And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. "Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), see how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance. Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son's days." On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. "It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. Web8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" And he said, "Listen, all you people." Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him. As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!" The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. "You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table regularly." Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze. So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land. "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years. So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. "Now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live." Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; But David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him, for, Then David said to him, How is it you were not afraid. Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. So he called her. The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. 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. 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? In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. "He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. "And when the LORD does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel, this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. Now he was ruddy, with, In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. The battle raged that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset he died. So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali. He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his rule at the River.read more.David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. Then he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today." Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle. Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son " And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines. Judge not, that you be not judged. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. But Samuel said, "How can I go? Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" 'Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.' See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. Then she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return." As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.' He said, "Throw her down." David was the youngest. He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. David also said, "As the LORD lives, surely the LORD will strike him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and perish. And Jonathan called after the lad, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" "Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day. Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps. But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back. Go and do so.' "I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you." Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up all its women who were with child. Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down to take possession of it. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. He said, "Take it up for yourself." His attendant said, "What, will I set this before a hundred men?" For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft tongue breaks the bone. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel." When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant." Then he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. What has he done?" 'But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. One of his servants said, "Please, let some men take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city. Do not associate with those who are given to change. When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. In a multitude of people is a kings glory. Bible I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!". For the priest said, "Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD." Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then He said, 'You are to entice him and prevail also. Then a cry passed throughout the army close to sunset, saying, "Every man to his city and every man to his country." He also overlaid the altar with cedar. So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it. As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits. Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats. Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. And he said to him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle." And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place. 'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people. The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. "Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!" For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. "Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. The KJV does not get more original or authentic than this. Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. 'You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem ' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you." He also walked according to their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty;The Lord has clothed and girded Himself with strength;Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.. Bible Verses None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face each other." read more. When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed. Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited. Then one said, "Please be willing to go with your servants." And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land. And he said, "Peacefully." And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 'Ask your young men and they will tell you. He said, "Take them alive." When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? "How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. So Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD. Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers.

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