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10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the LORD, she came to
prove him with hard
questions.
10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very
great train, with camels
that bare spices, and very much gold, and
precious stones: and when
she was come to Solomon, she communed with
him of all that was in her
heart.
10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions:
there was not any thing
hid from the king, which he told her not.
10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen
all Solomon's wisdom, and
the house that he had built, 10:5 And the
meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the attendance
of his ministers, and
their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his
ascent by which he went up
unto the house of the LORD; there was no
more spirit in her.
10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true
report that I heard in
mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until
I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the half was not told
me: thy wisdom and
prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy
servants, which stand
continually before thee, and that hear thy
wisdom.
10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
delighted in thee, to set thee
on the throne of Israel: because the LORD
loved Israel for ever,
therefore made he thee king, to do judgment
and justice.
10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and
twenty talents of gold, and
of spices very great store, and precious
stones: there came no more
such abundance of spices as these which the
queen of Sheba gave to
king Solomon.
10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that
brought gold from Ophir,
brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug
trees, and precious
stones.
10:12 And the king made of the almug trees
pillars for the house of
the LORD, and for the king's house, harps
also and psalteries for
singers: there came no such almug trees, nor
were seen unto this day.
10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen
of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which
Solomon gave her of his royal
bounty.
So she turned and went to her own country,
she and her servants.
10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to
Solomon in one year was six
hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
10:15 Beside that he had
of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of
the spice merchants, and of
all the kings of Arabia, and of the
governors of the country.
10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred
targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
10:17 And he made three hundred shields of
beaten gold; three pound of
gold went to one shield: and the king put
them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid it
with the best gold.
10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top
of the throne was round
behind: and there were stays on either side
on the place of the seat,
and two lions stood beside the stays.
10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the
one side and on the other
upon the six steps: there was not the like
made in any kingdom.
10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and all
the vessels of the house of the forest of
Lebanon were of pure gold;
none were of silver: it was nothing
accounted of in the days of
Solomon.
10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of
Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in three years came the navy of
Tharshish, bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings
of the earth for riches
and for wisdom.
10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon,
to hear his wisdom, which
God had put in his heart.
10:25 And they brought every man his
present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and garments, and armour,
and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots
and horsemen: and he had
a thousand and four hundred chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots,
and with the king at
Jerusalem.
10:27 And the king made silver to be in
Jerusalem as stones, and
cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees
that are in the vale, for
abundance.
10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of
Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king's merchants received the linen yarn at
a price.
10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of
Egypt for six hundred
shekels of silver, and an horse for an
hundred and fifty: and so for
all the kings of the Hittites, and for the
kings of Syria, did they
bring them out by their means.
11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange
women, together with the
daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites,
Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations
concerning which the LORD
said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall
not go in to them, neither
shall they come in unto you: for surely they
will turn away your heart
after their gods: Solomon clave unto these
in love.
11:3 And he had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his
heart.
11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was
old, that his wives turned
away his heart after other gods: and his
heart was not perfect with
the LORD his God, as was the heart of David
his father.
11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the
goddess of the Zidonians,
and after Milcom the abomination of the
Ammonites.
11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of
the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.
11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place
for Chemosh, the abomination
of Moab, in the hill that is before
Jerusalem, and for Molech, the
abomination of the children of Ammon.
11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange
wives, which burnt
incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned
from the LORD God of Israel, which had
appeared unto him twice, 11:10
And had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go
after other gods: but he kept not that which
the LORD commanded.
11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as this is done
of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant
and my statutes, which I
have commanded thee, I will surely rend the
kingdom from thee, and
will give it to thy servant.
11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not
do it for David thy
father's sake: but I will rend it out of the
hand of thy son.
11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the
kingdom; but will give one
tribe to thy son for David my servant's
sake, and for Jerusalem's sake
which I have chosen.
11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary
unto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in
Edom, and Joab the
captain of the host was gone up to bury the
slain, after he had
smitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six
months did Joab remain
there with all Israel, until he had cut off
every male in Edom:) 11:17
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of
his father's servants with
him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a
little child.
11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came
to Paran: and they took
men with them out of Paran, and they came to
Egypt, unto Pharaoh king
of Egypt; which gave him an house, and
appointed him victuals, and
gave him land.
11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the
sight of Pharaoh, so that he
gave him to wife the sister of his own wife,
the sister of Tahpenes
the queen.
11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him
Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and
Genubath was in Pharaoh's
household among the sons of Pharaoh.
11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that
David slept with his fathers,
and that Joab the captain of the host was
dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,
Let me depart, that I may go to mine own
country.
11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what
hast thou lacked with me,
that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine
own country? And he
answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any
wise.
11:23 And God stirred him up another
adversary, Rezon the son of
Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer
king of Zobah: 11:24 And
he gathered men unto him, and became captain
over a band, when David
slew them of Zobah: and they went to
Damascus, and dwelt therein, and
reigned in Damascus.
11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all
the days of Solomon,
beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he
abhorred Israel, and
reigned over Syria.
11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an
Ephrathite of Zereda,
Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was
Zeruah, a widow woman, even
he lifted up his hand against the king.
11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted
up his hand against the
king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the
breaches of the city of
David his father.
11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man
of valour: and Solomon
seeing the young man that he was
industrious, he made him ruler over
all the charge of the house of Joseph.
11:29 And it came to pass at that time when
Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the
Shilonite found him in the way;
and he had clad himself with a new garment;
and they two were alone in
the field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new
garment that was on him,
and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he
said to Jeroboam, Take thee
ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God
of Israel, Behold, I will
rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon,
and will give ten tribes
to thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe
for my servant David's
sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city
which I have chosen out of
all the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because
that they have forsaken me,
and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of
the Zidonians, Chemosh
the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god
of the children of Ammon,
and have not walked in my ways, to do that
which is right in mine
eyes, and to keep my statutes and my
judgments, as did David his
father.
11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole
kingdom out of his hand: but I
will make him prince all the days of his
life for David my servant's
sake, whom I chose, because he kept my
commandments and my statutes:
11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his
son's hand, and will give
it unto thee, even ten tribes.
11:36 And unto his son will I give one
tribe, that David my servant
may have a light alway before me in
Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen me to put my name there.
11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt
reign according to all that
thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over
Israel.
11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken
unto all that I command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that
is right in my sight, to
keep my statutes and my commandments, as
David my servant did; that I
will be with thee, and build thee a sure
house, as I built for David,
and will give Israel unto thee.
11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed
of David, but not for ever.
11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill
Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of
Egypt, and was in Egypt
until the death of Solomon.
11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon,
and all that he did, and
his wisdom, are they not written in the book
of the acts of Solomon?
11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all Israel
was forty years.
11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son
reigned in his stead.
12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all
Israel were come to Shechem
to make him king.
12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who was yet
in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from
the presence of king
Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3
That they sent and called
him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation
of Israel came, and spake
unto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made
our yoke grievous: now
therefore make thou the grievous service of
thy father, and his heavy
yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we
will serve thee.
12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for
three days, then come again
to me. And the people departed.
12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the
old men, that stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, and
said, How do ye advise that
I may answer this people? 12:7 And they
spake unto him, saying, If
thou wilt be a servant unto this people this
day, and wilt serve them,
and answer them, and speak good words to
them, then they will be thy
servants for ever.
12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old
men, which they had given
him, and consulted with the young men that
were grown up with him, and
which stood before him: 12:9 And he said
unto them, What counsel give
ye that we may answer this people, who have
spoken to me, saying, Make
the yoke which thy father did put upon us
lighter? 12:10 And the
young men that were grown up with him spake
unto him, saying, Thus
shalt thou speak unto this people that spake
unto thee, saying, Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it
lighter unto us; thus
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger
shall be thicker than my
father's loins.
12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you
with a heavy yoke, I will
add to your yoke: my father hath chastised
you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to
Rehoboam the third day,
as the king had appointed, saying, Come to
me again the third day.
12:13 And the king answered the people
roughly, and forsook the old
men's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And
spake to them after the
counsel of the young men, saying, My father
made your yoke heavy, and
I will add to your yoke: my father also
chastised you with whips, but
I will chastise you with scorpions.
12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto
the people; for the cause
was from the LORD, that he might perform his
saying, which the LORD
spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam
the son of Nebat.
12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king
hearkened not unto them,
the people answered the king, saying, What
portion have we in David?
neither have we inheritance in the son of
Jesse: to your tents, O
Israel: now see to thine own house, David.
So Israel departed unto
their tents.
12:17 But as for the children of Israel
which dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who
was over the tribute; and
all Israel stoned him with stones, that he
died. Therefore king
Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his
chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house
of David unto this day.
12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel
heard that Jeroboam was
come again, that they sent and called him
unto the congregation, and
made him king over all Israel: there was
none that followed the house
of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to
Jerusalem, he assembled all the
house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin,
an hundred and fourscore
thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to
fight against the house
of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah
the man of God, saying,
12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of
Solomon, king of Judah, and unto
all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to
the remnant of the people,
saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall
not go up, nor fight
against your brethren the children of
Israel: return every man to his
house; for this thing is from me. They
hearkened therefore to the word
of the LORD, and returned to depart,
according to the word of the
LORD.
12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount
Ephraim, and dwelt therein;
and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now
shall the kingdom return to
the house of David: 12:27 If this people go
up to do sacrifice in the
house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall
the heart of this people
turn again unto their lord, even unto
Rehoboam king of Judah, and they
shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king
of Judah.
12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and
made two calves of gold,
and said unto them, It is too much for you
to go up to Jerusalem:
behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought
thee up out of the land of
Egypt.
12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the
other put he in Dan.
12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the
people went to worship
before the one, even unto Dan.
12:31 And he made an house of high places,
and made priests of the
lowest of the people, which were not of the
sons of Levi.
12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the
eighth month, on the
fifteenth day of the month, like unto the
feast that is in Judah, and
he offered upon the altar. So did he in
Bethel, sacrificing unto the
calves that he had made: and he placed in
Bethel the priests of the
high places which he had made.
12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he
had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in
the month which he had
devised of his own heart; and ordained a
feast unto the children of
Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and
burnt incense.
13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God
out of Judah by the word of
the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by
the altar to burn incense.
13:2 And he cried against the altar in the
word of the LORD, and said,
O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold,
a child shall be born
unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and
upon thee shall he offer
the priests of the high places that burn
incense upon thee, and men's
bones shall be burnt upon thee.
13:3 And he gave a sign the same day,
saying, This is the sign which
the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar
shall be rent, and the ashes
that are upon it shall be poured out.
13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam
heard the saying of the
man of God, which had cried against the
altar in Bethel, that he put
forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay
hold on him. And his hand,
which he put forth against him, dried up, so
that he could not pull it
in again to him.
13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes
poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of God
had given by the word of
the LORD.
13:6 And the king answered and said unto the
man of God, Intreat now
the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for
me, that my hand may be
restored me again. And the man of God
besought the LORD, and the
king's hand was restored him again, and
became as it was before.
13:7 And the king said unto the man of God,
Come home with me, and
refresh thyself, and I will give thee a
reward.
13:8 And the man of God said unto the king,
If thou wilt give me half
thine house, I will not go in with thee,
neither will I eat bread nor
drink water in this place: 13:9 For so was
it charged me by the word
of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink
water, nor turn again by
the same way that thou camest.
13:10 So he went another way, and returned
not by the way that he came
to Bethel.
13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in
Bethel; and his sons came and
told him all the works that the man of God
had done that day in
Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto
the king, them they told
also to their father.
13:12 And their father said unto them, What
way went he? For his sons
had seen what way the man of God went, which
came from Judah.
13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me
the ass. So they saddled
him the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And
went after the man of God,
and found him sitting under an oak: and he
said unto him, Art thou the
man of God that camest from Judah? And he
said, I am.
13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with
me, and eat bread.
13:16 And he said, I may not return with
thee, nor go in with thee:
neither will I eat bread nor drink water
with thee in this place:
13:17 For it was said to me by the word of
the LORD, Thou shalt eat no
bread nor drink water there, nor turn again
to go by the way that thou
camest.
13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also
as thou art; and an angel
spake unto me by the word of the LORD,
saying, Bring him back with
thee into thine house, that he may eat bread
and drink water. But he
lied unto him.
13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat
bread in his house, and
drank water.
13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at
the table, that the word of
the LORD came unto the prophet that brought
him back: 13:21 And he
cried unto the man of God that came from
Judah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the
mouth of the LORD, and hast
not kept the commandment which the LORD thy
God commanded thee, 13:22
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and
drunk water in the place, of
the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no
bread, and drink no water;
thy carcase shall not come unto the
sepulchre of thy fathers.
13:23 And it came to pass, after he had
eaten bread, and after he had
drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to
wit, for the prophet whom
he had brought back.
13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him
by the way, and slew him:
and his carcase was cast in the way, and the
ass stood by it, the lion
also stood by the carcase.
13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw
the carcase cast in the way,
and the lion standing by the carcase: and
they came and told it in the
city where the old prophet dwelt.
13:26 And when the prophet that brought him
back from the way heard
thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who
was disobedient unto the
word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath
delivered him unto the lion,
which hath torn him, and slain him,
according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake unto him.
13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying,
Saddle me the ass. And they
saddled him.
13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast
in the way, and the ass
and the lion standing by the carcase: the
lion had not eaten the
carcase, nor torn the ass.
13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of
the man of God, and laid
it upon the ass, and brought it back: and
the old prophet came to the
city, to mourn and to bury him.
13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own
grave; and they mourned over
him, saying, Alas, my brother! 13:31 And it
came to pass, after he
had buried him, that he spake to his sons,
saying, When I am dead,
then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the
man of God is buried; lay my
bones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying
which he cried by the
word of the LORD against the altar in
Bethel, and against all the
houses of the high places which are in the
cities of Samaria, shall
surely come to pass.
13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not
from his evil way, but
made again of the lowest of the people
priests of the high places:
whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he
became one of the priests
of the high places.
13:34 And this thing became sin unto the
house of Jeroboam, even to
cut it off, and to destroy it from off the
face of the earth.
14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam
fell sick.
14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I
pray thee, and disguise
thyself, that thou be not known to be the
wife of Jeroboam; and get
thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the
prophet, which told me
that I should be king over this people.
14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and
cracknels, and a cruse of
honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee
what shall become of the
child.
14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose,
and went to Shiloh, and
came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah
could not see; for his eyes
were set by reason of his age.
14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold,
the wife of Jeroboam
cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son;
for he is sick: thus and
thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall
be, when she cometh in,
that she shall feign herself to be another
woman.
14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the
sound of her feet, as she
came in at the door, that he said, Come in,
thou wife of Jeroboam; why
feignest thou thyself to be another? for I
am sent to thee with heavy
tidings.
14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, Forasmuch
as I exalted thee from among the people, and
made thee prince over my
people Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom
away from the house of David,
and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been
as my servant David, who
kept my commandments, and who followed me
with all his heart, to do
that only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9
But hast done evil above
all that were before thee: for thou hast
gone and made thee other
gods, and molten images, to provoke me to
anger, and hast cast me
behind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I
will bring evil upon the
house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from
Jeroboam him that pisseth
against the wall, and him that is shut up
and left in Israel, and will
take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away
dung, till it be all gone.
14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city
shall the dogs eat; and
him that dieth in the field shall the fowls
of the air eat: for the
LORD hath spoken it.
14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to
thine own house: and when thy
feet enter into the city, the child shall
die.
14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him,
and bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in
him there is found some
good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in
the house of Jeroboam.
14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a
king over Israel, who
shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that
day: but what? even now.
14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a
reed is shaken in the
water, and he shall root up Israel out of
this good land, which he
gave to their fathers, and shall scatter
them beyond the river,
because they have made their groves,
provoking the LORD to anger.
14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of
the sins of Jeroboam, who
did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and
departed, and came to Tirzah: and
when she came to the threshold of the door,
the child died; 14:18 And
they buried him; and all Israel mourned for
him, according to the word
of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of
his servant Ahijah the
prophet.
14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam,
how he warred, and how he
reigned, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned
were two and twenty years:
and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his
son reigned in his stead.
14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon
reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty and one years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which
the LORD did choose out
of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name
there. And his mother's
name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and they provoked
him to jealousy with their sins which they
had committed, above all
that their fathers had done.
14:23 For they also built them high places,
and images, and groves, on
every high hill, and under every green tree.
14:24 And there were also sodomites in the
land: and they did
according to all the abominations of the
nations which the LORD cast
out before the children of Israel.
14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year
of king Rehoboam, that
Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem: 14:26 And he took
away the treasures of the house of the LORD,
and the treasures of the
king's house; he even took away all: and he
took away all the shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead
brasen shields, and
committed them unto the hands of the chief
of the guard, which kept
the door of the king's house.
14:28 And it was so, when the king went into
the house of the LORD,
that the guard bare them, and brought them
back into the guard
chamber.
14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam,
and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all their days.
14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And his
mother's name was Naamah an
Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in
his stead.
15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king
Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah.
15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
and his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his
father, which he had done
before him: and his heart was not perfect
with the LORD his God, as
the heart of David his father.
15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the
LORD his God give him a
lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after
him, and to establish
Jerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which
was right in the eyes of
the LORD, and turned not aside from any
thing that he commanded him
all the days of his life, save only in the
matter of Uriah the
Hittite.
15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the days of
his life.
15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and
all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? And
there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and
they buried him in the
city of David: and Asa his son reigned in
his stead.
15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam
king of Israel reigned Asa
over Judah.
15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of
Abishalom.
15:11 And Asa did that which was right in
the eyes of the LORD, as did
David his father.
15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of
the land, and removed all
the idols that his fathers had made.
15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her
he removed from being
queen, because she had made an idol in a
grove; and Asa destroyed her
idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
15:14 But the high places were not removed:
nevertheless Asa's heart
was perfect with the LORD all his days.
15:15 And he brought in the things which his
father had dedicated, and
the things which himself had dedicated, into
the house of the LORD,
silver, and gold, and vessels.
15:16 And there was war between Asa and
Baasha king of Israel all
their days.
15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up
against Judah, and built
Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go
out or come in to Asa king
of Judah.
15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the
gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's
house, and delivered them into the hand of
his servants: and king Asa
sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon,
the son of Hezion, king of
Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19
There is a league between
me and thee, and between my father and thy
father: behold, I have sent
unto thee a present of silver and gold; come
and break thy league with
Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart
from me.
15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa,
and sent the captains of
the hosts which he had against the cities of
Israel, and smote Ijon,
and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all
Cinneroth, with all the land of
Naphtali.
15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard
thereof, that he left off
building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation
throughout all Judah; none was
exempted: and they took away the stones of
Ramah, and the timber
thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and
king Asa built with them
Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and
all his might, and all that
he did, and the cities which he built, are
they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? Nevertheless in the time
of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in
his stead.
15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to
reign over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah, and
reigned over Israel two years.
15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and walked in the way
of his father, and in his sin wherewith he
made Israel to sin.
15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the
house of Issachar,
conspired against him; and Baasha smote him
at Gibbethon, which
belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and
all Israel laid siege to
Gibbethon.
15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of
Judah did Baasha slay him,
and reigned in his stead.
15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned,
that he smote all the
house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam
any that breathed, until he
had destroyed him, according unto the saying
of the LORD, which he
spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
15:30 Because of the sins
of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he
made Israel sin, by his
provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD
God of Israel to anger.
15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and
all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
15:32 And there was war between Asa and
Baasha king of Israel all
their days.
15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah
began Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah,
twenty and four years.
15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and walked in the way
of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he
made Israel to sin.
16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu
the son of Hanani against
Baasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted
thee out of the dust, and
made thee prince over my people Israel; and
thou hast walked in the
way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people
Israel to sin, to provoke me
to anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I
will take away the posterity
of Baasha, and the posterity of his house;
and will make thy house
like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city
shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth of his in the fields shall the
fowls of the air eat.
16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and
what he did, and his
might, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings
of Israel? 16:6 So Baasha slept with his
fathers, and was buried in
Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his
stead.
16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet
Jehu the son of Hanani came
the word of the LORD against Baasha, and
against his house, even for
all the evil that he did in the sight of the
LORD, in provoking him to
anger with the work of his hands, in being
like the house of Jeroboam;
and because he killed him.
16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa
king of Judah began Elah the
son of Baasha to reign over Israel in
Tirzah, two years.
16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half
his chariots, conspired
against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking
himself drunk in the house
of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and
killed him, in the twenty
and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and
reigned in his stead.
16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to
reign, as soon as he sat
on his throne, that he slew all the house of
Baasha: he left him not
one that pisseth against a wall, neither of
his kinsfolks, nor of his
friends.
16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house
of Baasha, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake against
Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the
sins of Elah his son, by
which they sinned, and by which they made
Israel to sin, in provoking
the LORD God of Israel to anger with their
vanities.
16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and
all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa
king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people
were encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the
Philistines.
16:16 And the people that were encamped
heard say, Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also slain the king:
wherefore all Israel made
Omri, the captain of the host, king over
Israel that day in the camp.
16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and
all Israel with him, and
they besieged Tirzah.
16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw
that the city was taken,
that he went into the palace of the king's
house, and burnt the king's
house over him with fire, and died.
16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing
evil in the sight of the
LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and
in his sin which he did,
to make Israel to sin.
16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and
his treason that he
wrought, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the
kings of Israel? 16:21 Then were the people
of Israel divided into
two parts: half of the people followed Tibni
the son of Ginath, to
make him king; and half followed Omri.
16:22 But the people that followed Omri
prevailed against the people
that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so
Tibni died, and Omri
reigned.
16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa
king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years
reigned he in Tirzah.
16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of
Shemer for two talents of
silver, and built on the hill, and called
the name of the city which
he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of
the hill, Samaria.
16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of
the LORD, and did worse
than all that were before him.
16:26 For he walked in all the way of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin,
to provoke the LORD God of
Israel to anger with their vanities.
16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which
he did, and his might
that he shewed, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel? 16:28 So Omri slept
with his fathers, and was
buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned
in his stead.
16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of
Asa king of Judah began
Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel:
and Ahab the son of Omri
reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and
two years.
16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in
the sight of the LORD above
all that were before him.
16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been
a light thing for him to
walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, that he took to wife
Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the
Zidonians, and went and
served Baal, and worshipped him.
16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in
the house of Baal, which
he had built in Samaria.
16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did
more to provoke the LORD God
of Israel to anger than all the kings of
Israel that were before him.
16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite
build Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn,
and set up the gates
thereof in his youngest son Segub, according
to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the
inhabitants of Gilead,
said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel
liveth, before whom I stand,
there shall not be dew nor rain these years,
but according to my word.
17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him,
saying, 17:3 Get thee
hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide
thyself by the brook Cherith,
that is before Jordan.
17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink
of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
17:5 So he went and did according unto the
word of the LORD: for he
went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is
before Jordan.
17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and
flesh in the morning, and
bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank
of the brook.
17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that
the brook dried up,
because there had been no rain in the land.
17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him,
saying, 17:9 Arise, get
thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon,
and dwell there: behold,
I have commanded a widow woman there to
sustain thee.
17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And
when he came to the gate
of the city, behold, the widow woman was
there gathering of sticks:
and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I
pray thee, a little water
in a vessel, that I may drink.
17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he
called to her, and said,
Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand.
17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God
liveth, I have not a cake, but
an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little
oil in a cruse: and,
behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I
may go in and dress it for
me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go
and do as thou hast said:
but make me thereof a little cake first, and
bring it unto me, and
after make for thee and for thy son.
17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
The barrel of meal shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil
fail, until the day that the
LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
17:15 And she went and did according to the
saying of Elijah: and she,
and he, and her house, did eat many days.
17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not,
neither did the cruse of oil
fail, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by Elijah.
17:17 And it came to pass after these
things, that the son of the
woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick;
and his sickness was so
sore, that there was no breath left in him.
17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I
to do with thee, O thou
man of God? art thou come unto me to call my
sin to remembrance, and
to slay my son? 17:19 And he said unto her,
Give me thy son. And he
took him out of her bosom, and carried him
up into a loft, where he
abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said,
O LORD my God, hast thou
also brought evil upon the widow with whom I
sojourn, by slaying her
son? 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the
child three times, and
cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my
God, I pray thee, let this
child's soul come into him again.
17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of
Elijah; and the soul of the
child came into him again, and he revived.
17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought
him down out of the
chamber into the house, and delivered him
unto his mother: and Elijah
said, See, thy son liveth.
17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by
this I know that thou art a
man of God, and that the word of the LORD in
thy mouth is truth.
18:1 And it came to pass after many days,
that the word of the LORD
came to Elijah in the third year, saying,
Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;
and I will send rain upon the earth.
18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto
Ahab. And there was a sore
famine in Samaria.
18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the
governor of his house.
(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4
For it was so, when Jezebel
cut off the prophets of the LORD, that
Obadiah took an hundred
prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave,
and fed them with bread and
water.) 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go
into the land, unto all
fountains of water, and unto all brooks:
peradventure we may find
grass to save the horses and mules alive,
that we lose not all the
beasts.
18:6 So they divided the land between them
to pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Obadiah went
another way by himself.
18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold,
Elijah met him: and he
knew him, and fell on his face, and said,
Art thou that my lord
Elijah? 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go,
tell thy lord, Behold,
Elijah is here.
18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that
thou wouldest deliver thy
servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
18:10 As the LORD thy God
liveth, there is no nation or kingdom,
whither my lord hath not sent
to seek thee: and when they said, He is not
there; he took an oath of
the kingdom and nation, that they found thee
not.
18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy
lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as
I am gone from thee, that
the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee
whither I know not; and so
when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot
find thee, he shall slay me:
but I thy servant fear the LORD from my
youth.
18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did
when Jezebel slew the
prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred
men of the LORD's prophets
by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread
and water? 18:14 And now
thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold,
Elijah is here: and he shall
slay me.
18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts
liveth, before whom I
stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to
day.
18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told
him: and Ahab went to
meet Elijah.
18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw
Elijah, that Ahab said unto
him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18:18 And he answered, I have
not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
father's house, in that ye have
forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and
thou hast followed Baalim.
18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me
all Israel unto mount
Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four
hundred and fifty, and the
prophets of the groves four hundred, which
eat at Jezebel's table.
18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of
Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto mount Carmel.
18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people,
and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LORD be God,
follow him: but if Baal,
then follow him. And the people answered him
not a word.
18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I,
even I only, remain a
prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are
four hundred and fifty
men.
18:23 Let them therefore give us two
bullocks; and let them choose one
bullock for themselves, and cut it in
pieces, and lay it on wood, and
put no fire under: and I will dress the
other bullock, and lay it on
wood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call
ye on the name of your
gods, and I will call on the name of the
LORD: and the God that
answereth by fire, let him be God. And all
the people answered and
said, It is well spoken.
18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of
Baal, Choose you one
bullock for yourselves, and dress it first;
for ye are many; and call
on the name of your gods, but put no fire
under.
18:26 And they took the bullock which was
given them, and they dressed
it, and called on the name of Baal from
morning even until noon,
saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no
voice, nor any that
answered. And they leaped upon the altar
which was made.
18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that
Elijah mocked them, and said,
Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is
talking, or he is pursuing,
or he is in a journey, or peradventure he
sleepeth, and must be
awaked.
18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut
themselves after their manner with
knives and lancets, till the blood gushed
out upon them.
18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was
past, and they prophesied
until the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that there
was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor
any that regarded.
18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people,
Come near unto me. And all
the people came near unto him. And he
repaired the altar of the LORD
that was broken down.
18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones,
according to the number of the
tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the
word of the LORD came,
saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And
with the stones he built
an altar in the name of the LORD: and he
made a trench about the
altar, as great as would contain two
measures of seed.
18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut
the bullock in pieces, and
laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four
barrels with water, and pour
it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
18:34 And he said, Do it the second time.
And they did it the second
time.
And he said, Do it the third time. And they
did it the third time.
18:35 And the water ran round about the
altar; and he filled the
trench also with water.
18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the
offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came
near, and said, LORD God of
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be
known this day that thou art
God in Israel, and that I am thy servant,
and that I have done all
these things at thy word.
18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this
people may know that thou
art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned
their heart back again.
18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and
consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and
the dust, and licked up
the water that was in the trench.
18:39 And when all the people saw it, they
fell on their faces: and
they said, The LORD, he is the God; the
LORD, he is the God.
18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the
prophets of Baal; let not
one of them escape. And they took them: and
Elijah brought them down
to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee
up, eat and drink; for there
is a sound of abundance of rain.
18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.
And Elijah went up to the
top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon
the earth, and put his
face between his knees, 18:43 And said to
his servant, Go up now, look
toward the sea. And he went up, and looked,
and said, There is
nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh
time, that he said, Behold,
there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea,
like a man's hand. And he
said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy
chariot, and get thee down
that the rain stop thee not.
18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while,
that the heaven was black
with clouds and wind, and there was a great
rain. And Ahab rode, and
went to Jezreel.
18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on
Elijah; and he girded up his
loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance
of Jezreel.
19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah
had done, and withal how he
had slain all the prophets with the sword.
19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto
Elijah, saying, So let the
gods do to me, and more also, if I make not
thy life as the life of
one of them by to morrow about this time.
19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and
went for his life, and came
to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and
left his servant there.
19:4 But he himself went a day's journey
into the wilderness, and came
and sat down under a juniper tree: and he
requested for himself that
he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O
LORD, take away my life;
for I am not better than my fathers.
19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper
tree, behold, then an
angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise
and eat.
19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a
cake baken on the coals,
and a cruse of water at his head. And he did
eat and drink, and laid
him down again.
19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again
the second time, and touched
him, and said, Arise and eat; because the
journey is too great for
thee.
19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink,
and went in the strength of
that meat forty days and forty nights unto
Horeb the mount of God.
19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and
lodged there; and, behold,
the word of the LORD came to him, and he
said unto him, What doest
thou here, Elijah? 19:10 And he said, I have
been very jealous for
the LORD God of hosts: for the children of
Israel have forsaken thy
covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the
sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it
away.
19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon
the mount before the LORD.
And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great
and strong wind rent the
mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks
before the LORD; but the LORD
was not in the wind: and after the wind an
earthquake; but the LORD
was not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after
the earthquake a fire; but
the LORD was not in the fire: and after the
fire a still small voice.
19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it,
that he wrapped his face in
his mantle, and went out, and stood in the
entering in of the cave.
And, behold, there came a voice unto him,
and said, What doest thou
here, Elijah? 19:14 And he said, I have been
very jealous for the
LORD God of hosts: because the children of
Israel have forsaken thy
covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the
sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it
away.
19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return
on thy way to the
wilderness of Damascus: and when thou
comest, anoint Hazael to be king
over Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi
shalt thou anoint to be
king over Israel: and Elisha the son of
Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt
thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him
that escapeth the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that
escapeth from the sword of Jehu
shall Elisha slay.
19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in
Israel, all the knees which
have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth
which hath not kissed him.
19:19 So he departed thence, and found
Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before
him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast
his mantle upon him. |
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