mkjv - 1Kings:17-22

mkjv@1Kings:17:1 @ And Elijah the Tishbite, of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except according to my word.

mkjv@1Kings:17:2 @ And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:17:3 @ Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, before Jordan.

mkjv@1Kings:17:4 @ And it shall be, you shall drink of the brook. And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

mkjv@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. For he went and lived by the torrent Cherith, before Jordan.

mkjv@1Kings: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 torrent.

mkjv@1Kings:17:7 @ And it happened after a while, the torrent dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

mkjv@1Kings:17:8 @ And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:17:9 @ Arise, go to Zarephath which [belongs] to Sidon, and live there. Behold, I have commanded a widow to keep you there.

mkjv@1Kings:17:10 @ And he arose and went to Zarephath, and came in to the entrance of the city, and, behold, the widow was gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel so that I may drink.

mkjv@1Kings:17:11 @ And as she was going to bring [it], he called to her and said, Please, bring me a piece of bread in your hand.

mkjv@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, [As] the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar. And behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, so that we may eat it and die.

mkjv@1Kings:17:13 @ And Elijah said to her, Do not fear, go. Do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it, and bring [it] to me. And then make for you and for your son.

mkjv@1Kings:17:14 @ For so says the LORD God of Israel, The pitcher of meal shall not be emptied, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.

mkjv@1Kings:17:15 @ And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she and he and her house ate [many] days;

mkjv@1Kings:17:16 @ the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the jar of oil did not fail, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.

mkjv@1Kings:17:17 @ And it happened after these things the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick. And his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

mkjv@1Kings:17:18 @ And she said to Elijah, What do I have to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to kill my son?

mkjv@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft, where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.

mkjv@1Kings:17:20 @ And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by slaying her son?

mkjv@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, please let this child's soul come to him again.

mkjv@1Kings:17:22 @ And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he lived.

mkjv@1Kings:17:23 @ And Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, See! Your son lives!

mkjv@1Kings:17:24 @ And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know this, that you [are] a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth [is] truth.

mkjv@1Kings:18:1 @ And it happened [after] many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab. And I will send rain on the earth.

mkjv@1Kings:18:2 @ And Elijah went to be seen himself to Ahab. And [there was] a great famine in Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:18:3 @ And Ahab called Obadiah, who [was] over the house. (And Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,

mkjv@1Kings:18:4 @ for it happened when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

mkjv@1Kings:18:5 @ And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the torrents. Perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, so that we do not lose all the animals.

mkjv@1Kings:18:6 @ And they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

mkjv@1Kings:18:7 @ And as Obadiah was in the way, and behold! Elijah met him. And he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Are] you my lord Elijah?

mkjv@1Kings:18:8 @ and he answered him, I [am]. Go, tell your lord, behold, Elijah [is here].

mkjv@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said, What have I sinned that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab to kill me?

mkjv@1Kings:18:10 @ [As] the LORD your God lives, there is no nation nor kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they said, He is not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they did not find you.

mkjv@1Kings:18:11 @ And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]!

mkjv@1Kings:18:12 @ And it will be as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not. And when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

mkjv@1Kings:18:13 @ Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

mkjv@1Kings:18:14 @ And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah! And he will kill me!

mkjv@1Kings:18:15 @ And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely be seen by him today.

mkjv@1Kings:18:16 @ And Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

mkjv@1Kings:18:17 @ And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, [Are] you he that troubles Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed the Baals.

mkjv@1Kings:18:19 @ And now send [and] gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and four hundred and fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.

mkjv@1Kings:18:20 @ And Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.

mkjv@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah came to all the people and said, How long are you limping over two opinions? If Jehovah [is] God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, [then] follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

mkjv@1Kings:18:22 @ And Elijah said to the people, I, I alone, remain a prophet of Jehovah. But Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

mkjv@1Kings:18:23 @ And let them give us two bulls, and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces and lay [it] on wood. But place no fire. And I will dress the other bull and lay it on wood, and place no fire.

mkjv@1Kings:18:24 @ And you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah. And it shall be, the god that answers by fire, He is God. And all the people answered and said, The word [is] good.

mkjv@1Kings:18:25 @ And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare first, for you [are] many. And call on the name of your god, but place no fire.

mkjv@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the bull which was given them, and they dressed, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. And they leaped on the altar which was made.

mkjv@1Kings:18:27 @ And it happened at noon Elijah mocked them and said, Cry with a great voice, for he [is] a god. Either he is meditating, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey; perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened!

mkjv@1Kings:18:28 @ And they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves with knives and spears until the blood gushed out on them, as is their way.

mkjv@1Kings:18:29 @ And it happened when midday was past, and when they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the evening sacrifice, there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor anyone who paid attention.

mkjv@1Kings:18:30 @ And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near him. And he repaired the broken down altar of the LORD.

mkjv@1Kings:18:31 @ And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name.

mkjv@1Kings:18:32 @ And with stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a trench around the altar big enough to contain two measures of seed.

mkjv@1Kings:18:33 @ And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and placed [it] on the wood, and said, Fill four water jars with water and pour on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.

mkjv@1Kings: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.

mkjv@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran all around the altar. And he filled the trench also with water.

mkjv@1Kings:18:36 @ And it happened at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that You [are] God in Israel, and that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word.

mkjv@1Kings:18:37 @ Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You [are] Jehovah God, and that You have turned their heart back again.

mkjv@1Kings:18:38 @ And the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the burnt sacrifice and the wood, and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.

mkjv@1Kings:18:39 @ And when all the people saw, they fell on their faces. And they said, Jehovah, He [is] the God! Jehovah, He [is] the God!

mkjv@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape. And they took them. And Elijah brought them down to the torrent Kishon and killed them there.

mkjv@1Kings:18:41 @ And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, because of the [sound of] plenty of rain.

mkjv@1Kings:18:42 @ So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel. And he threw himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.

mkjv@1Kings:18:43 @ And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said, Nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

mkjv@1Kings:18:44 @ And it happened at the seventh [time,] he said, Behold, there arises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Bind up and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.

mkjv@1Kings:18:45 @ And it happened in the meantime the heaven was black [with] clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rose and went to Jezreel.

mkjv@1Kings: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.

mkjv@1Kings:19:1 @ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and all that he killed, all the prophets with the sword.

mkjv@1Kings:19:2 @ And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

mkjv@1Kings:19:3 @ And he saw, he rose and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba of Judah, and left his servant there.

mkjv@1Kings:19:4 @ And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O LORD, take away my life. For I [am] no better than my fathers.

mkjv@1Kings:19:5 @ And as he lay and slept under a broom tree, behold, then an angel touched him and said to him, Arise, eat.

mkjv@1Kings:19:6 @ And he looked, and, behold, a cake [was] baked on the coals, and a jug of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.

mkjv@1Kings:19:7 @ And the angel of the LORD came to him the second time and touched him, and said, Arise, eat, because the journey [is] too great for you.

mkjv@1Kings:19:8 @ And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

mkjv@1Kings:19:9 @ And he came there to a cave and stayed there. And behold, the word of the LORD [came] to him, and He said to him, What [are] you [doing] here, Elijah?

mkjv@1Kings:19:10 @ And he said, I have been very zealous for Jehovah the God of Hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and have slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I alone, am left. And they seek to take my life away.

mkjv@1Kings:19:11 @ And He said, Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD. [ But] the LORD [was] not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake, [but] the LORD was not in the earthquake.

mkjv@1Kings:19:12 @ And after the earthquake was a fire, [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire. And after the fire [was] a still, small voice.

mkjv@1Kings:19:13 @ And it happened when Elijah heard, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out, and stood at the cave entrance. And behold, a voice [came] to him and said, What [are] you [doing] here, Elijah?

mkjv@1Kings:19:14 @ And he said, I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, have thrown down Your altars, and have slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I alone, am left. And they seek to take my life away.

mkjv@1Kings:19:15 @ And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you come, anoint Hazael [to be] king over Syria.

mkjv@1Kings:19:16 @ And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi [to be] king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint [to be] prophet in your place.

mkjv@1Kings:19:17 @ And it will be, whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill. And whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

mkjv@1Kings:19:18 @ Yet I have left seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

mkjv@1Kings:19:19 @ And he left there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he [was] plowing; twelve pairs [of oxen were] before him, and he [was] with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.

mkjv@1Kings:19:20 @ And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, please, let me kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to you?

mkjv@1Kings:19:21 @ And he turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. And he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:1 @ And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. And thirty-two kings [were] with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and laid siege to Samaria, and warred against it.

mkjv@1Kings:20:2 @ And [he] sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, and to the city, and said to him, Ben-hadad says this:

mkjv@1Kings:20:3 @ Your silver and your gold [are] mine, your wives also and your sons, the best are mine.

mkjv@1Kings:20:4 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O King, according to your saying I [am] yours and all that I have.

mkjv@1Kings:20:5 @ And the messengers came again and said, Ben-hadad speaks in this way, saying, Although I have sent to you saying, You shall deliver me your silver and your gold and your wives and your sons,

mkjv@1Kings:20:6 @ yet I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put [it] in their hand and take it away.

mkjv@1Kings:20:7 @ And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Please mark and see how this one seeks mischief. For he sent to me for my wives and for my sons, and for my silver and for my gold. And I did not keep them back from him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:8 @ And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not listen nor consent!

mkjv@1Kings:20:9 @ And he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I may not do. And the messengers left and brought him word again.

mkjv@1Kings:20:10 @ And Ben-hadad sent to him and said, May the gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.

mkjv@1Kings:20:11 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Do not let him who girds on boast himself like the one who loosens [his armor].

mkjv@1Kings:20:12 @ And it happened he heard this word, and he [was] drinking, he and the kings in the booths, he said to his servants, Set [in order], and they set in order against the city. And they placed the engines against the city.

mkjv@1Kings:20:13 @ And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, saying, So says Jehovah, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I [am] the LORD.

mkjv@1Kings:20:14 @ And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, So says Jehovah, By the young men of the rulers of the provinces. And he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, You.

mkjv@1Kings:20:15 @ And he numbered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. And after them he numbered all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.

mkjv@1Kings:20:16 @ And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad [was] drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:17 @ And the young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first. And Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men coming out of Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:20:18 @ And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.

mkjv@1Kings:20:19 @ So these young men of the rulers of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

mkjv@1Kings:20:20 @ And they each one killed his man. And the Syrians fled. And Israel pursued them. And Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

mkjv@1Kings:20:21 @ And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

mkjv@1Kings:20:22 @ And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and watch and see what you do. For at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.

mkjv@1Kings:20:23 @ And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods [are] gods of the hills. On account of this they were stronger than we were. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

mkjv@1Kings:20:24 @ And do this thing, take the kings away, each man out of his place, and put commanders in their places,

mkjv@1Kings:20:25 @ and number an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. And we will fight against them in the plain. Are we not stronger than they? And he listened to their voice and did so.

mkjv@1Kings:20:26 @ And it happened at the return of the year Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians that went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:20:27 @ And the sons of Israel were numbered, and were fed, and went to meet them. And the sons of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of goats. And the Syrians filled the country.

mkjv@1Kings:20:28 @ And a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, So says Jehovah, Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah [is] God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

mkjv@1Kings:20:29 @ And they pitched over against one another seven days. And it happened in the seventh day, and the battle came up. And the sons of Israel struck Syria, a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

mkjv@1Kings:20:30 @ But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city. And [there] a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of those remaining. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner room.

mkjv@1Kings:20:31 @ And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will save your life.

mkjv@1Kings:20:32 @ And they bound sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Please let me live. And he said, [Is] he still alive? He [is] my brother.

mkjv@1Kings:20:33 @ And the men carefully observed, and quickly caught [it] from him, and said, And they said, Your brother Ben-hadad. And he said, Go and bring him. And Ben-hadad came out to him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

mkjv@1Kings:20:34 @ And [Ben-hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father, I will restore. And you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And [Ahab said, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him and sent him away.

mkjv@1Kings:20:35 @ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor, By the word of the LORD, please strike me! And the man refused to strike him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:36 @ And he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:37 @ And he found another man and said, Please strike me. And the man struck him, so that he wounded [him] in striking him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:38 @ And the prophet went and waited for the king by the wayside, and disguised himself with ashes on his face.

mkjv@1Kings:20:39 @ And as the king passed by, it happened he cried to the king. And he said, Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and, behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man. If he is missing by any means, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

mkjv@1Kings:20:40 @ And it happened as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone! And the king of Israel said to him, So [shall] your judgment be; you yourself have decided [it].

mkjv@1Kings:20:41 @ And he hurried and took the ashes away from his face. And the king of Israel saw that he [was] one of the prophets.

mkjv@1Kings:20:42 @ And he said to him, So says the LORD, Because you have let go out of [your] hand a man whom I devoted [to destruction], therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.

mkjv@1Kings:20:43 @ And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:21:1 @ And it happened after these things, Naboth of Jezreel had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the place of Ahab king of Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:21:2 @ And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard so that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near my house. And I will give you a better vineyard than it. Or, if [it seems] good to you, I will give you the worth of it in silver.

mkjv@1Kings:21:3 @ And Naboth said to Ahab, Far be it from me, by Jehovah, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

mkjv@1Kings:21:4 @ And Ahab came to his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him. For he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay on his bed and turned away his face, and would not eat food.

mkjv@1Kings:21:5 @ And his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad that you are not eating food?

mkjv@1Kings:21:6 @ And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth of Jezreel and said to him, Give me your vineyard for silver. Or else, if it pleases you, I will give you [another] vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

mkjv@1Kings:21:7 @ And his wife Jezebel said to him, Do you now rule over Israel? Rise up, eat food, and let your heart be good. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel.

mkjv@1Kings:21:8 @ And she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

mkjv@1Kings:21:9 @ And she wrote in the letter, saying, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people.

mkjv@1Kings:21:10 @ And set two men, sons of Belial, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And carry him out and stone him so that he may die.

mkjv@1Kings:21:11 @ And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent to them.

mkjv@1Kings:21:12 @ They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people.

mkjv@1Kings:21:13 @ And there came in two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him. And the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones so that he died.

mkjv@1Kings:21:14 @ And they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned and is dead.

mkjv@1Kings:21:15 @ And it happened when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel, which he refused to give you for silver. For Naboth is not alive, but dead.

mkjv@1Kings:21:16 @ And it happened when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel, to take possession of it.

mkjv@1Kings:21:17 @ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:21:18 @ Arise, go down to meet Ahab the king of Israel in Samaria. Behold, [he is] in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to possess it.

mkjv@1Kings:21:19 @ And you shall speak to him, saying, So says the LORD, Have you killed and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him saying, So says the LORD, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.

mkjv@1Kings:21:20 @ And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found [you] because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

mkjv@1Kings:21:21 @ Behold, I will bring evil on you and will take away those after you, and will cut off from Ahab him who urinates against the wall, both bond and free in Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:21:22 @ And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked [Me] to anger, and made Israel to sin.

mkjv@1Kings:21:23 @ And the LORD also spoke of Jezebel saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

mkjv@1Kings:21:24 @ He who dies of Ahab in the city, the dogs shall eat. And he who dies in the field, the birds of the air shall eat.

mkjv@1Kings:21:25 @ But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

mkjv@1Kings:21:26 @ And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:21:27 @ And it happened when Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and walked softly.

mkjv@1Kings:21:28 @ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

mkjv@1Kings:21:29 @ Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before Me? Because he humbles himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days. [But] in his son's days I will bring the evil on his house.

mkjv@1Kings:22:1 @ And they continued three years; there [was] no war between Syria and Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:22:2 @ And it happened in the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to see the king of Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:22:3 @ And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not know that Ramoth in Gilead [is] ours, and we are quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

mkjv@1Kings:22:4 @ And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth in Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I [am] as you; my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

mkjv@1Kings:22:5 @ And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire at the word of the LORD today.

mkjv@1Kings:22:6 @ And the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or shall I hold back? And they said, Go up! For the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

mkjv@1Kings:22:7 @ And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we might inquire of Him?

mkjv@1Kings:22:8 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, [There is] still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

mkjv@1Kings:22:9 @ And the king of Israel called an officer and said, Hurry and bring Micaiah the son of Imlah to hurry.

mkjv@1Kings:22:10 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each sat on his throne, having put on their robes, in a floor in the entrance of the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets prophesied before them.

mkjv@1Kings:22:11 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself. And he said, So says Jehovah, With these you shall push the Syrians until you have crushed them.

mkjv@1Kings:22:12 @ And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the king's hands.

mkjv@1Kings:22:13 @ And the messenger that had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [are] good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good.

mkjv@1Kings:22:14 @ And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I will speak.

mkjv@1Kings:22:15 @ So he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micaiah, Shall we go against Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or shall we hold off? And he answered him, Go and prosper. For the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.

mkjv@1Kings:22:16 @ And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but [what is] true, in the name of Jehovah?

mkjv@1Kings:22:17 @ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, These have no master. Let each man return to his house in peace.

mkjv@1Kings:22:18 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

mkjv@1Kings:22:19 @ And he said, Hear therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.

mkjv@1Kings:22:20 @ And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth in Gilead? And one said this way, and another said that way.

mkjv@1Kings:22:21 @ And there came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD and said, I will entice him.

mkjv@1Kings:22:22 @ And the LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said, You shall entice [him] and succeed also. Go forth and do so.

mkjv@1Kings:22:23 @ And now, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets, and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you.

mkjv@1Kings:22:24 @ But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?

mkjv@1Kings:22:25 @ And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see in that day when you shall go into an inner room to hide yourself.

mkjv@1Kings:22:26 @ And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son,

mkjv@1Kings:22:27 @ and say, so says the king, Put this one in the prison and feed him with bread of affliction and the water of affliction, until I come in peace.

mkjv@1Kings:22:28 @ And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Listen, O people, all of them!

mkjv@1Kings:22:29 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth in Gilead.

mkjv@1Kings:22:30 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I [will] disguise myself and enter into the battle. But you put on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

mkjv@1Kings:22:31 @ But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two commanders of the chariots, saying, Do not fight with small nor great, but with the king of Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:22:32 @ And it happened when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Surely it [is] the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out.

mkjv@1Kings:22:33 @ And it happened when the commanders of the chariots saw that it [was] not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

mkjv@1Kings:22:34 @ And a man drew a bow in his simplicity and struck the king of Israel between the joints and the breastplate. And he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand and carry me out of the army, for I am wounded.

mkjv@1Kings:22:35 @ And the battle increased that day. And the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at evening. And the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

mkjv@1Kings:22:36 @ And there went a cry throughout the army when the sun went, saying, Each to his city, and each to his land.

mkjv@1Kings:22:37 @ And the king died and came to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.

mkjv@1Kings:22:38 @ And [one] washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and they washed his armor, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke.

mkjv@1Kings:22:39 @ And the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

mkjv@1Kings:22:40 @ And Ahab lay with his fathers. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

mkjv@1Kings:22:41 @ And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:22:42 @ Jehoshaphat [was] thirty-five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

mkjv@1Kings:22:43 @ And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing right in the eyes of the LORD. But the high places were not taken away, for the people offered and burned incense yet in the high places.

mkjv@1Kings:22:44 @ And Jehoshaphat made peace with the kings of Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:22:45 @ And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed, and how he warred, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

mkjv@1Kings:22:46 @ And the rest of the sodomites which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

mkjv@1Kings:22:47 @ []

mkjv@1Kings:22:48 @ There [was] then no king in Edom, a deputy [was] king.

mkjv@1Kings:22:49 @ Jehoshaphat [had] ten ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold. But they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

mkjv@1Kings:22:50 @ And Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

mkjv@1Kings:22:51 @ And Jehoshaphat lay with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

mkjv@1Kings:22:52 @ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. And he reigned two years over Israel.

mkjv@1Kings:22:53 @ And [he] did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

mkjv@1Kings:22:54 @ For he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.