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And king David said ,
Call me Zadok the priest ,
and Nathan the prophet ,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada .
And they came before the king .
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The king also said unto them ,
Take with you the servants of your lord ,
and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule ,
and bring him down to Gihon :
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And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel Yisra #
el #:
and blow ye with the trumpet ,
and say ,
God save king Solomon .
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Then ye shall come up after him ,
that he may come and sit upon my throne ;
for he shall be king in my stead :
and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah .
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king ,
and said ,
Amen :
the LORD God of my lord the king say so too .
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As the LORD hath been with my lord the king ,
even so be he with Solomon ,
and make #
his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David .
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So Zadok the priest ,
and Nathan the prophet ,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
and the Cherethites ,
and the Pelethites ,
went down ,
and caused Solomon to ride upon king Davids mule ,
and brought him to Gihon .
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And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle ,
and anointed Solomon .
And they blew the trumpet ;
and all the people said ,
God save king Solomon .
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And all the people came up after him ,
and the people piped with pipes ,
and rejoiced with great joy ,
so that the earth rent with the sound of them .
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And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating .
And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet ,
he said ,
Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar ?
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And while he yet spake ,
behold ,
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came :
and Adonijah said unto him ,
Come in ;
for thou art a valiant man # #
Iysh-Chayil #,
and bringest #
good tidings .
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And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah ,
Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king .
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And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest ,
and Nathan the prophet ,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
and the Cherethites ,
and the Pelethites ,
and they have caused him to ride upon the kings mule :
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And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon :
and they are come up from thence rejoicing ,
so that the city rang again .
This is the noise that ye have heard .
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And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom .
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And moreover the kings servants came to bless our lord king David ,
saying ,
God make the name of Solomon better than thy name ,
and make #
his throne greater than thy throne .
And the king bowed himself upon the bed .
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And also thus said the king ,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
which hath given one to sit on my throne this day ,
mine eyes even seeing it .
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And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid ,
and rose up ,
and went every man his way .
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And Adonijah feared because of Solomon ,
and arose ,
and went ,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar .
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And it was told Solomon ,
saying ,
Behold ,
Adonijah feareth king Solomon :
for ,
lo ,
he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar ,
saying ,
Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword .
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And Solomon said ,
If he will shew himself a worthy man ,
there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth :
but if wickedness shall be found in him ,
he shall die .
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So king Solomon sent ,
and they brought him down from the altar .
And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon :
and Solomon said unto him ,
Go to thine house .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Solomon told her all her questions :
there was not any thing hid from the king ,
which he told her not .
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomons wisdom ,
and the house that he had built ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Happy are thy men ,
happy are these thy servants ,
which stand continually before thee ,
and that hear thy wisdom .
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Blessed be the LORD thy God ,
which delighted in thee ,
to set thee on the throne of Israel Yisra #
el #:
because the LORD loved Israel for ever ,
therefore made he thee king ,
to do judgment and justice .
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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 .
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And the navy also of Hiram ,
that brought gold from Ophir ,
brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees ,
and precious stones .
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And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD ,
and for the kings house ,
harps also and psalteries for singers :
there came no such almug trees ,
nor were seen unto this day .
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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 .
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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold ,
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Beside that he had of the merchantmen #
H8446 ,
and of the traffick of the spice merchants ,
and of all the kings of Arabia ,
and of the governors of the country .
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And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold :
six hundred shekels of gold went to one target .
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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 .
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory ,
and overlaid it with the best gold .
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The throne had six steps ma #
alah #,
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 .
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And twelve sh @
nayim #
lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps ma #
alah #:
there was not the like made in any kingdom .
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And all king Solomons 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 .
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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 .
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom .
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And all the earth sought to Solomon ,
to hear his wisdom ,
which God had put in his heart .
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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 .
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And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen :
and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots ,
and twelve sh @
nayim #
thousand horsemen ,
whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots ,
and with the king at Jerusalem .
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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 .
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And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt ,
and linen yarn :
the kings merchants received the linen yarn at a price .
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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 .
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But king Solomon loved many strange women ,
together with the daughter of Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
women of the Moabites Mow #
abiy #,
Ammonites ,
Edomites ,
Zidonians ,
and Hittites ;
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Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
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And he had seven hundred wives ,
princesses ,
and three hundred concubines :
and his wives turned away his heart .
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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 .
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For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians ,
and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites .
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And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD ,
and went not fully after the LORD ,
as did David his father .
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Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh ,
the abomination of Moab Mow #
ab #,
in the hill that is before Jerusalem ,
and for Molech ,
the abomination of the children of Ammon .
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And likewise did he for all his strange wives ,
which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods .
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And the LORD was angry with Solomon ,
because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
which had appeared unto him twice pa #
am #,
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And had commanded him concerning this thing ,
that he should not go after other gods :
but he kept not that which the LORD commanded .
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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 .
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Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy fathers sake :
but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son .
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Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom ;
but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servants sake ,
and for Jerusalems sake which I have chosen .
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And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon ,
Hadad the Edomite :
he was of the kings seed in Edom .
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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 ;
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For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel Yisra #
el #,
until he had cut off every male in Edom : )
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That Hadad fled ,
he and certain Edomites of his fathers servants with him ,
to go into Egypt ;
Hadad being yet a little child na #
ar #.
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And they arose out of Midian ,
and came to Paran Pa #
ran #:
and they took men with them out of Paran Pa #
ran #,
and they came to Egypt ,
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ;
which gave him an house ,
and appointed him victuals ,
and gave him land .
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And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh Par #
oh #,
so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife ,
the sister of Tahpenes the queen .
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And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son ,
whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaohs house :
and Genubath was in Pharaohs household among the sons of Pharaoh Par #
oh #.
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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 Par #
oh #,
Let me depart ,
that I may go to mine own country .
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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 .
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And God stirred him up another adversary ,
Rezon the son of Eliadah ,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah :
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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 .
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And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon ,
beside the mischief that Hadad did :
and he abhorred Israel Yisra #
el #,
and reigned over Syria .
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And Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
an Ephrathite of Zereda ,
Solomons servant ,
whose mothers name was Zeruah Ts @
ruw #
ah #,
a widow woman ,
even he lifted up his hand against the king .
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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 .
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And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour :
and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious #
m @
la #
kah #,
he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph .
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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 :
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And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him ,
and rent it in twelve sh @
nayim #
pieces :
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And he said to Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
Take thee ten pieces :
for thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
Behold ,
I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon ,
and will give ten tribes to thee :
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But he shall have one tribe for my servant Davids sake ,
and for Jerusalems sake ,
the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel Yisra #
el #: )
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Because that they have forsaken me ,
and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians ,
Chemosh the god of the Moabites Mow #
ab #,
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 .
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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 servants sake ,
whom I chose ,
because he kept my commandments and my statutes :
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But I will take the kingdom out of his sons hand ,
and will give it unto thee ,
even ten tribes .
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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 .
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And I will take thee ,
and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth ,
and shalt be king over Israel Yisra #
el #.
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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 .
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And I will for this afflict the seed of David ,
but not for ever .
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Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam Yarob #
am #.
And Jeroboam arose ,
and fled into Egypt ,
unto Shishak king of Egypt ,
and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon .
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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 ?
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And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty #
arba #
iym #
years .
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And Solomon slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in the city of David his father :
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead .
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem :
for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king .
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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 ; )
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That they sent and called him .
And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came ,
and spake unto Rehoboam R @
chab #
am #,
saying ,
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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 .
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And he said unto them ,
Depart yet for three days ,
then come again to me .
And the people departed .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 :
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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 ?
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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 fathers loins .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the king answered the people roughly ,
and forsook the old mens counsel that they gave him ;
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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 .
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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 .
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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 Yisra #
el #:
now see to thine own house ,
David .
So Israel departed unto their tents .
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But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah ,
Rehoboam reigned over them .
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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 .
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So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day .
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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 Yisra #
el #:
there was none that followed the house of David ,
but the tribe of Judah only .
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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 Yisra #
el #,
to bring #
the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon .
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But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God ,
saying ,
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Speak unto Rehoboam R @
chab #
am #,
the son of Solomon ,
king of Judah ,
and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin ,
and to the remnant of the people ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD ,
Ye shall not go up ,
nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel Yisra #
el #:
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 .
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Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim ,
and dwelt therein ;
and went out from thence ,
and built Penuel P @
nuw #
el #.
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And Jeroboam said in his heart ,
Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David :
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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 .
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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 Yisra #
el #,
which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt .
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And he set the one in Bethel Beyth -#
El #,
and the other put he in Dan .
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And this thing became a sin chatta #
ah #:
for the people went to worship before the one ,
even unto Dan .
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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 .
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month ,
on the fifteenth chamesh #
day of the month ,
like unto the feast that is in Judah ,
and he offered upon the altar .
So did he in Bethel Beyth -#
El #,
sacrificing unto the calves that he had made :
and he placed in Bethel Beyth -#
El #
the priests of the high places which he had made .
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So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel Beyth -#
El #
the fifteenth chamesh #
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 Yisra #
el #:
and he offered upon the altar ,
and burnt incense .
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And ,
behold ,
there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel Beyth -#
El #:
and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense .
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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 mens bones shall be burnt upon thee .
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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 .
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And it came to pass ,
when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God ,
which had cried against the altar in Bethel Beyth -#
El #,
that he put forth his hand from the altar ,
saying ,
Lay hold on him .
And his hand ,
which he put forth against him ,
dried up ,
so that he could not pull i in again to him .
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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 .
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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 kings hand was restored him again ,
and became as it was before ri #
shown #.
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And the king said unto the man of God ,
Come home with me ,
and refresh thyself ,
and I will give thee a reward .
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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 :
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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 .
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So he went another way ,
and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel Beyth -#
El #.
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Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel Beyth -#
El #;
and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel Beyth -#
El #:
the words which he had spoken unto the king ,
them they told also to their father .
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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 .
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And he said unto his sons ,
Saddle me the ass .
So they saddled him the ass :
and he rode thereon ,
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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 .
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Then he said unto him ,
Come home with me ,
and eat bread .
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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So he went back with him ,
and did eat bread in his house ,
and drank water .
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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 :
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
*
And he spake to his sons ,
saying ,
Saddle me the ass .
And they saddled him .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
And he laid his carcase in his own grave ;
and they mourned over him ,
saying ,
Alas ,
my brother !
*
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 :
*
For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel Beyth -#
El #,
and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria ,
shall surely come to pass .
*
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 .
*
And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
even to cut it off ,
and to destroy it from off the face of the earth .
*
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick .
*
And Jeroboam said to his wife ,
Arise ,
I pray thee ,
and disguise thyself ,
that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #;
and get thee to Shiloh :
behold ,
there is Ahijah the prophet ,
which told me that I should be king over this people .
*
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 na #
ar #.
*
And Jeroboams 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 .
*
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 .
*
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 Yarob #
am #;
why feignest thou thyself to be another ?
for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings .
*
Go ,
tell Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people ,
and made thee prince over my people Israel Yisra #
el #,
*
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 ;
*
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 :
*
Therefore ,
behold ,
I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall ,
and him that is shut up and left in Israel Yisra #
el #,
and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
as a man taketh away dung ,
till it be all gone .
*
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 .
*
Arise thou therefore ,
get thee to thine own house :
and when thy feet enter into the city ,
the child shall die .
*
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 Yarob #
am #.
*
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel Yisra #
el #,
who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day :
but what ?
even now .
*
For the LORD shall smite Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
*
And he shall give #
Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
who did sin ,
and who made Israel to sin .
*
And Jeroboams wife arose ,
and departed ,
and came to Tirzah :
and when she came to the threshold of the door ,
the child died ;
*
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 .
*
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
how he warred ,
and how he reigned ,
behold ,
they are written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #.
*
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 .
*
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah .
Rehoboam was forty #
arba #
iym #
and one years old when he began to reign ,
and he reigned seventeen sheba #
years in Jerusalem ,
the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel Yisra #
el #,
to put his name there .
And his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitess .
*
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 .
*
For they also built them high places ,
and images ,
and groves ,
on every high hill gib #
ah #,
and under every green tree .
*
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 Yisra #
el #.
*
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam R @
chab #
am #,
that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem :
*
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD ,
and the treasures of the kings house ;
he even took away all :
and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made .
*
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 kings house .
*
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 .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam R @
chab #
am #,
and all that he did ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Judah ?
*
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days .
*
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers ,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David .
And his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitess .
And Abijam his son reigned in his stead .
*
Now in the eighteenth sh @
moneh #
year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah .
*
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem .
And his mothers name was Maachah Ma #
akah #,
the daughter of Abishalom .
*
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 .
*
Nevertheless for Davids sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem ,
to set up his son after him ,
and to establish Jerusalem :
*
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 .
*
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam ,
and all that he did ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Judah ?
And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam Yarob #
am #.
*
And Abijam slept with his fathers ;
and they buried him in the city of David :
and Asa his son reigned in his stead .
*
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah .
*
And forty #
arba #
iym #
and one years reigned he in Jerusalem .
And his mothers name was Maachah Ma #
akah #,
the daughter of Abishalom .
*
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD ,
as did David his father .
*
And he took away the sodomites out of the land ,
and removed all the idols that his fathers had made .
*
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 .
*
But the high places were not removed :
nevertheless Asas heart was perfect with the LORD all his days .
*
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 .
*
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days .
*
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 .
*
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 kings house ,
and delivered them into the hand of his servants :
and king Asa sent them to Benhadad Ben-Hadad #,
the son of Tabrimon ,
the son of Hezion ,
king of Syria ,
that dwelt at Damascus ,
saying ,
*
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 Yisra #
el #,
that he may depart from me .
*
So Benhadad Ben-Hadad #
hearkened unto king Asa ,
and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and smote Ijon ,
and Dan ,
and Abelbethmaachah #
Abel Beyth-Ma #
akah #,
and all Cinneroth ,
with all the land of Naphtali .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Baasha heard thereof ,
that he left off building of Ramah ,
and dwelt in Tirzah .
*
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 .
*
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 dabar #
of the kings of Judah ?
Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him ,
and reigned in his stead .
*
And it came to pass ,
when he reigned ,
that he smote all the house of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #;
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 :
*
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 .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab ,
and all that he did ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
*
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days .
*
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 .
*
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD ,
and walked in the way of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin .
*
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha ,
saying ,
*
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust ,
and made thee prince over my people Israel Yisra #
el #;
and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
and hast made my people Israel to sin ,
to provoke me to anger with their sins chatta #
ah #;
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
*
So Baasha slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in Tirzah :
and Elah his son reigned in his stead .
*
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 Yarob #
am #;
and because he killed him .
*
In the twenty #
H8141and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah ,
two years .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 ,
*
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 .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Elah ,
and all that he did ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
*
In the twenty #
H8141and 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 .
*
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 .
*
And Omri went up from Gibbethon ,
and all Israel with him ,
and they besieged Tirzah .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Zimri saw that the city was taken ,
that he went into the palace of the kings house ,
and burnt the kings house over him with fire ,
and died ,
*
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD ,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
and in his sin which he did ,
to make Israel to sin .
*
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri ,
and his treason that he wrought ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
*
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 .
*
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath :
so Tibni died ,
and Omri reigned .
*
In the thirty sh @
lowshiym #
and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel Yisra #
el #,
twelve sh @
nayim #
years :
six years reigned he in Tirzah .
*
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 .
*
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD ,
and did worse than all that were before him .
*
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 .
*
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 dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
*
So Omri slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in Samaria :
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
his son reigned in his stead .
*
And in the thirty sh @
lowshiym #
and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
the son of Omri to reign over Israel Yisra #
el #:
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years .
*
And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him .
*
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 #
Ethba #
al #
king of the Zidonians ,
and went and served Baal Ba #
al #,
and worshipped him .
*
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal Ba #
al #,
which he had built in Samaria .
*
And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
made a grove ;
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him .
*
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite Beyth ha -#
Eliy #
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 .
*
And Elijah the Tishbite ,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead Gil #
ad #,
said unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #,
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 .
*
And the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
*
Get thee hence ,
and turn thee eastward ,
and hide thyself by the brook Cherith ,
that is before Jordan .
*
And it shall be ,
that thou shalt drink of the brook ;
and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there .
*
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 .
*
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning ,
and bread and flesh in the evening ;
and he drank of the brook .
*
And it came to pass after a while ,
that the brook dried up ,
because there had been no rain in the land .
*
And the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
*
Arise ,
get thee to Zarephath ,
which belongeth to Zidon ,
and dwell there :
behold ,
I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
And she said ,
As the LORD thy God liveth ,
I have not a cake ma #
owg #,
but an handful m @
lo #
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 .
*
And Elijah said unto her ,
Fear not ;
go and do as thou hast said :
but make me thereof a little cake first ri #
shown #,
and bring it unto me ,
and after make for thee and for thy son .
*
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
*
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah :
and she ,
and he ,
and her house ,
did eat many days .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 ?
*
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 .
*
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 ?
*
And he stretched himself upon the child three times pa #
am #,
and cried unto the LORD ,
and said ,
O LORD my God ,
I pray thee ,
let this childs soul come #
into him again .
*
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah ;
and the soul of the child came #
into him again ,
and he revived .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 #
Ach #
ab #;
and I will send rain upon the earth .
*
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #.
And there was a sore famine in Samaria .
*
And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
called Obadiah ,
which was the governor of his house . (
Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly m @#
od #:
*
For it was so ,
when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD ,
that Obadiah took an hundred prophets ,
and hid them by fifty #
H2572in a cave m @#
arah #,
and fed them with bread and water . )
*
And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
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 .
*
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it :
Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
went one way by himself ,
and Obadiah went another way by himself .
*
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 ?
*
And he answered him ,
I am :
go ,
tell thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here .
*
And he said ,
What have I sinned ,
that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab #
Ach #
ab #,
to slay me ?
*
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 .
*
And now thou sayest ,
Go ,
tell thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here .
*
And it shall come topass ,
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 #
Ach #
ab #,
and he cannot find thee ,
he shall slay me :
but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth na #
uwr #.
*
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 LORDS prophets by fifty in a cave m @#
arah #,
and fed them with bread and water ?
*
And now thou sayest ,
Go ,
tell thy lord ,
Behold ,
Elijah is here :
and he shall slay me .
*
And Elijah said ,
As the LORD of hosts liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
I will surely shew myself unto him to day .
*
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab #
Ach #
ab #,
and told him :
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
went to meet Elijah .
*
And it came to pass ,
when Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
saw Elijah ,
that Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
said unto him ,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel Yisra #
el #?
*
And he answered ,
I have not troubled Israel Yisra #
el #;
but thou ,
and thy fathers house ,
in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD ,
and thou hast followed Baalim Ba #
al #.
*
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 me #
ah #,
which eat at Jezebels table .
*
So Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
sent unto all the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and gathered #
the prophets together unto mount Carmel .
*
And Elijah came unto all the people ,
and said ,
How long halt ye between two opinions ca #
iph #?
if the LORD be God ,
follow him :
but if Baal Ba #
al #,
then follow him .
And the people answered him not a word .
*
Then said Elijah unto the people ,
I ,
even I only ,
remain a prophet of the LORD ;
but Baals prophets are four hundred and fifty men .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal Ba #
al #,
Choose you one bullock for yourselves ,
and dress it first ri #
shown #;
for ye are many ;
and call on the name of your gods ,
but put no fire under .
*
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 Ba #
al #,
hear us .
But there was no voice ,
nor any that answered .
And they leaped upon the altar which was made .
*
And it came to pass at noon ,
that Elijah mocked them ,
and said ,
Cry aloud gadowl #:
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 .
*
And they cried aloud qowl #,
and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets ,
till the blood gushed out upon them .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
And Elijah took twelve sh @
nayim #
stones ,
according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
unto whom the word of the LORD came ,
saying ,
Israel shall be thy name :
*
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 .
*
And he putthe 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 .
*
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 .
*
And the water ran round about the altar ;
and he filled the trench also with water .
*
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 Yisra #
el #,
let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel Yisra #
el #,
and that I am thy servant ,
and that I have done all these things at thy word .
*
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 .
*
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 t @#
alah #.
*
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 .
*
And Elijah said unto them ,
Take the prophets of Baal Ba #
al #;
let not one of them escape .
And they took them :
and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon ,
and slew them there .
*
And Elijah said unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #,
Get thee up ,
eat and drink ;
for there is a sound of abundance of rain .
*
So Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
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 ,
*
And said to his servant na #
ar #,
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 pa #
am #.
*
And it came to pass at the seventh time sh @
biy #
iy #,
that he said ,
Behold ,
there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea ,
like a mans hand .
And he said ,
Go up ,
say unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #,
Prepare thy chariot ,
and get thee down ,
that the rain stop thee not .
*
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 #
Ach #
ab #
rode ,
and went to Jezreel Yizr @#
e #
l #.
*
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah ;
and he girded up his loins ,
and ran before Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
to the entrance of Jezreel Yizr @#
e #
l #.
*
And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
told Jezebel all that Elijah had done ,
and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword .
*
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 .
*
And when he saw that ,
he arose ,
and went for his life ,
and came to Beersheba B @#
er ,
which belongeth to Judah ,
and left his servant there .
*
But he himself went a days 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 .
*
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree ,
behold ,
then an angel touched him ,
and said unto him ,
Arise and eat .
*
And he looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there was a cake baken on the coals ,
and a cruse of water at his head m @
ra #
ashah #.
And he did eat and drink ,
and laid him down again .
*
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 .
*
And he arose ,
and did eat and drink ,
and went in the strength of that meat forty #
arba #
iym #
days and forty #
arba #
iym #
nights unto Horeb the mount of God .
*
And he came thither unto a cave m @#
arah #,
and lodged there ;
and ,
behold ,
the word of the LORD came to him ,
and he said unto him ,
What doest thou here ,
Elijah ?
*
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 .
*
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 ra #
ash #;
but the LORD was not in the earthquake ra #
ash #:
*
And after the earthquake a fire ;
but the LORD was not in the fire :
and after the fire a still small voice .
*
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 m @#
arah #.
And ,
behold ,
there came a voice unto him ,
and said ,
What doest thou here ,
Elijah ?
*
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 .
*
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 :
*
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel Yisra #
el #:
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah #
Abelshalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room .
*
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 .
*
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel Yisra #
el #,
all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal Ba #
al #,
and every mouth which hath not kissed him .
*
So he departed thence ,
and found Elisha the son of Shaphat ,
who was plowing with twelve sh @
nayim #
yoke of oxen before him ,
and he with the twelfth sh @
nayim #:
and Elijah passed by him ,
and cast his mantle upon him .
*
And he left the oxen ,
and ran after Elijah ,
and said ,
Let me ,
I pray thee ,
kiss my father and my mother ,
and then I will follow thee .
And he said unto him ,
Go back again :
for what have I done to thee ?
*
And he returned back from him ,
and took a yoke of oxen ,
and slew them ,
and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen ,
and gave unto the people ,
and they did eat .
Then he arose ,
and went after Elijah ,
and ministered unto him .
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