies
to
be
kind
to
them.
\VS{51}Do
not
forget
that
the Israelis
are
your
people;
they
are
your
special
possession;
you
brought
{\ADD{
our
ancestors}}
out
of
Egypt
where
{\ADD{
they
were
greatly
suffering
as
though}}
they
were
in
a
blazing
furnace.
\par }{\PI \VS{52}I
request
that
you
always
listen
to
your Israeli
people
and
to
me,
their
king,
and
heed
their
prayers
whenever
they
call
out
to
you
{\ADD{
to
help
them}}.
\VS{53}You
chose
them
from
all
the
other people-groups
in
the
world
to
belong
to
you,
which
is
what
you
told
Moses
to
tell
them
when
you
brought
our
ancestors
out
of
Egypt.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{54}After
Solomon
had
finished
praying
and
pleading
to
Yahweh
{\ADD{
for
his
help}},
he
stood
up
in
front
of
the
altar
where
he
had
been
kneeling.
He
lifted
up
his
arms.
\VS{55}Then
he
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
all
the Israeli
people.
{\ADD{
He
prayed}}
loudly,
saying,
\par }{\PI \VS{56}“Praise
Yahweh,
who
has
given
us
his
people
peace,
like
he
promised
that
he
would
do.
He
has
done
every
one
of
the
good
things
that
he
promised
to
Moses,
the
man
who
served
him
{\ADD{
very
well}}.
\VS{57}I
pray
that
our
God
will
be
with
us
like
he
was
with
our
ancestors,
and
that
he
will
never
abandon
us.
\VS{58}I
pray
that
he
will
cause
us
to loyally
serve
him,
to
conduct
our
lives
as
he
wants
us
to,
and
to
obey
all
his
commandments
and
statutes
and
laws
that
he
gave
to
our
ancestors.
\VS{59}I
pray
that
Yahweh
our
God
will
never
forget
these
words
that
I
have
prayed,
pleading
for
his
help;
I
pray
that
he
will
think
about
them
by
day
and
by
night.
I
pray
that
he
will
always
help
{\ADD{
us}} Israeli
people
and
me,
giving
us
the
things
that
we
need
day
by
day.
\VS{60}If
he
does
that,
all
the people-groups
in
the
world
will
know
that
he
is
the
only
one
who
is
God,
and
that
there
is
no
other
one
who
is
God.
\VS{61}I
pray
that
you,
{\ADD{
his
people,}}
will
always
be
fully
committed
to
Yahweh,
and
that
you
will
obey
all
his
statutes
and
commands,
like
you
are
doing
now.”
\par }{\SH Solomon
dedicated
the
temple
\par }{\PP \VS{62}Then
the
king
and
all
the Israeli
people
who
were
there
offered
sacrifices
to
Yahweh.
\VS{63}They
sacrificed 22,000
cattle
and 120,000
sheep
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
Then
the
king
and
all
the
people
dedicated
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{64}On
that
day,
the
king
also
dedicated/set
apart
the
middle
part
of
the
courtyard
that
was
in
front
of
the
temple.
Then
he
offered
sacrifices
that
would
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
in
the
courtyard}},
the
offerings
of
grain
and
the
fat
of
the
animals
that
were
sacrificed
to
maintain
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
They
sacrificed
them
there
because
the
bronze
altar
was
not
big
enough
for
all
those
sacrifices
to
be
burned
on
it
{\ADD{
that
day}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{65}Then
Solomon
and
all
the Israeli
people
celebrated
the
Festival
of
{\ADD{
Living
in
Temporary}}
Shelters
for
seven
days.
There
was
a
huge
crowd
of
people
there,
some
of
whom
had
come
from
{\ADD{
distant
places
like}}
Hamath
{\ADD{
in
the
far
north}}
and
the
border
of
Egypt
{\ADD{
in
the
far
south}}.
\VS{66}On
the
eighth
day,
Solomon
sent
the
people
to
their
homes.
They
all
praised
him
and
went
home
happy
because
of
all
the
things
that
Yahweh
had
done
to
bless
{\ADD{
King}}
David
and
his Israeli
people.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH Yahweh’s repiy to Solomon’s prayer
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
had
finished
building
the
temple
and
his
palace
and
everything
else
that
Solomon
wanted
them
to
build,
\VS{2}Yahweh
appeared
to
him
{\ADD{
in
a
dream}}
a
second
time,
like
he
had
appeared
to
him
at
{\ADD{
the
city
of}}
Gibeon.
\VS{3}Yahweh
said
to
him,
\par }{\PI “I
heard
what
you
prayed
and
what
you
pleaded
for
me
to
do.
I
have
set
apart/dedicated
this
temple
which
your
{\ADD{
workers}}
have
built
to
be
the
place
where
people
will
worship
me
forever.
I
will
always
watch
over
it
and
protect
it.
\par }{\PI \VS{4}“nd
as
for
you,
if
you
conduct
your
life
as
I
want
you
to,
like
your
father
David
did,
and
if
you
very
sincerely
obey
all
the
statutes
and
laws
that
I
have
commanded
you
to
obey,
\VS{5}I
will
do
what
I
promised
your
father
that
I
would
do:
I
promised
him
that
Israel
would
always
be
ruled
by
his
descendants.
\par }{\PI \VS{6}“ut
if
you
or
your
descendants
turn
away
from
me
and
disobey
the
commands
and
decrees
that
I
have
given
to
you,
and
if
you
start
to
worship
other
gods,
\VS{7}I
will
remove
my Israeli
people
from
the
land
that
I
have
given
to
them.
I
will
also
abandon
this
temple
that
I
have
set
apart/dedicated
to
be
the
place
where
people
should
worship
me.
Then
people
everywhere
will
despise
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
and
make fun
of
them.
\VS{8}This
temple
will
become
a
heap
of
ruins.
Everyone
who
passes
by
will
be
astonished
{\ADD{
when
they
see
it}},
and
they
will
be
shocked
and
say, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
done
this
to
this
land
and
to
this
temple?’
\VS{9}And
other
people
will
reply, ‘It
happened
because
the Israeli
people
abandoned
Yahweh
their
God,
the
one
who
brought
their
ancestors
out
of
Egypt.
They
started
to
accept
and
worship
other
gods.
And
that
is
why
Yahweh
has
caused
them
to
experience
all
these
disasters.’ ”
\par }{\SH Other
things
that
Solomon
did
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
labored
for 20
years
to
build
the
temple
and
the
palace.
\VS{11}Hiram,
the
king
of
Tyre
had
{\ADD{
arranged
for
his
workers
to}}
give
Solomon
all
the
cedar
and
pine
{\ADD{
logs}}
and
all
the
gold
that
he
needed
{\ADD{
for
this
work}}.
After
it
was
all
finished,
King
Solomon
gave
to
Hiram 20
cities
in
the
Galilee
region.
\VS{12}But
when
Hiram
went
from
Tyre
{\ADD{
to
Galilee}}
to
see
the
cities
that
Solomon
had
given
to
him,
he
was
not
pleased
with
them.
\VS{13}He
said
to
Solomon, “My
friend,
those
cities
that
you
gave
me
are
worthless!”
So,
that
area
is
still
called ‘Worthless’.
\VS{14}Hiram
paid
Solomon
only
five tons
of
gold
{\ADD{
for
those
cities}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}This
is
a
record
of
the
work
that
King
Solomon
forced
men
to
do.
He
forced
them
to
build
the
temple
and
his
palace
and
the
terraces/landfills
{\ADD{
on
the
east
side
of
the
city}},
and
the
wall
around
Jerusalem,
and
{\ADD{
to
rebuild
the
cities
of}}
Hazor
and
Megiddo
and
Gezer.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
The
reason
they
needed
to
rebuild
Gezer
was
that
the
army
of}}
the
king
of
Egypt
had
attacked
Gezer
and
captured
it.
Then
they
had
burned
{\ADD{
the
houses
in}}
the
city
and
killed
all
the
people
of
the
Canaan people-group
who
lived
there.
The
king
of
Egypt
gave
that
city
to
his
daughter
as
a
gift
when
she
married
Solomon.
\VS{17}So
Solomon’s
workers
also
rebuilt
Gezer,
and
they
also
rebuilt
Lower
Beth-Horon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{18}They
also
rebuilt
Baalath
and
Tamar
{\ADD{
towns}}
in
the
desert
in
{\ADD{
the
southern
part
of}}
Judah.
\VS{19}They
also
built
cities
where
they
kept
the
supplies
for
Solomon,
the
places
where
his
horses
and
chariots
were
kept.
They
also
built
everything
else
that
Solomon
wanted
them
to
build,
in
Jerusalem
and
in
Lebanon,
and
in
other
places
in
the
area
over
which
he
ruled.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}There
were
many
people
who
belonged
to
the Amor people-group,
the
Heth people-group,
the Periz people-group,
the Hiv people-group,
and
the
Jebus people-group
who
were
not
killed
when
the Israelis
captured
their
land.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
Their
descendants
still
lived
in
Israel}}.
It
was
those
people
whom
Solomon
forced
to
become
his
slaves
{\ADD{
to
build
all
those
places}},
and
they
are
still
slaves.
\VS{22}But
Solomon
did
not
force
any Israeli
people
to
become
slaves.
Some Israeis
became
soldiers
and
army
officers
and
commanders
and drivers
of
his
chariots
and
soldiers
who
rode
on
horses.
\VS{23}There
were 550
officials
who
supervised
the
slaves
who
worked
{\ADD{
to
build
all
those
places}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}After
{\ADD{
Solomon’s
wife,
who
was}}
the
daughter
of
the
king
of
Egypt,
moved
from
{\ADD{
the
place
outside
Jerusalem
called}} ‘The
City
of David’
to
the
palace
that
Solomon’s
workers
built
for
her,
Solomon
{\ADD{
told
his
workers
to}}
fill
in
the
slopes
on
the
east
side
of
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Three
times
each
year
Solomon
{\ADD{
brought
to
the
temple}}
offerings
that
were
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
offerings
to
restore
fellowship
with
Yahweh.
He
also
brought
incense
to
be
burned
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP And
so
his
men
finished
building
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}King
Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
also
built
a
fleet
of
ships
at
Ezion-Geber
{\ADD{
city}},
which
is
near
Elath
{\ADD{
city}},
on
the
shore
of
the Gulf
of Aqaba,
in
the
land belonging
to
the
Edom people-group.
\VS{27}{\ADD{
King}}
Hiram
sent
some
very
expert
sailors
to
work
on
the
ships
with
Solomon’s
workers.
\VS{28}They
sailed
to
{\ADD{
the}}
Ophir
{\ADD{
region}}
and
brought
back
to
Solomon
about 16 tons
of
gold.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH The queen of Sheba visited Solomon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
queen
{\ADD{
who
ruled
the}}
Sheba
{\ADD{
area}}
heard
that
Yahweh
had
caused
Solomon
to
become
famous,
so
she
traveled
to
Jerusalem
to
ask
him
questions
that
were
difficult
{\ADD{
to
answer}}.
\VS{2}She
came
with
a
large
group
of
wealthy/influential
people,
and
she
brought
camels
that
were
loaded
with
spices,
and
valuable
gems,
and
a
lot
of
gold.
When
she
met
Solomon,
she
asked
him
questions
about
all
the topics/things
in
which
she
was interested.
\VS{3}Solomon
answered
all
her
questions.
He
explained
everything
that
she
asked
about,
even
things
that
were
very
difficult.
\VS{4}The
queen
realized
that
Solomon
was
very
wise.
She
saw
his
palace;
\VS{5}she
saw
the
food
that
was
served
on
his
table
{\ADD{
every
day}};
she
saw
where
his
officials
lived (OR,
how
his
officials
were
seated
at
the
table),
their uniforms,
the
servants
who
served
the
food
and
wine,
and
the
sacrifices
that
he
took
to
the
temple
to
be
offered.
She
was
extremely
amazed.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}She
said
to
King
Solomon, “Everything
that
I
heard
in
my
own
country
about
you
and
about
how
wise
you
are
is
true!
\VS{7}But
I
did
not
believe
it
was
true
until
I
came
here
and
saw
it
myself.
But
really,
what
they
told
me
is
only
half
{\ADD{
of
what
they
could
have
told
me
about
you}}.
You
are
extremely
wise
and
rich,
more
than
what
people
told
me.
\VS{8}Your
wives
are
very
fortunate!
Your
officials
who
are
constantly
standing
in
front
of
you
and
listening
to
the
wise
things
that
you
say
are
also
fortunate!
\VS{9}Praise
Yahweh,
your
God,
who
has
shown
that
he
is
pleased
with
you
by
causing
you
to
become
the
king
of
Israel!
God
has
always
loved
the Israeli
people,
and
therefore
he
has
appointed
you
to
be
their
king,
in
order
that
you
will
rule
them
fairly
and
righteously.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
the
queen
gave
to
the
king
{\ADD{
the
things
that
she
had
brought.
She
gave
him}}
almost
five tons
of
gold
and
a
large
amount
of
spices
and
valuable
gems.
Never
again
did
King
Solomon
receive
more
spices
than
the
queen
gave
him
at
that
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}In
the
ships
that
belonged
to
King
Hiram,
in
which
they
had
previously
brought
gold
from
Ophir,
they
also
brought
a
large
amount
of
juniper
wood
and
gems/valuable
stones.
\VS{12}King
Solomon
told
his
workers
to
use
that
wood
to
make railings/supports
in
the
temple
of
Yahweh
and
in
the
king’s
palace
and
also
to
make
harps
and
lyres
for
the ◄musicians/men
who
played
musical
instruments►.
That
wood
was
the largest
amount
of (OR,
the
finest)
wood
that
had
ever
been
seen
{\ADD{
in
Israel}}.
And
no
one
since
then
has
ever
seen
so
much
wood
of
that
kind.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}King
Solomon
gave
to
the
queen
from
Sheba
everything
that
she
wanted.
He
gave
her
those
gifts
in
addition
to
the
gifts
that
he
always
gave
{\ADD{
to
other
rulers
who
visited
him}}.
Then
she
and
the
people
who
came
with
her
returned
to
her
own
land.
\par }{\SH Solomon’s
wealth
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Each
year
there
was
brought
to
Solomon
a
total
of 25 tons
of
gold.
\VS{15}That
was
in
addition
to
{\ADD{
the
taxes}}
paid
to
him
by
the
merchants
and
traders,
and
the
annual
taxes
paid
by
the
kings
of
Arabia
and
by
the
governors
of
{\ADD{
the
regions
in}}
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}King
Solomon’s
workers
{\ADD{
took
this}}
gold
and
hammered
it
into
thin
sheets
and
covered 200
large
shields
with
those
thin
sheets
of
gold;
they
put ◄almost 15
pounds/more
than 6 kg.►
of
gold
on
each
shield.
\VS{17}His
workers
made 300
smaller
shields.
They
covered
each
of
them
with ◄almost 4
pounds/1.5 kg.►
of
gold.
Then
the
king
put
those
shields
in
the
Hall
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}His
workers
also
made
for
him
a
large
throne.
{\ADD{
Part
of
it
was}}
covered
with ◄ivory
{\ADD{decorations
made
from►}}
tusks
of elephants
and
{\ADD{
part
of
it
was
covered}}
with
very
fine
gold.
\VS{19-20}There
were
six
steps
in
front
of
the
throne.
There
was
a
statue
of
a
lion
on
both
sides
of
each
step.
So
altogether
there
were
twelve
statues
of
lions.
The
back
of
the
throne
was
rounded
at
the
top.
At
each
side
of
the
throne
there
was
an armrest,
and
alongside
each armrest
there
was
a
small
statue
of
a
lion.
No
throne
like
that
had
ever
existed
in
any
other
kingdom.
\VS{21}All
of
Solomon’s
cups
were
made
of
gold,
and
all
the
various
dishes
in
the
Hall
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon
were
made
of
gold.
They
did
not
make
things
from
silver,
because
during
the
years
that
Solomon
{\ADD{
ruled}},
silver
was
not
considered
to
be
valuable.
\VS{22}The
king
had
a ◄fleet/large
number►
of
ships
that
sailed
with
the
ships
that
King
Hiram
owned.
Every
three
years
the
ships
returned
{\ADD{
from
the
places
to
which
they
had
sailed}},
bringing
gold,
silver,
ivory, monkeys,
and baboons (OR,
peacocks).
\par }{\PP \VS{23}King
Solomon
became
richer
and
wiser
than
any
other
king.
\VS{24}People
from
all
over
the
world
wanted
to
come
and
listen
to
the
wise
things
that
Solomon
said,
things
that
God
had
put
into
his
mind.
\VS{25}All
the
people
who
came
to
him
brought
presents:
They
brought
things
made
from
silver
or
gold,
or
robes,
or
weapons (OR,
myrrh),
or
spices,
or
horses,
or
mules.
The
people
continued
to
do
this
every
year.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Solomon
acquired 1,400
chariots
and 12,000
men
who
rode
{\ADD{
on
the
horses}} (OR,
{\ADD{
in
the
chariots}}).
Solomon
put
some
of
them
in
Jerusalem
and
some
of
them
in
other
cities
where
he
kept
his
chariots.
\VS{27}During
the
years
that
Solomon
was
king,
silver
became
as
common
in
Jerusalem
as
stones;
and
{\ADD{lumber
from}}
cedar
trees
in
the
foothills
of
Judah
was
as
plentiful
as
{\ADD{lumber
from}}
fig
trees.
\VS{28}Solomon’s agents
bought
horses
and
supervised
the
men
who brougt
them
into
Israel
from
the
areas
of Musri
and Cilicia
{\ADD{
that
were
famous
for
breeding
horses}}.
\VS{29}In Musri
they
bought
chariots
and
horses;
they
paid 600
pieces
of
silver
for
each
chariot
and 150
pieces
of
silver
for
each
horse.
They
brought
them
to
Israel.
Then
they
sold
many
of
them
to
the
kings
of
the
Heth people-group
and
the
kings
of
Syria.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Solomon’s many wives
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}King
Solomon
married
many
foreign
women.
First
he
married
the
daughter
of
the
king
of
Egypt.
He
also
married
women
from
the
Heth people-group
and
from
the
Moab,
Ammon,
and
Edom people-groups,
and
from
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{2}He
married
them
even
though
Yahweh
had
commanded
the Israeli
people, “Do
not
marry
people
from
those
areas,
because
if
you
do
that,
they
will
surely
persuade
you [IDM]
to
worship
the
gods
that
they
worship!”
\VS{3}Solomon
married 700
women
who
were
kings’
daughters.
He
also
had 300
wives
who
were
his
slaves/servants.
And
his
wives
caused
him
to
turn
away
{\ADD{
from
worshiping
God}}.
\VS{4}By
the
time
that
Solomon
became
old,
they
had
persuaded
him
to
worship
the
gods
from
their
countries.
He
was
not
completely
dedicated/committed
to
Yahweh
his
God
like
his
father [SYN]
David
had
been.
\VS{5}Solomon
worshiped
Astarte,
the
goddess
that
the
people
of
Sidon
{\ADD{
worshiped}},
and
he
worshiped
Molech,
the
disgusting
god
that
the
Ammon people-group
{\ADD{
worshiped}}.
\VS{6}That’s
how
Solomon
did
things
that
Yahweh
said
were
evil.
He
did
not
conduct
his
life
like
his
father
David
had
done;
he
did
not
conduct
his
life
as
Yahweh
wanted
him
to.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}On
the
hill
to
the
east
of
Jerusalem
he
built
a
place
to
worship
Chemosh,
the
disgusting
god
that
the
Moab people-group
{\ADD{
worshiped}},
and
a
place
to
worship
Molech,
the
disgusting
god
that
the
Ammon people-group
{\ADD{
worshiped}}.
\VS{8}He
also
built
places
where
all
his
foreign
wives
could
burn
incense
and
offer
sacrifices
to
the
gods
from
their
own
countries.
\par }{\PP \VS{9-10}Even
though
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israelis
{\ADD{
worshiped}},
had
appeared
to
Solomon
two
times,
and
had
commanded
him
to
not
worship
foreign
gods,
Solomon
refused
to
obey
Yahweh.
So
Yahweh
was
angry
with
Solomon,
\VS{11}and
said
to
him, “You
have
chosen
to
break
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you
and
to
disobey
what
I
commanded
you.
So
I
am
surely
not
going
to
allow
you
to
rule
all
of
your
kingdom.
I
am
going
to
allow
one
of
your
officials
to
rule
it.
\VS{12}But,
because
of
{\ADD{
what
I
promised}}
your
father
David,
I
will
allow
you
to
rule
all
your
kingdom
while
you
are
still
{\ADD{
living}}.
{\ADD{
After
you
die}},
I
will
not
allow
your
son
to
rule
the
whole
kingdom [MTY].
\VS{13}But
I
will
not
take
all
the
kingdom
away
from
him.
Instead,
I
will
allow
him
to
rule
one
tribe
{\ADD{
besides
the
tribe
of
Judah}},
because
of
what
I
promised
to
David,
who
served
me
{\ADD{
well}},
and
because
{\ADD{
I
want
David’s
descendants
to
rule
in}}
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
where
my
temple
is
located}}.”
\par }{\SH Solomon’s
enemies
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Yahweh
caused
Hadad,
from
the
family
of
the
kings
in
the
Edom people-group,
to
rebel
against
Solomon.
\VS{15-16}What
happened
was
that
previously,
when
David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
had
conquered
the
Edom people-group,
his
army
commander
Joab
had
gone
there
to
{\ADD{
help}}
bury
the
{\ADD{Israeli
soldiers}}
who
had
been
killed
{\ADD{
in
the
battle}}.
Joab
and
his
army
remained
in
the
Edom
area
for
six
months,
and
during
that
time
they
killed
all
the
males
of
that
area.
\VS{17}Hadad
was
a
young
child
{\ADD{
at
that
time}},
and
he
had
escaped
to
Egypt,
along
with
some
of
his
father’s
servants
from
the
Edom
area.
\VS{18}They
{\ADD{
went
to
the}}
Midian
{\ADD{
region}},
and
then
they
went
to
{\ADD{
the
desert
area
at}}
Paran.
Some
other
men
joined
them
there.
Then
they
all
traveled
to
Egypt
and
went
to
see
the
king
of
Egypt.
The
king
gave
Hadad
some
land
and
ordered
his
servants
to
give
him
some
food
regularly.
\VS{19}The
king
liked
Hadad.
As
a
result
he
gave
him
the
sister
of
his
own
wife,
Queen
Tahpenes,
to
be Hadad’s
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Later Hadad’s
wife
gave
birth
to
a
son
named
Genubath.
The
sister
of
Tahpenes ◄raised
him/brought
him
up►
in
the
palace,
where
he
lived
with
the
king’s
sons.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}While
Hadad
was
in
Egypt,
he
heard
that
David
had
died [EUP],
and
that
Joab,
the
commander
of
David’s
army,
was
also
dead.
So
he
said
to
the
king
of
Egypt, “Please
allow
me
to
return
to
my
own
country.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}But
the
king
said
to
him, “Why
do
you
want
to
go
back
to
your
country?
Is
there
something
that
you
lack
that
you
want
me
to
give
to
you?”
Hadad
replied, “No,
but
please
just
allow
me
to
go.”
{\ADD{
So
the
king
allowed
him
to
leave,
and
he
returned
to
his
own
country
and
became
the
king
of
Edom}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}God
also
caused
another
man
named
Rezon,
the
son
of
Eliada,
to
rebel
against
Solomon.
Rezon
had
run
away
from
his
master,
King
Hadadezer
of
{\ADD{
the}}
Zobah
{\ADD{
area
north
of
Damascus}}.
\VS{24}Rezon
then
became
the
leader
of
a
group
of outlaws.
That
happened
after
David’s
{\ADD{
army
had
defeated
Hadadezer
and}}
had
{\ADD{
also}}
killed
all
{\ADD{
his
soldiers}}.
Rezon
and
his
men
went
to
Damascus
and
started
to
live
there,
and
{\ADD{
the
people
there}}
appointed
him
to
be
their
king.
\VS{25}All
during
the
time
that
Solomon
was
alive,
while
Rezon
was
ruling
{\ADD{
not
only
Damascus
but
all
of}}
Syria,
he
was
an
enemy
of
Israel
and
caused
trouble
for
Israel
like
Hadad
did.
\par }{\SH What
Yahweh
promised
to
Jeroboam
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Another
man
who
rebelled
against [IDM]
Solomon
was
one
of
his
officials
named
Jeroboam,
the
son
of
Nebat.
He
was
from
Zeredah
{\ADD{
town}}
in
{\ADD{
the
region
where
the
tribe
of}}
Ephraim
{\ADD{
lives}}.
His
mother
was
a
widow
named
Zeruah.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}This
is
what
happened.
Solomon’s
workers
were
filling
in
the
land/ground
on
the
east
side
of
Jerusalem
and
repairing
the
walls
{\ADD{
around
the
city}}.
\VS{28}Jeroboam
was
a
very
capable
young
man.
So,
when
Solomon
saw
that
he
worked
very
hard,
he
appointed
him
to
supervise
all
the
men
who
were
forced
to
work
in
the
areas
where
the
tribes
of
Manasseh
and
Ephraim
live.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}One
day
when
Jeroboam
was
walking
alone
along
the
road
outside
of
Jerusalem,
the
prophet
Ahijah
from
Shiloh
{\ADD{
city}}
met
him.
Ahijah
was
wearing
a
new
robe,
\VS{30}which
he
took
off
and
tore
into
twelve
pieces.
\VS{31}He
said
to
Jeroboam, “Take
ten
of
these
pieces
for
yourself,
because
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
to
you, ‘I
am
going
to
tear
the
kingdom
from
Solomon,
and
I
am
going
to
enable
you
to
become
the
ruler
of
ten
of
the
tribes
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.
\VS{32}Solomon’s
{\ADD{
descendants}}
will
still
rule
one
tribe (OR,
two
tribes),
because
of
{\ADD{
what
I
promised
}}
David,
a
man
who
served
me
{\ADD{
very
well}},
and
because
of
Jerusalem,
the
city
that
I
have
chosen
from
all
the
cities
in
Israel
{\ADD{
to
be
the
city
where
my
people
will
worship
me}}.
\VS{33}I
am
going
to
do
this
because
Solomon
has
rejected
me
and
has
been
worshiping
Astarte,
the
goddess
that
the
people
of
Sidon
worship,
Chemosh,
the
god
that
the
Moab people-group
worship,
and
Milcom,
the
god
that
the
Ammon people-group
worship.
He
has
not
conducted
his
life
as
I
wanted
him
to.
He
has
not
obeyed
my
statutes
and
laws,
like
his
father
David
did.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}‘ut
I
will
not
take
the
entire
kingdom
away
from
him.
I
will
enable
him
to
rule
{\ADD{
Judah}}
all
during
the
years
that
he
is
alive.
I
will
do
that
because
of
{\ADD{
what
I
promised
to
do
for}}
David,
whom
I
chose
{\ADD{
to
be
the
king}},
and
who
served
me
{\ADD{
well}},
and
who
always
obeyed
my
commandments
and
laws.
\VS{35}But
I
will
take
the
{\ADD{
other}}
ten
tribes
of
his
kingdom
and
give
them
to
you
{\ADD{
to
rule}}.
\VS{36}I
will
allow
Solomon’s
son
to
rule
one
tribe,
in
order
that
descendants [MET]
of
David
will
always
rule
in
Jerusalem,
the
city
that
I
have
chosen
to
be
the
place
where
{\ADD{
my
people
worship}}
me [MTY].
\VS{37}I
will
enable
you
to
become
the
king
of
Israel,
and
you
will
rule
over
all
the
territory
that
you
want
to.
\VS{38}If
you
obey
all
that
I
command
you
to
do,
and
conduct
your
life
as
I
want
you
to,
and
if
you
do
what
I
say
is
right
by
obeying
my
laws
and
commandments
like
David
did,
I
will
help
you.
I
will
make
sure
that
your
descendants
will
rule
after
you
{\ADD{
die}},
like
I
{\ADD{
promised
to}}
do
for
David.
\VS{39}Because
of
{\ADD{
Solomon’s
sins}},
I
will
punish
David’s
descendants,
but
I
will
not
continue
to
punish
them
forever.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{40}Solomon
{\ADD{
found
out
what
Ahijah
told
Jeroboam}},
so
he
tried
to
kill
Jeroboam.
But
Jeroboam
escaped
and
went
to
Egypt.
He
went
to
Shishak,
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
stayed
with
him
until
after
Solomon
died.
\par }{\SH Solomon
died
\par }{\PP \VS{41}{\ADD{
A
record
of}}
all
the
other
things
that
Solomon
did,
and
all
the
wise
things
that
he
{\ADD{
said
and
wrote}},
was
written
in
the
Book
Telling
what
Solomon
Did.
\VS{42}He
was
the
king
in
Jerusalem
who
ruled
over
all
of
Israel
for 40
years.
\VS{43}Then
Solomon
died [EUP],
and
was
buried
in
the
{\ADD{
part
of
Jerusalem
called}} ‘The
City
of David’.
And
his
son
Rehoboam
became
the
king.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH The ten tribes rebelled against Rehoboam
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}All [HYP]
the
people
of
{\ADD{
northern}}
Israel
went
to
Shechem
{\ADD{
city}}
in
order
to
appoint
Rehoboam
to
be
their
king.
So
Rehoboam
also
went
there.
\VS{2}When
Jeroboam,
who
was
still
in
Egypt,
heard
about
that,
he
returned
from
Egypt
{\ADD{
to
Israel}}.
\VS{3}The
{\ADD{
leaders
of
the
northern
tribes}}
summoned
him,
and
they
went
together
{\ADD{
to
talk}}
to
Rehoboam.
They
said
to
him,
\VS{4}“Your
father
{\ADD{
Solomon}}
forced
us
to
work
very
hard [MET]
for
him.
If
you ◄lighten
these
loads/do
not
force
us
to
work
that
hard►,
and
if
you
charge
us
less
taxes
than
we
were
paying
to
him,
we
will
serve
you
{\ADD{
faithfully}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}He
replied, “Go
away,
and
come
back
three
days
from
now
{\ADD{
and
I
will
give
you
my
answer}}.”
So
those
leaders
and
Jeroboam
left.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
King
Rehoboam
consulted
the
older
men
who
had
advised
his
father
Solomon
while
he
was
still
living.
He
asked
them, “What
shall
I
say
to
answer
those
men?”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}They
replied, “If
you
want
to
serve
your
people
well,
speak
kindly
to
those
men
when
you
reply
to
them.
If
you
do
that,
your peope
will
always
serve
you
faithfully.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
he
ignored
what
the
older
men
advised
him
to
do.
Instead,
he
consulted
the
younger
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him,
who
were
now ◄his advisors/the
ones
who
told
him
what
would
be
good
to
do►.
\VS{9}He
said
to
them, “What
should
I
say
to
the
men
who
are
asking
me
to
reduce
the
{\ADD{
work
and
taxes}}
that
my
father
required
from
them?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}They
replied, “This
is
what
you
should
tell
them: ‘My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
my
father’s
waist.
\VS{11}What
I
mean
is
that
my
father
required
you
{\ADD{
to
work
hard
and
pay
high
taxes}}.
But
I
will
make
those
loads
heavier.
{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
my
father whipped
you,
but
{\ADD{
it wil
be
as
though}}
I
will
whip
you
with
whips
that
have
pieces
of
metal
in
them.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
three
days
later,
Jeroboam
and
all
the
leaders
came
to
Rehoboam
again,
as
he
had
told
them
to
do.
\VS{13}The
king
ignored
the
advice
of
the
older
men
and
spoke
harshly
to
the Israeli
leaders.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
He
told
them
what
the
younger
men
had
advised.}}
He
said, “My
father
put
heavy
burdens
{\ADD{
of
work
and
taxes}}
on
you,
but
I
will
put
heavier
burdens
on
you.
{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
he
beat
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
beat
you
with
whips
that
have
pieces
of
metal
in
them!”
\VS{15}So
the
king
did
not
pay
any
attention
to
the Israeli
leaders.
But
this
happened
in
order
that
what
Yahweh
wanted
would
occur,
what
he
had
told
the
prophet
Ahijah
about
Jeroboam
{\ADD{
becoming
king
of
the
ten
tribes}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
the Israeli
leaders
realized
that
the
king
did
not
pay
any
attention
to
what
they
said,
they
shouted,
\par }{\Q “We
do
not [RHQ]
want
anything
to
do
with
this
descendant
of
King
David!
\par }{\QB We
will
not
pay
attention
to
what
this
grandson
of
Jesse
says!
\par }{\Q You
people
of
Israel,
let’s
go
home!
\par }{\QB As
for
this
descendant
of
David [MTY],
he
can
rule
his
own
kingdom [MTY]!”
\par }{\PP So
the Israeli
leaders
returned
to
their
homes.
\VS{17}And
{\ADD{
after
that,}}
the
{\ADD{
only Israeli}}
people
whom
Rehoboam
ruled
over
were
those
who
lived
in
the
territory
of
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
King
Rehoboam
sent
Adoniram
{\ADD{
to
talk
to
the Israeli
people}}.
Adoniram
was
the
man
who
supervised
{\ADD{
all
the
men
who
were}}
forced
to
work
{\ADD{
for
Rehoboam}}.
But
the Israeli
people
killed
him
by
throwing
stones
at
him.
When
that
happened,
King
Rehoboam
quickly
got
in
his
chariot
and
escaped
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{19}Ever
since
that
time,
the
people
of
{\ADD{
the
northern
tribes
of}}
Israel
have
been
rebelling
against
the
descendants [MTY]
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}When
the Israeli
people
heard
that
Jeroboam
had
returned
{\ADD{
from
Egypt}},
they
invited
him
to
come
to
a
meeting,
and
there
they
appointed
him
to
be
the
king
of
Israel.
Only
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Judah
{\ADD{
and
Benjamin}}
continued
to
be
loyal
to
{\ADD{
the
kings
descended
from
King}} [MTY]
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}When
Rehoboam
arrived
in
Jerusalem,
he
gathered 180,000
of
the
best
soldiers
from
the
tribes [MTY]
of
Judah
and
Benjamin.
He
wanted
them
to
fight
against
the
northern
tribes
of [MTY]
Israel
{\ADD{
and
defeat
them}},
in
order
that
he
could
{\ADD{
rule
all
the
tribes
of}}
his
kingdom
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}But
God
spoke
to
the
prophet
Shemaiah
and
said
this
to
him:
\VS{23}“Go
and
tell
this
to
{\ADD{
Solomon’s
son}}
Rehoboam,
the
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
and
the
people
from
the
northern
tribe
who
live
in
Judah:
\VS{24}‘Yahweh
says
that
you
must
not
go
to
fight
against
your
own
relatives,
the
people
of
Israel.
All
of
you
must
go
home.
What
has
happened
is
what
Yahweh
wanted
to
happen.’ ”
{\ADD{
So
Shemaiah
went
and
told
that
to
them,}}
and
they
all
paid
attention
to
what
Yahweh
had
commanded
them
to
do,
and
they
went
home.
\par }{\SH Jeroboam’s
sins
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Jeroboam’s
workers
built
{\ADD{
walls
around}}
Shechem
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the hilly
area
{\ADD{
where
the
descendants}}
of
Ephraim
{\ADD{
lived}},
and
he
ruled
from
there
for
a
while.
He
and
his
workers
then
left
there
and
went
to
Peniel
{\ADD{
town}},
and
they
built
walls
around
that
town.
\par }{\PP \VS{26-27}Then
Jeroboam
said
to
himself, “If
my
people
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
go
to
Jerusalem
and
offer
sacrifices
to
Yahweh
at
the
temple
there,
soon
they
will
again
become
loyal
to
Rehoboam,
the
king
of
Judah [DOU],
and
they
will
kill
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}So
he
consulted
{\ADD{
his advisors,
and
then
he
did
what
they
suggested}}.
He
{\ADD{
told
his
workers
to}}
make
gold
{\ADD{
statues
of}}
two
calves.
Then
he
said
to
the
people, “You
have
been
going
to
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
to
worship}}
for
a
long
time.
It
is
a
big
trouble
for
you
to
continue
going
there.
You
people
of
Israel,
look!
These
statues
are
the
gods
that
brought
our
{\ADD{
ancestors}}
up
from
Egypt!
{\ADD{
So
you
can
worship
these,
here!}}”
\VS{29}He
{\ADD{
told
his
workers
to}}
place
one
of
the
statues
in
Bethel
{\ADD{
city
in
the
south}}
and
one
in
Dan
{\ADD{
city
in
the
north}}.
\VS{30}So
{\ADD{
what
Jeroboam
did
caused}}
the
people
{\ADD{
to}}
sin.
Some
of
them
went
and
worshiped
the
calf
at
Bethel,
and
others
went
and
worshiped
the
other
calf
at
Dan.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}{\ADD{
Moses
had
declared
that
only
men
from
the
tribe
of
Levi
would
be
priests,
but}}
Jeroboam
also
told
his
workers
to
build
shrines
on hilltops,
and
then
he
appointed
men
who
were
not
from
the
tribe
of
Levi
to
be
priests.
\VS{32}He
also
appointed
Adonijah
and
two
priests,
Elishama
and
Jehoram.
They
had
a
celebration
at
the
end
of October,
like
the
celebration
{\ADD{
of
Living
in
Temporary
Shelters}}
that
occurred
in
Judah
{\ADD{
each
year}}.
On
the
altar
{\ADD{
that
they
built}}
in
Bethel,
he
offered
sacrifices
to
the
gold
statues
of
calves
that
they
had
made,
and
he
stationed
the
priests
there
at
the
shrines
that
his
workers
had
built.
\VS{33}Jeroboam
went
up
to
that
altar
on
that
day
in October
which
he
himself
had
chosen.
There
on
that
altar
he
burned
incense
{\ADD{
to
be
a
sacrifice}}.
And
he
declared
that
the
people
should
celebrate
that
festival
{\ADD{
on
that
same
day
every
year}}.

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH A prophet condemned the altar at Bethel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
a
prophet,
obeying
what
Yahweh
commanded
him
to
do,
went
from
Judah
{\ADD{
north}}
to
Bethel.
He
arrived
there
right
at
the
time
that
Jeroboam
was
standing
at
the
altar,
ready
to
burn
incense.
\VS{2}Saying
what
Yahweh
told
him
to
say,
the
prophet
shouted, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says
{\ADD{
about
this}}
altar [APO]: ‘I
want
you
to
know
that
{\ADD{
some
day}}
a
descendant [MTY]
of
King
David
will
be
born.
His
name
will
be
Josiah,
and
he
will
come
here.
He
will
slaughter
at
this
altar
the
priests
who
are
burning
incense
for
sacrifices
on
the
hills
{\ADD{
in
this
area}},
and
he
will
burn
the
bones
of
dead
people
on
this
altar.’ ” [APO]
\VS{3}Then
the
prophet
also
said, “This
is
what
will
prove
to
you
that
Yahweh
has
said
this:
This
altar
will
be
split
apart,
and
the
ashes
that
are
on
it
will
be
scattered.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}When
King
Jeroboam
heard
the
prophet
say
that,
he pointed
his
finger
at
him
and
said
to
his
servants, “Seize
that
man!”
But
immediately
the
king’s
arm
became
paralyzed/stiff,
with
the
result
that
he
could
not
move
it.
\VS{5}And
the
altar
immediately
split
apart,
and
the
ashes
spilled
out
{\ADD{
on
the
ground}},
which
is
what
the
prophet
said
that
Yahweh [MTY]
had
predicted
would
happen.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
the
king
said
to
the
prophet, “Please
pray
that
Yahweh
will
be
merciful
to
me
and
heal
my
arm!”
So
the
prophet
prayed,
and
Yahweh
completely
healed
the
king’s
arm.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
the
king
said
to
the
prophet, “Come
home
with
me
and
eat
some
food.
And
I
will
also
give
you
a
reward
{\ADD{
for
what
you
have
done}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
the
prophet
replied, “Even
if
you
would
{\ADD{
promise
to}}
give
me
half
of
everything
that
you
own [MTY],
I
will
not
go
with
you,
and
I
will
not
eat
or
drink
anything
with
you
here,
\VS{9}because
Yahweh
commanded
me
not
to
eat
or
drink
anything
here.
He
also
commanded
me
not
to
return
home
on
the
road
on
which
I
came
here.”
\VS{10}So
he
started
to
return
home,
but
he
did
not
go
on
the
road
on
which
he
came
to
Bethel.
He
went
on
a
different
road.
\par }{\SH The
old
prophet
from
Bethel
\par }{\PP \VS{11}At
that
time
there
was
an
old
man
living
in
Bethel
who
was
a
prophet.
His
sons
came
and
told
him
what
the
prophet
{\ADD{
from
Judah}}
had
done
there
on
that
day,
and
they
also
told
him
what
the
prophet
had
said
to
the
king.
\VS{12}Their
father
said, “On
which
road
did
he
go?”
So
his
sons
showed
him
the
road
on
which
the
prophet
from
Judah
had
gone
{\ADD{
when
he
left
Bethel}}.
\VS{13}Then
he
said
to
his
sons, “Put
a
saddle
on
my
donkey.”
So
they
did
that,
and
he
got
on
the
donkey.
\VS{14}He
went
along
the
road
to ◄find/catch
up
with►
the
prophet
from
Judah.
He
found
him
sitting
under
an
oak
tree.
He
said
to
him, “Are
you
the
prophet
who
came
from
Judah?”
He
replied, “Yes,
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
old
prophet
said
to
him, “Come
home
with
me
and
eat
some
food.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}He
replied, “No,
I
am
not
allowed
to
go
with
you
into
your
house,
or
to
eat
or
drink
anything
with
you,
\VS{17}because
Yahweh
told
me, ‘Do
not
eat
or
drink
anything
here,
and
do
not
return
home
on
the
road
on
which
you
came.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
the
old
prophet
said
to
him, “I
also
am
a
prophet,
like
you
are.
Yahweh
sent
an
angel
to
tell
me
that
I
should
take
you
home
with
me
and
give
you
some
food
and
drink.”
But
the
old
man
was
lying
{\ADD{
when
he
said
that}}.
\VS{19}But
because
of
what
the
old
prophet
said,
the
prophet
from
Judah
returned
with
him
to
his
home
and
ate
some
food
and
drank
some
water
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}While
they
were
sitting
at
the
table,
Yahweh
spoke
to
the
old
man.
\VS{21}Then
he
cried
out
to
the
prophet
from
Judah, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘You
have
disobeyed
him,
and
you
have
not
done
what
he
commanded
you
to
do.
\VS{22}Instead,
you
have
come
back
here
and
had
things
to
eat
and
drink
in
a
place
where
he
commanded
you
not
to
do
that.
As
a
result,
you
will
be
killed,
and
your
body
will
not
be
buried
in
the
grave
where
your
ancestors
are
buried.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}When
they
had
finished
eating,
the
old
man
put
a
saddle
on
the
donkey
for
the
prophet
from
Judah,
{\ADD{
and
the
prophet
from
Judah
left}}.
\VS{24}But
as
he
was
going,
a
lion
met
him
and
killed
him.
The
prophet’s
corpse
was
lying
on
the
road,
and
the
donkey
was
standing
beside
it,
and
the
lion
was
also
standing
beside
the
corpse.
\VS{25}Some
men
passed
by
and
were
surprised
to
see
the
corpse
on
the
road
and
the
lion
standing
next
to
the
corpse.
So
they
went
into
Bethel
and
reported
what
they
had
seen.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
the
old
man
who
had
brought
the
prophet
from
Judah
to
his
home
heard
about
it,
he
said, “That
is
the
prophet
who
disobeyed
what
Yahweh
told
him
to
do!
That
is
why
Yahweh
allowed
the
lion
to
attack
him
and
kill
him.
That
is
what
Yahweh
said
would
happen!”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
he
said
to
his
sons, “Put
a
saddle
on
my
donkey.”
So
they
did
that.
\VS{28}Then
he
rode
on
the
donkey
and
found
the
prophet’s
corpse
on
the
road,
and
his
donkey
and
the
lion
were
still
standing
there
alongside
the
corpse.
But
the
lion
had
not
eaten
any
of
the
flesh
of
the
prophet
and
had
not
attacked
the
donkey.
\VS{29}The
old
man
picked
up
the
corpse
of
the
prophet
and
put
it
on
his
donkey
and
brought
it
back
to
Bethel,
in
order
to
mourn
for
him
and
to
bury
his
corpse.
\VS{30}He
buried
the
prophet’s
corpse
in
the
grave
where
other
people
in
his
family
{\ADD{
had
been
buried}}.
Then
he
and
his
sons
mourned
for
him,
saying, “{\ADD{
We
are
very
sorry}},
my
brother!”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}After
they
had
buried
him,
the
old
man
said
to
his
sons, “When
I
die,
bury
my
corpse
in
the
grave
where
we
buried
the
prophet
from
Judah.
Lay
my
corpse
next
to
his
corpse.
\VS{32}{\ADD{
And
do
not
forget
what
he
said,
because
}}
the
things
that
Yahweh
told
him
to
say
about
the
altar
in
Bethel,
and
about
the
shrines
on
the
hills
in
the
towns
in
Samaria,
will
surely
happen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}But
King
Jeroboam
still
did
not
turn
away
from
continuing
to
do
evil
things.
Instead,
he
appointed
more
priests
{\ADD{
who
were
not
descended
from
Levi}}.
Anyone
who
wanted
to
be
a
priest,
he
appointed
to
be
a
priest,
in
order
that
he
could
offer
sacrifices
on
the
hills.
\VS{34}Because
he
committed
that
sin,
{\ADD{
a
few
years
later}}
God
got
rid
of
most
of
Jeroboam’s
descendants
and
did
not
allow
them
to
become
kings
of
Israel.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Jeroboam’s son died
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
that
time,
Jeroboam’s
son
Abijah
became
very
sick.
\VS{2}Jeroboam
said
to
his
wife, “Disguise
yourself,
in
order
that
no
one
will
recognize
that
you
are
my
wife.
Then
go
to
Shiloh
{\ADD{
city}},
where
the
prophet
Ahijah
{\ADD{
lives}}.
He
is
the
one
who
predicted/prophesied
that
I
would
become
the
king
of
Israel.
\VS{3}Take
with
you
ten
{\ADD{
loaves
of}}
bread
and
some
small
flat
cakes,
and
a
jar
of
honey,
{\ADD{
and
give
them}}
to
him.
{\ADD{
Tell
him
about}}
our
son,
{\ADD{
and}}
he
will
tell
you
what
will
happen
to
him.”
\VS{4}So
his
wife
went
to
Shiloh,
to Ahijah’s
house.
Ahijah
was
unable
to
see,
because
he
was
very
old
and
had
become
blind.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
{\ADD{
before
she
got
there,}}
Yahweh
told
Ahijah
that
Jeroboam’s
wife
was
coming
to
inquire
about
their
son,
who
was
very
sick.
And
Yahweh
told
Ahijah
what
he
should
tell
her.
\par }{\PP When
she
came
to
him,
she
pretended
to
be
another
woman.
\VS{6}But
when
Ahijah
heard
her
footsteps
as
she
entered
the
doorway,
he
said
to
her, “Come
in,
wife
of
Jeroboam! ◄Why
do
you
pretend
that
you
are
someone
else?/It
will
not
help
you
to
pretend
that
you
are
someone
else.► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
has
given
me
bad
news
to
tell
you.
\VS{7}Go
and
tell
Jeroboam
that
this
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
to
you: ‘I
chose
you
from
among
the
common
people
and
enabled
you
to
become
the
king
of
my Israeli
people.
\VS{8}I
took
{\ADD{
most
of}}
the
kingdom
of
Israel
away
from
David’s
descendants
and
gave
it
to
you.
But
you
have
not
been
like
David,
who
served
me
{\ADD{
very
well}}.
He
obeyed
all
my
commandments
very
sincerely,
doing
only
things
that
I
considered
to
be
right.
\VS{9}But
you
have
done
more
evil
things/deeds
than
all
those
{\ADD{
who
ruled}}
before
you.
You
have
rejected
me,
and
you
have
caused
me
to
become
very
angry
by
making
metal
images
of
other
gods
so
that
you
{\ADD{
and
others}}
could
worship
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}‘o,
I
am
going
to
cause
terrible
things
to
happen
to
your
family.
I
will
cause
all
your
male
descendants
to
die,
young
ones
and
old
ones.
I
will
completely
get
rid
of
your
family [MTY].
I
will
get
rid
of
your
family [MTY]
just
like
a
man
completely
burns
dung
{\ADD{
to
cook
his
food}}.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
The
corpses
of}}
any
members
of
your
family
who
die
in
cities
will
be
eaten
by
dogs.
And
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
any
members
of
your
family
who
die
in
the
open
fields
will
be
eaten
by
vultures.
{\ADD{
This
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
{\ADD{
that
it
will
happen}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
go
back
home.
And
as
soon
as
you
enter
the
city,
your
son
will
die.
\VS{13}All
the Israeli
people
will
mourn
for
him
and
bury
him.
He
is
the
only
one
of
Jeroboam’s
family
who
will
be
buried
{\ADD{
properly}},
because
he
is
the
only
one
of
Jeroboam’s
family
with
whom
Yahweh
is
pleased.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Furthermore,
Yahweh
will
appoint
for
himself
a
king
to
rule
over
Israel
who
will
get
rid
of
Jeroboam’s
descendants.
And
that
{\ADD{
will
start
to
happen}}
today!
\VS{15}Yahweh
will
punish
the
people
of
Israel;
he
will
shake
them
like
{\ADD{
the
wind}}
shakes
the
reeds
{\ADD{
that
grow
in}}
a
stream.
He
will
expel
the Israeli
people
from
this
good
land
that
he
gave
to
our
ancestors.
He
will
scatter
them
into
countries
east
of
{\ADD{
the
Euphrates}}
River,
because
they
have
caused
him
to
become
very
angry
by
{\ADD{
worshiping
statues
of}}
the
goddess
Asherah.
\VS{16}Yahweh
will
abandon
the Israeli
people
because
of
the
sins
that
Jeroboam
committed,
sins
which
led
the Israeli
people
to
commit
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Jeroboam’s
wife
returned
home
to
Tirzah
{\ADD{
city,
the
new
capital
of
Israel}}.
And
just
as
she
entered
her
house,
her
son
died.
\VS{18}All
the Israeli
people
mourned
for
him
and
buried
him,
which
is
what
Yahweh
had
told
his
servant,
the
prophet
Ahijah,
would
happen.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Everything
else
that
Jeroboam
did,
and
the
record
of
wars
that
his
{\ADD{
army}}
fought,
and
how
he
ruled,
is
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\VS{20}Jeroboam
ruled
for 22
years;
then
he
died [EUP]
and
his
son
Nadab
became
king.
\par }{\SH Rehoboam
died
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Solomon’s
son
Rehoboam
ruled
Judah.
He
was 41
years
old
when
he
started
to
rule,
and
he
ruled
for 17
years.
He
ruled
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
the
city
that
Yahweh
chose
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
the
place
where
he
should
be
worshiped [MTY].
Rehoboam’s
mother’s
name
was
Naamah;
she
was
from
the
Ammon people-group.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
people
of
Judah
did
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil.
They
caused
him
to
become
angry
because
they
committed
more
sins
than
their
ancestors
had
committed:
They
worshiped
many
other
gods
instead
of
worshiping
only
Yahweh.
\VS{23}They
built
places
to
worship
those
gods;
on
high
hills,
and
under
big
trees
they
set
up
{\ADD{
stone}}
pillars
to
worship
the
goddess
Asherah.
\VS{24}Also,
there
were
male
prostitutes
at
these
places
of
worship.
The Israeli
people
did
the
same
disgraceful
things
that
had
been
done
by
the
people
whom
Yahweh
had
expelled
while
the Israelis
were
advancing
through
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}When
Rehoboam
had
been
ruling
for
almost
five
years,
King
Shishak
of
Egypt
came
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
to
attack
Jerusalem.
\VS{26}They
took
away
all
the
valuable
things
in
the
temple
and
in
the
king’s
palace,
including
the
gold
shields
that
Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
had
made.
\VS{27}King
Rehoboam’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
made
bronze
shields
to
replace
them
and
entrusted
them
to
officers
who
guarded
the
entrance
to
the
king’s
palace.
\VS{28}Every
time
that
the
king
went
into
the
temple,
those
guards
carried
those
shields;
and
{\ADD{
when
he
left
the
temple}}
they
returned
the
shields
to
the
storeroom.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Everything
else
that
Rehoboam
did
is
written [RHQ]
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Judah’.
\VS{30}There
were
wars
continually
between
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam.
\VS{31}Then
Rehoboam
died [EUP],
and
he
was
buried
in
{\ADD{
the
part
of
Jerusalem
called}} ‘The
City
of David’,
where
his
ancestors
were
buried.
Then
his
son
Abijah
became
the
king.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH King Abijah of Judah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Jeroboam
had
been
the
king
of
Israel
for
almost 18
years,
Abijah
became
the
king
of
Judah.
\VS{2}He
ruled
for
three
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Maacah,
the
granddaughter
of
{\ADD{
David’s
son}}
Absalom.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Abijah
committed
the
same
kind
of
sins
that
his
father
had
committed.
He
was
not
fully
dedicated/committed
to
Yahweh
his
God,
as
his
grandfather
David
had
been.
\VS{4}But,
because
of
{\ADD{
what
Yahweh
his
God
had
promised
to}}
David,
Yahweh
gave
Abijah
a
son [MET]
to
rule
in
Jerusalem
after
him,
and
in
order
to
protect
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
from
their
enemies}}.
\VS{5}Yahweh
did
that
because
David
had
always
done
what
pleased
Yahweh
and
because
David
had
always
obeyed
Yahweh.
The
only
time
when
he
disobeyed
Yahweh
was
when
he
caused
Uriah
{\ADD{
to
be
killed}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}There
were
wars
between
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
all
during
the
time
that
Abijah
ruled.
\VS{7}Everything
else
that
Abijah
did
is
written [RHQ]
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Judah’.
\VS{8}Abijah
died [EUP]
and
was
buried
in
{\ADD{
the
part
of
Jerusalem
called}} ‘The
City
of David’,
and
his
son
Asa
became
king.
\par }{\SH King
Asa
of
Judah
\par }{\PP \VS{9}After
Jeroboam
had
been
the
king
of
Israel
for
almost 20
years,
Asa
started
to
rule
Judah.
\VS{10}He
ruled
in
Jerusalem
for 41
years.
His grandmother
was
Maacah,
the
granddaughter
of
Absalom.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Asa
did
what
was
pleasing
to
Yahweh,
as
his ancestor
David
had
done.
\VS{12}He
got
rid
of
the
male
prostitutes
that
were
at
the
places
where
the
people
worshiped
idols,
and
he
also
got
rid
of
all
the
idols
that
his
ancestors
had
made.
\VS{13}He
also
removed
his grandmother
Maacah
so
that
she
no
longer
had
influence
in
the
government
{\ADD{
because
of}}
being
the
mother
of
a
previous
king.
He
did
that
because
she
had
made
a
disgusting
{\ADD{
wooden}}
statue
of
the
goddess
Asherah.
Asa
{\ADD{
told
his
workers
to}}
cut
down
the
statue
and
burned
it
in
the
Kidron
Valley.
\VS{14}He
was
not
able
to
destroy
all
the
places
where
the
people
worshiped
{\ADD{
idols}}
on
the
high
hills,
but
he
continued
to
be
dedicated/committed
to
Yahweh
his
entIre
life.
\VS{15}He
{\ADD{
told
his
workers
to}}
place
in
the
temple
all
the
items
that
his
father
had
dedicated
to
God,
and
all
the
gold
and
silver
things
that
he
had
dedicated
to
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}There
were
wars
between
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
Asa
and
Baasha,
the
king
of
Israel,
all
during
the
time
that
they
ruled.
\VS{17}Baasha’s
army
invaded
Judah.
They
captured
Ramah
{\ADD{
town
north
of
Jerusalem}}.
Then
they
started
to
build
a
wall
around
it
in
order
to
prevent
people
from
entering
or
leaving
the
area
in
Judah
that
was
ruled
by
King
Asa.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
Asa
{\ADD{
told}}
his
workers
{\ADD{
to}}
take
all
the
silver
and
gold
that
was
still
in
the storerooms
in
the
temple
and
in
the
palace.
He
told
them
to
take
it
to
Damascus
and
give
it
to
King
Ben-Hadad
who
ruled
Syria.
Ben-Hadad
was
the
son
of
Tabrimmon
and
grandson
of
Hezion.
He
told
the
workers
to
say
this
to
Ben-Hadad:
\VS{19}“I
want
there
to
be
a
peace
treaty
between
you
and
me,
like
there
was
between
your
father
and
my
father.
For
that
reason,
I
am
giving
you
this
silver
and
gold.
So
now
please cancel
the
treaty
that
you
made
with
Baasha,
the
king
of
Israel,
in
order
that
he
will
take
his
soldiers
away
from
attacking
mine,
{\ADD{
because
he
will
be
afraid
of
your
army}}.”
\VS{20}{\ADD{
So
the
workers
went
and
gave
the
message
to}}
Ben-Hadad,
{\ADD{
and
he}}
did
what
Asa
suggested.
He
sent
his
army
commanders
{\ADD{
and
their
soldiers}}
to
attack
some
of
the
towns
in
Israel.
They
captured
Ijon,
Dan,
Abel-Beth-Maacah,
the
area
near
Galilee Lake,
and
all
the
land
of
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Naphtali.
\VS{21}When
Baasha
heard
about
that,
he
{\ADD{
told
his
soldiers
to}}
stop
working
at
Ramah.
He
{\ADD{
and
his
soldiers
returned
to}}
Tirzah
{\ADD{
and}}
stayed
there.
\VS{22}Then
King
Asa
sent
a
message
to
all
the
{\ADD{
people
in
the}}
towns
in
Judah, stating
that
they
all
were
required
to
go
to
Ramah
and
carry
away
the
stones
and
timber
that
Baasha’s
soldiers
had
been
using
to
build
a
wall
around
the
city.
With
those
stones
and
timber
they
fortified
Mizpah
{\ADD{
city
north
of
Jerusalem}},
and
Geba,
{\ADD{
a
town}}
in
the
territory
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Everything
else
that
Asa
did,
the
armies
that
his
soldiers
defeated,
and
the
names
of
the
cities
that
he
caused
to
be
fortified,
are [RHQ]
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Judah’.
But
when
Asa
became
old,
he
got
a
disease
in
his
feet.
\VS{24}He
died [EUP]
and
was
buried
where
his
ancestors
were
buried
in
{\ADD{
the
part
of
Jerusalem
called}} ‘The
City
of David’.
Then
his
son
Jehoshaphat
became
king.
\par }{\SH King
Nadab
of
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{25}After
Asa
had
been
the
king
of
Judah
for
almost
two
years,
King
Jeroboam’s
son
Nadab
started
to
rule
Israel.
He
ruled
for
two
years.
\VS{26}He
did
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil.
His
behavior
was
sinful
like
his
father’s
behavior
had
been,
and
what
he
did
led
the
people
of
Israel
to
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}{\ADD{
A
man
named}}
Baasha,
from
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
planned
to
harm
him.
He
killed
Nadab
when
Nadab
and
his
army
had
surrounded
Gibbethon
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
Philistia
area.
\VS{28}That [DOU]
was
when
Asa
had
been
{\ADD{
the
king
ruling}}
Judah
for
almost
three
years.
Then
Baasha
became
the
king
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}As
soon
as
Baasha
became
king,
{\ADD{
he
commanded
his
soldiers
to}}
kill
all
of
Jeroboam’s
family.
Doing
what
Yahweh
had
told
the
prophet
Ahijah
from
Shiloh
would
happen,
they
killed
all
of
Jeroboam’s
family.
None
of
them ◄was
left/remained
alive►.
\VS{30}That
happened
because
Yahweh
had
become
very
angry
with
Jeroboam
because
of
all
the
sins
that
Jeroboam
had
committed,
and
because
of
the
sins
that
he
had
persuaded
the
people
of
Israel
to
commit.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Everything
else
that
Nadab
did
is
written [RHQ]
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\VS{32}There
were
wars
between
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
King
Asa
and
King
Baasha
all
the
time
that
they
ruled.
\par }{\SH King
Baasha
of
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{33}After
Asa
had
been
the
king
of
Judah
for
almost
three
years,
Baasha,
the
son
of
Ahijah,
started
to
rule
Israel
at
Tirzah
{\ADD{
city}}.
He
ruled
for 24
years.
\VS{34}He
did
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil,
and
his
behavior
was
sinful
like
his
father’s
had
been,
and
he
led
the
people
of
Israel
to
sin.

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH When Baasha ruled Israel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}During
the
time
that
Baasha
{\ADD{
was
king
of
Israel}},
{\ADD{
the
prophet}}
Jehu, Hanani’s
son,
gave
Baasha
this
message
that
he
had
received
from
Yahweh:
\VS{2}“You
were
very
insignificant/unimportant [IDM]
when
I
caused
you
to
become
the
ruler
of
my Israeli
people.
But
you
have
caused
me
to
become
very
angry
by
doing [IDM]
the
kinds
of
evil
things
that
King
Jeroboam
did.
You
have
also
caused
me
to
become
angry
by
causing
my
people
to
sin.
\VS{3}So
now
I
will
get
rid
of
you
and
your
family [MTY].
I
will
do
to
you
just
like
I
did
to
Jeroboam
and
his
family.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
The
bodies
of}}
those
in
your
family
who
die
in
this
city
{\ADD{
will
not
be
buried;
they}}
will
be
eaten
by
dogs;
and
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
those
who
die
in
the
fields
will
be
eaten
by
vultures.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
other
things
that
happened
during
the
time
that
Baasha
ruled
Israel,
and
the
things
that
he
did,
are
written [RHQ]
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\VS{6}When
Baasha
died,
he
was
buried
in
Tirzah,
{\ADD{
the
capital
city}}.
Then
his
son
Elah
became
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Yahweh
gave
that
message
about
Baasha
and
his
family
to
the
prophet
Jehu.
Baasha
had
done
many
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil,
which
caused
Yahweh
to
become
angry.
Baasha
did
the
same
kind
of
things
that
King
Jeroboam
and
his
family
had
done
previously.
Yahweh
was
also
angry
with
Baasha
because
he
had
killed
all
of
Jeroboam’s
family.
\par }{\SH When
Elah
ruled
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{8}After
Asa
had
been
the
king
of
Judah
for
almost 26
years,
Elah
became
the
king
of
Israel.
Elah
ruled
in
Tirzah
for
{\ADD{
only}}
two
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
A
man
named}}
Zimri
was
one
of Elah’s
army
officers.
He
commanded
the drivers
of
half
of Elah’s army’s ◄chariots/two-wheeled vehicles
pulled
by
horses►.
He
made
plans
to
kill
Elah
while
Elah
was
in
Tirzah,
getting
drunk
at
the
house
of
{\ADD{
a
man
named}}
Arza.
Arza
was
the
man
who
took
care
of
the
things
in
the
king’s
palace.
\VS{10}Zimri
went
into Arza’s
house
and
killed
Elah.
Then
Zimri
became
the
king
of
Israel.
That
was
when
Asa
had
been
the
king
of
Judah
for 27
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}As
soon
as
Zimri
became
king [MTY],
he
killed
all
of
Baasha’s
family [MTY].
That
included
every
male [IDM]
in
Baasha’s
family
and
all
of
Baasha’s
male
friends.
\VS{12}That
was
just
what
Yahweh
told
the
prophet
Jehu
would
happen.
\VS{13}Baasha
and
his
son
Elah
had
sinned
and
led
the Israeli
people
to
sin.
They
caused
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israeli
people
worshiped,
to
become
angry,
because
they
both
urged
the
people
{\ADD{
to
worship}}
worthless
idols.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Everything
else
that
Elah
did
is
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\par }{\SH When
Zimri
ruled
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
Zimri
became
the
king
of
Israel
after
Asa
had
been
king
of
Judah
for 27
years.
But
Zimri
ruled
in
Tirzah
for
only
seven
days.
The Israeli
army
was beseiging/surrounding
Gibeah,
a
town
which
belonged
to
the
Philistine people-group.
\VS{16}The
men
in
the Israeli
army
camp
heard
that
Zimri
had
secretly
planned
to
kill
King
Elah,
and
then
had
killed
him.
So
on
that
day
the
soldiers
chose
Omri,
the
commander
of
their
army,
to
become
the
king
of
Israel.
\VS{17}The Israeli
army
was
camped
near
Gibbethon
{\ADD{
city}}.
When
they
heard
what
Zimri
had
done,
they
left
there
and
went
to
Tirzah,
and
surrounded
the
city.
\VS{18}When
Zimri
realized
that
the
city
was
{\ADD{
about
to
be}}
captured,
he
went
into
his
palace
and
set
it
on
fire.
So
the
palace
burned
down,
and
he
died
{\ADD{
in
the
fire}}.
\VS{19}He
died
because
he
had
sinned
by
doing
the
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil.
Jeroboam
had
led
the Israeli
people
to
sin,
and
Zimri
sinned
just
like
Jeroboam
had
sinned.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}All
the
other
things
that
Zimri
did,
and
the
record
of
how
he
rebelled
{\ADD{
against
King
Elah}},
are
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\par }{\SH When
Omri
ruled
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{21}After
Zimri
died,
the Israeli
people
were
divided.
One
group
wanted
Tibni,
the
son
of
Ginath,
to
be
their
king.
The
other
group
wanted
Omri
{\ADD{
to
be
the
king}}.
\VS{22}Those
who
supported
Omri ◄were
stronger
than/defeated►
those
who
supported
Tibni.
So
Tibni
was
killed,
and
Omri
became
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Omri
became
king
when
Asa
had
been
king
of
Judah
for
almost 31
years.
Omri
ruled
Israel
for 12
years.
For
the
first
six
years
he
ruled
in
Tirzah.
\VS{24}Then
he
bought
a
hill
from
{\ADD{
a
man
named}}
Shemer
and
paid
him
about ◄150
pounds/70 kg.►
of
silver
for
it.
Then
Omri
ordered
his
men
to
build
a
city
on
that
hill,
and
he
called
it
Samaria,
to
honor
Shemer,
the
man
who
owned
it
previously.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}But
Omri
did
many
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil.
He
did
more
evil
deeds
than
any
of
the
kings
who
ruled
Israel
before
he
did.
\VS{26}{\ADD{
When}}
Jeroboam
{\ADD{
was
previously
the
king,
he}}
had
led
the Israeli
people
to
sin,
and
Omri
committed
the
same
kind
of
sins
that
Jeroboam
did.
The Israeli
people
caused
Yahweh,
the
God
the Israeli
people
had
worshiped,
to
become
very
angry,
because
they
worshiped
worthless
idols.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Everything
that
Omri
did,
and
the
record
of
the
victories
that
his
{\ADD{
army}}
won,
are
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\VS{28}After
Omri
died,
he
was
buried
in
Samaria,
and
his
son
Ahab
became
king.
\par }{\SH When
Ahab
ruled
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Ahab
became
king
of
Israel
when
Asa
had
ruled
Judah
for
almost 38
years.
Ahab
ruled
in
Samaria
{\ADD{
city}}
for 22
years.
\VS{30}Ahab
did
many
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil.
He
did
more
evil
things
than
any
of
the
kings
who
ruled
Israel
before
he
did.
\VS{31}He
committed
the
same
kind
of
sins
that
Jeroboam
did,
but
he
did
things
that
were
worse
than
the
things
that
Jeroboam
did.
He
married
{\ADD{
a
woman
named}}
Jezebel,
the
daughter
of
Ethbaal,
the
king
of
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}}.
Then
Ahab
started
to
worship
Baal,
{\ADD{
the
god
that
the
Canaan people-group
worshiped}}.
\VS{32}He
built
a
temple
in
Samaria
in
order
that
the Israeli
people
could
worship
Baal
there,
and
he
put
an
altar
there
for
{\ADD{
making
sacrifices
to}}
Baal.
\VS{33}He
also
made
an
idol
that represented
Asherah,
{\ADD{
Baal’s
wife}}.
He
did
many
more
things
that
caused
Yahweh
to
become
angry.
He
did
more
evil
things
than
any
of
the
previous
kings
of
Israel
had
done.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}During
the
years
that
Ahab
{\ADD{
ruled}},
Hiel,
a
man
from
Bethel
{\ADD{
city}},
rebuilt
Jericho
{\ADD{
city}}.
But
when
he
started
to
rebuild
the
city,
his
oldest
son
Abiram
died.
And
{\ADD{
when
the
city
was
finished,}}
while
Hiel
was
building
the
city
gates,
his
youngest
son
Segub
died.
They
died
just
like
Yahweh
had
told
Joshua
would
happen
{\ADD{
to
the
sons
of
anyone
who
would
rebuild
Jericho}}.

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Crows fed Elijah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Elijah
was
{\ADD{
a
prophet}}
who
lived
in Tishbe
{\ADD{
town}}
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
One
day
he
{\ADD{
went
to}}
King
Ahab
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
is
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}
and
the
God
whom
I
worship
and
serve.
Just
as
certainly
as
Yahweh
lives,
there
will
be
no
dew
or
rain
for
the
next
few
years,
if
I
do
not
command
rain
to
fall!”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Elijah,
\VS{3}“{\ADD{
Because
you
have
made
the
king
angry
with
you,
escape
from
the
king
and,}}
go
to
the
east,
to
the Kerith
Brook,
east
of
where
it
flows
into
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{4}You
will
be
able
to
drink
water
from
the
brook,
and
{\ADD{
you
will
be
able
to
eat
what}}
the crows
{\ADD{
bring
to
you,
because}}
I
have
commanded
them
to
bring
food
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So
Elijah
did
what
Yahweh
commanded
him
to
do.
He
went
and
camped
alongside Kerith
Brook.
\VS{6}Crows
bought
bread
and
meat
to
him
every
morning
and
every
evening,
and
he
drank
{\ADD{
water}}
from
the
brook.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
after
a
while,
the
water
in
the
brook
dried
up,
because
rain
did
not
fall
anywhere
in
the
land.
\VS{8}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Elijah,
\VS{9}“Go
and
live
in
Zarephath
{\ADD{
village}},
near
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}}.
There
is
a
widow
there
who
will
give
you
food
to
eat.
I
have
{\ADD{
already}}
told
her
what
to
do
about
that.”
\VS{10}So
{\ADD{
Elijah
did
what
God
said}}.
He
went
to
Zarephath.
As
he
arrived
at
the
gates
of
the
village,
he
saw
a
widow
who
was
gathering
sticks.
He
said
to
her, “Would
you
please
bring
me
a
cup
of
water?”
\VS{11}While
she
was
going
to
get
it,
he
called
out
to
her, “Bring
me
a
piece
of
bread,
too!”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
she
replied, “Your
God
knows
that
what
I
am
telling
you
is
true:
I
do
not
have
even
one
piece
of
bread
in
my
house.
I
have
only
a
handful
of
flour
in
a
jar,
and
a
little
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
in
a
jug.
I
was
gathering
a
few
sticks
to
use
these
to
{\ADD{
make
a
fire
and}}
cook
one
more
meal,
and
then
after
my
son
and
I
eat
that,
we
will
die
{\ADD{
from
hunger}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
Elijah
said
to
her, “Do
not
be
worried!
Go
home
and
do
what
you
said
that
you
were
going
to
do.
But
first,
bake
me
a
little
loaf
of
bread
and
bring
it
to
me.
After
you
do
that,
take
what
is
left
and
prepare
some
food
for
you
and
your
son.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
I
know
that
you
will
be
able
to
do
that,}}
because
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
we Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}},
says
this: ‘There
will
always
be
plenty
of
flour
and
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
left
in
your
containers,
until
the
time
when
I
send
rain
again
{\ADD{
and
the
crops
grow
again}}!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
the
woman
did
exactly
what
Elijah
told
her
to
do.
And
she
and
her
son
and
Elijah
had
enough
food
every
day,
\VS{16}because
the
flour
in
the
jar
was
never
finished,
and
the
jug
of
oil
was
never
empty.
That
happened
just
like
Yahweh
had
told
Elijah
that
it
would
happen.
\par }{\SH Elijah
restored
to
life
the
widow’s
son
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Some
time
later,
the
woman’s
son
became
sick.
He
continued
to
get
worse,
and
finally
he
died.
\VS{18}So
the
woman
went
to
Elijah
and
said
to
him, “You
are
a
prophet;
so
why
have
you
done
this
to
me?
Have
you
come
here
to
punish
me
for
my
sins
by
causing
my
son
to
die?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
Elijah
replied, “Give
your
son
to
me.”
So
she
gave
her
son
to
him,
and
he
took
the
boy’s
{\ADD{
body}}
from
her
and
carried
it
up
{\ADD{
the
steps}}
to
the
room
where
he
stayed.
He
laid
the
boy’s
{\ADD{
body}}
on
his
bed.
\VS{20}Then
Elijah
cried
out
to
Yahweh, “O
Yahweh
my
God,
this
widow
{\ADD{
has
kindly
allowed}}
me
to
stay
in
her
home.
So
why
have
you
brought
this
tragedy
to
her
and
caused
her
son
to
die?” [RHQ]
\VS{21}Then
Elijah
stretched
himself
on
top
of
the
boy’s
{\ADD{
body}}
and
called
out
to
Yahweh
saying, “Yahweh
my
God,
please
allow
this
boy
to
become
alive
again!”
He
did
this
three
times.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Yahweh
heard
what
Elijah
prayed,
and
{\ADD{
he
caused}}
the
boy
{\ADD{
to
}}
become
alive
again [DOU].
\VS{23}Elijah
carried
the
boy
down
{\ADD{
the
steps}}
and
gave
him
to
his
mother.
He
said, “Look,
your
son
is
alive!”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
woman
said
to
Elijah, “Now
I
know
{\ADD{
for
certain}}
that
you
are
a
prophet
and
that
the
words
that
you
speak
are
truly
from
Yahweh!”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH Elijah met with Obadiah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
almost
three
years
there
was
no
rain
in
Samaria.
Then
Yahweh
said
this
to
Elijah: “Go
and
meet
with
King
Ahab
and
{\ADD{
tell
him
that}}
I
will
soon
send
rain.”
\VS{2}So
Elijah
went
to
talk
to
Ahab.
\par }{\PP In
Samaria
there
was
almost
no
food
for
anyone
to
eat.
\VS{3}There
was
a
man
there
named
Obadiah.
He
was
in
charge
of
the
king’s
palace.
He
greatly
revered
Yahweh.
\VS{4}One
time
when
{\ADD{
Queen}}
Jezebel
had
{\ADD{
tried
to}}
kill
all
Yahweh’s
prophets,
Obadiah
hid 100
of
them
in
two
caves.
He
put 50
prophets
in
each
cave,
and
he
brought
food
and
water
to
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
By
this
time,
the ◄famine/lack
of
food
and
water►
had
become
very
severe
in
Samaria}}.
So
Ahab
summoned
Obadiah
and
said
to
him, “We
must
check/look
near
every
spring
and
in
every
valley
to
see
if
we
can
find
enough
grass
to
give
to
some
of
my
horses
and
mules,
so
that
they
will
not
all
die.”
\VS{6}So
they
both
started
walking
throughout
the
land.
Obadiah
went
in
one
direction
by hmself,
and
Ahab
went
in
another
direction
by
himself.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}While
Obadiah
was
walking
along,
he
saw
Elijah
coming
toward
him.
Obadiah
recognized
Elijah
and
bowed
down
in
front
of
him
and
said, “Is
it
really
you,
Elijah,
my
master?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Elijah
replied, “Yes.
Now
go
and
tell
{\ADD{
Ahab,}}
your
master,
that
I
am
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Obadiah objected.
He
said, “Sir,
I
have
not [RHQ]
harmed
you
at
all.
So
why
are
you
sending
me
back
to
Ahab?
He
will
kill
me!
\VS{10}Yahweh
your
God
{\ADD{
knows
that
I
am
telling
the
truth
when}}
I
solemnly
declare
that
King
Ahab
has
searched
in
every
kingdom
all
over
the
world [HYP]
to
find
you.
Each
time
that
some
king
said
to
him, ‘Elijah
is
not
here,’
Ahab
demanded
that
the
king
of
that
country
solemnly
swear/declare
that
the
king
was
telling
the
truth.
\VS{11}Now
you
say
to
me, ‘Go
and
tell
your
master
that
Elijah
is
here!’
\VS{12}But
as
soon
as
I
leave
you,
the
Spirit
of
Yahweh
will
carry
you
away,
and
I
will
not
know
where
he
will
take
you.
So
when
{\ADD{
I
tell}}
Ahab
{\ADD{
that
you
are
here
and
he}}
comes
to
me
and
he
does
not
find
you
here,
he
will
kill
me!
But
{\ADD{
I
do
not
deserve
to
die
because}}
I
have
revered
Yahweh
since
I
was
a
boy.
\VS{13}My
master,
have
you
not
heard
about
what
I
did
when
Jezebel
wanted
to
kill
all
of
Yahweh’s
prophets?
I
hid 100
of
them
in
two
caves
and
took
food
and
water
to
them.
\VS{14}Now,
sir,
you
say, ‘Go
and
tell
your
master
that
Elijah
is
here.’
But
if
I
do
that,
{\ADD{
and
he
comes
and
you
are
not
here,}}
he
will
kill
me!”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
Elijah
replied, “Yahweh,
the
Almighty
One
whom
I
serve [IDM],
knows
that
{\ADD{
I
am
telling
the
truth
as}}
I
solemnly
declare
that
I
will
go
to
meet
with
Ahab
today.”
\par }{\SH Elijah
killed
the
prophets
of
Baal
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
Obadiah
went
to
tell
Ahab
that
Elijah
had
come.
Ahab
went
to
meet
with
him.
\VS{17}When
he
saw
Elijah,
he
said
to
him, “Is
that
you,
the
one
who
causes
trouble
for
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel?”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Elijah
replied, “It
is
not
I
who
have
caused
trouble
for
the
people
of
Israel!
You
and
your
family
are
the
ones
who
have
caused
trouble!
You
have
refused
to
obey
Yahweh’s
commands,
and
you
have
worshiped
the
idols
of
Baal
instead.
\VS{19}So
now,
command
all
the Israeli
people
to
come
to
Carmel
Mountain,
and
{\ADD{
be
sure
to}}
bring
all
the 450
prophets
who
worship
Baal
and
the 400
prophets
who
worship
{\ADD{
the
goddess}}
Asherah,
the
ones
to
whom
{\ADD{
your
wife}}
Jezebel
brings
food
and
water.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
Ahab
summoned
all
his
prophets
and
all
the
other
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people
to
the
top
of
Carmel
Mountain,
{\ADD{
and
Elijah
went
up
there
too.}}
\VS{21}Then
Elijah
stood
in
front
of
them
and
said, “How
long [RHQ]
are
you
going
to
be undecided
{\ADD{
about
who
is
truly
God}}?
If
Yahweh
is
{\ADD{
truly}}
God,
then
worship/serve
him.
If
Baal
is
truly
God,
then
worship/serve
him!”
But
the
people
said
nothing
{\ADD{
in
reply,
because
they
were
afraid
of
what
Jezebel
would
do
to
them
if
they admitted
that
they
worshiped
Yahweh}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Elijah
said
to
them, “I
am
the
only
true
prophet
of
Yahweh
who
is
left,
but
Baal
has 450
prophets.
\VS{23}Bring
two
bulls.
The
prophets
of
Baal
may
choose
the
one
that
they
want.
They
must
{\ADD{
kill
it
and}}
cut
it
into
pieces
and
lay
the
pieces
on
the
wood
that
is
on
the
altar
that
they havemade.
But
they
must
not
light
a
fire
{\ADD{
under
the
wood}}.
{\ADD{
I
will
kill
the
other
bull
and
cut
it
in
pieces
and
lay
the
pieces
on
the
altar
that
I
make}}.
\VS{24}Then
they
must
call
to
their
god [MTY],
and
I
will
call
to
Yahweh.
The
god
who
answers
by
lighting
a
fire
{\ADD{
to
the
wood
that
is
on
that
altar}}
is
{\ADD{
the
true}}
God!”
\par }{\PP Then
all
the
people
thought
that
Elijah’s suggestion
was
good.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Elijah
said
to
the
prophets
of
Baal, “You
call
to
Baal
first,
because
there
are
many
of
you.
Choose
one
of
the
bulls
and
prepare
it,
and
then
call
to
your
god.
But
do
not
light
a
fire
under
the
wood!”
\VS{26}So
they
killed
one
of
the
bulls
and
cut
it
up
and
placed
the
pieces
on
the
altar.
Then
they
called
out
to
Baal
all
morning.
They
shouted, “Baal,
answer
us!”
But
no
one
answered.
There
was
no
reply
at
all [DOU].
\par }{\PP Then
they
danced
wildly
around
the
altar
that
they
had
made.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}About noontime,
Elijah
started
to
make fun
of
them.
He
said, “{\ADD{
Surely}}
Baal
is
a
god,
so
it
seems
that
you
must
shout
louder!
Perhaps
he
is
thinking
about
something,
or
perhaps
he
has
gone
to
the toilet.
Or
perhaps
he
is
traveling
somewhere,
or
perhaps
he
is
asleep
and
you
need
to
wake
him
up!”
\VS{28}So
they
shouted
louder.
Then,
doing
one
of
the
things
that
they frequently
did
{\ADD{
when
they
worshiped
Baal}},
they slashed/cut
themselves
with
knives
and
swords
until
a
lot
of
blood
flowed.
\VS{29}They
continued
calling
out
to
Baal
all
afternoon.
But
there
was
no
reply,
no
answer,
no
god
who
paid
attention.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
Elijah
called
to
the
people
saying, “Come
closer!”
So
they
all
crowded
around
him.
Then
Elijah
repaired
the
altar
of
Yahweh
that
had
previously
been ◄ruined/torn
down►
{\ADD{
by
the
prophets
of
Baal}}.
\VS{31}Then
he
took
twelve
{\ADD{
large}}
stones,
each
one
to
represent
one
of
the Israeli
tribes.
The
names
of
those
tribes
were
given
to
them
by
their ancestor
Jacob.
\VS{32}With
these
stones
he
rebuilt
Yahweh’s
altar.
Then
around
the
altar
he
dug
a
little
ditch
that
was
large
enough
to
hold
about ◄three
gallons/12 liters►
of
water.
\VS{33}He
piled
wood
on
top
of
the
stones.
He
killed
the
bull
and
cut
it
in
pieces.
Then
he
laid
the
pieces
on
top
of
the
wood.
Then
he
said, “Fill
four
large
jars
with
water,
and
pour
the
water
on
top
of
the
pieces
of
meat
and
the
wood.”
So
they
did
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
he
said, “Do
the
same
thing
again!”
So
they
did
it
again.
Then
he
said “Do
it
a
third
time!”
So
they
did
it
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}As
a
result,
the
water
flowed
down
below
the
altar
and
filled
the
ditches.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}When
it
was
time
to
offer
the
evening
sacrifices,
Elijah
walked
close
{\ADD{
to
the
altar}}
and
prayed.
He
said, “Yahweh,
you
who
are
the
God
that
{\ADD{
our
ancestors}}
Abraham
and
Isaac
and
Jacob
{\ADD{
worshiped}},
prove
today
that
you
are
the
God
whom
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
should
worship}},
and
prove
that
I
am
your
servant.
Prove
that
I
have
done
all
these
things
because
you
told
me
to
do
them.
\VS{37}Yahweh,
answer
me!
Answer
me
in
order
that
these
people
will
know
that
you,
Yahweh
God,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
you
say
that
you
will
do}},
and
that
you
have
caused
them
to
trust
in [IDM]
you
again!”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Immediately
a
fire
from
Yahweh
flashed
down
from
the
sky.
The
fire
burned
up
the
pieces
of
meat,
the
wood,
the
stones,
and
the
dirt
{\ADD{
that
was
around
the
altar}}.
It
even
dried
up
all
the
water
in
the
ditch!
\par }{\PP \VS{39}When
the
people
saw
that,
they
prostrated
themselves
on
the
ground
and
shouted, “Yahweh
is
God!
Yahweh
is
God!”
\par }{\PP \VS{40}Then
Elijah
commanded
them, “Seize
all
the
prophets
of
Baal!
Do
not
allow
any
of
them
to
escape!”
So
the
people
seized
all
the
prophets
of
Baal,
and
took
them
down
the
mountain
to
the
Kishon
Valley,
and
Elijah
killed
them
all
there.
\par }{\SH Elijah
prayed
for
rain
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Then
Elijah
said
to
Ahab, “Go
and
get
something
to
eat
and
drink.
{\ADD{
But
do
it
quickly,
because}}
it
is
soon
going
to
rain
very
hard!”
\VS{42}So
Ahab
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
left
to
prepare
a
big
meal.
But
Elijah
went
back
up
to
the
top
of
Carmel
Mountain
and
prayed.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Then
he
said
to
his
servant, “Go
and
look
out
toward
the
sea,
{\ADD{
to
see
if
there
are
any
rain
clouds.}}”
So
his
servant
went
and
looked,
{\ADD{
and
came
back}}
and
said, “I
do
not
see
anything.”
This
happened
six
times.
\VS{44}But
when
the
servant
went
the
seventh
time,
he
came
back
and
said, “I
saw
a
very
small
cloud
above
the
sea.
{\ADD{
As
I
extend
my
arm,}}
the
cloud
is
about
the
size
of
my
hand/fist.”
\par }{\PP Then
Elijah
shouted
to
him, “Go
and
tell
King
Ahab
to
get
his
chariot
ready
and
go
home
immediately!
If
he
does
not
do
that,
the
rain
will
stop
him!”
\VS{45}Very
soon
the
sky
was
full
of
black
clouds.
There
was
a
strong
wind,
and
then
it
began
to
rain
very
hard.
Ahab
got
into
his
chariot
and
started
to
return
to
Jezreel
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{46}Yahweh
gave extra
strength
to
Elijah.
He tucked
his
cloak
into
his
belt
{\ADD{
in
order
to
run
fast}},
and
he
ran
ahead
of
Ahab’s
{\ADD{
chariot}}
all
the
way
{\ADD{17
miles/26 km.}}
to
Jezreel.

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Elijah fled to the desert and then to Sinai Mountain
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Ahab
got
home,
he
told
{\ADD{
his
wife}}
Jezebel
what
Elijah
had
done.
He
told
her
that
Elijah
had
killed
all
the
prophets
of
Baal.
\VS{2}So
Jezebel
sent
this
message
to
Elijah: “By
this
time
tomorrow
I
will
have
{\ADD{
killed}}
you,
just
like
you
{\ADD{
killed
all
those
prophets
of
Baal}}.
If
I
do
not
do
that,
I
hope
the
gods
will
kill
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
Elijah
received
{\ADD{
her
message}},
he
was
afraid.
So
{\ADD{
taking
his
servant
with
him}},
he
fled
in
order
that
he
would
not
be
killed.
He
went
{\ADD{
far
south}}
to
Beersheba,
in
Judah.
He
left
his
servant
there.
\VS{4}Then
he
went
by
himself
further
{\ADD{
south}}
into
the
desert.
He
walked
all
day.
He
sat
down
under
a
broom
tree
and
prayed
that
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
would
allow
him
to
die.
He
said, “Yahweh, I’ve
had
enough.
So
allow
me
to
die,
because
for
me
to
live
is
no
better
than
{\ADD{
being
with}}
my
ancestors
{\ADD{
who
have
died}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
he
lay
down
under
the
broom
tree
and
slept.
But
while
he
was
sleeping,
an
angel
touched
him
and
{\ADD{
woke
him
up
and}}
said
to
him, “Get
up
and
eat
some
food!”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Elijah
looked
around
and
saw
some
bread
which
had
been
baked
on
hot
stones,
and
he
also
saw
a
jar
of
water.
So
he
ate
some
bread
and
drank
some
water
and
lay
down
{\ADD{
to
sleep}}
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
the
angel
{\ADD{
who
had
been
sent
by}}
Yahweh
came
again
and
touched
him,
and
said, “Get
up
and
eat
some
{\ADD{
more}}
food,
because
you
need
{\ADD{
more
strength}}
to
go
on
a
long
journey.”
\VS{8}So
he
got
up
and
ate
and
drank
some
more,
and
because
of
doing
that,
he
got
enough
strength
to
enable
him
to
travel
for
forty
days
and
nights
to
Sinai
Mountain,
the
mountain
{\ADD{
that
was
dedicated
to}}
God.
\VS{9}He
went
into
a
cave
there
and
slept
there
that
night.
\par }{\SH Yahweh
gave
instructions
to
Elijah
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
The
next
morning,}}
Yahweh
said
to
him “Elijah,
why
are
you
here?”
\VS{10}Elijah
replied, “I
have
zealously
served
you,
Yahweh,
God
Almighty.
But
the Israeli
people
have
broken
the
agreement
that
they
made
with
you.
They
have
torn
down
your
altars,
and
they
have
killed
all
of
your
prophets.
I
am
the
only
one
whom
they
have
not
killed,
and
now
they
are
trying
to
kill
me,
too.
{\ADD{
So
I
am
running
away
from
them}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go
out
and
stand
in
front
of
me
on
this
mountain
while
I
pass
by.”
{\ADD{
Suddenly}}
a
strong
windstorm
struck
the
mountain.
As
a
result,
rocks
were loosened
from
the mountainside.
But
Yahweh
was
not
in
the
wind.
Then
there
was
an
earthquake,
but
Yahweh
was
not
in
the
earthquake.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
there
was
a
fire,
but
Yahweh
was
not
in
the
fire.
Then
there
was
a
sound
like
someone
whispering
quietly.
\VS{13}When
Elijah
heard
that,
he
wrapped
his
cloak
around
his
face.
He
went
out
of
the
cave
and
stood
at
its
entrance.
And
he
heard
Yahweh
speaking
to
him,
saying
again, “Elijah,
why
are
you
here?”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}He
replied
again, “I
have
zealously
served
you,
Yahweh,
God
Almighty.
But
the Israeli
people
have
broken
the
agreement
that
they
made
with
you.
They
have
torn
down
your
altars,
and
they
have
killed
all
of
your
prophets.
I
am
the
only
one
whom
they
have
not
killed,
and
now
they
are
trying
to
kill
me,
too.
{\ADD{
So
I
am
running
away
from
them}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Yahweh
told
him, “Go
back
to
the
desert
near
Damascus.
When
you
arrive
there,
anoint
{\ADD{
with
olive
oil}}
a
man
named
Hazael,
{\ADD{
to
appoint
him}}
to
be
the
king
of
Syria.
\VS{16}Then
anoint
Jehu,
the
son
of
Nimshi,
to
be
the
king
of
Israel,
and
also
anoint
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat,
from
Abel-Meholah
{\ADD{
town}},
to
become
my
prophet
after
you
are
dead.
\VS{17}Hazael’s
army
{\ADD{
will
kill
many
people,
and}}
those
who
escape
from
{\ADD{
being
killed
by}}
his
army
will
be
killed
by
Jehu’s
{\ADD{
army}},
and
those
who
escape
from
{\ADD{
being
killed
by}}
Jehu’s
army
will
be
killed
by
Elisha.
\VS{18}But
{\ADD{
you
need
to
know
that}}
there
are
still 7,000
people
in
Israel
who
have
never
bowed
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Baal
or
kissed
his
{\ADD{
idol}}.”
\par }{\SH Elijah
summoned
Elisha
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
Elijah
went
{\ADD{
to
Syria}}
and
found
Elisha
as
he
was
plowing
a
field
with
a
team
of
oxen.
There
were
eleven
other
men
who
were
in
front
of
him,
plowing
with
teams
of
oxen
in
the
same
field.
Elijah
went
to
Elisha,
and
took
off
his
own
coat
and
put
it
on
Elisha,
{\ADD{
to
show
Elisha
that
he
wanted
him
to
take
his
place
as
a
prophet.
Then
he
started
to
walk
away}}.
\VS{20}Elisha
left
the
oxen
standing
there
and
ran
after
Elijah,
and
said
to
him, “I
will
go
with
you,
but
first
let
me
kiss
my
parents goodbye.”
\par }{\PP Elijah
replied, “Okay,
go
home.
But
do
not
forget
why
I
have
{\ADD{
given
my
cloak}}
to
you!”
\VS{21}So
Elisha
went
back
{\ADD{tohis
oxen}}.
He
killed
them
{\ADD{
and
cut
them
in
pieces}}
and
used
the
wood
from
the
plow
to
build
a
fire
to
roast
the
meat.
He
distributed
the
meat
to
the
other
people
{\ADD{
in
his
town}},
and
they
all
ate
some.
Then
he
went
with
Elijah
and
became
his
helper.

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH The Syrian army attacked Israel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ben-Hadad,
the
king
of
Syria,
gathered
all
his
army,
and
he
persuaded 32
other
kings
to
join
him
with
their
armies
and
horses
and
chariots.
They
marched
to
Samaria
{\ADD{
city,
the
capital
of
Israel}},
and
surrounded
it,
and
{\ADD{
prepared
to}}
attack
it.
\VS{2}Ben-Hadad
sent
messengers
into
the
city
to
King
Ahab,
to
say
this
to
him: “This
is
what
King
Ben-Hadad
says:
\VS{3}‘{\ADD{
You
must
give
to}}
me
all
your
silver
and
gold,
your ◄good-looking/most
beautiful►
wives/women
and
strongest
children.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
king
of
Israel
replied
to
them, “Tell
this
to
King
Ben-Hadad: ‘I
agree
to
do
what
you
requested.
You
can
have
me
and
everything
that
I
own.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
The
messengers
told
that
to}}
Ben-Hadad,
and
he
{\ADD{
sent
them
back
with}}
another
message: “I
sent
a
message
to
you
saying
that
you
must
give
me
all
your
silver
and
gold
and
your
wives
and
your
children.
\VS{6}But
{\ADD{
in
addition
to
that}},
about
this
time
tomorrow,
I
will
send
some
of
my
officials
to
search
your
palace
and
the
houses
of
your
officials,
and
to
bring
to
me
everything
that
pleases
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}King
Ahab
summoned
all
the
leaders
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them, “You
can
see/realize
for
yourselves
that
this
man
is
trying
to
cause
much
trouble.
He
sent
me
a
message insisting
that
I
must
give
him
my
wives
and
my
children,
my
silver
and
my
gold,
and
I
agreed
to
do
that.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
leaders
and
all
the
other
people
said
to
him, “Do
not
pay
any
attention
to
him!
Do
not
do
what
he
is requesting!”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
Ahab
said
to Ben-Hadad’s
messengers, “Tell
the
king
that
I
agree
to
give
him
the
things
that
he
first
requested,
but
I
do
not
agree
to
allow
his
officials
to
take
anything
that
they
want
from
my
palace
and
from
the
houses
of
my
officials.”
So
the
messengers
{\ADD{
reported
that
to
King
Ben-Hadad,
and
they}}
returned
with
another
message
from
Ben-Hadad.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}In
that
message
he
said, “{\ADD{
We
will
destroy}}
your
city
{\ADD{
completely,
with
the
result
that}}
there
will
not
be
enough
dust
and
rubble
left
for
each
of
my
soldiers
to
have
one
handful!
I
hope/wish
that
the
gods
will
strike
me
dead
if
we
do
not
do
that!”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}King
Ahab
replied
{\ADD{
to
the
messengers}}, “Tell
King
Ben-Hadad
that
a
soldier
who
is
putting
on
his
armor
{\ADD{
preparing
to
fight
a
battle}} [MTY]
should
not
boast
at
that
time;
he
{\ADD{
should
wait
until}}
after
he
wins
the
battle.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Ben-Hadad
heard
that
message
while
he
and
the
other
rulers
were
drinking
{\ADD{
wine}}
in
their
temporary
shelters.
He
told
his
men
to
prepare
to
attack [MTY]
the
city.
So
his
men
did
that.
\par }{\SH Ahab’s
soldiers
won
their
first
victory
over
the
Syrians
\par }{\PP \VS{13}At
that
moment,
a
prophet
came
to
King
Ahab
and
said
to
him, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘{\ADD{
Do
not
be
at
all
afraid
of}} [RHQ]
the
large
enemy
army
that
you
see!
I
will
enable
your
army
to
defeat
them
today,
and
you
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Ahab
asked, “What
group
{\ADD{
of
our
army}}
will
defeat
them?”
The
prophet
replied, “The
young
soldiers
who
are
commanded
by
the
district
governors
will
do
it.”
The
king
asked, “Who
should
lead
the
attack?”
The
prophet
replied, “You
should!”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
Ahab
gathered
the
young
soldiers
who
were
commanded
by
the
district
governors.
There
were 232
of
those
men.
Then
he
also
summoned
all
the Israeli
army.
There
were
{\ADD{
only}} 7,000
soldiers.
\VS{16}They
started
to
attack
at
noon,
while
Ben-Hadad
and
the
other
rulers
were
getting
drunk
in
their
temporary
shelters.
\VS{17}The
young
soldiers
advanced
first.
Some
scouts
who
had
been
sent
out
by
Ben-Hadad
reported
to
him, “There
are
men
coming
out
of
Samaria
{\ADD{
city}}”!
\par }{\PP \VS{18}He
said, “It
does
not
matter
whether
they
are
coming
to
fight
against
us
or
to
ask
for
peace.
Capture
them,
but
do
not
kill
them
\par }{\PP \VS{19}The
young Israeli
soldiers
went
out
of
the
city
to
attack
{\ADD{
the
Syrian
army}},
and
the
other
soldiers
in
the Israeli
army
followed
them.
\VS{20}Each
{\ADD{Israeli
soldier}}
killed
a
{\ADD{
Syrian}}
soldier.
The
rest
of
the
Syrian
army
then
ran
away,
and
the Israeli
soldiers
pursued
them.
But
King
Ben-Hadad
escaped
riding
his
horse,
along
with
some
other
men
riding
horses.
\VS{21}Then
the
king
of
Israel
went
out
{\ADD{
of
the
city}},
and
he
and
his
soldiers
captured
{\ADD{
all}}
the
{\ADD{
other
Syrian}}
horses
and
chariots,
and
also
killed
a
large
number
of
Syrian
soldiers.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
that
same
prophet
went
to
King
Ahab
and
said
to
him, “Go
back
and
prepare
your
soldiers,
and
think
carefully
about
what
will
be
necessary
for
you
to
do,
because
the
king
of
Syria
with
attack
with
his
army
again
in
the springtime
of
next
year.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}{\ADD{
After
the
Syrian
army
was
defeated,}} Ben-Hadad’s
officials
said
to
him, “The
gods
that
the Israelis
{\ADD{
worship}}
are
gods
{\ADD{
who
live}}
in
the
hills.
{\ADD{
Samaria
is
built
on
a
hill,
and}}
that
is
why
their
soldiers
were
able
to
defeat
us.
But
if
we
fight
against
them
in
the
plains/lowlands,
we
certainly
will
be
able
to
defeat
them.
\VS{24}So,
this
is
what
you
should
do:
You
must
remove
the 32
kings
{\ADD{
who
are
leading
your
troops}}
and
replace
them
with
army
commanders.
\VS{25}Then
gather
an
army
like
the
army
that
was
defeated.
Gather
an
army
that
has
as
many
horses
and
chariots
as
the
first
army
had.
Then
we
will
fight
the Israelis
in
the
plains/lowlands,
and
we
will
surely
defeat
them.”
\par }{\PP Ben-Hadad
agreed
with
them,
and
he
did
what
they
suggested.
\VS{26}In
the
spring
of
the
following
year,
he
gathered
his
soldiers
and
marched
{\ADD{
with
them}}
to
Aphek
{\ADD{
city
east
of
Galilee Lake}},
to
fight
against
the Israeli
army.
\VS{27}The Israeli
army
was
also
gathered
together,
and
they
were
equipped
with
the
things
that
they
needed
{\ADD{
for
the
battle}}.
Then
they
marched
out
and
formed
two
groups
facing
the
Syrian
army.
Their
army
was
very
small;
they
resembled
two
small
flocks
of
goats,
whereas
the
Syrian
army
{\ADD{
was
very
large
and}}
spread
all
over
the
countryside.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}A
prophet
came
to
King
Ahab
and
said
to
him, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘The
Syrians
say
that
I
am
a
god
who
lives
in
the
hills,
and
that
I
am
not
a
god
who
lives
in
the
valleys.
So
I
will
{\ADD{
show
that
they
are
wrong
by}} enabling
your
men
to
defeat
this
huge
army [IDM]
{\ADD{
in
the
valley}},
and
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
done
it}}.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}The
two
armies
stayed
in
their
tents
for
seven
days,
in
groups
that
faced
each
other.
Then,
on
the
seventh
day,
they
started
fighting.
The Israeli
army
killed 100,000
Syrian
soldiers.
\VS{30}The
other
Syrian
soldiers
ran
away
into
Aphek
City.
Then
the
wall
of
the
city
collapsed
and
killed 27,000
more
Syrian
soldiers.
\par }{\PP Ben-Hadad
also
escaped
into
the
city,
and
hid
in
the
back
room
of
a
house.
\VS{31}His
officials
went
to
him
and
said, “We
have
heard
a
report
that
the Israelis
act mercifully.
So
allow
us
to
go
to
the
king
of
Israel,
wearing coarse
sacks
around
our waists
and
ropes
on
our
heads/necks
{\ADD{
to indicate
that
we
will
be
his
slaves}}.
Perhaps
{\ADD{
if
we
do
that,}}
he
will
allow
you
to
remain
alive.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}{\ADD{
The
king
permitted
them
to
do
that,}}
so
they
wrapped coarse
sacks
around
their waists
and
put
ropes
on
their
heads/necks,
and
they
went
to
the
king
of
Israel
and
said
to
him, “Ben-Hadad,
who
greatly
respects
you,
says, ‘Please
do
not
kill
me.’ ”
Ahab
replied, “Is
he
still
alive?
He
is
like
a
brother
to
me!”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Ben-Hadad’s
officials
were
trying
to
find
out
if
Ahab
would
act mercifully,
and
when
Ahab
said “brother,”
they ◄were optimistic/thought
that
Ahab
would
be
merciful►.
So
they
replied, “Yes,
he
is
like
your
brother!”
Ahab
said, “Go
and
bring
him
to
me.”
So
they
{\ADD{
went
and}}
brought
Ben-Hadad
to
him.
{\ADD{
When
Ben-Hadad
arrived,}}
Ahab
told
him
to
get
in
his
chariot
{\ADD{
and
sit
with
him}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Ben-Hadad
said
to
him, “I
will
give
back
to
you
the
towns
that
my
father’s
army
took
from
your
father.
And
I
will
allow
you
to
set
up
market
areas
for
your
merchants
in
Damascus
{\ADD{
my
capital}},
just
as
my
father
did
in
Samaria
{\ADD{
your
capital}}.”
Ahab
replied, “Because
you
agree
to
do
that,
I
will
not
execute
you.”
So
Ahab
made
an
agreement
with
Ben-Hadad,
and
allowed
him
to
go
home.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Then
Yahweh
spoke
to
a
member
of
a
group
of
prophets
and
said
to
him, “Ask
one
of
your
fellow
prophets
to
strike
and
wound
you.”
{\ADD{
So
he
did
what
Yahweh
told
him
to
do}}.
{\ADD{
He
said
to
one
of
his
fellow
prophets, ‘trike
me
and
wound
me}}.’
But
that
man
refused
to
do
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}So
the
prophet
said
to
him, “Because
you
refused
to
obey
what
Yahweh
told
you
to
do,
a
lion
will
kill
you
as
soon
as
you
leave
me.”
And
as
soon
as
he
left
that
prophet,
a
lion
suddenly pounced
on
him
and
killed
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Then
the
prophet
found
another
prophet,
and
said
to
him, “Strike
me!”
So
that
man
hit
him
{\ADD{
very
hard}}
and
injured
him.
\VS{38}Then
the
prophet
put
a
large
bandage/cloth
over
his
face
so
that
no
one
would
recognize
him.
Then
he
went
and
stood
alongside
the
road,
waiting
for
the
king
to
come
by.
\VS{39}When
the
king
passed
by,
the
prophet
cried
out
to
him,
saying “Your
majesty,
{\ADD{
after
I
was
wounded}}
while
I
was
fighting
in
a
battle,
a
soldier
brought
to
me
one
of
our
enemies
that
he
had
captured,
and
said
to
me, ‘Guard
this
man!
If
he
escapes,
you
must
pay
me 3,000
pieces
of
silver,
and
if
you
do
not
pay
that,
you
will
be
executed!’
\VS{40}But
while
I
was
busy
doing
other
things,
the
man
escaped!”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
him, “That
is
your
problem!
You
yourself
have
said
that
you
deserve
to
be
punished.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}The
prophet
immediately
took
off
the
bandage,
and
the
king
of
Israel
recognized
that
he
was
one
of
the
prophets.
\VS{42}And
the
prophet
said
to
him, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘You
have
allowed
that
man
{\ADD{
Ben-Hadad}}
to
escape
after
I
commanded
you
to
be
sure
to
execute
him!
Since
you
did
not
do
that,
you
will
be
killed
instead.
And
your
army
will
be
destroyed
because
you
allowed
{\ADD{
some
of}}
his
army
to
escape!’ ”
\VS{43}The
king
went
back
home
to
Samaria,
very
angry
and
depressed/dejected.

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Jezebel arranged for Naboth to be killed
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}King
Ahab
had
a
palace
in
Jezreel
{\ADD{
city}}.
Near
the
palace
was
a
vineyard
owned
by
a
man
from
that
city
whose
name
was
Naboth.
\VS{2}One
day,
Ahab
{\ADD{
went
to}}
Naboth
and
said
to
him, “Your
vineyard
is
close
to
my
palace.
I
would
like
to
buy
it,
so
that
I
can
plant
some
vegetables
there.
In
exchange,
I
will
give
you
a
better
vineyard
{\ADD{
somewhere
else}},
or
if
you
prefer,
I
will
pay
you
for
your
vineyard.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
Naboth
replied, “That
land
belonged
to
my
ancestors,
{\ADD{
so
I
want
to
keep
it}}.
I
hope
that
Yahweh
will
never
allow
me
to
give
that
land
to
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Ahab
became
very
sullen
and
angry
because
of
what
Naboth
had
said.
He
went
home
and
lay
down
on
his
bed.
He
turned
his
face
toward
the
wall,
and
he
refused
to
eat
anything.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}His
wife
Jezebel
came
in
and
asked
him, “Why
are
you
so
depressed?
Why
are
you
refusing
to
eat
anything?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Ahab
replied, “I
talked
to
Naboth,
that
man
from
Jezreel.
I
told
him
that
{\ADD{
I
wanted}}
his
vineyard.
{\ADD{
I
said,}} ‘I
will
buy
it
from
you,
or
I
will
give
you
another
vineyard
for
it.’
But
he
refused
{\ADD{
to
let
me
have
it}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}His
wife
replied, “You
are [RHQ]
the
king
of
Israel,
{\ADD{
so
you
can
get
whatever
you
want}}
Get
up,
and
eat
some
food
and
do
not
worry
{\ADD{
about
what
Naboth
said}}.
I
will
get
Naboth’s
vineyard
for
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Jezebel
wrote
some
letters,
and
she
signed
Ahab’s
name
on
them.
She
used
his
official
seal
to
seal
them.
Then
she
sent
them
to
the
older
leaders
and
other
important
men
who
lived
in
Naboth’s
town.
\VS{9}This
is
what
she
wrote
in
the
letters: “Proclaim
a
day
when
all
the
people
will
{\ADD{
gather
together
and}} ◄fast/abstain
from
eating
food►.
Give
to
Naboth
an
important
place
to
sit
among
them.
\VS{10}Then
find
two
men
who
always
cause
trouble.
Give
them
places
to
sit
opposite/facing
him.
Tell
these
men
to
testify
that
they
heard
Naboth
say
things
that
criticized
God
and
the
king.
Then
take
Naboth
out
of
the
city
and
kill
him
by
throwing
stones
at
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
leaders
{\ADD{
received
the
letters
and}}
did
what
Jezebel
had
written
in
the
letters
for
them
to
do.
\VS{12}They
declared
a
day
on
which
the
people
would
all ◄fast/abstain
from
food►.
And
they
gave
Naboth
a
seat
in
a
place
where
honored
people
sat,
in
front
of
the
people.
\VS{13}Two
men
who
always
caused
trouble
sat
opposite/facing
Naboth.
While
everyone
was
listening,
they stated
that
they
had
heard
Naboth
say
things
that
criticized
God
and
the
king.
So
the
people
seized
Naboth.
They
took
him
outside
the
city
and
killed
him
{\ADD{
by
throwing}}
stones
at
him.
\VS{14}Then
those
leaders
sent
a
message
to
Jezebel,
saying “We
have
executed
Naboth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}When
Jezebel
found
out
that
Naboth
had
been
killed,
she
told
Ahab, “Naboth
is
dead.
Now
you
can
go
and
take
possession
of
the
vineyard
that
he
refused
to
sell
to
you.”
\VS{16}When
Ahab
heard
that
Naboth
was
dead,
he
got
up
and
went
to
the
vineyard
to
claim
that
he
now
owned
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Yahweh
spoke
to
Elijah
the
prophet.
He
said,
\VS{18}“Go
to
Samaria
and
talk
to
Ahab,
the
king
of
Israel.
He
is
in
the
vineyard
of
a
man
named
Naboth.
He
has
gone
there
to
claim
that
he
now
owns
it.
\VS{19}Tell
Ahab
that
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh,
say
to
him: ‘You
have
murdered
Naboth
and
taken
his
land.’
So
I
am
telling
you
this: ‘In
the
same
place
where
{\ADD{
Naboth
died
and}}
dogs
came
and
licked
up
Naboth’s
blood,
{\ADD{
you
will
die
and}}
the
dogs
will
lick
up
your
blood,
too!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
when
Elijah
met
with
Ahab,
Ahab
said
to
him, “You,
my
enemy,
have
found
me!” [RHQ]
Elijah
answered, “Yes,
I
have
found
you.
You
have
never
stopped
doing
the
things
that
Yahweh
says
are
wrong.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}So
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
to
you: ‘I
will
soon
get
rid
of
you.
I
will
kill
you,
and
I
will
also
kill
every
male
in
your
household,
including
those
who
are
slaves
and
those
who
are
not
slaves.
\VS{22}Your
family
will
all
be
killed,
just
like
the
family
of
King
Jeroboam
and
like
the
family
of
King
Baasha
were
killed.
I
will
get
rid
of
you
because
you
have
caused
me
to
become
very
angry,
and
you
have
also
led
the Israeli
people
to
sin.’
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Yahweh
has
also
told
me
that
{\ADD{
your
wife}}
Jezebel
{\ADD{
will
be
killed,
and}}
dogs
in
Jezreel
will
eat
her
corpse.
\VS{24}The
{\ADD{
dead
bodies
of
the}}
members
of
your
family
who
die
in
this
city
{\ADD{
will
not
be
buried,
they}}
will
be
eaten
by
dogs,
and
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
those
who
die
in
the
fields
will
be
eaten
by
vultures.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}There
was
no
man
no
man
like
Ahab
who
always
did
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil.
His
wife
Jezebel
incited/urged
him
to
do
{\ADD{
many
of}}
those
things.
\VS{26}The
most
abominable/detestable
thing
that
Ahab
did
was
to
worship
idols,
just
like
the Amor people-group
had
done.
And
that
is
why
Yahweh
took
the Amor
people’s
land
from
them
and
gave
it
to
the Israelis.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}After
Elijah
finished
talking
to
Ahab,
Ahab
tore
his
clothes
{\ADD{
to
show
that
he
was
sorry
for
all
the
sins
that
he
had
committed}}.
He
put
on
rough
clothes
that
were
made
from
sacks,
and
he
refused
to
eat
anything.
He
even
wore
those
rough
clothes
made
from
sacks
when
he
slept,
to
show
that
he
was
sorry.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Then
Yahweh
said
this
to
Elijah:
\VS{29}“I
have
seen [RHQ]
that
Ahab
is
now
very
sorry
for
all
the
evil
things
that
he
has
done.
So
the
things
that
I
promised
to
do
to
his
{\ADD{
family}}
will
not
happen
while
he
is
still
alive.
I
will
cause
them
to
happen
after
his
son
becomes
king.
Then
those
things
will
happen
to
his
family.” [MTY]

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH Jehoshaphat talked with Ahab
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
almost
three
years
there
was
no
war
between
Syria
and
Israel.
\VS{2}Then
King
Jehoshaphat,
who
ruled
Judah,
went
to
{\ADD{
visit}}
King
Ahab,
who
ruled
Israel.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
While
they
were
talking,}}
Ahab
said
to
his
officials, “Do
you
realize
that
the
Syrians
are
still
occupying
our
city
of
Ramoth
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}?
And
we
are
doing
nothing
to retake
that
city!”
\VS{4}Then
he
turned
to
Jehoshaphat
and
asked, “Will
your
{\ADD{
army}}
join
my
{\ADD{
army}}
to
fight
against
the
people
of
Ramoth
{\ADD{
and retake
that
city}}?”
\par }{\PP Jehoshaphat
replied, “{\ADD{
Certainly}}
I
{\ADD{
will
do
whatever}}
you
{\ADD{
want}},
and
you
may
command
my
troops.
You
may
take
my
horses
into
battle,
also.”
\VS{5}Then
he
added, “But
we
should
ask
Yahweh
first,
to
find
out
what
he
wants
us
to
do.”
\VS{6}So
Ahab
summoned
about 400
of
his
prophets
together,
and
he
asked
them, “Should
my
{\ADD{
army}}
go
to
fight
the
people
in
Ramoth
and retake
that
city,
or
not?”
\par }{\PP They
answered, “Yes,
go
{\ADD{
and
attack
them}},
because
God
will
enable
your
{\ADD{
army}}
to
defeat
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
Jehoshaphat
asked, “Is
there
no
prophet
of
Yahweh
here
whom
we
can
ask?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
King
of
Israel
replied, “There
is
one
man
we
can
talk
to.
We
can
ask
him
if
he
can
find
out
what
Yahweh
wants.
His
name
is
Micaiah;
he
is
the
son
of
Imlah.
But
I
hate
him,
because
when
he ◄prophesies/tells
what
God
says
to
him►
he
never
says
{\ADD{
that}}
anything
good
{\ADD{
will
happen}}
to
me.
He
always predicts
{\ADD{
that}}
bad
things
{\ADD{
will
happen
to
me}}.”
\par }{\PP Jehoshaphat
replied, “King
Ahab,
you
should
not
say
that!”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
the
king
of
Israel
told
one
of
his
officers
to
summon
Micaiah
immediately.
\par }{\SH Micaiah
prophesied
against
Ahab
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
king
of
Israel
and
the
king
of
Judah
were
wearing
their ◄royal
robes/robes
that
showed
that
they
were
kings►.
They
were
sitting
on
thrones
at
the
place
where
people
threshed
grain,
near
the
gate
of
Samaria
{\ADD{
city}}.
All
of
Ahab’s
prophets
were
standing
in
front
of
the
kings, ◄prophesying/predicting
what
was
going
to
happen►.
\VS{11}One
of
them,
whose
name
was
Zedekiah,
the
son
of
Kenaanah,
had
made
from
iron
{\ADD{
something
that
resembled}}
horns
of
a
bull.
Then
he
proclaimed
{\ADD{
to
Ahab}}, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘With
horns
like
these
your
{\ADD{
army}}
will
keep
attacking
the
Syrians
{\ADD{
like
a
bull
attacks
another
animal}} [MET],
until
you
completely
destroy
them!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}All
the
{\ADD{
other}}
prophets
{\ADD{
of
Ahab}}
agreed.
They
said, “Yes!
If
you
go
up
to
attack
Ramoth
{\ADD{
city}}
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}},
you
will
be
successful,
because
Yahweh
will
enable
you
to
defeat
them!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Meanwhile,
the
messenger
who
went
to
summon
Micaiah
said
to
him, “Listen
to
me!
All
the
other
prophets
are
predicting
that
the
king’s
army
will
defeat
the
Syrians.
So
be
sure
that
you
agree
with
them
and
say ◄what
will
be
favorable/that
the
king’s
army
will
be
successful►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
Micaiah
replied, “As
surely
as
Yahweh
lives,
I
will
tell
him
only
what
Yahweh
tells
me
to
say.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}When
Micaiah
came
to
Ahab,
Ahab
asked
him, “Micaiah,
should
we
go
to
fight
against
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Ramoth,
or
not?”
\par }{\PP Micaiah
replied, “Sure,
go!
Yahweh
will
enable
your
army
to
defeat
them!”
\VS{16}But
King
Ahab
{\ADD{
realized
that
Micaiah
was ◄lying/being sarcastic►,
so
he}}
said
to
Micaiah, “I
have
told
you [RHQ]
many
times
that
you
must
always
tell
only
the
truth
when
you
say
what
Yahweh
{\ADD{
has
revealed
to
you}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
Micaiah
said
to
him, “{\ADD{
The
truth
is
that}}
in
a
vision
I
saw
all
the
troops
of
Israel
scattered
on
the
mountains.
They
seemed
to
be
like
sheep
that
did
not
have
a
shepherd.
And
Yahweh
said, ‘Their
master
has
been
killed.
So
tell
them
all
to
go
home
peacefully.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Ahab
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “I
told
you [RHQ]
that
he
never predicts
{\ADD{
that}}
anything
good
{\ADD{
will
happen
to
me}}!
He
{\ADD{
always}} predicts
{\ADD{
that}}
bad
things
{\ADD{
will
happen
to
me}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
Micaiah
continued,
saying, “Listen
to
what
Yahweh
showed
to
me!
{\ADD{
In
a
vision}}
I
saw
Yahweh
sitting
on
his
throne,
with
all
the
armies
of
heaven
surrounding
him,
on
his
right
side
and
on
his
left
side.
\VS{20}And
Yahweh
said, ‘Who
can
persuade
Ahab
to
go
to
fight
against
the
people
of
Ramoth,
in
order
that
he
may
be
killed
there?’
\par }{\PP Some
suggested
one
thing,
and
others
suggested
something
else.
\VS{21}Finally
one
{\ADD{
evil}}
spirit
came
to
Yahweh
and
said, ‘I
can
do
it!’
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Yahweh
asked
him, ‘How
will
you
do
it?’
\par }{\PP The
spirit
replied, ‘I
will
go
and inspire
all
of
Ahab’s
prophets
to
tell
lies.’
Yahweh
said, ‘You
will
be
successful;
go
and
do
it!’
\VS{23}So
now
{\ADD{
I
tell
you
that}}
Yahweh
has
caused
all
of
your
prophets
to
lie
to
you.
Yahweh
has
decided
that
something
terrible
will
happen
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
Zedekiah
walked
over
to
Micaiah
and
slapped
him
on
his
face.
He
said, “Do
you
think
that
Yahweh’s
Spirit
left
me
in
order
to
speak
to
you?” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Micaiah
replied, “You
will
find
out
for
yourself
{\ADD{
which
of
us
Yahweh’s
Spirit
has
truly
spoken
to}}
on
the
day
when
you
go
into
a
room
of
some
house
to
hide
{\ADD{
from
the
Syrian
troops}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}King
Ahab
commanded
{\ADD{
his
soldiers}}, “Seize
Micaiah
and
take
him
to
Amon,
the
governor
of
this
city,
and
to
my
son
Joash.
\VS{27}Tell
them
that
I
have
commanded
that
they
should
put
this
man
in
prison
and
give
him
only
bread
and
water.
Do
not
give
him
anything
else
to
eat
until
I
return
safely
from
the
battle!”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Micaiah
replied, “If
you
return
safely,
{\ADD{
it
will
be
clear
that}}
it
was
not
Yahweh
who
told
me
what
to
say
to
you!”
Then
he
said
{\ADD{
to
all
those
who
were
standing
there}}, “Do
not
forget
what
I
have
said
{\ADD{
to
King
Ahab}}!”
\par }{\SH Ahab
died
in
the
battle
\par }{\PP \VS{29}So
the
King
of
Israel
and
the
King
of
Judah
{\ADD{
led
their
armies}}
to
Ramoth,
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\VS{30}King
Ahab
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “I
will
put
on
different
clothes,
{\ADD{
in
order
that
no
one
will
recognize
that
I
am
the
king}}.
But
you
should
wear
your ◄royal
robe/robe
that
shows
that
you
are
a
king►.”
So
Ahab
disguised
himself,
and
they
both
went
into
the
battle.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}The
King
of
Syria
told
this
to
his
thirty-two
men
who
were
driving
the
chariots: “Attack
only
the
king
of
Israel!”
\VS{32}So
when
the
men
who
were
driving
the
Syrian
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat
{\ADD{
wearing ◄his
royal
robes/clothes
that
showed
he
was
the
king►}},
they
pursued
him.
They
shouted, “There
is
the
king
of
Israel!”
But
when
Jehoshaphat
cried
out,
\VS{33}they
realized
that
he
was
not
the
king
of
Israel.
So
they
stopped
pursuing
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}But
one
{\ADD{
Syrian}}
soldier
shot
an
arrow
at
Ahab,
without
knowing
that
it
was
Ahab.
The
arrow
struck
Ahab
between
the
places
where
the
parts
of
his
armor
joined
together.
Ahab
told
the
driver
of
his
chariot, “Turn
the
chariot
around
and
take
me
out
of
here!
I
have
been
severely
wounded!”
\VS{35}The
battle
continued
all
the
day.
Ahab
was
sitting
propped
up
in
his
chariot,
facing
the
Syrian
troops.
The
blood
from
his
wound
ran
down
to
the
floor
of
the
chariot.
And
late
in
the
afternoon
he
died.
\VS{36}Just
as
the
sun
was
going
down,
someone
among
the Israeli
troops
shouted, “{\ADD{
The
battle
is
ended!}}
Everyone
should
return
home!”
\par }{\PP \VS{37}So
king
Ahab
died,
and
they
took
his
body
{\ADD{
in
the
chariot}}
to
Samaria
{\ADD{
city}}
and
buried
his
body
there.
\VS{38}They
washed
his
chariot
alongside
the
pool
in
Samaria,
a
pool
where
the
prostitutes
bathed.
And
dogs
{\ADD{
came
and}}
licked
the
king’s
blood,
just
like
Yahweh
had
predicted
would
happen.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}The
account/record
of
the
other
things
that
happened
while
Ahab
was
ruling,
and
about
the
palace
decorated
with
much
ivory
{\ADD{
that
they
built
for
him}},
and
the
cities
that
were
built
for
him,
was
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\VS{40}When
Ahab
died,
his
body
was
buried
where
his
ancestors
were
buried.
Then
his
son
Ahaziah
became
king.
\par }{\SH Jehoshaphat
ruled
in
Judah
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Before
King
Ahab
died,
when
he
had
been
ruling
in
Israel
for
four
years,
Asa’s
son
Jehoshaphat
started
to
rule
in
Judah.
\VS{42}Jehoshaphat
was
thirty-five
years
old
when
he
started
to
rule,
and
he
ruled
in
Jerusalem
for
twenty-five
years.
His
mother
was
Azubah,
the
daughter
of
Shilhi.
\VS{43}Jehoshaphat
was
a
good
king,
just
like
his
father
Asa
had
been.
He
did
things
that
pleased
Yahweh.
But
while
he
was
king,
he
did
not
remove
all
the
pagan
altars
{\ADD{
that
the
people
had
built}}
on
the hilltops.
So
the
people
continued
to
offer
sacrifices
{\ADD{
to
idols}}
on
those
altars
and
burned
incense
there.
\VS{44}Jehoshaphat
also
made
{\ADD{
a}}
peace
{\ADD{
agreement}}
with
the
king
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{45}All
the
other
things
that
happened
while
Jehoshaphat
was
ruling,
and
the
great
things
that
he
did
and
the
victories
his
{\ADD{
troops}}
won,
are
written
in
the
scroll
called ‘The
History
of
the
Kings
of Judah’.
\VS{46}Jehoshaphat’s
father
Asa
{\ADD{
had
tried
to
expel}}
the
male
prostitutes
that
stayed
at
the
pagan
shrines,
but
some
of
them
were
still
there.
Jehoshaphat
got
rid
of
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}At
that
time,
there
was
no
king
in
Edom;
a
ruler
who
had
been
appointed
by
Jehoshaphat
ruled
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{48}Jehoshaphat
{\ADD{
ordered
some Israeli
men
to}}
build
a
fleet/group
of
ships
to
sail
{\ADD{
south}}
to
{\ADD{
the}}
Ophir
{\ADD{
region}}
to
get
gold.
But
they
were wrecked
at
Ezion-Geber/Elath,
so
the
ships
never
sailed.
\VS{49}Before
the
ships
were wrecked,
Ahab’s
son
Ahaziah
suggested
to
Jehoshaphat, “Allow
my
sailors
to
go
with
your
sailors,”
but
Jehoshaphat
refused.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}When
Jehoshaphat
died,
his
{\ADD{
body}}
was
buried
where
his
ancestors
were
buried
in
{\ADD{
Jerusalem,}}
the
city
where
King
David
{\ADD{
had
ruled}}.
Then
Jehoshaphat’s
son
Jehoram
became
king.
\par }{\SH Ahaziah
ruled
in
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{51}Before
King
Jehoshaphat
died,
when
he
had
been
ruling
in
Judah
for 17
years,
Ahab’s
son
Ahaziah
began
to
rule
in
Israel.
Ahaziah
ruled
in
Samaria
for
two
years.
\VS{52}He
did
many
things
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
evil,
doing
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
his
father
and
mother
had
done
and
the
evil
things
that
Jeroboam
had
done—the
king
who
had
led
all
the Israeli
people
to
sin
{\ADD{
by
worshiping
idols}}.
\VS{53}Ahaziah
bowed
in
front
of
Baal’s
idol
and
worshiped
it.
That
caused
Yahweh,
the
God
who
was
the
true
God
of
the Israeli
people,
to
become
very
angry,
just
as
Ahaziah’s
father
had
caused
Yahweh
to
become
angry.
\par }